Jasprit Bumrah‘s injury has shaken up the Indian cricketing spectrum, with former cricketers, fans, pundits, etc. expressing their opinions on the impact the pacer’s absence could have on the team’s T20 World Cup chances. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to officially announce the name of Bumrah’s replacement, although there
The top T20I teams are “one step ahead” of Pakistan in terms of their approach, particularly with the bat, according to chief selector Mohammad Wasim. He also feels that the top order, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam specifically, needs to “show more faith” in the middle order for the team to achieve the sort of
Rest of India 374 (Sarfaraz 138, Vihari 82, Sakariya 5-93) and 105 for 2 (Abhimanyu 63*, Unadkat 2-37) beat Saurashtra 98 (Mukesh 4-23, Malik 3-25, Sen 3-41) and 380 (Unadkat 89, Mankad 72, Jackson 71, Sen 5-94, Saurabh 3-80) by eight wickets Kuldeep Sen picked up the last two Saurashtra wickets in a hurry on
Moeen Ali has ruled out the possibility of making a Test comeback on England’s tour of Pakistan later this year. Writing in the Daily Mail, he said it was “time to close the door on that side of my career”. Moeen revealed in June that he had “unretired” from Test cricket after a conversation with
Big picture Australia are back on home soil and West Indies have, mostly, arrived (Shimron Hetmyer missed his flight), as the teams enter the final stretch of their men’s T20 World Cup preparations. West Indies have to go through the qualifiers to reach the Super 12s, so these two matches are an important opportunity to
Mitchell Marsh is set to return at No. 3 for Australia but as a batter only in the first T20I against West Indies as he continues to recover from his ankle injury, while Marcus Stoinis is expected to be fit for Sunday’s opening T20I against England, with the pair of allrounders vital to the balance
“Honestly, I’m surprised I’m getting this.” KL Rahul had just been adjudged Player of the Match for his 28-ball 57, which set the tone for India’s 237 for 3 in the second T20I against South Africa in Guwahati. But the fact that India were able to sustain their tempo right through the innings on a
West Indies have dropped Shimron Hetmyer from their World Cup squad after the batter missed a “rescheduled” flight to Australia. CWI said the decision was taken “unanimously” by the selection panel, which also decided to name Shamarh Brooks as Hetmyer’s replacement. Most of the West Indies squad had flown to Australia in different groups, following
From the far east in Guwahati, the caravan rolls to dead center in Indore. It’s a city that loves its cricket so much so that they packed the stands just to be able to watch Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh roll the clock back at a net session during the Road Safety Exhibition series two
Saurashtra 98 and 368 for 8 (Unadkat 78*, Bhut 6*, Saurabh 3-80, Sen 3-85) lead Rest of India 374 (Sarfaraz 138, Vihari 82, Saurabh 55, Sakariya 5-93) by 92 runs Saurashtra showed a lot of fight, adding 281 runs through their middle and lower order, but Rest of India remained firm favourites to win the
Ben Stokes will be carded to bat at No. 4 in England’s T20 World Cup team after white-ball captain Jos Buttler insisted that he is wasted down the order as a finisher. Stokes was rested from England’s tour to Pakistan after a busy summer captaining the Test team and has not played a T20 international
Michael Clarke was in the form of his life in the 2012 Adelaide Test against South Africa, highlighted by the five boundaries he slammed from one Morne Morkel over
Mukesh Kumar didn’t know about his national selection till he was added to the Indian team’s official whatsapp group. That’s when the penny dropped that he has been selected for the one day series against South Africa, starting October 6 in Lucknow. “I got very emotional. It was all blur. I could only remember my
Allrounder Marcus Stoinis has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I series against West Indies as he continues his recovery from a side strain he suffered in early September, leaving Australia’s selectors fewer chances to bed down their best side ahead of the World Cup. Stoinis has not travelled with Australia’s squad to the Gold
There are only 100 days to go for the start of a new franchise T20 league, with Cricket South Africa’s SA20 scheduled to begin on January 10 next year. The league has six teams – MI Cape Town, Durban Super Giants, Johannesburg Super Kings, Paarl Royals, Pretoria Capitals and Sunrisers Eastern Cape, which represents the
India Women 181 for 4 (Meghana 69, Verma 46, Ghosh 33*, Syuhada 2-9, Duraisingam 2-36) beat Malaysia Women 16 for 2 (Deepti 1-10, Gayakwad 1-6) by 30 runs via DLS method S Meghana‘s maiden T20I fifty and her century-stand with Shafali Verma propelled India to 181 for 4 as they beat Malaysia by 30 runs
That’s when he realised that he had been selected for the ODI series against South Africa, starting October 6 in Lucknow. “I got very emotional. It was all blur,” Mukesh told PTI from Rajkot, where he is playing for Rest of India in the Irani Cup. “I could only remember my late father Kashi Nath
India 237 for 3 (Suryakumar 61, Rahul 57, Kohli 49*, Maharaj 2-23) beat South Africa 221 for 3 (Miller 106*, de Kock 69*, Arshdeep 2-62) by 16 runs If the first T20I in Thiruvananthapuram was a tantalising contest between bat and ball, the second T20I in Guwahati turned out to be the polar opposite. India
Snake-related interruptions have been rarer, but not unknown. A cobra stopped play during an England tour match in Colombo in 2013, for instance, and a red-bellied black snake held up play for 20 minutes during an Under-17 game in Blacktown, near Sydney, in 2009 – read all about that incident, as well as stoppages caused
England 209 for 6 (Malan 78*, Brook 46*) beat Pakistan 142 for 8 (Shan 56, Woakes 3-26) by 67 runs For a series that has showcased the best of international T20 cricket, it was a shame the finale carried so little jeopardy. England’s comprehensive team performance was to blame for that, firstly by posting 209
PAK vs ENG Live: Pakistan and England will square off in the 7th T20I© AFP Pakistan vs England, 7th T20I, Live Score Updates:The seven-match T20I series will come to an end on Sunday as Pakistan and England square off in the decider at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Both teams have played out an absolute
The Indian team is set to depart for Australia on October 6, two days after the conclusion of the T20I series against South Africa, for a preparatory camp ahead of the T20 World Cup. This also means the selectors are likely to announce a second-string squad, led by Shikhar Dhawan in all likelihood, for the
Forty-eight hours after the first reports of Jasprit Bumrah‘s back injury, there is still no clarity on the extent and seriousness of it with India coach Rahul Dravid saying they are waiting on expert opinion. Bumrah and India are racing against the clock with the T20 World Cup just around the corner. The team leaves
The “disrespect” that was directed at Jamaica Tallawahs spurred the team to go all the way and clinch the CPL title, their captain Rovman Powell has said. Not many gave Tallawahs a chance to qualify for the playoffs, let alone make the final, and despite losing key personnel at various stages, they rallied to beat
New Zealand Women 108 for 4 (Bates 54, A Kerr 21, Fraser 1-13) beat West Indies Women 107 for 5 (Knight 42, Jensen 3-24, Carson 2-12) by six wickets Hayley Jensen‘s three wicket-haul and Suzie Bates‘ half-century helped New Zealand beat West Indies by six wickets on the penultimate ball of a low-scoring second T20I at North
Big picture With two-thirds of this series still to be played, it’s fair to assume that this is the sentiment prevailing among most of India’s cricket-consuming public. You can’t blame them, because a: it’s Jasprit Bumrah, b: there’s a World Cup around the corner, and c: information about his injury has been scant and shrouded
Big picture Every time an even number of games have been played in this series, Pakistan and England have found themselves level. After six intoxicating and wildly entertaining games, neither side has been able to pull clear, and you suspect the final game have would been a decider no matter how many matches this series
Unmukht Chand suffered an eye injury© Twitter Former India Under-19 captain Unmukt Chand has suffered an eye injury in the United States while playing cricket. The 29-year-old shared a couple of pictures of his injury on social media. In the shared images, Chand’s left eye is swollen, so much that the player is unable to
Roughly around this time last year, Dasun Shanaka was gallantly bigging up his side’s chances at the T20 World Cup – though, in reality, it was a sentiment borne more out of hope than any real confidence. “If our guys perform to their strengths I feel they can go a long way in this tournament,”
India Women 150 for 6 (Rodrigues 76, Harmanpreet 33, Ranasinghe 3-32) beat Sri Lanka Women 109 (Perera 30, Samarawickrama 26, Hemalatha 3-15, Vastrakar 2-12) by 41 runs It was a welcome return for Jemimah Rodrigues to the national side as her T20I career best 76, including a 92-run partnership with captain Harmanpreet Kaur, followed by