News Rahul has scored 1, 0 and 0, lasting a combined 14 balls across three innings this series Before the start of India’s five-match T20I series against England, Virat Kohli had stated explicitly that India’s first-choice opening combination would be KL Rahul partnering Rohit Sharma. Since then, India are trailing 2-1 in the series and
Preview Sean Williams’ side will also want to prove a point, given they won’t feature in this year’s T20 World Cup Big picture After a hard-fought Test series where the honours were shared, the focus in Abu Dhabi shifts to the three T20Is that Afghanistan and Zimbabwe will play within the span of four days.
News Says he is in a frame of mind that makes him extremely confident he can succeed for India in ODIs and T20Is R Ashwin‘s continued excellence in Test cricket for India has prompted questions about why he isn’t part of the T20I side. Virat Kohli addressed them in a press conference four days ago,
KL Rahul will be eager to get a big score © Getty Images England chose to bowl vs India Eoin Morgan made the first big call of the night in his 100th T20I, as he chose to bowl in the third T20I. With the series locked at 1-1, after a pair of comprehensive victories for
IND vs ENG: Last three T20Is will be played behind closed doors.© BCCI The remaining T20Is between India and England will be played behind closed doors in the wake of rising number of COVID-19 cases in the state of Gujarat, news agency ANI quoted Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) as saying. “Due to rising COVID-19 cases, remaining
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Rangana Hearth & Lakshan Sandakan strikes Australian batting lineup – 1st Test, Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2016
News He has been training with the Titans and is available to play for their match starting Tuesday Quinton de Kock will make his comeback to competitive cricket in South Africa’s first-class competition this week. de Kock has been training with his franchise, the Titans, and is available to play for them in their match
Jason Roy has backed England’s batsmen to learn quickly from a disappointing display in the second T20I, and get to grips with the slow, low surfaces in Ahmedabad that may prove to be a major factor in their T20 World Cup campaign in India later this year. Roy top-scored for England for the second match
News GCA says decision taken “due to increasing number of” Covid cases The remaining three T20Is between India and England in Ahmedabad will be played behind closed doors “due to increasing number of Corona cases”. The Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) will refund the spectators who had purchased tickets for the games. “Due to rise in
Big Picture The third instalment of one of white-ball cricket’s most compelling rivalries resumes on Tuesday. England, laggards in T20Is for long despite having a World Cup crown, have torn down templates and laid down the marker in the Eoin Morgan era. India, winners of the inaugural edition, have only now realised the need to
News West Indies’ newly appointed Test captain has hailed his predecessor for doing a “superb job” Kraigg Brathwaite has taken over from Jason Holder, who led West Indies in 37 Test matches Getty Images Kraigg Brathwaite, West Indies’ newly appointed full-time Test captain, has said it’s a “privilege” to take over from Jason Holder. Holder,
News “We ticked all the boxes we wanted to,” says India’s captain as he praises his bowlers too It takes a lot to overshadow Virat Kohli in the middle. In Test matches, India’s No. 3s have to endure the long walk back to rampant cheers not for the work they did but for the fact
Toss India won the toss and chose to bowl vs England India have responded to their crushing defeat in Friday’s opening T20I by turning to the Mumbai Indians for reinforcements, with the two batting stars of last year’s IPL triumph being handed their India debuts. Ishan Kishan will open the batting in place of Shikhar
Ishan Kishan scored 56 runs on his T20I debut against England.© BCCI Ishan Kishan had a dream debut as he became only the second Indian batsman to score a half-century on his Twenty20 International debut. Kishan smashed 56 runs off just 32 balls in the second T20I of the five-match series on Sunday. Former India
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#KusalMendis 176 vs Australia – 1st Test, Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2016.
News Zimbabwe captain praises the fight his team showed even though they lost the second Test to Afghanistan Zimbabwe captain Sean Williams lauded the way his side fought back in their second innings of the second Test against Afghanistan even though they lost the match on the fifth evening, thus missing out on a series
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News Lack of familiarity with England T20 role plays part in underwhelming display There can be no worse sound for a bowler than the blare of the no-ball klaxon, not least when you are under the pump, defending an under-par total with a set Virat Kohli on strike. For Ben Stokes, it was a brutal
Eoin Morgan said that he was pleased to have had the opportunity to play on a pitch that took England “out of our comfort zone” with both bat and ball in the second T20I in Ahmedabad, and that he expects another unfamiliar surface in the third game of the series on Tuesday. England struggled with
Report He bagged his 10th wicket of the match to send back Tiripano five short of a maiden Test hundred Lunch Zimbabwe 287 and 329 for 8 (Williams 137*, Tiripano 95, Rashid 6-127) lead Afghanistan 545 for 4 dec by 72 runs For 70.4 overs, Sean Williams and Donald Tiripano had made Zimbabwe dream. Exactly
Report India dropped Jemimah Rodrigues, which meant a first opportunity in the series for opener Priya Punia South Africa opted to bowl vs India Win-toss and bowl seems to be the mantra for the captains this series. It was no different on Sunday as Laura Woolvardt, filling in for the unwell Sune Luus for a
News Pitch for second Test, in Chennai, also rated average, while tracks for the other two Tests fare better The Ahmedabad pitch for the third Test, a day-nighter where India and England played out a two-day game, has been given an “average” rating by the ICC. The pitch drew a lot of criticism, especially from
News Management pleased with outgoing captain’s bond with his successor, Kraigg Brathwaite, and hope it yields dividends West Indies’ lead selector Roger Harper has insisted that Jason Holder remains an “integral part” of the Test side despite losing the captaincy after five-and-a-half years in the role. Kraigg Brathwaite, who led the side to a 2-0
Preview West Indies have dominated them in the ODI series, but the final match offers a chance to redeem pride Big picture Sri Lanka’s tours over the past two months have a sense of haunting familiarity to them. Key players are absent due to various unfortunate reasons (on this tour, Lahiru Kumara couldn’t make it
In a semi-final that had the tournament’s top three run-getters all playing in the same game, Prithvi Shaw‘s blazing century won the day for Mumbai against Karnataka. Shaw, captaining Mumbai for only the third time, made 165 off 122 balls, incredibly enough, his lowest score as captain. In his first match leading Mumbai, he had
Big picture The emphatic style of England’s victory in the first match is what resonates most and India need to find a rapid response. That the hosts never recovered from 22 for 3 – their second-lowest powerplay score in T20Is – was key. It left them with an indefensible total of just 124 for 7,
News Decision made due to return flights needing to be rerouted after UAE was classed as a ‘red list’ country Ireland Wolves’ tour of Bangladesh has been reduced by three days, with the second T20 match that was scheduled being cancelled on account of Covid-19 related restrictions in Ireland about their transit country on the
News The broadcaster has been told it can get back just over A$5 million Cricket Australia has emerged strongly in the latest stage of its battle with Seven West Media with the broadcaster awarded just a small reduction in its rights fee by an independent arbitrator. However, the two parties are still due in court