Former India cricketer Robin Uthappa has said that Hardik Pandya should not feel hard done by for not being given a captaincy role for Team India, and should instead look at the bigger picture. Uthappa stated that, knowing Hardik personally, the latter would also think that the decision has been taken keeping the best for
Toss India chose to bat vs Nepal Regular captain Harmanpreet Kaur and allrounder Pooja Vastrakar were rested as India handed an opportunity to spin-bowling allrounder S Sajana and bowling allrounder Arundhati Reddy. India have won both their previous matches in the competition and are all but through to the semi-final. Mandhana said that the team
Charith Asalanka is the new captain of the Sri Lanka men’s T20I team. The news was confirmed when Sri Lanka Cricket announced the 16-man squad to face in India in a three-match series starting July 27. Asalanka, who takes over from Wanindu Hasaranga after the latter had stepped down from the role earlier this month
Toss Pakistan women chose to bowl vs United Arab Emirates women An unchanged Pakistan side won the toss and chose to bowl in their must-win encounter against United Arab Emirates in the women’s Asia Cup T20 tournament. Esha Oza, UAE’s captain, also wanted to bowl but was happy to take what came their way. UAE
India made significant gains during the two-and-a-half-year period where Rahul Dravid was their head coach, making the finals of a world event in each of the three formats and winning the T20 crown. Now the focus is on building on those gains and the man leading them forward will be Gautam Gambhir, their new head
The ball that got Shoaib Bashir going was not even a wicket-taking delivery. With West Indies already hurtling towards defeat inside a session on the fourth evening at Trent Bridge, Bashir looped one up outside off stump, enticing Jason Holder into a drive. But even Holder’s giant stride could not get him to the pitch
File image of India skipper Rohit Sharma and Pakistan skipper Babar Azam© AFP The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday made it clear that it has made no proposal to play an offshore T20I series against India, and its current focus is on the smooth conduct of the Champions Trophy. There have been talks about
Bangladesh 100 for 3 (Murshida 50, Maya 1-8) beat Thailand 96 for 9 (Boochatham 40, Rabeya 4-14, Moni 2-10, Jesmin 2-28) by seven wickets Bangladesh ended their ten-match losing streak in T20Is and collected their first points in Women’s Asia Cup 2024. They bounced back from the opening game defeat to Sri Lanka with a
The decision to appoint Suryakumar Yadav as India’s T20I captain and hand the white-ball vice-captaincy to Shubman Gill was because “the captain should be on the park”, chief selector Ajit Agarkar has explained. In other words, Hardik Pandya‘s struggles with his fitness had worked against him. “Why Surya was made the captain, because he is
England teams have played three games against West Indies in the last month but only one player – Harry Brook – has featured in all of them. Brook was the only England player to appear in both the T20 World Cup fixture in St Lucia in June and first two Tests in July, and a
Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs Malaysia Chamari Athapaththu, the Sri Lanka captain, elected to bat first against Malaysia with a semi-final spot in the women’s Asia Cup well within their sight. Sri Lanka made as many as four changes to the XI that beat Bangladesh two nights ago. Sugandika Kumari, Udeshika Prabodhani and
Gautam Gambhir, whose stint as the new India head coach will start with the tour of Sri Lanka later this month, has had his share of on-field run-ins with Virat Kohli in the past, but said their equation is “between two mature individuals” and not for public consumption. He also said that the two are
Viv Richards and Carl Hooper have strongly hit back at former West Indies team-mate Brian Lara for “gross misrepresentations” in his book – Lara: The England Chronicles. In a joint statement released on Sunday, both former West Indies captains have rejected Lara’s “claim” that Richards made Hooper “cry once a week”, describing it as “categorically
Several other questions, though, remain. ESPNcricinfo has gone behind the scenes to bring you the answers, a day before newly appointed head coach Gautam Gambhir and chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar address India’s pre-departure press conference. Is Ravindra Jadeja now a Test-only player?Jadeja, who announced his T20I retirement after the World Cup, was not named
Ben Stokes, England’s captain, praised Shoaib Bashir for “showing the world what he’s about today”, after his five-wicket haul rushed West Indies to a 241-run defeat on the fourth afternoon at Trent Bridge. Bashir, 20, finished with figures of 5 for 41 for 11.1 overs as West Indies – chasing an unlikely 385 to square
England beat West Indies by a huge margin in the second Test.© AFP England thrashed the West Indies by 241 runs in the second Test at Trent Bridge on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in a three-match series. The West Indies, set 385 to win, collapsed to 143 all out as they lost
Rilee Rossouw bludgeoned 106 off 53 balls, Kusal Mendis crashed 72 off 40 of his own, and together sent Jaffna Kings soaring to a target of 185, inside 16 overs. It was a record-breaking chase on at least two fronts. Their unbroken stand of 185 (Pathum Nissanka had been out first ball), was the highest
Toss Pakistan chose to bowl vs Nepal Pakistan captain Nida Dar won the toss and opted to bowl first against Nepal in a must-win game for her side at the Women’s Asia Cup 2024. Dar said that since Pakistan had lost batting first against India, they wanted to bowl first here. They made one change,
Esha Oza, the UAE captain, called correctly and elected to bowl in a must-win game against India at the women’s Asia Cup in Dambulla. UAE are looking to bounce back from an opening-day loss to lower-ranked Nepal. Oza announced an unchanged XI while stating the need to restrict India to as low a score as
England 416 and 348 for 6 (Brook 109, Root 81*, Duckett 76, Pope 51) lead West Indies 457 (Hodge 120, Da Silva 82*, Athanaze 82, Woakes 4-84) by 307 runs Harry Brook‘s century and Joe Root‘s unbeaten 81 extended England’s lead to 307 runs at lunch on the fourth day but three quick wickets kept
Shreyanka took a full part in the team’s only game of the tournament so far, against Pakistan on Friday, bowling 3.2 overs and picking up 2 for 14. She was not needed to bat with India wrapping up the win in 14.2 overs and with seven wickets to spare. Tanuja Kanwar, the uncapped 26-year-old left-arm
England vs West Indies 2nd Test Day 3: Live Score Updates© AFP England vs West Indies 2nd Test Day 3 Live Updates: West Indies will resume the proceedings from 351/5 on Day 3 of the ongoing second Test against England in Nottingham. Joshua Da Silva (32*) and Jason Holder (23*) are standing unbeaten at the
Former India allrounder Abhishek Nayar and former Netherlands allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate are set to join India’s support staff as assistant coaches for the upcoming white-ball tour of Sri Lanka. The pair will reunite with newly-appointed India head coach Gautam Gambhir, having recently served as assistant coaches during Kolkata Knight Riders’ run to the IPL
Lunch West Indies 457 (Hodge 120, Da Silva 82*, Athanaze 82, Woakes 4-84) lead England 416 (Pope 121, Duckett 71, Stokes 69) by 41 runs Joshua Da Silva‘s resolute half-century and some late-innings thrashing by Shamar Joseph took West Indies 41 runs ahead of England on the third morning of the second Test at Trent
The Pakistan Cricket Board has refused No-Objection Cetificates (NOCs) to Shaheen Shah Afridi, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan for the Global T20 in Canada. In a statement, the PCB said it had decided against issuing these NOCs “after consulting with the three players and the selection committee”. The decision comes shortly after the PCB also
Suryakumar’s first assignment is the three T20Is in Sri Lanka on July 27, 28 and 30, which is also the first assignment of India’s new coach Gautam Gambhir. It’s also seen as the first step towards building for the next T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka in 2026. While Hardik is part of
England’s Test players are being lined up to play in the ILT20 and the SA20 at the start of 2025, after missing the second seasons of both leagues due to their tour to India. Joe Root was unveiled as a new signing by Paarl Royals on Friday, and ESPNcricinfo understands that franchises have expressed interest
Both Rohit and Kohli have spent time abroad with their families after the T20 World Cup felicitation event in Mumbai on July 4. There was speculation they would skip the tour of Sri Lanka and only return for the start of the home season in September, but they are now part of the 15-man squad
Kavem Hodge described his battle with Mark Wood as “brutal” but said that only increased the level of satisfaction after his maiden Test hundred provided a platform for West Indies to hit back on day two of the second match of the series against England in Nottingham. Hodge, 31 and playing in his fourth Test,
The prospect of ring-fencing money for Afghanistan women’s cricket could be raised at the ICC’s annual meetings in Colombo this weekend, as the global body comes under growing pressure to act over the Afghanistan Cricket Board’s (ACB) inability to field a women’s team. A number of boards, among them Cricket Australia (CA) and New Zealand
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