Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi believes that pacer Wahab Riaz should have played the second T20I against England after a ”disappointing” five-wicket defeat at Old Trafford on Sunday. Taking to Twitter Afridi wrote, “Disappointing result, we posted a good score but the bowling failed to back the batsmen. Really feel Pakistan needed to play Wahab Riaz,
Month: August 2020
Jimmy Neesham was picked up by Kings XI Punjab for his base price in the IPL auction.© AFP James Neesham is one of the finest white-ball all-rounders going around in the sport today. Despite that Kings XI Punjab managed to pick him up for an absolute bargain — his base price of Rs 50 lakh
Saqlain Mushtaq is the most successful off-spinner for Pakistan in Tests and ODIs.© AFP Saqlain Mushtaq has travelled the world with the Pakistan team, achieved many laurels during his international career that spanned nine years and then settled in Britain as a citizen. A veteran of 169 One-day Internationals, 49 Tests and 496 international wickets
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batsman Nitish Rana said he is an admirer of former India skipper Sourav Ganguly from his childhood days even before picking up the sport. Talking about his childhood days and connection with the game he explained how his batting style looks similar to Ganguly. “Even before I started playing, my family
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), on Sunday, teased fans with a picture of AB de Villiers from his wicketkeeping drill during the players’ practice session in Dubai. Fans were left guessing as soon as the image was uploaded on social media with some welcoming RCB’s idea, while others feared the position of regular keeper Parthiv Patel
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The much-awaited 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) suffered yet another setback after around 12 members of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) were found positive for the coronavirus. Fast bowler Deepak Chahar and top-order batsman Ruturaj Gaekwad are the two players who have contracted the deadly virus. They have been isolated from the
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have put all of their energies into training ever since they completed their six-day quarantine period. After the likes of Virat Kohli sweated it out in the nets on Saturday, other players including AB de Villiers and Gurkeerat Mann had hits in the nets, while bowlers Chris Morris and Umesh Yadav
CPL 2020: Nicholas Pooran starred for Guyana Amazon Warriors in their 7-wicket win.© CPL/Twitter Nicholas Pooran played an unbeaten knock of 100 runs off just 45 balls as Guyana Amazon Warriors defeated St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by seven wickets on Sunday (local time) in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League (CPL) at the Queen’s Park
5:48 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Cummins XI 250 for 8 (Maxwell 108, Stoinis 87, Lyon 3-47) beat Finch XI 249 (Tye 59, Starc 41, Stoinis 4-31) by two wickets Glenn Maxwell hit a century in his first innings since the Big Bash final in February and Marcus Stoinis produced an impressive all-round display with 87
Chennai Super Kings star batsman Suresh Raina on Saturday (August 29) decided to pull out of IPL 2020 and flew back to India citing personal reasons. Reacting to Raina’s call, CSK owner and former BCCI President N Srinivasan on Sunday said that the southpaw will regret his decision and would want to come back. “The
IPL 2020: Suresh Raina reportedly left the UAE over an issue surrounding his hotel room.© AFP Chennai Super Kings star Suresh Raina returned to India on August 29, with franchise CEO KS Viswanathan saying the left-hander had left the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to “personal reasons”. CEO KS Viswanathan, in a tweet posted on
Nicholas Pooran ended the 20th match of the 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) spectacularly, smashing an unbeaten century to steer Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) to a seven-wicket victory over St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (SKP) on Sunday. Pooran and Ross Taylor took the game away from the Patriots with a 128-run fourth-wicket partnership to take
Eoin Morgan slog-sweeps © Getty Images Eoin Morgan has suggested he is hitting the ball as well as at any time in his career after a match-defining performance against Pakistan. Morgan made 66 from 33 balls as England pulled off a record T20I chase at Emirates Old Trafford and against this opposition. It was his
12:53 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Chennai Super Kings owner N Srinivasan has said he believes Suresh Raina‘s return to India from the UAE on Friday would not impact the team’s preparations ahead of the IPL season. However Srinivasan, a former BCCI president and ICC chairman, said Raina would “certainly realise” what he would be missing,
11:35 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff b>St Lucia Zouks 92 (Zadran 22, Walsh 3-19) beat Barbados Tridents 89 for 7 (Charles 39, Glen 2-11, Williams 2-12) by three runs Barbados Tridents needed 93 in 120 balls with 10 wickets in hand. A little later, they needed 30 off 41 with six wickets in hand. At the
6:33 PM IST Eoin Morgan won the toss in the second T20I against Pakistan and chose to bowl first. Both teams were unchanged from the first match, which was abandoned in the 17th over of the first innings due to rain. The same surface is to be used. Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, admitted he
1:25 PM IST Shashank Kishore IPL 2020 is less than three weeks away, but the tournament’s schedule – which some believe may be dynamic to account for unforeseen situations, like members of a team testing positive – hasn’t been announced yet. The news of several members of the Chennai Super Kings contingent testing positive for
The 19th game of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020 witnessed a low-scoring thriller between Barbados Tridents (BT) and St Lucia Zouks (SLZ). BT skipper Jason Holder won the toss and elected to field first. It was the ball which dominated the bat throughout the game as spinners capitalized on the juicy conditions on offer.
VVS Laxman recalled Sachin Tendulkar’s back-to-back hundreds vs Australia in Sharjah, 1998.© VVS Laxman/Twitter Sachin Tendulkar’s name has become synonymous with the “desert storm” of Sharjah in April 1998. Tendulkar’s knocks of 143 and 134 in two crucial matches against Australia resulted in India winning a tri-series. More than 22 years later one of Tendulkar’s teammates
England captain Eoin Morgan led from the front as the hosts beat Pakistan by five wickets to win the second Twenty20 international at Old Trafford on Sunday. Morgan came in on a hat-trick after leg-spinner Shadab Khan had reduced the home side, who were chasing a stiff victory target of 196, to 66-2. But the
England registered a clinical five wickets victory over Pakistan in the second T20I at the Old Trafford on Sunday. The home side now leads the series by 1-0 with one more match to be played at the same venue on September 01. England skipper Eoin Morgan won the toss and opted to field on a
Military officer Trilokchand Raina’s mastery at making bombs in an ordnance factory was only getting him a measly salary of rupees ten thousand a month. Not enough to give wings to his son Suresh’s cricketing dreams. But, more than two decades after those days of struggle, riding hard work, determination and luck, Raina ended his
Former Indian skipper MS Dhoni drew curtains on his glorious career after announcing his retirement from international cricket on August 15. He broke the news by sharing a montage of his 16-year long, illustrious journey on Instagram. The Ranchi-lad last appeared for Team India in the semi-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. He
Match 20 of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020 will see bottom-placed St Kitts and Nevis Patriots (SKP) squaring off against Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) at Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain. This will be the last match before the venue shifts back to the Brian Lara Cricket Academy for the final leg of
Shikhar Dhawan will play for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2020.© Delhi Capitals//Twitter Delhi Capitals’ players attended their first practice session of the season on Saturday evening at the ICC Academy in Dubai. The official Instagram handle of the Delhi Capitals team shared many videos on their page in which players were seen getting ready for
The squad of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will resume their training on September 1 after their quarantine period was extended on Friday. 13 members of the CSK group including two players – Deepak Chahar and Ruturaj Gaikwad – have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The ‘Yellow Army’ squad is currently staying at the
Four-time winners of the Indian Premier League (IPL), defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) have unveiled the first look of their jersey for the upcoming edition of the tournament. The announcement made on Sunday created a substantial amount of buzz among their huge army of followers. In the teaser released by MI’s Twitter account, India’s first
At a time when most of the young cricketers are lured by “easy money” in thriving T20 leagues, West Indian Rahkeem Cornwall, the heaviest ever to play the five-day format at more than 140kg, has got his priorities straight. The 27-year-old spinner wants to “nail down” his Test career, which is only three games old,
Ravindra Jadeja posted a picture with MS Dhoni and Murali Vijay on Twitter.© Twitter Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni share a great camaraderie on and off the field and it was evident as the Chennai Super Kings all-rounder posted a picture with his skipper, dedicating a hit song to the former India captain on Sunday.
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