As the deadline for player retention ahead of IPL 2022 wound down on Tuesday, a total of 27 players were retained by the eight existing franchises. Overall, the franchises spent INR 269 crore to hold on to these 27 players, which includes 19 Indians – four of them uncapped – and eight foreigners. Many of
Month: November 2021
News England quick hopes to use BBL stint with Melbourne Renegades to build his case Left-arm quick Reece Topley is hoping to use the Big Bash League as a launching pad to build his case to be in England’s first-choice squad for next year’s T20 World Cup in Australia. Topley was a late addition to
Sourav Ganguly said India’s tour to South Africa remains on schedule.© AFP BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said India’s tour to South Africa remains on schedule and they’re keeping a close watch on the situation surrounding the emergence of the new COVID-19 variant. There has been growing concern about the spread of the new
The eight existing teams of the Indian Premier League announced the names of the players whom they have decided to retain ahead of the mega auction in 2022. As reported earlier by NDTV, all the top stars have been retained by their respective franchises. In a bit of a surprise Chennai Super Kings retained all-rounder Ravindra
SA A vs IND A: SA A batters found it hard to deal with India A pacers on Day 1.© Instagram India A pacers grabbed five wickets as South Africa A reached 233 for seven on the opening day of the second unofficial Test on Tuesday. Speedsters Navdeep Saini (2/54), who has lost his place
The highly-anticipated mega auction of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 is expected to take place by the end of December or January first week. Ahead of the big auctions, all eight IPL franchises have revealed the list of their retained players on Tuesday, November 30. Here are the full details: Royal Challengers Bangalore Royal Challengers
News Former head coach admits build-up has been less than ideal for England and Australia Trevor Bayliss‘ only away Ashes series during his five-year tenure as England’s head coach ended in a 4-0 defeat and was overshadowed by off-field distractions amid questions about his squad’s drinking culture and the absence of Ben Stokes due to
As the first Test match between India and New Zealand ended in a pulsating draw, Australian spin maestro Shane Warne questioned India’s tactics on the final day at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. On day five, the Ajinkya Rahne-led side picked five wickets, and the match almost slipped from the hands of the Black Caps.
News Taylor also occupied fourth place in the allrounder rankings, behind only Marizanne Kapp, Natalie Sciver and Ellyse Perry West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor and opener Hayley Matthews both made gains in the women’s ODI rankings, following their performances in the recently-cancelled Women’s World Cup Qualifiers. Taylor moved up to ninth in the women’s batting
News Back at Perth Scorchers for another BBL, he believes his decision to play last year was a major reason why he lost his New Zealand spot Colin Munro insists he has moved on from likely seeing the end of his international career although believes his record still stacks up against others at the top
News Former England batter won title with Perth Scorchers in 2016-17 Ian Bell was a Big Bash champion with Perth Scorchers in 2016-17 but returns to the league five seasons later hoping to inspire Hobart Hurricanes to the title. Bell retired from professional cricket at the end of the English domestic season in 2020 and
News Taskin Ahmed also included in 20-man squad after regaining fitness Bangladesh’s Test loss in Chattogram was followed by good news after Shakib Al Hasan was ruled fit for the second Test against Pakistan starting December 4. Shakib missed the first Test, as well as the T20I series against Pakistan and the last couple of
India and New Zealand players© Twitter/BCCI India and New Zealand arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday for the second and final Test of the series, to be played at the iconic Wankhede Stadium from December 3. A Mumbai Cricket Association official said that both the teams arrived in the megacity from Kanpur in the evening via a
Pakistan opening batters Abid Ali and Abdullah Shafique smashed individual half-centuries to help visitors register an eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first Test in Chattogram. Bangladesh scored 157/10 and gave the target of 203 runs in the second innings, which was easily gunned down by Pakistan. Ali scored 91 off 148 balls, and Shafique
The IPL retentions are just a few hours away and soon fans will be able to know who are the players who have been retained by their favourite Indian Premier League (IPL) teams. A lot of names have come up in the past few days and it will be interesting to see the permutations and
Deep Dasgupta suggested that Mayank Agarwal would be a better fit at number three.© Twitter Former India wicket keeper-batter Deep Dasgupta suggested a few changes which Team India could consider going into the second Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from December 3. With the first match ending in a disappointing draw for the
Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq credited New Zealand batters for batting through Day 5 of the first Test to secure a draw but added that India should have closed out the match in the first two sessions on Monday. India got 9 New Zealand wickets but the last-wicket partnership between all-rounder Rachin Ravindra and No.11 Ajaz
Former India captain and batting legend Sachin Tendulkar Former India captain and batting legend Sachin Tendulkar showered praise on both India and New Zealand after the two teams played out a pulsating draw at Kanpur in the 1st of the two-Test series. The hosts were in a commanding position by the end of the fourth
Australia opening batter David Warner “can’t wait” for the India vs New Zealand second Test in Mumbai to begin. Warner’s comments came after India and New Zealand – the top two teams in ICC Test rankings – played out a thrilling draw in the first Test match at Green Park in Kanpur on Monday. New
Stafanie Taylor recently completed 5000 ODI runs during series vs Pakistan.© Twitter Stafanie Taylorand Hayley Matthews have risen in the ICC Women’s ODI batting and all-rounder rankings respectively. The pair stood up for their side in Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier action, with Taylor moving into the top ten in batting (676) and holding on
BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal on Tuesday said India’s tour of South Africa remains on schedule provided the situation doesn’t aggravate in the rainbow nation after a new COVID-19 variant was detected there. India play the final Test against New Zealand in Mumbai and are scheduled to depart to Johannesburg from there on December 8 or
BAN vs PAK: Opener Abid Ali missed out on a second ton in the first Test.© AFP Pakistan might have won the first Test against Bangladesh but visitors’ opening batter Abid Ali was left disappointed after missing out on a second ton on Tuesday. Abid Ali, the Player of the Match, and Abdullah Shafique went
New Zealand great Daniel Vettori feels Ravichandran Ashwin will “comfortably end up as India’s second-highest wicket-taker” in Test cricket and in fact, he could well pose a challenge to the legendary Anil Kumble’s record of 619 Test wickets. Ashwin on Monday became India’s third leading wicket-taker in Tests by surpassing veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. Ashwin,
Veerasammy Permaul’s five-wicket haul put Sri Lanka in trouble with the West Indies batting openers already chasing down the hosts’ lead by stumps on day two of the second Test in Galle on Tuesday. Rain interrupted play half an hour before the scheduled tea break in a match that has been plagued by inclement weather and bad
Star Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin achieved another milestone in his glorious career on Monday as he became the third-highest wicket-taker for India in Test cricket. The 35-year-old accomplished the landmark by surpassing India legend Harbhajan Singh on the final day of the recently concluded first Test against New Zealand at Green Park in Kanpur. Ashwin
Rachin Ravindra helped New Zealand escape with a draw in Kanpur on Monday.© AFP Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra said he felt “big relief” when the Kiwis managed to survive by the barest of margins on the last day of the first Test against India. New Zealand’s Rachin and Ajaz Patel put up
South Africa’s foreign ministry has said that a “full bio-secure environment” will be created for the Indian cricket team when it lands here for a highly-anticipated series next month and lauded the BCCI for not pulling out its ”A” team despite the panic caused by the discovery of a new COVID-19 variant. India A will
KL Rahul working out during a gym session© KOO Team India was dealt a huge blow ahead of the start of the Test series against New Zealand as opening batter KL Rahul was ruled out of the two-match series after sustaining a muscle strain on his left thigh. Rahul showed good form in Test cricket on the
Abid Ali fell just shy of back-to-back centuries as Pakistan cruised to an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first Test in Chittagong on Tuesday. Ali’s 151-run stand with fellow opener Abdullah Shafique helped bring play to an end before lunch on the final day, beating their first-innings partnership by five. The duo had already made 109
Ravichandran Ashwin achieved a huge milestone on Monday, during the fifth day of the 1st Test between India and New Zealand in Kanpur. He surpassed veteran India off spinner Harbhajan Singh to become the third highest wicket-taker in Tests for India. Ashwin has been India’s biggest match-winner with ball in Tests at home over the past
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