India-born New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel on Wednesday said he and colleagues were guilty of not maintaining their line and length in the opening Test and would need to be tighter in their execution in the second game beginning Friday. “I think as a spin bowling unit we were somewhat guilty of possibly not keeping
Month: December 2021
India v New ZealandFriday 3 December, 04:00TV: live on Sky Sports Rahane could miss out India welcome back Virat Kohli as captain after Ajinkya Rahane couldn’t quite get them over the line in the first Test despite a strong declaration. Rahane’s reward, unbelievably, could be the axe. Shreyas Iyer’s brilliant debut means one from Rahane,
Cricketer Rahul Tewatia tied knots with his fiancée Ridhi Panu in a star-studded ceremony on Tuesday. Notably, Tewaita got engaged in February earlier this year. Several cricketers, including Rishabh Pant, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shikhar Dhawan and Nitish Rana, attended Tewatia’s wedding. The 28-year-old represented Haryana in Domestic cricket and played for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian
Former Indian batter Robin Uthappa feels Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will certainly go after Suresh Raina in the mega auction ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. All the existing IPL franchises on Tuesday revealed the list of their retained players ahead of the mega auction of the upcoming season. CSK retained Ravindra Jadeja,
IPL franchise Punjab Kings is unhappy about KL Rahul leaving the team despite getting “all the freedom” as captain over the past two seasons and says it would be unethical if he has already been approached by a new franchise. Rahul had replaced R Ashwin as captain ahead of the 2020 season and though he
Umran Malik© Twitter/IPL SunRisers Hyderabad youngsters Umran Malik and Abdul Samad were among the four uncapped cricketers retained in the IPL retention on Tuesday. Malik and Samad were both retained by SRH, which turned out to be one of the biggest surprises of the night especially because of the franchise’s decision to part ways with seasoned
Avie Glazer, Chairman of Lancer Capital, has been the Co-Chairman of Manchester United since 2005.© Getty Lancer Capital has made its first-ever historic foray into cricket by acquiring a franchise in the UAE T20 league. Lancer Capital has investments in a variety of best-in-class assets. The Chairman of Lancer Capital, Avie Glazer, is an owner
Ravichandran Ashwin in action in the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur© AFP Ravichandran Ashwin is a once in a generation cricketer and has been India’s biggest match-winner in Test cricket for a decade now. The hallmark of a top sportsperson is how he or she evolves over the years and Ashwin falls in that
Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne has returned to the top 10 in the latest released Test Player Rankings by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday. Karunaratne was named ‘Player of the Match’ in the opening Test against West Indies in Galle, thanks to his scintillating batting. The Lankan skipper had scores of 147 and
Record five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Mumbai Indians (MI) had some of the toughest calls to make in the retentions on Tuesday. Boasting of stars in all departments, MI had to let go of some big names like Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Trent Boult, among others, as they decided to retain captain Rohit Sharma,
Rishabh Pant expressed his delight at being retained by the Delhi Capitals.© IPL Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Capitals retained Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw and Anrich Nortje ahead of next year’s mega auction. All-rounder Axar Patel thanked the Delhi Capitals family for backing him. ”My journey with the Delhi Capitals has been very special.
Virat Kohli has been retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore© BCCI/IPL Virat Kohli was on Tuesdayretained by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 15 crore, along with Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj. Kohli, who gave up captaincy of the franchise after IPL 2021, has been keen on continuing with the franchise as a batter and has mentioned
Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has made it to the top five of the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings for the first time in his career after a fine show in the first Test against Bangladesh which Pakistan won by eight wickets. The 21-year-old left-armer, who grabbed seven wickets including a haul of five for
Bangladesh have announced the 20-member squad for the upcoming second and final Test of the ongoing two-match series against Pakistan on Tuesday. The second Test will start on December 04 at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. No player was dropped out from the squad named for the recently concluded opening Test. Veteran all-rounder Shakib Al
Wriddhiman Saha sustained a stiff neck during the Kanpur Test.© AFP Team India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey has given an update on wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha’s neck injury ahead of the 2nd Test against New Zealand in Mumbai. Saha couldn’t take the field for New Zealand’s second innings in the Kanpur Test due to a stiff
Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan and SunRisers Hyderabad’s separation was one of the most discussed events in the IPL retention that took place on Tuesday. SRH CEO K Shammi revealed the reasons behind SRH not retaining their gun-player ahead of IPL 2022 mega auction. Shammi said it was Rashid’s choice to go into the auction pool with the
The IPL retention process is over and the eight existing IPL teams have made their picks. All the big names have been retained but there are many unretained cricketers, who have the potential to start a bidding war during next year’s IPL auction, if they are not picked by the two new franchises. The Lucknow
England spinner Jack Leach admitted Wednesday that Australian counterpart Nathan Lyon was “impressive” and he had been studying how he deals with local conditions ahead of the first Ashes Test next week. Leach also spotlighted Ravindra Jadeja as an inspiration after the Indian’s exploits during a Test series in Australia last summer. ”For years I’ve watched Nathan
Green, 22, who made his debut against India last season, was smart enough not to buy-in as Australia continued their preparations in Brisbane. “No, no, no, I’m definitely not in the same conversation that he is,” he said. “He’s a world-class player and you always look forward to playing against the best in the world
West Indies are looking to consolidate on Day 3 of the 2nd Test against Sri Lanka.© AFP West Indies are looking to consolidate on Day 3 after dominating proceedings on Day 2 of the 2nd Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. West Indies were 69/1 at stumps on Tuesday after bowling Sri Lanka out for 204 in
India opening batter KL Rahul reacted after parting ways with Punjab Kings ahead of IPL 2022. Rahul, who had captained PBKS in the last two editions of the IPL, decided to go in the auction pool despite the Punjab-based franchise expressing their desires of retaining him. According to the IPL retention rules, a franchise cannot
Alex Carey looks poised to replace Tim Paine as Australia’s wicketkeeper for the Ashes against England and make his Test debut, as more bad weather Wednesday wrecked preparations for both teams. Paine quit as Test captain and then last week stepped away from cricket over a text-message scandal, leaving selectors seeking an alternative ahead of the
Report Ramesh Mendis got Bonner leg before, but Brathwaite stayed firm at the other end Lunch West Indies 145 for 2 (Brathwaite 62*, Bonner 35, Mendis 1-34) trail Sri Lanka 204 by 59 runs West Indies sought to strengthen their grip on the game on the third morning in Galle, negotiating Sri Lanka’s spinners with
News There is a template for a success from other left-arm spinners who have toured Australia The return of Ben Stokes to the England set-up is good news on many levels, but one person perhaps happier than most will be left-arm spinner Jack Leach. England tried to find a solution by recalling Moeen Ali after
On Tuesday, all eight franchises announced the list of retained players ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auctions for the 2022 season. There were some obvious choices, while some notable omissions surprised many fans. Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Delhi Capitals (DC), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Mumbai Indians (MI) retained 4 players each. Similarly,
As many as 27 players – 19 Indians and eight overseas cricketers – were retained by the eight existing Indian Premier League (IPL) teams during the retentions on Tuesday. The biggest names in the league – the likes of MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, among others – were retained by their respective teams. There
Former India wicketkeeper-batter Parthiv Patel said current India Test and ODI captain Virat Kohli took a “pay cut” in his IPL salary for the “larger interest” of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Kohli, on expected lines, was the first player to be retained by RCB during the IPL retention on Tuesday. But as RCB retained only
There are concerns over India’s tour of South Africa amid the detection of a new Covid variant called Omicron. In an exclusive chat with NDTV, Cricket South Africa (CSA) chairman Lawson Naidoo has said that the board is in constant touch with the BCCI and appreciates the measures taken by the Indian government, terming travel restrictions
Senior batters Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara’s forms have been one of the major causes of concern for Team India. Rahane and Pujara, considered to be the pillars in India’s middle-order in Test cricket, have been short for runs for quite some time. Rahane averages only 24.39 in the 16 Test matches that he has
India Test and ODI skipper Virat Kohli has said that he did not have any second thoughts on staying with Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for the next three editions of the tournament. RCB revealed their retained players ahead of the mega auction and they were Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj. ”The journey continues,