Forget grounds and nets and training. If you want to break records in cricket, get hooked on Instagram. It certainly did the trick for Dewald Brevis who took the world by storm on Monday, cracking 162 off 57 balls in a T20 game in South Africa. The 19-year old batter’s shots bear a striking resemblance
Month: October 2022
Did India try to rush Jasprit Bumrah back from injury during their build-up to the T20 World Cup? Chief selector Chetan Sharma seemed to suggest so at a virtual press conference on Monday to announce four squads across two tours – New Zealand and Bangladesh – in November-December 2022. “I always say that we have
Big picture England and New Zealand’s last meeting in this format was an instant classic, a slow-burning epic which saw England’s World Cup hopes go up in flames. Just short of a year on, England will be staring elimination in the face once again, unless they can overcome one of the tournament’s two unbeaten sides
Australian players celebrate after the win over Ireland© AFP Australia got their Twenty20 World Cup defence back on track with a 42-run win over Ireland at the Gabba in Brisbane on Monday. Ireland, chasing Australia’s 179-5, were all out for 137 in the 19th over to put Australia level on five points with leaders New
Senior wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik will miss India’s next Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup 2022 against Bangladesh as he is suffering from back pain which forced him to leave the ground on Sunday, October 23. Rishabh Pant walked in to keep wickets for the last five overs of South Africa’s innings. The primary
Newly-elected president of Cricket Association of Bengal Snehasish Ganguly on Monday extended an olive branch to Wriddhiman Saha who had left his homeland and joined Tripura on an acrimonious note. The veteran Indian Test wicketkeeper left Bengal after a fallout with a CAB official after he made himself “unavailable” for the state team on learning
Afghanistan batsman Gulbadin Naib has replaced injured Hazratullah Zazai in their squad at the Twenty20 World Cup, tournament organisers said on Monday. Naib was with the team as a travelling reserve and could be included in the team’s fourth Super 12 match against Sri Lanka in Brisbane on Tuesday. Zazai was ruled out due to
Australia skipper Aaron Finch suffered an injury scare when he sustained a hamstring strain en route to his scintillating fifty that set up the defending champion’s 42-run win over Ireland in the T20 World Cup, in Brisbane on Monday. Finch slammed a 44-ball 63 but looked to be struggling while running between the wickets in
All-rounder Hardik Pandya was on Monday named India’s captain for the upcoming three-match T20I series in New Zealand as BCCI announced three different leaders for four upcoming assignments across formats. The T20 series will begin on November 18 in Wellington, four days after the conclusion of the ongoing World Cup in Australia. Veteran opener Shikhar
File photo of Prithvi Shaw. Prithvi Shaw missed out from the squads as BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma announced a total of four squads for India’s upcoming tours of New Zealand and Bangladesh. India will play three T20Is against New Zealand starting November 18, before playing three ODIs against the same side. They then tour
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Defending champions Australia kept their semifinal hopes alive at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 as they defeated Ireland by 42 runs at The Gabba in Brisbane on Monday. Captain Aaron Finch played a brilliant innings of 63 from 44 deliveries and guided Australia to 179 for five before they returned to bundle out
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Monday, announced their squads for the upcoming tour of New Zealand and Bangladesh, starting just after the conclusion of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022. Senior players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul have been rested for the New Zealand tour. In
Australia are finally showing signs of being a champion team at the 2022 T20 World Cup. Theur got their T20 World Cup defence back on track with a 42-run win over Ireland at the Gabba in Brisbane on Monday. Ireland, chasing Australia’s 179-5, were all out for 137 in the 19th over to put Australia
BCCI Chief Selector Chetan Sharma on Monday announced Team India’s squads for the upcoming white-ball series against New Zealand and ODI and Test series against Bangladesh. However, speedster Jasprit Bumrah has not been named in any of the squads and Chetan explained how the selection committee is managing the workload of Bumrah and he also
Anushka Sharma, Bollywood actress and wife of charismatic batter Virat Kohli, has reacted angrily to a fan breaching her husband’s hotel privacy in Perth and recording a video of his room while the former Team India captain was out for a T20 World Cup match against South Africa on Sunday. Anushka took to Instagram to
Australia got their Twenty20 World Cup defence back on track with a 42-run win over Ireland at the Gabba in Brisbane on Monday. Ireland, chasing Australia’s 179-5, were all out for 137 in the 19th over to put Australia level on five points with leaders New Zealand, who have a game in hand, at the
India Squad Announcement For New Zealand Series, Chief Selector Chetan Sharma Press Conference Live Updates: India have announced their squad for their upcoming white-ball series against New Zealand and the ODI and Test series against Bangladesh. Hardik Pandya will lead India in New Zealand T20Is, while Shikhar Dhawan will captain the side in ODIs down under.
If their Asia Cup tilts are anything to go by, these are evenly matched teams. A quick recap of what happened roughly two months ago: Afghanistan thumped Sri Lanka in the group stage, their quicks ripping through the Sri Lanka batting order to have them 105 all out, before Afghanistan’s top four ran down the
Virat Kohli has revealed a breach of privacy at his hotel room in Perth, from when India were stationed in the city for their preparatory camp and matches ahead of the T20 World Cup. Though Kohli did not say when the incident in question took place, ESPNcricinfo has learned it was on October 8, two
With England now virtually playing knockout cricket at the T20 World Cup, assistant coach Paul Collingwood has backed Ben Stokes to come the fore after an indifferent start to the tournament as questions linger about his position in the side. Stokes made 2 off 4 balls against Afghanistan in Perth, and then was cleaned up
Australia 179 for 5 (Finch 63, McCarthy 3-29) beat Ireland 137 (Tucker 71*, Maxwell 2-14) by 42 runs The margin of victory will suggest the defending champions have got their campaign back on track. But it was a less-than-perfect performance from Australia as they beat Ireland by 42 runs to join New Zealand on five
File image of MS Dhoni© AFP David Miller played a mature and well-crafted knock of 59 not out off 46 balls to help South Africa win a low-scoring thriller against India in Perth on Sunday. The Group 2 match of T20 World Cup saw India scoring 133 for 9 in 20 overs as Lungi Ngidi
Following India’s defeat and a batting collapse against South Africa, former Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar has opened up on Rohit Sharma & Co.’s ordinary performance in Perth. Speaking on his official Youtube channel, Akhtar said that Team India has left many fans in Pakistan disappointed. He also rued that now the Men in Green’s qualification
Katrina Kaif is one of most popular Indian film actors currently. While her skills on the big screen is known to all, on Sunday, fans were witness to her cricket skills. She came to the Star Sports studio, ahead of India’s Group 2 match against South Africa, to promote her upcoming film ‘Phone Bhoot’. There
New Zealand can become the first team into the T20 World Cup semi-finals this week but first will need to contain England’s powerful batting line-up, said pace bowler Lockie Ferguson on Monday. Ferguson told reporters that New Zealand would need him and fellow quicks Trent Boult and Tim Southee to be at their best to
Kagiso Rabada took the catch of Hardik Pandya at fine leg. India lost to South Africa by 5 wickets in a Group 2 match between the sides in Perth on Sunday. The game saw a sensational start from South African pacers, reducing India to 49 for 5 at one stage, to a dominating finish from
India batter and former skipper Virat Kohli on Monday narrated an “appalling” experience he had to endure during his stay in Perth for the ongoing T20 World Cup. While he was not there, someone entered his room and all of Kohli’s accessories and wardrobe were put on display. Kohli posted a lengthy post on Instagram,
Team India’s star batter Virat Kohli has reacted angrily to strangers breaching his hotel privacy in Perth and recording a video of his room while he was playing the T20 World Cup 2022 Super-12 game against South Africa on Sunday evening. The 33-year-old has uploaded a 30-second clip of few unidentified people taking a tour
England are now playing knockout cricket after a weather-disrupted campaign, declared assistant coach Paul Collingwood on Monday, and are targeting four wins to lift the T20 World Cup, starting with New Zealand in Brisbane. England suffered a shock defeat to Ireland on the DLS method after a rain-interrupted match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground last
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