Jemimah Rodrigues played the role of an enforcer to perfection with a career-best 76 in T20Is before the bowlers produced a clinical display to power India to a 41-run win against Sri Lanka in their women’s Asia Cup opener in Sylhet on Saturday. Rodrigues put up a boundary-hitting exhibition as she whacked 11 fours and
Month: October 2022
File photo of Jasprit Bumrah© BCCI Team India’s preparation for the upcoming T20 World Cup received a major jolt earlier this week as premier speedster Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the ongoing three-match T20I series against South Africa. It is not clear whether Bumrah would be available for the T20 World Cup, which is
Unmukht Chand suffered an eye injury© Twitter Former India Under-19 captain Unmukt Chand has suffered an eye injury in the United States while playing cricket. The 29-year-old shared a couple of pictures of his injury on social media. In the shared images, Chand’s left eye is swollen, so much that the player is unable to
Team India got off to a solid start in the ongoing Women’s Asia Cup 2022 after registering a comfortable victory over Sri Lanka in their opening game on Saturday. After being put to bat first at Sylhet Outer Cricket Stadium, India were in a spot of bother, losing both openers Shafali Verma (10) and Smriti
A day after Harsha Bhogle put out a strongly worded Twitter thread criticising the English media for spreading “vitriol” towards Deepti Sharma after her run-out of Charlie Dean at Lord’s, England Test captain Ben Stokes took to the social media platform to respond to the commentator. In his thread, Harsha Bhogle had written about how
File photo of India women.© BCCI India have maintained their fourth spot in the ICC women’s ODI and T20I team rankings after the world body carried out an annual update on Saturday. India have gained a point and now have 104 points in the ODI rankings. In the T20 list, the Commonwealth Games silver medallists’
The 2022 T20 World Cup is just around the corner as the tournament gets underway on October 16 in Australia. Rohit Sharma-led Team India would open their campaign on October 23 against arch-rivals Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The management right now is sweating over the fitness of lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah and if
India batter Ruturaj Gaikwad is looking forward to competing for Chennai Super Kings at the Chepauk “where it all started” for him as the IPL goes back to its traditional home-and-away format from the next season. The IPL has been held at only a few venues since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 but with
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Pakistan and England locked horns in the sixth T20I of the ongoing 7-match series on Friday, where the tourists managed to register a dominating 8-wicket triumph. English opener Phil Salt sizzled with the bat, smashing an unbeaten 88 off just 41 deliveries, including 13 fours and three sixes, to take his side over the finish
Ravi Bishnoi might have been pushed to the reserves list in India’s squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup but the young leg-spinner has no regrets about missing out on the 15-member squad for the marquee event. Bishnoi, who was part of the team for the Asia Cup, played just one game during the tournament,
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Simon Harmer castles Will Young.© Twitter While English pitches are known for the seam and swing movement, County matches often produce some mind-blowing deliveries from spinners. While English leg-spinner Matt Parkinson is often the artist, having provided some contenders for the “ball of the century”, the latest entrant to the unofficial competition comes from South
Chris Gayle bossed over the bowlers, but it was the Pathan brothers – Yusuf and Irfan – who had the last laugh in the 11th match of the Legends League Cricket (LLC) at the Barkatullah Khan Stadium on Friday. After Gayle’s hurricane 68 off 40 balls had helped the Gujarat Giants post 186/7 in 20
Courtesy of Phil Salt‘s dazzling batting display, England defeated Pakistan in the sixth T20I at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Friday to level the ongoing seven-match series. Salt’s dominant performance with the willow made a mockery of the 170-run chase, as the tourists finished the proceedings in just 14.3 overs with eight wickets in hand.
Jacques Kallis is viewed as one of the best all-rounders to play the game of cricket. Over his 18-year long career, Kallis went on score 25,534 runs across all formats of the game and he also registered 55 scalps with the ball in hand. So, it is only fair to ask him on who he
Ruturaj Gaikwad is “waiting for the moment” that Chennai Super Kings return to Chepauk, which is the ground where “it all started” for him. Since Covid-19 hit, the IPL has had to adapt and make do without its usual home-and-away format. In 2020, it took place behind closed doors in the UAE. In 2021, it
It was the photograph that did it. Joe Root pictured on a Scottish golf course while Yorkshire supporters were coming to terms with relegation. Root, the epitome of Yorkshire cricket, grinning broadly alongside Michael Vaughan, Kevin Pietersen and Piers Morgan (none of them particularly renowned for checking the county cricket scores), on a day that
PAK vs ENG: Haider Ali’s shot hits Aleem Dar.© Twitter Umpire Aleem Dar suffered an unfortunate injury during the sixth T20I between Pakistan and England in Lahore on Friday as Haider Ali rammed a pull shot straight into him. Dar was the leg umpire in the sixth over of the match. Richard Gleeson bowled a
Since making his debut in the Indian Premier League in 2019, Arshdeep Singh’s stocks have been on the rise. The pacer had an excellent IPL 2022 season and went on to make his international debut during the tour of England. He then bagged seven wickets during the tour of West Indies. He played for India
India Women are high on confidence after beating England in their own backyard.© BCCI The Women’s Asia Cup 2022 began on Saturday with hosts Bangladesh taking on Thailand. India will also begin their campaign on Saturday when they take on Sri Lanka in Sylhet. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side come into the tournament on a high,
MS Dhoni playing golf.© Instagram MS Dhoni tried his hands at the game of golf on Friday. The former India captain was invited by legendary cricketer Kapil Dev on the latter’s golf tournament – ‘Kapil Dev – Grant Thornton Invitational 2022’. The event shared a video on social media in which Dhoni could be seen
PAK vs ENG: Babar Azam plays a shot in the 6th T20I© AFP Pakistan skipper Babar Azam may have had a poor Asia Cup, but he has found his mojo again in the seven-match T20I series against England. On Friday, the 27-year-old became the joint-fastest player to reach 3000 runs in T20Is, drawing level with
File photo of Jasprit Bumrah.© AFP Jasprit Bumrah, since making his international debut in a T20I series in Australia in early 2016, has gone on to become the leader of India’s pace attack across all formats. With his unorthodox action, Bumrah has only grown in skill and stature, adding new tricks to his repertoire. Rising