The BCCI’s top brass will review India’s underwhelming performance in the 2022 T20 World Cup with captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid on January 1. NCA chief VVS Laxman, who has also been with the Indian team in Dravid’s absence, is expected to be part of the meeting as well. The meeting in Mumbai
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The Pakistan Junior League (PJL) has been scrapped by the PCB’s new administration. Instead, the PCB plans to “revive junior series on a home and away basis” going forward. These decisions were taken at Saturday’s meeting of the PCB’s managing committee, led by Najam Sethi. The brainchild of recently sacked head Ramiz Raja, the PJL
India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant was rescued from his car crash on Friday morning by a Haryana Roadways employee Sushil Kumar, who was driving a passenger bus on the opposite of the road when the accident occurred. Sushil and the conductor of the bus Paramjeet were among the people who helped Pant out of his car.
No one knew where the decision had come from, least of all Saud Shakeel. The left-hander had put together 55 runs, chewed up 108 balls, and put on an unbroken 81-ball partnership with Mir Hamza. He was batting out of his skin to keep out Ish Sodhi – a man who’d beat the defences of
The results of India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant‘s MRI of the brain and spine are normal. He has also undergone plastic surgery to manage his facial injuries, lacerated wounds and abrasions suffered in a serious car accident near Roorkee, Uttarakhand, on Friday morning. MRI scans of his ankle and knee have been postponed till tomorrow because
Allrounder Stafanie Taylor and middle-order batter Britney Cooper have returned to West Indies’ squad for the upcoming T20I tri-series against South Africa and India. Shamilia Connell and Shakera Selman have also come back after injuries to bolster the pace attack, with West Indies naming 16 players for the tournament, which will act as their final
Perth Scorchers 136 for 4 (Turner 53, Wood 2-29) beat Melbourne Stars 135 (Cartwright 36, Richardson 4-25) by six wickets Quick Jhye Richardson bowled rapidly to overwhelm Melbourne Stars before skipper Ashton Turner again chased superbly under pressure as Perth Scorchers notched a six-wicket victory at PErth Stadium. After Stars elected to bat, Richardson was
Rashid Khan has been reappointed Afghanistan captain in T20Is, replacing Mohammed Nabi after the allrounder stepped down from the role following the 2022 T20 World Cup. Rashid isn’t new to the role, having captained Afghanistan across formats before. Mirwais Ashraf, the ACB chairman, said that Rashid’s experience of playing in different T20 leagues across the
Australia 575 for 8 dec (Warner 200, Carey 111, Smith 85, Green 51*, Head 51) beat South Africa 189 (Jansen 59, Verreynne 52, Green 5-27) & 204 (Bavuma 65) by an innings and 182 runs Australia claimed a first home series win against South Africa since the 2005-06 summer with a crushing triumph in the
Pakistan have recalled hard-hitting batter Sharjeel Khan into the ODI fold after five years, with the team’s new chief selector Shahid Afridi naming as many as six uncapped players in the 21-man probable list for the upcoming series against New Zealand. While the final squad will be trimmed to 16 players next week, there will
Sri Lanka have announced a 20-man squad for their limited-overs tour of India next month, where they will square off in three T20Is and three ODIs. Of those players, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Nuwan Thushara will play only in the T20Is, while Jeffrey Vandersay and Nuwanidu Fernando – in line to make his debut – will
As such, the laws of the game bar substitutes from leading a side. Rizwan was spotted moving his fielders around but, in theory, any fielder can do that. Word from the team management initially was that Rizwan – the side’s designated vice-captain – was the acting captain in Babar’s absence, but for reviews, Sarfaraz Ahmed,
Australia allrounder Cameron Green has suffered a fractured finger meaning he will not bowl again in the Boxing Day Test and has been ruled out of Sydney Test. It was confirmed on Wednesday morning, ahead of day three at the MCG, that scans on Green’s right index finger had revealed a small fracture. He was
Jaydev Unadkat and Cheteshwar Pujara have been iconic figures for Saurashtra in domestic cricket. However, between Unadkat’s two Tests, Pujara played 97 matches for India in the red-ball format, establishing himself as the No. 3 in a famed batting line-up. When Unadkat, called up as a replacement for Mohammed Shami, finally landed in Chattogram after
Ishant, the senior in the fast-bowling group, has a side strain. Saini, who was in Bangladesh first with the India A side and then the senior side, has picked up an abdominal strain and is recovering at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. Mayank Yadav, who made his first-class debut earlier this month, has torn
Perth Scorchers 136 for 7 (Turner 48*, Short 2-11) beat Adelaide Strikers 133 for 7 (Lynn 35, Tye 3-30) by three wickets Captain Ashton Turner held his nerve to steer Perth Scorchers past league-leaders Adelaide Strikers in a low-scoring thriller at Optus Stadium. Chasing a modest 134, Scorchers were in disarray at 72 for 6
Sydney Sixers 151 for 3 (Henriques 52*, Zampa 1-21) beat Melbourne Stars 150 for 5 (Webster 78, Kerr 2-26) by seven wickets Skipper Moises Henriques emerged from a form slump as Sydney Sixers continued their stranglehold over Melbourne Stars with a seven-wicket win at the SCG. On a surface with inconsistent bounce and pace, Sixers’
Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs New Zealand Pakistan captain Babar Azam chose to bat under sunny conditions in Karachi for the first Test against New Zealand. The hosts dropped wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan and brought in Sarfaraz Ahmed – their former captain who last played a Test in January 2019 – while Mir Hamza, the