Author: Kashish Chadha

Pakistan would be relieved their backup middle-order batter Shan Masood has escaped a potential bout with concussion following a blow to his head during the nets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before their T20 World Cup clash against India. Two days before Pakistan’s high-voltage Super 12s opener on Sunday, the player had to be rushed to a nearby hospital in Melbourne after receiving a stray shot by teammate Mohammad Nawaz on his head.  https://twitter.com/cricpur/status/1583523507744358400 Scans performed on the cricketer at this medical facility, however, confirmed that he isn’t down with a concussion. The Pakistan Cricket Board clarified the air on Masood, stating…

India’s sports minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said that a call on the national side travelling to Pakistan for the next year’s Asia Cup will be taken by the country’s home ministry. The former BCCI chief said any decision on India making a return to Pakistan for men’s cricket after 15 years will have to be verified first by home minister Amit Shah, who is notably BCCI secretary Jay Shah’s father. It was junior Shah’s remarks that put the spotlight on the next year edition of the tournament, which is allocated to Pakistan. The president of the Asian Cricket Council, apart…

The second round Group A fixtures from the preliminary round of the T20 World Cup 2022 witnessed two contrasting games in Geelong on October 18. While Namibia ran the Netherlands close despite an insipid batting effort, Sri Lanka came roaring back to winning ways by dominating the hapless UAE. In the first game, the Namibians kept the Dutch on the park as deep as halfway-mark of the 20th over despite defending a measly target of 122 runs. Netherlands had another unconvincing batting performance as their openers Max O’Dowd (35) and Vikramjit Singh (39) all got starts but failed to kick on. It required a…

The word from BCCI secretary and Asian Cricket Council president Jay Shah came to light after the conclusion of the BCCI AGM in Mumbai, leading to doubts about where the 50-over tournament will now be held. The Asia Cup 2023 was being considered a key part of Pakistan Cricket Board’s build-up towards hosting the Champions Trophy 2025 on Pakistan shores. “The Asia Cup 2023 will be held at a neutral venue. I am saying this as ACC President. We [India] can’t go there [to Pakistan], they can’t come here. In the past also, Asia Cup has been played at a…

United Arab Emirates had a contrasting performance in the two halves of their T20 World Cup opener on Sunday against the Netherlands, who would have been relieved to have eventually come out on top despite an unconvincing outing during the run-chase. The Dutch dominated two-thirds of the game but their much-vaunted batters lost ground at an ICC event once again and nearly conceded a defeat that would have pained them for years if it had come to fruition for the men from the Middle East. Chasing a paltry target of 112 in 20 overs, Netherlands made a decent feast of…

Namibia put on a spectacular performance in the opening game of the 2022 T20 World Cup to register their greatest-ever win in their cricket history. Jan Frylinck scored 44 off 28 and picked 2 for 26, while JJ Smit smashed 16-ball 31* and claimed 1 for 16 as they defeated Sri Lanka by 55 runs in the opening match of the tournament. Having won the toss and decided to bowl first, the Lankan lions were on top early, with seamers reducing Namibia to 35 for 3 inside five overs. Stephan Baard (26) and captain Gerhard Erasmus tried to rebuild the innings before they lost…

Fakhar Zaman has earned a last-minute entry to Pakistan’s main T20 World Cup squad as an injury replacement for Usman Qadir. With Saturday being the last date allowed by ICC for teams to make any changes to their squad, Pakistan have chosen to beef up their batting stocks. Fakhar was ruled out of the main squad and kept only in reserves after picking up a knee injury priority to the home T20Is against England. However, he has gotten his spot back after undergoing rehabilitation and treatment for his knee issue under specialist supervision alongside pacer Shaheen Afridi in London. Despite his injury,…

Mohammad Shami formally replaced Jasprit Bumrah in India’s squad for the T20 World Cup in Australia after much speculation on the experienced seamer’s entry into the main playing squad. Bumrah first went down with the recurring back issue prior to the Asia Cup 2022 in UAE in August. The pacer had a quick rehab at the NCA, where physios approved his participation in the side ahead of the home T20Is against Australia and South Africa.  Переглянути цей допис в Instagram Допис, поширений jasprit bumrah (@jaspritb1) The team management didn’t risk the pacer for the first T20I versus the Aussies in Mohali, but upon…

Found guilty as a key figure in the corruption case involving cricketers from the United Arabic Emirates back in 2019, an individual going by the name Mehar Chhayakar has been banned from all cricket for 14 years by ICC.  Credit: News18 An ICC tribunal found Chhayakar guilty on seven charges of breaches within its regulations and also Cricket Canada’s anti-corruption code.  The individual committed these offences during a series between Zimbabwe and UAE back in April 2019 and the Global T20 Canada tournament that followed in the same year.  “Mr Chhayakar’s offences are linked to the previous cases of former UAE players…

Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly’s three-year tenure as BCCI president is set to be over come Tuesday, the day of the board’s elections. 1983 World Cup winner Roger Binny is about to take over his post in the apex council. Binny filed his nomination on October 11, with Indian Express reporting that the former India pacer looks set to be new BCCI president “unopposed” as do the rest of the apex council members bar Ganguly after a month of consensus meetings on various posts.  Credit: BCCI Jay Shah, the board secretary, is set to retain his post and be the face…