Former captain Mashrafe Mortaza is all praise for the selflessness displayed by veteran left-hander Tamim Iqbal in opting out of the forthcoming T20 World Cup in UAE and Oman. Tamim took his name out of the upcoming ICC event on Wednesday, citing lack of regular game time for him in T20Is this year due to personal reasons and forced injury absence. Credit: Hindustan Times The 32-year-old made his decision public through his various social media handles after thorough discussions with the BCB regime and the selectors. “Everyone should respect Tamim’s decision. There’s no doubt that Tamim is one of the…
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The side could well have ended Day 1 of the fourth Test at The Oval out of the contest already. But an inspiring final session where No.8 Shardul Thakur blazed an attacking half-century and seamers Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav dismissed England’s top-order, including the in-form Joe Root. Staring down the barrel at 127/7, India were able to reach 191 all out and garner some sense of respectability to their total, thanks in no small part to the counterattacking knock played by Thakur. Walking into the situation where his team had their backs against the wall, and England pacers had their tails up, Thakur batted out…
Inaugural season champions have confirmed West Indies cricketers Evin Lewis and Oshane Thomas as their latest recruits for the UAE leg of the Indian Premier League, starting September 19. Lewis and Thomas have been roped in as replacement signings for two of RR’s mainstays – wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler and premier all-rounder Ben Stokes. Credit: BCCI While Stokes is undergoing a prolonged break from the game to resolve mental health concerns and fully overcome a finger injury, Buttler has opted to stay with his wife in September-October as they are about to have their second child. Credit: Randy Brooks This will be Lewis’ second stint in the…
Match 7 – St Lucia Kings versus Trinbago Knight Riders TRK defeated the Kings by a margin of 27 runs on Tuesday to reach the second spot on the points table. The Knight Riders posted a fighting total of 158/7 in the first half before going on to restrict the opposition to just 131/7. As it happened, while most of the TKR batting unit found it tough to get going on another dryish surface in St Kitts, skipper Kieron Pollard and Tim Seifert played exceptional knocks. Pollard made 41 off 29 deliveries, while Seifert blazed a 25-ball 37. The duo allowed their team to breach the…
Amid speculations that wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler may have had an unofficial end to his Test career, England skipper Joe Root has insisted on the contrary. Buttler has opted out of the fourth Test against India, starting September 2, to be with his wife as they expect the birth of their second child. Indications are that the cricketer is unlikely to play the fifth Test in Manchester as well, as he has already ruled himself out of the UAE leg of the IPL 2021, starting on September 19 – only five days after the end of the India series. Credit: ESPNcricinfo It must be remembered here that Buttler is also…
On Tuesday, South Africa’s finest speedster Dale Steyn said goodbye to the game via a statement made on Twitter. https://twitter.com/DaleSteyn62/status/1432646209873891328 The 38-year-old had an immensely successful playing career for the Proteas, spanning 17 years. Steyn played 93 Tests, 125 ODIs and 47 T20Is and enjoyed stellar numbers in each of those. The most eye-catching, of course, were his Test match feats as he took 439 wickets at an average of just 22.95 with a strike-rate of only 42.30. In ODIs, Steyn bagged 196 scalps while maintaining an economy rate of 4.87. His T20I career economy rate was also exceptional, only 6.94, and he took 64 wickets in the shortest…
Russell Domingo has said veteran Mushfiqur Rahim and Nurul Hasan will be sharing the wicketkeeping load during the T20I series against New Zealand. Bangladesh head coach confirmed that his team will opt for the split keeping approach for the first four games of the series and then make a decision as to who shall keep for the fifth and final encounter. “(Nurul Hasan) Sohan will keep wicket in the first two games. The plan is to split wicketkeeping duties in this particular series, make it two games each and make a decision in the fifth game. I think it is…
One of the giants of Indian and Mumbai cricket breathed his last on Monday. The former Mumbai cricketer and renowned coach passed away at the age of 82 and is survived by his wife, retired professor Lalita, two daughters and his son Jatin, who is a former India cricketer and ex-national selector. The Mumbai Cricket Association offered condolences to Paranjape’s family and thanked Paranjape for his immense contribution to the game. “The Mumbai Cricket Association expresses profound grief on hearing about the sad demise of Shri Vasudeo Paranjape who passed away on 30th August 2021,””On behalf of the Apex Council members of MCA, all the…
On Monday, India and Karnataka all-rounder announced his retirement from all forms of the game. The 37-year-old Binny featured in 6 Tests, 14 ODIs and 3 T20Is for the country. Binny’s India career spanned January 2014 to August 2016, where, despite question marks over his spot in either department, he enjoyed a few exceptional highlights. He still holds the record for best figures for an Indian men’s bowler in ODIs, having taken six wickets for just four runs and helping India defend the score of 105 by a margin of 47 runs against Bangladesh back in June 2014. Only a month later, while he went wicketless, Binny produced…
India and Royal Challengers Bangalore spin bowling all-rounder Washington Sundar was on Monday ruled out of the UAE leg of the Indian Premier League 2021 after failing to recover in time from his finger injury. “Royal Challengers Bangalore’s all-rounder Washington Sundar has been ruled out of the remainder of the Vivo IPL 2021 due to a finger injury,” the RCB said in a media release. The Virat Kohli-led T20 franchise haven’t opted for a like-for-like replacement for Sundar and have instead chosen to bolster their pace department by roping in Bengal fast bowler Akash Deep. Akash, the 24-year-old right-arm seamer, had been around…