Anshuman Rath is about to take his first step towards realizing his India dream as he is set to represent Odisha in this winter’s Indian domestic season. Rath, who holds an Indian passport, has finished the mandatory one-year cooling-off period, making him eligible to play for Odisha as a local player as per BCCI’s regulations. It is learnt that the left-hand batsman was initially in talks with Vidarbha for the curtailed 2020-21 season but with that not materialising. He has now signed up with the state of his birth. “I had served a year’s cooling-off period, played club cricket in Nagpur and…
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After going down painfully in the opening game of the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe, Ireland made a solid comeback, winning the second game by seven wickets. Pacer Shane Getkate and experienced batsman Kevin O’Brien played the starring roles as the hosts bounced back strongly in Dublin this Sunday. Winning the toss and opting to bat first, the visitors struggled for the first half of their batting effort, slipping to 64/5 at one stage before fine unbeaten knocks from Milton Shumba (46* off 27 balls) and Ryan Burl (37* off 33 balls) helped them reach past 150. Credit: Twitter / ZimCricketv Getkate picked up three of the…
On Sunday, England announced their squad for the fourth Test against India at The Oval, starting September 2. The return of all-rounder Chris Woakes was the headlining aspect of the squad, as was the absence of Jos Buttler due to paternity leave. Buttler has been granted a break to be with his wife as they expect the birth of their second child in early September. The star wicketkeeper-batsman could also miss the last Test of the series in Manchester, having earlier confirmed that he won’t be taking part in the UAE leg of the Indian Premier League for Rajasthan Royals. “We would like…
England skipper was elated on becoming his country’s most successful Test captain this Saturday as his team dominated India on their way to an innings victory at Headingley. Root, who has now won 27 of his 55 Tests as a leader, has climbed on top of the list featuring some of English cricket’s biggest names. https://twitter.com/UPStatsman/status/1431586384175902723 “As I mentioned before the game, I’m living my boyhood dream of captaining England. It’s something that I dreamt of doing from being really small,” Root said, as quoted by PTI, following his team’s thumping win by an innings & 76 runs to level the five-match series 1-1. Root…
Spin bowling all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja had to be taken for scans on his knee as a precautionary measure at the end of the third Test match against England at Headingley in Leeds. It is not yet clear which of Jadeja’s two knees the player underwent scans for, and the overall extent of the injury will also be known only in the next couple of days. Jadeja himself confirmed the news of his visit to a nearby hospital in Leeds through an Instagram story post hours after the Test match got over with the caption: “not a good place to be at.”…
India suffered yet another collapse in the Leeds Test as England pulled off a comfortable innings victory and levelled the five-match series 1-1 this Saturday. Starting the day another 139 runs short of making England bat again, India lost their resurgent No.3 Cheteshwar Pujara with a misjudgement outside off-stump. Resuming his innings at the overnight score of 91, Pujara got out LBW after shouldering arms to a full-pitched delivery from Robinson. That wicket once again shifted the momentum back in England’s favour. After a valiant fight on Day 3 led by Pujara, Rohit Sharma and skipper Virat Kohli, Men in Blue headed into the penultimate morning with a greater sense of…
Barbados Royals head coach Daniel Vettori was all praise for what Glenn Phillips brings to the table for his team and sees him a “total cricketer”, who might even be seen bowling in the latter stages of the Caribbean Premier League 2021. The New Zealand right-hand batter has been magnificent for the Royals over the last three editions of the Premier League. The 24-year-old has finished as their top run-maker, could be seen bowling his skiddy off-spin as Royals’ go deeper into their campaign and the surfaces in St Kitts start wearing out. Credit: Twitter / ICC When at the peak of his fitness, the Kiwi could also double up…
Match 3 – C The Tallawahs opened their account in the tournament with a whopping 120-run win over the Kings, who simply had no answers to the opposition’s onslaught. Asked to bat first losing the toss, The Tallwahs posted an insurmountable 255/5 in their allotted 20 overs, with opening batsmen Chadwick Walton (47) and Kennar Lewis (48) providing them a magnificent start and then Haider Ali (45), Rovman Powell (38) and Andre Russell (50*) also playing the innings of great substance. Off-spinner Roston Chase (2/33) was the pick of the bowlers in what was overall a highly disappointing bowling performance from the Kings. Apart from Chase, none of their bowlers went for…
England skipper Joe Root and left-hander Dawid Malan played magnificently to help their team extend the first-innings advantage over India past 300 runs on Day 2 of the third Test at Headingley. While the captain scored his third hundred for the series, Malan missed out by his own century. But together, they piled on the agony for the visitors and nearly took one result out of the equation. Heading into Thursday, the three lions had a 42-run lead – having dismissed the tourists for just 78 on Day 1 – with both their openers Rory Burns and Haseeb Hameed not out overnight. https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status/1431141931640311810 The…
As India skipper got out for another low score in the ongoing Test series against England, former left-arm spinner Maninder Singh urged him to walk the talk and lead his team from the front. Before the start of the third Test at Headingley, Kohli had said a batsman needs to keep the ego aside if he is to score runs in challenging English conditions. Credit: AFP He got out for just seven after being forced into another misjudgement outside off by England’s fast bowling great James Anderson on Day 1 of the Test match. With the visitors collapsing to just 78 all out, Kohli’s poor form is attracting…