The Men in Blue had a torrid start and equally horrible end with the ball, but their middle-order came to the side’s rescue, allowing them to coast home in the T20I series decider against Australia on September 25. The hosts chased down the tourists’ massive 186/7 off the penultimate ball, with their premier allrounder Hardik Pandya coming up with another death-overs act. But before he came up with a scratchy but eventually good enough 25 not out off 16 balls in the end, India controlled their run-chase via an excellent partnership between Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav. The duo came together when India…
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The Men in Green ended the Karachi leg of their historic seven-match T20I series against England with a thrilling 3-run heist on September 25. The hosts successfully defended a modest score of 166/4 on another flat pitch at the National Stadium, thanks to a game-changing 19th over by their first-choice seamer Haris Rauf. https://twitter.com/ArfaSays_/status/1574108354510786563 Needing 9 runs off the last two overs with three wickets in hand, England lost their way against Rauf’s terrific exhibition at the death, losing two wickets, including the dangerous Liam Dawson, and managing only five runs. In the 20th, a horrible mix-up between Reece Topley and Adil Rashid completed Pakistan’s highly…
Indian fast-bowling legend Jhulan Goswami said not winning a World Cup for the country is her only regret from an otherwise rich playing career at the highest level of the game. The 39-year-old will close in on her illustrious stint as India player on September 24 at Lord’s, with the third and final ODI against England. Already retired from Tests and T20Is, she is set for her farewell encounter in the 50-over version as well. The great right-arm quick, who boasts of most wickets in women’s ODI cricket, said her only regret is not being able to clinch a major ICC…
Torrential rains across the country led to a wet outfield in Nagpur despite some overskies respite for Friday afternoon, which resulted in an eight-overs per side encounter between India and Australia in the second T20I, with the hosts coming out triumphant. With the playing conditions permitting two overs max for four bowlers, teams made an adjustment to their line-ups from the first T20I. India brought in Rishabh Pant as their extra batter in place of seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar while drafting ace quick Jasprit Bumrah back for the struggling Umesh Yadav. That helped India approach the six-hitting madness with all the gusto and intent, enabling a successful run-chase of…
South African limited-overs captain Temba Bavuma said he would be lying if he said it wasn’t disappointing for him to find no favours at the SA20 league auction held in Cape Town. The 32-year-old revealed he was hoping to get a chance and play his part in establishing CSA’s long-ambitioned T20 league. Bavuma had registered for the league’s first-ever auction for a base price of Rand 850,000, but none of the six franchises offered a bid for him at the auction. The player came up for purchase during the auction’s accelerated round after going unsold in the initial sets. However,…
South African batter Tristan Stubbs attracted the highest bid of Rand 9.2 million at the auction for Cricket South Africa’s newly launched SA20 league on September 19. Donavon Ferreira, another talented Protea batter up for international recognition soon, also created quite a stir at the bidding war, fetching bids that led to chaos at one point. Stubbs went to Sunrisers Eastern Cape side, who evaded strong competition from MI Cape Town and Johannesburg Super Kings to secure the services of the 22-year-old. The right-hander is known for his big-hitting abilities and has already featured in six T20Is for his national side, with a strike-rate…
Haryana seamer Harshal Patel attributed his successful transition from a journeyman IPL cricketer to an India T20I bowler to the role clarity provided by coach Rahul Dravid and skipper Rohit Sharma. Patel seamer believes the communication from the Dravid-Rohit duo has helped take a lot of pressure off his back and allowed him to flourish at the top-level game. Since his debut in November last year, Harshal has become an integral part of India’s T20I plans, which was reflected in his selection for the T20 World Cup in Australia but also his absence during the Asia Cup 2022 in UAE…
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has earmarked Virat Kohli as the team’s third opener heading into the upcoming T20 World Cup. The captain has said since the team hasn’t selected a designated backup opening batter for the ICC event, they are eyeing Kohli as a potential opener if one of him or KL Rahul is unavailable. According to Rohit, Kohli, who has been India’s longstanding No.3, being capable of adjusting to the demands of batting inside the powerplay gives India immense flexibility. Sharma took heart from the great batter’s magnificent hundred against Afghanistan at the end of the Asia Cup 2022 campaign when…
Unredeemed dents in the relationship between England internationals Alex Hales and Ben Stokes are not going to affect the side’s aspiration to reclaim the T20 World Cup crown in Australia this winter, believes limited-overs head coach Matthew Mott. The two players have undergone a rift ever since their involvement in the infamous night brawl incident back in 2017 in Bristol, which had led to both the players being handed backdated bans with fines imposed on them by a Cricket Disciplinary Commission. Stokes had at the time denied the charges labelled against him and was found not guilty. The rift came…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is all set to introduce the player substitution rule in the forthcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali T20, reports Cricbuzz. The Indian board is about to implement the idea via the latest edition of India’s National Championship for the shortest format, with the aim being to “make the format more attractive, dynamic and interesting” for the viewers and the participating teams. In a note possessed by Cricbuzz that BCCI has sent to all state associations in the build-up to the SMAT 2022-23, the rule is stated for allowance to replace one member of the…