Ashley Giles, ECB’s director of cricket, said England players are unlikely to miss international commitments in a busy calendar year to take part in the rescheduled Indian Premier League 2021. Earlier this year, England rested and rotated some of their all-format cricketers through the winter tours to Sri Lanka and India in order for them to be available for the entire IPL. A decision that didn’t go down well at all in many quarters, especially as England lost all their three series on the tour of India. The criticism only increased once it became very clear that England’s IPL-bound players…
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Former Pakistan fast-bowler Shoaib Akhtar spoke about contemporary national Test captain Babar Azam’s struggles with the bat in the Test series against Zimbabwe in Harare. After getting out for a first-ball duck in the first Test, Babar was out for just 2 runs in the second Test. Since being appointed Pakistan’s new Test captain, Babar’s six innings have fetched him only 124 runs at an average of 20.66 with just one 50+ score. Akhtar, who is quite pleased with the way Pakistan have overall dominated their Test series in Zimbabwe, said the dip in Babar’s returns is the only “worrying point”. …
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell believes the indefinite suspension of the Indian Premier League 2021 could be a precedent for the T20 World Cup to be also postponed or moved outside India. The BCCI and IPL governing council were forced to put an indefinite pause on the IPL 2021 after just 29 of the scheduled 60 games on May 4 following news of multiple bio-bubble breaches and positive coronavirus tests in four different teams’ camps. To ensure everyone’s safety, the Indian board had to take its ultimate call, despite knowing very well it would find it difficult to resume the…
Former cricketer and renowned commentator, Aakash Chopra, feels the call from the selectors to leave out wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav from India’s Test squad for the long tour of England was a “little harsh”. Kuldeep found no favours in the extended Indian squad announced on Friday for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand and the five-Test series versus England in the UK. For Chopra, the selectors and the management could’ve been more lenient towards a young spinner like Kuldeep, who hasn’t had a consistent run in the playing XI in the last couple of years. “Personally, even Kuldeep Yadav’s exclusion…
Leicester City were blown away by Newcastle United in their latest Premier League encounter. The Magpies went 4-0 up against the Champions League-chasing Foxes before two goals from Marc Albrighton and Kelechi Iheanacho salvaged their pride. The sense of Deja Vu is beginning to creep into the Leicester camp. The Foxes are in a precariously similar position as they were last season; they had Champions League within their grasp only to lose out on the spot in the final weeks. Their latest loss against Newcastle United leaves them at risk of getting caught up again by the chasing pack. A…
Rajasthan Royals left-arm pacer Chetan Sakariya opened up on the case of a health emergency within his family and how the IPL has helped him a great deal. Only 23, Sakariya was picked by RR at the IPL 2021 auction in February for a sum of INR 1.20 crores. Having received a part of his salary, the youngster said he immediately transferred it to his family to ensure his father’s good health. “I was lucky because I had received my part payment from Rajasthan Royals a few days ago,” Sakariya said. “I straight away transferred money back home, and that is helping…
India’s dependable Test No.3, Cheteshwar Pujara, recalled the toughest point of his career, saying he was so disappointed at the time that he couldn’t stop himself from crying. Pujara reminisced of the period when he got injured for the first time as a youngster playing for Saurashtra and learnt that he wouldn’t be allowed to play for a lengthy period. “When I had my first injury, to come back from it was the toughest time of my cricketing career. “The moment our team physio came to and spoke to me that the recovery will be about six months. So, I was…
Prominent county clubs in the UK have offered to play host to the remaining games of the recently suspended Indian Premier League in September, reported ESPNCricinfo. The IPL 2021 was postponed indefinitely earlier this week by the BCCI after news of bio-bubble breaches in Delhi and Ahmedabad and multiple COVID-19 positive cases in four different teams’ camp. The board is now busy making sure safe departure back home for everyone involved, but once it is done, it will also have also to seek an alternative window to host the 31 of the 60 matches still remaining in IPL 2021. That…
Karnataka pacer Prasidh Krishna could be a surprise pick in India’s squad for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand, to be held in Southampton from June 18 to June 22. According to a Cricbuzz report, though Prasish Krishna is competing directly with more experienced Navdeep Saini, he might get the nod for the extra pacer’s slot after impressing the team management during the ODI series against England in March. Playing for the first time in national colours, Krishna did reasonably well in the matches played against the defending World Cup champions in Pune. He took six scalps from…
New Zealand have replaced 2019 World Cup champions England at the top of the pile to become the new No.1 side in ICC ODI rankings. In the latest update to the rankings, the Black Caps have advanced two slots to gain the numero uno spot, whereas their English counterparts have dropped down to the fourth position. These latest updates follow the elimination of results from 2017-18 and give only a 50% weightage to matches played until May 2020, a period including the World Cup in the UK. New Zealand have aggregated 121 points after winning their home ODI series 3-0…