Australian opener Aaron Finch will bid adieu to the ODI format after the end of the New Zealand one-day series in Cairns on September 10. The experienced right-hand batter will retire from the 50-overs version but is set to continue to be the man at the helm in T20Is in the build-up to the T20 World Cup in October-November. The 35-year-old has taken a call on performance merit for himself as he undergoes a woeful run with the bat in ODIs for the year. The batter has compiled only 169 runs from his 13 innings, with five of those being…
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Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur believes her side needs a professional sports psychologist available to them on a regular basis. She stressed on the importance of a mental health specialist on board, saying an individual who understands mental fatigue allows players to be more comfortable in the team environment. Harmanpreet’s remarks came a day after England allrounder Natalie Sciver opted out of the England-India limited-overs series in the UK due to mental fatigue. Previously, too, the veteran India batter had called for a mental health coach in place, someone players can trust and open up to about their issues when in need of…
Virat Kohli ended his longstanding wait for a hundred by smashing an unbeaten ton in the Super 4s Asia Cup 2022 encounter versus Afghanistan on September 8. The great India batter reached the three-figure mark after nearly three years with a superlative knock of 122 not out off 61 deliveries in Dubai. https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1567901961692876802 He blazed his willow for an exceptional innings that went at a strike-rate of 200, featuring 12 fours and 6 sixes along the way. It was an effort that took India to a gigantic score of 212/2 in their allotted 20 overs and allowed Rohit Sharma and co. to…
India captain Rohit Sharma stuck by his team after the side’s consecutive losses at the Asia Cup 2022, stating there is immense quality within the team and they aren’t lacking anything heading into the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. For the skipper, his team may have underperformed over the last two games versus Pakistan and Sri Lanka, but they aren’t short of skill and resolve in either department. “Kami kahi nahi hai (We don’t lack in anything), there is quality in the team,”Rohit told the press after India’s defeat to Sri Lanka on September 6. The opener batter was…
Defending Asia Cup champions India stand on the verge of Super 4 stage exit from the 2022 edition of the tournament in UAE after successive defeats to Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma & company suffered a loss to the Lankan Lions in Dubai on September 6 in a close-fought thriller after another unconvincing performance with bat and ball. Similar to the Pakistan game, the Indians conceded a position of strength in their batting act and went on to pay for it with a painstaking defeat that leaves them needing a set of other results to go in their favour…
Sarel Erwee is embracing and relishing the chance to open for South Africa in a Test series in England. The left-hander believes it’s an opportunity for him to learn the true trades of batting at the top in the game’s most challenging format. The 32-year-old also revealed he is in awe of the opposition’s great new-ball pairing James Anderson and Stuart Broad. However, he isn’t at all intimidated at the prospect of facing them again for the series-deciding fixture at The Oval from September 8. “It’s tricky but you wouldn’t want it any other way as an opening batter,” Erwee was quoted as…
Deandra Dottin scored 59 runs to hand Trinbago Knight Riders the inaugural women’s CPL title, defeating Barbados Royals in the final by 10 runs on September 4th. The inaugural edition of the women’s Caribbean Premier League wasn’t a spectacle, marred with weather and poor pitches. The final game wasn’t high-scoring either, but it did produce an interesting contest, mostly because of two of the best players in the Caribbean – Dottin and Hayley Matthews. The Barbados Royals skipper gave her all but could not trump Dottin’s Knight Riders for the title. Dottin was the lone performer with the bat for TKR…
Karnataka seamer Prasidh Krishna has been ruled out of the three-match unofficial Test series against a visiting New Zealand A side due to a back issue, which the selectors don’t want the right-arm quick to aggravate considering he is a regular ODI pick for the country. Owing to his back injury, Prasidh couldn’t make the playing XI for the unofficial Test in Bangalore. Instead, India A fielded a seam attack of Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal and Arzan Nagwaswalla for what turned out to be a dull high-scoring draw. Prasidh will be deeply disappointed by the untimely nature of the injury. Always considered a Test match…
Indian batter Richa Ghosh is excited over the prospective launch of the Women’s Indian Premier League next year and says she would love to represent two-time men’s IPL winners Kolkata Knight Riders if she gets the opportunity. The 18-year-old explosive hitter believes the inauguration of a WIPL in the women’s team calendar will be a “huge thing” for the Indian players and will fasten the growth of the national side by providing cricketers like her a chance to rub shoulders with the best. Ghosh hoped that the WIPL in the works under BCCI’s umbrella will be a six-team tournament at least and…
India head coach Rahul Dravid believes former skipper and modern-day batting giant Virat Kohli is on the right track as far as regaining his best touch with the bat is concerned. As the head of the team management, Dravid said he doesn’t lay heavy emphasis on the big scores that Kohli can collect for himself but rather on the contributions that he can make for the betterment of the team. Once at the centre of attention through a major blip himself, the coach made a larger point on Kohli, stating the world outside can be paying too much attention to…