The Board of Control for Cricket in India has given a green signal for IPL 2022 playoffs to be played in front of full capacity crowds. Kolkata’s Eden Gardens and Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium are the two venues decided for the final stages of the marquee league. Qualifier 1 and Eliminator 1 are set to be played at Eden Gardens on May 24 and 25. The newly renovated stadium in Ahmedabad will then host Qualifier 2 on May 27, followed by the all-important final on May 29. Credit: Twitter / @nicholas_47 This will be the first time Indian Premier League matches will be played in…
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Bangladesh will have their premier allrounder Shakib Al Hasan available for the Test series opener against Sri Lanka in Chattogram. The player makes his return to the Test whites after a prolonged sabbatical from the format, skipping away series at the start of the year against New Zealand and South Africa. He last turned up in the longest version of the game in November when Pakistan visited Bangladesh for two World Test Championship games. The two-Test series against Sri Lanka, too, is part of the new cycle of the league spanning 2021-23. Shakib committing himself to the Sri Lanka series…
Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul joined a couple of elite lists after his match-winning century in the league-stage encounter of the IPL 2022 on April 24 against the Mumbai Indians. The elegant opener is now clubbed with greats Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma for a record number of centuries in IPL and T20 cricket. Rahul played the decisive hand in LSG’s comprehensive win over MI by 36 runs. On a dry Wankhede Stadium surface where spinners enjoyed their time out, the right-hander blazed his willow for an unbeaten 103 off 62 deliveries, including 12 fours and four sixes. The next highest score for the innings was 22 off 22 balls from Manish Pandey. Also…
Indian Premier League newbies LSG overcame record champions Mumbai Indians at their den, the Wankhede Stadium, to end all realistic chances of them reaching the playoffs for the 2022 season. MI’s disastrous run continued as the Rohit Sharma-led side faced their eighth consecutive defeat in the tournament. MI became the first team to be virtually eliminated in the season in what has been a pedestrian run where nothing has gone right for them. On the night, they went down by a heavy margin of 36 runs chasing the 169-run target on what was another relatively dry surface in Mumbai. Having restricted LSG to…
Overcoming a heart condition, Pakistan opening batter Abid Ali can resume his playing duties after a four-month sabbatical from the game. The right-hander had undergone angioplasty in December. The 34-year-old was diagnosed with Acute Coronary Syndrome late last year after complaining of chest pain during a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match and went through his operation the day later. Abid tested his recovery levels through a local T20 tournament in Faisalabad recently after going through an extended conservative cardiac rehabilitation process. Credit: Dunya News As per ESPNcricinfo, the player “started with walking on treadmills and was gradually allowed to run at a certain…
The Indian Premier League 2022 concludes on May 29 in Ahmedabad, while the T20I series against South Africa kicks off in Delhi on June 9. Cuttack and Vizag will be hosting the next two games on June 12 and 14 before the series concludes in Rajkot and Bangalore on June 17 and 19, respectively. The five T20Is are integral to both teams’ preparations for the T20 World Cup 2022 to be played in October-November in Australia and will be South Africa’s first trip to Indian shores after a called off visit in early 2020. The Proteas arrived in India for a three-match ODI series…
Former New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori believes T Natarajan is prime for an India comeback after his impressive performances in Indian Premier League 2022 for Sunrisers Hyderabad. For Vettori, Natarajan offers Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid multiple options in the build-up to the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. The 31-year-old has bagged 15 wickets from just seven matches this IPL season so far, while going for a respectable 8.07 runs per over on good batting surfaces. “He comes into play because of the skill sets and what he offers at the death. We see time and time again how hard it is to bowl…
Mohammad Amir has signed with English county club Gloucestershire for three four-day games of the upcoming County Championship, announcing his comeback to competitive red-ball cricket after three years. The left-arm quick last turned up in first-class cricket in August 2019 for Essex, a month after announcing his premature retirement from Test cricket for Pakistan. At Gloucestershire, Amir will be replacing fellow Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah, who has gone down with an injury to his shoulder and will not be available until later in the season when the club focuses on lifting the T20 Blast trophy. “The County Championship is an amazing competition and…
The Indian Premier League 2022 was hit by a controversy on Friday evening as ugly scenes emerged on the field during a match between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals. The DC captain Rishabh Pant feels the third umpire should’ve taken the responsibility to adjudicate the no-ball non-call. Pant said that the decision to stick with the on-field call cost Delhi Capitals, who lost the contest by 15 runs. https://twitter.com/AnkushC35642587/status/1517565417648115712 The moment happened on the third ball of 20th over of Capitals’ innings, chasing 223, when Obed McCoy bowled a waist-high full toss, and Rovman Powell clobbered it for a six. The over began with 36 needed off six balls, Powell…
Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant found himself at the centre of a major controversy on April 22 after threatening to ask his players back, feeling angst over a non no-ball call against his team Delhi Capitals. With 24 required off the last four balls versus Rajasthan Royals, DC’s powerhitter Rovman Powell dispatched a full-toss from Obed McCoy to the deep mid-wicket boundary for another maximum. https://twitter.com/amanj0104/status/1517595738741837824 But the ball was peerlessly close to the right-hander’s waistline, and that raised contention within the DC camp, especially as the umpires decided not to check for the no-ball. In the heat of the moment, Pant got up from his position in the…