Author: Kashish Chadha

Indian batting maverick Suryakumar Yadav recalled the “defining knock” of his career, reminiscing about the incredible half-century he mustered during the Super 12 encounter of the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. He calls the one in Perth used for the fixture the “most challenging” surface he encountered in his T20I career over the past two years. With rain around at the heels of the Australian winters, the track at the Optus Stadium spiced up further and accentuated the seam movement that the pacers could extract off a surface renowned for offering them steep bounce and pace from…

Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo hinted premier allrounder and captain Shakib Al Hasan could continue his bowling sabbatical through the next Test against India, starting December 22. Domingo suggested Shakib will continue his rehab from an injury that held him back as a left-arm spinner throughout the previous game in Chattogram and take the field purely as a specialist batter. “He could play as a batter [only]. Obviously he didn’t bowl enough overs. He is still struggling with his shoulder and [ribcage] bruising. It left us with four bowlers – a big blow for us,”the coach told the press after…

In much of his trademark style, Mitchell Starc got it to tail late into the right-hander with his slingy action and bamboozled the stumps to record his 300th Test match wicket for Australia on Sunday. The batter concerned was South Africa’s Rassie van der Dussen and the ground was the iconic Gabba in Brisbane, where the left-arm quick made his debut 11 years ago. After finishing the first innings of the Test match at 299 scalps, Starc quickly bagged the much-awaited feat with another picturesque dismissal, beating the right-hander’s downswing with late swing and dismantling the stumps at the back. …

Former India cricketer Manoj Prabhakar steps down from his position as head coach of Nepal men’s side only four months after his appointment. Nepal’s cricket board confirmed the same, stating that the 59-year-old has parted ways with the side prematurely despite them enjoying reasonable success under him. Prabhakar came on board in August this year and oversaw five T20Is and seven ODIs for Nepal, four of which came for the World Cup Super League 2, which acts as one of the qualification events towards the 2023 World Cup on Indian shores. Nepal had an impressive tour of Kenya under Prabhakar’s watch. The…

A verbal duel from Day 2 of the Chattogram Test between Bangladesh middle-order batter Litton Das and Indian seamer Mohammad Siraj hogged the limelight. The players were seen having a go at each other before the pacer had the last laugh, dismissing the right-hander with a ball keeping low. The verbal exchange was part of discussions even after the day’s play, as Siraj was asked at the post-day press conference what exactly did he tell Das that ruffled the batter’s feathers a little bit.  https://twitter.com/SonySportsNetwk/status/1603342999387185152 To this, Siraj revealed he told Das that he must be careful in the way…

Former England allrounder Andrew Flintoff had to be airlifted to the hospital after a horrible crash mid-air. The accident took place while the 45-year-old was shooting an episode of the BBC series in Surrey. He got injured and had to be rushed to a medical facility in the UK but as per latest reports, his injuries are thankfully “not life-threatening”.  “Freddie was injured in an accident at the Top Gear test track this morning — with crew medics attending the scene immediately. He has been taken to hospital for further treatment and we will confirm more details in due course,”a BBC…

Premier allrounders Ben Stokes, Cameron Green, Sam Curran, and Shakib Al Hasan, all of whom make a genuine claim to potentially end as highest paid pick at the bidding war, have been enlisted in the second set of players to be auctioned for the Indian Premier League 2023.  The marquee trio of utility cricketers will be up for grabs to the 10 IPL franchises on December 23 from IST 2:30 PM in Kochi. The bidding war begins with the first set, which is for the batters, featuring the likes of Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook and Joe Root.  Also read 👉 Confirmed: Root registers for Indian…

Pakistan fought their way to the highest score of the Test match in Multan, making 328 all out on the back of resilient efforts from Saud Shakeel, Imam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Nawaz. Nevertheless, a poor first innings came back to haunt them as England ultimately prevailed and secured a 2-0 lead to seal a memorable Test series triumph in the subcontinent. Defending a target of 354, England reduced the hosts to 83 for 3 despite openers Abdullah Shafique (45) and Mohammad Rizwan (30) giving their team a solid start. The tourists roared their way back into the contest on what was still a Day 4…

A leadership ban spanning a lifetime is wrong, believes Steve Smith, who came out in firm support of his experienced teammate David Warner amidst the leadership row that continues to hog the limelight in Australian cricket. Warner recently gave up on his request for a reversal of the lifetime captaincy ban hovering over his head since he was found proven involved in the 2018 Cape Town ball-tampering incident.  Even as his accomplice Smith served his leadership punishment of two years and has since been a stand-in skipper for Australia in Tests whenever Pat Cummins hasn’t been available for the top job, Warner…

Indian captain Rohit Sharma has been sidelined from the Test series opener against Bangladesh in Chittagong, starting Wednesday. The 35-year-old is not available for selection for the critical first Test after going down with an injured thumb as he remains under medical supervision for the second Test in Dhaka from December 22. The Board of Control for Cricket in India confirmed the development prior to the two-match series after Rohit flew to Mumbai to attend a specialist to get his injured thumb checked. The player is in an unlikely race against time to be fit for the second Test, also…