Wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Haris was outstanding with the bat for Peshawar Zalmi as he pushed his team to a win over Islamabad United in Match 24 of the Pakistan Super League on February 17. Haris produced a terrific knock of 70 off 32 deliveries at the top of the order, including seven fours and five sixes, to propel PZ to a gigantic score of 206/8, which they later defended by 10 runs. https://twitter.com/iihtishamm/status/1494323772509151232 Zalmi made it past the 200-mark despite their lower middle-order collapsing and making no real contribution to their cause. Thanks largely to Haris’ brilliance on the night, and useful thirties from No.3 Yasir Khan (35) and No.4 Shoaib Malik (38), they managed to hold…
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Mohammed Siraj is the only pacer from India’s ongoing T20I series against the West Indies who makes former left-arm quick Ashish Nehra’s side for this year’s T20 World Cup in Australia. He believes Siraj should combine forces with spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, the experienced Mohammed Shami and promising Prasidh Krishna for the major world event Down Under. India are currently in trial mode as far as their backup seam bowling options are concerned. The selectors opted to rest Bumrah and Shami for the West Indies series but kept senior-pro Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the mix along with Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Shardul Thakur. Credit: BCCI…
Zalmi clinched an important win over Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League on February 15, coming out triumphant by 24 runs thanks largely to a superb spell by young wristspinner Usman Qadir. Qadir bagged a magnificent three-fer (3/25) to top the bowling chart for Zalmi on the night and help his team defend their total of 185/7 on a flat batting surface with dew around. Pakistan Super League 7 table #TeamMatches playedNRRPoints1Multan Sultans70.688122Lahore Qalandars70.785103Islamabad United70.68484Peshawar Zalmi8-0.48985Quetta Gladiators8-0.28566Karachi Kings7-1.2320Source: PSL The 28-year-old ran through the opposition’s middle-order, which allowed the rest of the Zalmi attack to also tighten up the screws. Captain Wahab Riaz (1/39)…
India’s newly appointed full-time white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma says the time to experiment is over. Instead, his side will focus during the three-T20I series against West Indies on identifying players who can do the job at the T20 World Cup and give them ample opportunities to strengthen their cases. Speaking to the press on the eve of the series opener in Kolkata to be played on February 16, Rohit said “experimentation is over-rated”, for him India need to be clear in their thinking and provide their immediate World Cup probables the opportunities they require against West Indies and then against Sri Lanka in the…
Experienced broadcaster Charu Sharma revealed how his unexpected but largely successful tryst with the IPL 2022 Mega Auction happened as he had to replace the original IPL auctioneer Hugh Edmeades after a worrying turn of events. During the opening day of the two-leg IPL 2022 mega auction process in Bangalore on February 12, Edmeades fell unconscious from the dais while the bidding war for Sri Lankan allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga was going on. Also read 👉 Edmeades falls unconscious mid-auction; Premier League auctioneer “stable” following medical attention The bidding was stopped midway, and the auction was brought to a halt as Edmeades was…
Spin bowling allrounder Washington Sundar has been ruled out of India’s three-match T20I series against the West Indies, February 16 in Kolkata. Sundar’s struggles with injuries continue as he has now gone down with a hamstring issue, the BCCI confirmed on the eve of the series opener. The board informed that Sundar picked up strain on his left hamstring muscle while fielding in the third one-dayer against the tourists on February 11 in Ahmedabad. “All-rounder Washington Sundar suffered a left hamstring muscle strain during fielding in the third ODI against the West Indies,”the BCCI said in a media release. Ruling…
Karachi Kings’ disastrous run in the Pakistan Super League 2022 continued on February 14 as they suffered a bitterly painful one-run defeat against Islamabad United to lose their seventh straight league stage fixture. United’s left-arm pacer Waqas Maqsood made an excellent feast of the final over in the run-chase where he successfully defended the eight runs that Kings required for a victory. He gave away only six runs off his final six deliveries of the match despite facing the prospect of bowling to Kings’ well-set middle-order batters Qasim Akram and Imad Wasim. https://twitter.com/hazharoon/status/1493295804072837122 Kings messed up the final over horribly as once Maqsood sent Imad back off the third…
Indian pacer Deepak Chahar spoke with honesty about his whopping end bid at the IPL 2022 mega auction, saying at one point even he felt “it was too much” money spent by defending champions Chennai Super Kings. The 29-year-old ended as the second most expensive buy at the auction for the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League. With CSK determined to have their right-arm pacer and lower-order batter back, the franchise broke the bank for him and ultimately won the bidding war. https://twitter.com/IPL/status/1492467318781517825 But for Chahar, personally, the money was never an issue, he always wanted to play for the Super…
Indications were quite strong that the out-of-form Indian veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane would struggle to find a bid at the IPL 2022 Mega Auction in Bangalore. Against expectations, two-time winners Kolkata Knight Riders signed the 33-year-old for a base sum of INR 1 crore on the second day of the process. Looking for opening batters and captaincy options, the Kolkata based franchise raised the paddle for Rahane. With no direct competitor emerging, they got their player for the upcoming season of Indian Premier League. Credit: Twitter / Kolkata Knight Riders Soon, Rahane made it a point to express a sense…
Australia ended as winners in the thrilling second T20I versus Sri Lanka in Sydney on February 13, clinching the Super Over encounter due to a stellar performance from Josh Hazlewood. The experienced quick bowled a terrific spell of 3/22 off his 4 overs in the run-chase, before also giving away only five runs in the Super Over. Hazlewood allowed Australia to make a very decent feast of the second half despite them defending a less than ideal score of 164/6. He bagged two early wickets and came back to add a third scalp to his kitty for the day, pushing Sri…