In a battle of two domestic cricket powerhouses, Karnataka defeated Mumbai in round three of the Elite Group B in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021-22, India’s premier List A competition. Karnataka won over Mumbai by seven wickets after a strong all-around display. Praveen Dubey was the star of the show with the ball as he took 4/29 off his 10 overs. Ably supported by spin twins KC Kariappa (1/18) and Jagdeesha Suchith (1/34), Dubey’s magnificent spell allowed Karnataka to dominate Mumbai with the ball, restricting them to just 208/9 in 50 overs. In the run-chase, the South Indian giants had opener Ravikumar Samarth guiding his team through with an unbeaten 96. His opening…
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Kashish Chadha
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England’s decision to immediately draft Ben Stokes back into their squad for the marquee Ashes series Down Under hasn’t gone down well with former opener Geoffrey Boycott, who thinks the tourists are expecting too much out of their premier allrounder. Stokes, who went on an indefinite break near the end of July to resolve his mental health concerns and also a finger injury he had sustained, made a return to the side with the Ashes opener at the Gabba. There was a great sense of anticipation around Stokes’ comeback, but the cricketer struggled to get going. Stokes looked underfit to…
India’s former fielding coach R Sridhar has lavished rich praise on allrounder Ravindra Jadeja for his brilliance in the field and athleticism, stating the cricketer is extremely pleasing to the eye while he is on the field. He also mentioned that the 33-year-old Jadeja stands out in the field just like how Mohammed Azharuddin did in the 90s for India. Credit: MyKhel “Jadeja is someone who is pleasing to the eye even when he is chasing a ball to the boundary. He is cut above rest in world cricket. So was Azhar during his time. Azhar of 1985 to 1990 would…
Having gone down after his tenth concussion instance and forced break, Australia’s bright young batter Will Pucovski is all set to make his comeback to the field next month. The batter has confirmed that he is putting a timer on his return in January and is very “excited” for the same. Pucovski’s has been an unfortunate career so far. Considered as the future of Australian batting, the right-hander has not been able to properly unleash his full potential because of multiple head blows and concussions. In the latest such instance, Pucovski went down with concussion in late October while training ahead of…
Nathan Lyon’s long, painstaking wait was finally over on December 11 as he clinched his 400th Test wicket for Australia, becoming only the third from his country to enter the elite club. Lyon recorded the incredible feat when he gave Australia a much-needed breakthrough at the start of Day 4 of the Ashes opener versus England at the Gabba in Brisbane. The off-spinner got England’s well-set left-hander Dawid Malan out edging a ball to silly-point to push Australia towards a comprehensive Test win and personally enter the list where previously only legends like Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath resided from his country. Only Warne (708 wickets) and McGrath (563) are…
Not even a month into his tenure as India’s full-time head coach, former skipper Rahul Dravid is already displaying strong man-management skills as opening batter Mayank Agarwal revealed the legendary cricketer’s emotional hand behind his successful Test comeback. Agarwal made an exceptional hundred in the first-innings of the second Test against New Zealand in Mumbai on a turning pitch and backed it up with another impressive half-century in the second innings. The aggressive batter’s approach at the crease nearly belied the fact that he was personally under huge pressure to produce the goods at Wankhede. After having fallen down in the pecking…
Virat Kohli was all set to announce his departure from India’s ODI captaincy post but just before the skipper could make the announcement, the selectors got one-up on him and made the decision public themselves, says a report in Cricbuzz. As per this report, while the decision to sack Kohli from ODI captaincy was taken by the Chetan Sharma led selection panel in cohesion with BCCI apex council led by president Sourav Ganguly, the captain was given time to make the announcement personally to the fans. Credit: BCCI However, Kohli chose not to do so, curiously leaving the onus on the selection committee and BCCI…
Former Indian women’s team captain Shantha Rangaswamy believes opening batter Smriti Mandhana is the ideal candidate to take over India’s Test and ODI captain in the near future when the great Mithali Raj eventually calls it a day. Raj has been India’s longstanding captain in the two longer versions of the game, with explosive middle-order batter Harmanpreet Kaur doing the leadership job in T20Is. But with Raj, the great batter, now approaching the twilight phase of her career, the excitement around her future replacement is already quite rife among the Indian fans. Credit: India Today Harmanpreet is a player of great stature…
Pacer Haris Rauf will be making his return to the Big Bash League for Melbourne Stars. The 28-year-old has been signed by the Stars for the majority of the second portion of the BBL 2021-22 as they side to bolster their bowling attack. Rauf’s rise to fame and progression to wear the national colours for Pakistan began in the truest sense with the BBL back in 2019-20. After catching the eye in the Lahore Qalandars scouting programme, he went on to play for Stars that Australian summer and made everyone take notice of his talent and promise. The right-arm quick took 20 wickets from…
Ever since he has gone on an indefinite break, speculations are rife whether Tim Paine has already played his last Test match for Australia. But Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley said if the wicketkeeper-batter wishes to return and play for the country again, he would be welcomed back with open arms. Hockley said he would “love” to see Paine play for Australia again even as the Test team has moved on to a new full-time captain in Pat Cummins, besides giving Steve Smith an official return to the leadership group in appointing him Cummins’ deputy. “Would love to see him play again, for both his…