Author: RoshanGede

In what comes as a welcome move to the game, cricket has been added to a shortlist of nine sports for potential inclusion at the Los Angeles 2028 games. Cricket will be competing for a spot at the marquee event alongside eight other sports, including baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse, break dancing, karate, kickboxing, squash and motorsport. The Los Angeles Games organising committee had asked the International Cricket Council to make their case for the same last month. While the exact date for the ICC presentation is yet to be decided, a final call on the sport’s inclusion is likely to…

Given his recent consistent run, India all-rounder Hardik Pandya believed that he can fill in as India’s third or fourth seamer in T20Is on a consistent basis. Suryakumar Yadav might have sizzled with a 44-ball 76, but it was Pandya’s disciplined spell earlier that laid the foundation for India to secure a seven-wicket win in the third T20I against West Indies in St.Kitts on August 3. Also read 👉 Versatile Suryakumar Yadav takes West Indies attack apart as India go 2-1 up Having conceded a six off just the second ball of his spell, he returned 1/19 from his four overs, dismissing Brandon King to…

Having taken a 2-1 lead in the five-match series against the Windies, the Men in Blue have a great chance to close it out in the fourth T20I to be played in Lauderhill, Florida on August 6. After a disappointing batting show in the second T20I, India bounced back strongly in the third to hand WI a seven-wicket defeat, and with it took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. While Hardik Pandya carried on his brilliance with the ball, and the specialists playing their parts, Suryakumar Yadav blossomed as an opener with a stroke-filled 44-ball 76. The Indians would be worried over the…

India seamer Harshal Patel, who didn’t feature in either of the first two T20 Internationals against the West Indies, has been ruled out of selection till the third game of the ongoing five-match series after suffering a rib injury. The same was confirmed moments after the toss of the second T20I on August 1, by The Board of Control for Cricket in India. “Harshal Patel has a rib injury and is unavailable for selection for the 2nd and 3rd T20I. He is being monitored by the BCCI medical team,”read a BCCI tweet. Harshal had featured in each of the three…

Shankar Basu, the former India strength and conditioning coach, told blogger Ranveer Allahbadia how he was highly impressed by the gymnastic skills of an 18-year-old Rishabh Pant during the Nidahas Trophy in Sri Lanka four years ago. With his dynamic batting and highly efficient glovework, Pant has become an integral part of the Indian setup across formats, having already starred in numerous historic wins. Be it the unconventional hoicks or the reverse-scoops or the antiques behind the stumps, he keeps his teammates and the viewers engaged with a box-office display through and through. Credit: ICC However, a key aspect of…

Suzie Bates scored a sparkling unbeaten 91, while skipper Sophie Devine put on an all-round show to help New Zealand women secure a 13-run win over South Africa in their first match at the ongoing Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 on July 30. Chloe Tryon and skipper Sune Luus kept South Africa in hunt in their run-chase of 168, but New Zealand bowlers managed to stem the run-flow at the back end to register a 13-run win in the first Group B fixture at Edgbaston. Tyron struck 39 off 17 with three fours and as many sixes, before being run-out in the 16th over,…

India skipper Rohit Sharma was highly pleased with his team’s performance after a 68-run win against the West Indies in the first T20I on July 30. The Men in Blue outplayed their opponents in every area in the opener of the five-match series at the Brian Lara Stadium. Sharma (64 off 44) and Dinesh Karthik (41* off 19) starred with the bat, before an all-round bowling show helped India restrict the West Indies to 122/8 in their run-chase of 191. The hosts found it progressively tough on a spin-friendly surface, with Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravi Bishnoi bagging two wickets each. Ravindra Jadeja returned 1/26 from his four overs,…

India skipper Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik starred with the bat, before spinners weaved a web to help India secure a comfortable 68-run victory in the first of five T20Is against the West Indies at he Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad on July 29. The platform was laid first up by Rohit, who, in a rather surprising move, opened alongside Suryakumar Yadav after the opposition opted to bowl. The pair put on 44 in 4.4 overs, with SKY playing the aggressor striking three fours and a six, before falling to left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein for a 16-ball 24. hreyas Iyer, who was preferred over…

Ashleigh Gardner and Grace Harris starred revived Australia from 49/5, helping them gun down a 155-run target against India in the cricket opener at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 on July 29. Australia – the top-ranked team across formats and the current women’s ODI and T20 World Cup holders – lived up to their reputation in the first cricket encounter at the Commonwealth Games 2022 at Edgbaston, staging a brilliant turnaround to stun India. Chasing 155, the Australia top-order was undone by Renuka Singh’s brilliance that had them reduced to 34/4 in 4.1 overs. https://twitter.com/the_bridge_in/status/1552991657494482950 The right-arm quick dismissed Alyssa Healy, Meg Lanning, Beth Mooney and…

Around ten cricketers each from West Indies and Sri Lanka, and about 12 from England have reportedly been signed up for a South Africa-based T20 tournament, which will get underway in January 2023. The league, introduced by Cricket South Africa, features six teams, with its owners linked to those of six of the existing Inndian Premier League franchises. “This new league promises to make a significant investment into both professional cricket and development in South Africa, along with a positive socio-economic and tourism injection into the country,”CSA’s chief executive officer Pholetsi Moseki was quoted as saying by the Times of India. The CSA…