Author: RoshanGede

Multiple reports suggest India skipper Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the second Test against Bangladesh to be played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, having not yet recovered from a thumb injury which he had sustained while attempting a catch in the slips during the second of three ODIs in Mirpur earlier this month. The 35-year-old had walked out to bat late in India’s chase and scored a fighting 51* off 28, with the visitors falling five short of the 272-run target. Rohit was flown back home soon after with the aim for him to get…

South Africa captain Dean Elgar expressed his disapproval of The Gabba pitch, with the first Test between Australia and the Proteas lasting just 144.2 overs across just two days of play. The first of three Tests at The Gabba concluded just on its second day on Sunday, happened to be the second shortest Test Down Under, with the hosts registering a six-wicket win in an incredibly low-scoring affair. Fifteen wickets fell on the opening day, with South Africa being bundled out for 152, while 19 came on the second. With the pitch offering excessive bounce to speedsters throughout, the South…

Sydney Thunder were bundled out for an all-time low 15 in 5.5 overs by Adelaide Strikers, who registered their second win of the ongoing Big Bash League 2022-23 and climbed atop the standings table on Friday. Chasing 140 to win, Thunder lost opener Matthew Gilkes to part-timer Matthew Short in the very first over before Henry Thornton and Wes Agar took over. Thornton was aided by Short’s brilliance in the slips for his first wicket, the tall opener leaping up high to grab a one-handed stunner to dismiss Riley Rossouw. Skipper Jason Sangha edged one behind through to the wicketkeeper Harry Nielsen, and Alex Hales and Alex Ross followed suit off Agar and Thornton across the…

Kane Williamson stepped down from New Zealand Test captaincy on Thursday, December 15, with Tim Southee taking over in the role. Williamson had taken over the Test captaincy from Brendon McCullum following his retirement in 2016 and led his side in 40 Tests: winning 22, losing ten and drawing eight games. Only Stephen Fleming has captained in more Tests than Williamson among New Zealanders. The 32-year-old had led the Blackcaps to the title win in the inaugural World Test Championship last year, with an eight-wicket win over India in the final at the Ageas Bowl. “Captaining the Blackcaps in Test cricket has…

Former India batter Robin Uthappa, 37, has joined the Dubai Capitals ahead of the inaugural edition of the United Arab Emirates’ International League T20. Uthappa, a key member of India’s T20 World Cup 2007 triumph under MS Dhoni, represented the country in 46 ODIs and 13 T20Is between 2006 and 2015, before announcing his retirement from all forms of international and Indian cricket in September this year. He played 205 Indian Premier League matches between 2008 and 2022, and aggregated 4952 runs at an average of 27.51 and a strike rate of 130.35, with 27 half-centuries to his name. He…

Arjun Tendulkar struck hundred on his Ranji Trophy debut – also his maiden first-class appearance – in Goa’s 2022-23 season opener against Rajasthan, at Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground in Porvorim. The 23-year-old completed the milestone on Day 2 of the game, and with it, emulated his father Sachin, who had recorded a hundred on his Ranji Trophy debut as a 15-year-old for Mumbai against Gujarat in 1988, less than a year away from his maiden Test cap. Arjun had walked in to bat at No. 7 at the fall of wicketkeeper-batter Eknath Kerkar’s wicket on the first day, with Goa at 201/5…

Australia all-rounder Tahlia McGrath has climbed to the top of the latest ICC Women’s T20I batting rankings. In just her second year as a T20I cricketer, the 27-year-old attained the milestone in just her 16th match, leapfrogging team-mates Meg Lanning and Beth Mooney and Smriti Mandhana to become the 12th women’s batter from Australia to do so. She has aggregated 485 runs at 121.25 while maintaining an impressive strike-rate of 149.69 from 10 innings in the format till date. Her T20Is score till date read: 42*, 44*, 91*, 70, 14, 78*, 34, 2, 40* and 70*, the last two scores…

Australian legend Shane Warne will be honoured by the Melbourne Stars during their first game of the Big Bash League 2022-23 – against the Hobart Hurricanes – at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. Warne, the first bowler to 700 Test wickets and a key member of Australia’s 1999 World Cup triumph and seven Ashes series wins during his international career spanning a decade and a half, represented the Stars in 15 matches between 2011 and 2013. The champion leg-spinner bagged 11 wickets while maintaining an economy of 7.25 for the franchise. He died on March 4, 2022, aged…

The ongoing World Test Championship 2023 cycle is nearing an exciting finish, with as many as five teams in contention to secure the final two spots for the title clash to be played at The Oval in June. Here is a look at how the current points table for the ongoing cycle stands and the teams which are in the race to contest in the final. Pakistan’s 26-run defeat to England in the second Test in Multan has resulted in them slipping down to the sixth position in the WTC points table with a points percentage of 42.42%, thereby significantly denting…

Smriti Mandhana and Richa Ghosh displayed their imperios ball-striking skills, helping India Women tie scores with Australia in a run-chase of 188, and then clinch the Super Over, on an eventful eve at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on Sunday, December 11. The win helped the hosts draw 1-1 level in the five-match series, and with it, hand the top-ranked side the first defeat of the year. With India needing 14 off the final over bowled by Megan Schutt, Devika Vaidya managed a thick outside edge on the second ball, with a pair of singles and a brace thereafter bringing it down to five…