Author: RoshanGede

Dinesh Karthik and Hardik Pandya made crucial contributions with the bat before Avesh Khan bagged a four-fer to help India register a comprehensive 82-run win in the fourth T20I against the Proteas in Rajkot on June 2. In a must-win fourth game of the five-game series, India found themselves struggling at 40/3 and subsequently 81/4 by the 13th over after Rishabh Pant lost a fourth straight toss. However, a spectacular turnaround followed, and the hosts bossed the game thereafter to clinch a resounding 82-run win. The architects with the bat were Karthik and Hardik, who added 65 off 33 for the fifth wicket to give India a push. DK showcased…

England have been docked two points after their sensational victory in the second Test at Trent Bridge due to slow over rate. The players have also been fined 40% of their match fees. England pulled off a victory to remember for the ages in the second Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge. However, they were found guilty of yet another slow over rate offence in the current World Test Championship cycle, losing a total 10 points to such offences. Along with losing two points, their players were also fined 40% match fee.  The on-field umpires Michael Gough and Paul Reiffel, third umpire Rod Tucker and fourth…

Joe Root has leapfrogged Marnus Labuschagne to become the top-ranked batter in Test cricket. Josh Hazlewood has replaced Tabraiz Shamsi to claim the No.1 position among T20I bowlers. A supremely consistent run, which has seen him notch 10 hundreds since the start of 2021, has helped former England captain Root become the top-ranked batter in the ICC Test Rankings. He now has 897 rating points, which helped him overtake Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne, who held the No.1 spot since December 2021. Root has extended his outstanding form in the ongoing three-match home Test series against New Zealand. He got to the 10,000-run mark during his match-winning…

According to the New Zealand Cricket, all-rounder Michael Bracewell turned a positive Covid test on June 19, a day after the conclusion of the second England-New Zealand Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, which the hosts won by five wickets. The 31-year-old will now undergo five-day isolation. Bracewell took a Rapid Antigen Test after waking to symptoms on Wednesday morning. “Bracewell undertook a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) after waking up with symptoms. He will require five days of isolation before rejoining the group ahead of the final Test at Headingley in Leeds starting Thursday June 23,”the NZC statement read. The player…

32-year-old Umar Akmal criticized Micky Arthur and Waqar Younis, the former coaches of the Pakistan national team, alleging the duo for ruining his career at international level. Akmal was one of Pakistan’s promising prospects when he had first burst onto the international scene in late 2009. Brother of wicket-keeper Kamran, Umar registered a century on his Test debut on the New Zealand tour and featured in four T20 World Cups and two ODI World Cups thereafter. However, he endured a sudden downfall and was a part of numerous controversies in the late 2010s, which brought about his downfall. Now 32, he…

Wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow registered England’s second-fastest Test hundred to help them overhaul a 299-run target in just 50 overs in the second Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge. In his post-match interview, he revealed the team’s mindset during a fascinating passage of play. In a Test match that saw Joe Root register yet another Test hundred, Daryl Mitchell aggregate 252 across two innings and a record 450 boundaries being hit, Bairstow walked off with the greatest honour. The Yorkshireman registered England’s second-fastest Test hundred ever, off mere 77 balls, and finished 136 off 92 to seal his side’s emphatic five-wicket win. https://twitter.com/englandcricket/status/1536770760974417922 Bairstow and skipper Ben Stokes came with a slam-bang approach in the final…

KL Rahul, who picked up an injury ahead of India’s ongoing home T20I series against South Africa, is doubtful to feature in the rescheduled fifth Test against England next month. The 30-year-old is likely to miss out on the standalone Test against England, to be played at Edgbaston from July 1, with a right groin strain. Rahul was named the captain of the home series against the Proteas, but was ruled out on the eve of the first game in Delhi, with Rishabh Pant being named the captain. “Team India Captain KL Rahul has been ruled out of the T20I series against…

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka reflected on the side’s miraculous and significant win in the third T20I against Australia in Pallekele on Saturday, June 11. Having won the first two T20Is on the back of their all-round brilliance, Australia looked set to win the third and hand the Lankan Lions a 3-0 clean sweep in the first leg of their multi-format tour. The hosts needed 59 off the final three overs in their run-chase of 177, with Shanaka (6 off 12 at that point) joined by Chamika Karunaratne. A spectacular turnaround followed, with the skipper smashing 48 off the next 13 to help his side seal the game with four…

England batter Ollie Pope heaped praises on Joe Root, and stated that he looked forward to acquiring batting lessons from the team’s former captain Joe Root after both players scored hundreds in the side’s first-innings in the second Test against New Zealand. Ben Stoke’s side secured an impressive five-wicket win in the first Test at Lord’s, courtesy of a brilliant fourth-innings hundred from Root. The 31-year-old ensured that the side had a glorious start to their home summer. https://twitter.com/englandcricket/status/1536297792993255426 The hosts put New Zealand in to bat on Day 1 of the second Test at Trent Bridge, but were at the receiving end…

India captain Rishabh Pant rued his side’s below-par efforts on either front after a four-wicket defeat to South Africa in Cuttack June 12. The Proteas managed to pull off a second straight successful chase in the five-match T20I series against India. Unlike in Delhi, where 423 runs were scored across the two innings in 39.1 overs, the Cuttack surface offered a fair bit of assistance to the seamers, but Heinrich Klaasen put on a show with a 46-ball 81 to help his side take a 2-0 lead. The Men in Blue could manage only 148/6 in the first innings after having been asked to bat, with Shreyas Iyer top-scoring with a 35-ball…