Author: RoshanGede

India speedsters put on a collective show before KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav led the run-chase to down South Africa by eight wickets in the first T20I in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. In stark contrast to the recent three-match T20I series between India and Australia, the India vs South Africa series had a low-scoring start, with batters challenged by the extravagant pace, bounce and movement in the first T20I at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on September 18. Having been put in to bat, the visitors were rocked right at the start, with Deepak Chahar setting it up against Temba Bavuma. The right-arm…

Four of Australia T20 World Cup 2021 winners are back to the squad for their upcoming home series against the West Indies after having missed out against India recently. The Aussies have included David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Mitchell Starc and Marcus Stoinis in their 16-member squad for the upcoming two-match T20I series against the Windies in Queensland. Each of the four players had missed out on the side’s recent tour of India, wherein Australia went down 1-2 in a closely fought three-match T20I series. Warner was rested, as were Starc, Stoinis and Marsh, as a precautionary measure for knee, side strain and ankle problems respectively. Cameron…

The England and Wales Cricket Board have made a proposal to the Pakistan Cricket Board to be a neutral venue for India vs Pakistan Tests, as first reported by The Telegraph. ECB’s deputy chair Martin Barlow, who has been in Pakistan for England’s ongoing seven-match T20I series, is said to have put forward the idea to his Pakistani counterpart Ramiz Raja during the tour. The proposal has been viewed as an indication of ECB’s attempt to rebuild its relationships with the PCB, after the board had withdrawn from a two-match Test series in Pakistan last year at the very last minute. https://twitter.com/AatifNawaz/status/1439978695465312258 As…

Former T20 World Cup winner S Sreesanth has extended his support for Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who has had a tough time with the ball in recent times. India completed a 2-1 T20I series win over Australia with a thrilling last-over victory in the decider in Hyderabad on Sunday, September 25. Ahead of the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, which is less than three weeks away, India have three more T20Is lined up – against South Africa at home – to fine-tune their form, tactics and combinations. The death bowling continues to be a worry, as was the case at the Asia Cup…

The 2023 edition of the Indian Premier League will return to its original pre-COVID format, confirmed BCCI president Sourav Ganguly. “The next season of men’s IPL will also go back to the home and away format with all ten teams playing their home matches at their designated venues,”Ganguly’s note said to state units. The tournament was played entirely in the UAE in 2020 with the COVID-19 outbreak in India. The edition was played across three venues – Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah – with Mumbai Indians emerging as the champions, beating Delhi Capitals in the final to claim their fifth title. The 2021 edition…

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan put on a world record opening stand to help Pakistan register a thumping 10-wicket win in the second T20I against England in Karachi on September 22. Skipper Babar, who had an indifferent run at the Asia Cup 2022, wherein he had registered scores of 10, 9, 14, 0, 30 and 5 at a combined strike-rate of 107.94, had managed 31 off 24 in Pakistan’s six-wicket defeat in the series opener. He redeemed himself with a second T20I hundred, and finished unbeaten at 110, striking 11 fours and five sixes, including the winning boundary off the…

Australia Women vice-captain Rachael Haynes announced her retirement from international cricket on September 15. The Women’s Big Bash League 2022-23, wherein she represents the Sydney Thunder, will be her last competition as a professional cricketer. Haynes represented Australia in six Tests, 77 ODIs and 84 T20Is in an international career that had begun on the England tour in 2009. She aggregated 383 runs at 383 in Tests and 850 runs at 26.56 in T20Is. She was at her best in the ODI version, scoring 2585 runs at 39.76 with 19 fifties and two hundreds. Haynes captained her national side 14 times across…

All-rounders Andre Russell and Sunil Narine were the most notable absentees, as West Indies announced their 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup 2022 on September 14. The squad sees the comeback of left-handed opener Evin Lewis, who last played for the West Indies during their disappointing T20 World Cup 2021 campaign in the UAE. The 15-member contingent also includes the uncapped duo of right-arm leg-spinner all-rounder Yannic Cariah and left-arm batting all-rounder Raymon Reifer. Both Russell and Narine haven’t been a part of the Windies setup for quite some time now, with the latter having last played at the international stage the…

Asad Rauf, the former Pakistani umpire, passed away due to cardiac arrest in Lahore on Thursday. He remains one of the most popular umpires from Pakistan, alongside Aleem Dar. Rauf officiated in 64 Tests (49 as on-field umpire and 15 as TV umpire), 139 ODIs (98 on-field, 41 as TV umpire) and 28 T20Is (23 on-field and five as TV umpire) in an international umpiring career that spanned from 2000 to 2013. He was elevated to the ICC’s elite panel in 2006, after having officiated in his first Test a year earlier, and had first stood in an ODI in…

Australia have adopted a safety approach in build-up to the T20 World Cup 2022 at home in October-November, with the trio of Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis being rested from the upcoming T20I series in India with injury concerns. Starc (knee), Marsh (ankle) and Stoinis (side) – will miss the series as a precaution, having suffered “low-level injuries”. David Warner has been rested, with Nathan Ellis, Daniel Sams and Sean Abbott making the cut. Credit: ICC Stoinis and Marsh picked up the injuries during Australia’s ODI series against Zimbabwe and New Zealand, whereas Starc underwent a knee scan on September 14, and the selectors decided against taking any…