Author: Sahil Jain

The Australian selectors added six players to the preliminary 23-man squad that is scheduled to travel to the West Indies and Bangladesh in July-August later this year. Australia have decided to add six more players to their preliminary squad of 23 players scheduled to travel to the Caribbean and Bangladesh for their upcoming white-ball tours. Ashton Turner, Ben McDermott, Cameron Green, Dan Christian, Nathan Ellis and Wes Agar have been added to the squad. “The six additions to the Qantas Australian men’s squad follow discussions with players selected in the initial preliminary list for the tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh. During the course of those discussions,…

A solid effort from the Netherlands bowling attack restricted Ireland to a total of 163. Fred Klaassen, Logan van Beek and Timm van der Gugten shared eight wickets between them as only two Ireland batters got 25+ scores. Stephan Myburgh’s 74 helped the Netherlands get over the line and record a historic 2-1 series win. Netherlands produced a clinical performance in the third ODI as they completed a 2-1 series win to kickstart their campaign in this ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League. It was a win set up by the bowlers and the opening batters. Ireland won the toss…

Faf du Plessis feels that he retired at the right time as there are two T20 World Cups on the horizon, and he wants to maximise himself to play as much T20 cricket around the world. Du Plessis hang up his boots from Test cricket in February after the two-match Test series that South Africa played in Pakistan. He decided to focus on the shorter formats and prioritising T20 cricket, in particular. Since then, the veteran South African batsman has featured in the Pakistan Super League and the Indian Premier League. However, both those tournaments were suspended midway through due to the rising…

New Zealand added 107 runs in the first session and declared during the lunch interval. They set England a target of 273 and gave themselves 75 overs to shoot the hosts out. However, Dom Sibley’s stoic unbeaten 60 and Joe Root’s 40 helped England secure a rather comfortable draw. The day started with New Zealand in the driver’s seat, and they were the ones who had a realistic chance of winning. The draw still look like the most favourable result but the Kiwis could really dictate terms and put pressure on England. Nightwatchman Neil Wagner kickstarted the day with a couple of…

Resuming the day on 111/2, England lost four wickets in quick succession in the morning session. However, Ollie Robinson’s 42 and Rory Burns’ 132 helped England get to 275 in their first innings. Tim Southee took a six-fer while Kyle Jamieson finished with three wickets. In the second essay, New Zealand ended the day on 62/2. The momentum swung on either side throughout the day, and the game seems to be nicely poised heading into the final day of this first Test match with NZ ahead, leading by 165 runs. After the third day was washed out due to rain, Burns and Southee starred…

Faf Du Plessis played under Sarfaraz Ahmed and spoke highly about the former Pakistan captain’s passion about captaincy. “They [Sarfaraz Ahmed and MS Dhoni] are quite different. MS is quiet and reserved. He does most of his things instinctively on the field. Sarfaraz is the opposite and almost like Virat [Kohli] in the sense where he is always talking to the players, talking to the bowlers. Always very passionate about how he captains his team and he shows it. There is no right and wrong way, they just have two different styles. He has obviously been a captain for Pakistan…

The 34-year-old has openly admitted that he was subject to racist comments when he was young and pursuing his dream of playing cricket for Australia. Khawaja was born in Islamabad but moved to Australia with his parents as a five-year-old. The left-hander made his international debut in a Test match against England in January 2011, and he became the first-ever Muslim to don the Australian jersey in any format. He subsequently went on to make his OID debut in 2013 and T20I debut in 2016. However, the 34-year-old has now opened up on how he was constantly told that he will…

Ruturaj Gaikwad has admitted that the bond that MS Dhoni and Faf du Plessis share is a very good one and both of them respect each other a lot. Faf du Plessis made his IPL debut way back in 2012, and it was with Chennai Super Kings. In 2016 and 2017, du Plessis featured for Rising Pune Supergiant as CSK were banned for a couple of years. However, when the Yellow Army returned in 2018, they used the Right To Match card to retain du Plessis in their squad. Thus, du Plessis has been around the IPL and CSK scene for a long…

Trevor Bayliss returns to the BBL after six years. He was appointed as the head coach of the Sydney Thunder. Meanwhile, Melbourne Renegades have decided to rope in David Saker as the head coach. The Australian duo return to the Big Bash League coaching arena after a gap of 5-6 years. Bayliss has been roped in as the head coach of the Sydney Thunder while Saker returns to Melbourne Renegades. The latter has also been appointed as the head coach. Moreover, both of them have signed multi-year contracts with their respective franchises. https://twitter.com/ThunderBBL/status/1400196286788235264 The 2019 World Cup-winning coach Bayliss has signed a three-year…

RR’s David Miller regarded CSK’s MS Dhoni as one of his favourite cricketers and the best finisher he has ever seen in his career. The South African left-hander also admitted that he loves Dhoni’s calm demeanour and his humble nature. There is absolutely no doubt MS Dhoni is one of the best finishers that the game has ever seen in white-ball cricket. He is one of India’s most successful captains and he is arguably one of the best wicket-keeper batters to have donned the Indian jersey in the history of the game. Dhoni’s white-ball game and his ability to close…