Author: Sahil Jain

Ace England fast bowler Steward Broad has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test series against India after sustaining a tear in his calf. Saqib Mahmood has been added to the squad as cover. Meanwhile, for India, Shardul Thakur has been ruled out of the second Test due to a hamstring injury. “He [Broad] underwent an MRI scan in London on Wednesday lunchtime, which revealed a tear. Broad sustained the injury during the warm-up on Tuesday afternoon at Lord’s. England have called up Lancashire seamer Saqib Mahmood as cover,”ECB’s statement read. England have been hit with several injuries…

The Indian skipper came out in defence of Ajinkya Rahane’s form, stating that the focus of the team is to gauge on how much strength players brings collectively. Ajinkya Rahane may have finished as India’s leading run-getter (1159 runs) in the first cycle (2019-2021) of the World Test Championship. But his form since the start of 2020 hasn’t been the greatest. The Indian Test vice-captain has amassed a mere 540 runs at an average of 27.00 since January 2020. He has only two fifty-plus scores in 21 innings in this period – 112 against Australia in the second Test at MCG in…

Jonny Bairstow said nothing happened between him and Mohammed Siraj in the first Test at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. The Indian pace attack were on superb in the first Test match of the series at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. In the second essay, they shot England out for 183 in the first innings before bowling them out for 303. The pacers combined to take all the 20 England wickets. Barring Joe Root, most of the other England batters struggled. Apart from the England captain, Sam Curran and Jonny Bairstow were the only ones who got in excess of 50 runs across the two innings combined.…

Chennai Super Kings are all set to kickstart their preparations for the second half of the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League. Former India captain and current CSK captain MS Dhoni arrived in Chennai on Tuesday. Dhoni and a few other Indian players are likely to fly to the United Arab Emirate on August 13. If the CSK players do take flight, they will be the first team to land in the UAE ahead of the second half of the IPL 2021. “Indian players in the team, whoever is available, will travel to UAE on August 13 in all…

Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns collapsed due to a heart problem, which has put him on life support in a hospital in Canberra. He had undergone multiple operations after suffering an aortic dissection. According to Newshub, the 51-year-old would now be moved to a specialist hospital in Sydney. Cairns had undergone multiple operations after suffering an aortic dissection. However, the treatment wasn’t very effective as the 51-year-old’s body did not respond as expected. Hence, the former pace-bowling all-rounder’s condition is quite serious. New Zealand media outlet Newshub reported that Cairns would be moved to a specialist hospital in Sydney.…

Shamarh Brooks and Chemar Holder returned to the West Indies Test squad for the first time since the New Zealand tour in December 2020. Darren Bravo has been left out as he takes a break while Shannon Gabriel has not been picked as he recovers from his hamstring injury. Both players haven’t donned the West Indian Test jersey since December 2020, when the team toured New Zealand. Holder made his Test debut in NZ, where he took two wickets in the Test match. He was out with an injury that ruled him out of the Test series against South Africa earlier this year.…

New Zealand have named a 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Veteran Ross Taylor and all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme are the major exclusions from that squad. New Zealand became the first team to announce the squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which will start on the 17th of October in UAE and Oman. The mega event is more than three months away and yet, the Blackcaps have decided to name the 15-man squad. Ross Taylor is a big exclusion from the squad. The veteran middle-order batsman last played a T20I back in November 2020…

England captain feels he and his teammates could have created nine chances on the fifth and final day of the first Test against India. Rain played spoilsport as day five of the first Test match was washed out. India needed 157 runs with nine wickets in hand heading into the final day. However, India don’t have a great history of chasing down targets in the fourth innings of a Test match in the recent past, especially overseas. Barring the tour to Australia earlier this year, where they drew the SCG Test and won at the Gabba (chasing 328), India have fallen short on quite a few…

Persistent rain ensured there was no play possible on day five of the first Test match between England and India at Trent Bridge. The game was nicely poised, with India needing 157 runs more in their run-chase of 209 and England in the hunt for nine wickets. India were 52/1 in their run-chase of 209, and they would’ve fancied their chances. However, with overcast conditions, the England pace-attack might’ve thought they are in with a chance as well. There was persistent rain throughout the day. There were predictions for thunderstorms throughout the weekend. While rain didn’t intervene on Day 4,…

Some of New Zealand’s important players are now all set to be a part of their IPL teams in the UAE leg of IPL 2021. 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League, which came to a halt in May due to the COVID-19 outbreak and breach of bio-bubble, will resume from September 19 in the United Arab Emirates. With the ICC World T20 2021 just a few days after IPL’s completion, there was uncertainty regarding the availability of many overseas cricketers. New Zealand Cricket has already confirmed that their key players will be allowed to participate in the remaining IPL 2021.…