Author: Sandip Pawar

Team India have reached the T20 World Cup semifinals for the third successive time. However, Harmanpreet Kaur said the India women’s team have been guilty of playing too many dots and need to address the issue heading into the semifinals. The women in Blue won three out of four games in the group stage, with the solitary loss coming against England. They played 51 dot balls in their 11-run defeat while chasing 152. India defeated Ireland in the final group match by five runs on DLS method, but they played 41 dots in their innings. They managed to post 155…

Australian T20 World Cup-winning captain Aaron Finch announces his retirement from International cricket on Tuesday. Having made his debut for Australia back in 2011, he rode into the end of his international career as one of the country’s finest in limited-overs cricket.  The Victoria-born cricketer played 146 ODIs, 103 T20Is and five Test matches for Australia in his 12-year-old career. In addition, Finch captained Australia to its maiden T20 World Cup in Dubai 2021 and finished as the longest-serving captain for the men down under in the shortest format, having played 76 T20Is as captain. Переглянути цей допис в Instagram…

Hardik Pandya has become one of the biggest names in Indian cricket and an inseparable part of the Indian team. The all-rounder believes he has evolved over the years and is now happy to take up other roles, drawing similarity to his idol and close friend MS Dhoni. “See, to be honest, I’ve always enjoyed hitting sixes, but I have to evolve and that is life. I have to take the other part where I’ve always believed in partnerships. I want to give my team and the other person more calmness and the assurance that at least I’m there,” Hardik told…

Australia’s ace test batter, Steve Smith defended the board’s decision not to play a tour game ahead of the four-match Test series against India, starting on February 9 in Nagpur. Leading up to the Test series, the Aussies gathered for a preparatory camp in Sydney, where they were provided with pitches relevant to the Indian conditions. Usually, they do play a couple of practice games ahead of every big series to cope up with the alien conditions. But it was not the case this time ahead of their long-awaited India tour. Smith, who could not be part of the camp…

Shafali Verma broke down into tears after her side made history, lifting the inaugural ICC Under 19 Womens T20 World Cup by beating England in the final on Sunday. It came down as the biggest day in women’s cricket in India as it is the first World Cup for India women’s team at any level. Moreover, Verma, who was a part of the Indian side which lost the final of the 2020 T20 World Cup, was overwhelmed after leading the U19 side to the first ever cricket world cup for India. Speaking after the game, Verma, who turned 19 on…

Captaincy transition has always been a conundrum in Indian Cricket. Be it during the transition between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in 2021 or even until recently where there was a controversy around Hardik Pandya’s potential T20 takeover until the rumours were dispelled by Rohit himself. Similarly, way back in the day when MS Dhoni gave up Test cricket and Kohli was appointed as the new leader of the Test side, there was always an impatience with Dhoni’s future as India’s white ball leader.  Even Virat, who was potentially going to take the captaincy of India’s white-ball team after Dhoni,…

Kiwi fast bowler Matt Henry has been ruled out from the upcoming ODI series against Pakistan and India. The right-arm seamer suffered an abdominal strain while bowling on the final day of the recently concluded second Test game Karachi.  Coach Gary Stead confirmed that Henry, who bowled with the injury on the final day of the Test match, will now miss 6 ODIs against Pakistan and India.  “It was a pretty gutsy effort, really, but Henry will be withdrawn from the ODI side,” Stead said on Saturday. Henry’s injury further makes things difficult for the New Zealand’s white ball sides. Earlier,…

Former Australia captain Greg Chappell has expressed his concerns for Cameron Green, who became the second highest-paid player in the history of the Indian Premier League. The 23-year all-rounder was secured by five-time champions Mumbai Indians in IPL 2023 auction, where they shelled out ₹17.50 crores after a bidding war with Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals. Green has played 38 matches for Australia across three formats and has scored eight fifties while picking 34 wickets with the ball. In his column for The Age, Chappell said the increased workload might not be good for his development in this early stage of his career. “Cameron…

Arguably the best Test opener of his generation, David Warner vows to go back to the method that brought him success as he looks to break through the lean patch. Ahead of his 100th Test in baggy green, the player said playing aggressive style has brought him success over the years and he vows to go back to it to get out of the rough patch. The left hand batter is just 78 runs away from the 8000-run club in Test cricket. Warner has 24 centuries to his credit in this format but hasn’t passed three figures for nearly three…

Pakistan may have lost the third Test versus England to suffer a 3-0 whitewash at home for the first time ever but the skipper Babar Azam gained on ICC rankings. He moved to no. 2 behind Marnus Labuschagne, after scoring 78 and 54 in two innings at Karachi. England’s historic series win in Pakistan saw some of their batters make big gains as well. Ben Stokes moved two spots up to No. 23, Ollie Pope was one spot to No. 28, whereas the Player of the Series Harry Brook climbed 11 positions to enter the top 50 for the first time at 44th place. ICC Test…