Author: Sandip Pawar

India Women’s cricket team have decided to let go of Abhay Sharma, the team’s fielding coach alongside Naresh Ramdas, the trainer of the team. Sharma had received high praises from the players for his work on the England tour. However, he has not entered the bio-secure bubble in Bengaluru, where the Indian team has assembled for a training camp ahead of the Australia tour. The NCA support staff member Naresh Ramdas also did not enter the bubble. The absence of both of these members came as a surprise to even the players in the camp. The reason behind this sudden development is unknown, but a BCCI…

Australia coach reportedly had a public outburst over a Cricket Australia staffer posting a video of the Bangladesh team celebrating their victory on the board’s website. Australian cricket has been in tumultuous times recently, and their issues only seem to get worse. Head coach Justin Langer was said to be a part of a public confrontation with a staffer of Cricket Australia after the Aussies lost their first-ever international series against Bangladesh. According to The Age, the incident started with Australia team manager Gavin Dovey taking a shot at a CA digital staffer for posting a video on cricket.com.au of Bangladesh players celebrating after taking an…

Pakistan national team legend Inzamam-ul-Haq has slammed the apex body – ICC for allowing players to prioritize IPL, leaving Pakistan to play against second-string teams. “Wherever the Pakistan team is playing, they are not getting an opportunity to compete with the top players. When we went to South Africa in April, they sent their players for the IPL. With the upcoming NZ series in Pakistan, eight NZ players have opted out of the tour to play IPL,” “I feel that the Pakistan team is not getting proper practice because they are not getting to play against the top players. What is…

England all-rounder Moeen Ali has been drafted in the side for the second Test at Lord’s, starting Thursday. The recall is a result of England’s struggles with team balance in the Nottingham Test, where they did not field a spinner. Ali joined the team on Tuesday and is all set to play the second game. With Ben Stokes taking a break from cricket and Chris Woakes being unavailable for the first two games due to an injury, England needed a spin all-rounder to balance the team.  https://twitter.com/englandcricket/status/1425026554816520193 This will be Moeen’s first Test at home since the 2019 Ashes opener at Edgbaston, after which…

England’s fast bowler Jofra Archer will not travel to India to join Rajasthan Royals in the 2021 Indian Premier League as he needs more time to regain fitness. Rajasthan Royals’ premier fast bowler, Jofra Archer will miss the entirety of the IPL 2021 as confirmed by England and Wales Cricket Board on Friday, April 23. Jofra Archer had suffered a cut to his hand before the India tour. He had to undergo a surgery after the tour to manage the injury in the long term. This week, Archer just returned to bowling, and the ECB and Sussex medical teams are monitoring his progress. …

In the absence of Aaron Finch, Matthew Wade termed the team’s performance in Bangladesh as “not good enough for an Australian team” and asserted that batters need to find a way to score in these conditions. Australia’s shambolic away tours in the last one month to West Indies and Bangladesh concluded yesterday with them getting bowled out for their lowest T20I score ever of 62.  https://twitter.com/allaboutcric_/status/1424750894139154436 Batters from both teams struggled to score runs in the T20I series, but the Aussies even more so. The hosts have scored just about enough runs in four of the five matches to secure…

AC has acquired the services of the former Australian speedster Shaun Tait as their bowling coach with immediate effect. Tait will work alongside the head coach Lance Klusener for a period of five months. Tait will have a big task ahead of him, with his starting assignment being a three-match ODI series against Pakistan, which will take place from September 1 to September 5 in Sri Lanka. Credit: ICC His next assignment will be the T20 World Cup in October, where Afghanistan are placed in Group 2 alongside India, New Zealand, Pakistan and two qualifying teams. Afghanistan also have a one-off Test lined up against Australia in Hobart from November…

Oman, who will be co-hosting the ICC T20 World Cup along with the UAE later this year, have expressed their desire to host Mumbai in a series of T20 matches ahead of the world event, which starts from October 17. It is understood that Oman’s chief development officer Duleep Mendis pushed the proposal for the series to be held in the second half of August. “On behalf of Oman Cricket, we would like to invite the Mumbai Cricket team to play matches against Oman’s national cricket team. As we understand that both teams are currently preparing for the upcoming season, it will…

Ashwell Prince is the latest South Africa cricketer to open up on the racial discrimination within the team during Social Justice and Nation Building Project hearings.  Prince, who played 66 Test matches for SA and scored 3665 runs averaging 41.64, revealed that he was tagged as a ‘quota player’. “You think that you’re playing for your country, that you’re living a dream, but it was no dream. I raised my bat to my parents, then to my wife on the other side of the stadium, and then, lastly and reluctantly, I raised my bat to my teammates. If I had…

The BCCI and CSK announced cash rewards to appreciate the achievements of India’s medal winners at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. On Saturday, Chopra pulled off arguably the greatest moment in Indian sporting history when he clocked a 87.58m throw to win Olympic gold. Afterwards, the BCCI have decided to felicitate every Indian medal winner at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with cash rewards. Rs. 1 crore has been allocated solely for Chopra. https://twitter.com/JoePompliano/status/1424023217203814401 The 23-year old Javelin thrower created history at the biggest sporting event as he became only the second Indian to win a Gold medal at the Olympics and…