Month: November 2022

Prithvi Shaw could be a future India captaincy candidate, according to former India batter Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir also picked Hardik Pandya, who has already led India in T20Is, as a future India captain, but Shaw was a more left-field choice as he has not played for India since July 2021. Hardik has been touted as …

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Suryakumar Yadav is really happy with the way he’s batting at the moment. He said as much after slamming an unbeaten 111 off 51 in Mount Maunganui to lift India to 191 for 6 in the second T20I against New Zealand. He also explained why he held back, relatively speaking, till the 17th over of …

NZ vs Ind, 2nd T20I – ‘I’m enjoying batting this way’ Read More »

The third T20I between New Zealand and India will be their last game in the format this year, and they would want to head into 2023 with more answers than questions. New Zealand’s inability to gain any momentum with the bat chasing 192 on Sunday further highlighted their lack of assertiveness in the powerplay. In …

Match Preview – New Zealand vs India, India in New Zealand 2022/23, 3rd T20I Read More »

New Zealand 160 (Conway 59, Phillips 54, Siraj 4-17, Arshdeep 4-37) tied with India 75 for 4 (Pandya 30*, Southee 2-27) via DLS method Mohammed Siraj‘s best T20I figures helped India bowl New Zealand out for 160, before a heavy downpour saw the match ending in a tie. India were 75 for 4 in the …

Recent Match Report – New Zealand vs India 3rd T20I 2022/23 Read More »

“This is my team, firstly. The coach [VVS Laxman, in this case] and I will pick the team we feel is right,” he said after the series. “And there’s a lot of time, everyone will get a chance, and when they do, they will get an extended run. But it’s difficult since this was a …

NZ vs Ind 2022 – Its not personal its got to do with the teams plans Read More »

Australia’s bowlers also gained in rankings following the series. Fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who finished with five wickets in two matches, including a 4 for 47 in the second ODI, went up four places to No. 4, while legspinner Adam Zampa, who picked 11 wickets in three games, moved eight places up to seventh. Source …

ICC men’s rankings – David Warner back in top five in ODI batting Devon Conway moves to No 3 among T20I batters Read More »

Sourav Ganguly, the outgoing BCCI president, will contest the upcoming elections at Cricket Association of Bengal with the aim of returning as the president of the body, a post he had held for four years between 2015 to 2019. “Yes, I will be contesting the CAB polls,” Ganguly told PTI. “I plan to file my …

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Suryakumar Yadav has been wowing everyone – colleagues, experts, fans – with his incredible 360-degree hitting in T20 cricket. Glenn Maxwell is the latest to talk about being awestruck by Suryakumar’s batting, saying, “No-one we’ve got is close to that; no-one anyone else has got is close to that”. Not averse to playing a few …

NZ vs Ind – India batter Suryakumar Yadav ‘makes everyone else look so much worse’, says awestruck Glenn Maxwell Read More »

‘The approach has to change in the T20 format’ At the recent T20 World Cup, where India exited in the semi-finals after a ten-wicket loss to England, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul, the openers, scored 116 and 128 runs respectively, scoring at strikes rates of 106.42 and 120.75. Virat Kohli, at No. 3, was much …

India news – Harbhajan Singh wants Ashish Nehra to replace Rahul Dravid as Indias T20I coach Read More »

Allrounder Ravindra Jadeja will not be available for the upcoming three-match ODI series in Bangladesh, as he is yet to fully recover from a knee surgery that he underwent in September. Shahbaz Ahmed, the Bengal allrounder, has been named as Jadeja’s replacement in the ODI squad that begins on December 4 in Mirpur. There’s one …

India tour of Bangladesh 2022-23 Read More »