David Warner is a bona fide Instagram star, there can be no doubts about that. The Australian cricket star keeps dropping fun videos on his Instagram handle, most of the times mimicking a dialogue or a scene from an Indian movie. Warner seems to have a particular fondness for South Indian movies — may be
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Former India batter Gautam Gambhir will be among the main brains behind Lucknow Super Giants’ strategy at the upcoming mega auction ahead of the Indian Premier League 2022 (IPL 2022) season, having joined the newly-formed franchise as team mentor. The Lucknow-based team has already snapped up KL Rahul as captain, as well as Marcus Stoinis
Two matches involving Canada have been cancelled at the U-19 World Cup.© ICC Two Plate competition matches of the ICC Under-19 men’s Cricket World Cup, involving Canada were on Friday cancelled after nine players from the team tested positive for COVID-19. The matches — Canada vs Scotland and Canada vs either of Uganda or PNG —
U19 WC: India U19 will take on Bangladesh U19 in the quarters on Saturday.© Twitter The in-form Indian Under-19 cricket team will take on defending champions Bangladesh in a much-awaited quarter-final match of the ongoing U19 World Cup 2022 scheduled to be played at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua on Saturday. The Indian team have
Afghanistan produced a sensational fightback to edge a thriller with Sri Lanka and secure a place in the semi-finals of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022. Despite only setting a target of 135, a superb performance with the ball means Suliman Safi’s side just did enough to progress from the Super League quarter-finals.
Krunal Pandya’s Twitter account seemingly got hacked on Thursday.© IPL India all-rounder Krunal Pandya on Thursday apologised for the “inconvenience” caused after his Twitter account seemingly got hacked. The hacker reportedly wrote some nasty comments for a few users on the social media platform and sent out around 10 tweets from his account. Later on, all
The Afghanistan players could be seen dancing during training in the U-19 World Cup.© Instagram With Afghanistan gearing up to face Sri Lanka in their Super League Quarter Final 4 fixture of the ongoing U-19 Cricket World Cup, the ICC took to social media to give fans an update about the team’s preparations. In a
Rohit Sharma is back from an injury break and will lead the Indian team in the upcoming home series against West Indies. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Wednesday 18-member squads each for the upcoming three-match one-day international series and the three-match T20I series at home against West Indies. Rohit, India’s designated
File picture of Lasith Malinga.© Instagram Legendary pacer Lasith Malinga has been appointed as a specialist bowling coach for Sri Lanka’s senior men’s national team’s upcoming tour of Australia, country’s cricket board announced on Wednesday. “Malinga, in his new short-term role as a specialist coach, will support Sri Lanka’s bowlers, providing tactical insight and technical
Sanjay Manjrekar supported BCCI’s decision to remove Virat Kohli from ODI captaincy.© AFP With fans and experts still divided on Virat Kohli’s removal from Team India’s ODI captaincy, former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar shared his thoughts on the matter. The 33-year-old batter had stepped down from India’s T20I captaincy after the T20 World Cup and had
Yuvraj Singh and his wife have been blessed with a baby boy.© Instagram Yuvraj Singh and his wife Hazel Keech have been blessed with a baby boy. The former cricketer announced the news on Thursday on Twitter. Taking to the social media platform, the 2011 ODI World Cup winner thanked god and also wrote a
Afghanistan sealed a series whitewash of the Netherlands.© Twitter Afghanistan sealed a series whitewash of the Netherlands on Tuesday in the third one-day international in Doha, boosting their 2023 World Cup qualifying bid. Najibullah Zadran smashed a 59-ball 71 as the Afghans posted 254-5 from their 50 overs, before their spinners induced a Dutch collapse
File photo of Shafali Verma Australia captain Meg Lanning and all-rounder Tahlia McGrath have advanced in the ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings after helping their team clinch the three-match home series against England 1-0 with outstanding performances in the first match in Adelaide. The pair was associated in a 144-run unbroken stand for the second
Lucknow Super Giants has roped in KL Rahul.© Twitter Indian Premier League’s new Lucknow-based franchise has announced their team name on Monday as Lucknow Super Giants. Lucknow has opted to go with KL Rahul (Rs 17 crore), Marcus Stoinis (Rs 9.2 crore), and Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 4 crore) for the IPL 2022. KL Rahul will
Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, who became the first Pakistani to win the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year award on Monday, said his match-winning three-wicket haul against India in the T20 World Cup last year was the most memorable performance of 2021. Afridi took three wickets for 31 runs by removing the top three
Indian cricketers during the 3rd ODI vs South Africa© AFP India’s grim time in South Africa continued as the visitors were fined 40 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against in the third and final ODI in Cape Town on Sunday. South Africa won the match by four runs to clean
England overcame a late-order rally by Romario Shepherd and Akeal Hosein to beat the West Indies by just one run in the second Twenty20 international at Bridgetown on Sunday. The tourists appeared to be cruising to a win that saw them level the five-match series at 1-1 when the West Indies needed 61 runs from
Former South Africa spinner Imran Tahir turned out be an unlikely match-winner, with the bat, as he guided the World Giants to a three-wicket win against the Indian Maharajas in the ongoing Legends League Cricket (LLC) at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Muscat, Oman. Tahir, who is known for his bowling rather than batting,