Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan on Sunday was named the ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year. The Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter ruled the roost in 2021 when it came to the shortest format of the game. Aggregating a staggering 1326 runs in only 29 matches, Rizwan struck at an average of 73.66 and a strike rate of
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Raj Bawa scored 162 vs Uganda and remained unbeaten.© Twitter Centuries by Raj Bawa and Angkrish Raghuvanshi were backed up by a dominant bowling performance as India thrashed Uganda by 326 runs in their final Group B game of the ongoing ICC Men’s U19 World Cup at the Brian Lara Stadium. With this win, India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced a change in venues for the upcoming West Indies’ Tour of India. The three ODIs will now be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad and three T20Is will be held at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. “The decision to limit the series to
The Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday announced that a total of 1,214 players, from India and other parts of the world, had registered for the IPL 2022 auction. With 59 players, Australia had the most numbers of overseas names listed with South Africa (48) and the West Indies (41) not too far behind. While
A fragile middle-order and lack of wickets in the middle overs are obvious areas of improvement needed for the Indian team, skipper KL Rahul admitted after an embarrassing ODI series defeat against South Africa in Paarl on Friday. For the second game in a row, Indian bowlers looked pedestrian especially in the middle overs. ”We are trying to
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Sunil Gavaskar has questioned KL Rahul’s tactics to not bowl Venkatesh Iyer in 1st ODI.© BCCI/Twitter India were beaten by 31 runs in the first ODI by South Africa at the Boland Park in Paarl on Wednesday. South African batter Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen scored centuries, adding 204 runs for the fourth
Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen on Thursday suggested that “harsh” bio-bubble life could be one of the reasons for Virat Kohli quitting Test captaincy as he backed Rohit Sharma to lead India in all formats. Kohli stunned the cricketing world by stepping down from the Test captaincy following India’s 1-2 series loss to South Africa. He
Virat Kohli scored a knock of 51 runs off 63 balls in the opening ODI against South Africa.© AFP Virat Kohli played his first game as former captain of the Indian cricket team in a 31-run loss to South Africa in the first ODI in Paarl on Wednesday. Kohli played a fine knock of 51
File photo of Gautam Gambhir Former India opener Gautam Gambhir credited South Africa batters for their spirited comeback-win after being 0-1 down in the series but added the story could well have been different had Cheteshwar Pujara not dropped Keegan Petersen‘s catch off Jasprit Bumrah’s bowing in the first session of Day 4 in the third
Paarl (South Africa): India opener Shikhar Dhawan on Wednesday rued the middle-order collapse after the team’s loss to South Africa in the first ODI. “We had a good start and I feel the wicket was slow, it was offering a bit of turn as well. So, when you are chasing (around) 300 runs, when the middle-order
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Cameron Boyce took a double hat-trick Australia leg-spinner Cameron Boyce created history by becoming the first-ever cricketer to achieve a rare double hat-trick in the history of Big Bash League (BBL). Boyce achieved the feat while turning up for the Melbourne Renegades on Wednesday against the Sydney Thunder in the match number 55 of this
Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka by 22 runs to level ODI series.© Twitter Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka by 22 runs in the second one-day international to level the three-match series at 1-1 on Tuesday as home captain Dasun Shanaka’s 102 went in vain. Skipper Craig Ervine (91) and Sikandar Raza (56) powered Zimbabwe to 302 for
Kagiso Rabada was released from the South Africa squad for the three-match ODI series against India on Tuesday. Cricket South Africa said the decision to release Rabada was taken to manage his “workload” and to make sure the right-arm pacer recovers in time for the New Zealand tour scheduled next month. “Proteas seam bowler, Kagiso
Shahid Afridi has spoken about Virat Kohli’s decision to quit India’s Test captaincy.© AFP A day after India’s Test series defeat to South Africa, Virat Kohli announced that he had decided to step down as captain of the Test team. India, having taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, lost the last two Tests,
South Africa batter Keegan Petersen admits the world class Indian bowling attack was by far the most challenging he has faced but said he would not have wanted another way to build his nascent career. The 28-year-old was named player of the series after his outstanding exploits with the bat against India in the three-match
A day after England captain Joe Root said that he wants to continue as the Test skipper, head coach Chris Silverwood on Monday said that he would want to hold onto the job despite England’s debacle in the Ashes. Cameron Green and Scott Boland took three wickets each in the second innings as Australia defeated