Flamboyant batsman Suryakumar Yadav will lead a 20-member Mumbai squad at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy National T20 Championships, which will kick off the 2020-21 domestic season next month. The Mumbai Cricket Association named their squad on its website on Saturday. Apart from Suryakumar, all regulars Aditya Tare, young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, crisis-man…
Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj could not perform the last rites of his late father last month as he was in Australia with the national team but he made him proud by making India Test debut in Melbourne, his family said on Saturday. The 26-year-old Siraj lost his father Mohammed Ghaus, an auto-rickshaw driver in Hyderabad,…
Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva scored fluent half-centuries as Sri Lanka took advantage of some lacklustre South Africa bowling to post 340 for six at the close of day one of the first Test at Centurion Park on Saturday. Dasun Shanaka (25 not out) and Kasun Rajitha (seven not out) will resume on the…
Former Indian captain and batting legend Sunil Gavaskar seemed to extremely stirred by the performance of India, who dominated the first day of the Boxing Day Test against Australia in Melbourne on Saturday. Under the leadership of stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane, the visitors ticked all the boxes to remain on the top of the game.…
India pacer Ishant Sharma is set to make a comeback to competitive cricket after being named in Delhi’s Mushtaq Ali Trophy squad, which will be led by senior opener Shikhar Dhawan. Ishant was forced to miss the Australia tour due to side strain suffered during the IPL. It has been learnt that Ishant will not…
Fast bowler Aaron Summers will become the first Australian to play domestic cricket in Pakistan next month after signing up for Southern Punjab, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Saturday. The PCB allows domestic sides to pick one foreigner and the 24-year-old Tasmanian will be seen in action at the Pakistan Cup one-day tournament,…
Opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq has been ruled out of the second Test due to the thumb injury and he will be returning home from New Zealand on Sunday, Pakistan Cricket Board said on Saturday. Imam had sustained the injury during training sessions in Queenstown. The PCB said Imam would be returning home on Sunday and would…
A complaint alleging conflict of interest has been filed against newly-appointed national selector Abey Kuruvilla by former Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association member Sanjeev Gupta. The complaint against the former pacer has been lodged with the BCCI’s Ethics Officer Justice (Retd) DK Jain. Gupta has alleged that Kuruvilla’s conflict of interest centres around his twin roles…
Mohammed Siraj on Saturday became the 298th player to play Test cricket for India and he made the occasion special by returning a fine bowling performance, one that saw him pick up 2/40. Siraj got the wicket of the dangerous Marnus Labuschagne just when Australia were looking to rebuild through a partnership between him and…
Former Australia batsman Michael Hussey has expressed concern at the technique adopted by Australia’s batsmen against Indian spinners on Day 1 of the MCG Test on Saturday. Hussey credited R Ashwin for his returns of 3/35, saying India benefitted from using the off-spinner in the first hour of play when the ball was hard, but…
It was a fine effort by India on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test against Australia on Saturday. Led by fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and off-spinner R Ashwin, India bowled out Australia for 195 in their first innings and finished the day on 36/1, trailing the hosts by 159 runs at stumps. Bumrah was…
The Indian team appeared a different unit altogether under the leadership of Ajinkya Rahane on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test against Australia at the MCG on Saturday. It did not take Rahane much time to introduce spin in the attack. In fact, Rahane brought R Ashwin on inside the first hour of play…
Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne lauded Indian bowlers for coming up with “new ideas” in the second Test that started here on Saturday, acknowledging that his side felt under pressure during its rather disappointing first essay. Australia were bowled out for 195 on the opening day of the Test with pacer Jasprit Bumrah and off-spinner R…
Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan will miss the ongoing test series in New Zealand, as well as the home series against South Africa beginning next month, due to a thigh injury, the team said on Saturday. The 22-year-old spin bowling all-rounder sustained the injury during Tuesday’s final Twenty20 match in Napier and was initially ruled out…
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson was within sight of his 23rd test century after he rebuilt the home side’s innings and guided them to a solid 222-3 at the end of the opening day of the first test against Pakistan in Mount Maunganui on Saturday. Williamson, who missed the last test against West Indies as…
Former India batsman Gautam Gambhir believes that batting Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne, Australia’s batting is ‘fragile’. Gambhir’s comments, which were made on the eve of the Boxing Day Test, came true as “With the kind of batting line-up that Australia have, they are very vulnerable at the top of the order. They are very…
Jasprit Bumrah’s menace was matched by Ravichandran Ashwin’s guile as an inspired India led by Ajinkya Rahane shot out Australia for a sub-par 195 to dominate the opening day of the second Test here on Saturday. India then lost an out-of-form Mayank Agarwal (0) to Mitchell Starc but debutant Shubman Gill (28 batting) survived a…
A massive debate started on Twitter after the third umpire ruled in Australia captain Tim Paine’s favour and gave him the benefit of doubt on Day 1 of the second India vs Australia Test in Melbourne. “There’s no conclusive evidence to show the bat is on the wrong side of the line, so the bat…