Author: Issac Mathew

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced BookMyShow as the official Ticketing Platform for the prestigious ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. The tournament will consist of a total of 58 matches which includes all the 10 teams playing 2 warm-up matches which will be hosted across 12 venues throughout the country. The Warm-up matches will start from Friday 29 September to Tuesday 3 October and the league matches will take place from 5th October 2023 to 19th November 2023, BCCI tie-up with BookMyShow has provided fans with a chance to witness their cricketing heroes…

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Pakistan has announced their playing eleven ahead of their clash against their Archrival India, the match will be played in Pallekele, Sri Lanka on Saturday 2nd September 2023, by 3 PM IST. Pakistan has not made any changes in their playing eleven since the game against Nepal, Pakistan is at the top of the table with 1 win. From India’s side, KL Rahul will miss the match as the head coach Rahul Dravid earlier announced the Wicketkeeper-batter will miss two matches. BCCI wrote on their official X (formerly known as Twitter): UPDATE KL Rahul is progressing really well but will…

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Indian Skipper Rohit Sharma has opened up and shared his feelings after he was dropped from the Indian Squad of the 2011 CWC, The 36-year-old said “I was really disappointed on not being part of the WC squad, I was sad and sitting in my room and didn’t know what to do next” Yuvraj Singh helped me and encouraged me and said, “There is no way that you won’t play for India or not get a chance to play in the World Cup”. Rohit had posted on X (formerly Twitter) after being dropped from the squad: “Really, really disappointed on…

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Former Indian Cricketer and legend Sunil Gavaskar shared his view on Rohit Sharma’s Captaincy and said the upcoming Asia Cup and the World Cup will be the most important for Rohit’s Captaincy and if he is able to lead his team to victory then it will be the greatest achievement for him being as captain and he will be remembered for it. Sunil Gavaskar Said: “At the end of the day you are judged by the number of trophies you have won, the number of wins you have. Winning these two tournaments will make him one of India’s greatest skippers,” Gavaskar…

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Former Skipper and Indian batsman Virat Kohli recalls the glorious World Cup winning moment and said he probably didn’t Understand the magnitude of it back then as he was 23 years old but now he understands those moments due to India’s past 12 years of World Cup drought. The right-hand batsman said he now understands the emotions of the 2011 squad as some of them had played many World Cups and at last had won it, “It was just brilliant. And that night (after the WC win) in itself was something magical,” Virat Kohli Said: “My career highlight is obviously…

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The head coach of India Rahul Dravid on Tuesday 29th August 2023 announced that the Wicket-Keeper Batsman KL Rahul will miss the first two matches of the Upcoming Asia Cup, The 31-year-old wicket-keeper will miss the match against Nepal and Pakistan, Rahul Dravid said KL Rahul has been progressing well. BCCI wrote on their official X (formerly known as Twitter): UPDATE KL Rahul is progressing really well but will not be available for India’s first two matches – against Pakistan and Nepal – of the #AsiaCup2023: Head Coach Rahul Dravid UPDATE KL Rahul is progressing really well but will not…

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Tokyo Olympics Javelin champion Neeraj Chopra on Sunday became the Javelin World champion at the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest, The 25 year old threw of 88.17 metres and secured the gold medal, The Olympic champion started with a foul but then got 88.17m, 86.32m, 84.64m, 87.73m and 83.98m, Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem finished with a silver medal with 87.82m in while Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch took bronze with 86.67m. Neeraj Chopra said: “I want to thank the people of India for staying up late. This medal is for all of India. I’m the Olympic champion now I’m the world…

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The Afghanistan Cricket Board on Sunday announced their 17-member squad for the upcoming ACC Men’s Asia Cup. The team will play under the leadership of Hashmatullah Shahidi. Afghanistan will play their first match against Bangladesh on 3rd September in Lahore, Pakistan. Karim Janat, Najibullah Zadran and Sharafuddin Ashraf have come out of the injury and have been added to the squad. Naveen-Ul-Haq has been dropped from the Squad. ACB on Official Website: Mohammad Saleem Safi and Abdul Rahman, two fast bowlers, who were part of Afghanistan’s recent home ODI series against Pakistan, have retained their spots in the lineup, but…

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Australian All-rounder Glenn Maxwell has been ruled out of the squad for the South African tour, The 34-year-old has suffered an ankle Injury during the training ahead of Australia’s T20I series against South Africa on Wednesday. The all-rounder is to return home for the birth of his first child. He now joins the likes of Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Cameron Green and David Warner as key white-ball players who will miss at least the T20 leg of the tour. As quoted by Cricket Australia. Matthew Wade will replace Glenn Maxwell for the South African tour. Australia…

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Ahead of the Asia Cup championship former Pakistan Captain Wasim Akram has opened up and said we know the importance of India vs Pakistan but we cannot look down the other teams like Sri Lanka who are the defending champions and also Bangladesh. Wasim Akram said(quoted as saying by Indian Express): “India versus Pakistan is very important, we know about so much support (teams get), so many eyeballs, so many people (following). But other teams are also here to play so you cannot minus Sri Lanka or Bangladesh,” Akram said, as quoted by PTI. Wasim Akram also said India is trying to make their…

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Former Indian cricketer and legend Kapil Dev shared his opinion and said all the players should undergo fitness testing before they get selected for the Upcoming World Cup 2023, The legend showed his concern and said if the injured players who have made a comeback from their recent injury get injured again during the World-Cup then it will be unfair for the other players who have not been given chances. Kapil Dev Said: “Ideally every player should be tested out. The World Cup is so close but you still haven’t given the players a chance? What if they head to…

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The Asia Cup is nearing but the debate of “who will be most suitable for the no.4 position of the Indian team” is not dying down, Many say the position to be given to Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul or Shreyas Iyersome also suggested that Kohli should come down from his preferred position no.3 and should play at no.4, former players like Gautam Gambhir and others disagree with Kohli playing @ 4, Former South African skipper and Mr. 360 AB de Villiers came in support of Kohli playing at 4 and said, “I think Virat is perfect for No. 4”. AB…

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Former Pakistanis leg spinner Danish Kaneria backed Ajit Agarkar-led selection panel of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) regarding the decision to drop Yuzvendra Chahal and select Kuldeep Yadav, The leg-spinner said “Yuzvendra Chahal has been very inconsistent while Kuldeep has picked up wickets regularly”. Danish Kaneria Said: “Yuzvendra Chahal doesn’t deserve to be in Team India right now. He has been very inconsistent. Kuldeep Yadav, on the other hand, has picked up wickets regularly and can be effective in the middle overs. The selectors took the right call by the going with Kuldeep over Chahal,”.

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Cricket South Africa on Thursday named Laura Wolvaat as the interim captain of their women’s team, The 24-year-old will lead the team for the upcoming tours of Pakistan and New Zealand. Earlier, Cricket South Africa announced their 15-member Women’s squad for their upcoming Pakistan tour, The team will play Three T20I matches and three ODI matches against Pakistan at National Bank Stadium, Karachi. The T20Is will start from September 1 to 5 and the ODI series between September 8 to 14. Wicketkeeper Mieke de Ridder will make her international debut while  Tumi Sekhukhune and Nondumiso Shangase return South Africa Women’s…

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced the 15-member Pakistan Shaheens Squad for the upcoming 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. The event will begin from 23 September to 7 October. Qasim Akram has been handed the captaincy for the Asian Games. The 20-year-old has also led the Pakistan side in the ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup 2022. Omair Bin Yousuf has been named Vice-captain The 20-year-old Qasim has to date featured in 20 first-class matches and 40 T20 matches and also captained Pakistan U19 in the ICC U19 World Cup in 2022. In the 15-member squad, there…

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The ICC on Wednesday announced official warm-up fixtures for this year’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in India. Guwahati, Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram to host the Warm-up match for the upcoming World Cup 2023 between Friday 29 September and Tuesday 3 October. India will play against England and the Netherlands in the Upcoming 2023 World Cup’s warm-up match, The host team will play their match on Saturday, 30th September at Guwahati against England and they will play their second match on Tuesday 3rd October at Thiruvananthapuram. All the 10 teams will play two official 50-over contests. The opening Warmup match will…

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Former Zimbabwe Cricketer Heath Streak has taken back the post mentioning his friend Heath Streak’s Demise and said “He is very much Alive”. Earlier Henry Olonga posted about his teammate’s demise and wrote: “Sad news coming through that Heath Streak has crossed to the other side. RIP @ZimCricketv legend. The greatest all-rounder we produced. It was a pleasure playing with you. See you on the other side when my bowling spell comes to an end,”. After having a conversation with Streak, Olonga reversed his decision sharing a screenshot of his conversation with Streak he wrote: “I can confirm that rumours…

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