Reports indicate that Rajasthan Royals (RR) pacer Jofra Archer is expected to remove from the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021. The 25-year-old could choose to skip IPL 2021 in a bid to secure his international Test career. According to reports in Telegraph Sport, Jofra Archer will take another injection – the third one – in his right elbow since the conclusion of the T20I series against India. The injection makes it easy for him to continue playing for England for the rest of the year. Jofra Archer before complained of pain in his elbow following the…
Author: Naman Saxena
Suryakumar Yadav’s dream international batting debut came to a disputable end as he was expected to have been out on 57, captured at serious fine leg by David Malan off the bowling of Sam Curran. Playing some shining shots, Suryakumar Yadav declared himself on the international stage and watched set to possibly get a century. Still, his near-chanceless innings came to a premature end, thanks to a dodgy judgment from the on-field umpire. Fans on Twitter break out after Suryakumar Yadav’s controversial release Replays indicated that 3 might be a debate about whether some part of Malan’s right hand was…
Former England skipper Michael Vaughan doesn’t rate the Indian T20I team, which is currently playing a 5-match series against England, too deeply. The Eoin Morgan-led visitors are 2-1 up in the 5-match series after knocking the hosts by eight wickets in the 3rd T20I in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Michael Vaughan has noted that India has carried out the same mistakes – continuous chopping and changing – that England did in the Test series. He says Cricbuzz in this regard: “You’re up against the best team in the world, and it very much reminded me of England in the Test series.…
Suryakumar Yadav, who made his international debut in the 2nd T20I against England, was left in favour of Rohit Sharma for the 3rd game. Former England spinner Graeme Swann named the axing as one of the harshest decisions he has ever seen on a cricket ground. Suryakumar Yadav wasn’t necessary to bat in the 2nd game, as India won by seven wickets. So, his exception in the 3rd game was all the more confusing. Speaking on Star Sports, Graeme Swann revealed the sympathy for the Mumbai Indians star but confirmed that Team India was desperate to hear the combination of KL Rahul…
Indian skipper Virat Kohli has shown that debutant Ishan Kishan would open the innings instead of Shikhar Dhawan in the second T20I against England in Ahmedabad. Dhawan grapples and was out for 4 from 12 in the first T20I. Talking after winning the toss and electing to bowl first, Virat Kohli told: “Two changes to our side. Shikhar Dhawan is missing out. Two debutants, Ishan Kishan is going to make their debut, he is going to open for us. Suryakumar Yadav is also going to make his debut. He makes the place in the team instead of Axar Patel.” Commend…
Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif shared a lovely image with Irfan Pathan on Saturday to give an important message on road safety. Both Kaif and Irfan Pathan are part of the India Legends team in the current Road Safety World Series. According to the Sharing the picture on his Twitter handle, in which both Kaif and Irfan Pathan are seen bursting into laughter, the former wrote: “Road pe safe rahoge to life mein haste rahoge.” (If you stay safe on road, you will keep smiling in life.) To this, Irfan Pathan sportingly answered: Must check:- I didn’t want Siraj to…
India’s march bowling hero, Mohammed Siraj, could not have asked for a better stage to make his Test introduction than the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Boxing Day Test has its own share of thrills, pressure, excitement and expectations to live up to. The right-arm pacer from Hyderabad got the break after companion paceman Mohammad Shami was knock on his arm in the first Test – the pink-ball game in Adelaide. Siraj did not let down his captains, Ajinkya Rahane in Australia and Virat Kohli in India (against England), picking up 16 wickets in five Tests. This included a 5/73 as…
Rahul Tewatia has said that his batting skills have helped him to make move forward in his career. The all-rounder has begun as a leg-spinner but later worked on his batting. As per Tewatia, scoring runs with the willow is his most important plus point now. The 27-year-old created his T20 debut in 2014. It took him 6 years to make his mark in the IPL, but his moment came last season when he played a pair of game-changing knocks for the Rajasthan Royals. This year, the BCCI appointed Rahul Tewatia to the Indian team for the T20I series against…
India Legends captain Sachin Tendulkar drag a prank on the medical staff while he takes a round of COVID-19 testing as part of the Road Safety World Series 2021. India Legends will grab on England Legends in Match 9 of the Road Safety World Chain. The Sachin Tendulkar-led side wasted Bangladesh Legends by 10 wickets in their last encounter. If you look at his official Instagram account, Master Blaster posted a video of his COVID-19 testing period. In it, a member of the medical staff is seen collect a nasal swab sample of Sachin Tendulkar. Immediately after the test was…
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has praised early India captain Rahul Dravid for his work as head trainer of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. As claimed Sourav Ganguly, his former India partner has had a major role to play in the developing of India’s bench strength. Recently, players like Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur have stepped up for the team and supplied in the without of seniors. In an interview with India Today, Sourav Ganguly advised about Dravid: “I always say that Rahul Dravid has done a great job at the NCA (in Bangalore) as he looks after the second-string…
India’s coach Gurudev Ravi Shastri informed about how unfair it was for his team to reach the final of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) due to the changed provision rules. Shastri additional said that his team had to ‘dig deep’ to get their place in the summit clash. India was comfortably lead the points table in the WTC around October latter year. Still, ICC introduced a percentage system in November, as diverse tours got disturbed due to the COVID-19 situation. As per the revised ranking, India fell to the third spot, and they had to secure series wins in…
On Day 1 of the 4th Test between India and England, Ben Stokes played as a gritty 55-run knock, which included of 6 boundaries and 2 level best. Despite that, at the start of his attempt, Ben Stokes had a slight fight with Mohammed Siraj, particularly when the latter bowled a bouncer to recognize the Englishman. Ben Stokes played down the happening between him and Siraj Nevertheless, when asked about the instance, Ben Stokes noted that it was just two competition who were demanding everything they could to perform to the best of their capabilities. The all-rounder also said that…
Virat Kohli quit giving away so much regarding the Indian team’s combination in front of the series finals in Ahmedabad. But the Indian captain confirmed that the crowd will go in with a comparable side as in the last Test. India will be unnatural into a modify, as Jasprit Bumrah is out of the team due to particular reasons. With Washington Sundar not bowling much in Ahmedabad, Kuldeep Yadav is expected to exchange the all-rounder player. Still, during his media exchange on Wednesday, Virat Kohli indicated that the squad will not make a great change from the side that defeated…
Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer took an 11-hour journey to Ahmedabad to attain the Indian cricket team ahead of the 5-T20Is against England. Both players Dhawan and Iyer were in Jaipur, playing for Delhi and Mumbai, accordingly, in the Vijay Hazare Trophy this year 2021. Mumbai and Delhi secured the top 2nd level spots in the Elite Group D points table to develop to the following round. Shikhar Dhawan and Shreyas Iyer will become unavailable for the knockouts as they will play for the Indian cricket team in the England T20Is at that time. Shreyas Iyer shares a few stories…
The first round of the 2020-21 Vijay Hazare Trophy came to a close on Monday, with teams study their quarter-final chance. Gujarat, Andhra, Karnataka, Mumbai and Saurashtra capable of the quarter-final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy as Elite team winners. Andhra was one of the four teams to end their Elite Group B engagements with 12 points, but their excellent net run-rate (0.732) saw them close Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh. The five is joined in the final eight by Uttar Pradesh and Kerala, as the 2 teams are done with the most points and best net run rate…
India skipper Virat Kohli could face a one-match ban after a dispute with umpire Nitin Menon during Day 3 of the 2nd Test. Following India’s review, the trade took place, complete in an umpire’s call, in support of batsman Joe Root. Virat Kohli, who is well-known for his animated response on the cricket field, stated his displeasure over the umpire’s call. The scene took place when umpire Menon adjudged Joe Root not out after an LBW appeal. Kohli examined the decision and was furious when Root was given a huge thanks to the umpire’s call as the ball-tracking machinery went…
Dinesh Karthik explained why India has missed winning an ICC trophy in past years, as the wicket-keeper batsman shed light on what has gone wrong for them on the grand stage. India’s failure to win an ICC competition in recent years has become something of trouble. Even though the team has found achievements worldwide, they last won an ICC event in 2013 when MS Dhoni’s men raised the Champions Trophy in England. Talking to Indranil Basu on Social media, Dinesh Karthik wasn’t too upset by India’s recent submit. The KKR batsman clarified there is no code to split when it…