Deep Dasgupta thinks India should select Shardul Thakur when they tour England for a 5-match Test series after during the year. The 43-year-old praised Thakur’s commitment and told that he is a cricketer who is ready to die for his team on the field. However playing just his second Test match, Shardul Thakur has been able to make a decisive mark with both bat and ball in the present game against Australia in Brisbane. Former India wicketkeeper-batsman (Deep Dasgupta) explained why the 29-year-old would be a handy bowler to have in English conditions. Dasgupta said: “When Bumrah is fine, Ishant…
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The South African cricket squad come to Karachi on Saturday (January 16) ahead of their historic series against Pakistan. Tabraiz Shamsi is a part of the visiting team. Tabraiz Shamsi shared a clip of the tight security the Proteas have received in Pakistan. International cricket stopped in Pakistan because of an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket squad through their visit to the country in 2009. However, Pakistan has worked as on increasing its security status, and multiple nations have toured another day. The South African cricket squad is on its initial Pakistan tour since October 2007. The left-arm wrist-spinner…
Mumbai Indians have continued their grip on the peak of the IPL list, right now for their work off the pitch. The 2020 IPL winners registered the highest brand value in from last year’s tournament, having appreciated a 7.1% rise in their brand value. According to valuation agency Brand Finance, Mumbai Indians were the only prime IPL team to enjoy an expansion in 2020. Currently valued at $70.3 million. All the other franchises saw a drop in their brand values, with CSK lasting the biggest drop, followed by Rajasthan Royals. In a report, the Mumbai Indians claimed: “This year’s IPL…
The 2021 IPL auction is likely to be conducted on February 11. The IPL has also set January 20 as the deadline for the 8 suffrage to submit the lists of retained and released players. Those were two of the key making decisions taken by the IPL Governing Council which met virtually on this week. The dates and venue(s) haven’t been finalised yet for the 2021 edition which the BCCI just decided would still an 8 team event. However, the venue for the auction, which will be a day-long occasion, has not been announced yet either. It will take place…
Australia will take up India in the final Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy, which will start on Fifteenth of January at The Gabba in Brisbane. India’s amazing draw at the Sydney Cricket Ground leaves the series tied at 1-1 ahead of the 4th and final Test of a superb and reasonable tour. India batted out 131 overs in the fourth innings in the middle an injury crisis and finished on 334/5 while chasing a mammoth total of 407. Support from the Man of the Match Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Will Pucovski, and Cameron Green allowed Australia to post totals…
In the wake of the Deepak Hooda disputation, former India cricketer Irfan Pathan has asked the Baroda Cricket Association to check the matter and blame actions that aren’t good for the game of cricket. He (Deepak Hooda) quit the Baroda team, which is taking part in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, claiming that he was intimidated by captain Krunal Pandya. Irfan Pathan said that during a time as difficult as the covid-19 pandemic wherein the healthy mind of a player may be weak, such incidents may have a negative impact on a player and should be avoided. The ex-Baroda…
Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar was angry with Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine for his tobogganing of Indian team batsmen on Day 5 of the 3rd Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). The 71-year-old think Australia had a good chance to take a 2-1 lead in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by bowling out the visitors on the last day. Still, Team India has shown incredible strength, and despite their injury woes, batted out 131 overs to save the Sydney Cricket Ground Test. https://twitter.com/cricketcomau/status/1348527865743110144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1348527865743110144%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportskeeda.com%2Fcricket%2Fnews-his-days-captain-numbered-sunil-gavaskar-says-tim-paine-removed-australia-s-test-skipper Sunil Gavaskar believed Tim Paine’s field placing and bowling adjustments could have been far better. Rather than…
Former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja has told that Rohit Sharma increased his game a notch higher in India’s second innings of the Sydney Test by grinding it out in the middle when the Australian bowlers were having the above hand in the work. Rohit Sharma scored 52 runs in India’s second essay and shared a 71-run opening along with Shubman Gill. This was the first time since 1968 that an Indian opening pair sharing half-century partnerships in both innings of a Test match in Australia. https://twitter.com/Cric_beat/status/1348147270110175237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1348147270110175237%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportskeeda.com%2Fcricket%2Fnews-rohit-sharma-took-game-one-level-higher-today-ajay-jadeja While reviewing the fourth day’s play on the Sony Sports network, Ajay Jadeja and…
Team India will be thankful by the fact that wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has no serious fractured his elbow, and is probably to be available for batting in their second innings. The 23-year-old was hit on the elbow by a short-ball from Pat Cummins over the 85th over of India’s first innings in the third Test in Sydney. https://twitter.com/BoriaMajumdar/status/1347849236109357056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1347849236109357056%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportskeeda.com%2Fcricket%2Fnews-rishabh-pant-survives-injury-scare-likely-bat-day-5 Rishabh Pant was on his knees almost instantly and called the physio to test on him. After having pain relievers and a strapping, the southpaw was available to resume his innings. However, Rishabh Pant clearly looked unstable by the blow and soon…
Former cricketer Zaheer Khan has said that Rohit Sharma’s dismissal in India’s first innings of the Sydney Test would have disappointed him a lot as he had earlier got his eye in and should have gone on to play a solid knock. Rohit Sharma scoring 26 runs being involved in a 70-run partnership with Shubman Gill for the first wicket lastly he was caught and bowled by Josh Hazlewood. During a conference on the Sony Sports network, Zaheer Khan was asked if Rohit Sharma had looked relaxed in the middle, although he was playing Test cricket after a long time.…
Former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar welcomed Australian batsman Steve Smith as one of the greatest to have ever played the match. The 71-year-old was at the way Smith match on day one of the third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Steve Smith was going through a harsh patch of form in the running Border-Gavaskar Trophy, having marked only 10 runs from his initial four innings. However, Most of the great batsmen always search a way to come back to their very best, and that is right the 31-year-old manage to do. https://twitter.com/cricketcomau/status/1347069437707313154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1347069437707313154%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportskeeda.com%2Fcricket%2Fnews-steve-smith-one-greatest-batsmen-world-seen-sunil-gavaskar Talking to the Sony Sports Network…
The world’s oldest first-class cricketer Alan Burgess pass away overnight over his sleep on Wednesday. After his death, Raghunath Chandorkar is now the oldest first-class cricketer alive and he from India. New Zealand Cricket confirming that Alan Burgess’ death with a thread of tweets on Twitter. Following a New Zealand Herald report, Burgess’ father was a part of the First World War and was according to reports also a cricketer. Alan Burgess was a military tank driver for New Zealand’s forces in England under the Second World War. The Christchurch-birth cricketer played 14 first-class matches for Canterbury. https://twitter.com/BLACKCAPS/status/1346578125669339136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1346578125669339136%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportskeeda.com%2Fcricket%2Fnews-world-s-oldest-first-class-cricketer-alan-burgess-passes-away He was…
“He will be on oral medications and will be controlled by doctors and nurses on a day by day at home” Sourav Ganguly will be discharged from Kolkata’s Woodlands Hospital, where he was recognized after complaining of chest pain and trouble on Jan 2, on Wednesday. Hospital representative have confirmed that impediment in his coronary arteries was found, for which he underwent “stenting of the right coronary artery”, and that the former India captain and present Board of cricket consil of India (BCCI) president was “doing well”. After being discharged, Ganguly would be on oral medication and would be “monitored…
Anderson said that the lack of preparation time and warm-up matches is ‘not ideal’, James Anderson thinks that Sri Lanka may have a “slight advantage” going into their Test series against England after this month. With Sri Lanka playing a two-Test series in South Africa and England’s red-ball experts having not played since August, Anderson assumes his side’s planning for this series is “not ideal”. Rather than the period of acclimatization which would usually introduce such a series, England has had to glad themselves with developments in a large marquee at the national performance center in At Loughborough. They will…
Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant with five Indian players that have been displaced for isolation as the BCCI and Cricket Australia probe a potential breach of protocol. Five Indian players including Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant are in isolation then a video comes out of the “eating at an outdoor venue” in Melbourne on New year’s party. Besides Rohit and Pant, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw, and Navdeep Saini have all been divided from both India and Australia team. The five Indian players, however, will be able to train “in accordance with the strict agreement that has been put in place…
Umesh and Shami will face reconstruction at the NCA to try and be healthy for the England series in February-March From becoming a net bowler in the original tour party, T Natarajan could return home an international in all three formats, after being appointed in India’s squad for the remains of the Test series in Australia. Natarajan, 30 years, replacing Umesh Yadav, who returned to India after keeping a strain in his right-hand muscle during the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. Now India officially has only one net bowler left, rookie Kartik Tyagi after Shardul Thakur was added to the…
India vs Australia: Rohit Sharma joined with the Indian team in Melbourne after completing his quarantine. Rohit Sharma back in the Indian team in Melbourne on Wednesday after finishing his 14-days quarantine in Sydney, support the visitors who are on a high after script an amazing return in the ongoing four-match Test series against Australia. https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1344237837248466944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1344237837248466944%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espncricinfo.com%2Fstory%2Faustralia-vs-india-2020-21-rohit-sharma-joins-india-squad-after-two-week-quarantine-1245926 The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) tweeted a video on his Twitter handle, of Rohit Sharma being given a warm welcome by members of the Indian party, who were already in an ecstatic mood having beaten Australia in the Boxing Day…