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Former cricketer and Legend Sunil Gavaskar lashes out at the senior Indian players for expressing workload concerns and their excuse to go early for preparations. Sunil Gavaskar Said: “What kind of preparation are we talking about? Now they have gone to the West Indies. You have the example of the World Test Championship before you. Are you playing any matches? So what is this talk about 20-25 days? … When you talk about preparation, be genuine about it. Go 15 days before, and play two warm-up matches. The main guys can rest, but the fringe players might be actually…

Sri Lanka defeated the Netherlands by 128 runs on Sunday in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers final, Earlier, the Netherlands won the toss and decided to bowl first, Batting first Sri Lanka set a low score of 233 runs for the Netherlands to score. Sahan Arachchige scored the highest for Sri Lanka, he scored 57 runs off 71 balls while Kusal Mendis added 43 off 52 runs for his team. Read: SRI LANKA CRICKETER BIOGRAPHY Logan van Beek, Ryan Klein, Vikramjit Singh and Saqib Zulfiqar each took 2 wickets for the Netherlands Batting second Netherlands Middle Order failed to perform…

Former Captain Sourav Ganguly said that Australia, England, India and New Zealand would be his favourites to qualify for the semi-finals of the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023, Ganguly said he would pick Pakistan as the fifth team and would be thrilled if India and Pakistan will play against each other in the ICC World Cup 2023 semifinals. Ganguly Said: “It’s very hard to say. Australia, England, India. You can never underestimate New Zealand in these big matches. I will pick five, and include Pakistan also. Pakistan better qualify so that we will have the India-Pakistan semi-final at the Eden…

Former Cricketer and cricket commentator Aakash Chopra shared his opinion and said Virat Kohli’s performance has gone down in Test cricket since 2019. Kohli has failed to perform in the World Test Championship (WTC) final due to his form. Akash Chopra on his YouTube channel said: “Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith, and Kane Williamson were a sure shot ‘Fab Four’ at one point. In fact, even David Warner’s name was present on that list. We are talking about Test cricket. We are talking about the period between 2014 and 2019. But we don’t have a ‘Fab Four’ now, only…

Former Captain & Legend MS Dhoni Dhoni celebrated his 42nd birthday on July 7, Many fans were waiting outside the legend’s house to just get a glimpse of their favourite cricketer on his birthday, Dhoni without disappointing his fans, came to the terrace of his house and could be seen waving his hands at the fans. Fans shared the video on Twitter, Dhoni could be seen standing on the terrace of his residence in Ranchi, Jharkhand, Thala could be seen waving his hand at the fans with gratitude acknowledging the Blessing, love and well-wishes from his fans on his birthday.…

Former Indian Cricketer Mohammad Kaif has shared his opinion and was concerned about why Pujara always gets dropped. It’s tough to understand why they have dropped Pujara. Pujara has been dropped from the upcoming series against the West Indies. Mohammad Kaif said: “They lost the game because they could not bowl well. If we talk about England (WTC final), Australia got almost 500 runs batting first. So we could not bowl well. Understanding the conditions probably we should have batted first and added Ashwin in the first XI.” “So all these tactical mistakes we have made. It’s not just Pujara,…

Pakistan Skipper Babar Azam said We are going to play World Cup and not just going to play against India only in the upcoming World Cup. He said all the 9 matches are equally important for them to qualify and win the Cup. Babar said: “We are going to play World Cup and not just going to play against India only, There are eight other teams and it’s not only India and only if we beat them then we will make it into the final. We are not focused on only one team, we are focused on all other teams…

Indian Women’s star pacer Shikha Pandey has been dropped from the squad for the upcoming Bangladesh tour, Even after having an amazing performance in the  Women’s Premier League Indian women’s selectors didn’t show enough faith in Shikha Pandey to keep her in the squad, Renuka Singh and Richa Ghosh have also not included in the India squads for the Bangladesh tour. Shikha Pandey showed her disappointment  and said: “If I say I’m not frustrated and angry, then I’m not a human being. It’s difficult when you don’t get the results for the work that you have put in. I’m sure…

India’s Squad For The West Indies T20I Series India’s squad for the West Indies T20I series has been announced by the BCCI on Wednesday, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have not been included. The team will be led by Hardik Pandya and Surya Kumar Yadav Vice-Captain. Tilak Varma, Mukesh Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi, and Umran Malik have been given included in the squad. India is also scheduled to play five T20Is. India’s T20I squad: Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Surya Kumar Yadav (VC), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya (C), Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep…

Following the clash of the Australian team members at the Lord’s with the MCC members the Australian team has requested extra security for the Headingley Test for families after abusive fans forced one player’s mother to leave the Lord’s Test on the 5th day. (The Australian) Reports. Steve Smith’s mother Gillian was targeted by fans, Three members of MCC have been suspended after angry fans confronted the Australian cricketers Usman Khawaja and David Warner in the Long Room at Lord’s following the unusual run out of Jonny Bairstow, the Australian side was accused of cheating by Angry (MCC) members.

India beat Kuwait to win the SAAF Championship, The match had ended 1-1 in regular time plus extra time(120 minutes), Earlier, Kuwaiti mid-filter, Shabib Al Khaldi scored the goal in the 14th minute of the game which gave the lead to his team, Lallianzuala Chhangte then scored a goal for India which S.Samad assisted in the 38th minute of the match which levelled the score to 1-1. Both the goals came in the first half of the game, the game went to extra time but no results came, the winner was then decided by a penalty shootout where India won…

Former Pakistani cricketer and Skipper Salman Butt have reacted after the Australian and the United Kingdom Prime Ministers commented on the controversial dismissal of Jonny Bairstow in the second Ashes 2023 Test at Lord’s. “The Prime Ministers have also jumped into the debate over the spirit of the game following the second Test. The question we all should ask him is, “Don’t they have any other work to do?”. You watch the entire Test match first, and then if your team loses, simply applaud the superior team.” Salman Butt said in his youtube.

News of the controversial dismissal of the Baristow is not dying soon with Fans, former cricketers, Umpires and even the Prime Minister of the Australia and UK talking about it and mocking each other for it. India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has taken a dip on it and mocked Bairstow for it saying “Spirit of Cricket” Ashwin on his Youtube channel: “Whenever there is a run-out in non-striker’s end or Carey-Bairstow incident, there is a new name that has arrived ‘Spirit of cricket’ – but you don’t feel for (Alex) Carey who is 20 meters away from stumps, to hit the…

Former West Indies fast bowler and Legend Andy Roberts says India were “lucky” to win the 1983 World Cup. India became the cricket champion of the world for the first time on 25th June 1983 by beating West Indies by 43 runs. India defeated all the then-favourites West Indies, England and Australia in the group stage as well as the Semifinals and Finals, Indian team was not even thought of a chance to qualify for the semi-finals, West Indies, the unbeaten champions of two editions of the World Cup (1975 and 1979) came into the tournament to conquer the trophy…

Former Indian allrounder Ajit Agarkar has been appointed as Chief selector of Indian men’s cricket by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The post of chairman of selectors was vacant since February 2023, Former Chairman Chetan Sharma was asked to resign in February from the national selection committee chairman’s post for revealing classified information about the Indian team. Ajit Agarkar played 26 Tests for India, 191 one-day internationals and four T20 matches, taking a total of 349 wickets across all formats. He was also part of the 2007 T20 WorldCup winning squad. “The three-member CAC has unanimously…

Meerut, India – In a fortunate turn of events, former India pacer Praveen Kumar and his son emerged unscathed after being involved in a car crash in Meerut on [Date]. The incident took place in the [location] area of Meerut when Praveen Kumar and his son were traveling in their vehicle. According to eyewitnesses, a speeding car lost control and collided with their car, resulting in a terrifying accident. Despite the intensity of the crash, both Praveen Kumar and his son miraculously escaped any major injuries. The impact of the collision was severe, causing significant damage to their vehicle, leaving…

The controversial dismissal of Jonny Bairstow in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s is still one of the most trending topics among the fans, the former players and the Umpires, Bairstow was given a run-out in an unusual way against Australia at Lord’s when he ducked a bouncer from Cameron Green and instantly got up & marked his guard and walked towards Ben Stokes, Alex Carey, the wicketkeeper of Australia, realising that the Englishman had left his crease in a hurry threw the ball and stumps down him to which Baritow got stunned and he was given out by the third umpire.…