Former World Cup-winning Captain and Indian Legend Kapil Dev has slammed the Board of Control of Cricket (BCCI) and the Indian players in an Interview, The former all-rounder showed his disappointment with the Indian players and said they play IPL matches with injuries and don’t want to play for India with little bit of injury, He also said playing IPL is good but it can spoil you. He slammed the BCCI and said “There’s something wrong with the cricket board there”, the board has to understand how much a player should play Kapil Dev Said: “What happened to Bumrah? He…
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Former India cricketer and Legend Yuvraj Singh pens a beautiful note and wishes England fast baller Stuart Broad on his retirement from Test cricket. Broad announced his retirement from Test cricket following Day 3 of the final Ashes Test on Saturday, July 29, 2023. The 37-year-old has played 166 matches and and has taken 600 wickets in 307 innings at an average of 27.68 he has bowled more than 33450 balls in his 17-year test career. Stuart Broad’s Retirement message: “Tomorrow or Monday will be my last game of cricket,” Broad said as quoted by ICC. “It has been a wonderful…
After the Day 4 of the 5th match of the Ashes series was washed out by the rain Australia is ready to chase down the remaining 249 runs target set by the English, The 4th day of the Ashes could only see 40 overs of play at The Oval. Earlier the Australian side had bowled out the English side for 395 runs. Playing the 2nd inning the Australian openers Usman Khawaja and David Warner gave a good start to the team of 135 runs before rain halted play. Usman Khawaja is playing at (69) and David Warner is playing at…
Indian Star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Friday praised Umpire Nitin Menon for his controversial decision against Australian player Steve Smith in the 5th match of the Ashes series at The Oval, England. Australia ended the second day of the fifth Ashes Test with a 12-run lead with the help of Smith’s Inning of 71 runs In the 78th over of the innings of Australia’s Batting Steve Smith played a short in Chris Woake’s delivery towards mid-wicket and tried to steal a quick double. The 34-year-old had to dive to beat the substitute fielder George Ealham’s throw, Wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow gathered…
Suryakumar Yadav was seen wearing wicketkeeper Sanju Samson’s jearsy in the 1st ODI match against the West Indies, This created confusion for the fans as to if Sanju Samson was playing on the ground even though he was not selected in the playing 11. According to the reports, SKY had earlier told about his jersey size to the management as the jersey given to him was ‘Medium’ but he wears a ‘Large’ size, The 32 years old did the photoshoot in his ‘Medium’ size jersey, expecting the new one to arrive by matchday. The Jearsy he got on the match day…
BCCI Secretary Jay Shah on Thursday said that e-tickets will not be available for the upcoming 2023 World Cup matches. He further informed physical tickets would be available for sale 1 week before the match date, High-capacity venues like Ahmedabad and Lucknow are expected to face difficulties in managing e-tickets, leading to the decision for physical tickets. Jay Shah Said: “We can’t use e-tickets this time around but will ensure to have physical tickets redemption at 7-8 centers well in advance. But physical ticket needs to be retained”. “It will get difficult to manage e-ticket at high-capacity venue like Ahmedabad…
Head Coach of Sussex and a former England assistant coach Paul Farbrace has revealed that star pacer of English team Jofra Archer is ready to return from his injury and feature at the upcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. Jofra Archer was suffering from elbow and back injuries, He was also dropped from IPL 2023 after experiencing elbow discomfort while playing for Mumbai Indians, following a minor surgery early in the season. Paul Farbrace Said: “He is going well. I think he is on course for the World Cup, which is fantastic news. He is going nicely. I think England…
England star all-rounder and Test captain Ben Stokes said he will not be playing in the upcoming ICC Men’s World Cup, The 32-year-old said “I’m retired,” and “I’m going on holiday after this game and that’s as far as I’m thinking.” he has no intention of reversing his retirement from ODI cricket, Stokes said he wants to go for his surgery for his ongoing knee injury “It’s something I obviously want to get sorted,”. Stokes Said: “The times in which I’ve seen specialists and stuff like that there has been cricket around. So, as it’s been manageable, we’ve just cracked…
Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj has been rested from the upcoming ODIs against West Indies due to a sore ankle the BCCI informed on Thursday ahead of the first ODI match at Barbados. It has been taken as a precautionary measure ahead of the upcoming World Cup 2023. BCCI on their Official Website: “Mohd. Siraj has been released from Team India’s ODI squad ahead of the three-match series against the West Indies. The right-arm pacer has a sore ankle and as a precautionary measure has been advised rest by the BCCI medical team. The team has not called for a replacement…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday released fixtures and schedules for the Senior men’s series that will take place at Home and the guests whom India is hosting, The BCCI has also decided the venues for the home season 2023-24. India is scheduled to play a total of 16 International matches, comprising 5 Tests, 3 ODIs, and 8 T20Is with Australia, Afghanistan and England. India will be hosting Australia for a three-match ODI series ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. The ODI series will start from 22 to 27 September. India will play…
BCCI announces fixtures for International Home Season 2023-24. BCCI announced the fixtures and technical committee on 25/7/2023. They confirmed the International home season fixtures, a total of 16 matches, 5 Test matches, 3 ODI matches, and 8 T20 matches. Technical committee members Mr. Amitabh Vijayvargiya, Mr. Hari Narayan Pujari, and Jayendra Sahgal confirmed the fixtures and venues. In the upcoming year 2024 from January month Afghanistan team arriving in India for playing T20 and Test matches, Total of 3 T20 matches against Afghanistan and 5 ODI matches and it ends on 11 March 2024. The 5 Test matches against England…
The Cricket West Indies on Monday announced the 15-member squad ahead of three three-match ODI series against India, The series is scheduled to begin from July 27, 2023. Notably, Nicholas Pooran and Jason Holder have been dropped from the selection and Keemo Paul is injured and unavailable while the left-handed batsman Shimron Hetmyer and fast bowler Oshane Thomas have been added to the squad. The report said that Fast bowler Jayden Seales, leg-spinner Yannic Cariah and left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie are also included in the squad as they have recovered from injury after their surgery. Lead Selector Haynes said: “We…
Pakistan overtakes India to capture the top of the ICC World Test Championship standings after India draws in the second Test against the West Indies in Trinidad. The final day of the Trinidad test was completely washed out by the rain and India had to settle for a draw with the Caribbeans, India set a target of 364 runs for West Indies to chase on the 4th day of the play, Chasing the target West Indies scored 76/2 till the 4th day play, further the match couldn’t start on the 5th day due to the rain an the match was…
India W and Bangladesh W had to share the trophy as the 3-match series was levelled 1-1 where Bangladesh W won 1 match and India W won 1 match and the last match ended as a tie. There was no super-overplay as the umpire declared that the scheduled time to play the match was over. Earlier Umpire had given Harmanpreet Kaur LBW out, She didn’t look satisfied with the decision as she said the ball was hit by the bat first, and out of anger she hit the stumps with her bat. Former Indian Cricketer and skipper Anjum Chopra criticised…
During the post-match press conference, Vice Captain Smriti Mandan was seen defending Captain Harmanpreet Kaur and said “When you play for India, you want to win the match. It happens in the heat of the moment” She continued to say “I don’t think she said anything towards the Bangladesh captain. From whatever I heard, think talked a bit about umpiring”. Smriti Mandana Said: Harmanpreeet’s Behaviour: “What happened in the middle is part and parcel of the game. We have seen these incidents so much in the past in men’s cricket,” Smriti said. “When you play for India, you want to…
Former Indian cricketer Madan Lal has criticised Harmanpreet Kaurs saying her “behaviour was pathetic against the Bangladesh women’s team” and said BCCI should take strict action against her, Harmanpreet lost her cool when the umpire gave her LBW out, she was not happy with the decision and hit the stumps with her bat. She then went on to call the umpiring “pathetic” in the post-match presentation. Harmanpreet was also seen calling the umpires to join in as well allegedly taunting them to be part of the Bangladesh team. Madan Lal Said: “Harmanpreet’s behaviour against the Bangladesh women’s team was pathetic.…
Rain saved Australia from defeat on the 5th day of the 4th Test of the 2023 Ashes at Old Trafford in Manchester, Australia lost their 5 wickets for 214 runs and were trailing by 61 runs when the match was called off due to the rain. Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting says “If they retain the Ashes, there will be a hollow feeling in the changing room”. Australia is leading the 5-match Ashes series 2-1 with 1 match remaining to play. The English side will look to win the next match to level the five-match Test series. Ricky Ponting Said: “Australia…