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    Pakistan’s fast bowler Shaheen Afridi reclaims top spot in ODI bowlers rankings

    Afridi’s recent performance in Pakistan’s victorious series against Australia, where he claimed eight wickets across three games at an impressive average of 12.62, helped propel him to the top spot once more Dubai: Pakistan’s premier fast bowler Shaheen Afridi has reclaimed the No.1 position in the ICC Men’s ODI Bowler Rankings, a spot he initially held during last year’s Cricket World Cup in India. Afridi’s recent performance in Pakistan’s victorious series against Australia, where he claimed eight wickets across three games at an impressive average of 12.62, helped propel him to the top spot once more. Afridi’s rise comes as part of a reshuffling in the rankings, with South Africa’s spinner Keshav Maharaj slipping to third and Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan maintaining his position at second. Afridi’s dominance on the field, combined with Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s leading spot in the ODI batting rankings, makes Pakistan the only team with the No.1-ranked player in…
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    ‘Wasn’t the nicest thing,’ says KL Rahul on animated chat with LSG owner Sanjiv Goenk during IPL 2024 

    LSG owner appeared visibly displeased after a match’s outcome and was seen engaged in an intense discussion with skipper Rahul along the boundary line at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium New Delhi:  India wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul has opened up on the animated chat between Lucknow Super Giants’ owner Sanjiv Goenka during the 2024 IPL when LSG were hammered by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). LSG were in a need of big win over SRH to qualfiy for the playoffs, but the team suffered a humiliating 10-wicket loss. Afterwards, LSG owner appeared visibly displeased after the match’s outcome and was seen engaged in an intense discussion with skipper Rahul along the boundary line at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. “As a team, we were all in shock because we were at the stage in that tournament where every game was very important. We had to win, I think, three out of five games or two out of the last…
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    Impressive run: Samson looking to make hay while the sun shines

    I made maximum utilisation of my current form you can say,” says the wicketkeeper after collecting his player of the match award following India’s 61-run win over South Africa in the first T20I Durban: In his last six competitive games, Sanju Samson has scored three hundreds, including one in the Duleep Trophy, and the inform India wicketkeeper batter is looking to make hay while the sun shines. Samson’s 107 off 50 balls against South Africa, his second T20I hundred in as many matches after his 111 against Bangladesh last month, has helped him to partially brush off the tag of an underperformer. “Really enjoyed my time out there in the middle. I made maximum utilisation of my current form you can say,” Samson said after collecting his player of the match award following India’s 61-run win over South Africa in the first T20I. Asked about the team’s gameplan, the Rajasthan Royals skipper spoke about intent. “The…
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    Harmanpreet makes it to 50-player shortlist for WBBL Team of the Decade

    The shortlist comprises cricketers who have played a minimum of 60 WBBL matches prior to this season Melbourne: Captain Harmanpreet Kaur is the lone entry from India in the 50-player shortlist for the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) Team of the Decade, which was released on Thursday. The shortlist comprises cricketers who have played a minimum of 60 WBBL matches prior to this season. The list will be pruned to 12 by a selection panel of experts after taking into account public voting. The public voting will be open between November 11-24 on the Big Bash App. The Team of the Decade will honour the greatest players from across the 10-year history of the WBBL. The selection panel is being chaired by Cricket Australia Director Clea Smith, and also includes Mel Jones, Lisa Sthalekar, Matthew Mott, Quentin Hull, Laura Jolly and Alistair Dobson. Public voting will be given equal importance and the panel will then review and…
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    IPL 2025: CSK might think about leaving Dhoni out for a game, feels Ponting

    The 43-year-old, who is at the last stage of his playing career, only features in the IPL since announcing international retirement in 2020. He led CSK to five IPL titles under his leadership New Delhi: After being retained by the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for the IPL 2025, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting feels that MS Dhoni might be rested for a game here and there in the next season to get the best out of him. The 43-year-old, who is at the last stage of his playing career, only features in the IPL since announcing international retirement in 2020. He led CSK to five IPL titles under his leadership. “Two seasons ago he probably had his worst season, but then last year again, he bounced back into really impacting some games like the MS Dhoni of old,” Ponting said on the recent episode of The ICC Review. “I think it will be exactly the same now…they might…
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    IPL 2025 auction likely to be held in Riyadh at November end: Sources

    “Officials have gone there to finalise the venue and dates, announcement to be made very soon,” the source added. New Delhi: Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction is likely to be held in Riyadh at the end of this month, sources told IANS on Monday. “Officials have gone there to finalise the venue and dates, announcement to be made very soon,” the source added. As all ten franchises have announced their list of retained players for the IPL 2025, all attention is now shifted to the upcoming mega auction to be held in the end of November. With a total salary cap of Rs 120 crore available at the mega auction for each team to form a squad of 25 players, franchises were allowed to retain up to six players (Retention/Right to Match) with a with a maximum of five capped internationals and up to two uncapped Indian players. Defending champions Kolkata…
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    3rd Test: Ajaz Patel takes five wickets at Wankhede, continuing his impressive streak

    During his first visit to Mumbai since migrating to New Zealand as an eight-year-old, Patel achieved remarkable figures of 10/119. This made him only the third bowler in cricket history to take all 10 wickets in a single innings, following legends Jim Laker of England and Anil Kumble of India. Mumbai: New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel continued his special relationship with the city where he was born as he claimed a five-wicket haul on Saturday to add to the historic 10 wickets in an innings that he bagged in 2021 at the Wankhede Stadium. Patel took 10/119 on his first visit to Mumbai from where he migrated to New Zealand as an eight-year-old boy, becoming only the third bowler in the history of the game to claim all 10 wickets in an innings, after legends Jim Laker of England and Anil Kumble of India. On Saturday on the second day of…
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    3rd Test: India takes charge, leaves NZ at 171/9 at stumps on day 2

    On a deteriorating pitch that provided sharp turn and inconsistent bounce, the spinners maintained their dominance with another fruitful day. After New Zealand had limited India to 263 in their first innings, holding a narrow 28-run lead despite contrasting half-centuries from Shubman Gill (90) and Rishabh Pant (60), the hosts made a strong comeback with the help of Ashwin and Jadeja. Mumbai: Ravindra Jadeja (4-52) and R Ashwin (3-63) helped India reduce New Zealand to 171/9 in their second innings at the end of Day 2 in the third Test in Mumbai. New Zealand, who scored 235 in their first innings were leading by 143 runs after they rode on Ajaz Patel’s 5-103 to bowl out India for 263, restricting the hosts to only a 28-run lead. On a crumbling pitch on which offered sharp turn and variable bounce, the spinners continued to rule the roost as they had another productive…
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    Mumbai Test: India at 195/5, trail New Zealand by 40 runs at lunch

    Resuming at their overnight score of 86/4, Rishabh Pant (60) played a counter-attacking innings and races to his fifty. New Zealand were guilty of dropping a couple of catches but Ish Sodhi found the breakthrough for the tourists when he trapped Pant leg before in the 38th over. New Zealand had scored 235 in their first innings. Brief Scores: New Zealand 1st inning 235 all out in 65.4.1 overs (Daryl Mitchell 82, Will Young 71; Ravindra Jadeja 5/65, Washington Sundar 4/81) India 1st innings: 195 for 5 in 43 overs (Shubman Gill 70 not out, Rishabh Pant 60; Ajaz Patel 2/76)
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    3rd Test: India struggles at 86/4 as Jadeja, Sundar bowl out NZ for 235

    Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill put together a half-century partnership for the second wicket, with Jaiswal surviving some tense moments to score 30 runs off 52 balls, including four boundaries. They added 53 runs together before Jaiswal was bowled by Ajaz Patel while attempting a reverse sweep. India’s woes deepened when nightwatchman Mohammed Siraj was trapped LBW by Patel for a golden duck, followed by Virat Kohli’s run-out for just four runs. Mumbai: Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill shared a half-century partnership but India wasted the opportunity to end Day 1 of the third Test at 86/4 after Ravindra Jadeja claimed his 14th five-wicket haul and Washington Sundar bagged a four-fer to bowl out New Zealand for 235 at the Wankhede Stadium here on Friday. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill had shared a half-century partnership for the second wicket, with the Mumbai opener surviving some anxious moments and scoring 30 off…

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      Watch: Mohammed Siraj takes outstanding diving catch to dismiss Henrich Klassen in the 2nd ODI

      Winning the toss and opting to bat first, the South African team lost the wicket of their most reliable player Quinton De Kock in the 3rd over of the match as he was bowled by a peach of a delivery by Mohammed Siraj.  Living 𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠: This catch by Siraj! 🤌Catch every second of the 2nd #Mastercard #INDvSA ODI – LIVE NOW on Star Sports & Disney+Hotstar! #BelieveInBlue #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/w4VPK0cSfM— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) October 9, 2022 Shahbaz Ahmed, Who was playing his first ODI match claimed a wicket in his 2nd over as he dismissed Janneman Malan LBW. But the South African pair of Aiden Markram and Reeza Hendricks stitched a century partnership to bring the South…

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      IND vs SA, 2nd ODI: Iyer, Kishan guide India to seven wicket win

      India beat South Africa by seven wickets in the second ODI to level the three-match series here on Sunday.India chased down the target of 279 with 25 balls remaining, riding on a brilliant 113 not out off 111 balls from Shreyas Iyer and 93 from Ishan Kishan. Earlier, Aiden Markram top-scored for South Africa with 79 off 89 balls while Reeza Hendricks made 74 off 76 balls after skipper Keshav Maharaj opted to bat. Pacer Mohammed Siraj was the pick of the Indian bowlers, ending with figures of three for 38 in 10 overs. South Africa had won the first match by nine runs on October 6 in Lucknow.

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      Blame game in Indian women’s cricket team, Harmanpreet Kaur says THIS after defeat against Pakistan – Check

      After suffering a 13-run loss to Pakistan in Women’s Asia Cup, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur admitted that giving batting chances to other batters backfired in the match. After the 41-run victory over Sri Lanka in the opening match of the tournament, India had been experimenting with their batting order against Malaysia and the UAE, which resulted in wins. In Friday’s match against Pakistan, Dayalan Hemalatha, Pooja Vastrakar and Deepti Sharma were sent in to bat ahead of Harmanpreet who came out to bat at number seven instead of her usual number four position. But the experiment failed to give desired results and despite Richa Ghosh’s late cameo of 26 off just 13 balls, hitting three sixes and a four, India fell…

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      IND vs SA, 1st ODI: South Africa beat India by 9-runs to take 1-0 lead

      Below-par death bowling coupled with ordinary fielding and batting, except for Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer, hurt a second-string Indian team as it slumped to a nine-run defeat against South Africa in the rain-truncated first ODI of the three-match series here on Thursday. Opting to bowl in the rain-hit 40-over-a-side game, India started on the right note reducing South Africa to 110 for 4 in 22.4 overs before David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen hit strokeful half-centuries to guide South Africa to 249 for 4. Down at 110 for four, Miller (75 not out off 63 balls) and Klaasen (74 not out off 65 balls) added 139 runs for the unbroken fifth wicket to take the visitors to close to 250-run…

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      ICC T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma-led Indian team departs for Australia

      The India men’s cricket team, led by Rohit Sharma, left for Australia on Thursday morning for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, starting from October 16. After failing to get past the quarterfinals in 2017, the 2007 champions will try to claim the trophy this time around. Team India was able to generate some momentum before the World Cup winning the bilateral series against Australia and South Africa. The social media accounts of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) posted a picture of the entire Team India contingent departing for the T20 World Cup. “Picture perfect, let’s do this #TeamIndia. @cricketworldcup here we come,” BCCI tweeted. The T20I series between India and Australia and South Africa may have ended in…

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      ‘You will never reach your destination if you..’: Jasprit Bumrah hits back at critics with a cryptic message

      India’s chances of winning a second T20 World Cup were dashed after star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the next ICC event in Australia. After suffering a stress fracture in his back, the fast bowler was ruled out of the tournament. On Wednesday, Bumrah posted a mysterious narrative on his Instagram account, mocking his critics. Jasprit Bumrah missed India’s Asia Cup campaign owing to an injury and only returned to play in the T20I series against Australia last month. However, due to a small back ailment, the pacer was ruled out of the opening T20I against South Africa. The injury was later proven to be far more serious than first assumed, shutting him out of the T20…

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      Bumrah out of T20 World Cup with back injury: BCCI secretary Jay Shah

      India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the ICC T20 World Cup due to a back injury, the BCCI announced on Monday. That Bumrah is ruled out of the big-ticket event due to a stress fracture was first reported by the PTI on September 29.Bumrah’s absence will certainly affect India’s chances in the marquee event in Australia as the death bowling still remains a grey area. The BCCI was awaiting medical reports while the pacer did his rehab at the National Cricket Academy but it was a foregone conclusion that he would be out for months. “The BCCI Medical team has ruled out Team India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup squad. The decision…

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      IND vs SA 3rd T20I: South Africa thrash India by 49 runs

      South Africa produced a dominating performance to thrash India by 49 runs in the third and final T20I of the three match series at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, here on Tuesday. With the win in the first two T20Is, India won the two match series 2-1. A scintillating maiden T20I hundred century from Rilee Rossouw (100 not out off 48) and a fine fifty by Quinton de Kock (68 off 43) powered South Africa to 227/3 in 20 overs, after being invited to bat first. Apart from Rossouw and De Kock, Tristan Stubbs (23 off 18) and David Miller (19 not out off 5) also played valuable knocks for South Africa, who were also helped by India’s sloppy fielding. Umesh…

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      David Miller trends on Twitter after scoring double ton against India

      India beat South Africa by 16 runs in the second T20I  to take a lead in the three-match T20I home series. However, it was David Miller from South Africa who stole the limelight with an amazing century of 44 balls. He went to 50 off 25 balls and then raced to his century off 44 balls. In his unbeaten innings, Miller smashed 8 fours and 7 sixes to register his highest T20I score. It was his second ton in the T20I international career, while his first came against Bangladesh in 2017. Twitter has gone berserk over David Miller’s century and with over 9k tweets, the hashtag ‘DavidMiller’ is trending on Twitter. “David Miller…What a Magnificent 100 !! You have my respect,” wrote…

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      ‘Food-wise, I’ve been a little bit disappointed in Lahore. Karachi was really nice’: Moeen Ali

      Sporting rivalries between cities are nothing new. But when it comes to Lahore and Karachi — two cities in Pakistan, the debate between which city has the better food adds spice to their historic rivalry. On Sunday, England’s stand-in skipper Moeen Ali started a food war by voting in favour of Karachi. Moeen Ali "food wise. I've been a little bit disappointed in Lahore. Karachi was really nice" #PakvEng #Cricket pic.twitter.com/I8lVa1Xsc1— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) October 2, 2022 “Food wise. I’ve been a little bit disappointed in Lahore. Karachi was really nice,” Moeen Ali said in the post-match press conference. England finished its first tour to Pakistan in 17 years with a thumping 67-run win in their Twenty20 decider on Sunday…

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