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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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      24 August
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      Taylor, Hasnain, Smeed in final batch of players for BBL draft

      Ross Taylor, Mohammad Hasnain and Will Smeed are among the final batch of players confirmed for the BBL draft on Sunday taking the total of number of registered players to 332. Hasnain, who is eligible for retention having played with Sydney Thunder last season, is one of two more players in the final group, which were received shortly before the nominations closed on Sunday. Fellow Pakistani Fakhar Zaman is the other having played one game for Brisbane Heat in the 2021-22 edition. Hasnain had his bowling action reported during last year’s competition but has since been cleared to resume bowling. Pakistan represents the majority of the additional names in the draft and includes Test opening pair Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq as well as middle-order white-ball hitter Khushdil Shah. Taylor, who is now retired…

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      Watch: Team India’s victory dance on ‘Kala Chashma’ after ODI series wins

      Hyderabad: After Shubman Gill’s top-class 130 took India to 289-8, Zimbabwe was down and out in the run chase at 169-7. KL Rahul-led Team India edged past hosts Zimbabwe in the third and final ODI on Monday to complete a 3-0 ODI series whitewash. It is known that there is no dearth of energetic dancers in the team and breaking out to an impromptu dance is the usual norm after such a win. Sharing a video of such a celebration on Instagram, Shikhar Dhawan, and Shubman Gill, wrote, “That’s how we celebrate the win.” The video begins with skipper KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan panning their hands away from the camera with the rest of the team in the background. Following…

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      ‘A terrible call’: Pakistan fans fume after PCB name Mohammad Hasnain as Shaheen Afridi’s replacement for Asia Cup 2022

      Angry Pakistan fans slammed the national cricket board for announcing pacer Mohammad Hasnain as the replacement for the injured Shaheen Shah Afridi for the Asia Cup in the UAE. The 22-year-old Hasnain returned to cricket in June after remodelling his bowling action. He was suspended in February after being called by umpires during the BBL. The right-arm fast bowler has taken 17 wickets in 18 T20s and played his last T20 against the West Indies at Karachi in December 2021. Hasnain is representing the Oval Invincibles in the Hundred competition in England and will join the Pakistan team in the UAE. Meanwhile, Afridi was ruled out of the Asia Cup and also from next month’s seven-match T20 series against England…

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    • 23 August
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      ‘Won’t Be Helpful’ ABD Cancels Rohit’s ‘Advice’ To Save ODIs & His Opinion Makes More Sense

      The emergence of franchise cricket and players opting to play for their club over their country is a worrying sign for international cricket as a whole. There are three formats of the game but one that has seen a lot of dip in popularity as compared to others is One-Day Internationals.   Ever since T20 cricket arrived, it took away all the limelight from the 50-over format and with franchise leagues, where top talents come and play T20s, taking place all over the world, the demand and viewership of ODIs has taken a hit.  Australia's opening batter Usman Khawaja feels that ODI cricket is "dying a slow death"#Cricket #CricTracker #UsmanKhawaja #Australia #ODI pic.twitter.com/uTxFjtJTFS— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) July 23, 2022 The logic of…

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      This is what it’s like batting in India 2022: The Spin-tech mat is unplayable

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      England to play Tests in Rawalpindi, Multan and Karachi in December

      England’s first Test tour of Pakistan in 17 years will begin in Rawalpindi on December 1, and includes in the schedule the first Test in Multan since November 2006. The series will end with a Test in Karachi, scene of England’s famous series-clinching win in the dark in December 2000. The final Test will start on December 17. The Test series is effectively the second leg of a tour that starts with a seven-match T20I series in September-October, with the matches played in Lahore and Karachi between September 20 and October 2. The teams will leave for the T20 World Cup in Australia after that, before returning to Pakistan for the Test series. Schedule 1st Test: Dec 1-5, Rawalpindi 2nd Test: Dec…

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      Ind vs Zim, 3rd ODI preview: Fancied India set sights on clean sweep

      Harare: A fancied Indian team is a shoo-in to complete a 3-0 ODI series sweep against a Zimbabwe side that has been struggling to put up even a semblance of a fight. Having done exceedingly well to not just turn up but trump their hapless opponents on all fronts in the preceding two matches, India will enter the third and final ODI knowing well that the script is unlikely to change at the Harare Sports Complex on Monday. This will translate to the visiting team getting yet another opportunity to carry out experimentation keeping the bigger picture in mind, i.e, next year’s ICC World Cup. Stand-in skipper KL Rahul has done quite well to keep the players motivated enough to go…

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    • 21 August
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      WATCH: Virat Kohli And Anushka Sharma Take A Scooty Ride in Mumbai Rain, Video Goes Viral

      Cricketer Virat Kohli took his wife and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma out for a scooty ride in Mumbai and the images and videos have hit social media platforms, leaving netizens in complete awe. The video doing rounds on social media shows the couple riding the scooter. However, their faces are not visible because they are wearing black helmets. The couple looked adorable in their outfits and both were seen wearing matching white sneakers. Mumbai’s monsoon weather could have been one of the reasons Kohli and Anushka decided to ditch their luxury cars and take a scooty ride. Virat Kohli & Anushka Sharma's Scooty Ride. ❤#ViratKohli𓃵 #AnushkaSharma #Virushka #AsiaCup #T20WorldCup #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/ibPqtj05yK— Off Field Cricket (@OffFieldCricket) August 20, 2022 This is…

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      Alastair Cook hits out at England’s “zero sense” preparation before South Africa defeat

      Former England captain Sir Alastair Cook has taken aim at the current schedule after Ben Stokes ‘ side were thrashed by South Africa in the first Test at Lord’s. England came into the match having played solely white-ball cricket in August, with the last round of County Championship matches ending in July before the start of The Hundred and the One-Day Cup. South Africa, meanwhile, prepared for the series with a four-day warm-up match against a strong England Lions side which, although they lost by an innings and 56 runs, helped them get up to speed after not playing a Test match in four months. And Cook has questioned why no first-class cricket was played in the lead up to a Test series, saying…

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      Cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal clarifies divorce rumours with wife Dhanashree

      Indian leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has asked his fans to not believe rumours about his relationship status with wife Dhanashree Verma after social media was flooded with posts about the couple’s alleged divorce. Taking to Instagram, Chahal wrote, “A humble request to you all to not believe in any sort of rumours pertaining to our relationship. Kindly, put an end to it. Love and light to everyone.” Chahal and Dhanashree tied the knot in December 2020. The couple trended big time on social media as they shared cryptic posts on Instagram. Dhanashree has also dropped ‘Chahal’ from her name on her Instagram handle, leading the Internet to believe that all is not well between the couple. Dhanashree Verma is a Youtuber…

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