Legendary Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting has taken T20 cricket to ‘another level’ around the world by having a new generation of players imitate his style of play with Indian midfielder Suryakumar Yadav. hailed as a pioneer who could give an impetus to raise the Suryakumar, 32, was recently named his Player of the Year in ICC men’s T20I cricket after … Read more
India chose bowling against New Zealand Unlike the ODI series, India chose the more convenient option of chasing at lunch after winning the toss in the opening game of the T20I series.Indian captain Hardik Pandya spoke of the expected ropes. In fact, he said he could feel the dew at 6:30pm. India has recovered his Yadav from left wrist spinner … Read more
In a landmark move, the ICC has appointed an all-female Match Officials Panel for the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa. With a total of 13 members, this panel includes her 3 referees and her 10 referees (pitch and TV) from 7 countries. Match Referee:GS Lakshmi (India), Shandre Fritz (South Africa) and Michelle Pereira (Sri Lanka). Field and Television … Read more
Mighty impressed with Siraj’s bowling exploits in the World Cup year, former Pakistan skipper Salman Butt opined that the Indian pacer is keen on strengthening his wicket-taking ability across all formats. Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj is crowned the new No.1 bowler in the newly released Men’s One Day International (ODI) Player Rankings by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday. … Read more
Ben Stokes has been named the ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year after spearheading an impressive revival of the format in England. Babar Azam received the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year and Nat Sciver won his Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for Women’s Cricketer. In 2022 he made 870 Test runs and took 26 … Read more
Australia’s home series dominance over Pakistan continued in the second T20I in Hobart on Thursday (26 January) as they recorded a comfortable eight-wicket win. After her 3-0 loss to Australia in the ODI series, Pakistan conceded her 2-0 impregnable in her T20I series. Beth Mooney starred with the bat when he hit his 46 of 29 balls, including six fours … Read more
The sudden outburst of Hindi during a mostly English press conference summed up Rohit Sharma’s frustration. Speaking at Indore after his 30th century of ODI, Rohit was frustrated by market rumors that he had just achieved “his first 100 ODI wins in three years.” In the face of the pandemic, his unfortunate injury, or his back-to-back T20 World Championships, simply … Read more
Pakistan’s All-Format captain Babar Azam was named Men’s Player of the Year by the International Cricket Council on Thursday. Babar and England’s Natsyber were named his 2022 One-Day International of the Year, while England Test captain Ben Stokes was named his top cricketer in the Men’s Test. Babar led Pakistan to the finals of his two Twenty20 tournaments (World Cup … Read more
India’s U-19 women’s cricket team will face New Zealand on Friday in the first semi-final of the ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom, South Africa. The Indian girl secured her fourth spot at the end after Bangladesh and England scored big wins in the final Super Six match. England will face Australia in the second … Read more
Aside from India’s brilliant on-field performance, fans were stunned by Virat Kohli’s on-field antics as he enjoyed chants of ‘Sala’ addressed to Shubman Gill. Just days after Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium was filled with ‘Sala, Sala’ chants last week, a similar move was made at India’s third ODI against New Zealand in Indore. I heard a chant. In that … Read more