Chris Gayle needed only 12 balls to get his half-century against Adelaide Strikers, equalling the record for fastest T20 fifty set by Yuvraj Singh in 2007. Here’s how our ball-by-ball commentators described the carnage Chris Gayle hit four sixes in the opening over © Cricket Australia/Getty Images 0.1 West to Gayle, 2 runs, full and straight on middle, tucked to deep midwicket for a couple. Gayle 2 (1) 0.2 West…
Akshay Karnewar began as a right-arm offspinner, when he started playing cricket as the age of 13. © NDTV Ambidextrous bowlers are a rarity in the world of cricket. Akshay Karnewar of Vidarbha has that talent and he put that to good effect in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Twenty tournament. (Click here for latest Cricket stories) Karnewar can bowl off-spin and he can bowl left-arm spin with equal efficiency….
World T20 2016 January 18, 2016 Sidharth Monga and Nagraj Gollapudi © BCCI The tickets for the World Twenty20 are likely to go up for sale by the end of this week, with the BCCI saying it doesn’t think it is too late for the tickets to be made available. The first qualifier starts on March 8, but the Indian board is happy to have the tickets up for grabs…
Mithali Raj said Australia’s Big Bash League franchise Adelaide Strikers had approached her. © PTI Mumbai: Following the success of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL), India women’s team skipper Mithali Raj on Monday expressed her desire to see the female version of the massively popular Twenty20 extravaganza soon in the country. (Click here for latest Cricket stories) The national women’s team is scheduled to play Australia in three One-Day…
India in Australia 2015-16 January 18, 2016 ESPNcricinfo staff Jasprit Bumrah has been named as Mohammed Shami‘s replacement for the three Twenty20 Internationals in Australia starting January 26. More to follow… © ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Source: ESPN Crickinfo
Mukul Mudgal said Delhi and District Cricket Association’s management and accounts department did not act on the issues raised by internal audit. © PTI New Delhi: Delhi High Court-appointed observer Justice (Retd) Mukul Mudgal, for the fourth India versus South Africa Test at Feroz Shah Kotla from December 3-7, has submitted a stinging report on the corruption-hit Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA). (Justice Mudgal to Submit Report on Delhi…
Shaun Tait, who last played for Australia in 2011, has been plying his Twenty20 skills with Rajasthan Royals in the IPL and Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League. © AFP Fast bowler Shaun Tait has been recalled by Australia after an absence of almost five years for the three-match Twenty20 series against India later this month. (Virat Kohli’s Ton Goes in Vain, Glenn Maxwell Helps Australia Take Unbeatable 3-0…
Former Rajasthan Royals offspinner Ajit Chandila has been banned for life from all official cricketing activities for his role in the IPL 2013 spot-fixing case. Former Mumbai batsman Hiken Shah, who had been suspended by the BCCI in July 2015 for making an “illegal approach” to a player, was handed a five-year ban. A release from the BCCI said Chandila was “held guilty of misconduct and corruption”, having breached seven…
Pundits believe Test captain Virat Kohli should take over the limited-overs duties as well from Mahendra Singh Dhoni. © AFP New Delhi: Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s job as India’s limited-overs captain is safe despite the team’s third successive one-day series defeat, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Monday. Speculation has been swirling over the future of the 34-year-old who quit Tests in late 2014 but remains…
Gulam Bodi is expected to respond to CSA charges of “contriving to fix, or otherwise improperly influence aspects of the 2015 Ram Slam T20 Challenge Series” by mid-week. There is no indication of whether Bodi will plead innocent or guilty, but his lawyer played down the hype around the matter. “We have got the charge sheet and we are preparing a response. We will have it done by Wednesday or…