Month: May 2021

News “We have asked everybody in the bubble to quarantine, so they are isolated in their rooms,” says CEO Venky Mysore Venky Mysore – “We found out approximately 24 hours ago about Varun testing positive, so the immediate steps we took was to isolate him”   Varun Chakravarthy, the mystery spinner, is “still a little under the weather”, while seam bowler Sandeep Warrier is “doing fine and doesn’t have any…

News On Monday, two KKR players and three members of the CSK camp – including L Balaji – tested positive KKR’s game against RCB on Monday had to be cancelled following the positive tests   The fallout from the Covid-19 cases – confirmed and suspected – within the IPL bubble was felt through the day on Monday. The Delhi Capitals, the last team to play against the Kolkata Knight Riders…

Preview With five defeats in six matches, Sunrisers will need to turn things around quickly if they are to make the playoffs With just one win so far, Sunrisers will need a mini-miracle to make the playoffs   Big picture Fortunes couldn’t be any different for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians at the moment. After suffering five defeats in six matches, the Sunrisers axed their captain David Warner, hoping a…

News During his term – 1983 to 1987 – he made the important contribution of introducing Bangladesh’s first school-cricket competition Former BCB president Kamal Ziaul Islam, popularly known as KZ Islam, has died in Dhaka. He was 86. Former BCB president Kamal Ziaul Islam  BCB Islam was the president of the board, then known as the BCCB, between 1983 and 1987. During his term, he made the important contribution of…

Steven Smith and Pat Cummins are two of a number of Australians playing at the IPL © BCCI Nick Hockley, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has said there are currently no plans for a charter flight to get Australians – players and others – involved in the IPL back home at the end of the tournament. Hockley, speaking to SEN Radio, mentioned that the players in India “are generally in…

News Sri Lanka’s captain also had words of praise for Ramesh Mendis, though he felt he could improve his lines and lengths Praveen Jayawickrama was on Test debut, and had played only 10 previous first-class matches. Ramesh Mendis was playing just his second Test. And yet, the pair combined to take 17 wickets in the match, bowling Sri Lanka to a commanding victory over Bangladesh in Pallekele – the team’s…

News He also said Bangladesh couldn’t capitalise on starts, which eventually led to their 209-run defeat A failure to capitalise on starts and plan against specific bowlers led to Bangladesh’s 209-run loss in the second Test against Sri Lanka, according to captain Mominul Haque. Left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama scripted the home side’s win with an 11-wicket haul on his Test debut. That feat was especially impressive given it came against…