Month: August 2021

News Nuwan Pradeep and Dinesh Chandimal also return, alongside new faces who did well in domestic T20s Kusal Perera makes his return to the Sri Lanka limited-overs squad for South Africa’s tour of the island, having sufficiently recovered from Covid-19. Veteran seamer Nuwan Pradeep, and experienced batter Dinesh Chandimal return as well, on the back of good performances in the recently-concluded domestic T20 tournament. Younger players also found places in…

News Mumbai legend helped the careers of several players like Vengsarkar, Manjrekar and Rohit Sharma One of the unsung heroes of Indian cricket, Vasudeo Paranjape, passed away at his residence in Mumbai on Monday after a prolonged illness. Paranjape, popularly known as Vasoo, was three months short of turning 83. He is survived by his son Jatin, a former Mumbai batter, who also played four ODIs and recently co-authored a…

News Allrounder back in contention after six months out first due to injury and then contracting Covid-19 Cricket tours in the time of Covid-19 have made players all too familiar with hotel rooms, but South Africa allrounder Dwaine Pretorius has a slightly longer – and more personal – relationship with a high-end accommodation establishment. “Before the 2019 World Cup, they [his wife and son] joined me at the Westin, and…

News “The plan is to split wicketkeeping duties in this series, make it two games each and make a decision in the fifth game.” “I see Mushfiq probably starting at No. 4. He is successful there. He can hold the innings together for us” – Domingo   Nurul Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim will share wicketkeeping duties in the first four matches during the T20I series against New Zealand, according to…

News RCB name Bengal medium pacer Akash Deep as his replacement Royal Challengers Bangalore allrounder Washington Sundar has been ruled out of the second half of the IPL 2021 due to a finger injury. Bengal medium pacer Akash Deep, who is also a net bowler with the franchise, has been named as his replacement. Washington picked up three wickets in six matches at an average of  32.11 in the first…

Play 01:33 Lanning: India will be match-hardened after their games in UK A tough preparation awaits the India team and the majority of the Australia squad ahead of their multi-format series which has been moved entirely to Queensland. The visitors along with those Australian players based in Sydney and Melbourne will begin 14 days hard quarantine on Monday with no exemptions for training meaning two weeks of only being able…

News Allrounder played 23 matches for India, famously taking 6 for 4 in an ODI against Bangladesh in 2014 Stuart Binny, the India allrounder, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket with immediate effect. Binny, 37, represented India across 23 matches, including six Tests, 14 ODIs and three T20Is. His first-class career spanned nearly 17 years, and he played the bulk of those 95 matches for his home…

News Australia coach says the team needs to get back to the business of winning Justin Langer believes he will become a better coach following a multitude of frank one-on-one conversations with players to discuss issues with his style. Langer came under intense scrutiny a fortnight ago on returning from Australia’s disastrous T20I tour of Bangladesh with reports emerging of discontent among the playing group and staff. It forced Cricket…