Jasprit Bumrah has been added to India’s ODI squad for the three-match series against Sri Lanka. The fast bowler has been out of action since September last year because of a stress reaction in his back, and he’s been rehabilitating at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru since then. When India’s squads for the T20I and ODI series were announced on December 27, ESPNcricinfo had reported that Bumrah was fit…
Lunch New Zealand 433 for 9 (Henry 56*, Blundell 51, Ajaz 31*, Abrar 3-142, Naseem 3-71) vs Pakistan Tom Blundell completed his half-century and Pakistan took three wickets, but it was New Zealand’s tenth-wicket stand of 88 runs, still unbeaten, that was the highlight of the morning session of day two in Karachi. Matt Henry, the No. 10 batter, smacked 56 runs in 59 balls to play chief entertainer while…
Unadkat, the Saurashtra captain, removed Dhruv Shorey, Vaibhav Rawal and Yash Dhull off the third, fourth and fifth deliveries of the match, after Delhi’s captain Dhull had chosen to bat on winning the toss. It was the first, first-over hat-trick in the history of the Ranji Trophy; the previous earliest hat-trick in a match was by Karnataka fast bowler Vinay Kumar, whose hat-trick in the 2017-18 quarter-final against Mumbai was…
Big Picture Another Sydney Test where the series is decided, but the advantage of the World Test Championship is that plenty remains at stake. For Australia they can, barring points deductions, secure a place in June’s final with victory at the SCG while South Africa need to win to keep their now slim hopes alive. The last time South Africa played here, back in 2008-09, they were the side that…
Pat Cummins expects there to be a “huge connection” between the conditions for the Sydney Test against South Africa and what Australia will face on the upcoming tour of India, with their focus on the present but also the challenges ahead. Through a combination of factors, Australia have some tricky decisions to make over the balance of their side for the SCG. Allrounder Cameron Green, who provides a natural balance,…
The BBL will be reduced to a 43-game season under a new $AUS1.512 billion broadcast deal Cricket Australia has secured with existing partners Channel Seven and Foxtel, on a new seven-year term. As part of the deal, confirmed on Tuesday, Seven will end their legal battle which they brought over a perceived lack of quality in the BBL over the last couple of seasons. Confirmation of the new broadcast package…
Dasun Shanaka wants his team to “step up” against India after a T20 World Cup where they won only two games in the main round. They play three T20Is and as many ODIs on this tour, and India being the host country for the ODI World Cup later this year, getting familiarised with the conditions and doing well will help them in a big way. “We didn’t have a good…
Looking ahead to the 2024 World Cup and standing in as T20I captain for three games against Sri Lanka for now, Hardik Pandya‘s message to his young team is clear: “go out there and express [yourself], we’re going to back you to the core.” Hardik takes over captaincy in the absence of regular leader Rohit Sharma, who will take back captaincy for the ODIs. Even though it’s not clear yet…
In 2005, RP Easwaran bought a large piece of land in Dehradun and started building a cricket stadium. The company running the cricket academy Easwaran owned – the National School of Cricket – was called Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, inspired by the character in the Mahabharata. And when Easwaran’s son came along in 1995, he was named Abhimanyu too. And that stadium, when it was completed, was named – you guessed…
Big picture In an ODI World Cup year, a bilateral T20I series may have the same appeal for fans as a New Year party does for an introvert. It just feels like something you can do without. India and Sri Lanka, though, will be looking at the bigger picture. Having reflected on what went wrong at the 2022 T20 World Cup, it’s time to start afresh. While India played a…