Gujarat 264 and 219 (Umang 57, Hingrajia 56, Koushik 3-16, Rohit 3-61) beat Karnataka 374 and 103 (Padikkal 31, Desai 7-42, Vaghela 3-38) by six runs Mayank Agarwal scored the only century of the match. V Koushik picked up seven wickets across two innings. But a Ranji Trophy match Karnataka would have expected to win after setting up a chase of 110 went totally pear-shaped for them, as Gujarat reduced…
Cameron Green could hardly be blamed if he was feeling a little like he was damned if he did open the batting in the Adelaide Test and damned now that he is batting at No.4. The Western Australia allrounder says he is excited and grateful to make his Test match return against West Indies having not played the format since losing his place for the first time in his short…
The BCCI has invited applications for the post of one national selector for the senior men’s team. However, the board’s advertisement, published on their website, doesn’t specify which of the active selectors would be replaced from the current five-member panel chaired by Ajit Agarkar. The convention has been to pick one selector from each zone (north, south, east, west and central) with the most experienced member – in terms of…
As many as five outright results were achieved three days into the second round of the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy. Here’s a quick look at what happened. Pujara the lone ranger as Jayant and Sindhu spin out Saurashtra Jayant picked up a five-for in the first innings to bowl Saurashtra out for 145 on the opening day. Only Cheteshwar Pujara, who struck his 17th first-class double ton last week, offered resistance…
Expect to see more of Angelo Mathews in Sri Lanka’s T20 side this year. Expect to see him bowl more frequently. And because this is late-career Mathews, coming back into the white-ball frame after years of being picked only for Tests, expect him also to be driven by grievance to some extent. Following his first T20I outing in almost three years, Mathews seemed to take aim at the previous set…
Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs Zimbabwe Sri Lanka have won the toss and opted to bowl first in the first T20I against Zimbabwe in Colombo. For the hosts, Kusal Perera returns to the side, likely at the top of the order. Pathum Nissanka, who missed the ODIs with dengue, is back in, opening the batting. On the bowling front, Nuwan Thushara gets a spot in the XI over Matheesha…
Toss India chose to bowl vs Afghanistan India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bowl in the second T20I in Indore, which he called “quite a chasing ground”. Rohit is playing his 150th T20I, becoming the first men’s player to do so. India made two changes. Virat Kohli, who was unavailable for the first match for personal reasons, returned to the side. This is his first T20I…
Adelaide Strikers 141 for 1 (M Short 74*, Weatherald 47*) beat Sydney Thunder 140 (Hales, 43, Pope 4-22, Overton 3-26) by nine wickets Adelaide Strikers captain Matt Short steered his side to the BBL finals with a quality innings to down the Sydney Thunder. In sealing a spot in the top four, Short clubbed a brilliant 74 not out as Strikers chased Thunder’s 140 with nine wickets and 23 balls…
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson retired hurt after “experiencing tightness” in his right hamstring while batting in the second T20I against Pakistan in Hamilton on Sunday. As a precautionary measure, he would not return to the field. Tim Southee will captain New Zealand for the rest of the game. After the tenth over, Williamson was seen getting attended to by the physio, with him clutching his right hamstring. He was…
Toss Pakistan chose to field against New Zealand Pakistan opted to chase again as they look to level the three-match T20I series against New Zealand with a win in Hamilton. Mitchell Santner, who was ruled out of the first T20I with Covid, was fit again and returned in New Zealand’s only change. He replaced fast bowler Matt Henry, who went wicketless for 29 runs off his three overs in Auckland….