Month: April 2024

Is Sunil Narine being coaxed into coming out of international retirement for the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and USA that follows IPL 2024? Three nights ago, Narine, who had announced his international retirement in November 2023, was dead certain he’d be watching the tournament from home. But on Tuesday night, after hitting a magnificent century to power Kolkata Knight Riders to 223 for 6, Narine gave an inkling…

Rajasthan Royals 224 for 8 (Buttler 107*, Parag 34, Narine 2-30, Varun 2-36, Rana 2-45) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 223 for 6 (Narine 109, Raghuvanshi 30, Avesh 2-35, Sen 2-46) by two wickets Jos Buttler started slightly slow as Rajasthan Royals (RR) aimed to travel at more than 11 an over, making only 25 off his first 18 balls. He was at the crease during what seemed like a debilitating…

Scoring rates have gone up as the IPL has aged. But never before has the scoring rate for a season hit nine an over. This year, after 31 games, we are going at 9.48. The highest before this was in IPL 2023, 8.99. Delhi Capitals have not been at the forefront of this run glut, and are down at No. 9 on the table ahead of their seventh match, against…

Bangladesh have picked 15-year-old fast bowler Habiba Islam to bolster their bowling attack for the five-match T20I series against India at home later this month. They have also included Rubya Haider in place of Farzana Akter as they build towards the T20 World Cup at home in September and October this year. Rubya, like the uncapped Farzana, is a wicketkeeper-batter who played the three-T20I series against Sri Lanka last year….

Mushtaq Ahmed, the former Pakistan legspinner, will be Bangladesh’s spin-bowling coach until the T20 World Cup this year. The BCB announced on Tuesday that Mushtaq will come to Dhaka for the preparatory camp ahead of the side’s T20I series against Zimbabwe next month. “It is a great honor for me to be a part of the Bangladesh cricket team as a spin bowling coach,” Mushtaq. “I am looking forward to…

The T20I series, a part of the ICC’s future tours programme, was scheduled for August at a neutral venue, but CA said in January that it was postponing the engagement after consultations with the Australian government because of “a marked deterioration in human rights for women and girls” in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. “It does hurt you,” Rashid told ESPNcricinfo on Tuesday in Ahmedabad, where Titans will play their next IPL 2024…

Najmul Hossain Shanto, the Bangladesh captain, has become the first major voice in months to ask for Tamim Iqbal‘s presence in the national set-up, saying “if he is fit, I want him available for all formats”. Shanto and Tamim, whose appearances for Bangladesh have been sporadic of late, spoke after the Dhaka Premier League match between Abahani Limited and Prime Bank Cricket Club at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in…

Match details Gujarat Titans (GT – 6th; P6 W3 L3) vs Delhi Capitals (DC – 9th; P6 W2 L4) Ahmedabad, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT) Big picture – Gill’s Titans vs Pant’s Capitals Just two points separate Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals, and yet they are three places apart in the points table. Titans are sixth, and like last year, have won and lost three each out of their first six…

Nottinghamshire 399 (Clarke 105, James 96, Slater 70, Harrison 52) and 151 for 7 (Duckett 63, Smith 4-29) drew with Worcestershire 355 (Jones 90, Smith 58, D’Oliveira 54, Harrison 5-128) Barely a mile down the road from Trent Bridge, about three and a half hours before the scheduled start of play on the final day of Nottinghamshire’s Vitality County Championship game with Worcestershire, a tornado ripped tiles off houses and…

Glenn Maxwell has elected to take a break from the IPL to refresh himself physically and mentally after requesting Royal Challengers Bengaluru management pick someone else in his place for the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Maxwell has been struggling for runs in IPL 2024. Before Monday’s game, he had scored only 32 runs in six innings at an average of 5.33. There were speculations that he might have sat out…