Bihar youngster Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a left-hand top-order batter, has become the youngest player to earn an IPL deal, worth INR 1.10 crore (US$0.13 million approx.), from Rajasthan Royals (RR). Suryavanshi, all of 13 years and 243 days on the day he got his maiden IPL contract, has already played for India Under-19 and scored a century opening the batting against Australia Under-19 in a four-day game in Chennai less than…
Mohammed Shami‘s three-wicket burst carried Bengal to an eight-wicket win over Hyderabad in Group A of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Monday. Shami, who is playing his first white-ball tournament after last year’s ODI World Cup, took 3 for 21 in 3.3 overs as Bengal bowled out Hyderabad for 137 in 18.3 overs. He received good support from Karan Lal and Shahbaz Ahmed who bagged two wickets apiece. India…
Till Monday evening, Priyansh Arya must have been a relative unknown. But the people who matter at three IPL franchises – Delhi Capitals (DC), Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) – had certainly heard of him, and wanted him in their team for IPL 2025. Eventually, he went to PBKS, who forked out INR 3.80 crore (USD 450,000 approx.) for him. That’s what hitting six sixes in an…
Victoria 186 and 122 for 0 (Kellaway 62*, Harris 50*) Queensland 297 (Peirson 61, Lovell 60, Bartlett 57, Crone 4-68) by 11 runs Marcus Harris helped lead a Victorian revival against Queensland as day two of the pink ball Sheffield Shield clash concluded with the match in the balance. A lower order fightback had earlier given Queensland a 111-run first innings lead. Test hopeful Harris and stylish young gun Campbell…
Western Australia 373 and 185 for 2 (Bancroft 71*, Goodwin 69) lead South Australia 253 (Hunt 106, Manenti 73*, Paris 5-34) by 305 runs Cameron Bancroft emerged from a horror form slump with an unbeaten half-century to steer Western Australia to a powerful position against South Australia in their Sheffield Shield match. Bancroft, who was overlooked for Australia’s team for the first Test against India, was unbeaten on 72 as…
Klinger has juggled a number of coaching and administrative jobs since finishing his playing career in 2019. He currently coaches WPL team Gujarat Giants, is general manager of Washington Freedom in MLC, and assistant coach at Sydney Thunder in the WBBL. He was previously head of men’s T20 for Cricket New South Wales and coached Melbourne Renegades in the BBL between 2019 and 2021. “This is an incredibly exciting opportunity…
Pat Cummins has backed Marnus Labuschagne to bounce back from his opening-Test horrors, indicating that Australia are unlikely to make any changes for Adelaide despite an overwhelming 295-run defeat against India in Perth. Labuschagne has come under intense scrutiny following the defeat given his recent form in Test cricket. He has averaged just 13.66 across his last 10 Test innings, which does include a nine-month gap where he played county…
South African allrounder Marco Jansen was the big earner on the second day of the IPL auction in Jeddah, with Punjab Kings buying him at a price of INR 7 crore. Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals went up against each other for Indian allrounders, with RCB snapping up Krunal Pandya for INR 5.75 crore and RR getting Nitish Rana for INR 4.2 crore. A large number of players were…
New South Wales 235 for 4 (Patterson 99, Webster 3-56) trail Tasmania 364 (Ward 92, Silk 74, Webster 61, Radhakrishnan 55) by 129 runs Beau Webster sent a timely reminder of his all-round capabilities, posting a half-century and taking three top-order wickets in Tasmania’s Sheffield Shield clash with New South Wales. The hosts went to stumps on day two at 235 for 4 at the SCG, with Kurtis Patterson out…
Yashasvi Jaiswal‘s 161 in the second innings of the first Test against Australia in Perth was “probably his best Test innings”, captain Jasprit Bumrah said after India’s 295-run win. Bumrah was also all praise for Virat Kohli for his unbeaten 100, saying he had never looked “out of form” despite having endured a run of low scores heading into the series. “Out of all these innings, he [Jaiswal] had a…