Composed Rahane leads fightback v Australia, 2023 While Australia held the upper hand, Ajinkya Rahane stood tall amidst the ruins in India’s first innings. Rahane entered the fray with India at 50-3, and soon witnessed Virat Kohli’s dismissal as India were left stranded at 71-4. Having returned to the India Test side after 18 months … Read more
ESPNCricinfo reported the news late on Sunday, with Bangladesh national team physio Delowar Hossain assessing the damage. “Mustafizur suffered a clip fracture on his left thumb while playing his last match of the Indian Premier League yesterday,” Hossain told the publication. “This injury requires a period of rest and rehabilitation. As per our current assessment, … Read more
Rahul admits his time away has offered him a chance to reflect, reset, and recalibrate his white-ball game. “I obviously had some time to think about my white-ball game, I was quite happy with my performances and where I was,” “Yes, I want to get back in the T20I team and the World Cup is … Read more
Gill further spoke about maintaining mental clarity as a batter while captaining. The 25-year-old has lit up the Indian Premier League this season both as a batter and captain. Gujarat Titans currently sit atop the standings, while Gill is placed second in the highest run-getters list, only topped by teammate Sai Sudharsan, who has also … Read more
With Shubman Gill taking charge of the Test side, India will walk into the all-important five-Test series against England with a fresh squad, with multiple changes from the side that last featured in Australia, amidst the inclusion of fresh faces. Karun Nair, Shardul Thakur, Sai Sudarshan and Arshdeep Singh all join the red-ball setup for … Read more
It rained fours and sixes during Forde’s magical knock as well, even as the batter smashed 58 runs during his 19 ball stay at the wicket. Arriving at 43.1 over mark, Forde slammed Barry McCarthy out of the park off the second delivery he faced. In the following over, Josh Little bore the brunt of … Read more
Illingworth, who was also part of the officiating team in the 2021 and 2023 finals, continues his consistent presence in marquee Test matches. He is also the current ICC Umpire of the Year, having won the David Shepherd Trophy for the fourth time in 2024. Gaffaney had partnered with Illingworth in officiating last year’s ICC … Read more
Jensen’s last international appearance came in February 2023, with the 32-year-old deciding the time was right to bow out of the game. “Ever since I was 10 years old, I came home from my first cricket tournament and knew I wanted to be a White Fern,” Jensen said. “To have had the chance to live … Read more
The series will be the first in charge of new Pakistan coach Mike Hesson, with the schedule for the series to be announced in the coming days. Pakistan squad: Salman Ali Agha (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hassan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad … Read more
Along with Gus Atkinson, the pace attack is expected to be led by Josh Tongue, who made a memorable Test debut with a fifer against Ireland at Lord’s. Cook replaces Matthew Potts as the third seamer in the side. This is the first time Stokes’ side will be without the services of both Stuart Broad … Read more