Shaheen Shah Afridi has been left out of Pakistan’s squad for the two-Test series in South Africa in December and January. Afridi, who was released from Pakistan’s Test side after their defeat in the first Test against England in October, remains part of the white-ball squads for the tour. Babar Azam and Naseem Shah, who…
Even by the standards Pakistan cricket sets itself for chaos, yesterday was a high-water mark. A lengthy meeting at PCB headquarters at the Gaddafi Stadium was followed by a staccato reshuffle, kicked off by Babar Azam‘s reluctant resignation as Pakistan captain in all formats. Let’s take a look at what happened and what it all…
Pakistan have shuffled the deck once more in an attempt to find the right T20I combination, dropping captain Mohammad Rizwan as well as Babar Azam for the five-match series in New Zealand. In the first squad announced since Pakistan’s ignominious exit from a home Champions Trophy, there are several changes, including the return of Shadab…
Sunrisers Hyderabad 164 for 5 (Garg 51, Sharma 31) beat Chennai Super Kings 157 for 5 (Jadeja 50, Dhoni 47*, Natarajan 2-43) by seven runs Every so often in the IPL, talented young players seize the stage and bring notice of their incredible ability to a worldwide audience. Sunrisers Hyderabad had two such players bursting…
The Sunrisers Hyderabad registered their first victory in three attempts this season when they beat the Delhi Capitals by 15 runs in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Questions about their middle order – an issue that’s dogged the Sunrisers for the last few seasons as well as the start of this one – still persist, and…
Karnataka, Delhi, Baroda and Punjab opened their Syed Mushtaq Ali 2019-20 Super League matches with victories on Thursday. The first day of the Super League games had several teams putting up big scores, while Karnataka were the only team to win while chasing. Among others in attendance for the matches were John Wright and Malolan…
India 265 (Gill 86, Abhishek 50, Onik 3-48, , Nayeem 2-36, Saif 2-41) beat Bangladesh 134 (Ghosh 43, Nagarkoti 3-18, Abhishek 2-11, Mavi 2-27) by 131 runs Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma – state mates at Punjab from Under-14s, room-mates on tour and best friends off the field – combined to make decisive half-centuries in…
A 239-run partnership between debutants Abhishek Gupta and Abhishek Sharma narrowed Punjab’s overnight deficit of 245 to 128, before they were bowled out for 601 in response to Himachal Pradesh’s 729. Himachal offspinner Gurvinder Singh finished with a career-best haul of 6 for 162. Himachal then batted out 40 overs in the second innings play…
At the Feroz Shah Kotla, medium pacer Siddarth Kaul‘s four-wicket haul went in vain as Punjab chased down 219 on the back of Mandeep Singh‘s 86 not out, with six wickets in hand against Vidarbha. Vidarbha’s top four made solid contributions to get them into a solid position, but Kaul ran through the lower order…
Gaikwad hit 124 off 129, following scores of 136 and 154* in the first two games, but apart from Rahul Tripathi‘s 99 off 108, no other Maharashtra batter made more than 20. Those two innings powered the team to a sizeable 291 for 8, with pacer MD Nidheesh taking 5 for 49. Maharashtra had the…
