Cricket
Mumbai, (UNI) Speaking exclusively during a virtual press conference ahead of the Greatest Rivalry on Star Sports on Thursday, former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar expressed surprise at the omission of Yuzvendra Chahal and the absence of a left-handed seamer like Arshdeep Singh in India’s World Cup squad, according to a media release. “How they have…
Mumbai, (UNI) Speaking exclusively during a virtual press conference ahead of the Greatest Rivalry on Star Sports, official broadcaster of the Asia Cup and ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, former Team India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh spoke about the absence of two players, Yuzvendra Chahal and Arshdeep Singh, from India’s World Cup team. “In my…
New Delhi, (UNI) Making a clarification on his earlier post on X asking BCCI to have “Bharat” engraved on the jerseys of the players in the upcoming World Cup, batting legend Virender Sehwag on Wednesday said he does not have any inclinations towards any political party in India, but his only interest is Bharat, which…
Dubai, (UNI) A pair of India young guns have reached new career-high ratings and made ground on the No.1 ranked batter in the world Babar Azam on the latest ODI Batting Rankings. While Babar still holds a significant at the head of the ODI batter rankings, both Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan have made inroads…
Lahore, Sep 6 (UNI) Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott has stated that they weren’t aware of the net run rate (NRR) permutations which might have worked to their benefit during their last group clash against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup 2023. Having lost to Bangladesh earlier in the Asia Cup encounter, Afghanistan’s final group…
Lahore, Sep 6 (UNI) Despite Shakib Al Hasan and Mishfiqur Rahim’s century run partnership, Bangladesh folded their innings at 193 in the first Super 4 game at Gaddafi Stadium here on Wednesday. Down 47/4 in just 9.1 overs, the two Bangladeshi legends plugged the gap. They embarked on a face-saving mission, denying Pakistan bowlers to…
Lahore, (UNI) Miscalculation proved nemesis for Afghanistan as they still had a chance to qualify after 37.1 overs, but the brave Afghanis were unaware of it as Fazalhaq Farooqui came out and blocked when it was required for the team to hammer a six off the next three balls. Rashid Khan, who was at the…
London, (UNI) England women pacer Lauren Bell has been ruled out of the final T20I and ODI series against Sri Lanka. Bell, who had missed the first two matches of the Sri Lanka T20Is, will miss the rest of the series and the ODIs following that as she has failed to recover from the illness…
Kandy, Sep 5 (UNI) Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar on Tuesday announced India’s 15-man squad for the ODI World Cup 2023. The biggest take coming out of the announcement is that Tilak Varma, Prasidh Krishna and Sanju Samson, who are travelling with the squad as backup for KL Rahul for Asia Cup, have been dropped. Yuzvendra…
Wellington, Sep 5 (UNI) In a great news for New Zealand Cricket, skipper Kane Williamson has been confirmed to be included in the Kiwis’ 15-member ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup squad. Williamson, who injured his knee in the Indian Premier League, has made sufficient progress in his recovery to be named in the World Cup…
