(Cricket News) Mumbai Indian’s skipper Hardik Pandya has been fined after his side maintained a slow over-rate in their last league game against the Lucknow Super Giants on the 17th of May at the Wankhede stadium. Since it was the third slow over-rate offence, skipper Hardik has been handed a one-match ban. The ban means he will not be featuring in the first game for his side in next years Indian Premier league, as the ban would be carried to IPL 2025 since Mumbai Indians are already eliminated. Earlier Rishabh Pant suffered a similar suspension because of the slow over-rate.…
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(Cricket News) Mumbai Indians’ head coach, Mark Boucher reflected on Mumbai’s disastrous season and backed skipper Hardik Pandya. Boucher said, Hardik himself would be very disappointed with his performance as a player and also as a captain. “I think if he was here, he’d also be disappointed in his performance,” the Mumbai Indians head coach said after their loss against the Super Giants at the Wankhede on Friday night. He also added that Hardik has got all the support of the Mumbai Indians dressing room. “From a captain’s perspective, I thought he had some good games. There’s a lot of…
(Cricket News) English quick bowler Josh Tongue, the potential replacement for the great James Anderson will miss the start of English summer due to an injury. England were looking at Tongue to make a mark in place of Anderson who is set to retire post the first test this English summer, but as things stand there is “no timescale” to his return yet. Tongue, 26, has had a setback with his pectoral injury which has kept him out of the game since August last year. The injury also forced him to miss tours of Caribbean and India as well as…
(Cricket News) Two of the biggest legends of India and world cricket, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli might be seen taking the field together for one last time. Chennai Super Kings are set to play the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a virtual knockout fixture on the 18th of May, at the M Chinnaswamy stadium and it might well be MS Dhoni’s last game ever if Chennai fails to go through for the playoffs. MS Dhoni, 42 said he wanted to give his fans a gift by playing this season, but is it his last is still a question, the answer…
(Cricket News) South Africa women’s side are all set to tour India next month for a all-format series. The Board of Control for cricket in India BCCI has now announced the fixtures and the venues for the upcoming series. India women will play South Africa in a series which would consist of 3 ODIs, 1 Test and 3 T20Is. Bengaluru and Chennai have been selected as the venues to host the games during South Africa’s visit. The visitors will kick start their tour with a warm-up game against the Board President’s 11 on June 13 in Bengaluru. The M Chinnaswamy…
(Cricket News) Lance Klusener, Lucknow Super Giants assistant coach attaches little importance to the animated chat between skipper KL Rahul and LSG’s owner Sanjeev Goenka. He further quashed all the speculations regarding a potential change in captaincy of the side. “No, certainly no discussions around that [captaincy change],” Klusener said on Monday, ahead of LSG’s must-win game against Delhi Capitals. LSG suffered a huge loss against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in an away game, as the home side chased down 165 in just 9.4 overs . The two Hyderabad openers Head and Abhishek went berserk as they chased down the total…
(Cricket News) Netherlands will be without the services of their experienced guys, Colin Ackermann and Roelof van der Merwe at the ICC Men’s T20 WC 2024. Both the men will be busy with their county commitments and have made themselves unavailable for selection. England’s county T20 competition, Vitality Blast will collide with the T20 World Cup in June. This has forced two of Netherland’s key players to choose between the domestic league, who are their primary employers and the national selection. Subsequently the two Dutch players have decided to be with their county sides instead of the national duty. Daniel Doram, the…
(Cricket News) The secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Jay Shah has proposed to eliminate the toss in India’s domestic tournament, Col CK Nayudu Trophy. The toss won’t take place, rather the visiting team will have the right to decide whether to bat first or bowl first. Jay Shah presented a series of proposals on domestic cricket to the Apex council, which included increasing the gap between games, a new points system and other proposals along with the elimination of the toss. “The toss will be eliminated for the CK Nayudu Trophy matches. Instead, the…
It’ll be an end of era this English summer as the legendary cricketer James Anderson will bid adieu to his remarkable cricketing career. Anderson will play the last test of his career against West Indies at the home of cricket Lord’s from July 10. “Hi everyone. Just a note to say that the first Test of the summer at Lord’s will be my last Test,” Anderson wrote in an Instagram post. “It’s been an incredible 20 years representing my country, playing the game I’ve loved since I was a kid. I’m going to miss walking out for England so much.…
(Cricket News) New Zealand batter, Colin Munro has officially announced his retirement from international cricket. Munro had an eye on being a part of New Zealand’s T20 World Cup side, but failed to make it to the squad. Soon after the squad announcement, Munro has now called time to his career. Munro hasn’t featured for the Blackcaps side since 2020, but was in consideration for the T20 World Cup. New Zealand coach Gary Stead confirmed that Munro was discussed at the selection table when the squad was announced but said there was no room for the veteran left-hander. “Playing for the Black…