In both the 2019 and 2022 World Cup final victories for England, at Lord’s and Melbourne, Stokes, 33, is renowned for having played the game-winning innings
Author: Devansh Poddar
Skipper Nigar, players and the coach of Bangladesh’s national women’s cricket team believe that the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) decision to award equal prize money at the Women’s T20 World Cup will serve as a driving force. The Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 champions will get the same prize money as the men’s winners, according to an announcement made by the ICC earlier this year. This is a historic move, something of this sort is happening for the very first time in cricket. The individual game winners in the group stages will receive USD 31,154, while the six teams eliminated…
With seamer Vishwa Fernando out with an injury, Sri Lanka has called up uncapped offspinner Nishan Peiris to the squad for the second and final Test match against New Zealand. The fast bowler will receive rehabilitation at the board’s high-performance center, according to a statement released by SLC on Tuesday. “Vishwa Fernando had developed a tightness in his right hamstring while practicing,” the statement read. Seam hasn’t played a big part in the Sri Lankan team thus far, so it’s unlikely that Vishwa would have made the squad for Thursday’s second Test against New Zealand. Sri Lanka won the first…
Ruturaj Gaikwad has been appointed with the duties of leading the Rest of India squad for their Irani Cup game against the Ranji Trophy Champions, Mumbai. The Irani Cup game between Mumbai and the Rest of India will be played in Lucknow from October 1 to 5. Ishan Kishan, the keeper- batter has also managed to find a place in the Rest of India side, which is a huge positive for him in his efforts to make a return to the National side. Kishan made his return to Domestic cricket with the Buchi Babu Trophy, leading Jharkhand in the red-ball…
For the first time since the collapse of the Awami League government, of which he was a member, Shakib Al Hasan will be playing in Bangladesh for the Test series against South Africa next month, and the BCB is optimistic that he won’t face any difficulties getting back. The most well-known cricketer in Bangladesh, Shakib, was one of 147 individuals named in a Dhaka murder case last month. He was elected to the parliament in January of this year. Shakib was playing in the Global T20 League in Canada on August 5, the day Sheikh Hasina abruptly resigned as prime…
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur and coach Amol Muzumdar disclosed in their pre-departure press conference that fielding and fitness were the main concerns that India addressed in order to get ready for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. The loss to Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final not too long ago was one Harmanpreet said she “will remember” and attributed to “a lot of fumbles” in the field, including dropped catches and ground fielding. To tackle these problems, the Indian team convened and engaged in several training sessions at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru in order to get ready…
Officials from the Bangladesh Cricket Board stated on Monday that they will decide after a medical evaluation whether or not Shakib Al Hasan can play in the Kanpur Test. Shakib sustained a finger injury while batting in Chennai during the first Test against India. Shakib required medical attention after being struck by a Jasprit Bumrah delivery. “We are heading to Kanpur tomorrow (Tuesday), and today is a day off. We will have two sessions afterward and we will judge after that (regarding Shakib’s availability in the second Test), and we don’t want to make a decision yet,” a representative of the BCB’s…
Shreyas Iyer and Shardul Thakur are all set to feature in the Irani Cup, playing for the Ranji Trophy champions, Mumbai which is going to be led by Ajinkya Rahane. Rahane earlier led Mumbai to their 42nd Ranji trophy title. The complete squad for the yearly match, which is set to take place in Lucknow from October 1 to 5, has not yet been released by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA). Mumbai will benefit greatly from Shardul’s availability, which will bolster their batting and bowling units. After having ankle surgery in June, the India all-rounder has been unable to play.…
In just twenty-two balls, Sri Lanka completed the first Test match against New Zealand in Galle on Monday morning, securing a 1-0 series lead. After taking the final two wickets of New Zealand’s innings to dismiss them for 211, Prabath Jayasuriya completed a fifer that enabled the hosts to win by 63 runs. With two wickets remaining and a declining pitch, New Zealand needed 68 runs to win on the last day’s play being tantalizingly close. But there was hope for the visitors to fight back because Rachin Ravindra had handled the conditions well on the penultimate day, going to stumps…
In Galle, New Zealanders typically don’t perform very well. They have lost three Test matches by an innings, one by ten wickets, and one by 202 runs out of their five losses in as many games at the ground. New Zealand’s most recent Test at the location, which concluded with a 63-run loss to Sri Lanka on Monday, is their closest result here. They entered the fifth morning with a chance to win, needing 68 more runs to win with two wickets left. However, two guys stood out in particular. Seamer Will O’Rourke was very dangerous on his debut outing…