Melbourne, Dec 29 (PTI) Young Australian all-rounder Cameron Green will require surgery to repair a fractured right index finger, though surgeons are hopeful the 23-year-old should recover in time to be considered for selection for the Border-Gavaskar series in India beginning on February 9. However, pace spearhead Mitchell Starc faces a potentially longer stay on the sidelines and will be in a race against time to prove his fitness for the four-Test series in India after he too suffered a finger injury while fielding during the Boxing Day Test against South Africa. The pair is already out of the third…
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New Delhi, Dec 29 (PTI) Virat Kohli’s artistic sixes against Pakistan united fans from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in an otherwise underwhelming year for Indian cricket, which started with a promise of transformation but ended with the commencement of another difficult transition period. Indian cricket in 2022 was chaotic, to say the least and messy at most of the time both on and off the field. The only saving grace was a Rs 48,000 crore IPL media rights deal, an indication of what market forces aspire the cricketing ecosystem to be. But on the field, it was a saga of disappointing…
Porvorim (Goa), Dec 29 (PTI) Karnataka looked set to secure a big first innings lead against Goa despite fighting half-centuries by three of the home team’s batters on day three of their Elite Group C match here on Thursday. At stumps, Goa were 321 for 8 with captain Darshan Mishal battling it out on 66 not out (134 balls, 9 fours, 1 six) after Karnataka piled up 603 for 7 declared. Resuming at the overnight score of 45 for 1, Suyash S Prabhudesai (87, 165 balls, 12 fours) and Sumiran Amonkar (30) added 19 runs before the latter was dismissed…
काबुल, 29 दिसंबर ( भाषा ) स्टार लेग स्पिनर राशिद खान को बृहस्पतिवार को अफगानिस्तान का नया टी20 कप्तान बनाया गया जो मोहम्मद नबी की जगह लेंगे ।
मेलबर्न, 29 दिसंबर (भाषा) ऑस्ट्रेलिया के तेज गेंदबाज मिशेल स्टार्क ने गुरुवार को यहां दूसरे क्रिकेट टेस्ट की दूसरी पारी में दक्षिण अफ्रीका के बल्लेबाज थ्युनिस डिब्रून को अपनी नाखुशी जाहिर कर दी थी क्योंकि वह गेंदबाजी छोर पर गेंद फेंक जाने से पहले काफी आगे निकल रहे थे।
Kabul, Dec 29 (PT) Star leg-spinner Rashid Khan was on Thursday named Afghanistan’s new T20 captain, replacing veteran Mohammad Nabi. Rashid, 24, was appointed captain ahead of the 2021 T20 World Cup as well but had stepped down following the announcement of the squad, claiming he was not consulted over selection. Nabi had stepped down post the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. “Rashid Khan is a massive name in Afghanistan Cricket. He has colossal experience of playing the format around the world which will help him take the team to a new level in the format,” said Afghanistan Cricket…
जोहानिसबर्ग, 28 दिसंबर (भाषा) इंडियन प्रीमियर लीग (आईपीएल) ने एबी डिविलियर्स की जिंदगी बदल की और इस पूर्व दिग्गज बल्लेबाज को उम्मीद है कि स्वदेश में पहली एसए20 लीग (दक्षिण अफ्रीका 20 लीग) से दक्षिण अफ्रीका में युवा पीढ़ी को ऐसा ही फायदा मिलेगा।
Melbourne, Dec 29 (PTI) Australian pace bowler Mitchell Starc on Thursday made his displeasure known to South African batter Theunis de Bruyn for backing up at the non-striker’s end during the second innings of the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here. The 32-year-old Australian quick, after jokingly telling de Bruyn that he was “half way down Punt Road”, became more strident later, warning the Proteas top-order batter that if he continued to leave the crease, he would be forced to ‘Mankad’ him. “I had a word with him (De Bruyn) last night (Wednesday) because he was doing…
Johannesburg, Dec 28 (PTI) The start of Indian Premier League changed his life and Ab de Villiers is hoping the inaugural SA20 at home does the same for the younger generation of cricketers in South Africa. The inaugural SA20, featuring six newly-constructed teams, will launch on January 10 at Newlands with the opening local derby between MI Cape Town and Paarl Royals setting up an explosive start to South African cricket’s new-kid-on-the-block. All teams are owned by IPL franchises. De Villiers, who played in the IPL since its inception in 2008 till last year when he retired, says the SA20…
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