Dubai, Jan 16 (PTI) Former India player Robin Uthappa feels leaving Kuldeep Yadav out of the second Test against Bangladesh after his eight wickets in the opening game does not send the right message to players, and makes them insecure. Uthappa, currently playing for Dubai Capitals in ILT20 in the UAE, believes selection decisions like these are the reason behind India’s dismal performance in ICC tournaments. India have not won a World Cup since the 2011 title triumph by the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side in the 50-over global showpiece. Uthappa, who was a part of India’s T20 World Cup-winning side…
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Cape Town, Jan 16 (PTI) Former South Africa fast bowler Morne Morkel will join the New Zealand women’s team coaching staff for the T20 World Cup, scheduled to commence in Cape Town on February 10. The 38-year-old quick, who has more than 300 Test wickets and 544 international scalps across all three formats, has been a regular in the coaching scene. He was was a part of the coaching staff of the Namibian men’s team at the T20 World Cup in Australia last year. The former world No.1 ODI bowler will link up with the New Zealand women’s squad ahead…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) The BCCI on Monday announced that Viacom 18 have grabbed the media rights for the upcoming Women’s IPL for a whopping Rs 951 crore for five years, pipping other bidders, including Disney Star and Sony, in the auction. The auction for the T20 League was conducted by the cricket board in Mumbai on Monday. The global rights comprise three categories — linear (TV), digital and combined (TV and digital). In the men’s IPL, separate rights are sold across regions. According to BCCI secretary Jay Shah, the fee per match will come to Rs 7.09 crore…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) The country’s top shuttlers, including reigning champion Lakshya Sen and double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, will look to keep their date with destiny as they will be title contenders in at least three of the five events when the India Open Super 750 begins here on Tuesday. Indian badminton never had this good with as many as three players — Sindhu (7), Sen (10), HS Prannoy (8) in singles world’s top 10 and the men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty at world No. 5 — all coming into the season with loads…
Melbourne, Jan 16 (PTI) Former wicketkeeper-batter Ian Healy has predicted a 2-1 win for India in the four-Test series against Australia beginning at Nagpur on February 9, provided the hosts don’t prepare “unreasonable wickets”. The two side will play four Tests for the Border-Gavaskar trophy with the series extremely crucial for India, as the World Test Championship (WTC) final spot is at stake. “They’ve (India) got a good team but I’m not too scared of their spinners unless they produce unreasonable wickets,” Healy was quoted as saying by SEN on Monday. “If they produce unreasonable wickets like they did half…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 16 (PTI) India pacer Mohammed Siraj has said the disappointment of not being able to perform in the previous edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) pushed him to focus more on white-ball cricket, which is paying rich dividends now. The 28-year-old bowler returned with superb figures of 4 for 32 from his 10 overs to bundle out Sri Lanka for 73 in 22 overs as India won the match by a massive 317 runs here on Sunday. Siraj, who was retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) ahead of the 2022 season, had only nine wickets in 15…
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Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15 (PTI) India pacer Mohammed Siraj on Sunday said the beauty of bowling with a wobbled seam lies in its unpredictability. So much so that he even doesn’t know how much the ball will do after pitching. Siraj has been reaping the benefits of bowling with a wobbled seam since he discovered the art in 2018. He picked up nine wickets in the ODI series against Sri Lanka, providing India the much needed wickets with the new ball. “With wobbled seam, how much the ball will do neither I know nor the batter. Sometimes it goes straight after…
Rourkela, Jan 15 (PTI) India could not beat England in a crucial hockey World Cup match but head coach Graham Reid on Sunday said having back-to-back clean sheets was a achievement for the team which was “leaking” goals recently. India played out a goal-less draw against England in their second Pool D match but still remained in the hunt for a direct quarterfinals qualification. “We have been leaking goals since the Tokyo Olympics but now we have got back-to-back clean sheets, that is the positive from this match,” Reid said at the post-match press conference. “We conceded too many penalty…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15 (PTI) Senior players Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma feel pacer Mohammed Siraj’s outstanding run of form in 50-over cricket augers well for the Indian team heading into the ODI World Cup later this year. In the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, who has been on the sidelines due to a lower back stress fracture, Siraj has emerged as India’s most successful bowler in ODIs in the past year. “(Mohammed) Shami has always been there for us but the way Siraj has come in and done with the new ball has been has been outstanding,” Kohli said at the…