Australian captain Pat Cummins, currently leading the team on a tour of Pakistan, said legendary spinner Shane Warne, who died Friday, was “a hero” to the current generation of cricketers. ”So many guys in this team and squad still hold him as a hero,” he said in a video message released to media Friday night. ”The loss
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Shane Keith Warne, the Australian spin bowling legend, was as enigmatic as a sportsperson could be. A true artist with a ball in hand, a fierce competitor on the cricket field and a bit of a maverick off it. He went from one career high to another and the controversies followed him all along. Warne
Usman Khawaja shared a throwback photo Ahead of the start of the first Test against Pakistan, Australia batter Usman Khawaja shared a major throwback picture on social media. The veteran batter, who was born in Islamabad, took to Instagram to share a picture of him playing at the old Rawalpindi stadium. The picture was taken
Women’s World Cup: New Zealand Women will aim to win the opener against West Indies Women.© AFP ICC Women’s World Cup 2022, New Zealand Women vs West Indies Women Live Score Updates:The New Zealand Women’s cricket team will kick-start the much-awaited ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 with their opening match against West Indies Women at
Indian women’s team finished as finalists in the 2017 mega event.© AFP The Indian women’s cricket team will be hoping to make it one step further this time around in the upcoming 2022 ICC Women’s World Cup beginning March 4. India finished as the runners-up in the 2017 mega event, losing the title to England women’s
Shreyas Iyer will look to continue his red-hot form in Tests as well.© BCCI Sunil Gavaskar, former Indian cricket team captain, lauded batter Shreyas Iyer for his recent heroics in the T20I series against Sri Lanka at home. Gavaskar praised Iyer’s “confident” approach ever since his debut Test series against New Zealand at home last
Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara have been downgraded in the latest BCCI central contracts© AFP Veteran batters Cheteshwar Pujara and former Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane were downgraded in the latest central contracts list of the BCCI that was ratified by the Board’s Apex Council on Wednesday. The BCCI has four categories — A which has
Virat Kohli will play his 100th Test match if he takes field against Sri Lanka in Mohali Former Indian cricketers including the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, the Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly and head coach of the Indian cricket team Rahul Dravid paid their tribute and wished luck
Shreyas Iyer has been in red-hot form in recent games.© BCCI Former India selector Saba Karim has showered praise on batter Shreyas Iyer, following the latter’s exploits in the recently-concluded T20I series against Sri Lanka. The 27-year-old starred with the bat as India clean swept the visitors 3-0 last week. Shreyas amassed 204 runs in
Veteran India wicketkeeper batter Dinesh Karthik on Tuesday said he could understand it would have been a “hard one to swallow” for Wriddhiman Saha when the team management decided to move on from him but said the call was pretty understandable as Rishabh Pant had “pretty much nailed his place in the side.” Lauding the
Shreyas Iyer played some fantastic cricket in the recently concluded T20I series vs Sri Lanka.© BCCI India batter Shreyas Iyer has been in fine form, winning the Man of the Series award in the recently-concluded T20I series against Sri Lanka. During the series, Shreyas, who came to bat no. 3 in all the matches, notched
File photo of Jason Roy© AFP England’s flamboyant batter Jason Roy has pulled out of the upcoming IPL citing extended stay in the tournament bubble, dealing a blow to his new franchise Gujarat Titans weeks before the event gets going. According to a report in ‘ESPNcricinfo‘, Roy informed the franchise of his decision last week.
2nd Test, Day 5 Live: South Africa series-levelling win over New Zealand.© AFP NZ vs SA, 2nd Test, Day 5 Live Score Updates: Chasing a target of 426, New Zealand find themselves in a spot of bother against South Africa in the second Test at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. The Kiwis are 94/4, still needing
Rohit Sharma’s first Test as captain will also usher in a new era for India’s middle-order with Shubman Gill and Hanuma Vihari all set to become long-term replacements of veterans Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane. It is now clear that Rahane and Pujara won’t be called for the three Tests this season (two against Sri
India batter Shreyas Iyer has said that staying unbeaten in all three T20Is against Sri Lanka is a commendable performance from his end and he will take plenty of positives from this. Shreyas Iyer won the Player of the Series award after he scored 204 runs in the T20I matches against Sri Lanka. The right-handed
New Zealand will look for some early wickets on Day 4 of the 2nd Test vs South Africa.© AFP New Zealand vs South Africa, 2nd Test, Day 4, live cricket score and updates:South Africa will look to post a big second innings total while New Zealand will eye quick wickets when the two sides resume action
Ishan Kishan will not be available for India’s 3rd T20I against Sri Lanka.© BCCI India wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan has been ruled out of Sunday’s 3rd T20I against Sri Lanka in Dharamsala. “Team India wicket-keeper Ishan Kishan was struck on the head while batting in the 2nd T2OI at Dharamsala on Saturday. Accompanied by a Team
Watch: Sachin Tendulkar rescues an injured bird.© Instagram Despite announcing his retirement from international cricket in 2013, former India batter Sachin Tendulkar continues to win the hearts of fans. Regarded as arguably the greatest batter of all time, Sachin recently rescued an injured bird on the beach. Taking to Instagram, Sachin shared a video in