Pat Cummins (Photo by Paul Harding/Getty Images) Australia captain Pat Cummins has named a bold and slightly reshuffled playing XI for the ICC World Test Championship Final at Lord’s, with Marnus Labuschagne set to open the innings and Josh Hazlewood edging out Scott Boland in the pace attack.Labuschagne, usually a steadfast No.3, will walk out…
Temba Bavuma of South Africa during a nets session at Lord’s Cricket Ground. (Photo by Paul Harding/Getty Images) South Africa captain Temba Bavuma has pinpointed Australia’s makeshift opening pair as a key vulnerability his side intends to exploit when the ICC World Test Championship Final begins at Lord’s on Wednesday.Australia surprised many by promoting Marnus…
Jamie Smith (R) of England raises his bat after reaching his fifty as Ben Duckett looks on. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Ben Duckett‘s explosive 84 off 46 balls propelled England to a dominant 37-run win over the West Indies, completing a 3-0 sweep in the T20I series on Tuesday in Southampton. Duckett,…
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma NEW DELHI: As Team India embarks on a new era in Test cricket without two of its biggest icons — Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma — former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has sparked a debate by urging the cricketing community to stop treating the duo as equals in the red-ball format.Go…
Arshdeep Singh (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: “Upar khula aasman, thandi thandi hawa, saath me suraj ki tapas, aur haath me red cherry. Welcome to Kent!” quipped Arshdeep Singh, setting the tone for what was a picturesque and purposeful training day for Team India in England.With less than two weeks to go before the five-Test…
Liam Plunkett (Image credit: MLC) Liam Plunkett is no stranger to cricketing revolutions. A 2019 World Cup winner with England and one of the sport’s seasoned globe-trotters, Plunkett is now at the forefront of a new frontier: cricket in the United States. As a senior figure with the San Francisco Unicorns in Major League Cricket…
Image credit: ICC NEW DELHI: Can South Africa finally shed the “chokers” tag, or will Australia add another ICC trophy to their cabinet? With the World Test Championship (WTC) final set to take place at Lord’s on Wednesday, anticipation is running high.Led by Pat Cummins, Australia are aiming to become the first team to win…
Arshdeep Singh and Shubman Gill in training ahead of the five-Test series against England starting June 20 (Image via BCCI) With just ten days left on the calendar before the five-match Test series against England begins in Leeds, Team India has begun red-ball preparations in earnest. On Monday, the BCCI shared visuals from the outdoor…
NEW DELHI: AAnshul Kamboj starred on the final day with a maiden First-Class fifty and two wickets as India A’s second unofficial Test against England Lions ended in a draw on Monday. Chasing an improbable 439-run target in the final session of the four-day match, the Lions stumbled to 32 for 3 before both captains…
Diageo India, the Indian branch of UK-based Diageo Plc and owner of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) IPL franchise, has firmly rejected rumors of selling the team. In a letter addressed to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and its Surveillance Department on Tuesday, June 10, a Diageo India representative stated that the media reports suggesting…
