NEW DELHI: The stylish Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana maintained her fifth-place ranking, while captain Harmanpreet Kaur and the flashy Shafali Verma both benefited from their outstanding performances and were tied for eleventh in the most recent ICC WT20I rankings, which were released on Tuesday.With four Indians in the top 20, Shafali leapt four spots and…
The release of Brian Lara‘s book — LARA The England Chronicles — has courted controversy for the West Indies batting legend ever since arriving on the book shelves.Claiming that Viv Richards was a hard taskmaster, Lara’s book mentions that Richards used to make him and Carl Hooper cry as the skipper of the West Indies…
NEW DELHI: All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy of Andhra Pradesh and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) talked candidly about the emotional moment he experienced last month upon receiving his Indian jersey and how much it meant to him because his father put his own career at jeopardy to support his son’s cricket career.Following a strong Indian Premier League…
NEW DELHI: Sanjay Krishnamurthi played a blistering innings of 79 not out off just 42 balls, guiding the San Francisco Unicorns to a stunning six-wicket victory (DLS method) over the Washington Freedom, who were top of the table. The match, which was affected by rain, took place at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on…
MUMBAI: One of the contentious issues after the team for the T20I series against Sri Lanka was announced was the appointment of Suryakumar Yadav as skipper with Shubman Gill named as his deputy.Hardik Pandya was vice-captain to Rohit Sharma in India’s victorious campaign in the T20 World Cup and had a great tournament (144 runs…
Former India coach Rahul Dravid‘s tenure as India’s head coach concluded on a high note as he hoisted the T20 World Cup trophy following a thrilling seven-run victory over South Africa in the final on June 29.Talking about the moment, India’s veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said that he was deeply moved when Dravid embraced the…
COLOMBO: As was widely expected, the International Cricket Council (ICC), soon after the conclusion of its four-day Annual Conference here on Monday, announced that it had formed a three-member committee to “review the delivery” of the T20 World Cup which was co-hosted by the USA and the West Indies last month.The committee includes three directors-former…
COLOMBO: Team India‘s former head coach Rahul Dravid is likely to return to the Rajasthan Royals as the head coach, TOI has learnt.“Talks are going on between RR and Dravid, and an announcement in this regard is round the corner,” a reliable source told TOI.The 51-year-old has had a long relationship with RR, having been…
NEW DELHI: Suryakumar Yadav has been appointed as the captain of the Indian T20 team, ahead of the tour of Sri Lanka, due to his fitness, feedback from the dressing room, and consistent availability, chief selector Ajit Agarkar revealed on Monday. The tour will include three T20 Internationals and three ODIs, starting on July 27.Ajit…
Washington Freedom (Playing XI) – Travis Head, Steven Smith (C), Andries Gous (WK), Rachin Ravindra, Jack Edwards (In for Jasdeep Singh), Obus Pienaar, Mukhtar Ahmed, Justin Dill (In for Marco Jansen), Akeal Hosein (In for Glenn Maxwell), Andrew Tye (In for Amila Aponso), Saurabh Netravalkar (In for Lockie Ferguson).
