Aimee Mackin says history-making Armagh ready for next step
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Divide In Mumbai Indians Team? World Cup-Winning Captain Makes Big Accusation
Winning major tournaments hinges on teamwork rather than individual brilliance, according to former Australia captain Michael Clarke, who reckons the Mumbai Indians camp is divided into groups, hindering players from functioning cohesively. After the sudden pre-season change in captaincy when Rohit Sharma was unceremoniously replaced by Hardik Pandya, the five-time champions are in descension. They need to win all their remaining five matches to even have a shot at qualifying for the playoffs.
Australia Drop Big Names For T20 World Cup, IPL Superstar Snubbed Too
Veteran batter Steve Smith, young batting sensation Jake Fraser-McGurk, experienced seamer Jason Behrendorff and all-rounder Matt Short all missed out as 2021 T20 World Cup champions named their squad for the marquee short-format tournament in the West Indies and the USA from June 1 onwards. Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar won a recall despite not having played a T20I since the last T20 World Cup on Australian soil in 2022, while all-rounders Marcus Stoinis and Cameron Green also earned a place in the final squad despite some indifferent form in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), as per the ICC. All-rounder Mitchell Marsh will captain the side.
Sydney's World Marathon Majors bid boosted by record entry
SYDNEY : Sydney's bid to join the World Marathon Majors circuit received a boost on Tuesday with the announcement that the 2024 marathon had reached capacity at 24,000 runners, the largest field for any edition of the endurance classic held in Australia.
Smith, Fraser-McGurk miss Australia's T20 World Cup squad
MELBOURNE : Australia selectors have dropped veteran campaigner Steve Smith from their squad for the T20 World Cup and ignored calls to include Jake Fraser-McGurk despite the young batsman's sensational form in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Why BCCI Snubbed Rinku Singh From T20 World Cup Top-15? Sunil Gavaskar Says, "Hasn't Been Great In..."
Big-hitter Rinku Singh not finding a place in the main India squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the Americas surprised the likes of former all-rounder Irfan Pathan and ex-Australia skipper Aaron Finch, but the legendary Sunil Gavaskar attributed it to the left-handed batter's poor form in the ongoing IPL. The BCCI on Tuesday announced a 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup in the USA and West Indies in June, keeping the hard-hitting middle-order batter, who has played 15 T20Is, in the reserves, along with Shubman Gill, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan.
Hardik Pandya's Form Worries BCCI, 2024 T20 World Cup Could Be Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli's Last: Report
Ahead of the much-awaited selection of the India squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup, there were discussions over star all-rounder Hardik Pandya's place in the squad of 15 on the basis of his current form in the Indian Premier League (IPL), according to sources from Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI). Hardik is currently captaining MI in IPL 2024. The team finds itself at the bottom half of the table, with three wins and six losses at the ninth spot. Pandya has not been at the best form either, scoring just 197 runs in nine games at an average of 24.62 and a strike rate of over 151. His best score is 46. He has just bowled 19 overs in the tournament, taking four wickets at an average of 56.75 and an economy rate of 11.94.
Revealed: How India's T20 World Cup-Bound Players Have Fared In IPL - Concerns Over Hardik Pandya Remains
The likes of Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav were automatic choices in India's T20 World Cup squad but the others made the cut with their exploits in the ongoing IPL. Nine of 15 players picked in the squad were also part of the team that went to Australia for the last edition of the tournament in 2022. Here is the lowdown on the selected India players' performance in the IPL so far: