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The preparations for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 have well and truly begun and players have started arriving in Mumbai to link up with their respective franchises. On Monday evening, Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson along with new signings Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Devdutt Padikkal, Prasidh Krishna, and Karun Nair joined the team camp in Mumbai.
women's football team is set to assemble for a seven-day training camp in Goa from March 28 to April 3, after a two-month break post their outing in the AFC Women's Asian Cup. The camp will get underway when head coach Thomas Dennerby will take charge of the squad, after completing his commitments with the India U-18 side in the SAFF Women's U-18 Championship, along with Astam Oraon, Martina Thokchom, and Apurna Narzary. "It was good for everyone, the players and the coaches to get a brief break before returning to camp once again.
Anuj Rawat, was glued to the television screen at his rented apartment in Janak Puri (in Delhi) when the IPL 2022 auction began. When his name was called by the auctioneer, Anuj was confident that he would be bought by some team or the other, but what he wasn't expecting was to become a millionaire. Anuj, who played for the Rajasthan Royals last season (in 2021), was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for a whopping Rs. 3.40 crore. His base price was Rs 20 lakh. "I was expecting a good IPL deal because of my good performances in domestic cricket. I was expecting a deal for a decent amount, but I wasn't expecting this high a bid for me. (laughs). I am really happy and I am looking forward to playing for RCB and giving my 100 percent," Anuj, who scored 167 runs in 5 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 matches last season, at an average of 33.40, told TimesofIndia.com in an exclusive interview.
India wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson has been a regular performer in domestic as well as franchise cricket. However, Samson's international career is yet to kickstart properly as he often finds himself in and out of the team. During the recently-concluded T20I series against Sri Lanka, Samson once again got a chance to prove himself with several first team players missing out due to various reasons. While Samson showed glimpses of his talent with knocks of 39 and 18, respectively, former Pakistan skipper Salman Butt wasn't really impressed with 27-year-old's performances.
Sri Lanka, India captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday said that a lot of positives came out from the series and it was good to give opportunities to many new players in order to understand what kind of bench strength team has and which gaps the team needs to fill going forward. AS IT HAPPENED | SCORECARDA fighting fifty from skipper Dasun Shanaka (74 not out off 38) helped Sri Lanka post 146/5 in 20 overs. In reply, Shreyas Iyer continued his sizzling form and smashed HIS third consecutive fifty (73 not out off 45) of the series while the likes of Ravindra Jadeja (22 not out off 15), Deepak Hooda (21 off 16) and Sanju Samson (18 off 12) also contributed as India chased down the target in 16.5 overs. It was India's 12th successive T20I win, the joint-longest winning streak for a full member and their seventh series win on the trot at home in this format.
Shreyas Iyer came up with a third straight half-century in the series to help India brush aside Sri Lanka by six wickets and register a hat-trick of clean sweeps in white-ball cricket. With the win, India extended their unbeaten streak in T20Is to 12 matches. AS IT HAPPENED | SCORECARDThe home side went into Sunday's affair with a batsman short, and lost skipper Rohit Sharma in the second over of the innings. The onus once again fell on Shreyas to anchor the chase. Iyer accepted the challenge wholeheartedly, slamming a 45-ball unbeaten 73, laced with nine hits to the fence and once over it, to help the team race to the target 0f 147 with 19 balls to spare. Ravindra Jadeja gave him good support with a 15-ball undefeated 22. Iyer announced his arrival with an exquisite cover drive off Binura Fernando, before welcoming Lahiru Kumara with three classy boundaries to get things going. Like the previous outing, he launched leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay over the midwicket boundary to raise his fifty in grand style.
India batter Shreyas Iyer has reflected on an excellent series against Sri Lanka where he struck three fifties and was not dismissed.
Shreyas Iyer hit an unbeaten 73 to lead India to a record-equalling 12th successive Twenty20 international victory as they whitewashed Sri Lanka in the three-match series on Sunday.