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Electing to bat first, Sri Lanka was not off to a good start as Nida dismissed skipper Chamari Athapaththu (10 off 11 balls), dislodging her stumps while she was looking to slog. Anushka Sanjeewani and Harshitha Samarawickrama tried to take the innings forward. But their partnership was cut short at 16 runs by Sandhu, who sent back Sanjeewani for 26 off 21 balls.
Western Australia stunned India with a 36-run victory in the second practice match in Perth on Thursday. Western Australia posted 168/8 in their 20 overs owing to gritty half-centuries by Nick Hobson and D'Arcy Short. Ashwin's three-wicket haul helped India restrict Western Australia's flow of runs after the team had a blistering start to their innings.
The much-awaited inaugural edition of Women's IPL will have five teams and is set to take place in March 2023 before the start of men's IPL. As per a BCCI note accessed by PTI, the tournament will feature 20 league games with teams to play each other twice. The table toppers will get a direct entry into the final, while the second and third place teams will battle out in the Eliminator. Each team can have no more than five overseas cricketers in the playing eleven. "To have a well balance of domestic & international players and to have competitive teams, it has been tentatively decided to have five teams for WIPL. Each team can comprise maximum of eighteen players where no team can have more than six overseas players.
In comparison to the 2021 T20 World Cup, the Indian cricket team has a few fresh faces in the roster for the 2022 T20 World Cup. With the likes of Dinesh Karthik, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel, etc. taking a step up, the expectation from the team is to bring an end to the excruciating wait for the world champions' title. Though there are still a number of players who have the quality to continue at the top for years to come, former India head coach Ravi Shastri feels India will have a 'new team' after the conclusion of the T20 World Cup in Australia.
BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly said that he enjoyed his time as a cricket administrator, but one "cannot play forever, remain in administration forever". "I was the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal for five years. I have been president of BCCI for years.
Young India pacer Arshdeep Singh has really grown in confidence as a pacer over the last few months. Rewarded for his consistent performances in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Punjab Kings, Arshdeep has become a starter for India in the shortest format. In the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep is being seen as the go-to bowler by the Indian team in the death overs. Still a few days away from the start of the T20 World Cup 2022, Arshdeep and the rest of the members of the Indian team are in Australia, trying to get an understanding of conditions Down Under with practice games.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly is on his way out as the president, with Roger Binny likely to be his successor. Though reports claim that Ganguly wanted to continue as the chief of the board, he reportedly didn't get the backing he wanted from other members. An official statement on the matter and his impending exit as the BCCI president is yet to come but Ganguly has confirmed that he will 'move on to something else'.
Suddenly, attention has shifted in both men’s and women’s cricket to T20 cricket and is set to stay there for some months.