Blast quarter-finals: Can Vince's Hampshire deny Bears home Finals Day?
A week of thrilling domestic T20 action is in store as the Vitality Blast quarter-finals are contested, with four Finals Day places at stake.
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India Should Ease Grip On T20 Leagues For Good Of Cricket: Sri Lanka Legend
Former Sri Lanka captain Aravinda de Silva acknowledged that the IPL and other T20 leagues have benefited cricket, but urged India to allow star players to take part in tournaments overseas. The Indian Premier League has grown into cricket's hottest property attracting top foreign talent such as England's Jos Buttler and Australia's David Warner for millions of dollars to play in the high-octane two-month jamboree. Aravinda, known for aggressive batting during an illustrious career that included a 1996 World Cup triumph, likened the current T20 leagues to English domestic cricket in the latter part of the last century, which attracted top players from all around the world to learn their craft and gain experience.
"Very Important" For India To Have A Stable Captain: Deep Dasgupta
Former Indian wicketkeeper-batter Deep Dasgupta feels that the return of skipper Rohit Sharma for upcoming T20Is against England, will be really beneficial for Team India. After facing a crushing defeat in the fifth Test against England at Edgbaston, the Men in Blue will be now facing them once again for a three-match T20I and ODI series. Rohit was ruled out from the fifth Test after he tested positive for COVID-19. In his place, pacer Jasprit Bumrah had led Team India.
India vs England: "A Shock For Indian Team," Says Ajit Agarkar As England Chase Down Record 378 In Edgbaston Test
England on Sunday registered their highest-ever successful chase in the fourth innings of a Test match with their seven-wicket win over India in the rescheduled fifth and final match. The game at Edgbaston, Birmingham saw a superb comeback from the hosts as they won it despite conceding a first-innings lead of 132 runs to India. In the final innings of the match, England needed to chase down 378 runs and they did that quite easily, courtesy of unbeaten centuries from Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow.
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Root happy to be an England 'rock star'
Joe Root said England captain Ben Stokes had urged the side to play like "rock stars" following a record-breaking win over India.
England Cricket Trolls Virat Kohli After Edgbaston Victory, And It Has A Jonny Bairstow Reference
With a crushing defeat to England in the Edgbaston Test, the Indian cricket team has failed to seize the opportunity to register its fourth Test series win in the country. Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root, who have made chasing tricky targets in Test matches fashionable, put the famed Indian pace attack to sword with imposing hundreds as England recorded their highest ever chase of 378 runs with minimum fuss to level the five-match series 2-2. When England were rattled on the fourth afternoon by stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah, the two star batters didn't waver from their game plan. On the fifth day, England needed just under 20 overs to knock off the remaining 119 runs.
England's rock or a rock star? Joe Root looks to strike a balance
Former skipper Root and Jonny Bairstow smashed unbeaten centuries against India to chase down 378 and win the fifth Test by seven wickets on Tuesday. That series-levelling victory was England's highest successful run-chase and another example of the swashbuckling style of play that has become the hallmark of England's new era under Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum.