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JOHANNESBURG : Middle-order batsman Temba Bavuma has been named as the new captain of the South African test team for the two-match series against West Indies, but has relinquished leadership of the T20 side, officials confirmed on Friday.
Indian Premier League, his franchise Rajasthan Royals announced on Friday. The Royals pacer Krishna has been out of action since August 2022 and has been undergoing rehabilitation for a stress fracture."Rajasthan Royals would like to confirm that their 26-year-old pacer Prasidh Krishna will miss the 2023 season of the IPL owing to a stress fracture surgery, and the rehabilitation process that will follow," the Royals said in a release."Prasidh has suffered a lumbar stress fracture and has been advised surgery which will mean he needs more time to recover and get back to competitive cricket. We are doing everything possible to support and aid Prasidh's recovery process.
India pacer Prasidh Krishna's longstanding struggles with his back has ruled him out of the 2023 Indian Premier League. Krishna, who last played a competitive game in August 2022, has been undergoing rehabilitation for a stress fracture. His IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals informed that Krishna will be missing the tournament. "Rajasthan Royals would like to confirm that their 26-year-old pacer Prasidh Krishna will miss the 2023 season of the IPL owing to a stress fracture surgery, and the rehabilitation process that will follow.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has apologised for the technical glitch, which saw India displace Australia to attain the No.1 spot in the men's Test team rankings on Wednesday. Hours after India had 'topped' the Test ranking, the ICC issued another updated list that showed Rohit Sharma's side back at No.2. It gave the impression that Rohit's team had briefly claimed the top spot following its innings and 132-run win over the Pat Cummins-led Australia in Nagpur.
Hours after India had 'topped' the Test ranking, the ICC issued another updated list that showed Rohit Sharma's side back at No.2.It gave the impression that Rohit's team had briefly claimed the top spot following its innings and 132-run win over the Pat Cummins-led Australia in Nagpur.On Thursday, the game's global body admitted the error and said in a statement that the "ICC acknowledges, for a short period of time on February 15, 2023 that, due to a technical error, India were erroneously displayed as the No.1 Test team on the ICC website.
Nicholas Pooran, who had captained both white-ball teams, stepped down in November after West Indies' first-round exit from the T20 World Cup in Australia.The new captains will begin their tenures next month in the limited-overs leg of their South Africa tour, which also features two Tests.Kraigg Brathwaite remains captain of the Test side.
Cricket West Indies on Wednesday named Shai Hope and Rovman Powell as West Indies' ODI and T20I captains respectively. West Indies Cricket confirmed that Hope and Powell will take over from Nicholas Pooran as captains of the Men's ODI and T20I teams for the upcoming tour of South Africa and beyond. Pooran stepped down as skipper in both white-ball formats after the West Indies' early exit at November's ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
Shai Hope will take over as West Indies one-day captain while Rovman Powell will lead the side in Twenty20 Internationals, Cricket West Indies (CWI) said.