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Left-hander Hetmyer had been frozen out of the international set-up due to question marks over his fitness. The 25-year-old played the last of his 42 T20 Internationals against Australia in November last year at the 2021 World Cup in the UAE.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) and scheduled to get underway in January next year. Around 10 cricketers from the Caribbean islands, 10 from Sri Lanka and close to a dozen names from England have come on board. Meanwhile, TOI has learnt that Cricket Australia (CA) is in the process of handing Big Bash contracts to their leading white-ball cricketers including David Warner, Steven Smith, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Cameron Green among others.
Contrasting half-centuries by Rovman Powell and Brandon King highlighted a formidable West Indies batting effort on the way to a 35-run victory over Bangladesh in the second T20 international in Dominica on Sunday. Powell's blistering 61 not out off 28 balls and opener King's more measured 57 from 43 deliveries paced the home side to 193 for five batting first in ideal conditions. Despite an unbeaten 68 from Test captain Shakib Al Hasan, the visitors lacked urgency through their innings and were limited to 158 for six in reply.
Cricket West Indies' (CWI) selection panel on Tuesday announced the West Indies men's squad for the upcoming three-match T20 International series and the three-match One-Day International series against Bangladesh. Rovman Powell has been announced as the new vice-captain for the T20Is while left-arm fast bowler Obed McCoy returns after recovering from injuries. There are also recalls for experienced wicket-keeper batter Devon Thomas and allrounders Keemo Paul. In the ODI series squad, there is a call up for left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie.
IPL-winning Gujarat Titans skipper turns career around, lays down marker for future and targets World Cup nextAHMEDABAD: Soon after Shubman Gill hit the winning six off Obed McCoy to seal the IPL-2022 title for the Gujarat Titans, Hardik Pandya was locked in a long embrace with wife Natasa Stankovic, who was visibly emotional. The Titans' triumph was, after all, the culmination of a roller-coaster journey for the India allrounder. Following an ordinary show in the T20 World Cup in the UAE in October-November he scored just 69 runs in five matches @ 34.50 and bowled just four wicketless overs for 40 runs Hardik was dropped from the Indian team. Subsequently, the 28-year-old was released by Mumbai Indians too. Soon, though, Hardik had some good news coming his way as New franchise Gujarat Titans made him their captain.
The IPL 2022 final between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals was special in more ways than one.
Gujarat Titans by seven wickets on Sunday, Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson was proud of his team for putting up powerful performances throughout this season and offering fans moments of happiness. RR finished second in the league table with nine wins out of the 14 matches and successfully qualified, and then went on to play GT in the summit clash for the title. Samson said that this was a special season for Rajasthan Royals, who finished as runners-up in the IPL 2022.
With four runs needed off the final two overs, all eyes were on Shubman Gill and David Miller on how they finish off the game to seal the IPL title for Gujarat Titans in their debut season. Rajasthan Royals pacer Obed McCoy had the ball in his hand, and on the first ball of the over, Shubman Gill deposited the ball over square-leg for a massive six, sealing the victory for Gujarat and sending more than 1 lakh fans at Narendra Modi Stadium in a frenzy.