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NEW DELHI : England white-ball captain Jos Buttler was retained by Rajasthan Royals for next year's Indian Premier League (IPL) but compatriot Jofra Archer was released by Mumbai Indians on Sunday.
NEW DELHI : Joe Root has opted out of next year's Indian Premier League (IPL), his franchise said, following his England team mate Ben Stokes, who made himself unavailable for the T20 league, citing workload.
The one news that has taken the Indian cricket scene by storm is the likely move of Hardik Pandya from Gujarat Titan to Mumbai Indians. While Hardik Pandya attained stardom at Mumbai Indians, he moved away from the franchise and joined Gujarat Titans as captain. He even led Gujarat Titans to an IPL title win. "Hardik Pandya is likely to return to Mumbai Indians. He will leave Gujarat Titans," sources told NDTV. The move will have a big ripple effect as Hardik Pandya was the skipper of the Gujarat Titans team.
Legendary England cricketer Michael Vaughan was all praise for the Australian cricket team after they defeated India to claim a record-extending sixth Cricket World Cup title. Australia rode brilliant performances from Travis Head and the bowlers to beat India by six wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Vaughan said that Head's catch to dismiss Rohit Sharma was a huge moment in the game and pointed out that the left-hander has become a dangerous batter on the world stage. The former England skipper also backed Head to bag a big contract in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The disappointment of Indian cricket team's loss in the Cricket World Cup final still hurts the fans. More so, because the Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team was firing on all cylinders till the semi-finals. It had the best batter in the tournament in Virat Kohli, it also had the best bowler in the tournament in Mohammed Shami. Yet, when it mattered the most, Australia trumped India in the Cricket World Cup final on November 19 to break a billion hearts.
Ravichandran Ashwin has revealed he was shell-shocked by Australia's decision to bowl first in the Cricket World Cup final on Sunday, but also praised Pat Cummins and selector George Bailey for reading the pitch at Ahmedabad perfectly. Australia outsmarted India on many fronts of the summit clash as they clinched their sixth World Cup final, beating the title favourites, who were on a 10-match winning spree, in the final played at the world's largest cricket stadium.
Australia batter Marnus Labuschagne said he had "never seen" someone bowl like the way Pat Cummins did during the World Cup final against India, which they won by six wickets for a record-extending sixth title. Cummins had the best economy rate in the 10 overs he had bowled and also grabbed two wickets to restrict Rohit Sharma's side to 240. With an economy rate of 3.40 to go with the wickets of Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer, Cummins put the skids on India.
Ace Indian cricket team spinner Ravichandran Ashwin laughed off the media reports that surfaced on the day of India's Cricket World Cup semifinal against New Zealand in Mumbai claiming that the pitch for the contest was changed at the behest of the hosts. "Journalists from other countries comment that the pictures have been changed and so on but it is clearly laughable. India is a unique country, different parts of the country have different soils," he said.