Royal London-Cup: Last News

India batter Cheteshwar Pujara on Wednesday had a Q&A session with fans on Twitter. The 34-year-old, who has been in excellent form in the Royal London Cup, England's domestic List A tournament, answered several of his fans' questions, like his most difficult knock and one goal he has set for himself. However, it was not all serious talk as former India opener Aakash Chopra posed a funny question to the veteran Test specialist. "Hey buddy...are you a better dancer now as compared to 2008?" Chopra wrote.

India batter Cheteshwar Pujara on Wednesday had a Q&A session with fans on Twitter. The 34-year-old, who has been in excellent form in the Royal London Cup, England's domestic List A tournament, answered several of his fans' questions, like his most difficult knock and one goal he has set for himself. However, it was not all serious talk as former India opener Aakash Chopra posed a funny question to the veteran Test specialist. "Hey buddy...are you a better dancer now as compared to 2008?" Chopra wrote.

Rarely is there a better sight in cricket than the glorious visual of a brilliant fielding effort. Over the years, an acrobatic attempt on the field has garnered as much attention as a top-class batting or bowling effort. On Wednesday, Australian cricketer Matt Renshaw created a flutter with a great effort during a match of the Royal London Cup at The Oval. The 26-year-old Renshaw, who has so far played in 11 Tests, was stationed at first slip for Somerset during a match against Surrey when rival opener Ryan Patel outside-edged one off pacer Kasey Aldridge.

Cheteshwar Pujara smashed his way to a career-best List A score of 174, notching up his second hundred in a span of 48 hours as Sussex amassed a mammoth 378 for 6 against Surrey in the Royal London Cup One Day Championship on Sunday. On Friday, Pujara had caned the Warwickshire attack en route to his 79-ball 107 albeit in a losing cause. On Sunday, Sussex batted first on a small county ground at Hove, and were 9/2 inside first four overs when Tom Clark (104 off 106 balls) and Pujara joined forces to add 205 runs for the third wicket.

India cricketer Krunal Pandya and his wife Pankhuri were blessed with a baby boy. The India and Lucknow Super Giants all-rounder took to social media and revealed the name of his son on Sunday, July 24. Krunal married Pankhuri Sharma, a model, in 2017. Krunal is pretty active on social media along with brother Hardik Pandya and his wife Natasa Stankovic. He also shares a lot of videos and photos with his nephew Agastya, who is Hardik and Natasa's son. Krunal and Pankhuri have named their son as 'Kavir'.

Krunal, elder brother of star all-rounder Hardik Pandya, has played in 19 T20Is and five ODIs and in total has featured in 76 List A matches scoring 2,231 runs and taken 89 wickets. "Krunal is an incredible signing for the club, and I'm delighted to welcome him to Edgbaston. Krunal will bring a wealth of international experience to a team that will be desperate to do well," Director of Cricket, Paul Farbrace was quoted as saying in a media statement. The 31-year-old Krunal, a left-arm spinner and left -handed batter made his ODI debut in 2021 against England, where he struck the fastest half-century in 26 balls in history by a debutant in ODI cricket. Farbrace termed Krunal as a "world renowned all-rounder". "Due to our impressive T20 performances, we will lose players to The Hundred, but that's always going to happen to successful teams. The opportunity to add a world-renowned all-rounder to an exciting group is fantastic," added Farbrace.

Cheteshwar Pujara will have to wait to make his Sussex debut until next week, as delays in issuing his visa means that the Indian will not be available for the first County Championship match of the season. The club have been in regular contact with Pujara and have been working tirelessly to enable him to be available for the first game of the season against Nottinghamshire, however due to delays in issuing his visa, the overseas batter will not be available until next week. Speaking on the issues relating to the delay, Sussex Performance Director, Keith Greenfield commented, "Securing overseas players has been tremendously difficult in the current climate. We renegotiated the initial Pujara contract so he could return for more County Championship and Royal London Cup matches, and this subsequently changed the visa requirements."