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India vs West Indies 2022: Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal's emphatic 'no' to 'cricket in shorts' googly

cricket be played wearing shorts? Yuzvendra Chahal doesn't think so. In fact, he had an emphatic "no" for an answer when a scribe alluded to suggestions that cricketers could be better off wearing half pants instead of trousers in the future, given that the game is often played in extreme heat. The "cricket in shorts" question was a googly that the leg-spinner was not expecting after India's three-run win over the West Indies in a last-ball thriller at the Queen's Park Oval, which put the visitors ahead in the three-match ODI series. March 2022 was the hottest in India since records began more than 100 years ago but notwithstanding the sweltering weather, cricket, like always, continued to be played in the country. Chahal, one of India's leading white-ball spinners, explained why the status quo should be maintained.

Shreyas Iyer completes 1,000 runs in ODI cricket

In the 36th over of India's innings bowled by spinner Gudakesh Motie, the right-hander whacked a full-length ball over the midwicket region to reach 1,000 ODI runs. He was dismissed for 54 off 57 balls consisting of five fours and two sixes by Motie. He has reached the landmark in 25 ODI innings and is tied with former Indian batter Navjot Singh Sidhu who also took the same number of innings to reach 1,000 ODI runs.

India vs West Indies: We had confidence Mohammed Siraj could defend 15 runs in final over, says Yuzvendra Chahal

West Indies in the first ODI, Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal said that the team had confidence that Mohammed Siraj would be able to defend 15 runs in the final over. Brilliant half-centuries from Kyle Mayers and Brandon King went in vain as West Indies succumbed to a painful three-run defeat to India in the first ODI of three-match series here at Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad on Friday. "We had confidence and belief that Siraj could defend 15 runs in the final over because of the way he was bowling his yorkers.

Reece Topley strikes as England thrash South Africa in 2nd ODI

South Africa, chasing 202 for victory in a match reduced by rain to 29 overs per side, were bowled out for just 83. Topley, whose career has been stalled by several stress fractures, sparked a top-order slump to 27-5 during a spell of 2-17 in four overs. Spinners Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali shared five wickets between them as South Africa were dismissed with nearly nine overs remaining for their equal second-lowest completed ODI total, behind a 69 all out against Australia at Sydney in 1993 and level with an 83 against England at Nottingham in 2008.