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Gautam Gambhir is a politician by choice but a cricketer at heart whose brain never stops ticking when it comes to conceptualising, planning and execution. In his playing days, Gambhir perhaps was the best captain India never had but he showed his leadership acumen when KKR won two titles during his time with the franchise.
After bagging four wickets on his Middlesex debut against Glamorgan, Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi continued to make headlines in his first County Championship season. During the ongoing Division Two match against Leicestershire at the Lord's, Shaheen added three more wickets to his tally in the morning session. In fact, he almost picked up a hattrick on Day 1 of his home debut. During the fifth over of Leicestershire's innings, Shaheen dismissed opener Hasan Azad and skipper Colin Ackermann off the first two deliveries.
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Stokes has long been England's go-to guy with both bat and ball. Now he has the added challenge of resurrecting the nation as a force in Test cricket. The charismatic 30-year-old replaces his friend Joe Root, who stepped down earlier this month after five years in charge, with a tough job on his hands.
Randhir Singh Manhas during a winter day in 2017 when a 17-year-old boy walked up to him during a net session at the Maulana Azad Stadium in Jammu's Nawabad Area. "Sir, kya aap mujhe ball daalne dengey? (Could you allow me to bowl)," Manhas remembered the short and stout boy's request while senior state team batter Jatin Wadhawan was having a knock at the nets. "What's your name?" "Umran Malik," replied the boy, who had dropped in at the net session without bowling spikes.
Ben Stokes, who succeeded Joe Root as England Test captain on Thursday. Born: June 4, 1991 in Christchurch Right arm fast medium bowler, left-hand batsmanTeams: England, Durham, Rajasthan Royals, Rising Pune Supergiant, Northern Superchargers - - Tests: 79 Debut: v Australia, Adelaide, 2013 Wickets: 174 Five-wicket hauls: 4 Average: 32.12 Best bowling: 6-22 v West Indies Runs: 5,061 at an average of 35.89 Centuries: 11 Highest score: 258 v South Africa - - One-day internationals: 101 Debut: v Ireland, Dublin, 2011 Wickets: 74 Five-wicket hauls: 1 Average: 41.59 Best bowling: 5-61 v Australia Runs: 2,871 at an average of 40.43 Centuries: 3 High score: 102 not out v Australia - - Twenty20 internationals: 34 Debut: v West Indies, The Oval, 2011 Wickets: 19 Average: 37.73 Best bowling: 3-26 v New Zealand Runs: 442 at an average of 20.09 High score: 47 not out v South Africa - - * Was player of the match in the 2019 Cricket World Cup final after scoring 84 not out as England beat New Zealand to lift the trophy for the first time.
UEFA could be set to scrap two-legged semi-finals in the Champions League in favour of a proposed “week of football”.
Gujarat Titans spinner Rashid Khan said on Wednesday that he told his batting partner Rahul Tewatia during the final overs of their chase against Sunrisers Hyderabad not to panic if they face a dot ball or two and instead focus on hitting the next ball and finishing the match. Half-century by Wriddhiman Saha (68) and fiery cameos by Rahul Tewatia (40*) and Rashid Khan (31*), guided Gujarat Titans to a thrilling five-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium here on Wednesday. The high-scoring match was settled in the last ball of the last over."I told Rahul (Rahul Tewatia), not to panic if we face a dot ball or two and instead focus on hitting the next ball and finishing the game," said Khan during a post-match discussion with all-rounder Rahul Tewatia and captain Hardik Pandya. Khan said that it felt good finishing on the winning side. Questioned on his consistent final over heroics, Tewatia said, "The good part is that the captain and coach are showing so much trust in me. It feels good to be on the winning side. My efforts will be that if such situations keep coming, we always finish on the winning side." Coming to the match, fifties from Abhishek Sharma (65) and Aiden Markram (56) and a last-over cameo from debutant Shashank Singh (25*) powered SRH to 195/6 in 20 overs.