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DURBAN, South Africa : A four-match Twenty20 series against India comes at an opportune time for South Africa’s cricketers as it provides an additional stage to highlight their skills before the Indian Premier League auction later this month, said captain Aiden Markram.
Indian cricket team batter Shreyas Iyer slammed a brilliant double century for Mumbai during their Ranji Trophy encounter against Odisha on Thursday. Shreyas, who was not picked for the upcoming Test series in Australia, looked in tremendous form as he reached the milestone in 201 balls with the help of 22 fours and eight sixes. This was Shreyas' first first-class double century since he slammed an unbeaten 202 against Australia during the 2017-18 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Iyer was finally dismissed by Harshit Rathod after scoring 233 off 228 deliveries. This knock will also bolster his chances massively in the IPL 2025 auctions as he will be a top draw after not getting retained by Kolkata Knight Riders.
Rishabh Pant has once again proven himself as one of the most valuable players in the Indian cricket team. The star suffered a horrific car crash in December 2022 and missed more than a year of action as he was recovering from it. He made his comeback to competitive cricket with IPL 2024 before winning the T20 World Cup with the Indian team. The southpaw was also part of India's three-match T20I series in Sri Lanka. After this, Pant played the Duleep Trophy for India B, but interestingly, he was not made the skipper and instead played under Abhimanyu Easwaran's captaincy. While the move surprised many cricket pundits, it also raised doubts over Pant's value as a captain.
New Zealand expect England to stick to their attacking brand of cricket when they face the Black Caps in the upcoming home test series despite Ben Stokes's team crashing to defeat in Pakistan.
MELBOURNE : India continued to fret over the composition of their opening pair for the series opener against Australia later this month after KL Rahul and Abhimanyu Easwaran failed to impress in the second unofficial test on Thursday.
Dhruv Jurel showcased his sound technique and cool temperament while wickets fell like ninepins at the other end in another shoddy batting display by India A on the opening day of the second unofficial Test against Australia A at the iconic MCG on Thursday. Jurel (80 off 186 balls), who came to bat in the third over scored nearly half of India A's paltry first innings total of 161 in 57.1 overs with only other batter to cross 20-run mark was Devdutt Padikkal (26).
West Indies head coach Daren Sammy did not hold back when addressing fast bowler Alzarri Joseph's behaviour during the third ODI against England in Bridgetown. Joseph's actions, which included leaving the field after a disagreement with captain Shai Hope, were publicly criticized by Sammy, who labelled the behaviour “unacceptable.” The incident unfolded in the fourth over when Joseph expressed frustration with Hope over a field placement. Despite taking the wicket of England's Jordan Cox caught behind, Joseph did not celebrate with his team.
India will have to forget the wins in Australia over the last two trips as well as the unprecedented loss to New Zealand at home recently to give themselves a chance of emerging victorious Down Under, said 1983 World Cup winner Sandip Patil in Mumbai on Wednesday. Rohit Sharma's Indian team will soon be hitting the Australian shores with their pride at stake, having been blanked 0-3 by New Zealand at home which has also thrown their plans for the World Test Championship into disarray. While India look to pick the pieces and put their best foot forward during the five-Test tour of Australia, Patil, also a former chairman of selectors, expressed confidence that the team is too good to be bogged down by setbacks.