Gayle wants pace sensation Joseph in Windies squad for home World Cup
Fast bowling sensation Shamar Joseph should be fast-tracked into the West Indies squad for the home T20 World Cup in June, said former captain Chris Gayle.
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UK minister calls on sports to review inclusion policies to ensure fairness in women's sport
Britain's sports minister Lucy Frazer has said all sporting bodies in the country should look carefully at their rules on transgender athletes competing in women's sports to ensure fairness.
Indian Premier League 2024: Schedule, Match Date, Venue, Live Streaming, All You Need To Know
The cricketing extravaganza is set to begin, with the defending champions Chennai Super Kings squaring off against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Chepauk stadium on March 22 in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 opener. The IPL organisers took a slightly different stance over the opening clash this season, breaking the defending champions vs runners-up trend, going with the MS Dhoni vs Virat Kohli battle in the first match of the season. The season promises to be a belter, with many enthralling duels expected on the field.
"They Pick Holes Out Of Your Leadership, Decisions": Hardik Pandya Sent Firm Captaincy Warning
Hardik Pandya is all set to lead Mumbai Indians in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), starting Friday, March 22. Hardik replaced Rohit Sharma as the captain of the franchise after MI traded him from Gujarat Titans before the IPL 2024 players auction. The 30-year-old led GT to IPL glory in their debut season in 2022 and then guided them to the final last season where they lost to Chennai Super Kings (CSK). While MI's decision to remove Rohit as captain received huge backlash from fans, former Australia batter Tom Moody labelled Hardik as proven "performer", and said that the all-rounder will get support from his teammates in the upcoming season.
On Virat Kohli's T20 World Cup Selection, Ex Chief Selector's Bold Message To BCCI
The chatter around Virat Kohli's future in the Indian T20 squad hasn't died down, with rumours suggesting that his place in the team for T20 World Cp 2024 is in jeopardy. A solid performance Indian Premier League (IPL) is reportedly mandatory for Kohli to convince selectors of his position in the T20 World Cup squad. But, former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) selection committee chief, MSK Prasad, doesn't think Kohli could be left out of the Indian side.
Watch: Rinku Singh Welcomes KKR's Rs 24.75 Crore Buy Mitchell Starc With A Mammoth Six
Returning to "IPL circus" after almost a decade, Australian left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc bowled with the new ball, and took some hits from Rinku Singh at the death during Kolkata Knight Riders' second warm-up match at Eden Gardens on Tuesday. The Aussie, who last played in the IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2014 and 2015, was bought by KKR ahead of IPL 2018 but an injury had ruled him out of that season. The Shah Rukh Khan-owned franchise broke the all-time auction record this year to buy him at a price tag of Rs 24.75-crore to bolster their pace attack that had lacked sting in the recent past. "It's always a bit of a circus when it is the best T20 league in the world. It's definitely a new challenge. Yeah, it's going to be exciting. So, yeah I look forward to it," Starc told cricket.com.au.
"Runs Will Be Leaked": Sunil Gavaskar's Major 'Weakness' Warning For Hardik Pandya's Mumbai Indians
For Mumbai Indians, the buildup of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, has been all about the captaincy change. From Rohit Sharma to Hardik Pandya, that's the one big shift that everybody is talking about. But beyond that too, there are pressing concerns for the five-time champions. Senior batter Suryakumar Yadav is reportedly out of the first match of the franchise in IPL 2024 due to an injury. Former Indian cricket team captain Sunil Gavaskar has raised another concern.
Not Dhoni Or Sachin, Gautam Gambhir Surprises Everyone With 'Greatest Team Man' Pick
As Gautam Gambhir returns to Kolkata Knight Riders, expectations arise at the franchise ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season. It was under Gambhir's captaincy that KKR won their only two IPL titles. As the former India opener returns on the capacity of a mentor, the management expects the setup to do wonders. Gambhir is the kind of person who always puts the team ahead of personal milestones. In a chat after reaching Kolkata, the 2011 World Cup-winning cricketer named former KKR star Ryan Ten Doeschate as the ‘greatest team man' he has ever come across.