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Haryana all-rounder Jayant Yadav will lead North Zone in the upcoming Duleep Trophy after senior batter Mandeep Singh was ruled out of the tournament owing to an injury, convenor of zonal committee Anirudh Chaudhry said on Thursday. Punjab batter Nehal Wadhera, who has recently made an impression in IPL for Mumbai Indians and was in stand-by, has been named in the main squad.
Australia men's coach Andrew McDonald revealed on Thursday that, while he anticipated England to be aggressive in the opening Test of the Ashes, the way they handled pacer Scott Boland "surprised" his squad. Before the series, Boland has 33 wickets at an average of 14.57 and an economy rate of 2.32 from eight Tests. The hosts, on the other hand, threw him off his length from the start at Edgbaston, including through Joe Root's lap shots. The right-arm seamer averaged 5.65 runs per over and took only two wickets in the match.
Mohammed Shami is undoubtedly one of the best pacers in the world. Making his international debut in 2013, he has played 64 Tests and scalped a whopping total of 229 wickets in the longest format. Known for troubling the batters at every given condition, the 32-year-old pacer has achieved numerous milestones in his career but the most memorable one would be the hattrick against Afghanistan that he took during the 2019 ODI World Cup in England, which helped India clinch a victory by 11 runs.
England fast bowler Ollie Robinson has copped flak from Australian cricket legends.
England cricket team fast bowler Stuart Broad took a cheeky dig at the Australian media for their reporting on his teammate Ollie Robinson. Australia pulled off a sensational two-wicket win over England in the first Ashes Test and the Australian media were quick to criticise Robinson for giving a send-off to Usman Khawaja. “No. 1 villain Ollie Robinson has learned his fate over an expletive-laden send-off to Usman Khawaja,” the headlines read in the Australia media. Broad took to Twitter after the match to take a shot at the media reports with a rather cheeky comment about the situation.
Star India batter Virat Kohli is admired by globally for his professionalism and his work ethic. Apart from his abilities as a batter, Kohli has sparked a fitness regime in India, which is followed by every budding cricketer in the country. However, his charm isn't restricted to India. Pakistani batter Ahmed Shehzad, who has been often compared Kohli, is a huge admirer of the former India captain. Shehzad was all praise for Kohli and credited the 34-year-old for transforming the fortunes of India's Test side.
Australia coach Andrew McDonald backed Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne to rebound from rare twin failures in the opening Ashes test, but said it was a positive sign that his team could still win without getting hefty contributions from them.
It would be advantage Australia during the Ashes as they can play at "different tempos", while England only know how to play "really hard", feels former Test skipper of the touring side Time Paine. Paine, a wicketkeeper-batter, had stepped down as Australia captain days before the last Ashes series at home due to a 'sexting' scandal and was replaced by pacer Pat Cummins as Test skipper. Australia defeated Ben Stokes' England by two wickets in a thrilling Ashes opener at Edgbaston with Cummins scoring an unbeaten 44 and guiding the visitors to victory when things had started to look difficult.