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Virat Kohli is rated as one of the best batters going around across the globe and is known for his classic style of batting. The Delhi-born player has also spent his childhood playing street cricket and when he was recently asked about what is 'lappa shot', the star batsman was in complete splits as he went onto recollect some funny moments while describing the meaning of the slang.
Abu Dhabi will be called the New York Strikers, in the upcoming edition of Abu Dhabi T10 League. The addition of the New York Strikers to the tournament makes it an 8-team competition, with two teams joining the bandwagon from the USA. The Strikers franchise has had a successful stint as a cricket franchisee in the USA and hopes to spread its wings in other parts of the world as well with well-known leagues such as the Abu Dhabi T10. The enigmatic left-hander Yuvraj Singh has been brought on board as the Team Mentor, he was previously been a part of the Abu Dhabi T10 league in 2019.
Having endured a woeful 1-2 defeat in the T20I series, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian side raised its standards in all the departments of the game to bounce back in three days' time and defeat England by seven wickets in the series-opener at Hove on Sunday. England are missing some of their senior players but India looked a much better team in the first game and they would be looking to ride the momentum. In 1999, the Indian team had won the ODI series 2-1 with Anjum Chopra striking a hundred and a half-century.
MELBOURNE : Shelley Nitschke has been appointed head coach of the Australia women's cricket team for the next four years with the task of overseeing a tricky transition of a highly successful team.
A temporary ban on using saliva to shine cricket balls was on Tuesday made permanent by the International Cricket Council.
Star India batter Virat Kohli, who ended his two-and-a-half-year century drought in the Asia Cup 2022, had a memorable run in the entire tournament. Kohli ended his campaign with a total of 276 runs to his name, the second highest in the tournament. Kohli is now eyeing a good performance against Australia in the home series and yet another milestone in his career. He is just 207 runs away from surpassing India head coach Rahul Dravid to become the second highest run-getter across all formats for India. When achieves the mark he will also become the sixth-highest run-scorer in international cricket.
The Joburg Super Kings will be relying heavily on former Proteas captain Faf du Plessis, coach Stephen Fleming admitted following Monday's SA20 auction.
All eyes are on Tim David as the big-hitter gears up for his maiden series in Australia colours in a three-match T20I contest in India, starting on Tuesday. The Aaron Finch-led team is looking to cash in on his big-hitting finishing abilities when they defend their T20 World Cup title at home from next month. David, 26, made his T20I debut for Singapore in 2019 and has played 14 matches, scoring 558 runs at a strike rate of 158.52. He also impressed in patches for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2022.