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NEW DELHI : Star Afghan spinner Rashid Khan longs for opportunities to play test matches against top teams but is content plying his trade in franchise cricket until that happens, the 23-year-old told Reuters on Friday.
Former England captain Alec Stewart turned 59 today. The wicket-keeper batter was born on April, 1963 and made his England debut in the year 1989 in a one-day international against Sri Lanka in Delhi. He would go on to play his first Test match in 1990. Stewart was one of England's most dependable batters of the 1990s, and was also part of the team that reached the final of the 1992 World Cup.
Shane Bond expects a turnaround from Mumbai Indians bowlers soon, but for that he said the five-time champions will have to stick to their plans, starting with Saturday's IPL game against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Winless so far in their first three games, the MI bowling coach said he is not to worried about their below-par effort with the ball. "It's a simple fix really. If we can stick to our plans and stick to the areas we want to bowl when the pressure is on, then I think you'll see a turnaround," Bond said in a note shared by MI on the eve of their game against RCB.
Raj Angad Bawa bagged the Man of the Match award for his all-around heroics in the ICC Under-19 World Cup final against England recently he kept the bat he used in that match in his kit bag and hasn't touched it since. He wants an autograph from his idol, India legend Yuvraj Singh on that bat and wants to keep that World Cup-winning willow as memorabilia. Raj had taken five wickets and scored 35 runs in the final to help India clinch the coveted ICC u-19 World Cup trophy. Raj, who is currently part of the Punjab Kings squad in the Indian Premier League (IPL), is looking forward to meeting his idol Yuvraj in the cash-rich league and taking tips from him. Raj was picked up for Rs. 2 crore by Punjab Kings in the IPL 2022 player auction. "I was really happy when Punjab Kings picked me. I am from Punjab. My happiness doubled when Punjab Kings picked me. I have learnt a lot from the seniors. These are international players and have a lot of experience. So, I have been interacting with everyone and tried to learn many things from them," Raj told TimesofIndia.com in an exclusive interview before IPL 2022 began.
Ravi Shastri has called young batter Shubman Gill "one of the finest talents in world cricket", someone who is tailor-made for the game's T20 format because of his wide range of strokes. Gill, 22, who is playing for Gujarat Titans in the IPL, is using the ongoing season as an opportunity to make the Indian team for the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia. Speaking on Gill's performance in the early stages of the tournament, Shastri said on Star Sports' Cricket Live, "Gill is one of the finest talents in the country and in world cricket, to be honest. If he gets going, he can score big. He makes it (batting) look easy when he's set.
Decision Review System (DRS) was introduced in cricket in 2008. WHAT IS DRS?According to the International Cricket Council (ICC), the DRS is a technology-based process for assisting the match officials with their decision-making. On-field umpires may consult with the third umpire (an Umpire Review) and players may request that the third umpire take another look at a decision made by the on-field umpires (a Player Review). To make a decision, the DRS relies on ball tracking (to estimate the trajectory of the ball) and snickometer (to see if there is an edge off the bat).
El miércoles, recién aterrizados en Australia, Alpine organizó una emotiva fiesta a Oscar Piastri por su 21º cumpleaños. Acudieron figuras como Mark Webber, Esteban Ocon o Alan Permane en representación de la escudería, que le ofreció un regalo. «No, no es lo que querías», advirtió. Se trataba de una gorra del equipo de cricket de Enstone, porque el volante en un Fórmula 1 tendrá que esperar… un poco. Con Ocon atado hasta 2024, a Fernando Alonso le preguntaron en Albert Park si sentía presión para decidirse ante la presencia del talento local en el garaje, como reserva. Pero nada más lejos de la realidad: «Si tuviera 25 años no se hablaría de esto. En esta edad (40) la gente intenta encontrar un sitio para los jóvenes, pero esto va sobre rendimiento. El año pasado lo hice bien, terminé ligeramente por delante de Esteban, veremos cómo va la lucha este año».
