After a thrilling close win at Mount Maunganui, New Zealand go into the second and final Test against Pakistan at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. The second Test between the two sides is scheduled to start on January 3.
South Africa will not risk the fitness of lead attack bowler Kagiso Rabada despite a return to their squad and he will miss out the second test against Sri Lanka, which starts at The Wanderers Stadium on Sunday, officials said.
With the BCCI giving the nod to naming extended squads in the times of the Covid, Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun Tendulkar has been named in the Mumbai squad for the first time, for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The news was confirmed by the Mumbai team’s chief selector Salil Ankola on Saturday.
India cricketers Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Navdeep Saini and Prithvi Shaw have been put in isolation as both the Australian and Indian cricket boards launched an investigation into a video in which they are seen sitting indoors in a restaurant and suspected to be in breach of Cricket Australia's bio-security protocols.
Veteran South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn on Saturday said that he is taking a break from cricket and made himself unavailable for the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL). Steyn, 37, clarified in two tweets that he is not announcing his retirement from the sport. Steyn played for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the 2020 IPL.India media reported that former India cricket captain and current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly sustained a mild heart attack after complaining of chest pains.
Sourav Ganguly Health News Live Updates: Sourav Ganguly is one of the most loved Indian cricketers and the news of his heart attack has shocked his fans to the core. Former Bengal cricketer Laxmi Ratan Shukla paid him a visit, it is also reported that some local BJP leaders are at the scene too. His daughter Sana has now reached the hospital. Amit Shah has promised Dona Ganguly that any help will be provided by the Government. Sourav will be moved to Delhi if needed. He is in OT now and two stents will reportedly be inserted.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has been admitted to Woodlands Hospital in Kolkata after complaining of chest pain on Saturday.
The Indian cricket board (BCCI) is investigating a video that shows five Indian cricketers Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Navdeep Saini and Prithvi Shaw breaching Cricket Australia's bio-security protocols. The five players are shown sitting indoors in Secret Kitchen Noodles & BBQ restaurant in Melbourne, when the permission is only to eat outdoors. Although players are allowed to eat outside, they should be seated outdoors unlike the Indian cricketers.
Once in a while, everyone is allowed a bit of slump in form and Steve Smith is no exception, feels David Warner, who can relate to his former skipper's woes against India having endured a similarly wretched run during the 2019 Ashes. Smith has been in horrible form in the ongoing series with R Ashwin removing him twice and Jasprit Bumrah once. But Warner believes that it's more about India bowling well then anything lacking in Smith's approach as he has left no stone unturned in terms of preparation.
David Warner is very happy for his Sunrisers Hyderabad teammate Thangarasu Natarajan's Test call-up but he is "not sure" if the Tamil Nadu left-arm seamer can consistently hit one length, over after over, in the traditional format. Natarajan, after a hugely successful IPL, joined the Indian contingent as a net bowler but has subsequently risen up the ranks to make his ODI and T20 International debuts.
Babar had a full-fledge training session yesterday but felt a slight pain in his thumb, following which, the team management has opted against taking any risk.
Former ICC umpire Daryl Harper has called for a ban on umpire's call in the DRS, to get rid of the faulty system. Ever since it was introduced in 2016, many have called for its removal. Recently Sachin Tendulkar too had urged the ICC to re-think the rule after many controversial decisions by umpires in the India-Australia Test series.
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Australian opener David Warner is still fighting to be match fit for the third Test against India in Sydney, but said Saturday it was "highly doubtful" he'd be 100 per cent if he did play. The explosive opener was named in the squad after he sat out the first two Tests with a groin injury and has been badly missed as Australia's top order struggled to build partnerships. "We've got a training session today and tomorrow so I can't give you any more indication of where I'm at," Warner told media. "Am I going to be 100 per cent? Highly doubtful."
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Team India skipper Virat Kohli is the most popular cricketer on social media, according to the research done by ClanConnect.ai. "Virat Kohli emerges as the most popular Instagram Influencer in 2020", the research says. ClanConnect.aihas also revealed the top 1000 Instagram influencers in India. Kohli has a staggering 81 million followers, while wife Anushka Sharma has the greatest engagement rate, surpassing PM Narendra Modi.
Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar was on Friday picked in the Uttar Pradesh squad for the first two matches of the T20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after making expected recovery from the thigh injury he suffered during the Indian Premier League (IPL), and rule him out for six months. Interestingly, Bhuvneshwar was not picked in Uttar Pradesh's initial list of 26 probables released on December 21 while Raina's name was included.
While everyone was gearing up to see Suresh Raina in action during IPL 2020, he pulled out of the tournament in mysterious circumstances from the league, just before the start. His departure did not bode well with Chennai Super Kings or the management. Team owner N Srinivasan too made some bold comments on Raina's decision to leave.
Former Pakistan bowler Mohammad Asif has made a rather controversial statement, saying that current crop of bowlers in Pakistan side are much older than what their official ages suggest. The former pacer went on to make this observation over the inability of the bowlers to bowl longer spells. Asif was speaking to wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal on the latter's Youtube channel.Australia's David Warner believes it will be his ability to field effectively that will decide whether he plays the third test against India at Sydney Cricket Ground next week.Every Friday brings the weekly slate of new arrivals on VOD, but pickings are pretty slim today. Obviously, it’s the first day of 2021 and there are going to be an awful lot of sore heads around the world from the celebrations, as muted as they were legally mandated to be. But the biggest titles have been hitting the various streaming services on offer, and nobody wants to release their movie when the majority of audiences are otherwise occupied.
Indeed, the surprisingly polarizing Wonder Woman 1984, Pixar’s latest emotional roller coaster Soul, Robert Rodriguez’s hugely popular family friendly superhero film We Can Be Heroes and season 3 of Cobra Kai will be dominating the conversation for the foreseeable future, and as a result, there are only eight debutants on VOD this weekend.
The biggest of the bunch is the latest in the long line of Liam Neeson action thrillers, with Honest Thief boasting the unique premise of a career criminal who’s desperate to turn himself in but ends up being framed for a murder he didn’t commit. The workmanlike effort doesn’t break any new ground, but should be appealing enough to fans of the veteran star, and you can check out the full list of newbies below.
If Liam Neeson doesn’t float your boat, then Chloe Grace Moretz headlines what’s easily the most bizarre new movie of the week in Shadow in the Cloud, with the 23 year-old playing a World War II pilot on a top secret mission who ends up forced to deal with a mischievous gremlin trying to sabotage her aircraft in a wild genre mashup co-written by Hollywood exile Max Landis. Like we said, slim pickings this week, but you never know, there might be something that tickles your fancy.
