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.
Chris Gayle still sees himself playing for five more years - meaning he will be available to play in both the 2021 T20 World Cup in India as well as the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Former India wicket-keeper Farokh Engineer has lashed out at fans who are trolling skipper Virat Kohli, for taking a paternity leave during the tour of Australia. The 32-year-old left the team after the day-night Test against the Aussies, to be with his wife Anushka Sharma, who is due to give birth in January. But Engineer is of the view that Kohli has just made a personal decision.
The Indian cricket board (BCCI) on Friday announced pace bowler T Natarajan as replacement of Umesh Yadav in the India squad for the last two Test matches against Australia to be played in Sydney and Brisbane. BCCI also added that Shardul Thakur had been added to the squad in place of Mohammed Shami, who was hit on his bowling arm during the first Test in Adelaide.
India is currently touring Australia and the team is scheduled to play the third Test of the four-match series against the kangaroos from January 7 to 11, 2021. The tourists created a buzz by winning the previous match against hosts by eight wickets. The Men in Blue are going to be frequently seen in action in 2021 as they have series and tournaments lined-up one after the other. Unlike 2020, when cricketing action like other sports came to a standstill for a few months due to COVID-19, fans in 2021 will get to enjoy a lot of cricket matches. Here is complete schedule of India’s matches in 2021:
In a minute-long video Sreesanth can be seen losing his cool and lets out a barrage of cuss words giving the batsman a harsh send-off
Team India celebrated the arrival of 2021 in Melbourne ahead of the third Test in SCG. Star batsman KL Rahul shared a picture online where he can be seen standing alongside Jasprit Bumrah, Mayank Agarwal and a few members from the support staff.
Australian batsmen need to come up with ways of attacking the Indian bowling especially by targeting certain bowlers, says Australia No. 3 Marnus Labuschagne who also praised the Indian bowlers for discipline and holding straight lines to throttle scoring. Both Labuschagne and No. 4 Steve Smith, the mainstays of Australian batting, have struggled to get going in the series with the latter aggregating just 10 in four innings.
Corey Anderson batting at number 5, blasted the fastest hundred in the history of ODI cricket (till then) off just 36 deliveries - Queenstown saw carnage and annihilation like never before as the New Zealand all-rounder hammered as many as 14 sixes in his epic unbeaten 131 off 47 deliveries.
Tigers and Panthers have been on a winning spree in the Odisha T20 Cricket League 2020-21. The two teams have been on the winning end of all matches. The Odisha T20 Cricket League 2020-21 Odisha Tigers vs Odisha Panthers is scheduled for Friday, January 1 at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. The match will start at 3:30 PM. In the latest outing, Odisha Tigers beat Odisha Jaguars by 28 runs. Odisha Panthers on the other hand Odisha Lions by 7 wickets.
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Former Indian cricket Wasim Jaffer is making place in the hearts of the fans by sharing interesting memes on current topics, especially cricket-related. Jaffer, who has more than 34k followers on Instagram, posts memes about the game using viral pictures, movies and TV shows. We have picked the best memes posted by the former batsman in the year 2020. Take a look…
Right-arm pace bowler Matt Henry has replaced the injured Neil Wagner in the New Zealand Test squad for second Test against Pakistan to be played at the Hagley Oval here from January 3. Left-arm quick Wagner was hit by Pakistan left-arm pace bowler Shaheen Afridi on his toes while batting on the second day of the first Test at Mount Maunganui. Two of his toes on the right foot were fractured by Afridi's delivery but the New Zealand bowler ensured that he played the entire Test after taking pain-killing injections.
It's been a year like no other for the cricket world. But 2020 did end on a hopeful note. A 36 all-out can be followed by a historic win.
The year saw Cricket being cut short thanks to Covid-19 outbreak but when it came to Test match cricket, we had English and Kiwi dominance in the wicket charts. While four of the bowlers were Englishmen, three of them were from New Zealand.
The year saw Cricket being cut short thanks to Covid-19 outbreak but when it came to Test match cricket, we have some English dominance in the run charts. Six out of ten were English batsman. Here we take a look at the top ten batsmen who topped the run charts in the longer format of the game in 2020.
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India's thumping victory over Australia in the Boxing Day Test has managed to impress former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar. The pacer showered praises for Ajinkya Rahane's team that came back to level the series 1-1 for now. In a conversation with Sports Today, Akhtar talked about Rahane's captaincy and Team India's character.
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The Test match, which was also the last international game of cricket of this year, saw some thrilling action as New Zealand managed to seal the deal only in the last hour of the fifth day’s game.
Newlyweds Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma have been making most of their honeymoon in Dubai.
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A struggling Australia are prepared to risk playing seasoned opener David Warner in the third Test against India even if he is not 100% fit, assistant coach Andrew McDonald said on Thursday.
The couple got engaged on January 1. They often share pictures of their son on social media. Pandya recently upload some pictures in which he can be seen dressed in a Santa Claus costume, holding Agastya in his arms.
While the Indian team went on a two-day break, opener Rohit Sharma has begun his preparations for the third Test, under the watchful eyes of batting coach Vikram Rathour. Rohit had joined the team in Melbourne hotel after completing a 14-day quarantine in Sydney. "It's only Rohit Sharma, three throw down guys, and the batting coach. The rest of the boys are on holiday for 2 days but Rohit Sharma out there training," Boria Mazumdar said on Sports Today.
Mumbai's Shardul Thakur may find a place in the Indian playing XI for the third Test against Australia at Sydney starting January 7, reports PTI
The two could not be together even for Christmas and not for lack of trying. Dani had travelled from Sydney to Melbourne to spend Christmas with her husband but was denied entry into the Australian team camp owing to new Covid-19 restrictions.
The BCCI has turned down former all-rounder Yuvraj Singh's request to come out of retirement and play domestic cricket. The Punjab Cricket Assocaition had requested the star player to play for the state and help groom a few youngsters. Yuvraj's father Yograj also has a say on this issue.
Zampa was found guilty of a Level 1 offence under the Cricket Australia Code of Conduct and accepted a penalty of one suspension point and a $2500 fine.
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So finally after serving a ban of seven years, pacer S Sreesanth will don the state colors, when he takes field for Kerala in the upcoming Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy beginning on January 10. The bowler was handed a ban for his alleged involvement in the spot-fixing controversy in the IPL, but has displayed grit to force his way back into the state team.
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Ajinkya Rahane, leading in Kohli’s absence, has gained big after guiding India to a series-leveling eight-wicket win in Melbourne with scores of 112 and 27 not out. Rahane has advanced five places to reach the sixth position
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has surged ahead of Steve Smith and Virat Kohli to seize the top spot for batsmen in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after his player of the match effort in the first Test against Pakistan in Tauranga.
With Rohit Sharma already in Australia, there is every possibility that India might draft him in the team for the third Test against Australia. Former India opener Sunil Gavaskar has his opinions on the opening combination for the Sydney Test that starts from January 7. The legendary Gavaskar feels that Rohit should open the innings with Mayank Agarwal.
Fast bowler Neil Wagner played almost all of New Zealands first cricket test against Pakistan with two broken toes but will not play the second test and is facing a sixweek recovery.
Former umpires Ismail Dawood and John Holder have decided to sue ECB for alleged racial discrimination, according to a report in Sky Sports. The duo have claimed institutionalised racism and have demanded an inquiry into the ECB Umpires department that has not appointed a non-white full-time umpire in the last 28 years.David Warner may play the third test against India even if he is short of full fitness as Australia look to the veteran opener to strengthen the top order, assistant coach Andrew McDonald said on Thursday.
New Zealand pace bowler Neil Wagner battled through the pain of two broken toes in the first test against Pakistan but coach Gary Stead said he would miss the second match at Hagley Oval in Christchurch starting on Sunday. Wagner needed pain-killing injections during the test, which the hosts won by 101 runs, after he was struck on the foot while batting on the second day at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.
A threematch oneday international series between the Australia and India women's cricket teams has been postponed indefinitely and likely won't be played until 2022.
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