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Former Chennai Super Kings batter Suresh Raina has criticised the Impact Player rule in the Indian Premier League, arguing that it has made life increasingly difficult for bowlers while giving batters too much of an advantage.Raina, who played 228 IPL matches during his career, believes the rule has contributed to the surge in high-scoring games,…
Suresh Raina, a formerIndia and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batter, has become the latest cricketer to voice his displeasure with the impact player rule in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The four-time IPL winner said that the bowlers have been hard done by in the tournament. Ever since the rule was brought in place in…
Basseterre: South African batter Quinton de Kock has drawn level with Indian batting icon Virat Kohli and Australian legend David Warner, becoming the fifth cricketer to enter the ’10 T20 centuries’ club and standing joint-third for the most hundreds in the shortest format.
Anaya Bangar is set to restart her cricket journey in Australiaafter being cleared to play at the community level. While she is yet to find a team, the transgender cricketer remains hopeful that playing and performing there will help her take the next step towards an opportunity in the Women’s Big Bash League next year.…
Anaya Bangar hits back at Marizanne Kapp NEW DELHI: Anaya Bangar has responded to criticism from South Africa all-rounder Marizanne Kapp over her bid to return to competitive women’s cricket, urging those opposed to her participation to “educate themselves” on the subject.Kapp had strongly criticised Cricket Australia’s decision to offer Anaya a pathway back into…
Veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin gave his honest take on Kuldeep Yadav’s lack of consistent opportunities in India’s red-ball setup. The wrist-spinner missed the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo after an underwhelming outing in the series opener. The BCCI, however, stated that Kuldeep was unavailable for selection in Colombo as he had not fully…
South Africa great AB de Villiers has clarified his recent comments comparing Virat Kohli with Sachin Tendulkar after his assessment of the two Indian batting legends triggered a backlash on social media.De Villiers had previously said Kohli was better than Tendulkar in seam-friendly overseas conditions, while crediting the former India opener with being the first…
Australian paceman Mitchell Starc has finally secured the number one spot on the ICC Test bowling rankings.
Manjrekar had urged ICC and BCCI to take stronger stance following recent altercations
Mumbai: With India resuming at 300/5, the game was still very much in the balance at the start of the second day’s play in the second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground on Monday. There was also doubt over Rishabh Pant’s fitness after fast bowler Lahiru Kumara had struck him on the wrist overnight.