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Couldn't have had two white-ball captains: Ganguly on Rohit replacing Kohli

The BCCI on Wednesday named Rohit the captain of the ODI side going into the 2023 ODI World Cup

Mitchell Starc's first-ball wicket is fodder for a new Ashes memory

Left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Starc took out Rory Burns' leg stump with a swinging yorker on the first delivery of the Ashes series on Wednesday

Usain Bolt's wish comes true, gets invited for T20 League

The fastest man on earth, Usain Bolt, is eyeing a career in cricket and is keen to play in the T20 Leagues like Jamaican superstars such as Chris Gayle and Andre Russell

Warner, Southee among three nominated for ICC men's player of month

Explosive Australia opener David Warner, Pakistan batter Abid Ali and New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee were on Tuesday shortlisted for the ICC men's player of the month award for November. Left-arm spinners Anam Amin of Pakistan and Nahida Akter of Bangladesh are in the running to scoop the women's award, alongside West Indies all-rounder Haley Matthews, who is nominated for the second time. The nominations for the month of November were announced based on performances across formats and including matches from the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. An independent ICC Voting Academy and fans around the world can vote to decide the winners, which will be announced next week. Fans are invited to cast their votes until Sunday. Warner, who was Player of the Tournament at the T20 World Cup, had standout performances of 49 in the semifinal against Pakistan and 53 in the final against New Zealand. In four T20Is during the period, he aggregated 209 runs at an

Commit time and money to develop spin bowling skills: Coney to NZ

New Zealand cricket need to be braver and put in the required time and money to develop their skills against quality spin following their heavy defeat to India in the second Test

IND v NZ, 2nd Test: It's a pretty challenging surface, says Daryl Mitchell

He said challenge has been for his team to transfer pressure back to the bowlers while sticking to their plus points

This has been my dream year but aim is to improve further: Axar Patel

Asked how he would sum up the year which started with 27 wickets in three Tests against England, Axar agreed that it has indeed been a dream

'Welcome to the club': Kumble on Ajaz Patel's 10-wicket haul against India

'Welcome to the club', said former India spinner Anil Kumble while welcoming Kiwi spinner Ajaz Patel to an elusive list of bowlers taking all ten wickets in a single Test innings."Welcome to the club #AjazPatel #Perfect10 Well bowled! A special effort to achieve it on Day1 & 2 of a test match. #INDvzNZ," tweeted Kumble.Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri also hailed New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel for taking all ten wickets in the first innings of the ongoing second Test here at the Wankhede Stadium."One of the toughest things to do in the game of cricket. To have an entire team in your kitty in an innings is too good to be true. Simply unreal. Well done young man - Ajaz Patel #INDvzNZ #AjazPatel," tweeted Shastri.Ajaz Patel on Saturday became the third bowler in the history of the game to scalp all 10 wickets in a Test inning. He achieved the feat against India in the ongoing second Test here at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.Patel returned with figures of 10-119 and as a ...

Ashwin creates a buzz by asking for review after getting clean bowled

Not knowing that Patel's delivery had clipped the top of the off-stump and dislodged the bails, Ashwin initially thought that he had been wrongly given out caught behind

Ajaz Patel becomes third bowler to scalp all 10 wickets in Test innings

New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel on Saturday became the third bowler in the history of the game to scalp all 10 wickets in a Test innings.He achieved the feat against India in the ongoing second Test here at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.Patel returned with figures of 10-119 and as a result, India was bowled out for 325 in the first innings.As soon as Ajaz picked up his tenth wicket, India's Ravichandran Ashwin also stood up to give a standing ovation to the Kiwi spinner, recognizing the remarkable feat.Earlier, Australia's Jim Laker was the first cricketer to scalp 10 wickets in a Test innings in 1956 and that was followed by India's Anil Kumble in 1999 against Pakistan.

Maxwell reveals the 'great time' team had after winning the T20 World Cup

The Aaron Finch-led Australian team chased down the Black Caps' stiff 172-run target, completing the task for the loss of two wickets and with seven deliveries to spare.

"Unforgiving society, real shame" coach Langer on the Tim Paine saga

"Our captain, one of the best - made a mistake and he's paying a heavy price for it," said Langer.

Ashes will be a 'lot tighter' than is being predicted, says Ian Botham

Legendary England cricketer Ian Botham has said that the Ashes series, scheduled to commence at the Gabba from December 8, will be "a lot tighter" than is being predicted.

Scoring hundred at Wankhede special for any Indian, says Mayank Agarwal

India opening batter Mayank Agarwal has said that scoring a hundred at the Wankhede Stadium is special for any Indian.Mayank's comments after the right-handed batter registered a century on Day 1 of the ongoing second Test against New Zealand."Definitely this innings means a lot to me. Getting a Test hundred at Wankhede is always special for any Indian. I would just like to say that this innings was not the nicest looking, not the easiest of innings but it was all about grit and determination. I am happy that I was able to stick to the plan and bat through the day," Mayank told teammate Prasidh Krishna in a video posted on bcci.tv."To Ajaz, if I wanted to go over the top, then I wanted to get as close as possible to the ball. Sometimes I yorked myself in the process. If I could very close, then it did not matter. Very honestly, I was not planning the celebration. I am grateful to God for helping me achieve whatever I have managed to. I think scoring runs in Test cricket means ...

'Lead Australia like you want to': Gillespie's advice for Pat Cummins

Former Australia pacer Jason Gillespie has said that Pat Cummins should look to lead the side in his own way and not focus on the outside noise much.

'Simply not out': Warne gives his take on controversial Kohli dismissal

Former Australia spinner Shane Warne on Saturday said that Virat Kohli was wrongly given out in the first innings of the ongoing second Test against New Zealand.Warne also said that the main problem lies with the interpretation of the technology and he also went on to say that the ball did not hit the pad first, rather there was an inside edge."This is simply - not out !!!!! We often discuss technology & its use/accuracy. The main problem@is the interpretation of the technology. Here's a perfect example of the ball clearly hitting the edge of the bat first," tweeted Warne.Kohli was adjudged LBW on the fourth ball of his innings, and he had to walk away before even troubling the scores. The India skipper was given out by the on-field umpire Anil Choudhary and then Kohli reviewed the on-field call.However, the third umpire stuck with the original decision due to inconclusive evidence of the ball hitting the bat first. During the review, the third umpire Virender Sharma said that ..

IND v NZ, 2nd Test: Gavaskar's tips, Dravid's encouragement help Agarwal

Agarwal scored an unbeaten 120 as he helped India reach 221/4 on the first day of the second and final Test against New Zealand

Don't know if I will ever walk again, but made my peace with that: Cairns

Cairns is now residing at the University of Canberra hospital in a special rehabilitation facility

Mumbai test: Amid Pujara-Kohli failure, Mayank makes statement with hundred

Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli failed to trouble the scorers

Ind vs NZ, 2nd Test: With Virat Kohli back, hosts look to seal series win

The first Test between India and New Zealand might have ended in an enthralling draw but now the time is over to ponder over what might have been as the second Test is not that far away.