Author: Divyansh Mishra

BCB announces T20I squad against Pakistan. The same team that played against Sri Lanka has been picked for the three T20Is against Pakistan. Pakistan team is already in Dhaka where all three matches will be played. The matches are on July 20, 22 and 24 and all will be played at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. The team arrived in Dhaka today after beating Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the 3rd and final T20I in Colombo. Litton Das became the first Bangladesh captain to win two T20I series abroad. He also won the T20I series against West Indies…

Today is Smriti Mandhana’s birthday. Born on July 18, 1996, she turns 29 today. She has been a mainstay of Indian women’s cricket, playing all formats of the game. Mandhana has played 7 Tests, 102 ODIs and 151 T20Is for India, scoring over 9,000 runs. She has 4,473 runs in ODIs, averaging 46.59, with 11 centuries. She has also done well in T20Is, with a strike rate of 124.15 and 3,942 runs. She has 2 Test centuries and recently became the second Indian woman to score a century in T20Is. Why does she wear jersey number 18? Virat Kohli, a…

Ryan ten Doeschate, the Indian men’s team’s assistant coach, has praised Mohammed Siraj, the 31-year-old fast bowler who is leading the bowling charts in the ongoing five-Test series against England. Siraj has taken 13 wickets in six innings across three Tests. Jasprit Bumrah is next with 12 wickets in two matches. Doeschate, who joined Gambhir’s coaching staff last year, has worked with Siraj for a year now. He says Siraj is like a lion. The assistant coach feels that when Siraj has the ball, something exciting is likely to happen. “We’re lucky to have him. He may not always get…

In the third India-England Test at Lord’s from July 10-14, Rishabh Pant hurt his finger on Day 1. He couldn’t keep wickets after England’s first 34 overs. Dhruv Jurel came in as a substitute and kept wicket for both innings. Even with the injury, Pant batted in both innings for India, scoring 74 and 9. The injury at Lord’s raised doubts if Pant would play in the fourth India-England Test in Manchester from July 23-24. Ryan ten Doeschate, India’s assistant coach, said Pant will play in Manchester. Not sure if he will keep wicket. After India’s first practice in Manchester…

Ryan ten Doeschate, India’s assistant coach, thinks Jasprit Bumrah will play in the 4th Test at Old Trafford. Bumrah had taken 5 wickets in an innings twice at Headingley and Lord’s, was rested for the 2nd Test at Edgbaston to give Akash Deep a game. The team has been careful with Bumrah’s workload as he has been getting injured a lot. He has bowled well on the tour, 12 wickets in 4 innings at 43. Before the next Test at Old Trafford, Ryan ten Doeschate said Bumrah will play. We will decide in Manchester. We know we have him for…

After a tough loss at Lord’s, India is 1-2 down in the series. To avoid losing the series, they need to win or draw the 4th Test at Old Trafford in Manchester starting July 23. India lost the first Test at Leeds by 5 wickets but came back to tie the series 1-1 at Edgbaston, their first win in 9 Tests. England then took the lead again with a 22 run win at Lord’s. India’s batting and bowling have been good. Mohammed Siraj is the top fast bowler of the series with 13 wickets and captain Shubman Gill is the…

Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladeshi star, will be the captain of Miami Blaze in the next Max60 T10 Caribbean League. The team announced on social media that Shakib is joining as their new captain. Miami posted on their official Instagram, Ready to lead, ready to win. Here’s our captain, Shakib Al Hasan. He’s got fire in his game and strong leadership and he’s ready to shine. Miami Blaze will start their Caribbean T10 league on July 17 against Boca Raton Trailblazers in George Town. Shakib Al Hasan recently played for Dubai Capitals in the Global Super League. His stint there…

Former wicketkeeper-batter Deep Dasgupta suggests India should consider playing B Sai Sudharsan instead of Karun Nair for the last two Tests against England. He feels Nair is struggling to hold his place at number three. Nair, back in the Test team after eight years, scored 131 runs in three games. He is the only top-four batter from either team without a half-century in this series. Sudharsan, who made zero and 30 in his first Test at Leeds, was benched later. India chose batting all-rounder Washington Sundar for the Edgbaston and Lord’s matches. Dasgupta said on JioHotstar if they make only…

PCB has selected a 15 member team for the T20I series against Bangladesh. Salman Ali Agha will lead the team in the three matches starting from July 20. While the team has some familiar faces, fans were surprised to see Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi left out. Let’s see why these two were not selected. Babar Azam’s Recent Form Babar Azam, the star player, hasn’t been in good form lately. His overall stats are okay but his T20 form hasn’t been good enough. Since T20 World Cup last year, he has scored only 200 runs, averaging 25. His scoring rate…

BCCI is working hard for differently-abled cricketers. Recently, Centre of Excellence (CoE) created an online course for former differently-abled cricketers, both men and women. According to TOI’s Gaurav Gupta, VVS Laxman, head of cricket at BCCI’s CoE, wrote to Ravi Chauhan, general secretary of Differently Abled Cricket Council (DCCI), that BCCI will soon start a Level 0 e-Learning course for DCCI coaches. The course will be fully online. After completing the course, candidates can apply for BCCI CoE Level 1 coach certification. Laxman asked Chauhan to nominate 50 people for the program, a big moment for BCCI. Ravi Chauhan told…