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Wickramasinghe has headed the selection committee since April 2021, overseeing a youth-driven overhaul of Sri Lanka’s limited overs squads. This has seen seniors such as Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal and Dimuth Karunaratne, cut from the white-ball sides. Under Wickramasinghe, Sri Lanka adopted a less reactionary approach to the selection process. In this time, with Mickey

Babar Azam in action for Pakistan cricket team© AFP Mudassar Nazar, the former Pakistan head coach, feels star batter Babar Azam needs to score more Test centuries, in order to be considered among greats of the game. Babar, who scored nine centuries and 26 half-centuries, won the ICC men’s cricketer of the year award, while also taking the

The upcoming women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa will have an all-woman line-up of match officials, in what will be a landmark first in the game. On Friday, the ICC announced the panel of three match referees and ten umpires, featuring officials from seven countries. The match referees are GS Lakshmi (India), Shandre Fritz

Rohit Sharma on Indian cricket team selection© BCCI The Indian cricket team has been facing a problem of plenty when it comes to young talent. Both Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul missed out on the recently concluded ODI series against New Zealand but both Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill impressed everyone with their performances. Rajat

The owners of men’s IPL teams Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore, as well as the Adani Group and Capri Global, have won bids to own the five women’s IPL teams at the auction ahead of the inaugural edition to be played in March this year. The tournament will be known as the

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Grace Harris has been praised for having added “another dimension” to Australia’s T20I batting line-up since returning to the side last year as she shapes up as a key figure in the upcoming T20 World Cup. Harris, who made her international debut in 2015, was recalled for the T20 leg of the Ashes last January,

It was a “Bowlers’ day out” for the Indian team as Rohit Sharma‘s men secured an 8-wicket win over New Zealand in the second ODI at Raipur. Bowling first, the likes of Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, and Hardik Pandya laid the foundation with a plethora of early wickets. Spinners joined in later to bundle out

Toss India chose to bowl vs New Zealand Rohit Sharma gave a dramatic pause of over ten seconds after winning the toss in the second ODI in Raipur before finally saying he wanted to bowl. The India captain said he had nearly forgotten what the team’s decision was because there was “a lot of talk

The SA20 League in South Africa has roped in some of the finest players in the world. With a number of Indian Premier League franchise owners purchasing teams in the Rainbow Nation, many wonder if the league can rope in the likes of MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina or other retired Indian internationals. When

Vidarbha 74 (Sanjay 33, Tejas 5-19, Gaja 5-51) and 254 (Jitesh 69, Taide 44, Siddharth 6-74) beat Gujarat 256 (Aarya 88, Merai 40, Sarwate 5-64) and 54 (Siddharth 18, Sarwate 6-17) by 18 runs Left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate picked up 6 for 17 to help Vidarbha bowl out Gujarat for 54 and defend 73 on

File image of Babar Azam© Twitter Pakistan captain Babar Azam became one of the biggest trending topics on Twitter since Monday evening after an Instagram user alleged that the Pakistan skipper behaved inappropriately with her. An Instagram user posted alleged personal images and audio recordings of conversations with Babar, which went viral on social media.

India middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of the ODI series against New Zealand because of a back injury. He has been replaced in the squad by Madhya Pradesh and RCB batter Rajat Patidar. It is learned that Shreyas reported a stiff back immediately after the final ODI of the series against Sri

Virat Kohli brought up his 46th ODI ton on Sunday vs Sri Lanka© AFP There is no denying the fact that Virat Kohli is one of the best ODI players the world has ever seen. Be it the stats or the technicality in his game, Kohli has certainly ticked all the boxes in the format. When and how the batter changes

Should day-night matches in India begin earlier to minimise the impact of the dew factor? R Ashwin certainly thinks so. The India offspinner wants matches at the upcoming ODI World Cup, which will be played in India in October-November 2023, to begin at 11.30am – a full two hours earlier than the usual start of

New Zealand pacer Tim Southee surpassed compatriot and legendary all-rounder Daniel Vettori to become the leading wicket-taker in international cricket for his country on Friday. The veteran pacer achieved this record during New Zealand’s third ODI against Pakistan in Karachi. In the match, Southee was exceptional, taking 3/56 in 10 overs at an economy rate

Running the non-striker out while he or she is backing up – it’s in the laws, but is it a cheap dismissal or a wicket of skill? Andrew Fidel Fernando and Sidharth Monga join Karthik Iyer to discuss Rohit Sharma’s withdrawal of Mohammed Shami’s appeal to run out Dasun Shanaka on 98 in the first

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