Cricket
Kathmandu, Aug 15 (UNI) Young all-rounder Rohit Paudel leads Nepal as they name their 17-player squad for this year’s edition of the Asia Cup to be held in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Paudel helped Nepal qualify for the 2023 Asia Cup by winning the ACC Premier Cup earlier this year and the 20-year-old has been…
Florida, (UNI) Team India Coach Rahul Dravid has hinted at a few injured players making a comeback in the National side for Asia Cup. “We have a few guys coming back from injuries in any case. We have to give them opportunities to play (in Asia Cup),” he told BCCI tv in post-match conference. Dravid’s…
Florida, (UNI) Although India lost the T20I series 2-3 against the West Indies, performances of a few debut players like Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tilak Varma has left India Coach Rahul Dravid impressed. He also had a word of praise for debutant Mukesh Kumar’s abilities as he acquitted himself very well by bowling at hard-hitting West…
London, Aug 14 (UNI) England fast bowler Steven Finn has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Finn sustained a knee injury that has kept him on the sidelines of late and forced him to call time on his career at 34 years of age. He represented England in 126 matches across all formats,…
London, (UNI) England coach Matthew Mott wants Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer in the England squad for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in India. Ben Stokes retired from One Day Internationals in July 2022 and as recently as in the aftermath of the Ashes, had reiterated his intentions of staying retired from the 50-over…
Mumbai,(UNI) Indian’s superstar batter Virat Kohli has hailed Babar Azam as one of the best batters in the world across formats. Kohli conveyed his admiration and recalled his first meeting with Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam in an interaction with Star Sports. “The first interaction I had with him (Babar) was during the 2019 ODI…
Florida, Aug 13 (UNI) Suryakumar Yadav’s 61 off 45 balls helped India post 165/9 in the deciding 5-match T20I series against West Indies at Lauderhill’s Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf here on Sunday. But for Axar Patel’s small cameo, India got through to a fighting total after they slipped at the death, losing 5…
Dhaka, Aug 12 (UNI) Shakib Al Hasan will lead Bangladesh’s 17-member squad for the Asia Cup 2023, beginning August 30. Shakib was recently named the new Bangladesh captain after Tamim Iqbal stepped down from the post last week. Bangladesh have included uncapped opener Tanzid Tamim in their squad, while batter Shamim Hossain receives his maiden…
Dubai,(UNI) There are some good signs for India’s best whiteball players less than two months out from the start of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, with a host of their stars making big ground in the latest ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings. Inexperienced pair Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan were among India’s most prominent…
Trinidad, (UNI) India clinched the two-Test series 1-0 against West Indies after the second Test ended in a draw as the last day’s play was called off due to incessant rains at Port of Spain here on Monday. India were in the driver’s seat as it needed to take eight wickets to clinch a whitewash…
