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Day: March 14, 2023

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WPL | Kapp and Jonassen clinch the issue for Capitals; fifth straight loss for RCB

[ad_1] Kapp and Jonassen accelerated Capitals’ march to the finish. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI One thing the fans of Royal Challengers Bangalore would have learnt to cope with in decade-and-a-half of the IPL is disappointment.So they could possibly have prepared for the way RCB is playing in the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League, despite getting some of the biggest stars of the game at the auction.On Monday night at the D.Y. Patil Stadium, RCB slid to its fifth straight loss, going down by six wickets to Delhi Capitals.Fourth winIt was the fourth victory in five matches for Capitals, to catch up on points at the top of the table with the unbeaten Mumbai Indians.Chasing RCB’s modest 150 for four, Meg Lanning’s women won with two balls to spare.The Capitals management s...
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Williamson, Southee to be released early for IPL, not named in NZ squad for white-ball series against SL

[ad_1] New Zealand’s Tim Southee (R) and Kane Williamson run between the wickets during the fifth day of the first Test match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on March 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Four New Zealand players, including Kane Williamson and Tim Southee, were given go-ahead by the country's cricket board to join their respective Indian Premier League (IPL) teams without taking part in the home white-ball series against Sri Lanka. The quartet of Williamson (Gujarat Titans), Southee (Kolkata Knight Riders), Devon Conway, and Mitchell Santner (both Chennai Super Kings) will be released after the second and final Test against Sri Lanka beginning here on Friday so that they are able to join their respective IPL franchises early. Three other player...
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WTC Points Table: World Test Championship 2021-23 points table | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] For the second straight time Team India have made the cut for the World Test Championship (WTC) final.The last time India made the cut for the inaugural edition of the WTC, they faced New Zealand in the summit clash (2019-21) and lost by 8 wickets in Southampton. This time they will be up against an opposition who they have just beaten 2-1 in a home series - Australia.The Aussies in fact have been the most impressive team in this cycle of the WTC (2021-23) and are right on top of the points table, with 152 points and a PCT (Points percentage) of 66.67%.India could have entered the final of the WTC directly with a 3-1 or 4-0 series win against Australia. But they had to be content with a 2-1 scoreline. And that meant that they needed New Zealand to beat Sri Lanka or draw in at leas...
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Kane Williamson and Tim Southee not in New Zealand squad for white-ball series vs Sri Lanka, to be released early for IPL | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] Kane Williamson, Tim Southee, Devon Conway and Mitchell Santner will soon be on a flight to India to participate in the coming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after the New Zealand cricket board excluded them from the white-ball series at home against Sri Lanka and join their respective franchise early.At the end of the second Test against Sri Lanka, Williamson (Gujarat Titans), Southee (Kolkata Knight Riders), Devon Conway and Mitchell Santner (both Chennai Super Kings) will be released.Meanwhile, the trio of Finn Allen (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Lockie Ferguson (KKR) and Glenn Phillips (Sunrisers Hyderabad) will be released after the first ODI against Sri Lanka on March 25.Following the conclusion of the ongoing two-match home Test series, New Zealand will face Sr...
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IND vs AUS ODI series: Pat Cummins to remain at home, Steve Smith set to continue as skipper

[ad_1] Australia captain Pat Cummins will not return to India for the ODI leg of the tour, following the death of his mother Maria last week and Steve Smith will continue to lead the team, Cricket Australia has said in a statement. Cummins returned home after Australia’s second Test defeat in Delhi to be close to his family, with his mother Maria placed into palliative care. “Pat won’t be coming back, he’s still taking care of what’s happened back home,” coach Andrew McDonald said. Pat Cummins won’t return to India for the ODI leg of the tour #INDvAUS — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) March 14, 2023 “Our thoughts are with Pat and his family as they go through that grieving process.” Cummins took over the ODI captaincy after Aaron Finch’s retirement last year but has led them in just tw...
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Shreyas Iyer doubtful for ODIs against Australia due to recurring back injury

[ad_1] India’s Shreyas Iyer takes a catch to dismiss Australia’s Mitchell Starc during the Day 2 of the 4th Test Match between Australia and India, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad. | Photo Credit: ANI India middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer is doubtful for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Australia starting from March 17 due to a recurring back injury, with skipper Rohit Sharma saying that Iyer "does not seem to be doing that well."Iyer did not bat in the fourth and final Test against Australia at Ahmedabad. He is currently under the supervision of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) medical team at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru where he will be assessed. Iyer flew out of Ahmedabad before the match concluded to seek a prognosis of his con...
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‘I was desperate to get to the three-figure mark’: Virat Kohli on ending his century drought in Test cricket

[ad_1] Virat Kohli admitted that he was desperate to score a century and it had made his life a little complicated. Virat Kohli reached triple figures for the first time in 41 innings and a more than three years wait. Kohli scored 186 runs, his 28th Test hundred in the fourth and final Test match of the Border-Gavaskar series. “If I will have to be brutally honest, it does become a little complicated and difficult because the moment you step out of the hotel room, right from the guy outside the room to the guy in the lift to the bus drivers, everyone was saying ‘we want a hundred.’ So it does play on your mind all the time,” Virat Kohli told Rahul Dravid in an interview on BCCI.TV. “But that’s the beauty of playing cricket for so long as well, to have these complications and to overcome...
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BCCI challenges ICC’s ‘poor’ rating for Indore pitch | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] MUMBAI: The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has challenged International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Chris Broad’s decision to deem the Indore pitch for the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar series as “poor”. Broad’s decision meant the venue got three demerit points. TOI understands that BCCI has lodged an appeal with the ICC about Broad’s verdict on the square turner. As per ICC norms, an appeal like this is heard and determined by the ICC’s general manager (cricket) Wasim Khan and former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who is currently the chairman of the ICC men’s cricket committee. However, Ganguly will be recused from the process as he is from India, the ICC member country which has lodged the protest. The ICC will replace Ganguly with someone else for this process. The BCC...
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Ashwin-Jadeja’s shoes will be big ones to fill: Rohit Sharma | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] AHMEDABAD: India had plenty of takeaways from their 2-1 series victory against Australia. The continued dominance of R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja at home being one of them. The spinning duo shared the player-of the series award after accounting for 47 wickets between them. India captain Rohit Sharma said he hoped Ashwin and Jadeja will be around when Australia come back next in 2027. “For the sake of Indian cricket, I hope they stay and play for a long time,” Sharma said. Ashwin is 36 and Jadeja 34. They will be 40 and 38 respectively in 2027. The pair have been a nemesis for every touring team and the Australian batsmen have fallen prey to their guile more than anyone else. The 36-year-old Ashwin has picked 114 out of his 474 Test wickets against Australia while the 34-year-old J...
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WTC Final: Rohit Sharma, Rahul Dravid ponder the challenges | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] AHMEDABAD: With there just being a week-long gap between the IPL final and World Test Championship Final, captain Rohit Sharma said that there will be appropriate measures in place to get the players ready for the red-ball grand finale. The IPL final will be played on May 29 while the WTC summit clash between India and Australia will begin from June 7 at the Oval in London. “I think it’s quite critical (WTC Final) for us. We’re going to keep in constant touch with all players who are going to play that final and monitor their workload and see what’s happening with them,” said Sharma. The team management, Sharma revealed, will dispatch Duke balls to the bowlers to prepare for the six-day Test when they find time during the IPL. “We are sending some Duke balls to all fast bowlers bu...
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WPL 2023: Gujarat Giants’ Harleen Deol believes ‘cricket is everyone’s game’

[ad_1] Gujarat Giants superstar Harleen Deol posted a picture of herself on social media wearing a jersey which is captioned, “cricket is everyone’s game” during the ongoing inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) season. The Giants cricketer posted the picture in the week of International Women’s day and the picture was captioned, “this is just the beginning”. The inaugural season of the WPL promises to give a lot of young aspiring women’s cricketers a visible stage to showcase their skills for the world to see. The 24-year-old cricketer was brought by the Ginats for 40 Lakhs. Indian cricket fans and the team management would be hoping this would lay the foundation for improving women’s cricket in the country. It would also hope that the WPL can do for the women’s game w...
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All England Badminton Championships 2023: When and where to watch India matches, tv telecast and live streaming info

[ad_1] All England Badminton Championships 2023 Live Streaming: India’s top badminton players will be in action at the All England Badminton Championships 2023 which will begin from March 14 and culminate on March 19 in Birmingham. India’s top badminton star PV Sindhu will be in action and so will be other shuttler. Returning from injuries and battling indifferent form, they will have to play out of their skins to end the country’s agonising wait for a title at the All England Championships. In the illustrious history of the All England Badminton Championships, only two Indians have so far claimed the top honour, with Pullela Gopichand’s men’s singles triumph in 2001 coming 21 years after Prakash Padukone’s men’s singles title in 1980. While Lakshya Sen came close to securing the crown ...
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