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Asia Cup: Asian Cricket Council has not floated any proposal to postpone Asia Cup: Source | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Contradicting media reports that Asia Cup could be postponed and a parallel tournament, excluding Pakistan, could be played in Dubai in the same window, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) sources on Monday said that they have not sent out any such proposal to the member nations.A report in Pakistan media claimed that if PCB will not agree to play the Asia Cup at a neutral venue, the tournament could be taken away from the country.The hosting rights of the 2023 Asia Cup, scheduled to be held in ODI format, are with the Pakistan Cricket Board but BCCI secretary Jay Shah, who is also the ACC chairman, has made it clear that the Indian cricket team will not travel to Pakistan.The PCB has proposed to host Asia Cup on a 'hybrid model', where Pakistan play their matches on the ho...
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Jaiswal destined for greater things, says Sangakkara

[ad_1] Dedication pays: Jaiswal’s focus and drive has been exemplary and the results are showing. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Yashasvi Jaiswal has been one of the consistent performers on the domestic circuit. The Mumbai youngster hammered two First Class double centuries last season and followed it up with three hundred-plus scores. The 21-year-old has carried that form into the Indian Premier League for Rajasthan Royals, and is the top run-scorer in IPL-16 so far with 428 runs at 47.5. While he scored three half-centuries early on, Jaiswal hammered a 62-ball-124 — his maiden IPL century — on Sunday against Mumbai Indians. High expectations Having made his IPL debut for RR in 2020, Jaiswal has matured as a cricketer and expectations on him, obviously, are high. The crick...
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Asian Cricket Council has not floated any proposal to postpone Asia Cup: source

[ad_1] The hosting rights of the 2023 Asia Cup, scheduled to be held in ODI format, are with the Pakistan Cricket Board but BCCI secretary Jay Shah, who is also the ACC chairman, has made it clear that the Indian cricket team will not travel to Pakistan. Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Contradicting media reports that Asia Cup could be postponed and a parallel tournament, excluding Pakistan, could be played in Dubai in the same window, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) sources on May 1 said that they have not sent out any such proposal to the member nations.A report in Pakistan media claimed that if Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will not agree to play Asia Cup at a neutral venue, the tournament could be taken away from the country.The hosting rights of th...
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That is a game I think we 100 percent should have won: Ricky Ponting’s ‘brutal’ post-match dressing room talk after DC’s loss to SRH

[ad_1] Delhi Capitals were handed a sixth loss of the season, more than any other side in the 2023 Indian Premier League, when Sunrisers Hyderabad bested them by nine runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday evening. A game that Delhi looked to have had in their hand with Phil Salt and Mitchell Marsh in the middle and nine wickets in hand with 112 runs on the board in 11.2 overs while chasing 198. The hosts however, were unable to close the chase owing to the middle order falling to Hyderabad’s bowling in the second half of the innings. The DC coach Ricky Ponting would dig deep post match, as revealed in a new dressing room video posted from the franchise. “Just to be brutally honest, that is a game I think we 100 percent should have won,” Ponting said. “What I saw from a couple of o...
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Leeds apologise after video of squad ignoring young fan goes viral | Football News – Times of India

[ad_1] Leeds United players apologised to their fans on Monday after their 4-1 loss at Bournemouth and after a video of the squad ignoring a young fan at the hotel went viral.The defeat left Leeds a point above the relegation zone as the club stretched their winless run to five matches."The performance was not good enough. There is no other way to look at it and the only way to respond is on the pitch," the players said in a statement."Leeds fans travel up and down the country in huge numbers and deserve more than this."A video posted on social media prior to the game also showed the players leaving the team hotel without acknowledging fans who had lined up for autographs or photos.The group included a young boy in a Leeds kit that waved at several players who did not respond."Words can'...
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Kedar Jadhav: IPL 2023: Royal Challengers Bangalore name Kedar Jadhav as replacement for David Willey | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Monday named Kedar Jadhav as replacement for David Willey for the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season."The right-handed batter, who has previously represented RCB in 17 matches, was brought on board for Rs 1 crore," stated an IPL media release.IPL 2023 SCHEDULE | IPL 2023 POINTS TABLEWilley, the England all-rounder, played four matches for RCB this season and scalped three wickets.Jadhav, who made his IPL debut in 2010, has so far played 93 IPL games and has 1196 runs to his name.The 38-year-old Maharashtra all-rounder has played 73 ODIs for India scoring 1,389 runs and also taken 27 wickets with his off-breaks.He also played nine T20Is in which he scored 58 runs. Jadhav had gone unsold in this year's IPL auction...
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Learning how to handle pressure from Sreejesh, says young goalkeeper Pawan Malik

[ad_1] Handed a place in the senior Indian team during the FIH Pro League in March, young goalkeeper Pawan Malik says competing against world’s top teams was “nerve-racking” but working with the legendary PR Sreejesh helped him to handle pressure. The 21-year-old impressed with his skills during India’s recent unbeaten outing in Pro League games in Rourkela. With Krishan Pathak on personal leave for his wedding earlier this year, Pawan stepped into a larger role for the senior side during the Rourkela leg in March against World Champions Germany and the mighty Australians. “It was nerve-racking to play against top sides like Germany and Australia. The speed and the attack they bring on were very different from what I was generally used to in my junior days,” he said in a Hockey India rel...
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Stat Attack: First time in IPL history 800 plus runs scored in one day | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] We have had 42 completed matches in IPL 2023 so far, till the afternoon of May 1. For the first time in IPL history the match runs aggregate has breached the 400 run mark as many as 10 times.That though is not the only mind boggling statistic that IPL 2023 has thrown up.TimesofIndia.com here brings you a comprehensive list of the most interesting stats of the 16th edition of the IPL, so far:# For the first time in the history of the IPL, 800-plus runs were scored in one day, comprising two matches - Chennai 200/4 & Punjab 201/6 at Chepauk, Chennai and Rajasthan 212/7 & Mumbai Indians 214/4 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - both contested on April 30.# Also, for the first time, four totals of 200-plus have been recorded in a single day's play and both the matches resulted in wi...
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MI vs RR IPL 2023: I’ve been wanting to do something like this, says Mumbai Indians’ match winner Tim David | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] Tim David stole the thunder from Rajasthan Royals' centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal in the Indian Premier League on Sunday to take Mumbai Indians to a thrilling win in the historic 1000th IPL match, and the Singapore-born Australian said it was an "amazing feeling" to take his team home. David (45 not out off 14 balls) smashed three consecutive sixes in the final over as MI successfully chased the 213-run target on the home turf of the Wankhede Stadium for a much-needed six-wicket win. Mumbai are currently seventh on the points table with four wins in eight matches, same as Royal Challengers Bangalore, who are at No. 6 by virtue of a better net run-rate."Yeah, we needed a result. So, it's an amazing feeling, the crowd was going crazy for us. So when we get up and flying at the Wankhede...
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Saina Nehwal to skip Asian Games trials due to fitness issues | Badminton News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saina Nehwal will not be participating at the national badminton selections trials for the upcoming Asian Games due to fitness issues.The Badminton Association of India (BAI) will be conducting the trial from May 4 to 7 at Jwala Gutta Academy of Excellence in Telangana to pick the team for the prestigious tournament, which be held in Hangzhou, China from September 23 to October 8."Saina Nehwal will not be participating as she has some fitness issues. Also the men's pair of Kushal Raj and Prakash Raj has also withdrawn from the trials," BAI secretary Sanjay Mishra told PTI."However, rest of the players who were invited for the trials will be competing this week for the spots."Saina last played at the Orleans Masters. Battling injuries...
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Multi-league T20 deals spook boards in changing landscape | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The prospect of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises becoming primary employers of foreign cricketers over their national boards is moving closer with multi-tournament contracts already being offered to some players.Eight of the IPL's 10 franchises own at least one team in another league abroad and the owners of Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals have both acquired teams in new T20 tournaments in South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and the United States."Some players have been offered multi-club deals," Neil Maxwell, Australia's most prominent player agent, told Reuters."The cricket landscape is changing rapidly and already contracting an Australian player has taken a different format."The growing number of T20 leagues offering lucrative contracts to the game's best...
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WTC Final: Cheteshwar Pujara reveals County plans for Steve Smith | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Cheteshwar Pujara will not only be preparing for the ICC World Test Championship final in June by playing for English county side Sussex over the next month but will also try to pick the brains of Australian batting mainstay Steve Smith.Pujara has been in fine form for Sussex this season, hitting two centuries from three matches to be the leading run-scorer in the second tier of England's County Championship.Sussex now have the luxury of Smith joining the side for three matches ahead of June's World Test Championship final and Pujara plans to pick the brains of the experienced Australian in his role as captain."He (Smith) is a great influence to have in the team and the guys will be looking forward to having him in the dressing room and will try and have a chat to him a...
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Saina Nehwal to skip Asian Games trials due to fitness issues

[ad_1] Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saina Nehwal will not be participating at the national badminton selections trials for the upcoming Asian Games due to fitness issues. The Badminton Association of India (BAI) will be conducting the trial from May 4 to 7 at Jwala Gutta Academy of Excellence in Telangana to pick the team for the prestigious tournament, which be held in Hangzhou, China from September 23 to October 8. “Saina Nehwal will not be participating as she has some fitness issues. Also the men’s pair of Kushal Raj and Prakash Raj has also withdrawn from the trials,” BAI secretary Sanjay Mishra told PTI. “However, rest of the players who were invited for the trials will be competing this week for the spots.” Saina last played at the Orleans Masters. Battling injuries for qu...
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How Yashasvi Jaiswal raised his game for IPL 2023 | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: To say that Yashasvi Jaiswal's journey so far has been a fascinating one, would be an understatement. His many struggles which he dealt with head-on and quintessential rags-to-riches story have been an inspiration for many. Yashasvi was 11 when he left his home in Suriya village in Uttar Pradesh and traveled to Mumbai. Before he met coach Jwala Singh, Yashasvi had to sell pani puri to earn money and lived in tents at Azad Maidan.On Sunday night, at the jam-packed Wankhede Stadium, the 21-year-old, who is in ominous form, sent the Mumbai Indians bowlers on a leather hunt, smashing them all over the park, and ruining birthday boy captain Rohit Sharma's plans to restrict RR to a small total. Rohit kept changing bowlers, but an adamant Yashasvi had just one goal - see the b...
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Multi-league T20 deals spook boards in changing landscape

[ad_1] The prospect of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises becoming primary employers of foreign cricketers over their national boards is moving closer with multi-tournament contracts already being offered to some players. Eight of the IPL’s 10 franchises own at least one team in another league abroad and the owners of Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals have both acquired teams in new T20 tournaments in South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and the United States. “Some players have been offered multi-club deals,” Neil Maxwell, Australia’s most prominent player agent, told Reuters. “The cricket landscape is changing rapidly and already contracting an Australian player has taken a different format.” The growing number of T20 leagues offering lucrative contracts to the game’s best talent...
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Yashasvi Jaiswal has the ability to excel for India: Kumar Sangakkara | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Emerging as the top run-scorer in IPL this season with 428 runs at an average of 47.5 with three half-centuries and a hundred, Yashasvi Jaiswal has impressed one and all and that includes Rajasthan Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara, who feels that the opener is a quick learner and has the ability to excel not just for his IPL franchise but also India."He is not just extremely talented but also really hard-working. He has spent a lot of time in preparations, a lot of time in the nets working on his preparations," Sangakkara said during the post-match press conference.IPL 2023 SCHEDULE | IPL 2023 POINTS TABLE"He has worked on his game for three to four years with us and it shows he is very focussed, driven and the results are showing."Jaiswal was adjudged the Player of t...
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Yashasvi has long way to go, not just with us but internationally: Sangakkara

[ad_1] Rajasthan Royals’ Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrates his century during the match against Mumbai Indians during the Indian Premier League 2023, at Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai on April 30. | Photo Credit: ANI Yashasvi Jaiswal is a quick learner and has the ability to excel not just for his IPL franchise but also India, feels Rajasthan Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara. The 21-year-old Jaiswal has emerged as the top run-scorer in IPL this season with 428 runs at an average of 47.5 with three fifty and a hundred. "He is not just extremely talented but also really hard-working. He has spent a lot of time in preparations, a lot of time in the nets working on his preparations," Sangakkara said during the post-match press conference. "He has worked on his game for three to four years with us...
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