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29Sep

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2023 ODI World Cup venues | Ekana Stadium, Lucknow — capacity, pitch info, tickets and more

The Ekana Stadium in Lucknow has been added to the venue roster for the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup, bringing immense pride to the city’s cricketing community. The venue, inaugurated in 2017, serves as the home ground for the Indian Premier League franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and is also a preferred venue for international women’s cricket. Furthermore, it has been the adopted home ground for Afghanistan’s men’s team for its international fixtures.Yudhvir Singh, the secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association, believes hosting World Cup matches will boost cricket in the region and encourage young talent. They are committed to making it a memorable experience for all involved.If you are planning to watch a game at the Ekana Stadium during the World Cup, here’s all you need to kn...

29Sep

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World Cup 2023: What is the feud between Shakib al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal

Just days before the World Cup, the feud between two of Bangladesh senior most players Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal is being played out in the open. The two southpaws, who were once close friends, have since fallen out and don’t see eye-to-eye was revealed by Bangladesh Cricket Board president earlier this year. And the drama unfolded even when Bangladesh finalised their 15-member squad for the World Cup. Here is a look at what happened? Tamim dropped On Tuesday, as Bangladesh announced their final 15 member squad for the World Cup, Tamim’s name was omitted from the list. While the selectors revealed that the opener’s back injury as the reason, later on speaking to sports channel, Shakib revealed that Tamim refused to bat at No 3 in their first World Cup match against Afghanistan. Th...

29Sep

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World Cup 2023: How Kanpur shaped the cunning Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav

As the World Cup caravan is set to roll across the length and breath of India, a pertinent question arises: how does a place and its social milieu shape a cricketer and influence their game? Could Virat Kohli have been the same man and player were he born in Guwahati East and not in West Delhi? Or what would have happened to Kuldeep Yadav had he been from Colaba in Mumbai? We find out over the next seven days.Well-known political cartoonist Manjul is in the business of unpeeling complex national issues to their basic core with subtle and cutting humour. He left the place of his birth, Kanpur, in the 1990s. But despite the parting, distance and the decades, the chaotic city with an unfair share of comics and wry one-liners continues to influence his work. Manjul likes to talk about his c...

28Sep

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Naveen-ul-Haq says he will retire from ODIs after World Cup

Afghanistan pacer Naveen-ul-Haq on Wednesday has announced that he will retire from the ODI cricket after the World Cup. Naveen-ul-Haq returned to the Afghanistan’s ODI side for the first time in over two years. He has featured in seven ODIs to date, grabbing 14 wickets at an average of 25.42, with best figures of 4 for 42. He had last played in the ODI in January 2021. “It has been an absolute honour to represent my country would like to announce my retirement from ODI format at end of this World Cup and will continue to wear this blue jersey in T20 cricket for my country,” Naveen wrote on Instagram. “It hasn’t been an easy decision to make but to prolong my playing career had to take this tough decision would like to thank @afghanistancricketboard and all my fans for their support a...

27Sep

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Asian Games 2022 | Nepal smashes multiple T20I records against Mongolia

Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Nepal men's cricket team made history at the ongoing Asian Games cricket tournament in Hangzhou, China as they smashed the highest-ever total in T20I cricket history, the fastest fifty and fastest century by a player in format's history on Wednesday. They accomplished this during their match against Mongolia. This match also kickstarts the men's cricket competition at the continental meet. In the match, Nepal smashed 314/3 in their 20 overs. It is the highest-ever total in T20Is, overtaking Afghanistan's 278/3 against Ireland in 2019. They also smashed a total of 26 sixes in their innings, the highest by a team in the format's history in a single innings. They went past Afghanistan's record of 22 sixes that helped the...

26Sep

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We have done our research: Babar, ahead of first visit to India

Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam gives a press conference regarding team’s preparation for upcoming Cricket World Cup, in Lahore, Pakistan | Photo Credit: AP Most of the Pakistan squad members have not played in India before but skipper Babar Azam on Tuesday exuded confidence, saying his team has done its homework for the ODI World Cup beginning on October 5.Pakistan team's visas were finally cleared on Monday night and the side will be reaching Hyderabad via Dubai on Wednesday.Only Mohammad Nawaz and Agha Salman have played in India before. Babar could not travel to India for the T20 World Cup in 2016 due to an injury."Although we have not played in India before, we are not taking too much pressure. We have done our research and we have heard the conditions are similar to how they play ...

26Sep

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AB de Villiers says Shubman Gill will be World Cup leading run scorer, calls R Ashwin selection unbelievable

AB de Villiers has predicted that India opener Shubman Gill is going to be the leading run getter of the ODI World Cup and called R Ashwin’s comeback as unbelievable and not a good news for the other teams. De Villiers delved down the technique of Shubman and says it is as simple as it gets. He said: “His techniqe and style is quite simple and basic generally what you say about some of the best players in the world.” “You get some exception like Steve smith, who has got a very different technique, he jumps across the crease, gets down the wicket or out of the crease in the line of the bowlers channels specifically in the Test cricket but he also dies in the ODIs. “Whereas Shubman Gill is much more traditional, very straight forward technique. He doesn’t try a lot of different things...

25Sep

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Pakistani players issued Indian visa for World Cup travel: ICC

Pakistan’s Babar Azam. | Photo Credit: ANI Members of the Pakistan cricket team were on Monday issued Indian visas for the ODI World Cup, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed, hours after the PCB raised serious concerns with the global body over the delay in the national team’s travel to Hyderabad.The visa clearance came less than 48 hours before Pakistan’s scheduled travel to India in the wee hours of September 27. They play their first warm-up game against New Zealand in Hyderabad on September 29.“Visas have been issued to Pakistan,” an ICC spokesperson told PTI.However, confusion remained in the Pakistan camp over the grant of visa.“We have not got the call from Indian High Commission yet over visa clearance. Member of our team is stationed there,” PCB spokesperon Umar...

25Sep

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Breaking: Shubman Gill and Shardul Thakur rested from third ODI against Australia at Rajkot

Shubman Gill and Shardul Thakur will not be playing in the final ODI against Australia at Rajkot as the team management has decided to give them a break. The duo will not fly to Rajkot, the venue of the third game, and will instead join the team in Guwahati where India will begin their ODI world cup journey. Gill scored a century in Indore in the second ODI against Australia, his sixth overall and fifth in this year. Gill has two hundreds against New Zealand, and one apiece against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Australia this year. He also has a T20I century this year. Shubman Gill is the leading run-scorer in ODIs in 2023 with 1230 runs in 20 innings at an average of 72.35 and a strike rate of 105.03. The first ODI against Australia was the first time he was playing at his home venue in ...

24Sep

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India vs Australia | India seals series after sublime hundreds from Gill, Iyer script 99-run win

India’s Suryakumar Yadav plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match between India and Australia, at Holkar Stadium in Indore, on Sept. 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Shubman Gill showed his insatiable hunger for runs with fifth hundred of the year while Shreyas Iyer hit a timely ton under pressure to set up a series sealing 99-run win for India in the second ODI against Australia in Indore on Sunday.Gill (104 off 97 balls) and Iyer (105 off 90 balls) shared a stroke-filled 200-run stand off 164 balls before Suryakumar Yadav (72 not out off 37 balls) unleashed carnage to fire India to 399 for five, the hosts’ highest total against Australia in ODIs.Skipper K.L. Rahul chipped in with 52 off 38 balls.Rain stopped play for the second time in the game when Australia were 56 for two in...

23Sep

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India-Australia ODI series | Men in Blue looking to seal the deal against visiting Aussies

Mohammed Shami celebrating the wicket of Mitchell Marsh during the 1st ODI between India and Australia held at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. | Photo Credit: Sportzpics The Men in Blue landed in this historical city on Saturday as the No. 1 team across formats. They had made history when they beat Australia in the first ODI at Mohali; only South Africa had achieved the feat of being the ICC’s top-ranking team for men in Tests, ODIs and T20Is at the same time, back in 2012.It is no doubt a significant achievement and a fair reflection of the strength and depth of the present day Indian cricket. Ruturaj Gaikwad provided a glimpse of that. The stylish opener is not part of the World Cup squad and has been named only for the first two games of this series, but ...

23Sep

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India reach number one in all three cricket formats

Indian team members celebrate their team’s win. File. | Photo Credit: AP India have become only the second team in men’s cricket history to occupy the number one spot across all three formats after defeating Australia in the first ODI on September 22.The Indian team moved past arch-rivals Pakistan to take the top position in the one-day rankings as a result of their latest victory, just before they host the World Cup.They were already number one in Tests and T20 internationals.Only South Africa in 2012 have previously achieved the feat, according to the International Cricket Council.India’s five-wicket victory over Australia in Mohali took them to 116 rating points, one ahead of Pakistan.Editorial | Asian giant: On India and the Asia Cup final But the hosts could slip down the table if...

23Sep

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Aussies have gone soft, Pakistan are friendly, who does India hate on at this World Cup?

The Australians have already played the opening game in this World Cup trip to India and they haven’t started the trash talk. The other day Shaheen Afridi, like a friendly neighbour, ran across to the Indian dressing room to present a baby gift hamper for Jasprit Bumrah’s new born son. Before and during the Asia Cup game, the one-time bitter rivals behaved like cousins out on the field during summer vacations.Of late, the erstwhile intimidating Australia have been giving off the New Zealand ‘good guys’ vibes and the quietude of the Sri Lankans seem to be rubbing off on Pakistan, the former Unquiet Ones. The two former World Cup winners might still finish as champions but they are no longer the volatile teams that exuded brutality. World cricket isn’t what it used to be. The changing tim...

21Sep

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Asian Games: Shafali Verma leads batting charge, India progress to semifinal after rain-hit affair against Malaysia

Indian women’s cricket team entered the semifinals of the Asian Games in Hangzhou after rain interruptions led to their match against Malaysia being called off before completion on Thursday. India posted a total of 173/5 in their reduced quota of 15 overs while Malaysia’s innings lasted just two balls. India progressed on the basis of being the higher-ranked team. Smriti Mandhana and Co will take on the winner of Bangladesh versus Hong Kong China, which will take place on Friday at the Pingfeng Cricket Field in Zhejiang University of Technology. Asked to bat first by Malaysia, India were off to a flying start with captain Mandhana and Shafali Verma finding the boundaries regularly. There were quite a full tosses to feast on, and Malaysia’s fielding let them down as well. Verma came dow...

20Sep

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New Zealand pacer Tim Southee to undergo surgery on thumb, call on WC availability to be taken next week

New Zealand seamer Tim Southee, who broke a bone in his right thumb during the fourth One-Day International against England at Lord’s, is set to undergo a surgery on Thursday. However, whether or not he can take part in the all important World Cup, will be taken next week. New Zealand head coach Gary Stead is hopeful and said, “We’ve got our fingers crossed the surgery goes well for Tim,” Stead said. “He’ll have some pins or screws inserted in his right thumb and, providing the procedure is a success, it will be a matter of ensuring Tim can tolerate the pain and manage the actual wound when returning to train and play,” said Stead. “Our opening game of the World Cup against England is not until Thursday October 5 in Ahmedabad, so that would be our logical target in terms of his availabi...

19Sep

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‘Cameron Green and Marcus Stoinis failed to step up’: Trent Copeland points out ‘alarming factors’ in Australia’s World Cup squad

Former Australia pacer Trent Copeland has made scathing attack on the Australian cricket team saying the ODI series loss against South Africa has exposed one too many holes in the squad. Australia won the opening two matches convincingly but lost three on the trot to lose the series 2-3. The last three games were one-sided as they lost it by more than 100 runs in each one of them. Copeland pointed out the alarming factors in the team and questioned the performance of all-rounders Cameron Green and Marcus Stoinis during the series, who in his view failed to seal their spot in the playing XI. “I was hoping in these matches, we would get one of Cameron Green or Marcus Stoinis stick their head above water and say ‘you have to pick me’. I’d say it’s still Marcus Stoinis to go with a return...

19Sep

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‘If I’m in place of Sanju I will be very disappointed’: Irfan Pathan on Samson’s exclusion for IND vs AUS ODI series

India announced a 17-man for the three-match ODI series against Australia preceding the World Cup. With no major surprises, Sanju Samson, the backup wicket-keeper, who travelled with the Indian team for the Asia Cup was overlooked for the ODI series. The only way possible for the Kerala batter is if any player gets ruled out. Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan reacted to the omission and stated that had he been in Samson’s place then he would have been bitterly disappointed to miss out on the squad. “If I’m in place of @IamSanjuSamson right now, I will be very disappointed…,” Pathan wrote on X. If I’m in place of @IamSanjuSamson right now I will be very disappointed… — Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) September 18, 2023 Interestingly, Tilak Varma and Ruturaj Gaikwad found a place ahead of ...

18Sep

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ICC ODI World Cup: ‘India favourites at home but Pakistan always a threat’, Kevin Pietersen picks WC ‘favourites’

The ICC ODI World Cup 2023 is one of the most anticipated sporting events of the year, and there are a number of teams that are considered to be favourites to win the tournament. India is the host nation for the World Cup but quite interestingly former England cricketer has backed dark horses South Africa as one of the contenders, along with Australia.Most Read 1 Ridhi Dogra says it’s ‘unfortunate to play’ Shah Rukh Khan’s mother in Jawan: ‘He told me many times…’ 2 Jawan director Atlee admits he overshot allocated budget of Rs 300 crore, thanks Shah Rukh Khan for accommodating cost overrun See More According to Pietersen, England are also the ‘favourites’ behind India. England are the current world champions, ...

18Sep

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Gautam Gambhir praises Dhoni: ‘MS Dhoni sacrificed his international runs so that team can win trophies’

For a while now, it’s been perceived in the social media that Gautam Gambhir has some gripe against MS Dhoni. It pops up every time Gambhir says something about the 2011 world cup – how all the attention has gone on one man (read MS Dhoni), and the contributions of the likes of Yuvraj Singh has gone unnoticed. He would also say in the past how the captain is as good as the team of players. Despite the fact that he has reiterated it many times even during his successful reign as captain for KKR in the IPL, the interpretation has been that he is having a go at MS Dhoni. Now, Gambhir has come out with a comment naming Dhoni and how it was a “blessing” to have Dhoni in the team. “MS (Dhoni) was the first wicketkeeper of India who could change the game with his batting. Earlier, they were ke...

17Sep

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A kick to the rear end is good before ODI World Cup: Sri Lanka coach Silverwood’s scathing assessment after horror show in Colombo

Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood did not mince words and expressed his disappointment on his team’s appalling performance in the Asia Cup final on Sunday. This was after Sri Lanka was bowled out for just 50 after Mohammed Siraj blew away the Lankan batting unit with figures of 6/21, and the visitors romped to a 10-wicket win. “We played very good cricket to get to the final. I think we have to regroup and put some confidence into the players. “You know sometimes a bit of a kick to the rear end is not the worst thing before going into a big tournament,” said Silverwood during the post-match press interaction. Praising India, Silverwood admitted there will be a post-mortem on the performance. “It was a super bowling performance by India. We did not help ourselves either, and were dis...