India vs Namibia - Match 42

Author: Shreyas
08 Nov 2021 17:18:26
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India vs Namibia - 42nd Match of the ICC Men's T20I World Cup'2021, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 

 

Weather Forecast

Clear - 26°C

 

1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO

 

(i) Points Table Scenario 

 

IND - 4 - 2w/2l (4th - Group 2)

NAM - 4 - 1w/3l (5th - Group 2)

 

(ii) Top Performers 

 

IND

 

KL Rahul - 12th highest run scorer (140), Avg (35) - 4M/4I

Rohit Sharma - 25th highest run scorer (118), Avg (29.50) - 4M/4I

 

Mohammad Shami - 24th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (16.83), SR (11.8) - 4M/4I

Jasprit Bumrah - 35th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (15), SR (17.6) - 4M/4I

 

 

NAM

 

David Wiese - 4th highest run scorer (201), Avg (50.25) - 7M/7I

Gerhard Erasmus - 13th highest run scorer (139), Avg (23.16) - 7M/7I

Craig Williams - 24th highest run scorer (119), Avg (17) - 7M/7I

 

Jan Frylinck - 5th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (18.62), SR (15.33) - 6M/6I

Ruben Trumplemann - 24th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (31.50), SR (25) - 7M/7I

David Wiese - 24th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (31.67), SR (26) - 7M/7I

 

 

2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO 

 

Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 

 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

 

Overall - 192

 

Avg 1st Innings - 158

Avg 2nd Innings - 134

 

Highest total - 219/2 (Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals - 28th October'2020)

 

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground 

 

IND - 4 - 2w/2l

NAM - 8 - 3w/5l

 

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

 

IND

 

KL Rahul - 7th highest run scorer (677), Avg (56.42) - 15M/14I

Rishabh Pant - 25th highest run scorer (397), Avg (36.09) - 15M/14I

Virat Kohli - 26th highest run scorer (396), Avg (30.46) - 15M/15I

Ishan Kishan - 46th highest run scorer (290), Avg (58) - 8M/8I

Ravindra Jadeja - 60th highest run scorer (242), Avg (48.40) - 17M/12I

Rohit Sharma - 70th highest run scorer (225), Avg (20.45) - 11M/11I

 

Jasprit Bumrah - 18th highest wicket taker (19), Avg (13.63), SR (12.84) - 11M/11I

Mohammad Shami - 18th highest wicket taker (19), Avg (21), SR (17.2) - 15M/15I

Shardul Thakur - 34th highest wicket taker (15), Avg (19), SR (13.40) - 10M/10I

Ravindra Jadeja - 34th highest wicket taker (15), Avg (25.40), SR (19.6) - 17M/17I

Ravichandran Ashwin - 52nd highest wicket taker (12), Avg (27), SR (24.8) - 15M/15I

Varun Chakravarthy - 58th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (22.4), SR (21) - 9M/9I

 

 

NAM

 

Gerhard Erasmus - 81st highest run scorer (196), Avg (39.20) - 7M/6I

 

Bernard Scholtz - 52nd highest wicket taker (12), Avg (10.1), SR (12) - 6M/6I

JJ Smit - 55th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (9.18), SR (9.36) - 5M/5I

Jan Frylinck - 89th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (17), SR (12.9) - 4M/4I

 

 

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue 

 

1) Scotland vs India - 5th November'2021 

85/10 vs 89/2 (IND won by 8 wkts)

 

Pacers - 5w+1w=6w

Spinners - 4w+1w=5w

 

2) Bangladesh vs Australia - 4th November'2021

73/10 vs 78/2 (AUS won by 8 wkts)

 

Pacers - 4w+2w=6w

Spinners - 6w+0w=6w

 

3) New Zealand vs Scotland - 3rd November'2021

172/5 vs 156/5 (NZ won by 16 runs)

 

Pacers - 4w+3w=7w

Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

 

4) India vs New Zealand - 31st October'2021

110/7 vs 111/2 (NZ won by 8 wkts)

 

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w

Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

 

5) Australia vs England - 30th October'2021 

125/10 vs 126/2 (ENG won by 8 wkts)

 

Pacers - 7w+0w=7w

Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

 

6) Afghanistan vs Pakistan - 29th October'2021 

147/6 vs 148/5 (PAK won by 5 wkts)

 

Pacers - 3w+1w=4w

Spinners - 3w+4w=7w

 

7) Sri Lanka vs Australia - 28th October'2021

154/6 vs 155/3 (AUS won by 7 wkts)

 

Pacers - 4w+1w=5w

Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

 

8) West Indies vs South Africa - 26th October'2021 

143/8 vs 144/2 (SA won by 8 wkts)

 

Pacers - 5w+0w=5w

Spinners - 2w+1w=3w

 

9) India vs Pakistan - 24th October'2021 

151/7 vs 152/0 (PAK won by 10 wkts)

 

Pacers - 6w+0w=6w

Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

 

10) West Indies vs England - 23rd October'2021

55/10 vs 56/4 (ENG won by 6 wkts)

 

Pacers - 4w+1w=5w

Spinners - 6w+2w=8w

 

 

SUMMARY 

 

Pacers 

1st Innings - 47w

2nd Innings - 12w

 

Spinners 

1st Innings - 28w

2nd Innings - 14w

 

Overall

59w:42w (Pacers:Spinners)

 

 

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

 

India (IND) 

 

1. KL Rahul

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 132(69)*, 63(52), 27(27), 3(8), 18(16)

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(19), 11(16), 77(51), 15(11), 49(33), 67(55), 98(42)*, 50(19)

 

2. Rohit Sharma

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(8), 0(1), 0(1), 14(14)

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(8), 68(51), 43(28), 30(16)

 

3. Ishan Kishan

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(7), 55(30)*, 4(8)

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 99(58), 72(47)*, 33(19)*, 11(10), 9(12)

 

4. Virat Kohli

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(13), 3(11), 90(52)*, 50(43), 51(42), 57(49), 9(17)

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(5), 43(39), 43(32), 25(20), 4(8), 2(2)*

 

5. Suryakumar Yadav 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(4), 51(38), 11(8)

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2), 12(11)*, 19(20), 3(7), 8(9), 6(2)*

 

6. Hardik Pandya 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(4), 37(14)*, 11(8), 23(24)&0w

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(13), 3(5), 3(6)

 

7. Rishabh Pant

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 31(29), 37(25)*, 37(25), 14(20), 21(24), 56(38), 10(8), 51(35)*, 39(30), 12(19)

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 36(35), 3(9), 35(21)*, 15(12)

 

8. Shardul Thakur 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 3w, 0w

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w

 

9. Ravindra Jadeja

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(10)*&1w, 26(33)&0w, 1(2)*&2w, 15(17)*&0w, 2w, 13(13)&0w, 26(19)*&0w

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(9)&0w, 50(35)&0w, 1w, 7(6)&0w, 0w, 31(11)*&1w, 1w, 3w

 

10. Ravichandran Ashwin 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 12(9)&0w, 0w, 0w, 0w

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 3w, 0w, 2(3)&1w, 1w

 

11. Rahul Chahar

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w

 

12. Varun Chakravarthy 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 0w

 

13. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

 

14. Mohammad Shami

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 3w

 

15. Jasprit Bumrah

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 4w, 0w, 2w

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 2w

 

 

Namibia (NAM)

 

1. Stephan Baard

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 51(39), 17(13), 0(1)

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(4), 34(40), 17(18)

 

2. Craig Williams 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(6), 28(17)*, 5(4)&1w, 45(41)&1w

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(7), 0(2), 14(21)&0w, 1(7)&3w

 

3. Zane Green

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(2), 7(10)

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(5), 9(12)*, 9(11)

 

4. Michael Van Lingen

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

 

5. Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

 

6. Gerhard Erasmus 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 52(25)*, 72(46), 15(17)&3w

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(6)&1w, 51(34)

 

7. David Wiese 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

 

8. JJ Smit

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(5)&3w, 24(13)&1w, 59(25)&2w

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(13)*&2w, 10(13)&3w

 

9. Jan Frylinck 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 4w, 1w

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(21)&1w

 

10. Bernard Scholtz 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4w, 1w, 3w

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 0w, 1w

 

11. Ben Shikongo 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w

 

12. Pikki Ya France 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

 

13. Ruben Trumplemann 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

 

14. Karl Birkenstock 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

 

15. Michau Du Preez 

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 

2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

 

 

3. HEAD TO HEAD 

 

(i) Overall

 

They haven't played a T20I against each other yet.

 

 

4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING 

 

A) INDIA (IND) SQUAD: 

 

Probable XI

 

1) KL Rahul - RHB, WK

Last 10 - 50, 69, 18, 3, 39, 51, 39, 67, 21, 21, 49

 

2) Rohit Sharma - RHB, Offbreak 

Last 10 - 30, 74, 14, 0, 60*, 22, 7, 8, 33, 11, 127

 

3) Virat Kohli - RHB, RM

Last 10 - 2*, 9, 57, 0w, 11, 4, 5, 25, 25, 51, 53, 5

 

4) Suryakumar Yadav - RHB, RM

Last 10 - 6*, 11, 38*, 8, 13, 33, 0, 5, 3

 

5) Rishabh Pant - LHB, WK

Last 10 - 27*, 12, 39, 29*, 51*, 10, 15, 26, 39, 24

 

6) Hardik Pandya - RHB, RFM

Last 10 - 35*, 23r 0w, 11, 14*, 12*, 5*, 17

 

7) Ravindra Jadeja - LHB, LAO

Last 10 - 3w, 1w, 26r 0w, 13r 0w, 1w, 1w, 15r 0w, 2w, 32r 0w

 

8) Shardul Thakur - RHB, RFM

Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 57r 1w, 60r 2w

/

Varun Chakravarthy/Rahul Chahar

 

9) Ravichandran Ashwin - RHB, Offbreak 

Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 20r 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w

 

10) Mohammad Shami - RHB, RF

Last 10 - 3w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 4w

 

11) Jasprit Bumrah - RHB, RF

Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 2w

 

 

BENCH 

 

12) Bhuvneshwar Kumar - RHB, RFM

Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 16r 0w

 

13) Rahul Chahar - RHB, Legbreak 

Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 13r 3w, 0w, 2w

 

14) Varun Chakravarthy - RHB, Legbreak 

Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w

 

15) Ishan Kishan - LHB, WK

Last 10 - 4, 70*, 50*, 14, 11, 20*, 1, 59, 6, 26

 

Safe C/VC choices

KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah

 

 

B) NAMIBIA (NAM) SQUAD: 

 

Probable XI

 

1) Michael Van Lingen - LHB, LM

Last 10 - 25, 4, 11, 18r 0w, 0w, 17r 1w, 18r 0w, 40r 2w, 51r 0w

 

2) Stephan Baard - RHB, RFM

Last 10 - 21, 29, 19, 7, 0, 1, 8, 39, 42, 6, 0

 

3) Merwe Gerhard Erasmus - RHB, Offbreak 

Last 10 - 3r 1w, 15, 12r 0w, 4, 53*, 32, 20r 0w, 4r 1w, 32, 0

 

4) Craig Williams - RHB, RM

Last 10 - 0, 40, 1, 23, 15, 11, 29, 80, 1, 57

 

5) JJ Smit - RHB, LFM

Last 10 - 9r 0w, 2r 0w, 0r 1w, 32r 1w, 1w, 14r 0w, 12r 1w, 26r 1w, 15r 1w, 48r 2w

 

6) David Wiese - RHB, RFM

Last 10 - 16r 1w, 43r 1w, 26r 0w, 16r 1w, 28r 2w, 66r 1w, 6r 0w, 31r 2w, 3r 1w, 10r 0w

 

7) Jan Frylinck - LHB, LFM

Last 10 - 1w, 6r 0w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 2r 0w, 1w, 9, 9r 1w, 2w

/

Karl Birkenstock (if Frylinck is still injured)

 

8) Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton - LHB, RM

Last 10 - 0r 0w, 7r 0w, 14r 2w, 0w, 2r 2w, 22*, 5r 1w, 7r 0w, 0r 0w, 80r 2w

 

9) Zane Green - LHB, WK

Last 10 - 23, 1, 9, 24, 15, 8, 34, 27, 26, 0

 

10) Ruben Trumplemann - RHB, LF

Last 10 - 6r 0w, 0w, 12r 2w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 6r 1w, 20r 2w, 2w

 

11) Bernard Scholtz - RHB, LAO

Last 10 - 1w, 6r 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w

 

 

BENCH 

 

12) Pikki Ya France - RHB, Offbreak 

Last 10 - 3, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 9r 1w, 0w, 17r 1w

 

13) Karl Birkenstock - LHB, RFM

Last 10 - 0w, 7*, 0w, 4, 2

 

14) Michau Du Preez - RHB, Legbreak, WK

Last 10 - 30, 4, 47*, 37, 3, 33*, 29*, 38, 13

 

15) Ben Shikongo - RHB, RFM

Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w

 

 

Safe C/VC choices

David Wiese, Gerhard Erasmus 

 

 

Differential GL C/VC choices 

 

IND - Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami

 

NAM - JJ Smit, Craig Williams, Stephan Baard, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton

 

 

My Fantasy Team (SL)

(Pre Toss)

 

Wk - Green

Bat - Rohit/Virat, Rahul, Erasmus

AR - Jadeja, Smit, Wiese

Bowl - Shami, Trumplemann, Ashwin, Bumrah

GL Picks - Loftie-Eaton, Pant, Baard, Chahar/Varun/Thakur/Bhuvi (whoever plays), Surya

 

NOTE - Invest Less as both teams can do anything with their batting and bowling orders. 

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Teams have to navigate through complexities of playing a five-day match for the world title barely a week after the IPL ends
Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:21:51
The same two teams will face off again in the WTC final at The Oval in London in early June
Mon, 13 Mar 2023 07:00:17
Even if Sri Lanka win the next Test, they will finish below India - irrespective of the result in Ahmedabad - on the WTC points table
Mon, 13 Mar 2023 03:50:02
Healy, McGrath fifties go in vain as Mumbai continue winning run with fourth win in four games
Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:57:10
Back injury puts Iyer out of action; Australia begin with Head and Kuhnemann after Khawaja injures himself in the field
Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:40:38
"A specialist opinion will be sought," BCCI says in a statement
Sat, 11 Mar 2023 12:52:01
Virat Kohli scored his first fifty since the Cape town Test at the start of last year
Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:45:58
Ashwin calls Australia batter 'once in a generation cricketer' following his maiden Test century
Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:01:49
R Ashwin, putting in a special performance of his own on a track offering little assistance, made sure they did not bat India out of the game
Thu, 09 Mar 2023 12:00:33
There have been few instances of visiting batters being comfortable against India in India and this was one of them
Wed, 08 Mar 2023 09:49:05
If his recovery goes to plan, Bumrah should start bowling in August and be ready in time for the ODI World Cup
Wed, 08 Mar 2023 11:51:15
India's reputation as an impenetrable fortress at stake as resurgent Australia look to draw level
Fri, 24 Mar 2023 07:27:35
India coach says the importance of World Test Championship points has led to an increase in result-oriented pitches
Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:12:08
The move is aimed at reducing the chance of umpiring error impacting crucial phases of the game
Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:53:21
Match referee Chris Broad noted how the fifth ball of the match threw up a puff of dust and kept deteriorating further
Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:54:19
India captain annoyed at being asked repeatedly about the pitch rather than the players who performed on it
Fri, 03 Mar 2023 09:28:49
Australia's counter-punching Indore victory confirms their spot in the WTC final this June
Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:58:57
Incredible grab low to the ground at leg slip helped Australia stay in control in Indore
Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:52:02
Cheteshwar Pujara top-scored with 59, the only batter to pass 30 as India were dismissed for 163 in their second innings
Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:39:04
The duo put on a massive stand of 371 for the second wicket in Gwalior
Thu, 02 Mar 2023 06:04:11
Matthew Kuhnemann took his maiden five-wicket haul to dismiss India for 109 in Indore
Wed, 01 Mar 2023 11:34:57
Mumbai had bought Harmanpreet for INR 1.8 crore, the third-most expensive for them after Nat Sciver-Brunt and Pooja Vastrakar
Wed, 01 Mar 2023 09:02:57
Ravindra Jadeja stays on top of the allrounder charts, with Ashwin in second place
Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:46:36
India wicketkeeper is working up to "being able to walk properly again" after serious car accident
Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:07:37
The India fast bowler, who is yet to recover completely from the back injury, has been confronted with the option of undergoing surgery
Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:28:16
"It's definitely a possibility, we've already spoken about it. We need to get the guys ready for it as well"
Tue, 28 Feb 2023 12:35:22
Starc is set to return to action in place of Cummins; India are likely to replace Rahul with Gill
Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:01:38
"Perhaps message from team management is that he has to wait," Ganguly says about Shubman Gill's Test future
Thu, 23 Feb 2023 18:46:11
"We can't be unluckier than this," she said of her run-out while also praising Rodrigues
Thu, 23 Feb 2023 17:29:22
Mooney, Lanning, Gardner, Brown, Jonassen put in crucial contributions as India fall just short
Thu, 23 Feb 2023 07:15:33
Both teams are yet to put up the perfect performance but boast enough depth to make the semi-final exciting
Wed, 22 Feb 2023 09:36:15
The England veteran is the oldest man to top the charts since Clarrie Grimmett in 1936
Tue, 21 Feb 2023 16:17:49
According to a BCCI source, the deal is for five years
Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:10:14
Fast bowler says he has recovered from a stress fracture and quad grade 3 tear following extensive rehab at the NCA
Tue, 21 Feb 2023 09:52:31
Renuka Singh's five-for against England lifted her to No. 5 among bowlers, as Lea Tahuhu moved from tenth to seventh
Mon, 20 Feb 2023 21:04:07
Captain wants more proactivity in likely semi-final showdown with Australia
Mon, 20 Feb 2023 17:26:59
Ireland were five runs behind the DLS par score when rain forced an early end to the game
Mon, 20 Feb 2023 09:08:04
Axar avoided it while making 74 crucial runs for India; Jadeja benefited from Australia's overuse of it to finish with a match haul of ten wickets
Sun, 19 Feb 2023 14:26:33
Captain also says "this decade and era belongs to Saurashtra" following their second title in three seasons
Sun, 19 Feb 2023 13:31:28
Hardik to lead in Rohit's absence; no changes in the red-ball squad for the remaining two Tests
Sun, 19 Feb 2023 12:17:09
The India captain says he told his spinners at the start of day three to "keep it tight, and let the batters make the mistake"
Sun, 19 Feb 2023 09:56:35
India and Australia are the favourites to qualify for the second World Test Championship final at The Oval from June 7 to 11
Sun, 19 Feb 2023 09:43:05
Jadeja took career-best figures of 7 for 42 as India won the second Test inside three days in Delhi
Sun, 19 Feb 2023 12:38:53
Australia began the third day on 61 for 1; they were all out for 113 before lunch
Sun, 19 Feb 2023 09:52:45
"She bowled really well with the new ball and that's something batters will look at in case we come up against India again," says Sophie Ecclestone
Sat, 18 Feb 2023 17:18:21
Renuka's career-best haul and good knocks from Smriti Mandhana and Richa Ghosh fail to prevent England from closing in on semi-final spot
Sat, 18 Feb 2023 14:27:48
India's lower order came to the party again with Axar scoring 74
Fri, 17 Feb 2023 13:57:59
Shami, Ashwin and Jadeja shared the wickets in Delhi where the Test is evenly poised
Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:17:13
It also puts him in considerable doubt for the 50-over World Cup at home this October-November
Sat, 18 Feb 2023 02:52:13
Both the tournament-opener and the final will be played in Ahmedabad; there will be double-headers every Saturday and Sunday, totalling 18
Fri, 17 Feb 2023 06:41:05
Chetan Sharma had been reappointed to the role only in January
Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:59:15
According to police, Shaw "refused to take a selfie for the second time with two people"
Thu, 16 Feb 2023 11:46:54
Spin will likely dominate again and the visitors need to keep Ashwin and Jadeja at bay much longer than they managed in Nagpur
Thu, 16 Feb 2023 06:36:04
"We certainly value contributions of people who've been there, and if they've missed out due to injury, they deserve the right to come back in"
Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:04:58
Gudakesh Motie, the star of West Indies' win in the second Test in Zimbabwe, rises 77 places in the bowlers' rankings
Tue, 14 Feb 2023 17:33:31
"We're confident that she got through the session today and did everything she needed to do," Troy Cooley says
Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:38:27
Batter has been cleared by the BCCI's medical team after undergoing rehab at the NCA
Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:54:20
The final will be played on March 26, at the Brabourne Stadium
Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:43:52
Reactions from some of the players who were bought at the first Women's Premier League auction
Tue, 14 Feb 2023 02:48:48
Australia's Ashleigh Gardner and England's Nat Sciver-Brunt were the most expensive overseas players at a price of INR 3.2 crore
Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:05:47
The Under-19 world champion is one of the young Indians who could attract a lot of interest during the WPL auction
Mon, 13 Feb 2023 18:29:39
Who was sold to whom, and who didn't get a bid?
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