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South Africa vs India - 1st ODI

Author: Shreyas
19 Jan 2022 05:30:29
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India vs South Africa - 1st ODI of the 3-Match ODI series, at Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa 

Weather Forecast
Sunny - 33°C

1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO 

Venue - Boland Park, Paarl

(i) Total Matches - ODIs

Overall - 13

Avg 1st Innings - 243
Avg 2nd Innings - 175

Highest total - 353/6 (South Africa vs Bangladesh - 18th October'2017)

Matches won batting first - 7
Matches won bowling first - 5
Matches tied - 1

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground 

IND - 3 - 2w/1t - Last played in 2003
SA - 7 - 6w/1l 

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

IND

No records yet


SA

Quinton De Kock - 14th highest run scorer (79), Avg (26.33) - 3M/3I

Andile Phehlukwayo - Highest wicket taker (7), Avg (18), SR (22.2) - 3M/3I


(iv) Recent Matches on this venue 

1) South Africa vs Australia - 29th February'2020 
291/7 vs 217/10 (SA won by 74 runs)

Pacers - 6w+6w=12w
Spinners - 0w+3w=3w

2) Zimbabwe vs South Africa - 6th October'2018 
228/10 vs 231/6 (SA won by 4 wkts)

Pacers - 8w+5w=13w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w

3) South Africa vs Bangladesh - 18th October'2017 
353/6 vs 249/10 (SA won by 104 runs)

Pacers - 4w+7w=11w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w

4) South Africa vs New Zealand - 19th January'2013
208/10 vs 209/9 (NZ won by 1 wkt)

Pacers - 6w+8w=14w
Spinners - 4w+0w=4w

5) South Africa vs Sri Lanka - 11th January'2012
301/8 vs 43/10 (SA won by 258 runs)

Pacers - 6w+8w=14w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w


SUMMARY 

Pacers 
1st Innings - 30w
2nd Innings - 34w

Spinners 
1st Innings - 9w
2nd Innings - 9w

Overall
64w:18w (Pacers:Spinners)


(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

India (IND)

1. Shikhar Dhawan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Ruturaj Gaikwad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. Virat Kohli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Shreyas Iyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Suryakumar Yadav 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Venkatesh Iyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Ravichandran Ashwin 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. KL Rahul
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Rishabh Pant
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Ishan Kishan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Yuzvendra Chahal 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Jasprit Bumrah 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Shardul Thakur
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Jayant Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Navdeep Saini
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Mohammad Siraj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Deepak Chahar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Prasidh Krishna 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


South Africa (SA)

1. Temba Bavuma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(30)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Zubayr Hamza
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. David Miller
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 64(70)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Aiden Markram 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 42(40)

5. Jaaneman Malan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Rassie Van Der Dussen 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Quinton De Kock
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(34), 46(61), 15(16)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Kyle Verreynne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 48(64)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Wayne Parnell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Andile Phehlukwayo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4w, 0(2)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(9)&2w

11. Marco Jansen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Dwaine Pretorius
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Keshav Maharaj 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Sisanda Magala
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Kagiso Rabada
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w

16. Lungi Ngidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Tabraiz Shamsi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w


2. HEAD TO HEAD 

(i) Overall
81 - 46w/35l (In favour of SA)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 4w/1l (In favour of IND)

(iii) On This Venue
Not Played Yet

(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches 

1) South Africa vs India - 5th June'2019
227/9 vs 230/4 (IND won by 6 wkts)

Abdile Phehlukwayo - 34(61) & 1w
Kagiso Rabada - 31(35)* & 2w
David Miller - 31(40)
Rassie Van Der Dussen - 22(37)
KL Rahul - 26(42)
Virat Kohli - 18(34)
Yuzvendra Chahal - 4w
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 2w
Jasprit Bumrah - 2w

2) South Africa vs India - 16th February'2018
204/10 vs 206/2 (IND won by 8 wkts)

Andile Phehlukwayo - 34(42)
Aiden Markram - 24(30)
Lungi Ngidi - 2w
Virat Kohli - 129(96)*
Shikhar Dhawan - 18(34)
Shardul Thakur - 4w
Yuzvendra Chahal - 2w
Jasprit Bumrah - 2w

3) India vs South Africa - 13th February'2018
274/7 vs 201/10 (IND won by 73 runs)

Virat Kohli - 36(54)
Shikhar Dhawan - 34(23)
Shreyas Iyer - 30(37)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 19(20)*
Yuzvendra Chahal - 2w
Jasprit Bumrah - 1w
David Miller - 36(51)
Aiden Markram - 32(32)
Lungi Ngidi - 4w
Kagiso Rabada - 1w

4) India vs South Africa - 10th February'2018
289/7 vs 207/5 (SA won by 5 wkts - DLS)

Shikhar Dhawan - 109(105)
Virat Kohli - 75(83)
Shreyas Iyer - 18(21)
Jasprit Bumrah - 1w
Yuzvendra Chahal - 1w
David Miller - 39(28)
Andile Phehlukwayo - 23(5)*
Aiden Markram - 22(23)
Kagiso Rabada - 2w
Lungi Ngidi - 2w


(v) Top Performers from current squads when both these sides meet

IND

Virat Kohli - 7th highest run scorer (1287), Avg (64.35) - 27M/25I
Shikhar Dhawan - 13th highest run scorer (798), Avg (49.87) - 18M/17I

Yuzvendra Chahal - 15th highest wicket taker (20), Avg (15.65), SR (18.6) - 7M/7I
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 23rd highest wicket taker (15), Avg (48.8), SR (46) - 14M/14I
Jasprit Bumrah - 28th highest wicket taker (12), Avg (19.2), SR (30) - 8M/8I


SA

Quinton De Kock - 14th highest run scorer (784), Avg (60.30) - 13M/13I
David Miller - 31st highest run scorer (332), Avg (20.75) - 19M/19I

Kagiso Rabada - 21st highest wicket taker (17), Avg (32.7), SR (38.6) - 12M/12I
Lungi Ngidi - 40th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (26), SR (24.7) - 4M/4I


(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H) - 2015 onwards 

India (IND)

1. Shikhar Dhawan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 137(146), 7(15), 76(63), 109(105), 34(25)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(28), 13(29), 60(59), 51(56)*, 18(34), 8(12)

2. Ruturaj Gaikwad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. Virat Kohli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 46(60), 138(140), 160(159)*, 75(83), 36(54)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(18), 77(99), 7(6)&0w, 46(50)*, 129(96)*, 18(34)

4. Shreyas Iyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(21), 30(37)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Suryakumar Yadav 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Venkatesh Iyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Ravichandran Ashwin 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

8. KL Rahul
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 26(42)

9. Rishabh Pant
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Ishan Kishan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Yuzvendra Chahal 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4w, 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5w, 2w, 4w

12. Jasprit Bumrah 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 2w

13. Shardul Thakur
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w

14. Jayant Yadav
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Navdeep Saini
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Mohammad Siraj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Deepak Chahar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 16(19)*&0w, 0w, 19(20)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w

19. Prasidh Krishna 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


South Africa (SA)

1. Temba Bavuma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Zubayr Hamza
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. David Miller
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(22), 33(41), 22(12)*, 1(3), 7(7), 0(4), 31(40)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(23), 6(12), 25(42), 39(28), 36(51)

4. Aiden Markram 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(21)&0w, 8(11), 24(30)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 32(42), 22(23), 32(32)

5. Jaaneman Malan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Rassie Van Der Dussen 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(37)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Quinton De Kock
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 29(33), 103(118), 109(87), 53(72), 34(49), 20(36), 10(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(15), 43(35)

8. Kyle Verreynne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Wayne Parnell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(28)*&1w

10. Andile Phehlukwayo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 27(33)*&2w, 34(42)&0w, 34(61)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 23(5)*&0w, 0(3)&0w

11. Marco Jansen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Dwaine Pretorius
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Keshav Maharaj 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Sisanda Magala
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Kagiso Rabada
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 4w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 31(35)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 12(7)*&1w, 2w, 1w

16. Lungi Ngidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 4w

17. Tabraiz Shamsi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w


VENUE SHORTLIST

Yuzvendra Chahal - GL C/VC
Quinton De Kock
Shikhar Dhawan 
Virat Kohli (C/VC while batting 1st)
David Miller (especially batting 2nd)
Kagiso Rabada
Lungi Ngidi
Aiden Markram (especially batting 2nd)
Andile Phehlukwayo (especially batting 1st)


3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING 

A) INDIA (IND) SQUAD: 

Probable XI

1) Shikhar Dhawan - LHB
Last 10 - 12, 18, 14, 12, 0, 36, 7, 43, 39, 8

2) KL Rahul - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 12, 10, 50, 8, 123, 23, 65, 15, 54*, 50, 69, 18, 3

3) Virat Kohli - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 29, 79, 18, 35, 36, 0, 2*, 9, 57, 11

4) Shreyas Iyer - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 18, 14, 105, 65, 5, 30*, 1, 18, 2, 33*

5) Rishabh Pant - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 27, 100*, 17, 0, 8, 34, 4, 12*, 17*, 27*, 12

6) Venkatesh Iyer - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 30r 1w, 1, 151r 2w, 71r 2w, 112r 3w, 14r 1w, 20r 1w, 12*, 4, 1r 0w

7) Ravichandran Ashwin - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 46r 0w, 16r 1w, 0w, 14r 2w, 4w, 4w, 38r 3w, 32r 3w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 2w

8) Deepak Chahar - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 10r 4w, 0w, 21r 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w
/
Shardul Thakur

9) Bhuvneshwar Kumar - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 46r 0w, 16r 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w

10) Yuzvendra Chahal - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 3w, 3w, 3w, 11r 2w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w

11) Jasprit Bumrah - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 5w, 1w, 14r 1w, 0w, 14r 2w, 7r 3w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w


BENCH 

12) Shardul Thakur - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 12r 1w, 5r 1w, 7w, 28r 1w, 2w, 10r 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 3w

13) Ruturaj Gaikwad - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 168, 21, 124, 154*, 136, 44, 3, 81, 80, 51

14) Suryakumar Yadav - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 4, 49, 8, 14, 0, 1, 62, 25*, 6*

15) Prasidh Krishna - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w

16) Mohammad Siraj - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 0w

17) Navdeep Saini - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 27r 3w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w

18) Jayant Yadav - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 12r 1w, 6r 4w, 19r 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 11r 1w, 0w, 0w

19) Ishan Kishan - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 91, 0*, 49, 29, 4, 70*, 84, 50*, 9, 14

Safe C/VC choices
KL Rahul, Virat Kohli 


B) SOUTH AFRICA (SA) SQUAD: 

Probable XI

1) Jaaneman Malan - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 16, 54, 0, 0, 29, 200*, 74*, 1, 39, 5, 18, 121

2) Quinton De Kock - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 34, 21, 34, 16, 12, 7, 6, 7, 19, 27, 24

3) Temba Bavuma - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 28, 32*, 51, 23*, 52, 35*, 31*, 46, 2, 12, 46, 31

4) Aiden Markram - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 8, 16, 7, 31, 13, 1, 52r 0w, 0, 19r 0w, 51r 0w, 40, 48

5) Rassie Van Der Dussen - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 21, 41*, 1, 40, 3, 11, 94*, 22, 16, 43*, 2, 101*, 21

6) David Miller - LHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 12, 5*, 23*, 16, 8*, 20*, 15

7) Andile Phehlukwayo - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 48, 8, 16r 0w, 17r 0w, 4r 0w, 5r 0w, 1w, 6r 3w, 2r 2w, 1w, 20r 0w
/
Dwaine Pretorius

8) Marco Jansen - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 7r 3w, 4w, 21r 4w, 3w, 19r 1w, 13r 4w, 12r 3w, 0w, 70r 3w, 28r 0w, 17r 0w, 11r 6w, 3w, 55r 1w, 1w, 1w

9) Tabraiz Shamsi - RHB, LWS
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 0w
/
Lungi Ngidi/Wayne Parnell

10) Kagiso Rabada - LHB, RF
Last 10 - 15r 4w, 3w, 3w, 3w, 25r 3w, 4w, 3w, 3w, 13r 0w, 1w, 19r 1w, 3w

11) Keshav Maharaj - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 25r 1w, 0w, 21r 0w, 0w, 12r 0w, 0w, 18r 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w


BENCH 

12) Wayne Parnell - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 10r 0w, 2w, 1w, 79r 1w, 14*, 80r 1w, 3w, 5r 1w, 18r 0w, 6r 1w, 1w

13) Zubayr Hamza - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 16, 125*, 31, 0, 56, 39, 47, 94, 24, 28, 19, 62, 0, 106

14) Sisanda Magala - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 26r 4w, 2w, 34r 0w, 6w, 28r 2w, 1w, 3r 1w, 25r 0w, 23r 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w

15) Kyle Verreynne - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 21, 95, 6, 50, 42, 20, 5, 16, 25*, 7, 35

16) Dwaine Pretorius - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 3w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 10r 1w, 2w

17) Lungi Ngidi - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 6w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 0w

Safe C/VC choices
Aiden Markram, Quinton De Kock


Differential GL C/VC choices 

IND - Venkatesh Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad/Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal 
Risky - Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah

SA - Marco Jansen, Jaaneman Malan, Temba Bavuma, Rassie Van Der Dussen 
Risky - Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj

UPDATE - KAGISO RABADA HAS BEEN RULED OUT OF THE ODI SERIES. IGNORE HIS STATS AND SELECTION IN YOUR SIDE. LUNGI NGIDI OR WAYNE PARNELL COULD REPLACE HIM IN THE PLAYING XI

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Rohit backs Bhuvneshwar to come good: 'It's important we give him that space'
Mon, 26 Sep 2022 04:39:26
India captain also throws weight behind Harshal and Bumrah, and is confident the team will get over their death-over woes
Kuldeep Yadav: 'I am not afraid of failures now'
Sun, 25 Sep 2022 16:52:08
Says he "did not how to cope" with missing out for India, but having time off because of injury helped him get into a better bowling rhythm
Kuldeep hat-trick, Shaw 48-ball 77 the highlights as India A claim series
Sun, 25 Sep 2022 13:09:57
Rachin Ravindra, Joe Carter score fifties but find little support from others as India A romp home with 16 overs to spare
West Zone captain Rahane sends team-mate Jaiswal off the field for disciplinary reasons
Sun, 25 Sep 2022 16:12:21
Jaiswal appeared to be consistently sledging South Zone batter Ravi Teja
Jaiswal, Sarfaraz, Unadkat fire West Zone to Duleep Trophy title
Sun, 25 Sep 2022 10:14:08
Set a huge target of 529, South Zone were all out for 234 in the first session of the fifth day
Kohli, Suryakumar, Axar star as India seal T20I series 2-1
Mon, 26 Sep 2022 05:13:53
Cameron Green, Tim David's fifties in vain as India hunt down 187-run target
'It's part of the game' - Harmanpreet defends Deepti running out Dean
Fri, 30 Sep 2022 07:56:16
England players express disappointment with final act of Lord's ODI
Jaiswal becomes joint-fastest Indian to 1000 first-class runs as West Zone eye Duleep Trophy title
Sat, 24 Sep 2022 16:27:06
South Zone's batting crumbled around Rohan Kunnummal's 93 in the chase
Celebrating Jhulan Goswami, from Lord's to Eden Gardens
Sun, 25 Sep 2022 11:53:22
"I have to [keep my emotions in check] because I can't come with emotion on the cricket field - my character is ruthless"
Goswami farewelled with victory as last wicket Dean is run-out backing up
Fri, 30 Sep 2022 07:57:18
England were nine down and needed 17 off 39 when Deepti ran the non-striker out
'We made history when nobody was expecting us to win' - Lalchand Rajput looks back at 2007 T20 World Cup triumph
Sat, 24 Sep 2022 09:13:38
"It was the first T20 World Cup, so no one knew what it was about"
India, Australia look to sew up series and find death-bowling solutions
Sat, 24 Sep 2022 08:23:48
The two teams will hope to give their T20 World Cup plans a little more shape in the deciding game in Hyderabad
Jaiswal hits double-century, West Zone's lead grows
Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:50:09
Opener attacks Sai Kishore and K Gowtham to put South Zone under pressure on day three in Coimbatore
Rohit and Axar help India level the series in eight-over shootout
Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:08:25
Wade and Zampa put up a fight, but Australia couldn't overcome disadvantage of batting first in truncated game
'It has hurt feelings and that is one regret' - Goswami on not winning a World Cup
Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:11:46
"Let that [women's IPL] announcement happen officially, and then I will decide," she says of the future
BCCI AGM set for October 18 in Mumbai
Fri, 23 Sep 2022 06:01:17
Will Sourav Ganguly and Jay Shah be re-elected given they are now eligible for an extra term? Also on the agenda: ICC tax matters
Indrajith ton gives South Zone first-innings lead
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:39:00
Three-fors from Unadkat and Atit Sheth ensured West Zone were still in the game at stumps on day two
Thakur: India are looking at me for all three formats
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:49:35
"I am bowling well and getting wickets again, so definitely looking forward to their call when they want my services"
Spotlight on India's death bowling as Australia look to seal series
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:45:47
Bumrah, if fully fit, could replace Umesh in the XI, while Australia are likely to remain unchanged
Ganguly: IPL to return to pre-Covid home and away format in 2023
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 10:53:32
The BCCI is also launching a girls' Under-15 one-day tournament from this season
Het Patel 96* rescues West Zone after early collapse
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 05:11:12
The top-order trio of Jaiswal, Panchal and Rahane fell for single-digit scores to the South Zone quicks
Harmanpreet: 'Victory sets up fitting farewell for Jhulan Goswami at Lord's'
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 03:29:03
India captain confirms series finale will be veteran fast bowler's international swansong
Harmanpreet 143*, Renuka four-for help India to unassailable 2-0 lead
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 03:07:24
England fall well short in pursuit of 334 and bid to prevent dead rubber at Lord's
Suryakumar goes past Babar to No. 3 on T20I batters' rankings
Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:28:40
Hazlewood remains the No. 1-ranked T20I bowler after picking up two wickets in the Mohali T20I
The Oval and Lord's to host 2023 and 2025 WTC finals
Wed, 21 Sep 2022 12:28:42
The dates the 2023 final are not public yet, but ESPNcricinfo understands it will be held before the Ashes
Fit-again Rodrigues returns to T20I squad for Women's Asia Cup
Wed, 21 Sep 2022 07:56:29
Taniya Bhatia and Simran Bahadur are the standby players for the squad of 15
Women's T20 Asia Cup: Bangladesh to face Thailand in opener on October 1; India versus Pakistan on October 7
Wed, 21 Sep 2022 09:33:19
The top four teams on the table will advance to semi-finals; tournament final slated for October 15
Wade and Green stun India to ace 209 chase
Tue, 20 Sep 2022 18:30:58
Bumrah-less India pay for lax fielding and death bowling as Rahul and Hardik's fifties go in vain
Panchal, Iyer, Sarfaraz drafted into West Zone squad
Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:37:04
They will join the Ajinkya Rahane-led squad for the Duleep Trophy final against South Zone in Coimbatore
Mandhana rises to career-best second spot in T20I batting rankings
Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:22:26
She has also moved to No. 7 among ODI batters, while Harmanpreet has gained in both the T20I and ODI tables too
Rahul: 'No one is perfect; strike rate is something I am working at'
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 17:08:32
"The most important thing for the player in the dressing room is what his captain, what his coach, and what his players think of him"
India and Australia's chance to fine tune their T20 World Cup plans
Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:50:15
Australia are expected to hand a T20I cap to Tim David, while Pant has something to prove for India
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajat Patidar, Saurabh Kumar star as India A seal series win
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 14:12:12
Joe Carter's fourth-innings century in vain for New Zealand A in Bengaluru
Fit-again Harshal adds more strings to T20 bow
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 15:31:30
He says the backing from the team management has helped "take a bit of pressure off" as he makes a return to India's squad
Kohli is third opener but Rahul has Rohit's backing as first-choice opener
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 11:52:13
"There is no confusion. We are very clear about what KL brings to us," Rohit says
Mandhana 91 and bowlers' discipline put India 1-0 up against England
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 02:59:37
The hosts were 94 for 5 and 128 for 6 before a late-order rally took them up towards a decent score but it wasn't enough
Navdeep Saini ruled out of Duleep Trophy and New Zealand A one-day series
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 08:08:30
The fast bowler, who has sustained a groin injury, will be replaced by Rishi Dhawan in the India A squad
Mohammed Shami tests positive for Covid-19, Umesh Yadav named as replacement
Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:55:50
Shami who is part of India's squad to face Australia on Tuesday has not travelled with the team to Mohali, the venue of the first T20I
BCCI set to introduce tactical substitutions in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20s
Sat, 17 Sep 2022 09:02:38
The Impact Player concept is set to offer teams greater tactical flexibility than the BBL's X-Factor rule
Quad injury ends Umesh's stint with Middlesex
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 05:21:58
He has returned to begin his treatment and rehabilitation at the NCA in Bengaluru
Samson to lead powerful India A in one-day series against New Zealand A
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 09:05:43
Prithvi Shaw, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KS Bharat, Umran Malik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Rahul Tripathi, Kuldeep Yadav, among others, are in the squad
Boucher unveiled as new Mumbai Indians head coach
Fri, 16 Sep 2022 15:35:09
"I look forward to the challenge and respect the need for results"
Murali and Vettori give away the secrets to spin bowling in Australia
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 17:12:40
Modern day greats advise bowlers to use the bounce to their advantage
'Rushed' Gaikwad finds his red-ball rhythm to score a fine century
Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:04:47
Batter highlights, quite eloquently, the challenges of shifting from white-ball cricket to red-ball cricket
Boucher frontrunner to take over from Jayawardene as Mumbai Indians head coach
Sun, 18 Sep 2022 17:25:22
Simon Katich takes over as head coach at MI Cape Town in the SA20 league, Hashim Amla named batting coach
Ganguly, Jay Shah eligible to helm BCCI till 2025 as SC agrees to amend cooling-off period
Wed, 14 Sep 2022 15:02:07
Court to allow consecutive two consecutive terms of three years at BCCI and state separately
Uthappa announces retirement from international and Indian cricket
Wed, 14 Sep 2022 14:07:18
The batter has obtained an NOC to play in overseas T20 leagues
T20I rankings: Hasaranga, Kohli, Bhuvneshwar move up after Asia Cup heroics
Wed, 14 Sep 2022 09:57:28
Smith, Starc, Henry and Boult have gained at the end of the Australia vs New Zealand ODI series
Jayawardene and Zaheer elevated to global roles with Mumbai Indians
Wed, 14 Sep 2022 17:34:20
Jayawardene appointed head of performance for the three teams, Zaheer becomes head of cricket development
Fate of Ganguly, Shah in focus as Supreme Court begins hearing BCCI plea to amend constitution
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:38:21
A key reform the board wants reviewed is the mandatory cooling-off period for its office-bearers
Sarah Glenn reaches second spot in ICC women's T20I bowling rankings, closes in on Ecclestone
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:34:26
India quick Renuka moved up by five slots to 13th, batters Dunkley and Capsey also gained in the latest ranking update
KS Bharat: India A experience prepares players for international cricket
Mon, 12 Sep 2022 17:56:40
The keeper-batter on an official India debut: "There are no shortcuts to get there"
Bumrah and Harshal return to India squad for T20 World Cup
Mon, 12 Sep 2022 20:52:27
Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Hooda and Axar Patel part of the squad going to Australia in October
Smriti Mandhana: 'I'll be thinking about pulling out of WBBL'
Mon, 12 Sep 2022 17:20:00
India vice-captain, who has been on the road since the start of 2022, is looking for a break so she can be fit and ready for her national team
Amid the gloom, the junoon for cricket in a small Indian town
Mon, 12 Sep 2022 08:14:28
The weather might not have allowed for much cricket, but for spectators at the venue, it was a rare chance to get up close to the cricketers
North-East show fight on Duleep Trophy debut, get time with Rahane as reward
Sun, 11 Sep 2022 12:46:43
"The level is higher, so we have to work hard on skills and I hope next year we come back stronger," says NE captain Zhimomi
Harmanpreet says India played 'forcefully' in wet conditions that were 'not 100%'
Sun, 11 Sep 2022 05:28:41
India struggled their way to 132 after being asked to bat, found it difficult to field, and had Radha Yadav injured while diving
Harmanpreet Kaur wants regular sports psychologist to address 'mental fatigue'
Sat, 10 Sep 2022 06:56:30
"Playing back to back does take a mental toll, and it is good to take a break at times than pushing too hard"
Kohli: 'I was desperate to do something that wasn't in my game' before the break
Sat, 10 Sep 2022 06:45:40
Batter's focus is back on playing good shots instead of strike-rates and six-hitting and he credits Rohit for giving him the space to figure that out
Virat Kohli: 'Time away from game taught me a lot, when I came back I wasn't desperate'
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 03:32:58
Having broken a run of 1021 days without a century for India, Virat Kohli was elated and grateful - and a tad surprised to have ended this phase in the shortest format
Kohli record 122*, Bhuvneshwar 5 for 4 flatten Afghanistan
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 05:54:14
Afghanistan wore a dazed look playing less than 24 hours after the heartbreak against Pakistan
T20 World Cup: Australia meet India in their only warm-up game on October 17
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:43:03
Ireland, Scotland, Namibia, UAE and Netherlands are set to play at the iconic MCG for potentially the first time
Eliminated India and Afghanistan forced to turn attention towards T20 World Cup
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 12:38:40
Both teams will be hurting from their early exit in the tournament, with little but pride and game time to be accrued on Thursday
Shastri: 'Mohammed Shami sitting at home and cooling his heels baffles me'
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 02:43:05
Former coach thinks India should have taken another seamer to the Asia Cup, to cover for situations like Avesh Khan's illness
Refreshed Ajinkya Rahane eyes domestic season 'to start from zero again'
Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:10:51
Middle-order batter had missed a chunk of IPL and 2021-22 Ranji Trophy knockouts for Mumbai due to a hamstring injury
Rizwan displaces Babar as No. 1 T20I batter in ICC men's rankings
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 11:39:33
Sri Lanka's Pathum NIssanka moves to ninth, India captain Rohit Sharma jumps to 13th
Asia Cup scenarios: Can India still make the final?
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 11:04:42
Sri Lanka are best placed at the moment, but they are not in the final yet
Rohit hails confident Arshdeep after social media backlash, backs under-fire Bhuvneshwar
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:45:31
"He has been with the team ahead of a lot of guys who are sitting back home because he's clear in his mind," India captain says about Arshdeep
Rohit ready to take losses in stride with T20 World Cup in mind
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 03:49:18
The India captain says they have "found some answers" and "90-95% of the team was settled"
Chahar replaces Avesh in India's Asia Cup squad
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 12:37:08
Avesh is yet to fully recover from the bout of fever he had before India's Super 4 game against Pakistan
Sri Lanka all but through to Asia Cup final, India hanging by a thread
Tue, 06 Sep 2022 19:29:32
Mendis, Nissanka, Madushanka and Shanaka all combine to derail India's title defence
Both Saurashtra and Madhya Pradesh to play Irani Cups in 2022-23
Tue, 06 Sep 2022 12:09:59
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy to be played between October 11 and December 2
Suresh Raina announces retirement from cricket
Tue, 06 Sep 2022 08:22:52
The decision will allow the batter to play tournaments like the Road Safety Series and overseas T20 leagues
India's Asia Cup crown on the line against resurgent Sri Lanka
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 12:36:58
Defeat will leave Rohit Sharma's team dependent on other results going their way to make the final
Tilak Varma: 'Praise helps self-confidence, but should also reflect in performances'
Wed, 07 Sep 2022 12:36:58
The India A player credits time with Mumbai Indians in IPL 2022 for his success in the four-dayer against New Zealand A
Kohli 'made a conscious effort to strike at a higher pace' but rush of wickets forced slowdown
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 10:27:40
Having rediscovered his mojo in the Asia Cup with back-to-back fifties, Kohli says "what happens in the change room is the only thing that matters"
Kohli: Dhoni was the only one to reach out during my low phase
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 10:36:37
"I'm happy, I'm excited and having fun playing cricket again, which was the most important thing for me"
Rizwan, Nawaz star as Pakistan clinch a classic
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 19:03:33
India began with a bang, with Kohli looking close to his best, but kept losing wickets, scoring only 88 in their last 10 overs
Shardul Thakur replaces injured Prasidh Krishna in India A squad
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 16:48:13
Back injury sidelines Karnataka quick from rest of the series against NZ A
Irani Cup returns after three years, Saurashtra to face Rest of India from October 1 to 5
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 17:12:52
It is not yet clear when current Ranji Trophy champions Madhya Pradesh will get their turn
Dravid: No workload management before T20 World Cup, only best XIs will play
Sat, 03 Sep 2022 17:09:21
"You may not get the perfect selection of skills in your 15, but the effort is always there to have all your bases covered"
Dravid: With Virat, people get a bit obsessed with statistics
Sat, 03 Sep 2022 17:20:07
"But for us, it's not really about looking at how many runs he makes. It's about the contributions"
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