Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan - 3rd T20I

Author: Shreyas
14 Jun 2022 05:51:38
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Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan - 3rd T20I of the Afghanistan Tour of Zimbabwe 2022, at Harare Sports Club, Harare

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1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Harare Sports Club, Harare

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 106

Avg 1st Innings - 157
Avg 2nd Innings - 134

Highest total - 229/2 (Australia vs Zimbabwe - 3rd July'2018)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

ZIM - 28 - 4w/24l
AFG - 2 - 2w/0l

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

ZIM

Sikander Raza - 5th highest run scorer (634), Avg (23.48) - 27M/27I
Craig Ervine - 9th highest run scorer (474), Avg (24.95) - 31M/27I
Regis Chakabva - 15th highest run scorer (366), Avg (14.64) - 34M/27I
Wesley Madhvere - 23rd highest run scorer (284), Avg (40.57) - 8M/8I
Ryan Burl - 24th highest run scorer (273), Avg (34.13) - 13M/11I
Tadiwanashe Marumani - 29th highest run scorer (208), Avg (29.71) - 8M/8I
Dion Myers - 61st highest run scorer (124), Avg (24.80) - 5M/5I

Luke Jongwe - 11th highest wicket taker (16), Avg (14.33), SR (10.72) - 12M/12I
Donald Tiripano - 12th highest wicket taker (15), Avg (17.53), SR (14.47) - 13M/11I
Tendai Chatara - 13th highest wicket taker (14), Avg (34.64), SR (27.79) - 20M/20I
Blessing Muzarabani - 17th highest wicket taker (12), Avg (28.67), SR (23.92) - 13M/13I
Milton Shumba - 28th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (4.4), SR (6.1) - 8M/3I

AFG

No Records Yet

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue

1) Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe - 12th June'2022
170/5 vs 149/7 (AFG won by 21 runs)

Pacers - 3w+3w=6w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w

2) Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan - 11th June'2022
159/8 vs 160/4 (AFG won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w

3) Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh - 25th July'2021
193/5 vs 194/5 (BAN won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+4w=8w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

4) Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh - 23rd July'2021
166/6 vs 143/10 (ZIM won by 23 runs)

Pacers - 3w+7w=10w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w

5) Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh - 22nd July'2021
152/10 vs 153/2 (BAN won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 8w+0w=8w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

6) Pakistan vs Zimbabwe - 25th April'2021
165/3 vs 141/7 (PAK won by 24 runs)

Pacers - 3w+7w=10w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

7) Zimbabwe vs Pakistan - 23rd April'2021
118/9 vs 99/10 (ZIM won by 19 runs)

Pacers - 5w+6w=11w
Spinners - 3w+2w=5w

8) Pakistan vs Zimbabwe - 21st April'2021
149/7 vs 138/7 (PAK won by 11 runs)

Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 2w+4w=6w

9) Mountaineers vs Mid West Rhinos - 12th April'2021
144/9 vs 121/10 (MOU won by 23 runs)

Pacers - 4w+8w=12w
Spinners - 5w+1w=6w

10) Matabeleland Tuskers vs Southern Rocks - 12th April'2021
141/6 vs 143/3 (SR won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+3w=8w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 43w
2nd Innings - 42w

Spinners
1st Innings - 18w
2nd Innings - 17w

Overall
85w:35w (Pacers:Spinners)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue - 2015 onwards

Zimbabwe (ZIM)

1. Craig Ervine
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(9), 2(10), 73(43)*, 13(15), 1(5), 9(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(8), 42(46), 11(14), 1(3), 34(23), 2(2)

2. Ryan Burl
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 77(48)*&0w, 53(31)&1w, 3(4)&0w, 4(6), 34(19)*, 31(15)*, 2(3)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(11)&0w, 10(15)&0w, 6(3), 32(30)&2w, 14(13)&0w, 0(2)&1w

3. Regis Chakabva
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(14), 43(22), 14(9), 48(22), 29(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(17), 1(4), 65(36), 3(2), 0(1), 8(6)

4. Tendai Chatara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 5(4)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 2w

5. Tanaka Chivanga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

6. Luke Jongwe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 23(26)&1w, 41(29)*&0w, 7(8)&4w, 18(16)&0w, 3w, 1(4)*&2w, 5(4)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(6)&1w, 8(7)&2w, 30(23)*&2w, 5(4)&3w, 1w

7. Donald Tiripano
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 11(14)*&0w, 1w, 0w, 4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 1w, 0w

8. Tadiwanashe Marumani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(19), 7(7), 3(5), 27(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 60(30), 63(42)*, 0(1), 35(26), 30(22)

9. Clive Madande
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(9)*, 5(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Wesley Madhvere
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(14)&0w, 23(23)&0w, 73(57)&0w, 54(36), 32(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 45(41)*&2w, 0(1)&0w, 14(9)&2w, 59(47), 8(8)&0w

11. Blessing Muzarabani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w

12. Dion Myers
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 24(21), 16(12), 35(22), 26(21), 23(21)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Ainsley Ndlovu
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 10(9)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

14. Sikander Raza
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(7)&0w, 20(18)&0w, 1(2)&0w, 0(3)&0w, 4(6)&0w, 0(2)&0w, 45(31)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(17)&0w, 8(10)&0w, 13(10)&0w, 36(36), 41(21)&0w

15. Milton Shumba
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(5)*&4w, 37(27)*&5w, 3(4)&1w, 1(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Innocent Kaia
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 54(57)

Afghanistan (AFG)

1. Mohammad Nabi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 43(22)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(8)*&1w

2. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 57(46)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 44(25)*

3. Fareed Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Noor Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Sharafuddin Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Fazalhaq Farooqi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

7. Usman Ghani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2)

8. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 33(36)

9. Ihsanullah Janat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Karim Janat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(18)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

11. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(2)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

12. Nijat Masood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w

13. Azmatullah Omarzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

14. Darwish Rasooli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(20)

15. Afsar Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Hazratullah Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 45(26)

2. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
14 - 13w/1l (In favour of AFG)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 5w/0l (In favour of AFG)

(iii) On This Venue
2 - 2w/0l (In favour of AFG)

(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches

1) Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe - 12th June'2022
170/5 vs 149/7 (AFG won by 21 runs)

Najibullah Zadran - 57(46)
Mohammad Nabi - 43(22)* & 1w
Hazratullah Zazai - 28(13)
Rashid Khan - 2w
Karim Janat - 1w
Fazalhaq Farooqi - 1w
Nijat Masood - 1w
Innocent Kaia - 54(57)
Sikander Raza - 41(21)
Tadiwanashe Marumani - 30(22)
Tendai Chatara - 2w
Luke Jongwe - 1w
Ryan Burl - 1w

2) Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan - 11th June'2022
159/8 vs 160/4 (AFG won by 6 wkts)

Sikander Raza - 45(31)
Wesley Madhvere - 32(24)
Regis Chakabva - 29(24)
Ryan Burl - 3w
Luke Jongwe - 1w
Hazratullah Zazai - 45(26)
Najibullah Zadran - 44(25)*
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 33(36)
Mohammad Nabi - 15(8)* & 1w
Nijat Masood - 3w
Rashid Khan - 1w
Fazalhaq Farooqi - 1w

3) Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe - 20th March'2021
183/7 vs 136/5 (AFG won by 47 runs)

Najibullah Zadran - 72(35)*
Usman Ghani - 39(31)
Karim Janat - 21(14) & 2w
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 18(21)
Mohammad Nabi - 1w
Fazalhaq Farooqi - 1w
Sikander Raza - 41(29)* & 1w
Ryan Burl - 39(31)*
Blessing Muzarabani - 2w

4) Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe - 19th March'2021
193/5 vs 148/10 (AFG won by 45 runs)

Karim Janat - 53(38) & 1w
Usman Ghani - 49(34)
Mohammad Nabi - 40(15) & 2w
Rashid Khan - 3w
Fareed Ahmad - 1w
Ryan Burl - 40(29) & 1w
Donald Tiripano - 24(14) & 1w
Blessing Muzarabani - 2w

5) Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe - 17th March'2021
198/5 vs 150/7 (AFG won by 48 runs)

Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 87(45)
Karim Janat - 26(22) & 2w
Rashid Khan - 3w
Fareed Ahmad - 2w
Sikander Raza - 22(14)
Blessing Muzarabani - 2w
Ryan Burl - 1w

(v) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Zimbabwe (ZIM)

1. Craig Ervine
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 4(3), 9(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(10), 2(2)

2. Ryan Burl
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(14)&1w, 2(3)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 30(30)&0w, 25(25)&0w, 0w, 2(6)&1w, 40(29)&1w, 39(31)*&0w, 0(2)&1w

3. Regis Chakabva
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 29(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 42(22)*, 39(32), 8(6)

4. Tendai Chatara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(10)&1w, 5(4)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(7)&0w, 3w, 2w, 2w

5. Tanaka Chivanga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Luke Jongwe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(4)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(5)&1w, 5(3)&1w, 1w

7. Donald Tiripano
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2(2)*&1w, 2(4)&1w, 6(7)*&0w, 24(14)&1w, 1w

8. Tadiwanashe Marumani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 30(22)

9. Clive Madande
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Wesley Madhvere
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 32(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(4), 7(4), 8(8)&0w

11. Blessing Muzarabani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 2w, 2w

12. Dion Myers
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Ainsley Ndlovu
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(9)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w

14. Sikander Raza
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 59(41)&0w, 21(13), 1(2), 45(31)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(19)&1w, 1(5)&0w, 15(17)&0w, 40(26)&0w, 22(14)&0w, 15(13)&0w, 41(29)*&1w, 41(21)&0w

15. Milton Shumba
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(16)

16. Innocent Kaia
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 54(57)

Afghanistan (AFG)

1. Mohammad Nabi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(11)&1w, 22(12)&1w, 52(32)&1w, 45(26)&1w, 38(18)&0w, 4(2)&0w, 7(11)&0w, 40(15)&2w, 2(5)&1w, 43(22)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 33(25)*&1w, 15(11)&0w, 40(27)*&1w, 15(8)*&1w

2. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(2), 24(18), 69(30)*, 5(8), 0(1)*, 12(15), 72(35)*, 57(46)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 37(26)*, 2(4), 0(4), 44(25)*

3. Fareed Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Noor Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Sharafuddin Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(3)&0w, 0(1)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(15)&2w

6. Fazalhaq Farooqi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

7. Usman Ghani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(38), 5(13), 0(0)*, 49(34), 39(31), 2(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(18), 65(45), 1(2)

8. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 43(24), 61(47), 87(45), 9(8), 18(21), 1(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 33(36)

9. Ihsanullah Janat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Karim Janat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 26(22)&2w, 53(38)&1w, 21(14)&2w, 12(18)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

11. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(5)*&0w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 9(6)*&0w, 7(3)&3w, 9(5)*&3w, 0w, 2(2)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 3w, 1w

12. Nijat Masood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w

13. Azmatullah Omarzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

14. Darwish Rasooli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(20)

15. Afsar Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Hazratullah Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(14), 31(24), 28(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 45(26)

3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) ZIMBABWE (ZIM) SQUAD:

Probable XI

1) Innocent Kaia - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 54, 6, 16, 63, 39, 53r 0w, 12r 0w, 7, 19, 12

2) Wesley Madhvere - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 8r 0w, 32, 5r 0w, 15r 0w, 11r 0w, 10r 2w, 50r 0w, 73r 1w, 7, 23r 0w

3) Craig Ervine - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 2, 9, 0, 32, 30, 22, 6, 5, 55*, 0

4) Tadiwanashe Marumani - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 30, 50, 4, 4, 27, 21, 56, 23, 0, 38

5) Sikander Raza - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 41r 0w, 45r 0w, 38r 0w, 40r 0w, 67r 0w, 12r 2w, 15r 1w, 3w, 11r 0w, 37r 0w

6) Regis Chakabva - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 8, 29, 15, 0, 1, 0, 3, 24*, 5, 15

7) Ryan Burl - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0r 1w, 2r 3w, 21r 1w, 51r 0w, 13r 0w, 36, 16r 0w, 7*, 15, 41

8) Luke Jongwe - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 5r 1w, 7r 2w, 19r 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 19r 0w, 8r 0w

9) Milton Shumba - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1, 11, 1r 0w, 5, 29r 0w, 4r 3w, 21r 0w, 41r 4w, 13, 3
/
Ainsley Ndlovu

10) Donald Tiripano - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 5r 1w, 15r 0w, 11r 0w, 0w, 18r 0w, 0w, 0w, 48r 0w, 0w, 24r 4w

11) Tendai Chaara - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 2w, 5r 0w, 2w, 0w, 8r 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 1w

BENCH

12) Tanaka Chivanga - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 6r 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 6r 1w, 7r 2w, 5r 3w

13) Clive Madande - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 1, 1, 4, 8, 2, 11, 55, 6

14) Dion Myers - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 3r 1w, 9r 0w, 7, 7, 26, 4, 14, 1, 10r 0w, 23r 0w

15) Ainsley Ndlovu - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 3w, 5r 2w, 0w, 6r 1w, 10r 0w, 21r 1w, 1w, 0w, 4r 3w, 42r 1w

16) Blessing Muzarabani - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 9r 1w, 10r 4w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 3w

Safe C/VC choices
Sikander Raza, Ryan Burl

B) AFGHANISTAN (AFG) SQUAD:

Probable XI

1) Hazratullah Zazai - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 28, 45, 5, 16, 59*, 6, 20, 13, 1, 52

2) Rahmanullah Gurbaz - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 33, 4, 17, 32, 3, 0, 106*, 7, 7

3) Usman Ghani - RHB
Last 10 - 2, 1, 8, 12, 28, 1, 47, 0, 24, 39

4) Darwish Rasooli - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 12, 11, 0, 70, 16, 84, 9*, 2, 112r 1w, 19, 14, 95*, 88r 0w
/
Afsar Zazai

5) Najibullah Zadran - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 57, 44*, 3*, 29, 33, 2r 0w, 28r 0w, 12

6) Mohammad Nabi - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 43r 1w, 15r 1w, 2w, 10r 4w, 12r 0w, 1w, 16r 0w, 2w, 32r 0w, 20r 0w

7) Karim Janat - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 12r 1w, 0w, 10r 1w, 0w, 39r 0w, 20r 2w, 4w, 1w, 0w, 6r 0w

8) Azmatullah Omarzai - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 43r 1w, 10r 0w, 79r 2w, 17r 1w, 3w, 20r 2w
/
Fareed Ahmad/Noor Ahmad

9) Rashid Khan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 2w, 39r 2w, 1w, 0w, 19r 2w, 1w, 4w, 2w

10) Fazalhaq Farooqi - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 2w

11) Nijat Masood - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 1w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 7w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w

BENCH

12) Afsar Zazai - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 12, 68, 21*, 21, 6, 6, 51*, 4, 30, 45, 57, 40, 57

13) Noor Ahmad - RHB, LWS
Last 10 - 2w, 8r 0w, 0w, 13r 1w, 1w, 10r 2w, 25r 2w, 30r 1w, 1w, 29r 2w

14) Sharafuddin Ashraf - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 3r 0w, 26r 1w, 11r 2w, 29r 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w

15) Fareed Ahmad - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 3w, 1w, 1w, 10r 0w, 0w, 22r 3w, 15r 1w, 6r 2w, 1w, 2w

16) Ihsanullah Janat - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 10, 0, 122, 35, 29, 50, 35, 21, 74, 125

Safe C/VC choices
Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan

Differential GL C/VC choices

ZIM - Craig Ervine, Wesley Madhvere, Luke Jongwe
Risky - Regis Chakabva, Milton Shumba

AFG - Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran 
Risky - Karim Janat, Nijat Masood

 

*Important*

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Iyer did not field on Wednesday because of back pain, but it was understood that he would field on Thursday after receiving treatment
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 05:20:42 GMT
The England batter was part of the Delhi Capitals squad, having been bought for INR 4 crore at the auction in December
Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:13:53 GMT
Although Nair fell for 74 in the last session of the day, Wadkar stayed unbeaten on 56
Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:51:50 GMT
Josh Hazlewood has risen to No. 2, while Kuldeep Yadav has achieved a career-best 16th place
Fri, 22 Mar 2024 07:29:00 GMT
A list of injured and unavailable players and their replacements for IPL 2024
Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:06:41 GMT
Mohammed Shami and Prasidh Krishna have been ruled out of IPL 2024
Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:44:32 GMT
India allrounder opens up on what happened during those 48 hours when he had to leave the team in the middle of a Test to visit his mother in hospital
Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:22:00 GMT
England seamer insists landmarks are not the reason he still competes at the age of 41
Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:54:05 GMT
Mumbai's young batter also credits Ajinkya Rahana and Shreyas Iyer for their roles in putting up big partnerships
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:59:45 GMT
Shah also mentioned that Mohammed Shami is expected back only in September, while KL Rahul is still awaiting clearance to join LSG
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:01:44 GMT
Jason Roy opted out of the tournament citing personal reasons
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 07:52:32 GMT
They had slipped to fifth after the defeat in Hyderabad, but are now firmly back on top
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:23:10 GMT
"I love to play in tough situations and tough conditions," Thakur says after top-scoring in Mumbai's first innings in the Ranji Trophy final
Sun, 10 Mar 2024 03:19:26 GMT
While the expectations from Mumbai are always big, Vidarbha are primed for their time under the limelight
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 17:57:45 GMT
Move aimed at incentivising players for prioritising Test cricket
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:48:55 GMT
Ashwin explains the "different actions, different speeds, and different releases" he has had to use to stay on top of the batters
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:44:50 GMT
He calls for 'allround' review of domestic cricket involving players and coaches
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:34:10 GMT
England captain seeks positives after 4-1 loss as he backs team to stick to positive style
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:00:03 GMT
Head coach doesn't rule out the possibility of both players returning soon to the national team
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 10:41:57 GMT
England suffered another collapse to crash to a 4-1 series defeat in Dharamsala
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 10:03:42 GMT
India coach praises the selectors' input and their captain was pleased with Kuldeep and Jaiswal's growth
Sat, 09 Mar 2024 07:14:15 GMT
Bumrah took charge of India in his absence
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 14:12:05 GMT
Shoaib Bashir is England's best bowler on the day, which ends with India comfortably ahead by 255 runs with two first-innings wickets in hand
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 13:00:34 GMT
Spin coach praises Bashir for overcoming illness, as he and Hartley keep fighting with the ball
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:20:40 GMT
The India left-arm spinner has had a quietly devastating series and proved to be the difference once more in Dharamsala
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 02:10:27 GMT
ESPNcricinfo understands that the India batter will also take a call on his international future soon
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:42:43 GMT
As Stokes himself acknowledged, "3-2 sounds better than 3-1 or 4-1", so another high-octane contest ought to be in prospect
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:24:01 GMT
India captain also reflected on the unusual paths both his career and R Ashwin's have gone, with the latter set to play his 100th Test
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:40:30 GMT
Cameron Green makes big strides as Jaiswal edges into top ten among batters
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:02:15 GMT
Bashir and Hartley both retained in spite of expectation of seam-friendly conditions in Dharamsala
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 13:35:36 GMT
He picks out the 2012-13 home-series defeat to England as one of the major turning points in his career
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:45:32 GMT
The England batter explains why Ashwin is such a challenging bowler to face in Test cricket
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 09:54:30 GMT
England's latest caps centurion looks to finish India series on a high in Dharamsala
Sat, 02 Mar 2024 14:08:24 GMT
ESPNcricinfo understands that Steyn has pulled out of the tournament for personal reasons
Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:18:49 GMT
The inter-zonal tournament of five three-day matches will be played in Pune between March 28 and April 11
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:43:23 GMT
Washington Sundar was released from the squad to play the Ranji Trophy semi-final for Tamil Nadu against Mumbai
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 10:30:55 GMT
While their abilities were not in question, it is understood that their decision to practically make themselves unavailable for India has not sat well with the selectors
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:51:26 GMT
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have been retained in the top category
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:46:54 GMT
It is understood that Lucknow Super Giants are aware of his progress and are optimistic about his availability in the IPL
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:52:53 GMT
Hazlewood back into the top ten in T20I rankings while Scholtz, Erasmus of Namibia dazzle too
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:27:39 GMT
India Women head coach particularly wants to create a pool of fast bowlers from the WPL
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:39:35 GMT
Ishan Kishan turned up for the Reserve Bank of India in the DY Patil T20 tournament
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 04:50:38 GMT
He is also unlikely to play the 2024 T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and USA
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:41:55 GMT
His comments follow BCCI's warning that players will face "severe implications" if they skip Tests and domestic games to be ready for IPL
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:39:18 GMT
Bashir's two-in-two after lunch opened up the game, but in the end, England's second-innings collapse meant that they didn't have enough to play with
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:22:19 GMT
"During the Bengal game, I shouted at 17th player, and he complained to his dad who is a politician"
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:21:24 GMT
Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer are also set to feature in the tournament
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:24:59 GMT
England captain praises young spin attack despite India inflicting first series defeat of his tenure
Sun, 25 Feb 2024 14:52:19 GMT
Ashwin says the lack of bounce on the surface meant he had to adopt a different approach in Ranchi
Sun, 25 Feb 2024 13:26:54 GMT
India's spinners came to the party on day three in Ranchi after their wicketkeeper dug them out of a hole
Sun, 25 Feb 2024 13:06:16 GMT
Offspinner dedicates five-wicket haul to late grandfathers as he braces for fourth-innings challenge
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:32:37 GMT
Backs England to seize chance to square series, after Bashir's stellar display
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:09:37 GMT
India trail by 134 runs in the first innings with only three wickets in hand
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:37:40 GMT
Bhatia and Harmanpreet steered Mumbai's chase after Capsey and Rodrigues helped Delhi set a target of 172
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:01:32 GMT
India's debutant fast bowler picked up three wickets with the new ball to put India on top
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:13:56 GMT
India fast bowler has been missing in action since the final of the ODI World Cup in November 2023
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:23:53 GMT
First-day century rescues England after five-wicket morning to post 302 for 7 at the close
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:15:29 GMT
Veteran batter stepped in and took control shepherding his team from 112 for 5 to 302 for 7 by stumps
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 06:43:41 GMT
BCCI released the schedule only for the first 21 matches, till April 7, as the dates for India's general elections aren't out yet
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:38:04 GMT
England haven't lost a Test series since Stokes and McCullum took over but that could change in Ranchi
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:31:38 GMT
He is believed to have batted without any discomfort but did not keep wickets
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:37:42 GMT
He had opted out of the ongoing Tests against England due to personal reasons
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:33:33 GMT
KL Rahul is set to miss the fourth Test as well, while his participation in the final Test in Dharamsala is subject to fitness
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:56:20 GMT
Iyer has been ruled out due to back spasms, while Dube will miss out because of a side strain
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:25:35 GMT
Former Bengal captain requests BCCI to take steps to increase the significance of the Ranji Trophy
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:58:10 GMT
England coach unconcerned by form of Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root ahead of must-win Ranchi Test
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:34:40 GMT
A veteran for Vidarbha, he is the only Indian batter to have scored fifty or more in his lone ODI appearance
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:01:34 GMT
Sarfaraz Khan played the perfect supporting act in a stand of 172 off 26.2 overs with Jaiswal to set up India's 2-1 series lead
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:07:11 GMT
Ashwin took the field at the start of the third session of play on the fourth day
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 17:51:43 GMT
England captain questions Zak Crawley's second-innings lbw dismissal
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16:44:51 GMT
"I know how important every innings is and that's why I work hard in practice and every innings counts for me"
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16:44:07 GMT
They lead England 2-1 having stayed calm in the face of an early onslaught in Rajkot
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:21:08 GMT
England captain ignores criticism of approach, while his return to bowling draws nearer
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 13:33:35 GMT
Despite the absence of Ashwin on the third day in Rajkot, India proceeded to seal their biggest Test win
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 08:07:46 GMT
Non-participation in domestic cricket will lead to "severe implications", secretary Jay Shah has said
Sat, 17 Feb 2024 13:36:11 GMT
Earlier in the day, India's bowling attack roared back to bowl out England for 319 despite Ben Duckett's 153
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:08:03 GMT
R Ashwin was pulled up for running on the protected area of the pitch on the second morning
Sat, 17 Feb 2024 03:56:03 GMT
As things stand, India will have to play with only ten men in the remainder of the Rajkot Test if Ashwin doesn't return
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 18:25:05 GMT
A sensational century by Ben Duckett, at 88 balls the third fastest against India in India, left the hosts shell-shocked in Rajkot
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 18:24:30 GMT
At 98 Tests, he also becomes the second-fastest to the landmark in Test cricket
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 07:28:48 GMT
"My body won't allow me to continue bowling fast in red-ball cricket, so I have decided to quit"
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 06:17:14 GMT
Deepak Chahar and Shreyas Iyer also missing in action despite being specifically told to play first-class cricket
Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:34:41 GMT
Sarfaraz's 66-ball innings lit up the afternoon but ended in heartbreak after he was run-out with Jadeja seeking a 100th run
Thu, 15 Feb 2024 06:03:05 GMT
BCCI secretary Jay Shah confirms as much; also says it's mandatory for centrally contracted players to play domestic cricket when fit
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:40:31 GMT
There are huge milestones to look forward to for Ashwin, Anderson and Stokes as India take on England's Bazball once again
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