Andre Russell: “Why should I retire, I want to play the next T20 World Cup in 2026: Andre Russell
West Indies international cricketer Andre Russell recently expressed his desire to participate in the T20 World Cup in 2026. Andre Russell. (Photo by TONY ASHBY/AFP via Getty Images) Andre Russell wants to play T20 World Cup 2026: West Indies international cricketer Andre Russell recently expressed his desire to participate in the T20 World Cup to be held in 2026. This tournament will be jointly organized by India and Sri Lanka. The 36-year-old Russell was considering retiring from international cricket after the 2024 T20 World Cup but revealed that he changed his decision after a conversation with West Indies head coach Darren Sammy and will now prepare his body for the next mega tournament. Russell is one of the biggest names in T20 cricket. He has scored 1033 runs at a strike rate of 163.70 and taken 60 wickets in 82 T20 Internationals for the West Indies. Talking about continuing his international career for the West Indies, Russell said that the Caribbean team has a lot of talent, but he wants to inspire the young players so that they can become even better and fight for their place in the team. Why should I retire: Andre Russell Speaking to Jamaica Gleaner, Russell said, “I spoke to Sammy and he told me that he wants me to play international cricket for a few more years. Seeing the talent in the Caribbean team, I think I will push my body more and play international cricket for the next two years.” Russell further said, “I definitely want to play in the 2026 World Cup because I have a lot of talent that can come out. I could have retired from international cricket, but I want to see how the young all-rounders perform. I can still hit the ball anywhere, bowl at a good pace, am still fit and can run in the field. I don’t think I should stop now.” Andre Russell’s current status Currently, Andre Russell is playing for Trinbago Knight Riders in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). His team has won five out of eight matches so far and has qualified for the playoffs, which will start on October 1. The Kieron Pollard-led side will next play against Barbados Royals and Guyana Amazon Warriors and if they win both the matches, they will secure their place in the top two, giving them two chances to qualify for the final.
ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit chairman Sir Ronnie Flanagan is going to retire in October
Sir Robbie Flanagan, the independent chairman of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit since 2010, is set to retire. ICC anti-corruption chief Sir Ronnie Flanagan. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst-IDI/IDI via Getty Images) Sir Robbie Flanagan of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit, who has been the independent chairman of the unit since 2010, is now going to retire. According to ESPNcricinfo’s report, he will retire by the end of October 2024. Let us tell you that Flanagan’s decision has come after ACU chief Alex Marshall’s decision to retire in November. Most importantly, Sir Robbie Flanagan has also served as Chief Inspector of Home Tenure for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and as a High Committee Senior Police Officer he was given important responsibility as Chairman of the new Anti-Corruption Unit in 2010. Interestingly, Paul Condon founded the ACU after his appointment to the ICC in 2000. Initially, Condon was tasked with handling the ever-increasing cases of match fixing, and under Condon’s ideals, the increased laws against match fixing resulted in Mohammad Azharuddin, Salim Malik and the late Hansie Cronje facing life bans for fixing. Moreover, with the growing popularity of T20 cricket, Condon had said that the shortest format domestic league would pose the biggest threat to the integrity of the game. ICC releases Women’s T20 World Cup anthem The Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 is scheduled to start from October 3. This important tournament will be played in the UAE. Let us tell you that this tournament was earlier to be played in Bangladesh but due to political controversy, it will now be held in the UAE. The ICC has released the anthem of the upcoming tournament. Its name is ‘Whatever It Takes’. Many people have also praised this new anthem. The official song of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 is sung by the all-girl pop group WiSH. The music director of the song is Mikey McCleary and the composer is Parth Parekh and it is produced by Bay Music House. The song is now available for download and streaming on major platforms around the world. Highest wicket taker in the history of Women’s T20 World Cup- List of captains who have won the most Test matches for India- List of highest wicket takers in Duleep Trophy 2024- List of highest run scorers in Duleep Trophy 2024- List of bowlers with most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket- IND vs BAN Latest WTC Points Table after the first test- Highest run scorer in the history of Women’s T20 World Cup- These teams have lost in the finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup Against which team has Virat Kohli scored the most Test centuries? Will Hardik Pandya return to Test cricket?
After Shikhar Dhawan, now these three Indian players can also retire from international cricket
Today i.e. on 24th August, Indian team’s legendary opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan has retired from international cricket. Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha and Cheteshwar Pujara (Pic Source-X) Today, on 24 August, Indian team’s veteran opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan has retired from international cricket. Shikhar Dhawan announced this by sharing a video on his official social media account. Let us tell you, Shikhar Dhawan’s performance has always been tremendous in international cricket and there are many young players who consider him as their idol. Shikhar Dhawan played his last international match against Bangladesh in December 2022. He played a three-match ODI series against Bangladesh in which the opener scored a total of 18 runs. Since this series, Shikhar Dhawan has not got a place in the Indian team. Now after Shikhar Dhawan, there are some other experienced players who can retire from international cricket. Today we tell you about three such Indian batsmen who can be seen retiring from international cricket very soon. 1. Cheteshwar Pujara Cheteshwar Pujara. (Image Source: Sportstar) Cheteshwar Pujara has been one of the important players of the Indian team in Test cricket. He has participated in many important matches in Test cricket on behalf of the Indian team. However, Cheteshwar Pujara has not been seen playing international cricket for a long time. He played his last match in the final of the World Test Championship against Australia. Cheteshwar Pujara has been playing in the England County Championship for some time now and has left his mark here too. For some time now, the Indian team has also given many young players a chance in the Test format and they have also performed very well in it. It seems very difficult for Cheteshwar Pujara to return to the Indian team now and this is the reason why he may retire from international cricket very soon.
MS Dhoni wanted to retire after his first Test century, VVS Laxman made a big revelation
MS Dhoni played 90 Test matches for India in his career, in which he scored 4876 runs with the help of 6 centuries and 33 half-centuries. MS Dhoni (Photo Source: Getty Images) Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) is considered one of the legendary players of the cricket world. India has won three ICC trophies under Dhoni’s captaincy, he is the only captain in the world to do such a feat. MS Dhoni made his international cricket debut for India in 2004. Dhoni first led India in the T20 format. Then he got the captaincy of the team in ODI and Test formats. Just two years after becoming the Test captain, Dhoni wanted to retire from the longest format of the game. Let us tell you the whole story behind this- VVS Laxman had revealed this about MS Dhoni Former Indian veteran player VVS Laxman had told during an interview given to Star Sports a few years ago that, after scoring his first Test century of his career against Pakistan in Faisalabad in 2006, MS Dhoni had talked about retiring from the format and all the players in the dressing room were shocked to hear this joke. VVS Laxman said, I remember when Dhoni came back to the dressing room after scoring a century and he shouted loudly, “Now I will announce my retirement. I have hit a century in Test cricket, that’s it, friend. I don’t want anything from Test cricket anymore.” We were all shocked to hear this but this is what makes him Dhoni. The match was drawn due to Dhoni’s innings Talking about that Test match between Pakistan and India, Pakistan scored 588 runs in the first innings. Inzamam-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi scored centuries in that match. MS Dhoni scored his first Test century while making a great partnership for the sixth wicket with Irfan Pathan. Dhoni scored 148 runs and due to his innings, India was successful in drawing the match. MS Dhoni played 90 Test matches for India in his career, in which he scored 4876 runs with the help of 6 centuries and 33 half-centuries. At the same time, under his captaincy, he has made India win 27 out of 60 Test matches.
Ravindra Jadeja is out of ODI, BCCI is looking for a replacement, he may soon retire from this format too
After winning the T20 World Cup, Ravindra Jadeja retired from T20Is. Ravindra Jadeja. (Image Source: BCCI/X) On the evening of 18 July, Team India was announced for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. Ravindra Jadeja’s name is not in the team selected for the three-match ODI series, seeing which the fans were a bit surprised. Since then, there has been a constant debate about why Jadeja has not been selected in the team. He has been an important part of India’s ODI team for more than 10 years. Now some important reports are coming out about Ravindra Jadeja. The new management under the captaincy of head coach Gautam Gambhir is looking for a future replacement for the spin all-rounder keeping in mind the upcoming Champions Trophy. Jadeja is not in BCCI’s plans for ODI cricket. The Men in Blue will play only six ODIs before the Champions Trophy and the goal is to use these six matches to give match time to Akshar and Sundar. BCCI is looking for a replacement for Ravindra Jadeja One of the sources close to the developments told Hindustan Times that there is nothing wrong with Jadeja’s performance but the management wants to build a team for the future. A BCCI source told Hindustan Times, “India have only six ODIs to play before the Champions Trophy next year, including three in Sri Lanka. The selectors want to use Axar Patel and Washington Sundar in all the matches by giving them more chances.” He further said, “There is nothing wrong with Jadeja’s performance. The management wants to consider other options because we have to build a team for the future.” Axar was part of India’s squad in the ODI World Cup 2023 but was ruled out due to an injury ahead of the tournament. Since then, he has done a commendable job in the shortest format of the game and was a key player for the Rohit Sharma-led side in the T20 World Cup 2024. Axar has played 57 ODIs so far in which he has taken 60 wickets and scored 489 runs. When it comes to Washington, he is expected to get opportunities in white-ball cricket. He performed well in the recent Zimbabwe series and is expected to continue the same momentum.
Reports: Rohit Sharma will retire after T20 World Cup 2024, this is the big reason behind making Hardik Pandya the vice-captain.
Rohit Sharma will play the last match of his T20 International career during the T20 World Cup. Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya. (Image Source: Getty Images) The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be co-hosted by West Indies and America from June 1. Rohit Sharma is ready to captain India once again in ICC tournaments. At this time a big news related to Rohit Sharma is coming out, which may surprise you. Actually, Rohit Sharma will play the last match of his T20 International career during the T20 World Cup. After this he will announce his retirement from the shortest format of cricket. The reason for Rohit Sharma’s decision is being attributed to Hardik Pandya. Hardik Pandya will be India’s next T20 captain According to the report of Dainik Jagran, Hardik Pandya has not got a place in the T20 World Cup team due to his performance. Rather, the board is considering him as the captain of the next T20 format of Team India, due to which he has also been appointed as the vice-captain in the upcoming tournament. Rohit Sharma is playing under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya in IPL 2024. Let us tell you that Rohit Sharma was captaining Mumbai Indians for the last 10 years. But then before the start of the season this year, Mumbai traded Hardik Pandya from Gujarat Titans and appointed him as the captain. Many videos related to the match go viral on social media, which clearly shows that something is not going well between the two players. The performance of Mumbai Indians under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya has not been anything special, the team is the first team to be eliminated from the tournament. In the semi-finals of T20 World Cup 2022, Team India had to face defeat against England by 10 wickets. After which the team was again out of the tournament. Team India’s performance under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma in the ODI World Cup 2023 played in India was excellent, but after losing the final to Australia, the team once again faced disappointment in ICC events. Under the captaincy of Rohit, the Indian team would like to win the trophy by playing brilliantly in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024.