Major changes in India A team for the second first class match against Australia A
Australia A won by 7 wickets in the first first class match. KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel have been included in the India A squad for the second first-class match against Australia A starting from November 7 in Melbourne. Earlier, Prasidh Krishna was included as a replacement for Yash Dayal. Yash Dayal has been given a place in Team India for the South Africa T-20 series. It is believed that KL Rahul will open the innings with Abhimanyu Easwaran. This change has been made amid the possibility of Rohit Sharma’s absence for the Perth Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, starting from November 22. Therefore, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad will move himself down the batting order to make room for KL Rahul. There are already names like Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Porel in the team, but after the arrival of Jurel, he looks ahead of these two and can handle the responsibility behind the wicket. India A team for the second first class match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran (vice-captain), Sai Sudarshan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Baba Inderjeet, Ishan Kishan (wk), Abhishek Porel (wk), Mukesh Kumar, Khalil Ahmed, Navdeep Saini, Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper). Australia A had won by 7 wickets Talking about the first first class match, Australia A won by 7 wickets. India A, batting first, scored only 107 runs. In response, Australia A team managed to score 195 runs. In the second innings, India A scored 312 runs thanks to the brilliant innings of Sai Sudarshan (103) and Devdutt Padikkal (88). After this, Australia A won the target by scoring 226 runs at the loss of 3 wickets.
Agenda of BCCI Supreme Council meeting: 8 major issues will be discussed
The meeting is being held five days before the upcoming 93rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Bengaluru A view of logo of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) (Photo by Aniruddha Chowhdury/Mint via Getty Images) The Apex Council meeting of the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) will be held on Wednesday, in which many important issues related to the functioning of the board will be discussed. However, even though Jay Shah has resigned from the post of BCCI secretary to take over as ICC (International Cricket Council) chairman, the issue of appointment of a new BCCI secretary is not included in the agenda, The meeting is being held five days before the upcoming 93rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Bengaluru, and will be the last meeting of the Supreme Council before the AGM. Despite Jay Shah being elected ICC President, a new BCCI Secretary has not been appointed yet. What is the agenda of the BCCI Supreme Council meeting? Jay Shah will attend the upcoming AGM as BCCI secretary, as he will take over as ICC president from December 1. Eight major issues will be discussed on the agenda of the meeting, with the nomination process or the appointment of a new secretary not being discussed. The payment dispute with former title sponsor Byju’s will also be discussed on the agenda of the meeting. Byju’s ended its sponsorship agreement with the BCCI last year, and now there is a dispute over the outstanding payment in the matter. Byju’s case included in the agenda Bengaluru-based edtech company Byju’s, co-founded by Ravindran Byju, had signed a three-year jersey sponsorship deal with the BCCI in 2019. The deal was extended by a year for an amount of $5.5 million. While payments were made till September 2022, the dispute is over the outstanding payments from October 2022 to March 2023. An update on this dispute will be part of the agenda of the meeting. Discussion on National Cricket Academy The meeting will also discuss the opening of a new state-of-the-art National Cricket Academy (NCA) outside Bengaluru. Currently, the NCA is functioning in the M Chinnaswamy Stadium complex, which is more than two decades old. Along with this, the issue of renovation of the exterior of the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai and approval of the North-East Development Project will also be discussed in the meeting.
Pakistan Cricket Board is going to do a ‘major surgery’, these players will be kicked out of the team!
PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has now realised that the Pakistan team does not have the people and data to select talented players due to which the national team is suffering. Pakistan Team (Pic Source: X) After the poor performance in ODI World Cup 2023, T20 World Cup 2024, it is clear that the level of Pakistan cricket team is declining. PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi said that Pakistan Cricket Board now needs “major surgery”. What does surgery mean? PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi has now realized that the Pakistan team does not have the people and data to select talented players, due to which the national team is suffering. This comment of Naqvi was criticized by Pakistan lost their first test against Bangladesh It came a day after. Naqvi said, “The problem is that the selection committee does not have a group of players to select players from. I talked about surgery because we need to fix our problems. But when we look at how to solve them, we do not have any concrete data or more players to turn to for help. The whole system was messed up. The Champions Cup (Pakistan’s domestic tournament) will bring out the best talents and we will have records of many players.” The mission is to find talented players from domestic tournaments The PCB has appointed five mentors for the domestic Champions Cup starting in a few weeks which will be involved in five teams. Waqar Younis, Misbah-ul-Haq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Sarfraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik will work as mentors. Their job will be to identify talented players of the country and give them opportunities. Naqvi said that the 150 players selected for the Champions Cup have been selected with the help of artificial intelligence. He said that the performance and record of the Champions Cup will help the selectors in making necessary changes in the senior team of Pakistan. Bad players will be immediately removed from Pakistan team Naqvi said, “We had many players whose records we did not have. This cup will strengthen domestic cricket, we will have a pool of 150 players, and then whatever surgery we need to do in the team, the selection committee will do it. People said ‘do it today, remove four-five players from the team and get rid of them’. But you cannot remove someone unless you have a better player to replace him”
Sri Lanka suffered another major setback before the T20 series against India, deadly fast bowler was ruled out due to injury
Nuwan Thushara suffered this injury during the practice session. Nuwan Thusara (Pic Source-X) The Sri Lankan team has suffered another major setback before the upcoming T20 series against India. Excellent fast bowler Nuwan Tushara has been ruled out of this T20 series due to a finger injury. Let us tell you, Nuwan Tushara suffered this injury during the practice session. Earlier, Dushmantha Chameera has also been ruled out of the T20 series against India due to injury. Nuwan Tushara’s injury was confirmed by team manager Mahinda Halangoda. Nuwan Tushara has suffered an injury on the finger of his right hand which is not his bowling hand but the pain is so much that this excellent player has been ruled out of the upcoming T20 series against India. Chameera’s replacement has been announced. Asitha Fernando has been included in the ODI and T20 squad in place of Chameera. 🚨 Nuwan Thushara will not take part in the T20I series, as the player suffered an injury to his left thumb while fielding during practices last night. A medical report obtained shows a fracture on the player’s left thumb. Dilshan Madushanka comes into the squad as a… pic.twitter.com/6pq0CzRqy2 — Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) July 25, 2024 Our preparations for the T20 series against India are going very well: Sanath Jayasuriya Let us tell you, Nuwan Tushara bowled very well for Sri Lanka in the recently concluded ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and took 8 wickets in three matches. Not only this, this excellent bowler took a T20 hat-trick against Bangladesh this year. He took 5 wickets for 20 runs. Dilshan Madhushanka has been included in the team as a replacement for Nuwan Tushara. Interim head coach Sanath Jayasuriya gave his opinion on the team’s preparation. He said that the team’s preparation is going very well and all the players have practiced hard. According to ESPNcricinfo, Jayasuriya said, “It was a very good training session with Zubin and we did many things that we had not done before. We learned a lot from him and I am hopeful that all our players will perform well in the upcoming series as well.” 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Faf du Plessis’s uproar in the eliminator of Major League Cricket, internet blasted with this video
Faf Du Plessis scored another half-century in the Eliminator (MLC Eliminator) match against defending champions Mumbai Indians New York (MI New York) on 25 July. Faf du Plessis (Source X) Texas Super Kings captain Faf du Plessis continues his tremendous form in Major League Cricket 2024. Faf Du Plessis scored another half-century in the Eliminator match against defending champions Mumbai Indians New York (MI New York) on 25 July. As a result, Texas Super Kings won by 9 wickets against MI New York. Rashid Khan played a brilliant innings for Mumbai Indians New York Rashid Khan (55 off 30 balls, 4 fours, 4 sixes) played a brilliant half-century for Mumbai Indians New York (MI New York), who batted first in the match, and scored 163 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Along with Rashid, only Menank Patel (48) and Shayan Jahangir (26) performed brilliantly in the Mumbai Indians New York innings. Among the Texas Super Kings bowlers, Marcus Stoinis and Aaron Hardy took 2-2 wickets. Whereas, Zia-ul-Haq, Noor Ahmed and Bravo got one wicket each. Captain Faf du Plessis again played a fiery innings After this, Texas Super Kings came out to chase this target. Openers Du Plessis (72) and Devon Conway (51 not out off 43 balls; 3 fours, six) showed their strength and the team registered a thumping win for the loss of one wicket in 18.3 overs. Aaron Hardy, who performed excellently with the ball, also performed excellently with the bat, he scored an unbeaten 40 runs in 22 balls which included 3 fours, 2 sixes. Du Plessis played an innings of 72 runs with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes in 47 balls, which proved to be decisive in the team’s victory. Watch video FAF DU PLESSIS – THE LEGEND OF THE SUPER KINGS FAMILY. – 72 (47) with 6 fours and 3 sixes in the Eliminator against MI New York in the MLC. The captain at the age of 40 keeps getting better.pic.twitter.com/GrURm0QS7U — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 25, 2024 With the win in this match, the Super Kings have qualified for the Challenger match. Washington Freedom and San Francisco Unicorns will compete in the qualifier match on July 26. The Super Kings will play the Challenger match against the team that loses this match. The winner of the qualifier and the winner of the challenger game will be decided in the final on July 28. Du Plessis’ score in MLC 2024 (7 innings with a strike rate of 168.16) 14(14 balls) 100(58 balls) 34(17 balls) 61(38 balls) 55(32 balls) 39(17 balls) 72(47 balls)