After Kane Williamson, 2 more star players rejected New Zealand team’s central contract- Board upset!

New Zealand openers Devon Conway and Finn Allen have taken a big decision regarding their central contracts. Devon Conway (Photo Source: Getty Images) The New Zealand Cricket Board suffered a major setback when star batsman Kane Williamson turned down the central contract. Now when New Zealand is looking for players for its team, openers Devon Conway and Finn Allen have taken a big decision regarding their central contracts. While Devon Conway has opted for a contingent contract, Finn Allen has turned down a central contract to focus more on franchise cricket opportunities. What did Devon Conway say about his contract Conway, 33, who has been selected for the Tests against Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, has committed to all international matches for the next 12 months, except the white-ball series against Sri Lanka in January. Actually, Conway wants to play in SA20, the third edition of which is starting from January 9. He also said that his family is the main reason behind choosing a casual contract. He said on this- “First of all I would like to thank New Zealand Cricket for their cooperation in this process. The decision to walk away from the central contract has been a well-thought out one. I believe this is the best decision for me and my family at this time.” “I am excited to be part of the upcoming Test squad for the crucial phase of the ICC World Test Championship cycle and, if selected, also look forward to featuring in the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan in February next year.” Let us tell you that Trent Boult, Martin Guptill had walked away from the national contract in 2022 itself in search of franchise cricket opportunities, while Kane Williamson has taken this decision this year. What statement came from New Zealand Cricket “We are delighted with Devon’s decision to commit to the Blackcaps – he is a quality player who has made strong contributions to the squad over the last few years. It is important to have flexibility in our system to deal with some of the challenges presented by franchise cricket in the current environment – ​​and this is another example of how we are working hard to retain our best players.”

WI vs SA T20 Series: South Africa announced the team for the T20 series, dropped big players

South Africa coach Rob Walter said that the management wants to develop young players and hence has formed such a team. South Africa (Image Credit- Twitter X) After losing the T20 World Cup final, the South African team has once again started preparations to strengthen itself. South Africa is currently on a tour of the West Indies and is playing a 2-match Test series. After this, they have to play a 3-match T20 series from 23 August for which they have announced a 15-member team. There have been major changes in this team, most of the senior players are out of the team due to various reasons, while two young players Kwena Mphaka and Jason Smith have been included in the team. Star wicketkeeper-batsmen Quinton de Kock and Heinrich Klaasen have not been included in the squad as they will play in the CPL 2024, which begins on August 30. Meanwhile, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj and Marco Jensen have reportedly been rested to manage the workload. T20 regulars Aiden Markram and Tristan Stubbs are both part of the team, while experienced Rassie van der Dussen has been included in this team. South Africa coach Rob Walter said that the management wants to develop young players, so such a team has been formed. South Africa team For the T20 series against West Indies , Aiden Markram (captain), Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickleton, Ottniel Bartman, Patrik Kruger, Jason Smith, Nandre Burger, Quen Mphaka, Tristan Stubbs, Dwayne Ferreira, Wiaan Mulder, Reeza van der Dussen, Brajon Fortuyn, Lungi Ngidi, Lizad Williams. West Indies vs South Africa T20 Series Schedule 1st T20I match – August 23 (Trinidad) 2nd T20I match – August 25 (Trinidad) 3rd T20I – August 27 (Trinidad) South Africa coach Rob Walter said after the team announcement- “Many players were not considered for selection due to either their injuries or we took this decision to manage their workload. Apart from this, some players are busy playing in T20 leagues.”

It is great to see Harmanpreet Kaur and other Indian players participating in WBBL: GM Alistair Dobson

Indian women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur, experienced opener Smriti Mandhana, brilliant player Jemimah Rodrigues and many more are the players who have made their mark in the Women’s Big Bash League. Harmanpreet Kaur (Photo Source: Twitter) There are many Indian players who have participated in the Women’s Big Bash League so far and their performance has been very good in this tournament. Indian women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur, experienced opener Smriti Mandhana, brilliant player Jemimah Rodrigues and many other players have left their mark in the Women’s Big Bash League. Not only in the Women’s Big Bash League, but these players have also performed well in The Hundred Women’s Tournament and WCPL. Recently, General Manager of Women’s Big Bash League Alistair Dobson said that the arrival of Indian players makes this tournament even better and also helps a lot in terms of revenue of the league. He said that by Indian players playing in this tournament, viewership also increases a lot and the quality of the tournament also increases. Alistair Dobson said, ‘We are very lucky that Indian players participate in WBBL. Whether Harmanpreet Kaur plays for Melbourne Renegades or any other Indian player is seen participating in this tournament. This benefits the tournament a lot. We want to talk to other boards and bring this tournament to the forefront at a faster pace.’ It’s great to see Harsh Bhogle and Ravi Shastri doing commentary in BBL: Alistair Dobson Let us tell you, in the last season, veteran commentators Ravi Shastri and Harsha Bhogle were part of the broadcasting team. According to Dobson, due to the presence of these two, this game got a lot of growth in the subcontinent as well. According to the General Manager of WBBL, their plan is that more and more commentators from all over the world should join this tournament in the upcoming season so that all the viewers can also enjoy it. Alistair Dobson said, ‘It is great to see that Harsha Bhogle and Ravi Shastri are commentating in the Big Bash League. Both of them have a lot of experience and it helps the game a lot. We want to see more and more global commentators commentating in the Big Bash League tournament this summer. This will help the game a lot and many viewers can be seen enjoying this tournament.’ This is the real status of Pakistan..! Match tickets are being sold for peanuts This player has won the most “Player of the Series” awards The coach had caught hold of Sehwag’s collar, Veeru got furious and then… Anjali’s mother considered Sachin Tendulkar a ‘PLAYBOY’ and then… Top 5 batsmen who scored the most runs for India since 2020 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?

Rohit, Virat, Bumrah, Ashwin will not play Duleep Trophy, big report came out about the players

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. (Source – Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images) Senior Indian cricketers Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin will not be participating in the upcoming Duleep Trophy, which begins on September 5. Reports came in this morning that the BCCI has asked the veterans to play in domestic tournaments to prepare for the upcoming series. India are scheduled to play Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand on home pitches in the coming days. According to new media reports Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin They might be rested from the Duleep Trophy as these players have 10 Test matches to play in the next 5 months. Other Indian cricketers like KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal will be part of the tournament. Mohammed Shami, who is currently at the NCA, will play at least one match before joining the national team for the Bangladesh series. Notably, the format of the Duleep Trophy has been changed this season. Earlier, six teams named North, South, East, West, Central and North-East used to participate in the tournament but on the recommendation of former India head coach Rahul Dravid and NCA head VVS Laxman, they have decided to change it. Some big players of Team India will play Duleep Trophy According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, the reason behind the move was to track a wider pool of players. Ahead of the Test season, the governing body is set to monitor several cricketers, especially those who haven’t played much red-ball cricket. The main focus will be on the likes of Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel and Mayank Yadav, while KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer could also be tested. Ishan Kishan is also expected to be included. The BCCI selectors will meet at the end of the month to finalise the squads and pick the captains of each team. Four teams will participate in the tournament, which will run till September 22. Each team will play the other three teams in a round-robin tournament and the team with the most points will be declared the champion.

Pakistani captain Shan Masood got angry on the question of match fixing, said- “No one can say anything about the honesty of the players…”

The World Cup is over now and we need to look ahead. I can guarantee that all our players want to win matches for Pakistan – Shan Masood Shan Masood (Photo Source: X/Twitter) As part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 ​​cycle, the Pakistan cricket team is going to play a two-match Test series against Bangladesh from August 21. Shan Masood will be seen leading the team, while Saud Shakeel has been appointed as the vice-captain. Before the upcoming series against Bangladesh, Shan Masood has made a big statement about the team, he has rejected all the claims of match fixing within the team. Let us tell you, after Pakistan’s poor performance in the T20 World Cup 2024, a senior journalist had accused Babar Azam of match fixing. All our players want to win matches for Pakistan- Shan Masood At the pre-series press conference before the start of the Test series against Bangladesh, a reporter asked Shan Masood, what message would he give to his team members after Arshad Nadeem’s historic gold medal at the Olympics? The reporter also said that making the country proud can reward the players more than earning from match fixing and any wrong things. Responding to this, Shan Masood said that he cannot question the intentions of anyone in the team because everyone wants to win matches for Pakistan. I cannot question anyone’s intentions just because you used the word match-fixing. I don’t think anyone can question their integrity in the current system of Pakistan cricket. This is something I don’t agree with at all. The World Cup is over now and we need to look ahead. I can guarantee that all our players want to win matches for Pakistan but wins and losses keep happening and whenever we lose, we feel the most pain. Pakistan squad for the two-match Test series against Bangladesh- Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamer Jamal (subject to fitness), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper) and Shaheen Shah Afridi

Three big players who will return to Team India after playing in Buchi Babu Tournament

Buchi Babu tournament will start from 15th August. Suryakumar Yadav (Photo Source: Getty Images) Team India Players who will play in Buchi Babu Tournament: The Indian team has to play its next series against Bangladesh on 19th September. A two-match Test series will be played between the two teams. There is a total break of 40 days between the end of the ODI series against Sri Lanka and the start of the next series. While the senior players of Team India will rest in these 40 days, some players who get a chance to play for the Indian team in only one or two formats will want to make a comeback in the national team by playing in the Buchi Babu tournament. Talking about the Buchi Babu tournament, it will start from August 15, the final of the tournament will be played from September 11. 12 teams will participate in the tournament, which will be divided into four groups initially. Through this tournament, Indian players will be able to prepare for major domestic tournaments in the future. Four venues have been selected for the league stage matches. Apart from the domestic cricketers of India, some senior players of Team India will also be seen in the tournament. Let’s know who those players are. Team India Players who will play in Buchi Babu Tournament 1. Suryakumar Yadav Suryakumar Yadav (Photo Source: Getty Images) Suryakumar Yadav, the current T20 captain of the Indian team, will be seen showing his flair in this tournament. The right-handed veteran batsman will be seen playing for Mumbai. SKY’s record in domestic cricket has been tremendous. After playing the T20 series against Sri Lanka, Surya is preparing hard for the upcoming tournament for the Mumbai team. By performing well in this tournament, Suryakumar Yadav would like to strengthen his claim for a comeback in the Test team once again.

SA20 2025: After Dinesh Karthik and Joe Root, Paarl Royals included these two strong players in the team

Paarl Royals have signed English all-rounder Jacob Bethell and batsman Sam Hain as overseas players for the upcoming third season. Paarl Royals (Photo Source: Getty Images) SA2025: Paarl Royals has started preparations for the upcoming third season of the league. The franchise has already included veteran players like Joe Root and Dinesh Karthik in the team. Paarl Royals has now signed English all-rounder Jacob Bethell and batsman Sam Hain as foreign players. Both are top-class players- Kumar Sangakkara Paarl Royals Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara expressed his happiness over the joining of Jacob Bethell and Sam Hain with the team and said, Jacob Bethell and Sam Hein are both top-class players, as their recent performances show. Jacob’s explosive style and game awareness are things that will prove extremely useful. We play in the SA20, both at home in Paarl and away in similar conditions. Meanwhile, Sam’s ability to make an instant impact with the bat has really come to the fore recently, and we are all very excited to see what he does. We are looking forward to both of them joining the Royals for Season 3. Take a look at Jacob Bethel’s performance- Jacob Bethel was born in Barbados, he received a sports scholarship at Rugby School in Warwickshire at the age of 13. Bethel was part of the England team that reached the final of the ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup as an opening batsman. Jacob has shown excellent performance for his team with the ball and bat in all three formats. He has scored 676 runs in 38 T20 matches so far at a strike rate of 140. In the T20 Blast this year, the young player has scored 356 runs at a strike rate of 155.45, and has also taken 6 wickets at an economy of 6.78. Also, playing for Birmingham Phoenix in the ongoing Hundred 2024, Jacob has scored 111 runs in 3 matches, he is currently the second highest run scorer in the tournament. Take a look at Sam Hein’s performance- Sam Hain came into the limelight with his impressive performance in the year 2022, scoring over a thousand runs to keep Warwickshire in the top division. He has been a standout performer in the domestic circuit in all three formats – first-class cricket, List-A and T20. Sam Hein is known for his ability to play risky shots, rotate the strike and play spin well. Hein has played in many T20 leagues around the world so far. Hein has scored 4500 runs in 155 T20 matches at a strike rate of 133.95.

Talking about finger spinners, Ravichandran Ashwin and Nathan Lyon are my favourite players: Rangana Herath

Rangana Herath has taken over 1000 first-class wickets, while he has 500 international wickets and 400 Test wickets to his name. Rangana Herath of Sri Lanka. (Photo by Dave Thompson/Getty Images) Rangana Herath is considered one of the best spinners not only in Sri Lanka but in the world. His performance has always been very good in international cricket. Let us tell you, Rangana Herath has taken more than 1000 wickets in first class while he has 500 international wickets and 400 test wickets to his name. Recently a white ball series was played between Sri Lanka and India. While India won the T20 series 3-0, Sri Lanka won the ODI series 2-0. After the end of this white ball series, Rangana Herath named those spinners of today’s era who have impressed him a lot. Rangana Herath played an important role in Sri Lanka’s victory in the 2014 T20 World Cup. He took five wickets for Sri Lanka in a low-scoring match against New Zealand and helped his team qualify for the playoffs. According to Cricblog, Rangana Herath said, ‘If you talk about finger spinners, I would like to name Ravichandran Ashwin and Nathan Lyon. Another spinner is South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj. I also like watching Kuldeep Yadav bowling. Talking about Sri Lanka, Prabhat Jayasuriya has bowled very well so far. There are many other names but they are not coming to my mind at the moment. Sri Lanka’s spinners bowled very well in the ODI series against India Let us tell you, in the recently concluded ODI series against India, Sri Lankan spinners bowled brilliantly and took 27 wickets. Sri Lankan spinners left their mark against the Indian batsmen and won the hearts of many fans. In this series, Indian spinners took a total of 16 wickets. While Washington Sundar took 5 wickets in the three-match ODI series, Kuldeep Yadav took four wickets. Many former players of the Sri Lankan team praised the team a lot. 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

IND vs SL: Is this player’s last ODI for Team India? Champions Trophy dream shattered

Shivam Dubey’s return to the ODI team is doubtful. Shivam Dubey has played 4 ODI matches for India so far. In this, he has scored 43 runs and taken one wicket at a poor average of 10.75. Shivam Dubey (Source X) On 8 August, despite having star players, the strong Indian team had to face a humiliating defeat of 0-2 in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. With this, India has lost an ODI series in Sri Lanka after 27 years. Team India included young players as well as veteran players. But, they could not perform well in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Amidst all this, the question has arisen whether any player of Team India has played the last ODI match of his career. Shivam Dube is coming under the scanner of this question. Did Shivam Dubey play his last ODI for India? The Indian player was given a chance to play continuously in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. However, this player has broken the trust of Team India coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Rohit Sharma with his flop performance. Now there are rumors that this was Shivam Dubey’s last ODI match for India. It is almost impossible for Dubey to get a chance in India’s ODI team in the future. How was Shivam Dubey’s performance on the Sri Lanka tour? All-rounder Shivam Dubey has performed poorly in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. Shivam Dubey could not get success in both bowling and batting. Shivam Dubey missed the chance to become the hero of the team by scoring 25, 0 and 9 runs in the three matches of the ODI series. Shivam Dubey could not perform as claimed in bowling as well. On the basis of all these statistics, it is doubtful that Shivam Dubey will get a chance in the ODI team. It will be difficult if Hardik Pandya comes Hardik Pandya did not play in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Due to this, Shivam Dubey was given a chance as an all-rounder in the ODI team. But Shivam Dubey performed poorly and could not maintain the trust of the coach and captain. In such a situation, if Hardik returns to Team India’s ODI team, Shivam Dubey will lose his place. It is very difficult for Shivam Dubey to remain in the ODI team along with Hardik. Shivam Dubey may miss the golden opportunity of Champions Trophy The Champions Trophy tournament will be held in February-March 2025 next year. Team India will play the next ODI match in this tournament. Hardik Pandya will play as an all-rounder for Team India in the Champions Trophy 2025. Apart from this, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh and Ravindra Jadeja will get a chance in the top order. In such a situation, players like Shivam Dubey, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant may miss out due to their poor performance. Especially Shivam Dube’s return to the ODI team is doubtful. Shivam Dube has played 4 ODI matches for India so…

“With the inclusion of cricket in the Olympics, players…”- USA Cricket Board President Venu Pisike said a big thing

There are still four years left for the Olympics, I am sure by that time we will have much better facilities – Venu Pisike Venu Pisike (Photo Source: USA Cricket) The USA cricket team performed brilliantly in the T20 World Cup 2024. USA made it to the Super-8 by defeating Pakistan and Canada in the group stage round, and the team also gave a tough fight to a team like India. Let us tell you, cricket will also be a part of the next Olympic Games, regarding which USA Cricket Board President Venu Pisike says that this will make the country’s future even brighter. We will have better facilities before Olympics 2028- Venu Pisike According to the Times of India, Venu Pisike said, A lot of tools are needed to grow cricket in America. The Olympics and the recent World Cup are a step towards making cricket a professional sport. The inclusion of cricket in the Olympics will give a right path to any new player. Venu Pisike also said that the US state of California has included cricket in its school system and in the future other states will also start doing so. He also stressed that before the next Olympics start, the USA will have much better facilities for cricket. California has incorporated cricket in its school system, other states will follow suit. We have challenges in providing facilities. But the Olympics are still four years away, I am sure by that time we will have much better facilities. Everyone in the USA is talking about cricket- Venu Pisike USA Cricket Board President Venu Pisike said that after the team’s performance in the T20 World Cup 2024, cricket has become a big topic in the whole country. Everyone including the USA media and government officials are talking about the game. Our performance in reaching the Super-8 in the T20 World Cup and beating Pakistan in the league match really helped. People in the whole community want to know about the game. Most of the media, even government officials, everyone is talking about cricket.