‘He has shown some great skills in his short Test career’, Paul Collingwood praises Jamie Smith

Collingwood compared Smith to former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist Jamie Smith (Pic Source-X) England cricket team assistant coach Paul Collingwood has praised wicketkeeper-batsman Jamie Smith, who performed brilliantly in the second innings of the third Test against Sri Lanka. Collingwood also compared Smith to former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist. Paul Collingwood compared Smith’s performance to Gilchrist and said that having an explosive batsman like him in the middle order can have a big impact on the opposition team. “It’s exciting when he comes on. He’s definitely an entertainer. You go back to the days when Gilchrist used to come on for Australia. When someone has the ability to do something like that, it can cause trouble for the opposition. He has shown some great skills in his short Test career,” Collingwood was quoted as saying by Sportskeeda. Sri Lanka beat England in the third test Talking about the third match between England and Sri Lanka, it was played at Kennington Oval Stadium from 6 September. Where Sri Lanka defeated England by 8 wickets. However, before this match, England had won the series by defeating Sri Lanka in the first two matches. Let us tell you that on the third day, England’s team was reduced to just 156 runs in 34 overs. In this way, Sri Lanka got a target of 219 runs. In response, Sri Lanka won the match by scoring 219 runs in 40.3 overs. Pathum Nissanka batted brilliantly and played an unbeaten innings of 127 runs. During this innings, Nissanka hit 13 fours and 2 sixes. For England, wicketkeeper-batsman Jamie Smith scored 67 runs in the second innings and helped the team reach a respectable score.

SL vs IND: This time Shubman Gill showed his skills near the boundary line, took a miraculous catch of Kusal Mendis

Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 248 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs. Shubman Gill Catch (Pic Source-X) The third ODI match is currently being played between Sri Lanka and India at the R Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo. In this important match, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first. During the match, Indian team’s opening batsman Shubman Gill took a brilliant catch of Kusal Mendis near the boundary line, which even the Sri Lankan batsmen were stunned to see. Shubman Gill took this catch in the 49th over of Sri Lanka’s innings. Kusal Mendis was trying to play a big shot on Kuldeep Yadav’s ball. The ball hit Mendis’ bat and started going towards long on. Shubman Gill was fielding near the boundary line. He caught the ball very well but then the Indian player felt that he was going across the boundary line. He immediately threw the ball in the air and came back and completed the catch very well. A brilliant catch from Shubman Gill, as Kusal Mendis walks back 🤯 Watch #SLvIND LIVE NOW on #SonyLIV pic.twitter.com/FJqLNZCLz0 — SonyLIV (@SonyLIV) August 7, 2024 India need 249 runs to win the match The decision of Kusal Mendis’ catch also went to the third umpire. He wanted to see whether Gill had caught the ball correctly or not. Is it true that the Indian player caught the ball when his foot had crossed the boundary line? However, the third umpire also found the catch to be correct and declared Kusal Mendis out. Sri Lanka batted first and scored 248 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs. Avishka Fernando scored 96 runs for the team while Kusal Mendis scored 59 runs. Pathum Nissanka contributed 45 runs. For India, Riyan Parag took three wickets for 54 runs in 9 overs. Apart from Riyan Parag, Mohammad Siraj, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Washington Sundar took 1-1 wickets. India will have to score 249 runs in 50 overs to win the third ODI. 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

Sanath Jayasuriya praised the skills of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jaspreet Bumrah, gave a big statement

Jaiswal is considered to be the future of Team India. Sanath Jayasuriya, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jasprit Bumrah (Image Credit- Twitter/X) Former Sri Lankan cricket team opener and current team’s interim head coach Sanath Jayasuriya has made a big statement about Indian team’s young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and experienced fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah. In his statement, Jayasuriya has talked about various aspects of Jaiswal’s game and said that the Indian cricket team has done a great job by investing in him. Also, Jayasuriya says that bowlers like Bumrah are successful because of their open-mindedness. Sanath Jayasuriya made a big statement about Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jaspreet Bumrah Let us tell you that in a recent interview with The Times of India, Jayasuriya said about 22-year-old young player Yashasvi Jaiswal – Jaiswal is another big talent of the Indian team. He has the passion and desire to perform well and he is working very hard to do so. He has made sacrifices and he is a dedicated kid. Therefore, he is performing. I have heard about one skill of his and it is quite impressive for him. Recently I did a session with Zubin (Bharucha), his performance director at Rajasthan Royals, and he told me how hard Jaiswal works. Jayasuriya further said about Jasprit Bumrah- He (Bumrah) is a unique bowler. We need to respect him and his skills. On his day, you will need to respect him, but then there are days when he does not live up to expectations, on those days you need to take advantage of him. Bowlers like him are at the top because their thinking is clear, they do what they want to do.

AFG vs BAN: Pommie Mbangwa showed her commentary skills on Afghanistan’s historic win against Bangladesh, watch video

Afghanistan has won against Bangladesh by 8 runs. Afghanistan vs Bangladesh (Image Credit- Twitter X) The last Super 8 match of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 between Afghanistan and Bangladesh (AFG vs BAN) was played today on 25 June. Let us tell you that in this match played at Arnos Vale Ground Kingstown St. Vincent, the Afghan team defeated Bangladesh by 8 runs and made it to the semi-finals. So this is the first time that the Afghanistan cricket team has made it to the semi-finals of any kind of Cricket World Cup. This was a historic moment for Afghanistan cricket, which is being discussed a lot on social media. So the eyes of the Afghan players also became moist on this historic victory of the team. On the other hand, a video of former Zimbabwe cricketer Pommie Mbangwa, who was doing live commentary during this match, is becoming increasingly viral on social media, in which he is seen winning the hearts of fans with his explosive style of commentary. Pommie Mbangwa stole the show during live commentary Let us tell you that the video of Pommie Mbangwa’s commentary has been shared by the ICC on its official X account. In this video, Mbangwa says – Afghanistan has done it! They have done it. From Kabul to Kandahar, they must all be celebrating. Take a look at them, it may be premature, but they are already in Trinidad. This is an absolutely fantastic moment. Afghanistan have done it, they have won this great match. The team spirit in St. Vincent will be amazing in Afghanistan, they have beaten Australia and made it to the semi-finals for the first time. This victory is great for the team, which is giving us a magical story in the world of cricket. Watch this viral video of Pommie Mbangwa “Afghanistan have done it. They’ve done it. From Kabul to Kandahar, they’ll all be celebrating.” Pommie Mbangwa calling the winning moment for Afghanistan. Take a bow.pic.twitter.com/tOO07n9nEc — Zucker Doctor (@DoctorLFC) June 25, 2024

Rituraj Gaikwad is looking to completely replace MS Dhoni, showing great wicketkeeping skills in MPL

In the Maharashtra Premier League, Ruturaj Gaikwad was seen wicketkeeping for Puneri Bappa. Ruturaj Gaikwad (Photo Source: X/Twitter) In IPL 2024, Indian young player Rituraj Gaikwad was seen captaining Chennai Super Kings. His first season as captain was good, although the team could not reach the playoffs. But Rituraj has impressed everyone with his captaincy. Rituraj Gaikwad is currently captaining Puneri Bappa in the Maharashtra Premier League 2024. In this league, the young player has surprised everyone with his brilliant wicketkeeping skills. The video of which is going viral on social media. Fans say that now Rituraj is going to replace Dhoni behind the wicket in the next IPL. Rituraj Gaikwad showed amazing performance behind the wicket Rituraj Gaikwad has also made a great debut behind the wicket for Puneri Bappa. On the very first ball of the innings, he dived and stopped the wide ball from going to the boundary. This video of Rituraj is creating a lot of buzz as soon as it came on the internet. However, it is too early to say whether Rituraj will be seen wicketkeeping for CSK in place of Dhoni in IPL 2025. But if Rituraj shows his talent in this too, then he can completely replace Dhoni. Watch the video of Rituraj Gaikwad wicketkeeping here- Ruturaj Gaikwad 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙨 for Puneri Bappa 🧤#MaharashtraPremierLeague#JioCinemaSports#MPLonJioCinema #MPLonSports18 pic.twitter.com/8WqsmSa5Sr — JioCinema (@JioCinema) June 17, 2024 Playing for Puneri Bappa in the Maharashtra Premier League 2024, Rituraj has so far scored 290 runs in 7 innings of 8 matches at a strike rate of 168.60 and an average of 48.33. Which includes 2 half-centuries. But the performance of his team is very poor. Puneri Bappa has won only two out of 8 matches so far, and has lost 6 matches. The team is at the bottom of the points table. Ratnagiri Jets is at the first position by winning 5 out of 9 matches and Kolhapur Tuskers is at the second position by winning 5 out of 9 matches.

IND vs ENG: ‘I have confidence in my skills’, said Kuldeep Yadav after the first day’s play

The Indian team dominated on the first day of the fifth Test match being played in Dharamshala. Kuldeep Yadav. (Image Source: BCCI) The Indian team dominated on the first day of the fifth Test match being played in Dharamshala. After the brilliant performance of the bowlers, the batsmen played well. By the end of the day’s play, the host team has scored 135 runs losing 1 wicket and is behind by 83 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal was the only batsman who was out. He played an inning of 57 runs. During this period, Jaiswal completed 1000 test runs. Earlier, England’s first innings was reduced to just 218 runs. Kuldeep Yadav took 5 wickets, while R Ashwin, playing his 100th Test match, took 4 wickets. Meanwhile, after the day’s play, Kuldeep Yadav did a special conversation on Jio Cinema’s Match Center Live. Watch the excerpts from the conversation here: On playing in Dharamshala, he said that it is great to be back here after his debut. I know the condition very well. I have played domestic cricket here, so it helps. The wicket is good for batting. On the changes made in his game, Kuldeep said, I am enjoying my game. Worked very hard after the injury in 2021 and this is his reward. When you are bowling in India you need consistency in length and variation in pace. That’s what I’m doing and enjoying it. Kuldeep Yadav on taking a wicket in the match said that I really enjoyed the wicket of Jack Crawley. He has batted well throughout the series and is a good player of spin. Some magic would be needed to get him out and that was the magical ball. On the role of spinners in the initial days of the Test match, Kuldeep says, for me, it is not about the conditions. I am someone who believes in my skill and length. I have played a lot of white ball cricket on flat pitches. So, for me it is more about my skill and variations and not about the conditions. While discussing with Ashwin and Jadeja, Kuldeep said that we never discuss about our roles. They’re always suggesting things for me to try, but there’s no obligation to implement them.

‘I have the skills to win matches for England’ James Anderson said about retirement from Test career

Anderson has turned 41 James Anderson. (Image Source: Getty Images) Before visiting India for the five-match Test series against India, England cricket team’s legendary fast bowler James Anderson has spoken from his heart about his retirement. Anderson says that at present he has no plans to take retirement. However, when 37-year-old former England fast bowler Stuart Broad announced his retirement in the middle of the Ashes series 2023, there was strong speculation that Anderson might also retire along with Broad. Because the 41-year-old’s performance in the Ashes series was average, he took only 5 wickets in the four Test matches played in the Ashes series. Whereas during this period he lost runs at an average of 85.40. On the other hand, before playing the role of lead bowler in the bowling lineup for England in the five-match Test series against India, Anderson has made a big statement about his retirement. Anderson has said that people come and congratulate me on a wonderful career. James Anderson gave a big statement Let us tell you that while talking to The Telegraph about his retirement, James Anderson said – It feels bad when people say this (congratulations on retirement), but you just have to move forward. At present I have no thoughts about retirement. People come up to me and congratulate me on my wonderful cricket career. I tell him that it was Stuart Broad who has retired from Test cricket. That’s not me. I still feel like I have a lot to give to this team. I have the skills to win matches for England and as long as I have it, I don’t think I should retire just because of age. Also read- Aditya Birla Group leads the race to get title sponsorship of IPL Top 4 partnerships of T20I cricket from India 5 Australian players who scored the fastest 4 thousand test runs These 5 Indian players will be out of T20 World Cup 2024 IPL 2024: Rishabh Pant returns, know how the playing XI of Delhi Capitals will be. 5 Indian players who have scored the most centuries in Test cricket against England Top 4 players who have scored most consecutive half centuries in T20 cricket 5 players who have taken the most catches in T20i cricket 4 players who have bowled the most dot balls in cricket (all-format and active players) 5 Indian batsmen who have scored the most runs in their career in first class cricket Top 5 batsmen who scored double century in first class cricket

IPL 2024: ‘Salesman’s skills are good’ Justin Langer made a big revelation in his conversation with LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka

Justin Langer has been appointed as the new coach of Lucknow Super Giants for IPL 2024. Sanjiv Goenka and Justin Langer (Image Credit- Twitter) IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) has appointed former Australian coach Justin Langer as its new coach for the 17th season of IPL. On the other hand, under the coaching of Langer in the upcoming season, Lucknow will be eyeing their first IPL title. It is noteworthy that after their first season in the year 2022, Lucknow Super Giants have qualified for the IPL playoffs twice in a row. So now the team’s new coach Justin Langer has made a big revelation about his conversation with team owner Sanjeev Goenka. Langer has told how he became the coach of the franchise. Justin Langer made a big revelation Let us tell you that through a video shared by the franchise, Justin Langer said – It was a very fun incident, and here in Perth, I got a message asking me if I have any interest in IPL coaching. Vinay told me that the team owner was currently in London and would I be interested in having coffee with him. Langer further said- I thought after this, I have nothing to lose and then I went there and met the boss (Sanjeev Goenka). There was a good conversation between the two. He was a good salesman, one thing he said to me was you know, Justin, you’ve had a great playing career, you’ve had a great coaching career so far, but until you win the IPL you don’t consider yourself a Great coaches can’t agree. I said ok. Salesman’s skills are good. I like that boss guy. Since then our talks are continuing. I was very excited to be called and become the head coach of this franchise. I am currently waiting for the next season. It is very exciting and I am going to offer something to Lucknow Supergiants. Also read- HEA vs SIX Dream 11 Prediction: Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report, for BBL Match- 22 5 bowlers who will take the most wickets in test cricket in the year 2023 5 big cricketers who will retire from international cricket in 2023 5 Indian bowlers who have taken 500 wickets in the fewest innings in international cricket 4 South African opening batsmen who have scored 50+ scores most times in Test cricket Best playing 11 of the year 2023 5 batsmen who have scored the most centuries in test cricket away from home (active players) 5 Indian players who have scored the most runs in Tests against South Africa (Active Players) 6 Indian batsmen who scored centuries in South Africa Top 5 players sold in IPL 2024 auction 5 most expensive players sold in IPL history