Author: Virat Verma

Recently, BCCI announced that Jasprit Bumrah was pulled out from the ODI squad against Sri Lanka, and now ESPN has reported that Bumrah can miss out on the series against New Zealand and the important Border Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia. Jasprit Bumrah had cleared a match simulation test at the NCA but experienced discomfort while building up to higher workloads. He is set to miss most of the Test series against Australia as he will need at least another month of rehabilitation for stiffness in his right glute. On the eve of India’s first ODI against Sri Lanka, Bumrah…

The Board of Cricket Council of India (BCCI) has announced that the star pacer Jasprit Bumrah is going to miss the ODI series against Sri Lanka, and he will be available for the selection against New Zealand in the ODI series. Earlier, BCCI added Bumrah to the Indian squad against Sri Lanka for ODIs by citing the reason that he has completely recovered from his injury. However, BCCI has now rolled back on its decision to add Bumrah to the squad against Sri Lanka in ODIs. He will not be rested for the full series and not be rushed, as…

Dwaine Pretorius, a 33-year-old bowling all-rounder from South Africa, has announced his retirement from international cricket. He started gaining attention in 2021 with his performances and played a few matches for South Africa before hanging up his boots. The news of his retirement has come as a shock as no one could have anticipated that Dwaine Pretorius would suddenly retire from international cricket. He was an able cricketer in the international arena. Dwaine Pretorius played 3 three Test matches for South Africa in which he picked 7 wickets and scored 83 runs. In 27 ODIs for the Proteas, he picked…

Babar Azam did a press conference on 8th January 2023 to answer questions about the ODI series against New Zealand, which is scheduled to start on 9th January 2023. The reporters present at the press conference asked Babar Azam questions relating to Sarfaraz Ahmed and the recent Test losses. Babar Azam seemed enraged with the reporters as he told them he is here to win matches for Pakistan and not answer needless questions that did not relate to the ODI series against New Zealand. There were rumours that Babar Azam did not know that Shan Masood was named the vice-captain…

Women Indian Premier League has been one of the topics that have troubled the Board of Cricket Council of India for quite a few years now. Under the Sourav Ganguly regime, it was announced that a Women’s IPL would happen in the near future. Now, a few important updates about Women IPL have been revealed by the Board of Cricket Council of India to Cricbuzz. These significant updates give us a hint about the structure of the Women’s Indian Premier League. Cricbuzz has reported that BCCI plans to have 5 teams in Women IPL till 2025, and a sixth team…

Gautam Gambhir, the former World Cup-winning player, has said that Rahul Tripathi is one of the players that you want to see playing for India. He hailed the approach of Rahul Tripathi and said that India needs players like him in the squad who can bat anywhere with the same intent and approach. Rahul Tripathi recently blasted 35 off just 16 balls in the final T20 against Sri Lanka. He was exceptional and changed the momentum of the game in favour of India when Shubman Gill found himself struggling on the other end. Gautam Gambhir is highly impressed by Rahul…

Big Bash League has produced some of the most bizarre and fascinating catches this year, and Ben Cutting has added another one to that list by grabbing an absolute stunner at the third man in a recently concluded game. The ball was travelling fast, and Ben Cutting was running to his left-hand side to stop the ball. He jumped and extended his left; fortunately, the ball got stuck in his hand. The most remarkable thing that Ben Cutting did was know where the boundary rope was. He took the catch and celebrated with his teammates with utmost joy. BBL this…

India recently defeated Bangladesh in a two-match Test series by 2-0 and opened the doors for the WTC final against Australia. However, South Africa was ahead in line of India until Australia defeated South Africa by 2-0 in the recently concluded Test series against the teams. Now, India has the golden chance of reaching the WTC final for the second time in a row. But India needs to play good cricket in the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy to reach the WTC final in 2023. If India gets badly beaten by Australia, South Africa and Australia will play the final of…

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has officially announced that it is investigating the allegations of corruption and misconduct in the Abu Dhabi T10 League 2022. A source from ICC revealed the striking detail to Daily Mail. In total, there are 6 allegations of corruption against the Abu Dhabi T10 League, and ICC will investigate all of them. Charges of fixing can be levied on certain players and coaches after the investigation is completed. Abu Dhabi T10 League was won by Deccan Gladiators. The tournament ended on 4th December 2022, and the investigation by ICC is underway to find out if…

PCB Chairman Najam Sethi has said on Sports Tak that his team has mailed Jay Shah quite a few times to discuss the Asia Cup 2023 and the future of India and Pakistan cricket. However, BCCI secretary Jay Shah has not responded to them. While talking to Sports Tak, the newly elected PCB Chairman Najam Sethi said, “we mailed Jay Shah a few times to meet him and discuss, but there was no response from their side.” This hints that the Board of Cricket Council of India does not want to discuss anything in regard to Asia Cup 2023 with…