Pandya also allayed fears about his fitness, saying he had to leave the field for a brief while due to cramps as he didn’t have a sound sleep the previous night and didn’t drink enough water.
Elgar and Co are presently placed fourth behind the Australians, India and Sri Lanka, with a win in Sydney for the home side guaranteeing a place in the final.
Bumrah last played for India in September and had also missed the T20 World Cup in Australia due to a back injury.
Hardik Pandya, who is leading the Indian team in the three-match T20I series against Asia Cup Champions Sri Lanka starting on Tuesday at the Wankhede Stadium, has one resolution in 2023 and that is to win the World Cup.
Mirwais Ashraf, the ACB Chairman, expressed his desire to appoint Rashid Khan as the captain of the Afghanistan National Team for the T20I format.
The swashbuckling batter has been nominated along with three other players for the award. Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza and Mohammad Rizwan are also in contention for the coveted award.
Back in November, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sacked the National Selection Committee headed by Chetan Sharma and invited fresh applications.
During the match, Green was hit by a bouncer by pacer Anrich Nortje. But despite being ruled out of the third Test, the all-rounder batted and hit a half-century.
MCC, which manages the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and the Victoria government have recently inquired with Cricket Australia (CA) about the possibility of hosting the high-profile Test.
Australia’s win, their fourth in successive tests in the home summer, shored up top spot in the World Test Championship, while underlining their number one ranking in the format.
In 21 T20 Internationals, the lanky pacer took 33 wickets at an average of 18.12, providing breakthroughs both with the new and old ball.
Despite his player of the series performance in Bangladesh, Cheteshwar Pujara slipped three places to be 19th, while veteran batter Virat Kohli dropped two places from 12th to 14th after a forgettable series.
The Aussie opener silenced critics and went on a record-breaking spree, delighting a packed MCG with a double hundred against South Africa in the second Test of three-match series.
The batter accomplished this landmark in Pakistan’s ongoing first Test against New Zealand at Karachi.
Rishabh Pant has been left out of both squads because Hardik Pandya will captain the T20I team and Rohit Sharma will captain the ODI team.
The Men in Blue will host the Islanders across six locations in India for three T20Is and the same number of ODIs.
Mukesh Kumar has also been called up to the T20 squad. Apart from Rohit Sharma, this team is missing Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. Suryakumar Yadav has been named the T20 team’s vice-captain.
Gardner (417 points) holds a big advantage over Devine (389) and Deepti (387) in second and third spots respectively, with Matthews dropping two places (381) to fourth.
Besides this, a historic step was also taken to remove the gender-disparity prevalent in Indian cricket. Women in Blue started off the year on a bad note. Indian team toured New Zealand for an ODI series, which India lost 4-1.
Three years after he was refused a contract extension and removed following Pakistan’s fifth-place finish in the 2019 ICC 50-over World Cup, PCB wants to bring Arthur back as the current head coach Saqlain Mushtaq does not want a new extension when his deal ends next month.
As per ESPNCricinfo, Starc dislocated the tip of the middle finger of his left hand, which he uses for bowling, while attempting a catch during day one of the second Test against South Africa.
The star batter accomplished this milestone during Australia’s second Test against South Africa at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, which also happens to be his 100th Test match.
South Africa was put to bat first by the hosts. The Proteas top-order was once again exposed in pace-friendly Australian conditions. T
Chasing 145, India resumed at 45 for four but lost three wickets early before Shreyas Iyer (29 not out) and Ravichandran Ashwin (42 not out) held fort to guide the visitors home in 47 overs.
The committee has been tasked with examining the Test squad that was declared by the panel chaired by Mohammad Wasim prior to his removal as the chief selector as part of an overhaul at the PCB.