Rajendrasinh died on Sunday morning after fighting a hard battle against COVID-19. He was 66 years old.
According to reports in British media, the change in nomenclature has been done to avoid negative connotation of the term ‘bio-bubble’ and make team camp a relaxed place to live.
The three-member Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising Sulakshana Naik, Madan Lal, and Rudra Pratap Singh interviewed the applicants and unanimously agreed on Powar’s candidature, as per the BCCI release.
Speculation has been rife about Smith returning to the role that he was axed from in the wake of the 2018 ball tampering scandal, especially after Australia lost to India 2-1 at home earlier this year under Paine’s captaincy.
India have gained one rating point for an aggregate of 121 and New Zealand are only one point behind after gaining two points in Thursday’s update, which eliminates results from 2017-18.
Babar’s match-winning 82-ball 94 in the third ODI against South Africa helped him gain 13 rating points to reach a career-best 865 points.
Ambrose, who took 405 wickets in 98 Tests at an outstanding average of 20.99, said from the current Indian lot, Bumrah has impressed him the most.
The 8-day bubble will be followed by another 10-day quarantine in the UK before the boys take on the Kiwis in Southampton.
Earlier on April 26, Cummins had announced a donation of $50,000 to PM CARES fund.
A day after deciding to quit the league midway citing personal reasons, Zampa had said the bio-bubble put in place for the ongoing T20 event was the ”most vulnerable” he has been a part of while also suggesting that it should have been held in UAE, like last year.
The 31-year-old 2011 World 100m champion, in a letter posted on his twitter handle and tagged to the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Indian Premier League (IPL), wants everyone to be safe.
Australia on Tuesday suspended all direct passenger flights from India until May 15 due to the “very significant” spike in COVID-19 cases in India.
Three Australian cricketers have already cut short their IPL season to head home but a number of top players remain, including test stalwarts Steve Smith, David Warner and Pat Cummins.
The world’s premier fast bowler, who was bought for a whopping Rs 15 crore by KKR at the IPL auction, hoped his donation would make a difference in its own little way in India’s fight against the unprecedented health crisis.
Zimbabwe were sent into bat first, and despite a feisty 34 from Tinashe Kamunhukamwe, made only a paltry 118-9 as wickets tumbled at regular intervals.
This innings by Tendulkar is still considered as one of his best ODI knocks. The batsman scored 143 runs in pursuit of 276 runs from 46 overs.
In view of rising COVID-19 cases, the Jharkhand government on Tuesday announced a lockdown in the state from April 22 to April 29 with some exemptions.
The duo joins PUMA’s impressive roaster of cricketers that include India captain Virat Kohli, wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul, women’s national team member Sushma Verma and legends like Yuvraj Singh.
Delhi Capitals suffered a meltdown on Thursday as they lost to Rajasthan Royals despite having them on the mat at 42 for five. By allowing RR to chase down 147 after reducing them to 42 for five, DC revealed a serious inability to finish off the match.
Spin will be a crucial weapon again for RCB as KKR showed their inability to cope with spin in their previous match against Mumbai Indians, giving away four wickets to leg-spinner Rahul Chahar.
While South African pace bowling duo Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje will return to fuel Delhi Capitals’ (DC) bowling attack their opponents for Thursday’s Indian Premier League (IPL) match, Rajasthan Royals (RR), are struggling to field their top overseas players.
SRH, who lost their last match narrowly to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), will need to start well. While for RCB how their star batsman AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell deal with SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) spinner Rashid Khan could be decisive in the match.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been ruled out of this season’s Indian Premier League (IPL) following an injury to his finger during the match against Punjab Kings(PBKS), his franchise Rajasthan Royals (RR) confirmed on Tuesday night.
Notably, both the teams have struggled in the past season and hence they will look to start this season with a win along with their name. RR has named Sanju Samson as their new skipper and will also welcome South African all-rounder Chris Morris into the squad as their premium fast bowler Jofra Archer has been sidelined because of injury.
Kaviya Maran is the CEO of Sunrisers Hyderabad.