Left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh was on Saturday crowned the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year capping a spectacular year in the shortest format. He pipped the challenge from Travis Head, Babar Azam and Sikandar Raza to take the honour.
Ever since the BCCI senior selection committee announced the team for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, the Ajit Agarkar-led panel has come under the scanner for ignoring players who are scoring consistently in the domestic circuit.
India’s ODI and Test skipper Rohit Sharma, who led the team to their second ICC T20 World Cup title last June, has been named captain of the ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year 2024. The team dominated by Indians also features star pacer Jasprit Bumrah and left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh, along with all-rounder Hardik Pandya.
Star opener Smriti Mandhana, wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh and all-rounder Deepti Sharma were on Saturday named in the ICC Women’s T20I Team of Year 2024 which was dominated by the Indians.
Novak Djokovic's bid for the record 11th Australian Open took a major blow as the Serbian great retired with injury following a first set of the semifinal against Alexander Zverev on Friday.
India received a significant injury concern ahead of the second T20I against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, as opener Abhishek Sharma twisted his right ankle during a warm-up session on Friday evening.
National champion Ganemat Sekhon extended her good run of form with yet another confident win in women’s Skeet, clinching the 3rd Digvijay Singh Memorial Shooting Championship (Shotgun) crown with a sensational 56 hits in the 60-shot final.
International Cricket Council (ICC) chair Jay Shah has been inducted into the new Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) advisory board, which will replace the club’s world cricket committee, active since 2006.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced its Test Team of the Year 2024 on Friday, featuring three Indian players with premier fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, experienced all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and emerging opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal.
After a dominant seven-wicket win in the first T20I, India will look to build on the momentum as they take on England in the second T20I of the five-match series at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday.
