India’s star opening batter Shafali Verma has hailed the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup as the perfect breeding ground for the next generation of stars. Verma had captained India to victory in the inaugural staging of the tournament in South Africa in January 2023.
Expressing his reservations against the idea of a two-tier structure for Test cricket, West Indies legend and former captain Clive Lloyd said he was “disturbed” by the proposal and believes efforts should instead be made on ensuring struggling teams play more often against the top sides.
As the dust settles on the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar series, with Australia hammering India 3-1 to eventually reclaim the trophy after a decade’s wait, cricket experts from either side lamented the absence of star quick Mohammed Shami from the crucial tour with Ravi Shastri and Ricky Ponting pointing out that the pacer’s presence might have made a difference.
Coming into the season's first tournament, Senthil pocketed the opening set without fuss but faced some resistance from his Japanese rival before prevailing 6-3, 6-4.
With unprecedented attendance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and India, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting asserted that it's hard to argue that the rivalry between the two teams isn't the biggest in world cricket.
Virat Kohli's India are scheduled to tour Australia for four Test matches in December-January. India won a four-Test series in Australia 2-1 in 2018-19.
Conceding such a messy goal knocked Chelsea out of their stride and the Blades doubled the lead in the 33rd minute after more sloppy defending.
Meanwhile, Lionel Messi has halted negotiations to extend his current contract, which expires in 2021, perhaps to express frustration with the running of the club.
England, who were 168/3 at Tea were reduced to 284/8 by the West Indies in the final session with a lead of 170 runs at the end of the day.
Plans are to hold qualifying on Saturday afternoon local time if conditions improve but it can be held on Sunday morning too.
