In an exciting cricketing spectacle, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, and Irfan Pathan will join skilled amateur players of all ages in a unique T20 tournament, the Big Cricket League (BCL) which will debut in Surat in December.
While Australia comfortably pocketed the four-Test series 2-0 by winning the first two matches in Adelaide and Brisbane, the Indians showed glimpses of what’s stored for their future tours with commendable performances, to draw the remaining games in Melbourne and Sydney.
Rahul, who led LSG into the playoffs in their first two seasons, in 2022 and 2023, but failed to continue the momentum in the last season, even though he finished as their highest run-getter with 520 runs at a strike rate of 136.12.
McSweeney had never opened the batting at first-class level before this week’s Australia A match against India A at the MCG, while Inglis, who has cemented his spot in Australia’s white-ball teams, was named as reserve batter after a blistering start to his Sheffield Shield campaign
Paine will have Canberra locals Erin Osborne and Jason McNally as part of his support staff.
The 24-year-old Draca represented the Brampton Wolves in the Global T20 Canada in August this year, and finished as the joint second-highest wicket-taker of the tournament. He ended up with 11 wickets from six innings, boasting a stellar average of 10.63 and an economy of 6.88.
India opener Yashaswi Jaiswal has reclaimed the number three spot in ICC Men’s Test batting rankings after scores of 30 and 77 in the Pune Test that New Zealand went on to win by 113 runs to claim a historic series win on Indian soil.
Gearing up for his maiden trip Down Under with the senior team for the crucial five-Test tour, Delhi pacer Harshit Rana is working on the insights gathered from India’s star duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj on the lengths and strategies required to dazzle in pace-friendly Australian conditions.
Australia’s swashbuckling all-rounder Glenn Maxwell revealed details of his fall-out with Virender Sehwag, one of India’s batting greats, during the duo’s association with the Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in different capacities back in the Indian Premier League 2017 season.
The national Men’s Selection Committee has picked a 15-member India A squad for the upcoming tour of Australia, with Ruturaj Gaikwad named as captain for this tour by the fringe players of the country.
