Jemima-Renuka made a splash, India beat Barbados by 100 runs, made it to the semi-finals

India defeated Barbados by a huge margin of 100 runs to enter the semi-finals in their last Group A match played on Wednesday at the Commonwealth Games. Batting first in Indian cricket under the captaincy of Harmanpreet, he scored 162 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Barbados's team could only score 62/8 runs in 20 overs. Jemima and Renuka were instrumental in the victory of the Indian team. Bad start of Team India: Barbados captain Haley Mathews won the toss and invited to bat first. In such a situation, the Indian team, who came out to bat, had a bad start. Lost the wicket of Smriti Mandhana (5) in the second over. She went lbw off Bruce's ball. After this, young batsmen Shefali Verma and Jemima Rodriguez took the lead and took the team beyond 50 runs. Shefali-Jemima handled, Verma missed the half-century, Shefali Verma, who was seen moving towards the half-century on the score of 76, was run out due to a misunderstanding with Jemima. After this, captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who came to bat, became LBW on the very first ball of her innings. After this, Tania Bhatia (6) scored a run and was caught on the ball of Mathews. In such a situation, suddenly India's score became 92 runs for 4 wickets in 13 overs. Jemima-Deepti shared a 70-run partnership for the fifth wicket, in such a situation, Jemima took the lead with Deepti Sharma. During this, Jemima completed her half-century in 44 balls with the help of 5 fours and 1 six. After this, both the players thrashed the players of Barbados and took the score to 162 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. 70 * (43) run partnership was made between Deepti and Jemima. Renuka Thakur came: down to chase the target of 163 runs for the victory, against the Caribbean team, India's fast bowler Renuka Singh wreaked havoc. On the third ball of the first over, she bowled Dindra Dotin, she could not even open her account. After this, on the second ball of his second over, Hailey Mathews was caught by Shefali. She could score 9 runs. After this, there was a flurry of wickets from one end and the score suddenly became 4 for 19 in 5 overs. Renuka took all four early wickets. But after this the team of Barbados started appearing completely on the backfoot. In such a situation, Sneh Rana gave the fifth blow to Barbados in the ninth over. Kesoha Knight got bowled after scoring 16 runs. Source: Duniya Today

Read More........ → August 04, 2022

Virat Kohli holds on to his fifth spot in latest ICC Test rankings

MAY 05, 2021 DUBAI: India captain Virat Kohli has held on to his fifth spot in the latest ICC Test rankings for batsmen. In the rankings which got updated on Wednesday, Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne on Wednesday closed in on a top-10 spot after a successful second Test against Bangladesh in Kandy which his side won by 209 runs to clinch the two-match series 1-0. New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson is currently at the top of the rankings. Karunaratne struck 118 and 66 in the second Test, moving up four slots to 11th position in the list led by Williamson. Karunaratne's career-best ranking is sixth, attained in August 2019. He is the top-ranked Test batsman from Sri Lanka with Angelo Mathews next in the list in 24th position. Niroshan Dickwella (up to four places to 31st), Oshada Fernando (up to 10 places to 58th) and Lahiru Thirimanne (up to 13 places to 60th) are the other Sri Lanka batsmen to advance while left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama's player of the match haul of 11 for 178, the best figures by a Sri Lankan on Test debut, sees him enter the rankings in 48th position. Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal's knocks of 92 and 24 have helped him gain three places to reach 27th position while Mushfiqur Rahim and captain Mominul Haque have inched up a slot each to reach 21st and 30th positions, respectively, in the latest rankings. Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali's haul of nine for 89 in the first Test against Zimbabwe in Harare not only won him the player of the match award for starring in the innings victory but also enabled him to gain 15 slots and reach a career-best 20th position among bowlers. Left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Afridi (up to wo places to 31st) and left-arm spinner Nauman Ali (up to 12 places to 54th) have also advanced in the list for bowlers while left-handed batsman Fawad Alam continues his fine run, moving up 31 places to a career-best 47th position after scoring 140, his fourth century in 10 Test matches. Abid Ali is up six places to 78th position. For Zimbabwe, Regis Chakabva has gained two slots to reach 97th position while fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani has progressed 26 slots to reach 55th position with figures of four for 73. Copyright © Jammu Links News Source: Jammu Links News

Read More........ → May 07, 2021

Morris becomes most expensive signing in IPL auction history

Chris Morris became the most expensive signing in IPL history on Thursday (February 18) with Rajasthan Royals forking out INR 16.25 Crore for the South African all-rounder at the 2021 auction. The signing amount surpassed the INR 16 Crore that Delhi Daredevils paid for Yuvraj Singh in 2015 - the previous record for a player signed at the auction.

The Royals entered the bid battle only at INR 10.25 Crore after Mumbai Indians appeared to have wrested the player from his previous employer - Royal Challengers Bangalore. Instead, the Royals had to contend with another new bidder - the Punjab Kings - who entered at INR 13.50 Crore and went all the way until INR 16 crore before pulling out.

The 33-year-old Morris has previously been a part of Rajasthan Royals in the 2015 season when he scored 311 runs and took 13 wickets from 11 games. In all, he has scored 551 runs at a strike-rate of 157.88 and taken 80 wickets at an economy of 7.81 from 70 IPL games. Morris was an integral member of the Royal Challengers Bangalore side last season even though an abdominal injury curtailed his participation to nine games. He took 11 wickets at an economy of 6.63. He hasn't played competitive cricket since.

Before Morris added INR 6.25 crores to his last year's salary and shattered records along the way, Glenn Maxwell earned his biggest payday at an IPL Auction after RCB won a protracted bidding war with Chennai Super Kings to sign the all-rounder for INR 14.25 crore. The signing amount was nearly INR 4 crores more than what the Australian earned (INR 10.75cr) from Punjab Kings last season.

Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals began the bidding for Maxwell's services but very soon it became apparent that the profile of the player was in line with the all-rounder deficiency in the RCB and CSK squads. This will be Maxwell's fourth different franchise in the IPL having previously played for the Mumbai, Punjab and Delhi franchises.

While Maxwell is an integral member of Australia's T20I squad, used regularly in the top four, he has blown hot and cold in the IPL. His tally of 552 runs at 187.75 SR was instrumental in Punjab's run to the final of the 2014 season. But subsequent seasons have seen his output drop substantially. Having returned to Punjab last year, he managed a total of 108 runs from 13 games, failing to hit a single six along the way.Having lost out one of their primary targets, CSK saw off Punjab's challenge to sign former RCB all-rounder Moeen Ali for INR 7 crore. Shivam Dube was the only Indian player signed in the first session of the auction, with the Royals picking him up for INR 4.4 crore. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com

Read More........ → February 18, 2021