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Sri Lanka, Bangladesh Register Big Wins To Enter Semifinals Of Women’s Asia Cup

July 24, 2024 admin

Sri Lanka women’s cricket team.© X/@OfficialSLC Hosts Sri Lanka and Bangladesh cruised into the semifinals of the women’s Asia Cup T20 tournament with comfortable victories over Thailand and Malaysia in Dambulla on Wednesday. While Sri Lanka thrashed Thailand by 10 wickets in the final group match of the tournament, Bangladesh hammered Malaysia by…

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IPL: After Ricky Ponting, This Overseas Head Coach Set To Be Removed – Report

July 24, 2024 admin

Indian Premier League franchise Punjab Kings is not likely to renew the contract of head coach Trevor Bayliss, as per a report. The Australian cricket coach took over the duties from Anil Kumble at PBKS ahead of the 2023 IPL season. Bayliss’ two-year contract with the side has ended now and the franchise…

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Sanath Jayasuriya Disciplines Sri Lanka Cricketers Ahead Of T20I Series Against India

July 24, 2024 admin

Ahead of the white-ball home series against India, newly appointed interim head coach Sanath Jayasuriya calls for discipline within the Sri Lankan team, including enforcing proper haircuts and the removal of piercings. Addressing the media, former skipper Jayasuirya admitted instilling discipline in current players is important, specially to maintain cricket as “the gentlemen’s…

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Asitha Fernando Likely To Replace Injured Dushmantha Chameera For White-Ball Series vs India

July 24, 2024 admin

File photo of Asitha Fernando.© X (formerly Twitter) Ahead of the T20I and ODI series against India, Sri Lanka pacer Dushmantha Chameera has been ruled out from the white-ball series due to injury. As per multiple Sri Lanka media reports, Chammera has been ruled out and Sri Lanka Cricket will soon announce the…

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Zubin Bharucha Helping Us, Sri Lankans Should Take Advantage Of Indian Retirements: Sanath Jayasuriya

July 24, 2024 admin

Sri Lanka’s interim head coach Sanath Jayasuriya on Wednesday revealed that IPL side Rajasthan Royal’s high performance director Zubin Bharucha has helped his batters prepare for the upcoming T20 series against India where he expects them to take advantage of the recent retirements by stars like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Rohit, Kohli…

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“Hardik Pandya Would Say This Is The Best For Me”: Robin Uthappa On T20I Captaincy Twist

July 23, 2024 admin

File image of Hardik Pandya.© AFP Former India cricketer Robin Uthappa has said that Hardik Pandya should not feel hard done by for not being given a captaincy role for Team India, and should instead look at the bigger picture. Uthappa stated that, knowing Hardik personally, the latter would also think that the…

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“Cricket Is Like A God, Has Given Me Everything”: India Captain Harmanpreet Kaur

July 23, 2024 admin

Ahead of the Women’s Asia Cup game against Nepal, Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said that cricket is like a “god” to her since it has given her everything. The Women in Blue will be aiming to make it a hat-trick of wins as they carry on their women’s Asia Cup title defence in…

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“Pat Cummins Was Impressed With Me””: India Star Recalls Breakout IPL Campaign

July 23, 2024 admin

Andhra Pradesh and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy opened up on the emotional moment when he received his Indian jersey last month and how much it meant to him considering that his father risked his own career for sake of his son’s cricket. Nitish was called-up to the Indian squad after…

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Gautam Gambhir, Team India Arrive In Sri Lanka For T20I Series

July 23, 2024 admin

Gautam Gambhir and Team India touch down in Pallekele.© X (Twitter) The Indian men’s cricket team, under new head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav, arrived in Pallekele via Colombo to a warm welcome, with the recently-crowned T20 world champions playfully mingling with fans and giving them some precious moments. The 15-member…

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On Three Different India Teams For Separate Formats, Gautam Gambhir’s Stern Message: “Going Forward…”

July 23, 2024 admin

New Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir has admitted that the retirement of stalwarts is a natural thing, and that the team will have to adapt to transition phases. Gambhir’s arrival as coach was preceded by the retirement of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja from T20Is, following India’s 2024 T20 World…

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