New Zealand T20Is: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced its 18-player squad for the upcoming T20I series against Ireland (from May 10-14) and England (from May 22-30) with the fast bowler Haris Rauf returning to action after recovering from a shoulder injury. The squad will be reduced to 15 players for next months ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024 after the first T20I at Leeds on May 22 to meet the ICCs May 24 deadline, PCB said in a statement. Babar Azam will lead the side after being r

T20 World Cup: The newly-appointed T20I captain, Mitchell Marsh has clarified the reason behind leaving Jake Fraser-McGurk out of the 15-man T20 World Cup squad. He stated that Australia's squad has all bases covered, and that the current openers; Travis Head and David Warner, have performed exceptionally well over the last 18 months, making them the preferred choice for the mega event. The 2021 T20 World Cup champions unveiled their squad for the 20-over showcase on Wednesday, and the absence o

Maharashtra Premier League Player: Ratnagiri Jets snagged a total of seven players at the Maharashtra Premier League Player (MPL) auction to complete their squad. The defending champions went to the auction with the most retained players out of all the teams (15) and had a clear vision of the gaps that they needed to fill for the upcoming season. The managements auction strategy was simple and focused on the skill set that the team needed. The gaps identified by the Ratnagiri Jets drove the deci

Lucknow Super Giants: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pacer Mayank Yadav, who walked off the field due to abdominal soreness during the match against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Tuesday, is likely to miss the remaining league matches of the IPL 2024 as his recovery will take more time than earlier expected, sources told IANS. He is not in bad condition, but his participation in the remaining matches is in doubt even as the franchise wants to secure his service for the major part of the tournament. He went

Impact Player Sameer Rizvi: Spinners Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar took two wickets each in economical bowling spells of 2-17 and 2-16 as Punjab Kings restricted defending champions Chennai Super Kings to 162/7 in Match 49 of IPL 2024 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday. For CSK, barring captain Ruturaj Gaikwad's 62, other batters struggled to get on top of PBKS bowlers on a fresh red-soil pitch having turn and bounce for spinners. After losing no wicket in power-play, CSK had a platform

T20 World Cup: Big-hitting left-handed batter Shivam Dube revealed about his conversation with skipper Rohit Sharma, where he asked him to show what he can do in the series against Afghanistan in early January, which gave him an inkling about making it to Indias squad for the upcoming Mens T20 World Cup 2024, where he eventually landed a spot in 15-member squad. Dube made his T20I debut for India in 2019, but fell out of favour. But making 418 runs in IPL 2023 for the Chennai Super Kings, where

Lucknow Super Giant: As young fast-bowler Mayank Yadav walked off the field after complaining of discomfort during the IPLL 2024 match against the Mumbai Indians (MI), former Australian fast bowler Brett Lee lashed out at Lucknow Super Giant's (LSG) management, saying they did not manage the pacer's injury well. Mayank, who returned for the Lucknow side after missing five matches due to soreness in the lower abdominal area, walked off the field on Tuesday without completing his fourth over, leav

Lucknow Super Giants: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) head coach Justin Langer has given an injury update on star pacer Mayank Yadav, stating that despite undergoing perfect rehabilitation, the youngster still has soreness in the same area that kept him out of action for over three weeks. Langer further said the young pacer will also undergo a scan. Mayank returned for Lucknow side after missing five matches due to a soreness in the lower abdominal area. He left the field due to injury with the figur

Lucknow Super Giants: After restricting Mumbai Indians to paltry 144, Lucknow Super Giants huffed and puffed to victory in a rather dull match of the IPL 2024 so far. Marcus Stoinis was the star of the day as his all-round performance of 62 with the bat and 1 for 19 with the ball helped LSG register a crucial four-wicket win over MI at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, here on Tuesday. In the chase of below par score of 145 at the slow wicket, Nuwan Thushara landed an early strike dismissing Arshin Kul

T20 World Cup: Afghanistan have named their 15-member squad for the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024 in the West Indies and the USA in June this year, with Rashid Khan set to lead the side. Afghanistan have made a few additions to their squad compared to the 2022 edition, with Karim Janat, Mohammad Ishaq, and Noor Ahmad all named in the side, as per ICC report. However, Hashmatullah Shahidi, who led Afghanistan in last year's ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023, wasn't part of the side, his last T20I ap