Mohammed Shami (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Veteran Indian pacer Mohammad Shami will be rested for Bengal’s opening match in the Vijay Hazare Trophy against Delhi on Saturday in Hyderabad. The Cricket Association of Bengal announced this decision on Thursday. Shami, who last represented India in the 2023 ODI World Cup, recently returned to domestic cricket…
Hardik Pandya. (PTI Photo) BRISBANE: India’s premier all-rounder Hardik Pandya will not be playing first few games of the Vijay Hazare Trophy due to personal reasons but will link up with the Krunal Pandya-led squad towards the later stage of the tournament. It is understood that Hardik has already conveyed his availability schedule to the…
NEW DELHI: Opening batter Prithvi Shaw shared his frustration through a social media post after being excluded from Mumbai’s squad for the first three Vijay Hazare Trophy matches. His post highlighted his List A career statistics.Shaw’s post questioned his exclusion despite an average of 55.7 across 65 innings, totalling 3,399 runs with a strike rate…
Umran Malik has been out of action for a long time due to injury and a bout with dengue but the speedster is working hard towards a comeback to competitive cricket in Bengaluru. Malik set the speed guns on fire in the Indian Premier League (IPL), went to play for the country in white-ball formats…
NEW DELHI: With only six ODIs to go before the ICC Champions Trophy next February, there are persisting doubts about Hardik Pandya‘s bowling fitness in the 50-over format. While Hardik had asked for a break from the three ODIs in Sri Lanka next month citing personal reasons, TOI has learnt that his fitness will be…
MUMBAI: Shivam Dube‘s rise in the past year or so has finally seen the allrounder from Mumbai make it to India’s T20 World Cup squad. Going into the tournament, the 30-year-old, who has been in blazing form this IPL season, having scored 350 runs in nine matches@58.33 and a strike rate of 172.41, could be…
