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  • Suryakumar Yadav’s profession began to show round at Kolkata Knight Riders: Ricky Ponting

    Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting reckoned that Suryakumar Yadav’s profession began to show round after the right-hander was picked to play for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) within the Indian Premier League (IPL). Yadav stayed for 4 seasons with the Men in Gold and Purple, the place he performed brief cameos whereas batting within the middle-order.

    Thereafter, five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians (MI) picked him up within the 2018 public sale and from there on, Yadav hasn’t regarded again. After the 2020 version of the IPL, the place he scored 480 runs at a median of 40, the 32-year-old was known as as much as play for India.

    “When I was in Mumbai, he was an 18-19 year old kid, a young man. He was in our squad not quite getting a game. The year after I left, he was traded to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) where his career started to turn around,” Ponting was quoted as saying within the ICC Review.

    “He got a bit of an opportunity in the middle order and then MI bought him back in the auction and has been a match-winning player for them for five or six seasons now, to the point that he is one of their retained players,” he acknowledged.

    Yadav not too long ago grew to become the sixth Indian after Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Deepak Hooda, Harmanpreet Kaur to attain a century in T20Is.

    After an unimaginable run, particularly in 2022, Yadav is at the moment positioned second within the ICC’s newest rankings for T20I batters. Only Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan is above him within the rankings.

    “Anyone who has seen him from a young age, knew that he had an abundance of talent. The more he has played, the more he has learned about himself, the more different situations he has found himself in a game, he has found a way to not just survive, but thrive in the IPL at international level,” Ponting added.

    Yadav is predicted to play an necessary function when India go to Australia for the 2022 version of the T20 World Cup.

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  • ICC Rankings: India star Smriti Mandhana achieves career-best 2nd spot in T20Is

    Smriti Mandhana’s spectacular run with the bat in white-ball cricket has been rewarded because the opener has claimed the second spot within the new ICC T20I rankings for batters. Many different Indian stars have additionally made massive jumps within the rankings.

    Mandhana has been in unbelievable kind with the bat (Courtesy: Reuters)

    HIGHLIGHTSMandhana has been in fantastic kind with the bat in ODIs and T20IsThe India opener jumped to seventh within the ICC ODI rankingsHarmanpreet, Deepti Sharma and others additionally made massive jumps

    Smriti Mandhana’s spectacular run with the bat in England has been duly rewarded because the Indian opener has made vital strides in each T20Is and ODIs. Mandhana has reached a career-best spot of second within the newest ICC T20I rankings for batters.

    The India opener scored 111 runs within the three-match collection towards England and carried the shape into the ODI collection as effectively. Mandhana scored a well-compiled 91 within the first match to information the staff over the end line. Mandhana has moved up three positions to achieve the seventh spot within the ODI rankings.

    India captain Harmanpreet Kaur additionally made vital strides within the ODI rankings as she jumped 4 spots to achieve ninth spot. All-rounder Deepti Sharma additionally gained one spot to be within the thirty second place. Sharma additionally progressed six locations to be in twelfth within the rankings for bowlers.

    In-form wicketkeeper Yastika Bhatia, who was alo in good contact in the course of the first ODI towards England, has additionally jumped up eight locations to the thirty seventh spot within the rankings.

    Harmanpreet additionally gained a spot to take the 14th spot amongst T20I batters, whereas Renuka Singh and spinner Radha Yadav additionally jumped up the rankings to complete at tenth and 14th respectively.

    Mandhana, as quoted by Sportskeeda, talked after the primary ODI and mentioned she performed a silly shot to get out. However, the opener was completely happy to have contributed to the staff’s win.

    “I hit a stupid shot and I got out. I didn’t get out being nervous. I wasn’t double-minded. A lot of the time it happens that when I’m in the 70s or 80s, I want to hit a shot but I stop myself.

    “Today, not less than every time I felt like hitting, I went out and hit. I’m actually completely happy that I might contribute to the staff.”

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  • ICC Rankings: Ishan Kishan enters top-10, jumps 68 spots to be positioned seventh

    India opener Ishan Kishan climbed up 68 locations to seize the seventh spot amongst batters, whereas the bowling duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal additionally made beneficial properties within the newest ICC T20 rankings launched on Wednesday.

    Kishan,who has been one in every of India’s constant performers within the ongoing T20I residence collection in opposition to South Africa, aggregating 164 runs in three matches together with two half-centuries, has made an enormous soar to enter the highest 10 amongst T20 batters.

    The 23-year-old is the lone Indian batter within the high 10 with KL Rahul occupying the 14 spot.
    Skipper Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer have dropped a spot every to sixteenth and seventeenth spots respectively, whereas Virat Kohli has slid two locations to twenty first.

    Among bowlers, Bhuvneshwar is up seven locations to eleventh whereas leg-spinner Chahal has climbed up 4 locations to twenty sixth.
    Australia’s Josh Hazlewood has regained his primary spot amongst T20 bowlers, whereas Maheesh Theekshana of Sri Lanka is up 16 locations to eighth within the checklist.

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    In the Test rankings, tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has moved a spot to 3rd, behind compatriot Ravichandran Ashwin, who stays static on quantity two.

    Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin, nonetheless, proceed to occupy the highest two spots within the all rounders’ checklist.
    Rohit and Kohli retained their seventh and 10 spots respectively amongst batters whereas England’s Joe Root is again on the high after smashing a second successive century within the ongoing ICC World Test Championship collection in opposition to New Zealand.

    Root, who had reached inside placing distance of Marnus Labuschagne after the primary Test, has wrested again the highest spot from the Australia batter, whom he now leads by 5 ranking factors.
    Root is on 897 factors after his knock of 176 within the first innings of the Nottingham Test, 20 lower than his highest of 917 factors.

    Root first grabbed the primary place in August 2015 and was final on the high in December 2021 earlier than Labuschagne leapfrogged him. He has been No.1 in Tests for 163 days up to now. Steve Smith (1,506 days), Kohli (469 days) and Kane Williamson (245 days) are the others to have had substantial vigils on the high in recent times.

    Root’s compatriots, player-of-the-match Jonny Bairstow and captain Ben Stokes have additionally had main beneficial properties.
    Bairstow’s 92-ball 136 that led England’s final day chase for an eventual five-wicket win, has moved up 13 locations to thirty ninth place whereas Stokes’ 75 not out has taken him from twenty seventh to twenty second place.

    Ollie Pope (up 22 locations to 53rd) and Alex Lees (up 26 locations to 86th) have additionally moved up the rankings for batters whereas seam bowler Matthew Potts has superior 18 locations to 59th after choosing up three wickets within the match.

    For New Zealand, Daryl Mitchell’s scores of 190 and 62 not out have lifted him 33 locations to a career-best seventeenth place whereas Tom Blundell’s first innings century has helped him transfer up 4 locations to thirty first place.

    Devon Conway’s innings of 46 and 52 noticed him inch up one slot to twenty third. Fast bowler Trent Boult is up 4 locations to ninth.

  • ICC Rankings: India lengthen lead over England in T20I rankings in annual replace, Australia No. 1 in Tests

    India have cemented their No. 1 spot in ICC Men’s T20I Rankings after the International Cricket Council launched its annual replace on Wednesday, May 3. India prolonged their lead over 2nd-placed England by a degree as the 2 groups at the moment are separated by 5 factors on the high of the desk.

    India had a disappointing run within the T20 World Cup final yr, faling to succeed in the knockout levels of an ICC occasion for the primary time since 2012. However, ever since, the Asian giants have been in nice kind within the shortest format of the sport.

    The new rankings mirror all T20I sequence accomplished since May 2019, with these accomplished previous to May 2021 weighted at 50 per cent and subsequent sequence weighted at 100 per cent, the ICC stated.

    Under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy, India have gone 9-0 in T20I cricket, beating New Zealand, West Indies and Sri Lanka at residence. The former world champions will subsequent face South Africa in a 5-match T20I sequence after the conclusion of Indian Premier League 2022 in June.

    England are on second place with 265 ranking factors. Pakistan spherical up the highest three with 261 ranking factors.

    South Africa, ranked fourth, have made a leap of 1 spot sustaining their previous ranking factors (253) whereas Australia too have gained a spot within the desk and now sit at fifth, whereas sustaining their ranking factors (251).

    New Zealand have dropped two locations to No.6, shedding 5 ranking factors (250). West Indies (240 factors) stay on the seventh spot.

    ICC T20I Rankings

    India – 270England – 265Pakistan – 261South Africa – 253Australia – 251AUSTRALIA NUMERO UNO

    Meanwhile, Australia continues to be on high of the ICC Test rankings. Pat Cummins’s facet retained the Ashes Urn earlier this yr, hammering England 4-0 Down Under. Australia then went on to script a historic 1-0 win in a 3-match Test sequence in Pakistan.

    Australia now lead second-placed India by 9 factors with a ranking of 128 factors.

    ngland fell 9 factors from 97 to 88 within the newest rankings, with new skipper Ben Stokes taking on a Test facet that has gained only one Test match within the final 12 months. That new ranking is the bottom mark England have dropped to since 1995, with their 4-1 sequence victory over India in 2018 now dropping from the rankings.

    ICC Test Rankings

    Australia – 128India – 119New Zealand -111South Africa – 253Australia – 251

    Meanwhile, India continued to stay on the 4th spot within the ICC ODI rankings which is headed by New Zealand, the finalists of the 2019 World Cup.

  • Annual ICC Rankings: Australia are No. 1 in Tests, India stay on high in T20, NZ are No. 1 ranked ODI group

    India beneath new captain Rohit Sharma completed the 2021-22 season because the world’s primary ranked T20 group after a string of spectacular performances at house however had been 9 factors behind Australia within the annual Test rankings launched by ICC on Wednesday.

    The ‘Black Caps’ from New Zealand completed the final season because the world No.1 ODI group with the deadline being May 4, 2022. The England versus India sequence that started in 2021, shall be included within the rankings as soon as the ultimate postponed Test is accomplished.

    “Australia have increased their lead over second-placed India from one to nine rating points while Pakistan have overtaken England to fifth position in the ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings following the annual update carried out today,” the ICC launch said.

    “India have also gained a point to move to 119 while England have had the biggest decrease of nine points as their 4-1 series win over India in 2018 is now dropped from the rankings. England’s 88 rating points is their lowest since 1995,” the discharge added.

    Australia, who beat England 4-0 within the Ashes in January, have moved from 119 to 128 ranking factors within the annual replace that drops the 2018-19 season and displays all sequence accomplished since May 2019. Series accomplished previous to May 2021 at the moment are weighted at 50 per cent and subsequent sequence at 100 per cent.

    India stay on high in T20Is, extending their lead over second-placed England from one to 5 factors. South Africa and Australia have overtaken New Zealand, who at the moment are in sixth place. Similarly, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the moment are forward of Afghanistan (tenth). In the up to date ODI rankings, New Zealand stay on high however their lead over England is lowered from three to 1 level. The hole between England and third-placed Australia has elevated from seven to 17 factors.

  • Mandhana named in ICC T20I ladies’s Team of the Year, no Indian within the males’s facet

    Star India opener Smriti Mandhana was on Wednesday named within the ICC T20 ladies’s Team of the Year for her superlative present within the format in 2021 however no Indian made the lads’s facet.
    The trendy Southpaw, who’s the Indian staff’s vice-captain within the format, was the nation’s highest scorer within the format in 2021 with 255 runs at a median of 31.87.

    The 25-year-old scored two fifties within the 9 matches she performed and bought her staff off to fast begins frequently, as evident up by her strike-rate of 131.44.
    While Mandhana was the one Indian, a number of members of the English facet characteristic within the staff with Nat Scriver being named captain.

    The ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year is right here 🤩
    Did your favorite gamers make the listing? 🤔 https://t.co/x228TJMTcz
    — ICC (@ICC) January 19, 2022
    The skilled England all-rounder produced many impactful performances all year long. Batting within the middle-order, Sciver scored a complete of 153 runs, together with one fifty, and he or she additionally picked up 10 wickets at a superb common of 20.20.
    Accompanying Mandhana on the high is England’s Tammy Beaumont.
    The 30-year-old’s dependable presence on the high of the order helped England off to regular begins frequently. She performed 9 matches and amassed 303 runs at a median of 33.66, together with three fifties.
    Danni Wyatt, wicketkeeper Amy Jones and spinner Sophie Ecclestone are the opposite English gamers within the facet.
    Gaby Lewis of Ireland, South African trio of Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnim Ismail and Marizanne Kapp and Zimbabwe’s Loryn Phiri make up the remainder of the taking part in XI.

    No Indian within the ICC Men’s T20 Team of the Year
    There was no Indian illustration in ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year 2021, which featured three Pakistanis together with skipper Babar Azam, who has been named captain.

    The ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year definitely packs a punch 👊
    More 👉 https://t.co/TtQKyBL3rw pic.twitter.com/mhfNsE2mU3
    — ICC (@ICC) January 19, 2022
    Apart from Azam, opener Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi, who had a sensational T20 World Cup have been identify within the squad.
    All-rounder Mitchell Marsh and pacer Josh Hazelwood, who performed a significant function in successful Australia’s maiden T20 World Cup title, featured within the staff whereas the trio of South Africans Aiden Markram, David Miller and Tabraiz Shamsi additionally made it to the taking part in XI.
    Flamboyant wicketkeeper batter Jos Buttler was the only real member of the England staff within the ICC facet.

    Teams:
    Women: Smriti Mandhana (India), Tammy Beaumont (England), Danni Wyatt (England), Gaby Lewis (Ireland), Nat Sciver (c) (England), Amy Jones (England), Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa), Marizanne Kapp (South Africa), Sophie Ecclestone (England), Loryn Phiri (Zimbabwe), Shabnim Ismail (South Africa).
    Men: Jos Buttler (England), Mohammad Rizwan (Paksitan), Babar Azam (c) (Pakistan), Aiden Markram (South Africa) , Mitchell Marsh (Australia), David Miller (South Africa), Tabraiz Shamsi (South Africa), Josh Hazlewood (Australia), Wanindu Hasanranga (Sri Lanka) , Mustafizur Rahaman (Bangladesh, Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan).

  • ICC Rankings: India retain second spot in T20Is, drop to 3rd in ODIs

    India retained second place within the ICC Twenty20 staff rankings however dropped a rung to 3rd within the ODI chart following the annual replace carried out on Monday.
    India are trailing top-ranked England (277) by 5 ranking factors within the T20 staff rankings.
    During this era, England drew a three-match sequence in opposition to Pakistan 1-1, defeated Australia 2-1 and South Africa 3-0 earlier than shedding an away sequence to India by a 2-3 margin.
    New Zealand have additionally gained within the annual T20I replace, shifting up from fifth to 3rd after sequence wins over the West Indies, Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh. Australia have moved the opposite means, down from third to fifth.
    In different actions on the prime of the T20I rankings desk, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have gained one place every to succeed in eighth and ninth positions, respectively, whereas the West Indies have dropped two locations to tenth.
    According to the ICC, these updates remove outcomes from 2017-18 and halve the weighting of matches performed in 2019-20, which incorporates the 2019 World Cup.
    In the annual replace of the ODI Team rankings, India dropped a spot to 3rd behind Australia and new desk toppers New Zealand.

    Congratulations to @BLACKCAPS, the brand new No.1 Men’s ODI Team on the @MRFWorldlarge ICC rankings 👏
    A lookback on simply a few of the key males of their rise to the highest 🎥#ICCRankings pic.twitter.com/aOV19hwjOw
    — ICC (@ICC) May 3, 2021
    The Kiwis have changed reigning world champions England because the primary ranked aspect within the ODI rankings.
    New Zealand, who defeated Bangladesh 3-0 of their solely ODI sequence throughout the previous 12 months, have superior two slots after gaining three ranking factors to succeed in an combination of 121. Australia are second with 118 factors whereas India and England are each on 115, with the previous forward on decimal factors.
    England’s slip right down to fourth place comes within the second annual replace since they received the ICC Men”s Cricket World Cup at Lord’s in the summertime of 2019.
    In the previous 12 months, England have suffered 1-2 sequence losses to Australia and India, in addition to an ODI misplaced to Ireland.
    The newest replace, that charges all matches performed since May 2020 at 100 per cent and people of the earlier two years at 50 per cent, sees Australia transfer up two locations from fourth to second and India drop one place to 3rd. The West Indies have overtaken Sri Lanka to ninth place.
    The Netherlands have been allowed to retain their rating regardless of solely having performed 4 ODIs throughout the brand new ranking interval, since their scheduled fixtures have been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    There has been no change of locations in both format for Afghanistan, Pakistan or South Africa. Afghanistan are tenth in ODIs and seventh in T20Is, Pakistan are sixth in ODIs and fourth in T20Is whereas South Africa are fifth in ODIs and sixth in T20Is.
    Despite the pandemic, 80 nations have performed the requisite six T20Is over the previous three years to stay within the rankings. Five nations have misplaced their rating after the replace — Gambia, Ghana, Hungary, Sierra Leone and Sweden.
    The annual replace to the Test rankings shall be carried out following the conclusion of the continuing Pakistan-Zimbabwe sequence.

  • ICC Rankings: Bhuvneshwar Kumar positive factors 9 locations after spectacular return

    Bhuvneshwar Kumar jumped up 9 spots to be eleventh within the newest ICC ODI rankings, following his return to the India workforce after an damage that stored him out for the Australia tour, and the Tests towards England. Bhuvneshwar grew in stature within the ODI collection, which India gained 2-1, together with his figures of three/42 within the closing ODI proving to be essential.
    England all-rounder Ben Stokes has superior 4 locations to twenty fourth scoring 99 off 52 balls within the second ODI and is as much as second amongst all-rounders. Jonny Bairstow has retained seventh place after touching a career-high 796 score factors together with his 124 in the identical match.

    A scorching 52-ball 92* within the first T20I towards Bangladesh has helped Devon Conway proceed his stand up the rankings!
    He’s now No.4 within the @MRFWorldwide ICC Rankings for Men’s T20I batting! 🌟 pic.twitter.com/G66FWmuFX0
    — ICC (@ICC) March 31, 2021
    India allrounder Hardik Pandya and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant additionally climbed in rankings. Pandya  jumped as much as his career-best forty second slot, whereas Pant made it to the highest 100.
    New Zealand batsman Devon Conway, whose workforce are taking part in at residence towards Bangladesh, has attained a career-best fourth place within the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings, due to his match-winning knock within the collection opener towards Bangladesh in Hamilton on Sunday.

    Matt Henry was the large mover within the @MRFWorldwide ICC Rankings for Men’s ODI Bowlers!
    The @BLACKCAPS pacer shot up 5 locations to No.3 🔥
    Full record: https://t.co/SwyMM5HskB pic.twitter.com/jbziVYWKPr
    — ICC (@ICC) March 31, 2021
    Fast bowler Tim Southee has superior two locations to seventh, just one shy of his career-best sixth place attained in February this yr.
    For the West Indies, all-rounder Jason Holder has moved up three locations to eighth amongst bowlers after a haul of 5 for 27 in Sri Lanka’s first innings whereas Kemar Roach is up from 14th to twelfth.

  • Ravichandran Ashwin, Joe Root, Kyle Mayers nominated for ICC ‘Player of the Month’ honour

    Seasoned India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin together with England captain Joe Root and West Indies’ new batting sensation Kyle Mayers had been on Tuesday nominated for the ICC ‘Player of the Month’ for his or her distinctive performances in February.
    Ashwin performed three Tests in opposition to England and scored 106 within the second innings of India’s second Test victory at Chennai and took his four-hundredth Test wicket within the third Test victory at Ahmedabad.

    Who’s your ICC Men’s Player of the Month for February?
    Joe Root 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 218 Test runs at 55.5 & six wickets at 14.16
    R Ashwin 🇮🇳 106 Test runs at 35.2 & 24 wickets at 15.7
    Kyle Mayers 🌴 261 Test runs at 87
    Vote right here 👉 https://t.co/FBb5PMqMm8 pic.twitter.com/Mwiw5fuauy
    — ICC (@ICC) March 2, 2021
    “Scoring a total of 176 runs across these games with taking a total of 24 wickets, Ashwin is the deserving candidate to be nominated in the men’s category for February,” the ICC launch acknowledged.
    “England Test captain Joe Root makes it to the list of nominations again this month for his outstanding performance with the bat and the ball. He scored a total of 333 runs and took 6 wickets overall in the 3 Tests that he played against India,” it additional acknowledged.
    Root began the collection with an outstanding 218 within the opening Test.
    From the West Indies, Test debutant Mayers performed two matches in opposition to Bangladesh and had a match-winning knock of 210 to assist his group efficiently chase a goal of 395 at Chittagong.

    In the ladies’s part, Tammy Beaumont and Nat Sciver of England together with Brooke Halliday of New Zealand have been nominated.

  • Ashwin jumps to fifth in Test all-rounder rankings, retains seventh spot amongst bowlers

    India’s Ravichandran Ashwin jumped to fifth spot amongst all-rounders within the newest ICC Test Player Rankings following his good present with the bat and the ball towards England within the second match whereas his captain Virat Kohli remained at fifth amongst batsmen.
    Ashwin hit a wonderful 106 in India’s second innings and took eight wickets together with his off-spin within the second Test towards England in Chennai, which the hosts received by 317 runs on Tuesday.
    He has logged 336 factors in a listing headed by West Indian Jason Holder (407 factors). Ashwin’s spin bowling companion Ravindra Jadeja remained at second with 403 factors, adopted by Ben Stokes (397) of England and Shakib Al Hasan (352) of Bangladesh.

    🔸 Rohit Sharma breaks into prime 15 batsmen🔸 Rishabh Pant achieves career-best place🔸 Gains for Bangladesh, West Indies and England gamers
    All this and far more within the newest @MRFWorldwide ICC Test Player Rankings 👇https://t.co/oTSOyRyVJt
    — ICC (@ICC) February 17, 2021
    The 34-year-old Ashwin remained static at seventh amongst Test bowlers with 804 factors whereas pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who was rested from the Chennai Test, additionally retained his eighth spot with 761 factors with Australian pacer Pat Cummins (908) topping the chart.
    Kohli, who made 0 and 62 in Chennai, retained the fifth place amongst batsmen with 838 factors. Kane Williamson (919) of New Zealand retained the highest place with Steve Smith (891) of Australia in second spot.
    Another Australian Marnus Labuschagne (878) moved as much as third whereas England captain Joe Root (869) slipped to fourth after his two innings of 6 and 33 within the Chennai Test.
    Another Indian Cheteshwar Pujara — 21 and seven in Chennai — slipped to eighth place with 727 factors.