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  • Duleep Trophy 2024: Rinku Singh Joins India B Squad, Mayank Agarwal To Lead India A | cricket news

    Duleep Trophy 2024: All-rounder Rinku Singh received the nod from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the second round matches of the ongoing Duleep Trophy 2024. Rinku comes in as a replacement player in the India B squad after the The likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant had to withdraw following their selection for the senior men’s Test series against Bangladesh. The second round matches in the Duleep Trophy starting from 12th September. The BCCI also revealed in a release that India A Captain Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldeep Yadav and Akash Deep have been named in India’s Test squad for the series against Bangladesh and will not feature in the upcoming round.

    The selectors have named Pratham Singh (Railways) as a replacement for Gill, Akshay Wadkar (Vidarbha CA) as a replacement for KL Rahul and SK Rasheed (Andhra CA) as a replacement for Jurel. Left-arm spinner Shams Mulani will replace Kuldeep in the squad whereas Aaqib Khan (UPCA) will replace Akashdeep in the squad.

    Mayank Agarwal has been named as the Captain of India A.

    Updated India A squad: Mayank Agarwal (C), Riyan Parag, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Kumar Kushagra, Shaswat Rawat, Pratham Singh, Akshay Wadkar, SK Rasheed, Shams Mulani, Aaqib Khan

    India B’s Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant have been named in India’s squad and the selectors have named Suyash Prabhudessai and Rinku Singh as replacements respectively. Fast bowler Yash Dayal has received his maiden national call-up while Sarfaraz Khan, who too has been named in India’s squad, will feature in the second-round game. Himanshu Mantri (Madhya Pradesh CA) has been added to the squad.

    Updated India B squad: Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Sarfaraz Khan, Musheer Khan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Awasthi, N Jagadeesan (WK), Suyash Prabhudessai, Rinku Singh, Himanshu Mantri (WK)

    As Axar Patel will join Team India from Team D, he will be replaced by Nishant Sindhu (Haryana CA). Tushar Deshpande is ruled out of the second round owing to a niggle and he will be replaced by India A’s Vidwath Kaverappa.

    Updated India D squad: Shreyas lyer (C), Atharva Taide, Yash Dubey, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Saransh Jain, Arshdeep Singh, Aditya Thakare, Harshit Rana, Akash Sengupta, KS Bharat (WK), Saurabh Kumar, Sanju Samson ( WK), Nishant Sindhu, Vidwath Kaverappa

    Team C squad remains unchanged for the second round.

  • Deodhar Trophy 2023 Wrap: Mayank Agarwal, Shivam Dube shine as South, West Zones beat, East and North

    By India Today Sports Desk: Shivam Dube and Mayank Agarwal starred within the Deodhar Trophy on Sunday, 30 July as South Zone and West Zone defeated East and North respectively. With the win South Zone continued their dominant run on the prime of the group, whereas West Zone matched East Zone in factors (12) from equal variety of matches (4).

    On Sunday, July thirtieth, South Zone continued their undefeated streak within the Deodhar Trophy with a convincing five-wicket victory over East Zone. The round-robin match was highlighted by spectacular half-centuries from Mayank Agarwal and Sai Sudharsan.

    Agarwal, who scored 84 runs, and Sudharsan, who contributed 53, fashioned a formidable second-wicket partnership that yielded 118 runs. Their efficiency, which included ten fours and two sixes, was instrumental in South Zone’s profitable chase of 230 runs in simply 44.2 overs.

    Agarwal’s 88-ball innings was punctuated by six fours and a six, whereas Sudharsan hit 4 boundaries and a six in his 57-ball stint. Following their dismissal, N Jagadeesan (32) and Rohit Rayudu (24) maintained the momentum of the chase.

    South Zone’s victory solidified their place on the prime of the factors desk with 4 wins from as many matches. In distinction, East Zone, regardless of having three wins from 4 matches, remained in second place.

    The triumph was a results of a collective effort from South Zone’s bowlers. The seam trio of V Koushik, Vidhwath Kaverappa, and Vijaykumar Vyshak shared six wickets, whereas spinners Sai Kishore and Washington Sundar took 4 wickets.

    East Zone, who selected to bat first, bought off to a promising begin with Virat Singh and Subhranshu Senapati scoring 49 and 44 runs respectively. However, their innings collapsed after their dismissal, resulting in common lack of wickets. Akash Deep and Mukhtar Hussain then stepped up, including 44 and 33 runs respectively to take East Zone to a good complete.

    WEST vs NORTH

    West Zone’s match was a lot nearer on the day. Chasing 260 runs, West Zone suffered a mini-collapse with their center order getting worn out for 122 runs. Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Shivam Dube and Kathan Patel mixed to rescue the innings and added 138 runs between them to launch an aggressive assault on the North Zone bowlers.

    Dube hit 5 sixes and three boundaries, whereas Patel scored 6 boundaries, enjoying the help function. Dube (83 off 78) was the star of the present as West chased down the goal in 48.5 overs to stay within the hunt for the finals.

    Earlier within the innings, North had been guided by Nitish and Himanshu Rana’s half centuries to a good complete of 259 runs. Barring these two and Shubham Rohilla (56 off 52) no one turned up within the batting order. Spinner Shams Mulani was the choose of the bowlers from West Zone, with 3 wickets to his title.

  • ‘Always wanted to be an Air Force Pilot, was really good at studies’: Watch SRH batter Mayank Agarwal reveal his alternate career plan

    Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Mayank Agarwal simply recently appeared in an interview and revealed his preferred pastimes open air of collaborating in cricket.

    In a video shared by SRH on their official Youtube channel, the 32-year-old speaks about his favourite pastime actions, travelling plans and further.

    “I love to travel. That would be on the top of the list. I would be planning on where we could go next and what we could do. And with family, you know, I love spending time at home. So I spend a lot of time with my family. Either we are doing a family activity, sometimes we play cards. We also like to go out for dinner,” Mayank talked about,

    The Karnataka batter moreover revealed that he on a regular basis wished to be an Airforce Pilot and that he was truly good at analysis.

    “As a kid, I was very fascinated by aeroplanes and aircraft. I would usually spot it. Even if I couldn’t see it, I could usually hear, and then spot the plane in the sky. Always wanted to be an Air Force pilot. I must admit that was my dream,” he talked about.

    “I am quite good at studies. My mum would back me up on that, but not my wife. She usually pulls my leg on that, but I was decent. I think I got 80% in my 10th grade and I did pretty well, and I think first class in the degree as well,” he added.

    Speaking further about his partner, Mayank revealed that she supported him fairly a bit all through his early cricketing days and that she’d ask him to finish his observe first after which grasp round collectively together with her.

    “She is the kind of person who, even at that age, supported me and said that Mayank, focus on your cricket. You don’t have to miss practice or any of that to meet me. In fact, she encouraged me,” he talked about.

    “She used to say that if we have to meet, why don’t you finish your practice and training, and only then let’s meet. She has always been the kind of person who has helped me grow. We hit it off in sync. I told her that playing for India was my topmost priority. And she understood that,” he added.

  • IPL 2023: Can new and up to date SunRisers Hyderabad redeem themselves in new Indian Premier League season?

    By Kingshuk Kusari: SunRisers Hyderabad, through the years, have garnered a status within the Indian Premier League, as a unit that may punch above their weight. Never a crew to boast of 11 superstars, SRH, are the underdog favourites in many of the seasons. Traditionally boasting of a bowling heavy line-up, SRH off late are a crew that doesn’t concede plenty of runs, and chase down the entire with a top-heavy batting unit – a attribute that’s their greatest power and in addition their weak point as properly.

    Coming into life after the retirement of former champions Deccan Chargers, the Sun TV-owned franchise made their title as probably the most constant sides in IPL historical past, solely behind Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. Till 2020, eight years since their existence in 2013, SRH made it to 6 playoffs, successful as soon as in 2016 below the captaincy of David Warner, and ending as runner-ups in 2018 below the management of Kane Williamson.

    In current years, nevertheless, the story has not been the identical.

    Form and Inconsistencies

    SunRisers Hyderabad have sacked two captains within the final two seasons. Astonishingly, each are franchise legends, among the best gamers to play for his or her crew, and within the historical past of the fashionable recreation – David Warner and Kane Williamson.

    While the Warner break-up was public and ugly and occurred in the course of the 2021 season, Kane Williamson selected to depart with grace. SRH have struggled to kind a coherent batting order that may maintain them in all circumstances and that has resulted in a wood spoon in 2021, and an eighth place end amongst 10 groups in 2022.

    IPL 2023 Auction

    SRH made amends forward of the present season, sacking a number of prime gamers. Among them had been, after all, captain Kane Williamson, and massive cash purchase Nicholas Pooran, who on the time was anticipated to be SRH’s subsequent massive mission.

    SRH bid for 13 gamers within the 2023 public sale and obtained 12 of them. It was clear that they knew what they had been on the lookout for and ticked off their targets one after the other from the purchasing listing.

    They paid the best amount of cash for up and coming England batter Harry Brook, for a whopping Rs 13.25 crore. This was an enormous sum given Brook’s credentials towards spin in Indian circumstances, which stay unproven, and so does his capability to deal with stress in crunch conditions in a high-stakes recreation.

    But, England Test captain Ben Stokes has already likened him with Virat Kohli, that’s value some salt…I assume.

    The Good Bits

    The greatest optimistic from the SRH public sale course of is the readability of thought. They wished a wrist spinner to switch the mercurial Rashid Khan, and so they obtained it in World Champion Adil Rashid (Rs 2 crores) – among the best bowlers for England within the T20 World Cup 2022 knockout video games.

    SRH wanted to rejig their whole batting order, and so they discovered the likes of Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen and Harry Brook so as to add to the prevailing armoury of Abhishek Sharma and Aiden Markram.

    SRH did properly at hand Aiden Markram the captaincy within the SA20 league with the Eastern Cape franchise and check his functionality as a frontrunner. Markram didn’t drop kind and received the match in its first season. He introduced it up a notch and bagged the captaincy of the South Africa T20I facet as properly.

    As issues go, that is pretty much as good because it will get within the build-up to the competitors.

    The Bad Bits

    One can all the time argue that having only one left-hander within the prime six just isn’t a good suggestion in trendy cricket and this may get them in hassle towards groups with a well-functioning duo of spinners.

    SRH’s prime two keepers are international nationals, Heinrich Klaasen and Glenn Phillips. While neither have any points as such, they don’t seem to be precisely the first-choice keeper for his or her nationwide groups within the white-ball format as properly.

    The greatest doable con of the SRH’s outing within the public sale just isn’t having Ben Stokes within the crew. A left-hander, a terrific enforcer with the ball, a gun fielder and a captain – absolutely the three issues that they had been desperately on the lookout for. However, provided that that they had already overpaid for Brook early, they didn’t have Rs 16 crore within the kitty to purchase one in every of cricket’s best ever gamers.

    Muttiah Muraltharan, one of many SRH’s coaches current within the public sale desk, admitted to the failure in the course of the course of and stated that they may make do with what they’ve and burdened that they’ve a very good squad at hand.

    So, what lies forward of this as soon as constant, as soon as fan-favourite franchise? Pretty a lot what individuals cherished within the first place. The indisputable fact that they don’t have an enormous title for a captain or 11 rockstars of their line-up.

    I imply, who doesn’t wish to cheer for an underdog crew?

    If the gamers can hearth to their full potential, SRH may transform probably the most entertaining groups to observe within the match. With the likes of quirky Rahul Tripathi on the prime, swashbuckling Harry Brook within the center, and bullet Umran Malik of their bowling line-up, SRH have hungry gamers that wish to show to the world that they’re definitely worth the hype. And issues can not get higher than that in a 3-hour, concentrated, 40-over recreation.

    SRH IPL FIXTURE LISTSRH SQUAD FOR IPL 2023

    Abdul Samad, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akeal Hosein, Anmolpreet Singh

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    Mar 25, 2023

  • Ranji Trophy 2023 Semi-final Day 1 Wrap: Mayank Agarwal hundred bails Karnataka out towards Saurashtra

    Ranji Trophy 2023: Mayank Agarwal, Sudip Kumar Gharami and Anustup Majumdar scored a whole bunch in Day 1 of their workforce’s semi-final matches on Wednesday

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 8, 2023 23:16 IST

    Ranji Trophy Semi-final Wrap: Mayank hundred bails Karnataka out vs Saurashtra. Courtesy: AP

    By India Today Web Desk: towards Saurashtra with their rating at 229 for the lack of 5 wickets on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

    After being put in to bat first, Karnataka discovered themselves in hassle after being decreased to 112 for the lack of 5 wickets in 40.3 overs. From there on, Mayank took cost and stayed unbeaten on 110 off 246 balls with the assistance of 11 fours and one six.

    Mayank and Srinivas Sharath placed on an unbeaten partnership of 117 runs for the sixth wicket off 46.3 overs. Sharath stayed not out on 58 off 143 with the assistance of 4 fours.

    Ravikumar Samarth, Devdutt Padikkal and Manish Pandey did not get into single digits. Kushang Patel picked up two wickets for Saurashtra.

    In the opposite semi-final, Bengal completed Day 1 with their rating at 307 for the lack of 4 wickets towards Madhya Pradesh on the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. After a 51-run stand opening stand between Abhimanyu Easwaran and Karan Lal, each batters perished.

    But Sudip Kumar Gharami and Anustup Majumdar placed on 241 runs for the third wicket to place Bengal in a commanding place. Both yet one more time, Bengal misplaced two wickets in fast succession.

    Even as Gharami scored 112 with 12 fours and two sixes, Majumdar notched 120 runs with 13 fours and a six. Manoj Tiwary and Shahbaz Ahmed had been the 2 in a single day batters.

    Brief Scores

    Bengal (307/4 in 87 overs) vs Madhya Pradesh

    Karnataka (229/5 in 87 overs) vs Saurashtra

    Edited By:

    sabyasachi chowdhury

    Published On:

    Feb 8, 2023

  • Ranji Trophy 2022-23: Quarterfinals Wrap: Mayank Agarwal shines after Karnataka bowl Uttarakhand out for 123

    Ranji Trophy 2022-23: Karnataka and Bengal are in a fairly sturdy place of their matches towards Uttarakhand and Jharkhand respectively.

    UPDATED: Jan 31, 2023 18:00 IST

    Ranji Trophy: Quarters: Mayank shines after Karnataka bowl Uttarakhand cheaply. Courtesy: PTI

    By India Today Web Desk: Karnataka are in a commanding place after the shut of play on Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy 2022-23 quarterfinals. After opting to subject first, they bowled Uttarakhand out for 116 in 55.4 overs. Right-arm medium pacer Muralidhara Venkatesh completed with figures of 14-3-36-5.

    After bowling their opposition out cheaply, Karnataka took a lead of seven runs. Ravikumar Samarth and Mayank Agarwal placed on an unbeaten 123-run stand for the opening wicket. Skipper Mayank is unbeaten on 65 off 86 with 9 fours and one six. Samarth stayed not out on 54 runs off 74 balls with seven fours.

    Akash Deep picked up 4 wickets as Bengal bowled Jharkhand out for 173 after opting to subject first. Barring Kumar Suraj, who scored 89 runs off 175 balls with 10 fours, not one of the Jharkhand batters made an affect. Mukesh Kumar picked up three wickets and lent Deep help.

    Ricky Bhui, within the meantime, stayed not out on 115 runs as Andhra completed the primary day with their rating at 262 for the lack of two wickets. After Andhra misplaced the early wickets of CR Gnaneshwar and Abhishek Reddy, Bhui and Kirdant Karan Shinde placed on 204 runs for the third wicket.

    In one other match, Punjab bowled Saurashtra out for 303 in 87 overs. Mayank Markande was the choose of the bowlers after he completed with figures of 29.2-4-84-4. Baltej Singh additionally accounted for 3 wickets.

    Ranji Trophy Quarter-finals temporary scores:

    Karnataka (123/0 in 26 overs) lead Uttarakhand (116 all out in 55.5 overs)

    Andhra (255/2 in 83 overs) vs Madhya Pradesh

    Punjab (3/0 in 1 over) path Saurashtra (303 in 87 overs) by 300 runs

    Jharkhand (173 all out in 66.2 overs) vs Bengal

    Edited By:

    sabyasachi chowdhury

    Published On:

    Jan 31, 2023

  • Former Punjab Kings captain Mayank Agarwal specializing in issues at hand forward of IPL 2023 auctions

    Mayank Agarwal would be the first participant to go below the hammer within the Indian Premier League mini-auctions, set to be held in December 23. Agarwal was the captain of Punjab Kings within the 2022 version however parted methods after poor outing.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 20, 2022 22:57 IST

    Mayank Agarwal performs a shot within the Indian Premier League. (Courtesy: PTI)

    By India Today Web Desk: Former Punjab Kings captain Mayank Agarwal is ready to be the primary participant below the hammer in Indian Premier League mini auctions, set to be held in Kochi on 23 December. Mayank, who carved his area of interest as an aggressive anchor on the opener’s place within the Punjab franchise will probably be on the lookout for a brand new staff after he parted methods after the horrible run of type final season.

    Speaking forward of the mini-auction, Mayank sounded hopeful about the potential of enjoying for a brand new franchise and defined what was it prefer to be an IPL captain.

    “Having captained an IPL franchise, you get to learn a lot more, you understand the game in more depth, and understand situations in a different perspective. It opens a new perspective, a new range. Use that experience and put it to good use,” Mayank Agarwal informed Wisden.

    Agarwal though added that his present focus was on the brand new season of Ranji Trophy, which began in December 2022.

    “There is a possibility of working with a new setup and that’s exciting. But really, as a player, there is nothing much you can do but eagerly wait and watch. So that’s the thought. Just wait and watch what happens. The domestic season and Ranji Trophy is going on, so the focus is going to be there,” Agarwal mentioned.

    The proper handed batter copped numerous criticism after Punjab didn’t ship within the 2022 version of the event regardless of buying the companies of explosive batters. Despite the likes of Liam Livingstone, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Agarwal himself, Punjab completed sixth within the league desk, profitable 7 and dropping 7 from their 14 matches.

    Speaking about the identical, Mayank mentioned that the noise solely grows if one tries to subdue it and mentioned that he moderately centered on the issues at hand.

    “For me, it’s not about cutting the noise but focussing on the things at hand. If you can focus on the things you are doing, the outside noise is gone. You can’t hear it. The more you try to cut out the noise, the more it grows. If you just focus on the things at hand, you don’t hear any of it,” the participant concluded on the matter.

    Edited By:

    Kingshuk Kusari

    Published On:

    Dec 20, 2022

  • India tour of England: Covid-positive Rohit Sharma shares a selfie from resort room forward of the fifth Test

    India captain Rohit Sharma, who examined constructive for Covid-19, gave his followers a sigh of aid, sharing a selfie from the resort room.

    Rohit returned with a constructive report after a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) performed on June 25. He is at present in isolation on the group resort and is beneath the care of the BCCI Medical Team, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) mentioned in a press release.

    An RT-PCR check result’s awaited to determine Rohit’s CT worth.

    India captain Rohit Sharma shares a selfie. (Courtesy: Instagram story/Rohit Sharma)

    The Indian cricketing board on June 27 added Mayank Agarwal to the squad as cowl for Rohit. Mayank will hyperlink up with the squad in Birmingham.

    India and England are set to play the rescheduled fifth Test from July 1 in Birmingham. India are at present main the five-Test match collection towards England 2-1.

    India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohd Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mayank Agarwal

    England squad: Ben Stokes (c), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Jack Leach, Alex Lees, Craig Overton, Jamie Overton, Matthew Potts, Ollie Pope, Joe Root.

  • India tour of England: Mayank Agarwal added to Test squad as cowl for Covid-positive Rohit Sharma

    The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday, June 27 confirmed that Mayank Agarwal has been added to the Test squad for the rescheduled match in opposition to England in Birmingham. Mayank has been added as cowl for Rohit Sharma, who’s in isolation after testing constructive for Covid-19 on Saturday, June 25.

    Mayank Agarwal, who was not picked within the unique squad, left for the UK on Monday morning and hyperlink up with the Test staff in Birmingham. India and England meet within the rescheduled fifth Test, a spillover from final yr’s sequence, from July 1 at Edgbaston.

    “The All-India Senior Selection Committee has added Mayank Agarwal to India’s Test squad for the rescheduled fifth Test as cover for captain Rohit Sharma, who tested positive for COVID-19. Mayank has left for the UK and will link up with the squad in Birmingham,” the BCCI stated.

    Mayank Agarwal posted a photograph of himself departing to England earlier on Monday. The Karnataka batter final performed for India in the course of the residence sequence in opposition to Sri Lanka in February however he was not thought of for choice after an atypical exhibiting in opposition to the islanders whilst India gained the sequence 2-0.

    India’s Test squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohd Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mayank Agarwal.

    The BCCI has nonetheless named Rohit Sharma because the captain of the Test facet, hinting they’re hoping the skipper recovers in time for the much-anticipated Test.

    Notably, Rohit led India within the 4-day observe match in opposition to Leicestershire final week. The Indian captain batted within the first innings and scored 25 runs however he didn’t take the sector in the course of the 2nd innings, elevating fairly just a few eyebrows. The BCCI confirmed on Sunday that Rohit would endure an RT-PCR take a look at which might decide his CT worth.

  • IND vs ENG: Mayank Agarwal to hitch India Test squad as a canopy for Rohit Sharma

    Indian opener Mayank Agarwal shall be becoming a member of the Indian Test squad in UK for the fifth and last Test towards England ranging from July 1. Agarwal has been known as up as cowl for skipper Rohit Sharma who examined optimistic for Covid-19 and has been rendered uncertain for the Edgbaston Test.

    According to a Cricinfo report, Agarwal, who had missed out on making the 15-man squad for the sport, shall be flying to England on Monday. He performed his final Test in March towards Sri Lanka and will handle simply 59 runs (33, 4, 22) from three innings of two matches.

    As per the newest guidelines relating to Covid protocols, Agarwal can skip the quarantine and could be out there to play the Test.

    The fifth Test towards England is from final 12 months’s incomplete sequence which acquired spilled to this season on account of an outbreak of COVID-19 within the Indian camp.

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