‘SuThe ‘P4’ series has started and Pakistan have won the first match against Bangladesh. Whereas, India and Sri Lanka are to begin. Now all the matches will be played in Colombo where the prospect of rain has worried everyone. In such a situation, the upcoming matches of India may also be affected.
Anyway, this year’s Asia Cup has been causing trouble right from the start. The relationship between India and Pakistan and their insistence on not playing each other raised questions at the Asia Cup itself, when the hybrid model was agreed upon, rain during the match in Sri Lanka raised questions. There was also a time when preparations started to hold the match in Hambantota instead of Colombo. A lot happened here and there, but within an hour things settled down again in Colombo. Now the rest of the matches will be played in Colombo itself, where prayers are being offered to save the match from rain. It will be a miracle if the rest of the Asia Cup is held without rain. Asia Cup
India’s next match in the Asia Cup is against Pakistan on Sunday and the match will mark the efforts of both the countries to reach the final. In the first match of Group A in Pallekele, which was abandoned due to rain, India scored 266 runs batting first. But, when the Pakistan team could not start batting due to rain, the two shared the points between themselves. In this match, a Pakistani ‘pace trio’ shook the Indian batting. Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Hasir Rauf together took 10 wickets. The Indian batsmen looked a little uneasy, especially against the fast bowling and that too against the left-arm bowling, however, Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya put India in somewhat decent shape with a century partnership. But due to rain, the Indian bowlers did not get a chance to perform.
However, in the second match, the way Nepal’s openers made a strong start against the Indian bowlers was shocking. Nepal’s score of 230 runs against India can be called respectable for them, even though Nepal got out of the first round of the Asia Cup, but they made their presence felt in Asian cricket. After failing against Pakistan, both Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill achieved the target against Nepal without separation. Rohit scored 74 and Gill scored 67 runs.
Pakistan’s confidence will be strong when India take on Pakistan tomorrow in the Super Four, but this time they will have to play outside their own country. After this, the Indian team will play against Sri Lanka on the 12th and then against Bangladesh on the 15th of September. The final on September 17, if the uncertainty of the shorter format of cricket is ignored, should only be between India and Pakistan.
The World Cup of ODI matches is starting from October 5 in India. Needless to say, all the tickets of the first batch are sold out and the second batch is selling around four lakh tickets. That means the cricket craze in India and that too is at its peak for the World Cup as expected.
Yuzvendra Chahal, R. There is a debate about not including players like Ashwin, Sanju Samson, Tilak Verma and the famous Krishna, but the truth is that only certain players can be included in the squad. Along with Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan, Lokesh Rahul and Shreyas Iyer have also been retained in the squad. Lokesh Rahul and Shreyas Iyer are considered fit. Now whether Lokesh Rahul will be in the final XI or Ishan Kishan, this question has become a thorn in the neck of the management. Ishan, who has scored half-centuries in 5 ODIs in a row, should be overlooked for a player who has been out of the squad for a long time due to fitness.
Australia, on the other hand, have included some injured players in their squad, hoping that these players will recover by the time of the World Cup. These players include the captain himself, Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Starc. Apart from this, Sheen Abbott has also been given an opportunity. Australia has to play eight ODIs before the World Cup. Of which Maxwell has withdrawn from the ODI series against India.
South Africa also have eight players in their squad who will be playing in the World Cup for the first time. Quinton de Kock is also in the squad who is going to bid farewell to ODI cricket after the World Cup. However, South Africa did not include Tristan Stubbs and Dewald Brewis in the squad. The Netherlands team will play under the captaincy of Scott Edwards. The team includes Rolof Vander Merv and Colin Ackerman.
It is now clear for New Zealand that they will include Kane Williamson in their squad. There were fears about him as he has not fully recovered from the injury, but now he is said to be fit. England announced their squad last month. The rest of the countries are yet to formally announce the team.
Jasprit Bumrah, who did not play the match against Nepal during the Asia Cup, has now become a father. He returned home for this reason, but has now rejoined the team.
With the intention of clearing the dust on India-Pakistan cricket relations, BCCI president Roger Binny and vice-president Rajiv Shukla attended the PCB’s invitation in Lahore and both were impressed by the Pakistani hospitality. This agenda has been postponed in today’s meeting of the International Olympic Committee regarding the inclusion of cricket in the Olympics.
The cricket world has been in mourning this week with the news of the death of renowned Indian umpire Pilu Reporter and Zimbabwean player Heath Streak. The 84-year-old Pilu reporter is among the first neutral umpires. While Heath Streak played for Zimbabwe during the 1996 World Cup in India. This includes the match played in Patna which was played twice due to rain.
India’s Harmanpreet Kaur is the only Indian cricketer to be included in the Australian Women’s Big Bash League draft this year. Melbourne Renegades have retained him in their team. Despite the names of 18 Indian players in the list, only Harmanpreet has been kept. Included in the platinum category, Harmanpreet scored 406 runs in 12 innings in 2020-21.
On the other hand, Shreyank Patil has become the only Indian player to play in the three-team West Indies Women’s Caribbean Premier League-CPL. The 21-year-old off-spinner Shreyank has featured in all three matches played so far. He has taken four wickets against Barbados Royals and two against Trinbago Knight Riders.
And finally the performance of the Indian players in the English County Championship.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Jaydev Undkat played for Division Two side Sussex against Durham. In which Cheteshwar also played an innings of 51 runs while Undkat could take only one wicket in two innings. Another Indian player, Umesh Yadav took three wickets for Division One side Essex in their win over Middlesex.
Meanwhile, several other Indian players will be seen playing county matches next week, including Yuzvendra Chahal for Kent, Jayant Yadav for Middlesex and B Sai Sudarshan for Surrey. So this was our weekly podcast – Suno Dil Se – Sanjay Banerjee Ko Ajaz Dijiye, Hello.