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Australian pacer Mitchell Starc believes that the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) Test series against India is now on par with the Ashes versus England. India’s left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat will return to County Cricket for the second consecutive season.
In this article, we will go through all the big updates that took place in the world of cricket on August 21.
Jay dev Unadkat joins India teammate Cheteshwar Pujara at Sussex for County Championship
India’s left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat will return to County Cricket for the second consecutive season. Last year, he joined Sussex and once again, with the end of the season coming close, Unadkat will join the same team. The former India U19 player was not selected for any of the Duleep Trophy sides early this month. The 32-year-old will play his first game for Sussex against Yorkshire on Thursday, August 22. The Sunrisers Hyderabad player in the IPL has joined his India and Saurashtra teammate, Cheteshwar Pujara. The latter played last for India in the World Test Championship final 2023 against Australia. He failed to perform in both innings and was duly snubbed from the team.
Dinesh Chandimal left in shock after lack of bounce causes his downfall in ENG vs SL first Test
Sri Lanka batter Dinesh Chandimal was left in utter shock and disbelief after getting dismissed for 17 on the first morning of the first Test against England at the Old Trafford in Manchester. The 34-year-old got trapped in front of the stumps off the bowling of Shoaib Bashir after his ball scooted along the ground, putting Sri Lanka in deep trouble at 72/5. Dinesh Chandimal ended up taking the DRS on hope rather than conviction before the technology showed that he was plumb LBW. With that, Sri Lanka sank deeper into trouble as their score wasn’t even past 100 runs after losing five top order wickets in the morning session.
Mitchell Starc believes Border-Gavaskar Trophy on par with Ashes after five Tests announcement
Australian pacer Mitchell Starc believes that the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) Test series against India is now on par with the Ashes versus England. The comment from the 34-year-old came after the upcoming edition of the BGT series between Australia and India, set to begin this November, got extended to five Test matches in nearly 33 years. While speaking to the Wide World of Sports, Mitchell Starc was quoted as saying about the BGT Test series, “Being five matches now it’s probably right on par with an Ashes series.” In regards to the upcoming BGT Test series against India in their summer, he said, “We always want to win every game at home and we know India are a very strong team. As we’re placed at the minute we’re the top two teams on the Test ladder… so a very exciting series coming up for the fans and certainly the players.”
ACB names R. Sridhar as Afghanistan’s Asst. Coach for New Zealand and South Africa series
The Afghanistan Cricket Board named Indian Ramakrishnan Sridhar as Assistant Coach of the National Team for upcoming events of one off test match against New Zealand and 3-match ODI series against South Africa. 54 year-old Sridhar has played 35 first class and 15 List A matches for India in domestic cricket. He has been India’s national team Fielding Coach in more than 300 international matches including two ICC ODI and two T20I world cups. He has also served Kings XI Punjab as Spin Bowling Coach from 2014 to 2017 in India Premier League.
Fans troll Babar Azam for his silver duck against Bangladesh in first Test
Former Pakistan Test skipper Babar Azam bagged a silver-duck against Bangladesh in the ongoing first Test in Rawalpindi. Early in the day, the first day’s play started late due to wet outfields. After the early Lunch Break, the visitors, Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bowl first. They had a great start as Abdullah Shafique was caught by Zakir Hasan off Hasan Mahmud in the fourth over. The Lahore-born player isn’t only struggling in the red-ball format. The 29-year-old had a bad time in the ODI World Cup 2023 as he managed only 320 runs in nine games and ranked outside of 20 spots. Apart from this, the Peshawar Zalmi skipper in the PSL failed to score a fifty in the T20 World Cup 2024 and his team bowed out in the first round.
Rishabh Pant recreates Rajnikanth’s iconic pose; ‘Thalaiva’ post sparks link rumours with CSK and MS Dhoni
Delhi Capitals’ star wicketkeeper batter and captain Rishabh Pant shared a social media post where he was seen mimicking a pose by superstar Rajnikanth. Needless to say, the post went viral in no time, but not with the way Pant copied the Indian icon but with its connection with former Indian captain MS Dhoni and IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings. Notably, after the Delhi-based franchise parted ways with coach Ricky Ponting, speculations have been going on that they might let go of their skipper Rishabh Pant as well.
Ryan ten Doeschate keen to improve India’s play against spin bowlers
Ryan ten Doeschate, the Indian assistant coach, is looking forward to improving India’s play against spin after a tough ODI series against Sri Lanka away. The former Netherlands player talked about how India let their spin batting “fall back a little bit” in their focus to do well in overseas conditions, especially in Australia and England. Notably, India lost the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka 0-2, failing to tackle the high class spin bowling in tough batting conditions. They ended up losing 27 wickets out of 30 in the series, catching a lot of flak from the supporters and critics.
Zindagi Milke Bitayenge: Yuzvendra Chahal and Ashish Nehra enjoy strolling on streets of London
Yuzvendra Chahal, the Indian spin bowler, was spotted having a relaxed walk on the streets of London alongside former India fast bowler Ashish Nehra and TV presenter Gaurav Kapur. The trio was singing the famous Bollywood song “Zindagi Milke Bitayenge” from the movie “Satte Pe Satta,” living life cheerfully and spontaneously in the city of dreams. Notably, Yuzvendra Chahal is having some downtime in England in the past few days, getting spotted at Old Trafford alongside Prithvi Shaw, where he watched Manchester United play the opening game of the Premier League 2024-25 season.
