BBL 2020 Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers Highlights: Both the team lock their horns to play the 14th league match of the BBL 2020. Brisbane Heat is in pressure to register their maiden victory of the tournament to gain some forward position in the BBL 2020 points table.
Match: Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers
Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane
Toss Details: Brisbane Heat won the toss and opt to bowl
Playing XI
Brisbane Heat
Max Bryant, Sam Heazlett, Daniel Lawrence, Tom Cooper, Jack Wildermuth, Simon Milenko, Jimmy Peirson(c/w), Mark Steketee, Xavier Bartlett, Ben Laughlin, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
Adelaide Strikers
Philip Salt, Jake Weatherald, Matt Renshaw, Jonathan Wells, Matthew Short, Harry Nielsen(w), Rashid Khan, Daniel Worrall, Danny Briggs, Wes Agar, Peter Siddle(c).
BBL 2020 Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers Highlights
Adelaide Strikers Batting
Weatherald and Philip Salt get into lead Adelaide Strikers. Xavier Bartlett opens the attack on behalf of Brisbane Heat. As expected in the very first over Xavier Bartlett dismissed Weatherald while scoring 1 run.
Though Adelaide Strikers loses a wicket in early the followed batsman builds the necessary partnership. The duo moves Adelaide Strikers’ score to 29 runs for 1 wicket loss at the end of the 5th over.
Philip Salt and Matt Renshaw’s partnership pose a threat over Brisbane Heat bowlers. Steketee in the 10th over makes back to back wickets by dismissing Renshaw and Philip Salt for 32 and 25 runs respectively.
At the end of 10th Adelaide Strikers scored 63 runs for 3 wickets loss. Xavier Bartlett again in the 13th over makes a much-needed wicket by dismissing Short for 12 runs. At the end of the 15th over Adelaide Strikers scored 98 runs for 4 wickets loss.
Adelaide Strikers is in need to make use of the dead overs to set a massive target for the heat. As expected Harry Nielsen and Jonathan Wells with their back-to-back massive shots and drags Adelaide Strikers to score 138 runs before Nielsen dismissed for 28 runs.
At the end of the 20th over Adelaide Strikers scored 150 runs for 6 wickets loss.
Brisbane Heat Batting
Heazlett and Bryant get into lead Brisbane Heat to chase down a target of 150 runs. Worrall opens the attack on behalf of Adelaide Strikers.
Worrall in the second delivery of the 2nd innings dismissed Heazlett for 0 runs and makes a massive blow for Brisbane Heat. In the followed over Briggs dismissed Milenko for 1 run and loads pressure over the chasing team.
Brisbane Heat stri=uggles after losing a couple of wickets in the first two over of the innings. While Max Bryant and Daniel Lawrence expected to make a steady partnership, Rashid Khan with his spell dismissed Bryant for 12 runs.
At the end of 5 overs, Brisbane Heat scored 26 runs for 3 wickets loss. Brisbane Heat loses wickets in a constant interval as Rashid Khan again with his magical spell dismissed Daniel Lawrence for 13 runs.
In the followed over Wes Agar dismissed Wildermuth for 1 run. At the end of the 10 over Brisbane Heat scored 50 runs for 5 wickets loss. Brisbane Heat shows their dominance in the first half of the 2nd innings.
Brisbane Heat is in need to do an aggressive performance in order to register their maiden victory of the BBL 2020 season.
But Heat continuous to lose wickets in a regular interval as they lose 8 wickets while scoring 71 runs in 14 overs.
Peirson and Mujeeb pose some belief by scoring 20 runs off the 15th over bowled by Rashid Khan. In the followed over again, Peirson scored 23 runs off a single over bowled by Siddle.
The back to back impressive overs brings 50 for the Peirson in the followed over bowled by Wes Agar. Siddle as a relief dismissed Mujeeb for 18 runs and breaks the partnership. The required run-rate gets in reach for Brisbane Heat.
The aggressive strike of Peirson leads Brisbane Heat to score a six of the last delivery to seal their maiden victory. But Worrall with a full-length delivery allows Peirson to score only a boundary of the last delivery.
Peirson is down on his knees as Adelaide Strikers win the match by 2 runs.
Watch BBL 2020 Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers Highlights
Australia vs India 2nd Test match: Post the 1st Test loss India seeks to win the 2nd test to stay alive and confident in the absence of Virat Kohli. Indian skipper Virat Kohli left to India to be with his family for their first baby birth.
In his absence, Ajinkya Rahane leads the Indian side to face Australia in the remaining test matches.
Match: Australia vs India, 2nd Test
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss: Australia won the toss and opt to bat.
Playing XI
Australia
Matthew Wade, Joe Burns, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Tim Paine(w/c), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
Burns and Wade get into the crease to lead Australia. Bumrah opens the attack on behalf of India. India needs to pick early wickets in order to avoid the mistake that they did in the 1st test match.
The hosts show their patience by making slow progress in the 1st innings of the match. Bumrah who found his mojo in the 2nd test match loads pressure over the opponent batsmen. Soon in the 5th over of the 1st innings, Bumrah dismissed Burns for 0 runs and makes the much-expected start for the Indian team.
The aggressive batsman Marnus Labuschagne gets in to the crease and join hands with Matthew Wade. The duo poses a real threat for the Indian bowling unit but fell to shine in Ashwin’s spell.
Ashwin in the 13th over of the inning dismissed Wade for 30 runs. No.1 Test batsman Steve Smith gets into the crease. After failing to shine in the 1st test match Steve is expected to make massive progress in this match.
But again failed to the same bowler. Ashwin plays like the worst nightmare for Steve Smith in the long format as well as in the short format. Ashwin dismissed Steve Smith for a duck. A rare and repeated failure for Steve Smith.
Still, India seeks to dismiss the dangerous batsman Labuschagne. Travis Head and Labuschagne join hands and in pressure to build a massive partnership. Though the Aussies lose early wickets their middle-order batsman shows consistency and leads Australia as expected.
Lunch Break
Prior to the lunch, Australia scored 65 runs for 3 wickets loss while playing 27 overs. India needs to break this partnership to avoid a massive run chase. Labuschagne with a strong beating style defends the aggressive Indian bowling unit and loads pressure over India.
As expected this deadly duo moved Australia to score beyond 100 runs with their unbreakable partnership. Australia scored 104 runs for 3 wickets loss at the end of the 38th over. Head smashed a back to back boundary in Bumrah’s over and shows his confidence level in batting.
Drinks Break
52 runs scored off the 13 overs in the last hour. Post the drinks break Bumrah in the 42nd over dismissed Head for 38 runs. Bumrah successfully breaks the dangerous partnership.
Stil Labuschagne is in the strike which means Aussies batsman can make another deadly partnership. Siraj in the 50th over dismissed Labuschagne for 48 runs and registered his maiden Test wicket.
A massive blow for Australia as they lose their match changing batsman.
Tea Break
Ashwin resumes to bowl after the tea break. Australia struggles to score runs and focus on making a partnership.
But Siraj in the 62nd over dismissed Green for 12 runs. Ashwin continued to load pressure by dismissing skipper Paine for 13 runs in the very next over.
India continues to be the upper hand in the 1st innings as Bumrah in 68th over dismissed Starc for 7 runs and starts to collapse Australia’s lower order. At the end of the 68th over Australia scored 166 runs for 8 wickets loss.
Lyon loses his wicket to Bumrah after striking a back to back six and a boundary. In the followed over Jadeja dismissed Cummins for 9 runs and winds up Australia’s 1st innings while scoring 195 runs.
India Batting(1st innings)
Agarwal and Shubman Gill get in to lead India. Starc opens the attack on behalf of Australia. Starc loads pressure over India by dismissing Mayank Agarwal in the very first over.
India faces a much-unwanted start for them. Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara get in to join hands with Gill.
Stumps
Cheteshwar Pujara and Gill make a steady partnership to avoid the loss of extra wickets on day 1 of the 2nd test.
As expected Gill and Pujara lead India to score 36 runs for 1 wicket loss at the en do the Day 1.
Watch Australia vs India 2nd Test Day 1 Highlights
Day 2
India Batting
Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara continued the innings as expected on day 2 of the 2nd test match. The duo pumped the score to 50 runs stand for 1 wicket loss.
Cummins in the 22nd over dismissed Gill while scoring 45 runs. The young gun missed a well-deserved half-century. Acting Indian test skipper Ajinkya Rahane gets into the yard.
Cummins in his nest over dismissed Pujara while scoring 17 runs. Pujara turns his back down so far in the Australia test match.
Drinks Break
Post the drinks break Hanuma Vihari join hands with Ajinkya Rahane. The duo expected to make a huge impact in the scoreboard. The deadly combination makes Aussies bowlers to struggle and made steady innings.
Lunch Break
Post the lunch break the duo lead India to score beyond 100 runs in total for the same 23 Wickets loss. Vihari after a boundary of the Lyon’s over got dismissed for 21 runs. India gets in an uncomfortable position as they lose 4 wickets before even nearing Australia’s 1st innings score.
Rishabh Pant is expected to make a huge impact for India in the 2nd Test. While making a steady partnership Starc in the 60th over dismissed Pant and loads pressure over India as they scored only 173 runs.
Losing 5 wickets before making a lead is really a drastic situation for India. Ravindra Jadeja the game-changing all-rounder gets into the yard and joins hands with the Indian skipper.
The skipper Rahane is in pressure to lead the innings with a massive partnership by joining hands with Jadeja. As expected the deadly combination starts to work for India.
By the mid of the 66th over India starts to lead the innings with a 5 wickets loss. Rahane with his steady innings registered his 12th overall century and his 2nd against Australia.
Stumps
While the match gets to move with interesting shots and unbelievable catch drops rain interrupted the play and stopped the match. As the rain continued umpired called for the day 2 stumps.
Watch Australia vs India 2nd Test Day 2 Highlights
Day 3
India Batting
Ravindra Jadeja and skipper Ajinkya Rahane continued the innings. India needs to set a good lead to defend Australia. While Australian bowlers seek to make some quick wickets in the 3rd day of the innings.
After a long struggle Aussies bowler, Lyon breaks the partnership by dismissing Rahane for 112 runs in an unwanted run out format.
Drinks Break
Ravindra Jadeja who secured his half-century continued the innings with Ravichandran Ashwin. In the second over of the post drinks break Starc dismissed Jadeja for 57 runs. Team India managed to score 326 runs for 10 wickets loss as India’s lower order fails to add some quality runs to the scoreboard.
Australia Batting
Wade and Burns get into the yard to lead Australia in the 2nd innings. Bumrah opens the attack on behalf of India. Team India needs to pick early wickets in order to restrict a massive run chase in the second innings.
Umesh Yadav in the 4th over of the innings dismissed Burna and makes the first blow for Australia. India should not settle until they wipe the whole Australian squad as Aussies’ lower-order batsmen too have some stuff to exhibit.
Drinks Break
Marnus Labuschagne poses threat to Indian bowlers. Ashwin with a slower delivery dismissed Labuschagne for 28 runs and makes a much-needed wicket.
Steven Smith join hands with Wade and leads the Australian batting unit.
Bumrah with a leg-stump trap dismissed Steve Smith. A major wicket for Australia. Steve though remains in the 1st Test batsman position fails to show up in the test matches so far.
Indian bowlers with their impressive bowling spell load pressure over the Australian batting unit. Jadeja makes a crucial wicket for India by dismissing Wade for 40 runs.
In a short period, Siraj dismissed Head for 17 runs and Jadeja again makes an impact by dismissing Aussies skipper Tim Pains for 1 run. Where Australia loses their top 6 wickets before reaching 100 runs.
Stumps
At the end of the day 3 Australia scored 133 runs for 6 wickets loss where Cummins and Green stand in the crease.
Watch Australia vs India 2nd Test Day 3 Highlights
Day 4
Australia Batting
Pat Cummins and Cameron Green start the innings for Australia. Australian lower-order batsman as expected starts to make a steady inning. While Indian bowlers keen to makes the wickets which is a much-needed breakthrough for India to restrict a massive run chase.
Bumrah did the much-needed breakthrough by dismissing Cummins for 22 runs.
Drinks Break
Cameron Green join hands with Starc and starts to build a partnership. But soon Siraj dismissed Green while scoring 45 runs. The long stood batsman walks to Pavillion while Australia scored 177 runs.
Siraj soon in the 97th over dismissed Lyon for 3 runs. Ashwin took the last wicket of Australia by dismissing Hazlewood for 10 runs. Australia scored 200runs for 9 wickets loss in the second innings.
India Batting
India needs 70 runs to win the match. A low target for a team like India but never forget that India earlier windup for 36 runs in the 1st Test match against Australia.
Agarwal and Shubman Gill get into the crease to lead India. Starc opens the attack on behalf of Australia. Starc soon in the 5th over of the match makes the first blow for India by dismissing Mayank Agarwal for 5 runs.
The young player again failed to shoe up his worth and walks to Pavillion after scoring a single-digit run. In the followed over Cummins dismissed Pujara for 3 runs. And the pressure starts to build over India as they lose a couple of wickets in the very early stage of chasing.
Skipper Ajinkya Rahane and Gill join hands and took the responsibility of leading India towards a decent victory. As expected the duo gradually reached the 0 runs target and registered the maiden win of the four-match test series.
Seasoned speedster Jaydev Unadkat confirmed to lead the Saurashtra team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy National 2021. The Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 is scheduled to play from January 10, 2021. Saurashtra are the reigning Ranji Trophy champions.
Jaydev Unadkat leads Saurashtra at Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
The Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) on Friday announced the squad through a media release after its senior selection committee held an online meeting.
All the regulars — Prerak Mankad, Chirag Jani, left-handed batsman Arpit Vasavada, wicket-keeper-batsman Harvik Desai — have been named in the squad.
The bowling attack, to be led by Unadkat, also has left-arm pacer Chetan Sakariya and slow-left arm orthodox bowler Dharmendrasinh Jadeja.
The tournament begins from January 10. Saurashtra is placed in Elite Group D along with Services, Vidarbha, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. The league matches will be played at Indore.
The former India opener Murali Vijay pulls out of the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and will miss the entire domestic season.
“He informed us that he would be skipping the upcoming season for personal reasons. He did not mention anything further,” a TNCA official told.
Vijay last played for Tamil Nadu during their Ranji Trophy clash against Karnataka at Dindigul in 2019. Murali had featured in three matches for the Chennai Super Kings during the IPL-13.
Vijay was earlier named in the state probables for the domestic T20 competition. TNCA has included opener L Suryapprakash in place of Vijay.
“It is a very big blow for us ahead of the season because he is an experienced campaigner and brings solidity at the top.
But his absence gives other players an opportunity to make an impact for the stateside,” said the official.
Dhoni though will continue to play in the IPL which he announced himself before CSK’s final game of the season last month.
Dhoni continues to play for CSK in IPL 2021
Former New Zealand cricketer and commentator Danny Morrison had asked Dhoni whether he would be donning the yellow jersey again or not before their final match. The skipper nonchalantly responded to the question and said ‘definitely not’ when asked if this was his last game for the franchise.
MS Dhoni
CSK was knocked out in the league stage this year after enduring their worst season in the IPL, which saw them finish 7th with just 6 wins from 14 games.
Dhoni was in fact keen to play the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament earlier this year to prepare for IPL 2020. But the Indian domestic season 2020-21 was postponed indefinitely in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The much-delayed tournament will now kick start the Indian domestic season and will be played from January 10 to 31 in six different states where bio-secure hubs will be created.
Raina confirmed to play in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Former India cricketer Suresh Raina meanwhile, announced on social media last week that he will be representing Uttar Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament. Raina had retired on the same day as Dhoni. But he missed playing in the IPL for CSK due to “personal reasons”.
Raina hasn’t played competitive cricket for the past one year. And he has been training hard in the gym and keeping himself fit for the upcoming domestic season in India.
Times of Sports(TOS) listed the full squad players’ details for the Abu Dhabi T10 League. The Abu Dhabi T10 League is going to begin from January 28 to February 6 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi T10 League Squad
Group A
Maratha Arabians
Icon Player: Shoaib Malik
Team: Mohammad Hafeez, Laurie Evans, Mosaddek Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Pravin Tambe, Ishan Malhotra, Muktar Ali, Amjad Khan, Abdul Shakoor, Maroof Merchant, Sompal Kami, Syed Shah.
Bangla Tigers
Icon Player: Isuru Udana
Team: Andre Fletcher, Tom Moores, Qais Ahmad, Chirag Suri, Johnson Charles, David Wiese, Mohammad Irfan, Afif Hossain, Adam Hose, Karim Janat, Aryan Lakra, Fazal Haque, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mahedi Hasan.
Delhi Bulls
Icon Player: Dwayne Bravo
Team: Ali Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Dushmantha Chameera, Sherfane Rutherford, Evin Lewis, Dasun Shanaka, Adam Lyth, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Fidel Edwards, Shiraz Ahmed, Kashif Daud, Waqar Salamkheil, Nyeem Young, Amad Butt.
Team: Kieron Pollard, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Zahoor Khan, Colin Ingram, Mohammad Shahzad, Wanindu Hasaranga, Lahiru Kumara, Azam Khan, Ravi Rampaul, Prashant Gupta, Zeeshan Zameer, Hamdan Tahir, Hafeez-ur-Rehman, Imran Tahir, Imtiyaz Ahmed.
Qalandars
Icon Player: Shahid Afridi
Team: Samit Patel, Phil Salt, Chris Jordan, Sultan Ahmed, Tom Banton, Sohail Tanvir, Asif Ali, Hasan Ali, Sohail Akhtar, Sharjeel Khan, Fayyaz Ahmed, Azmatullah Omarzai, Maaz Khan, Khurshid Anwar, Ben Dunk.
Team Abu Dhabi
Icon Player: Chris Gayle
Team: Rohan Mustafa, Luke Wright, Avishka Fernando, Hayden Walsh Jr, Chris Morris, Usman Shinwari, Naveen-ul-Haq, Obed McCoy, Najibullah Zadran, Ben Cox, Palaniapan Meiyappan, Leonardo Julien, Kushal Malla, Alex Hales.
Pune Devils
Icon Player : Thisara Pereira
Team: Mohammad Amir, Hardus Viljoen, Chamara Kapugedera, Sam Billings, Ajantha Mendis, Devon Thomas, Darwish Rasooli, Nasir Hossain, Kennar Lewis, Asif Khan, Mohammad Boota, Dinesh Kumar, Vriitya Aravind, Karan KC, Munis Ansari.
Times of Sports(TOS) listed the key decision that was taken at the 89th meeting of the BCCI Annual General Meeting(AGM).
BCCI AGM decisions
From adding 2 more teams in IPL to including cricket in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics were decided in 89th BCCI AGM.
The Electoral Officer, Mr. AK Joti announced the election of Mr. Rajeev Shukla as Vice President of BCCI. Further, Mr. Brijesh Patel and Mr. KM Majumdar were unanimously re-elected as members representative to the IPL Governing Council by the General Body.
Mr. Pragyan Ojha who was nominated by the Indian Cricketers Association (ICA) as a player representative, was inducted to the IPL Governing Council at the AGM.
The General Body authorized the IPL Governing Council to include up to ten teams to the Indian Premier League. The IPL GC will work out the modalities regarding scheduling for up to 10 teams.
The General Body also decided to seek further clarification from the ICC on their proposal to include cricket in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
The BCCI also increased the limit of reimbursement of insurance medical claims of retired First Class Cricketers to INR 10 Lakhs.
The retirement age of the BCCI affiliated umpires and scorers has also increased to 60 years.
The General Body approved the disbursement of funds to the ICA.
The General Body also authorized the Office Bearers of the BCCI to decide on the following matters:
Appointment of Cricket Committee, Standing Committees and Umpires Committee.
BCCI’s representative to ICC Board of Directors and or any similar organization.
Setting up the new National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru and the subsequent plan to establish zonal academies.
Decide the venues for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2021.
Decide on the BCCI Domestic season 2020-21 and form a working group in order to compensate the players, match officials, and others involved in cricketing activity if they are not able to participate due to cancellation of cricket matches/tournaments owing to COVID-19.
Australian head coach Justin Langer dodged a bullet during a press conference on Thursday when asked about criticism over Ravi Shastri. He said that it was none of his business while saying he is glad if India are feeling any stress.
Justin Langer Reply for criticism over Ravi Shastri
“None of my business. I have had enough with stress. I empathize with the opposition and I know what it feels like. If India are feeling any stress, I am glad they are and not us over the Christmas weekend,” Justin Langer said in a virtual media press conference.
Ravi Shastri with team India
Langer further said that he has enormous faith in Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine and in his leadership qualities.
“You think about Adam Gilchrist, I guess, who transformed the game in a sense, and that is why Adam Gilchrist is an all-time great player because he transformed the game. I have got enormous faith in Tim Paine,” Langer said.
“…whether it’s his wicket-keeping, his captaincy, his batting, I have said publicly and privately for almost the last year, he is our most important player, because he is a lead wicket-keeper, his leadership on and off the field is incredible,” he said.
“….we saw he can play, how well he batted in first innings under pressure in Adelaide, probably changed the game actually with the run-out of Virat Kohli, so he is a great player, a great leader and I literally love having him in our team,” he said.
Australia would be looking to carry the winning momentum and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-Test series despite suffering a massive blow in which key opener David Warner was ruled out of the Boxing Day Test versus India, scheduled to start from December 26 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The batting legend Sunil Gavaskar expressed his displeasure over T Natarajan not being given the permission to return home and see his newborn daughter while captain Virat Kohli getting a paternity leave.
Gavaskar slams BCCI
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has ripped into the team management over ‘double standards’ when it comes to the treatment of players. Gavaskar slams BCCI for not allowing T Natarajan to return home post his service while Virat Kohli alone return home for the birth of his first child.
Natarajan was blessed with his first child while he was busy playing the IPL 2020 in the UAE. From there, he went to Australia straightaway after receiving his maiden call-up.
T Natarajan
Initially, he was picked only as a net bowler but was later added to the ODI and the T20I squads due to injury to other players. He made his ODI as well as T20Is debuts in Australia and made a big impression.
“(T Natarajan) had become a father for the first time even as the IPL playoffs were going on. He was asked to stay on for the (Australia) Test series but not as a part of the team but as a net bowler. Imagine that. A match winner, albeit in another format, being asked to be a net bowler,” Sunil Gavaskar wrote in his column for Sportstar.
Natarajan continuous as Net bowler
After the conclusion of the T20Is, he was asked to stay back and provide his services as a net bowler, much to the surprise of Sunil Gavaskar.
T Natarajan has continued to be impressive in the nets, beaten the outside edge of both Pujara and Rahane in the last 15 minutes #AusvINDpic.twitter.com/riZPMwYh5l
The former cricketer-turned-commentator was baffled with Natarajan not getting permission to meet his daughter while Kohli getting a paternity leave despite being a part of the Test side.
Expressing his disappointment over it, Sunil Gavaskar emphasised that there needs to be the same set of rules for every single player.
“He will thus return home only after the series ends in the third week of January and get to see his daughter for the first time then. And there is the captain (Virat Kohli) going back after the first Test for the birth of his first child. That’s Indian cricket. Different rules for different people, “ Sunil Gavaskar added.
Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina is all set to return to Chennai Super Kings(CSK) for the upcoming IPL 2021. According to a report by Mumbai Mirror, one of the CSK officials has told them that Raina will make a comeback to assist the Men in Yellow in IPL 2021.
Suresh Raina will return to CSK in IPL 2021
A franchise official confirmed that the team is looking to have him back in the next season.
“He will be with us. There are no plans to part with him,” a top CSK management official told Mumbai Mirror.
The official was reacting after Raina’s arrest in Mumbai for breaking the night curfew but was later released on bail. “We have only read about the arrest. Our plans have nothing to do with that development. He will continue to be with us,” the franchise official said.
Raina Dhoni
Reason for Raina’s withdrawal from IPL 2020
As an unexpected move “China Thala” Suresh Raina withdraws from IPL 2020 owing to his “personal reasons”. Though later he confirms the reason many believed his ouster was due to disciplinary grounds.
Without Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni led CSK for the first time in IPL history failed to enter the IPL 2021 play-off. Where the men in yellow received many criticisms for being not able to prove their consistency.
Suresh Raina’s IPL Record
Raina has been part of the Chennai Super Kings side right from the inaugural season of IPL in 2008. He captained Gujarat Lions in the 2016 and 2017 seasons when CSK were banned from the IPL.
He has been instrumental in CSK’s phenomenal success in the tournament, over the years and is the franchise’s top-scorer with 4527 runs for the three-time champions in IPL.
Raina
Highest Scores in IPL – 33-year-old Raina is overall, the second-highest run-getter in IPL with 5368 in 193 games behind only RCB skipper Virat Kohli, who has 5878 runs in 192 games
Raina, who retired from international cricket earlier this year, has already declared that he will represent Uttar Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 tournament.
India’s domestic T20 tournament Syed Mushtaq Ali will be conducted from 10th Jan to 31st. The tournament will be a window for IPL franchises to gauge the performances of the domestic hopefuls and recruit new talent in their teams. CSK will surely keep an eye on Raina’s performance in the tournament.
BBL 2020 Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers Highlights: The 12th league match of the BBL 2020 is set to play between Sydney Thunder and Perth Scorchers. Perth Scorchers seeks to register their maiden victory of the tournament to make some move in the BBL 2020 points table.
Match: Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers
Venue: Manuka Oval, Canberra
Toss Details: Sydney Thunder won the toss and opt to bowl
Playing XI
Sydney Thunder
Usman Khawaja, Alex Hales, Callum Ferguson(c), Oliver Davies, Baxter Holt(w), Ben Cutting, Daniel Sams, Chris Green, Nathan McAndrew, Adam Milne, Tanveer Sangha.
Perth Scorchers
Josh Inglis(w), Colin Munro, Joe Clarke, Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Turner(c), Cameron Bancroft, Aaron Hardie, Jhye Richardson, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Fawad Ahmed.
BBL 2020 Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers Highlights
Perth Scorchers Batting
Josh Inglis and Munro get into the crease to lead Perth Scorchers. Milne opens the attack on behalf of Sydney Thunder. Perth Scorchers makes a steady start to make a massive opening partnership.
But McAndrew in the fifth over of the innings makes a couple of wickets which loads pressure over Perth Scorchers. McAndrew dismissed Josh Inglis and Joe Clarke for 4 and 0 runs respectively.
On the other hand, Munro who is expected to make massive runs loses his wicket to Ben Cutting while scoring 25 runs off 22 deliveries. Mitchell Marsh and Ashton Turner gets in to lead the Perth Scorchers.
Turner in the 11th over bowled by Daniel Sams scored 15 runs in a single over and dismissed off the last ball of the same over. J Richardson in the 13th over loses his wicket to Sangha while scoring 5 runs.
Mitchell Marsh with his much-needed half-century leads Perth Scorchers to score 152 runs for 5 wickets at the end of the 1st innings.
Sydney Thunder Batting
Khawaja and Hales get into the crease to chase down the target of 152 runs. Behrendorff opens the attack on behalf of Perth Scorchers.
Behrendorff in the very first over makes the first wicket and loads pressure over the Sydney Thunder. Usman Khawaja and Callum Ferguson join hands for the first wicket. Hardie soon dismissed Khawaja and broke the expectations.
Sydney Thunder scored 58 runs for 2 wickets loss at the end of the 10th over. Callum Ferguson and Oliver Davies join hands and make the necessary partnership. While maintaining a 10+ run per over Oliver Davies loses his wicket to Fawad Ahmed while scoring 36 runs.
Callum Ferguson stands tall and makes a crucial match-winning partnership with Ben Cutting. This duo added 47 runs partnership and bags the victory for Sydney Sixers. Sydney Thunder registers their second win of the tournament by beating Perth Scorchers by 7 wickets.
Watch Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers Highlights
New Zealand legendary bowler Richard Hadlee appreciates Hazlewood as the complete bowler. Hazlewood bags the victory for Aussies with his 5 wicket haul in the 1st test against India.
Richard Hadlee’s eyes swept around the charming Hagley Oval where New Zealand was gradually asserting itself over India in the second Test earlier this year.
The Kiwi pace bowling legend was following the action from his seat in the pavilion, his gaze picking out little, not-so-obvious elements from the middle.
Surprise pick
And his mind was ticking too. He had been posed a question by the Hindu, on who he thought was the finest contemporary paceman.
Hadlee’s reply was as straight as his bowling was. And his pick-Josh Hazlewood – could have surprised many.
After all, there were more high-profile names around.
The great Hadlee’s reasoning was simple. “I love his simplicity,” he said. Hadlee observerd: “He is tall, runs in straight, good action and hits the stumps. Line and length, good place, good variations.”
The Kiwi legend added, “He makes the batsman play, he is on or around the off-stump, and moves it both ways.”
The attributes Hadlee mentioned sounded simple but required a vital quality-control. To attain this, Hazlewood must have toiled countless hours at the nets.
On the third day of the first Test, when he blew away much of the Indian bating with a stunning five for eight, all these elements were on view.
He attained accuracy from his first delivery. He ran in smoothly, delivered from slightly wide of the stumps, hit the good length area on the off-stump – this meant the batsman had to play the delivery – and got the ball to straighten or move slightly away.
His height and high –arm action fetched bounce, even from the good length area. And the edges flew thick and fast.
The Indian batsmen, lacking footwork, were in two minds – whether to play forward or back. By then, the pacey deliveries had found the nick.
Richard Hadlee claims Hazlewood as Complete bowler
Hazlewood
The 29-year-old Hazlewood is a complete bowler; he swings and seams it both ways, has accuracy and speed, and can hustle batsmen with short-pitched stuff.
Not surprisingly snother an who keeps it simple, the formidable former Aussie pace predator Glenn McGrath said: “Hazlewood reminds me of myself. He bowls a mean off-stump line, doesn’t give away anything, builds pressure, can bowl in partnerships,”
Hazlewood keeps it simple with laser-guided precision. And the results are devastating.
India has scheduled to play 4 match test series against Australia where the hosts lead the series by 1-0. Where India loses the first test match against Australia by 8 wickets. Post the 1st Test match Indian skipper Virat Kohli left Australia to be with his wife for their first baby birth.
Brad Hodge Praises Rahane
In his absence, Ajinkya Rahane has given the power to lead India against Australia for the remaining test matches. Regarding this former Australia cricketer Brad Hodge claims that Rahane is ‘the mirror image’ of legendary batsman Rahul Dravid.
Rahul Dravid
“He (Rahane) is very true, very loyal, very honest, a nice guy to spend some time around, and is very much and I don’t know whether this is coincidence or not the mirror image of Rahul Dravid,” Hodge was quoted as saying by Sydney Morning Herald. “Both have got great qualities, they are happy to communicate with everyone, spend time with all different walks of life. He is well balanced, not ego-centric, and loves cricket.”
“Long before that, what I knew of him as he was a very gentle individual anyway. Just well-mannered, kind, well-spoken, just a nice person to spend time with. He has good credentials to skipper a team, for sure,” he added.
It was under Kohli that India won their first-ever Test series on Australian soil in 2018-19 and while his absence will be felt, Rahane isn’t someone who is new to captaincy.
In fact, he has led India twice before in Test cricket – in 2017 against Australia in Dharamshala and in 2018 against Afghanistan in Bangalore. He led them to victory on both occasions. The second Test will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from December 26.
