Shubman Gill’s maiden T20I ton to seal series

Besides Gill’s innings, useful contributions from Rahul Tripathi, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya propelled India to 234/4 in their allotted overs

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Bengal girl Titas Sadhu celebrates a wicket during India’s U-19 final on Sunday.

Bengal girl Titas Sadhu celebrates a wicket during India’s U-19 final on Sunday.

India’s bowling attack, led by medium pacer Titas Sadhu, who hails from Chinsurah in Bengal, and supported by leg-spinner Parshavi Chopra, set up the comprehensive win on Sunday as they blew England away with a clinical display at Senwes Park.

While Sadhu showed that India Women’s pace bowling is in safe hands following the retirement of Jhulan Goswami with impressive figures of 4-0-6-2, Chopra too continued her dream run as she snapped 2/13.

Women eye title before World Cup

Senior India batter Murali Vijay on Monday announced his retirement from all forms on cricket, thereby ending an illustrious career spanning over 16 years.

The 38-year-old took to Twitter to make the announcement, thanking the BCCI, Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) and his former IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for the opportunities given to him.

“Today, with immense gratitude & humility, I announce my retirement from all forms of international cricket.

Lucknow curator loses job for poor pitch

Shubman Gill scored his maiden T20I century in the deciding match against New Zealand at the Motera stadium near Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The opener’s unbeaten 126 helped India clinch the series 2-1 following a 168run victory.

Besides Gill’s innings, useful contributions from Rahul Tripathi, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya propelled India to 234/4 in their allotted overs. New Zealand, in reply, never really got going after being reduced to 7 for four in the third over with Pandya and Arshdeep Singh sharing the spoils. Captain Pandya was the most successful bowler with 4/16 as New Zealand folded up for 66. None of their batters except for Daryl Mitchell (35) could put up a resistance against the Indians. But it was Gill’s day and his knock demoralised the visitors. There had never been any doubt about Gill’s class and temperament but he had struggled to do justice to his class. While he was billed mostly as a Test batter for most part of his short career, he has met the demands of the limited overs variety this year. After a double century and century in the ODIs against New Zealand, he showed how he had remodelled his game for the shortest version too. The early loss of Ishan Kishan had no impact as Gill and Tripathi ensured a blazing start.

India will look to conclude the final leg of their preparations for the Women’s T20 World Cup with a win in the tri-series final against South Africa at Buffalo Park on Thursday. With not many days left for the Cup, winning this title should go on to be a big boost for the Harmanpreet Kaurled side which is yet to lose any game in this South African sojourn. Following their 1-4 series loss to Australia at home, India have bounced back with three wins in the tri-series and would be hoping to end the tournament on a high before they enter the 10-team showpiece event beginning on February 10. India had got the better of South Africa in the tri-series opener before their next league fixture against the latter was washed out.

Sarfaraz Khan is not just smashing on the selection doors, he is burning them: Ravichandran Ashwin

The curator of the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow has paid the price for preparing a poor pitch for the second India-New Zealand T20I, which was held on Sunday.

After India captain Hardik Pandya slammed the wicket, calling it a “shocker of a pitch”, the curator has been removed from his job.

“The curator has been removed and replaced by Sanjeev Kumar Agarwal, who isa very experienced curator. We will turn things around ina month.

The T20I series decider will be played in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

Where do I begin about this batsma? Sarfaraz Khan. There is so much debate on whether he should get selected or not. But he is not caring about selection, guys. In the 2019-20 season, he scored 900 runs. In the

Sarfaraz Khan has been knocking in Indian cricket team’s doors for a long time but continues to be snubbed by the selectors.

2020-21 season, another 900 runs,” Ashwin said Sarfaraz Khan is not just smashing on the selection doors. He is burning them. But unfortunately, he is not getting selected currently. Despite not getting selected, he played a terrific knock for Mumbai against Delhi, the game in which Mumbai lost. This season, he has scored almost 600 runs. He has made a strong statement with his sheer performances. He is averaging in excess of 100 in the last three seasons at a high strike-rate as well. Meanwhile, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar slammed the Chetan Sharma-led All India Selection Committee for ignoring batter Sarfaraz. Several current and former cricketers have expressed their disappointment over Sarfaraz’s snub from the team, despite his excellent form with the bat in domestic circuit.

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