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Merely hours after the Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced that the Proteas will play the two-match Test tour against Bangladesh as per the schedule, the board has unveiled a 15-member squad for the tour. It has been nearly a decade since the last time South Africa visited Bangladesh for a Test tour. Barring Temba Bavuma, no other player from the 15-man squad was a part of that series. In other words, the conditions would be increasingly difficult for the African team to play.  One thing is certain; Bangladesh will only curate pitches that suit their strongest skillset: Spin. Going down…

Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced earlier that it will make a decision, in consultation with the South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) regarding whether the national team will travel to Bangladesh for a scheduled two-Test match tour. The concerns regarding the red-ball tour, which was booked to be played from October 21 to November 2 in Bangladesh, started rising after the current political turmoil unfolded in the Asian country. Bangladesh had to see its parliament getting dissolved after then-Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina Wajid resigned and fled the country following weeks-long public protests. The protests saw hundreds of people getting killed and…

The Indian Premier League’s Governing Council met in Bengaluru on Saturday to announce new regulations for the IPL seasons from 2025 to 2027. The new regulations have put a stop to several debates regarding next year’s mega-auction. After the meeting an eight-point-long list of rules ahead of the 2025 season mega-auction, which is likely to take place by the end of this year. The continuation of the Impact player rule, Retentions and Right-to-Match, and a few other rules endured a few tweaks. Retention Limits: The ten franchises will be able to retain as many as six players from their squads…

Sky covered in clouds of the most mysterious shade of grey color, the waves crashing with the shore a few miles away, and the old-world fort stealing a peek with curiosity at what’s happening in the ground, now and then. There is also a similar scent in the air. This scent usually gives away the meant-to-be concealed love affair of the ground with a certain type of spinners. Quite a few times recently, the locals got to olfact this very scent. Each time, they did nothing but smirk silently to themselves, knowing exactly what caused it, as if taking pride…

Kamindu Mendis was batting on 182 with his namesake Kusal Mendis when Dhananjaya de Silva signaled them to return, declaring the innings as the scoreboard read 602. 18 runs short of a double century is not too far off, perhaps he should have allowed to breach the 200-run mark and add such a huge personal milestone to his bag. Unfair it would have been of Sri Lanka, had Kamindu not achieved an even greater milestone at that point. A record that equaled him to someone as incredible as Don Bradman. The maximum over Rachin Ravindra’s head pushed him to his…

Second that, Shakib. Especially, when you play them at home. It does not matter to them. Even if a black-soiled pitch pumps up the opposition bowlers to reduce them to 144 for 6. Teams like India find their way back to the game and somehow manage to win it by a whopping 280 runs on the penultimate day. The little sneak peeks they drop are, most of the time, to hoodwink the opposition into thinking that they have cracked the code to dominate India at their home. Only for them to find out halfway through the game, that they have…

Home conditions, one up in the series, WTC final in view, and a venue that has been particularly cruel to their opponent. Sri Lanka have everything they need to create the perfect recipe for skipping the line to get a ticket to the WTC final by making New Zealand leave the Island empty handed. But one defeat is what will take for all their hopes to come crashing to the ground. New Zealand have never won a Test game at Galle. Although they were very near getting over the line in the first Test match, it is never easy to…

Third time’s a charm, England England have quite a few excuses to make for their awful performances in the previous two ODIs. Their coach and captain are temps. With their best batter injured, they are a batter light. Their bowling attack has yet to take the test of time. A few of these would even be enough to salvage them from their punishments, at least, partly. But it ought not to be ignored that the English players have lost both games from the positions, none of the above excuses can justify. In the first game, there was a late-innings collapse…

Pakistan cricket is living through its own Murphy’s Law. Everything that can go wrong, is, very steadily, going wrong. In the most recent of these ‘wrongs’, reports suggesting a financial setback, waiting in all its might for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), have emerged. As per credible sources, PCB has still not procured international media rights for the Test series against England which is less than a fortnight away.  The problem arose after Sky Sports Network informed the PCB that it would not be acquiring the media rights for the series in October. Sky Sports Network has broadcasted all of…

England would want, quite more than anything, to forget what happened at Trent Bridge the other day. ODI format has this merciless trait. It has plenty of time for a collapse to transpire any time. So it proved for England when they had to endure a horrible, most unexpected collapse after 33 overs in the first ODI. It is no surprise that it’s the format the Three Lions, or any team for that matter, play the least. The last time they featured in a 50-over game was nearly 10 months ago. But even this fact is not enough to contain…