Shahbaz comes as an injury replacement for Washington Sundar, who has been ruled out of the series due to a shoulder injury sustained during a county game for Lancashire in England

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 6 (ANI): Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis hailed Shahbaz Ahmed after the all-rounder played a vital part in defeating Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2022 on Tuesday.

Cuttack (Odisha) [India], February 20 (ANI): Bengal skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran expressed happiness after his side defeated Baroda in the Elite Group B contest at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on Sunday.

After registering a win over Mumbai, Bengal would be keen on securing passage onto the next stage when they lock horns with Karnataka in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021 on Tuesday, December 14. The match would be played at the St. Xavier’s College Ground in Thumba and would start at 9:00 am IST (Indian Standard […]

New Delhi Nov 18 PTI Manish Pandey first got a brilliant direct hit to take their match against Bengal into Super Over and then hit a massive six to steer Karnataka into the semi-finals of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here on Thursday It was one of the best thrillers of National T20 meet in recent times with both teams locked at 160 each after 20 overs Karnataka scored the required six runs with four Super Over deliveries to spare In a debatable decision skipper Sudeep Chatterjee sent an off-colour Kaif Ahmed along with Ritwik Roy Chowdhury in the Super Over was baffling Ahmed had barely scratched to score 20 off 26 balls Surprisingly Ritwik who brought Bengal back in contention with 36 off 18 balls did not take the strike in the Super Over The quarter-final match was a testimony as to why Bengals cricketers are not at all sought after when it comes franchise interest A lot of it had to do with lack of sane cricketing sense and the manner in which some of the batters throw away their wickets Barring Writtick Chatterjee 51 off 40 balls who tried to anchor the innings others paid the price of indiscreet shot selection While Shreevats Goswami 22 off 10 balls started with 20 off the first over of chase with three fours and a six off Vijay Kumar Vyshak 041 in 4 overs his opening partner Abhishek Das with a career strike-rate of less than 90 tried to pull the very first delivery of the next over when all he needed to do was give his senior partner the strike Goswami who looked in good touch went for a non-existent second run and bowler KC Cariappa 021 in 4 overs effected a fine run-out Skipper Sudeep Chatterjee couldnt clear the in-field off military medium bowler MB Darshan as the ball hit the toe-end of his bat Kaif Ahmed 20 off 26 balls added 49 with Chatterjee before being bowled by left-arm spinner J Suchith 224 in 4 overs who also accounted for Shahbaz Ahmed in the very next delivery However former India U-25 all-rounder Ritwik showed some great temperament He hit two huge sixes in the final over from Vidyadhar Patil and his partner Akash Deep hit a boundary to bring the equation of 19 from 6 balls to one run off final delivery Akash Deep who was recruited by RCB instead of trying an aerial route went for a non-existent single with fielders circling him and to his horror it went to one of Indias finest ever fielders Pandey who picked and threw down the stumps at the non-strikers end in one action Pandey who till then was having an ordinary day then came in and hit Mukesh Kumar for a six to set up a semi-final date with Vidarbha Earlier Karun Nair had scored 55 off 29 balls to take Karnataka to 160 for 5 which gave them a chance to fight Brief Scores Karnataka 1605 in 20 overs Karun Nair 55 not out Bengal 1608 in 20 overs Writtick C 51 Ritwik RC 36 J Suchith 224 Super Over Bengal 62 in 04 overs Karnataka 80 in 02 balls PTI KHS KHS AT AT

New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): With the Indian team management assessing all-rounder Hardik Pandya's back over the last couple of days, it has been decided that he will primarily be a finisher going into the T20 World Cup in UAE.

Dubai [UAE], September 29 (ANI): Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bowl against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter here at the Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday.