India win Under-19 Asia Cup again
India won a record eighth Under-19 Asia Cup title in nine editions after beating Sri Lanka by nine wickets in a rain-affected final in Dubai. They restricted Sri Lanka to 106/9 in 38 overs after Dunith Wellalage won the toss and opted to bat, thanks to an exceptional bowling performance, led by Vicky Ostwal (8-3-11-3). No Sri Lanka batter managed to cross 20.
The revised target for India was 102 in 32 overs. They reached there with 63 balls in hand, courtesy Angkrish Raghuvanshi’s unbeaten 56 and Shaik Rasheed’s unbeaten 31. Yasiru Rodrigo picked up the only wicket for Sri Lanka.
Rohit misses out South Africa ODIs due to injury, Rahul named India captain
After failing to recover from the hamstring injury ahead of the Test series in South Africa, Rohit Sharma will be sidelined in the upcoming three-match ODI series as well. In his absence, K.L. Rahul will lead India, with Jasprit Bumrah as deputy.
Riding on their impressive performances in IPL 2021 and domestic competitions, Venkatesh Iyer and Ruturaj Gaikwad have earned maiden ODI call-ups. Rishabh Pant and Ishan Kishan are picked as wicketkeepers in the 18-member squad. Mohammed Shami has been rested.
India ODI squad: K.L. Rahul (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, R. Ashwin, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj.
India fined, docked WTC point for slow over-rate in Centurion Test
India Men were fined 20 percent of their match fee and penalised one World Test Championship point for slow over rate against South Africa in the first Test in Centurion, where they won by 113 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. ICC match referee Andy Pycroft imposed the sanction after India were one over short of the target after time allowances. Virat Kohli has pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction
'In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 percent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time,' the ICC said in a statement. 'In addition, as per Article 16.11 of the ICC Men's World Test Championship Playing Conditions, a side is penalised one point for each over short. Consequently, India will lose one point from their points tally for this offence.'
Head to miss fourth Ashes Test after positive Covid-19 test
Travis Head will be unavailable for the fourth Ashes Test match after testing positive for Covid-19. Head, Australia's leading run-scorer after three Tests, must stay in Melbourne and isolate for seven days as per government guidelines.
After multiple positive cases for Coronavirus among support staff, Head is now the first player to test positive. England head coach Chris Silverwood will also miss the fourth Test match after being forced to isolate for 10 days after a family member in the English camp tested positive. There have been seven cases in the English camp.
Meanwhile, England have included Adam Hollioake into the coaching team for the Sydney Test.