Daily Cricket News Wrap: Jemimah Rodrigues Shines as India Defeat Pakistan in T20 World Cup, Sunrisers Eastern Cape Win SA20

Gulf Giants defeated the Desert Vipers in the inaugural ILT20 final to claim the trophy. Giants chased down the required 147-run target with 8 balls to spare, winning the match by 7 wickets. Chris Lynn played an unbeaten 72-run knock in the final for Giants.

Jemimah Rodrigues played a sublime knock of 53* runs in the T20 World Cup match against Pakistan and she won the Player of the Match award, which Jemimah dedicated to her parents.

Dinesh Karthik has hailed Indian Women’s cricket team after Harmanpreet Kaur’s side defeated Pakistan in their opening T20 World Cup 2023 clash.

Jemimah Rodrigues smashed a sublime fifty as she helped the Indian women’s cricket team defeat arch-rivals Pakistan in a thrilling T20 World Cup clash at Newlands in Cape Town by 7 wickets.

Aiden Markram was adjudged as the Player of the Tournament for his all-round impact during SA20. Roelof Van der Merwe won the bowler of the season award, while Jos Buttler won the batsman of the season.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape defeated Pretoria Capitals by 4 wickets in the final of the inaugural SA20 tournament to claim the trophy for the first time. Aiden Markram’s side chased down the required target of 137 runs with less than 4 overs to spare.

Pakistan women’s cricket team, led by skipper Bismah Maroof herself smashed 149 runs in their 20 overs against Harmanpreet Kaur’s Indian women’s cricket team in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 match in Cape Town.

Indian pair of Mohammed Shami and Axar Patel shared an important stand for their side helping Rohit Sharma and Co put up a 400-run total the board. BCCI.tv shared a hilarious interaction between them, with Axar revealing he advised Shami against hitting sixes but he simply wouldn’t listen.

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A viral video that has netizens thrilled and garnered the attention of many legends like Sachin Tendulkar among others saw a cricketer take a catch in a unique style.

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Jaydev Unadkat has been released from India’s squad ahead of the Ranji Trophy 2022-23 final. Unadkat will line up with the Saurashtra squad in the summit clash against Bengal.

Australian team had planned a training session on the spin-friendly Nagpur pitch, which confounded them in the Border Gavaskar Trophy series opener, but they were forced to cancel it as a Vidarbha Cricket Association ground staff watered the surface

Read more: IND vs AUS, 1st Test: Australia Forced to Cancel Practice on Nagpur Pitch After Watering of Track – Report

Marnus Labuschangne treated his compatriot David Warner to special coffee which he brought with him to India all the way from Australia.

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The third Test between India and Australia which was scheduled to take in Dharamsala has been shifted to some other venue.

Read more: India vs Australia 3rd Test Shifted From Dharamsala

Former Indian women’s cricket team skipper Mithali Raj has shown her faith in the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side as she backed the Women in Blue to bring home the T20 World Cup 2023.

Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting had watched Ravindra Jadeja’s return to first-class cricket and felt that he may go on to give the Aussies a ‘nightmare’. His prediction was proven right. Ponting also made a bold prediction for Jadeja.

Read more: Ricky Ponting Had Predicted Australia’s ‘Nightmare’ After Watching Ravindra Jadeja’s Return

The first ever auction for the Women’s Premier League will be held in Mumbai on Monday. Here’s everything you should know

KL Rahul should be given another chance to get back into form despite his repeated failures, feels batting legend Sunil Gavaskar. “I feel the way he has batted in the last 1-2 years, he performed well. I feel he should be given one more chance. I’m sure he will be backed for the Test match in Delhi,” Gavaskar said. Read More Here.

“I think the best part was the way he used to make sure that the pressure doesn’t come to us. That is something which really helped me. That is something I make sure that when a young person is playing, I make sure the pressure doesn’t mount on him. That is something which really helps you,” former India spinner Pragyan Ojha reveals. Read More Here.