Cricket News Daily Wrap: India Women Beat West Indies Women by 6 Wickets; Virat Kohli Trains Hard Against Spinners

Bangladesh cricket chiefs said Wednesday that one of their players taking part in the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup had been approached in an attempted spot-fixing case. (Read Full Story)

Saurashtra captain Jaydev Unadkat on Wednesday said winning the Ranji Trophy title will be a “perfect tribute” for his state’s cricket icon Cheteshwar Pujara on his upcoming 100th Test appearance. (Read Full Story)

Australia retained the top spot in the ICC Test team rankings despite a crushing defeat to India in the opening match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. However, on Wednesday afternoon, ICC accidentally made an error on their website as it displayed India as the ranked one side displacing Pat Cummins and Co. at the top. (Read Full Story)

Wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh and spinner Deepti Sharma helped India register a clinical 6-wicket victory over West Indies in the Women’s T20 World Cup Group 2 match on Wednesday. The Women in Blue produced another dominant show in all three departments as West Indies completely failed to put their A-game on the table in the crucial clash. (Read Full Story Here)

Star India spinner Deepti Sharma claimed three wickets as West Indies were restricted to 118/6 in the Women’s T20 World Cup Group 2 match on Wednesday. Deepti spun his magic as West Indies lost wickets at regular intervals and failed to post a big total despite a solid start. (Read Full Story)

Spinner Deepti Sharma became the first Indian to claim 100 wickets in T20 Internationals as she claimed three scalps against West Indies in the Women’s T20 World Cup clash. With the first two wickets, she pipped Poonam Yadav to become the leading wicket-taker for India while the third scalp her to enter the special 100 club. (Read Full Story)

West Indies skipper Hayley Matthew won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the group stage match of Women’s T20 World Cup at Newlands Cape Town. Smriti Mandhana, who hit the pay dirt on Monday in WPL Auction, returned to India’s XI after recovering from injury as she replaced Yastika Bhatia at the top. (Read Full Story)

Agleaming jet black Porsche arrived at the Ferozshah Kotla stadium at least half an hour before the arrival of the Indian team bus. Out came Virat Kohli and walked into the dressing room. Within minutes he was out, padded up and headed for the nets. (Read Full Story)

Australia premier pacer Mitchell Starc said that he will do everything to be available for the selection in the second Test match against Australia at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi. Starc missed the Nagpur Test due to a finger which he sustained during the South Africa series while fielding. Read More Here.

Reportedly, a Dhaka-based Jamuna TV has put out audio recordings of a conversation allegedly between two Bangladesh cricketers out of which one of them has claimed to be part of the Women’s T20 WC squad in South Africa. Read More Here.

“They (ups and downs) are part of life. With time, with experience you learn how to handle them with ease. I find lot of strength in them. I did my best. If somebody is doing better than my best, that is fine,” says Shikhar Dhawan. Read More Here.

Former India captain and head coach Anil Kumble recently actors Yash and Rishab Shetty in Bengaluru. The stars were in the city for the Aero India 2023. Read More Here.

After hogging the limelight at the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 auction as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) roped in the likes of Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry and Richa Ghosh among others, the franchise finally revealed their head coach.

RCB’s Director of Cricket Mike Hesson revealed the complete coaching staff in a video shared by the franchise on Twitter.

Australian Ben Sawyer who is in charge of New Zealand’s women’s cricket team has been appointed as RCB’s head coach.

India’s massive victory in the Nagpur Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has seen the displace Australia at the top of the team rankings in the format as per the latest update from the ICC. India have become the world’s top-ranked Test team which means they are now the No. 1 team across formats.

The Indian men team is the world No. 1 in ODIs and T20Is as well.

Before the start of the ongoing four-match Test series against Australia, India were ranked second. It took them just one game to dethrone the Pat Cummins-led side having stormed to an innings win inside three days to also take a 1-0 lead in the series.

India are now the number one-ranked team across all formats. They are currently number one in Test, ODI and T20I cricket.

India batting star Cheteshwar Pujara is set to achieve a massive feat when he takes the field for the 2nd Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy in New Delhi. The Test will be Pujara’s 100th of international career and he’ll just be the 13th ever Indian to do so.

Ahead of the landmark Test, Pujara and his wife Puja met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The middle-order batter thanked PM Modi for the encouragement.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has been entertaining the cricket fans across the globe for 15 years now. The tournament has provided numerous cricketers with a platform to flourish and perform on the biggest stage and the trend goes. It has also created some phenomenal memories which will remain close to the viewers’ hearts.

Speaking of those moments, former India batter Robin Uthappa recalls Brendon McCullum’s jaw-dropping knock of 158 in the first-ever IPL game between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. It had given a dazzling start to the league back in 2008 and is still considered one of the greatest.

Meg Lannings unbeaten 48 guided Australia to an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh as the reigning ICC Womens T20 World Cup champions recorded their second successive victory, here.

Lanning led a successful pursuit of Bangladesh’s 107, of which captain Nigar Sultana Joty contributed 57, with Georgia Wareham (3/20) among the Australian bowlers to shine on Tuesday night.

Darcie Brown chipped in with two for 23 before Alyssa Healy and Lanning’s partnership of 72 laid the foundations in the chase.

Bangladesh opted to bat upon winning the toss but they lost Shamima Sultana early, Beth Mooney taking a brilliant catch at extra cover from the bowling of Brown. The fast bowler’s second wicket soon followed as she uprooted Murshida Khatun’s leg stump with just 11 runs on the board.

Saudi Tourism Authority (STA) has signed an official partnership with the world’s preeminent Twenty 20 cricket league, the Indian Premier League (IPL), to tap into a strong fanbase between the two countries and promote Saudi Tourism in India.

The partnership was inaugurated here on Tuesday at an event attended by the Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Jay Shah, Vice President of BCCI, Rajeev Shukla, and Honorary Treasurer of the BCCI, Ashish Shelar, along with representatives from the Saudi Tourism Authority, including Alhasan Aldabbagh, President of APAC.

Recalling that day, former India pacer Ishant Sharma said he remembered how Shami’s pace left MS Dhoni highly impressed. He would later make his debut for India later that year in Kolkata against West Indies.

“I had heard of a bowler from West Indies who had a lot of pace, meaning he was very skiddy. His run-up looks normal but he bowled with a lot of pace. So when we saw him at the net, then Mahi Bhai said, “Wow, he is good”,” he said.