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Int'l Cricket Council
13-06-2025
- Sport
- Int'l Cricket Council
Historic T20I series between Nepal and West Indies locked in
A first-ever bilateral series between Nepal and the West Indies has been confirmed, with the pair to meet in Sharjah for a three-match T20I series in late September. The series provides the West Indies opportunity to fine tune ahead of the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, while the matches will likely be the final preparation for Rohit Paudel's side ahead of their Asia/East Asia-Pacific Qualifer campaign, as they vie for one of three T20 World Cup spots available in the nine-team tournament. Impressive Nepal run through Bangladesh top-order in Powerplay | T20WC 2024 "(This series) is testament to what cricket represents: pride, purpose, and the power of unity," West Indies chief executive Chris Dehring said . "Supporting Nepal in this key phase of their cricketing journey not only builds the sport at the grassroots and international levels but also reminds us of the deep pride and honour associated with representing our nation and wearing our national colours. "We are proud to stand with Nepal at this moment in their history and look forward to exciting and competitive cricket in Sharjah.' Nepal nearly pulls off a big win | SA v NEP | T20WC 2024 Heartbreak for Nepal as they lose to South Africa by a run in a cliffhanger. Watch the Nepali highlights. First T20I: September 27 Secnd T20IL September 28 Third T20I: September 30, 2025
Mint
13-06-2025
- Sport
- Mint
Finn Allen rewrites history with 19 sixes in MLC, breaks Chris Gayle's world record for fastest 150 in T20s
New Zealand's Finn Allen rewrote history books as the opening batter went berserk with a 51-ball 151, including 19 sixes while playing for San Francisco Unicorn in the opening match of the Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025 against Washington Freedom on Friday. Batting first at the tournament newest venue - Oakland Coliseum - Allen clobbered the opposition bowlers from the outset, racing to 40 runs in just 14 deliveries with five sixes inside the Powerplay. It was just a trailer as the Kiwi opener reached his fifty in 20 balls before speeding away to his next fifty in another 14 deliveries to record the fastest MLC hundred in history. He reached 150 in just 49 balls. Riding on Allen's majestic innings, San Francisco Unicorn put 269/5 in 20 overs on board. In reply, Washington Freedom were bundled out for just 146 in 13.1 overs with Mitchell Owen (39), Rachin Ravindra (42), Jack Edwards (21) and Ben Sears (15 not out) reaching double figures. List of T20 records by Finn Allen
Hindustan Times
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
The RCB success story: All method and a dose of luck
Ahmedabad: T20 cricket and endurance may sound paradoxical, but no IPL title is won without being ready for a long haul. More so when you throw in numerous complexities, from player availability, form and fitness with many of them punishing their bodies with all-format workloads. Add the unexpected momentum-breaker due to the week-long suspension this year, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) should be truly proud of their winning campaign. If 2024 was their turnaround season where they conjured up magic with a string of late wins to make the playoffs, this year was one of absolute dominance. Salt-Kohli partnership The signs were there in the very first game against Kolkata Knight Riders when Phil Salt's aggression (SR 180) allowed Virat Kohli (SR 163) to ease into his innings. Show intent but play strokes where he could hold his shape. It's a template the two openers maintained for the rest of the tournament, except for a brief spell when Salt was unwell and young English batter Jacob Bethell replaced him. The secret to Kohli's T20 longevity has revolved around the maverick players who have batted around him. It was Chris Gayle and AB de Villers in the past. To his credit, Salt's 403 runs (SR 176) to Kohli's 657 runs (SR 145) was just the ideal mix RCB sought from their openers. Josh Hazlewood At ₹12.5 crore, Josh Hazlewood was their most expensive auction pick. The Australia pacer set an early marker that the onus was on him to make the high impact performances. Not just in the big final where he troubled Punjab Kings openers in the Powerplay, throughout the tournament Hazlewood would bang it short of good length, extracting seam movement to become the middle overs enforcer. On days when the pitch was flat, he would be the first to spread the word in the bowling group that it was a day to use more mix-ups. Towards the end of the league phase when Hazlewood wasn't available, twice in a row RCB were taken for 200-plus totals – Ishan Kishan (94 - 48b) did the damage for SRH and Rishabh Pant (118 - 61b) for LSG. It showed how central the tall Aussie was to their bowling efforts in the season. Jitesh Sharma But what defined RCB's spirited season was how they always found someone to stand up to reverse the tide. In reply to Pant's explosive innings, Jitesh Sharma (85 - 33b) played the innings of his life. The wicket-keeper bat would play immense shots under pressure, unlocking a gear even he didn't know he possessed. His filling the big boots of Dinesh Karthik the finisher with a little help from Karthik the coach was one of the storylines of RCB's campaign. Rajat Patidar The RCB captain would have liked to be more consistent, but in many matches, he was the spin-hitter with his usual sparkle. Take the early match against KKR's quality spin attack and how his cameo eased the pressure in the middle overs. Most importantly, Patidar the batter at no stage was weighed down by the high-profile job of leading RCB. 'You can't underestimate the calmness he showed in leading some really big players, a really big franchise, making good decisions out there in the middle under the pressure that RCB players play under,' head coach Andy Flower said. 'Injury replacement to IPL-winning captain, bloody hell, that's a turnaround,' as Kohli said in a RCB video. Krunal Pandya Few would have predicted that Krunal Pandya, the left-arm spinner with a penchant for the surprise bouncer and round-arm deliveries, would become RCB's second highest wicket-taker – 17 to Hazlewood's 22. Be it the four-for against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede or the miserly 2/17 in the final at Ahmedabad, Krunal this year was willing to give the ball air every time conditions allowed. Although it wasn't his best season with the bat, when everyone else failed against DC, he held his own with 73*. Experience is not bought in the supermarket, goes the saying, but if you think of the auction as a marketplace, RCB did the smart bidding. Destiny Sporting conquests are incomplete without a bit of luck. If not for the forced break due to the India-Pakistan conflict, Hazlewood wouldn't have got the time to recover from a niggle. Also Patidar, who had a hand injury. Jitesh led in Patidar's absence. How can any RCB fan not believe in providence? Not after 17 failed attempts. The RCB story was a lot of method, and a dose of luck too.
India.com
03-06-2025
- Business
- India.com
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Indian Express
02-06-2025
- Sport
- Indian Express
IPL 2025: How Shreyas Iyer used Jasprit Bumrah's greatest weapon against him to guide Punjab Kings to the final
With Punjab Kings needing 31 runs off three overs, Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya turned to Jasprit Bumrah. 'It's very simple. Whenever you think the game is going away, just bring him (Bumrah),' Pandya had said after the pacer shut the door on Gujarat Titans in the Eliminator on Friday. On Sunday, Bumrah needed to do it all over again in Qualifier II for his team to head into the final. This time against an inspired Shreyas Iyer, who looked unstoppable on the night, delivering punches after punches, seemingly unperturbed by the occasion. On his second delivery, Bumrah delivered a yorker that looked every bit unplayable from the moment it came out of his hand and headed towards the middle stump. Those milliseconds are too short for most batsmen to devise a method to survive. Shreyas, though, had picked it early. He was probably expecting it and despite having a high backlift, didn't just manage to keep the pinpoint yorker out, but also had the audacity to open the face of the bat at the last moment to guide it past the short third-man fielder and to the boundary. Shreyas Iyer vs Jasprit Bumrah (10 Years Challenge) — Professor Sahab (@ProfesorSahab) June 2, 2025 Bumrah saw it, turned back in a rush, and signalled the long-on fielder to come in. This wasn't a stroke of luck. In the previous over, standing at short third-man, Bumrah had seen Shreyas convert two yorkers into boundaries by just opening the face of the bat. But that boundary off his own bowling was the pick of the lot, which AB de Villiers would call the shot of the tournament. That shot did more damage on the night than Mumbai Indians would have imagined. On the next four deliveries, Bumrah would attempt to bowl three more yorkers, but not once could he execute perfectly. And just like that, Punjab ticked off 40 priceless runs off Bumrah's four overs. Once Bumrah couldn't dislodge Shreyas, there was no stopping the Punjab captain from finishing the chase with an over to spare. 'It all comes to his great positioning and balance,' former India batsman Pravin Amre, who has been working with Shreyas as a personal mentor, tells The Indian Express. Batsmen managing to score boundaries off yorker-length balls isn't new. But it is special in Shreyas's case, as he has a high backlift, which means he has less time to react than some other batsmen. 'When we wanted to change a few aspects, the high backlift was non-negotiable. He is a middle-order batsman, who mostly bats after the Powerplay. So to be effective in those overs, you need to have a good bat-swing. Having a high backlift helps get a good swing of the bat as well. If you look at this season, what stands out is how good his bat-swing is,' Amre says of the adjustment that Shreyas has made to his game over the past 12 months. With such a back-lift, Amre says, the shot that Shreyas employed against Boult, and in particular against Bumrah, becomes a safe bet. 'As a middle-order batsman, he isn't going to face as many yorkers as the ones who come later. But you can't overlook it as well. And he is a batsman who doesn't play the scoops or paddle. So we kept it simple. When he brings down the bat vertically, he also has the option to open the face and that's what he did,' Amre says. If Shreyas had to often play second-fiddle to the top order last season at Kolkata Knight Riders, this year with Punjab, he has had to shoulder more responsibility. In a batting line-up that doesn't boast of big-name overseas players, he is their enforcer who has shown them how to play. From the very first outing, Punjab head coach Ricky Ponting had revealed how he was able to see a different version of Shreyas, where his confidence has stood out. It has reflected in his batting right through, as he now has over 600 runs for the first time in an IPL season. The most striking difference is the enormous jump in his strike rate, which stands at 175.80, nearly 42 more than his IPL career strike rate of 133.40. Having managed only 30 sixes in his last three seasons, this edition he has hit 39, signalling a clear change in intent. 'The high back-lift to go with his bat-swing has made all the difference. When you are batting at No 4, with fielders outside the ring, to clear boundaries, you need to have the bat-swing that generates distance. You are predominantly facing spinners and when the pacers are operating, they tend to hit a hard length. Against such deliveries, a high back-lift becomes vital,' Amre adds. In the last 12 months, one other area where Shreyas has improved is against short-pitched deliveries. Even Ponting, while acknowledging he had no role to play in it, pointed out how Shreyas is getting into good positions to play the short ball. In the past, when pacers troubled him with short balls, he showed a preference to move towards the leg-side to create room or not remain static. But in recent months, Shreyas doesn't move around, and has even managed to pull deliveries angled into his body. 'Right now, the balance of his body is intact. He has realised the importance of it and the need to have a strong base. When you have that, you have multiple options to handle the short ball. You can hit on the off-side by playing an upper-cut (a shot Shreyas has frequently played over the last 12 months) or bring out the pull. When your body is in balance, you can open these options and full credit to him to figure it out his own way,' Amre says. Now, after guiding KKR to glory last season, Shreyas is on the cusp of repeating the feat with Punjab, still without a title for 18 seasons. Whether he manages to achieve it or not, this season could well be the one that opens the national T20 team door for Shreyas.
