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Babar Azam flops, Deepti breaks bank and Gambhir to stay – November 27 Cricket highlights

Aakash Saini

Babar Azam and Deepti Sharma [Source: AFP, @ICHOfficial/x]Babar Azam and Deepti Sharma [Source: AFP, @ICHOfficial/x]

Babar Azam registered a record duck against Sri Lanka in the final league fixture of the Pakistan T20I tri-series 2025. Deepti Sharma fetched a huge sum at the WPL 2026 mega auction in Delhi. In other news, Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir will reportedly not be axed from his role despite Team India’s horrendous show against South Africa.

Capping an eventful day in the world of cricket, here we take a look at five of the biggest cricketing news that emerged out of Thursday, November 27.

Babar Azam registers record duck after flop show vs SL

Legendary Pakistan batter Babar Azam was dismissed for a two-ball duck against Sri Lanka in match number six of the Pakistan T20I tri-series 2025. Batting at number three in a chase of 185, Babar got trapped in front by Dushmantha Chameera to record the tenth duck of his T20I career, thus joining young Saim Ayub to register the joint-highest number of ducks for the Pakistan cricket team in T20I matches. Former wicketkeeper-batter Umran Akmal also secured 10 ducks during his playing days for the ‘Men in Green’.

Rajat Patidar deemed fit to return for MP in SMAT 2025-26

Madhya Pradesh cricketer and RCB’s IPL 2025 winning skipper Rajat Patidar is set to make his return to competitive cricket in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26 season. Patidar has been cleared of his injury by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Centre of Excellence (COE).

The 32-year-old last played competitive cricket back in October for the India A team in a four-day match against South Africa A. Apart from leading RCB to IPL win this year, Rajat Patidar also guided Central Zone to Duleep Trophy 2025 win a couple of months ago.

Deepti Sharma, Amelia Kerr break bank at WPL 2026 mega auction

Indian and New Zealand spin-bowling all-rounders, Deepti Sharma and Amelia Kerr respectively, set the cash registers ringing at the WPL 2026 mega auction. Deepti Sharma, who recently won the ‘Player of the Tournament’ award in India’s 2025 World Cup win, returned to the UP Warriorz franchise for a staggering sum of Rs. 3.20 crores.

Amelia Kerr, on the other hand, got re-acquired by the Mumbai Indians Women team for Rs. 3 crores. The star all-rounder played a key role in New Zealand’s 2024 T20 World Cup win last year.

New Zealand Cricket considering to launch NZ20 league by 2027

New Zealand is finally considering the thought of launching their own T20 franchise league, titled NZ20 with an aim of replacing the nation’s traditional T20 tournament, the Super Smash. Don MacKinnon, head of NZ20 Establishment Committee, said that NZ20 is an “extremely viable” project and is being planned to launch by January 2027. However, the concept is yet to receive full clearance from New Zealand Cricket (NZC).

BCCI unlikely to sack coach Gambhir despite SA drubbing: Report

The BCCI will likely not be taking any drastic steps against India head coach Gautam Gambhir, even after the Indian team suffered a humiliating 0-2 Test series defeat at home against South Africa under his tenure to record two home whitewashes within 12 months. As per an NDTV report, a BCCI source stated that the board is not looking to replace Gambhir since he is rebuilding the Indian team.

The BCCI source also added that there will be a meeting between the team management and the selection committee after the conclusion of India’s home series against South Africa, which also includes three impending ODIs and five T20Is.