Chennai edge past Mumbai, Rohit snaps top award and much more..

Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians in a last ball finish 

Match 33 of the Indian Premier League 2022 delivered on all accounts as the high voltage game between the Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings saw the defending champions hand Mumbai their seventh consecutive defeat in a row.

MS Dhoni brought the game down the wire with 13 runs off the last four deliveries and four runs for the final delivery. However, the legendary player turned the clock back in time with a boundary in the final delivery taking Chennai over the finish line.

Shaheen Shah Afridi picks up Marnus Labuchagne, yet again

Shaheen Afridi is starting to become the kryptonite to Marnus Labuchagne, the left-arm quick from Pakistan has now picked up the wicket of the Australian bloke on seven occasions they face faced each other.

The encounter between Middlesex and Glamorgan was no different as Shaheen picked up his first wicket in County cricket dislodging the Australian batter.

Afridi's pacy and short delivery length turned out to be the weakness of the right-handed batter, and that got his stumps rolling over. However, the delivery was good enough to make Marnus leave the ball and strike off the rear end of his willows, straight away hitting the stumps. 

Rohit, Bumrah amongst Wisden’s ‘Cricketer of the Year’

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and star pacer Jasprit Bumrah have been honoured and named 'Wisden Cricketer of the Year' among five other players, in the 2022 edition of the Wisden Almanack. 

Apart from Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit Sharma; New Zealand opener Devon Conway, England pacer Ollie Robinson and South Africa Women's skipper Dane Van Niekerk were also named 'Wisden Cricketers of the Year'.

Mustafizur Rahman shows no signs of stopping 

Rahman urged BCB to keep a separate bowling unit for the red-ball and white-ball formats. He further added that the workload needs to be managed for the pace-bowlers of the Bangladesh team to flourish in the upcoming series.

The player looks to prolong his career and had this to say about it, “For me staying healthy is important. If I want to give service to the Bangladesh team for a long time, then staying fit is important and to remain fit I feel the best way is to pick and choose between three formats.”

Yastika Bhatia’s 72* sees Baroda edge past Uttar Pradesh

Young Indian top-order batter, Yastika Bhatia, struck her second fifty on the trot as Baroda chased down Uttar Pradesh’s target with two balls to spare. The batter scored an unbeaten 72 which saw her team get a win over Uttar Pradesh with just two balls to spare.

Chasing a total of 120 runs on the board, Yastika took her team home with her staggering play. She also had an excellent day with the gloves, as she had four stumpings to her name.