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Lisa Sthalekar Slams Bcci On Giving Cold Shoulder To Veda Krishnamurthy

Lisa Sthalekar slams BCCI on giving cold shoulder to Veda Krishnamurthy

Former Australia cricketer Lisa Sthalekar has lambasted the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the latter's insensitivity in handling contracted cricketers during the covid-19 pandemic. Sthalekar took to Twitter to lash out at the Indian board calling them out for not communicating with Indian cricketer Veda Krishnamurthy after the middle-order batswoman lost her mother and sister to the pandemic. Sthalekar's statements come after Krishnamurthy was dropped for the upcoming tour of England. Sthalekar further alleged that the board has not even called to check in on the cricketer and vented her anger on BCCI's handling of the situation.

“Whilst not selecting Veda for the upcoming series may be justified from their point of view, what angers me the most is that as a contracted player she has not received a communication from the BCCI, just to even check how she is coping,” she wrote on Twitter.

Krishnamurthy was dropped a day after Ramesh Powar was selected as the coach of the Indian women's team, an incident that was not free of drama as well. The outgoing coach WV Raman allegedly mailed the BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and National Cricket Academy head Rahul Dravid that 'prima donna culture' was hurting the women's team; an allegation that got Powar sacked three years back.

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Krishnamurthy has played 48 ODIs and 76 T20Is for India. She has accumulated 829 runs in the ODIs while has notched up 875 runs in the shorter format.

Squad for Test & ODI: Mithali Raj (Captain), Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Punam Raut, Priya Punia, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Indrani Roy (wicket-keeper), Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav.

Squad for T20I: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain) Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Indrani Roy (wicket-keeper), Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav, Simaran Dil Bahadur.

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'Bhuvneshwar Kumar just doesn’t want to play Test cricket anymore', reveal unnamed sources

India are set to play the World Test Championship final against New Zealand in Southampton in June which will be followed by a five-match Test series against the English team. The BCCI recently announced the squad for the tour and to everyone’s surprise, seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s name was missing. But according to a report in the Times of India, sources close to the right-arm bowler have said that Bhuvi is no longer interested in playing Test cricket anymore. "Bhuvneshwar just doesn’t want to play Test cricket anymore. That drive has gone missing," they were quoted as saying. Kumar played his last Test match back in January 2018 against South Africa where he put up a man of the match performance against the visiting Proteas side picking up four wickets and scoring a total of 66 runs in a low scoring affair. Injuries have marred his game time ever since, which did not allow him to play all matches in the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League and participate in India's tour Down Under. He made a good return against England in home conditions but just when he looked to getting back in top condition he got injured once again in the 14th edition of the IPL. The TOI report has further quoted sources on the same, who revealed that Kumar prefers the white ball format at the moment. “Those who have seen him from close insist he brought in a huge change in his work-drills a couple of seasons ago, doing away with heavy weight training, falling to the lure of the white-ball comfort and avoiding those hours of long spells that are so integral to red-ball cricket," TOI quoted. “To be honest, the selectors don’t even see Bhuvi hungry for 10 overs, forget Test cricket. It’s Team India’s loss no doubt, because if one bowler should have made it to England, it should have been him." Kumar has played 21 Tests for India where he has picked 63 wickets for the team. India marched into the WTC final after series wins over Australia and England respectively. India first defeated Australia 2-1 away from home and then thumped England 3-1 on the home soil to register a place in the final. The side would be led by Virat Kohli while all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is also back in the team after recovering from injury. KL Rahul and Wriddhiman Saha’s selection is subject to fitness clearance. India’s squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Md. Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul (subject to fitness clearance), Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper; subject to fitness clearance). Standby players: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Arzan Nagwaswalla

Harry Gurney retires from all forms of cricket following long-standing shoulder injury

England pacer Harry Gurney has bid adieu to all forms of cricket following a long-standing shoulder injury. The injury that he sustained last year forced him to miss Nottinghamshire's successful T20 Blast campaign as well the IPL with the Kolkata Knight Riders franchise. "The time has arrived for me to hang up my boots," he said. "After trying to recover from the recent injury to my shoulder, I am truly disappointed to have to end my playing career as a result of it. From the first time I picked up a cricket ball at the age of ten, I was completely obsessed. Cricket has been my life for 24 years and has taken me on an incredible journey that I will cherish forever." Gurney played 10 ODIs for England picking up 11 wickets during the course while featured in a couple of T20Is where he scalped three wickets. Apart from this, the fast bowler was a part of the setup with Melbourne Renegades that won the Big Bash League and Barbados Tridents who lifted the Caribbean Premier League. He bagged a total of 614 wickets across all formats. "Playing for England, in the IPL and winning eight trophies at home and abroad including the Blast, Big Bash and CPL has exceeded my wildest dreams," he said.

Bowlers were probably aware of ball tampering at Newlands: Cameron Bancroft

Cameron Bancroft who was one of the three Australian players apart from Steve Smith and David Warner involved in the famous ball-tampering controversy that took place in Newlands Test in 2018 has made a new revelation. Bancroft has said that the bowlers were aware of the alteration in the conditions of the ball and added it was 'self explanatory'. While speaking to The Guardian Bancroft suggested that whatever he did eventually helped the bowlers. "Yeah, look, all I wanted to do was to be responsible and accountable for my own actions and part. Yeah, obviously what I did benefits bowlers and the awareness around that, probably, is self-explanatory,” h said. He further added that he could have made better choices had he been more aware. "I guess one thing I learnt through the journey and being responsible is that's where the buck stops [with Bancroft himself]. Had I had better awareness I would have made a much better decision." When quizzed about whether the bowlers were aware of the tampering, he said, "Uh... yeah, look, I think, yeah, I think it's pretty probably self-explanatory." Bancroft was slapped with a nine-month ban by the Cricket Australia (CA) for his involvement in the controversy while Warner and Smith were banned for one year. Darren Lehmann who was the then coach of the Australian side also stepped from his post.

England's IPL players not to feature in Test series vs New Zealand: Reports

The England players who were a part of now suspended IPL 2021 will not feature in the Tests against New Zealand slated to take place next month as they lack red-ball practice, as per some reports. This would mean that the likes of Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran and Moeen Ali are likely to miss the Test series against the Blackcaps. The cricketers are presently serving the mandatory 10-day quarantine after they returned from the IPL and the isolation will end at the weekend. “The timeline is considered too tight for the (IPL) returning players, meaning calls up are expected for the likes of Ollie Robinson, Craig Overton and James Bracey,” according to a report in ‘BBC Sport’. “While fitness levels could be managed, the lack of red-ball practice could be a concern — particularly with other options having spent several weeks competing in the County Championship,” said another report in ‘The Independent’. In fact, the England men’s cricket managing director Ashley Giles had also hinted earlier that the players returning from the cash-rich league won’t be a part of the Test series against the Kane Williamson-led side. There are as many 11 England players who are a part of respective IPL franchises. The IPL 2021 was suspended with immediate effect on May 4 after there was a surge in the Covid-19 cases within the franchise teams.