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Mohammed Shami Plans To Impart Knowledge To Youngsters Says Cant Keep On Playing Forever

Mohammed Shami plans to impart knowledge to youngsters, says can’t keep on playing forever

India pacer Mohammed Shami feels that it is the right time that he starts imparting to youngsters, the experience and knowledge gained through playing professional cricket for so many years.

“It comes automatically,” Shami said about mentoring. “After being in international cricket for so many years, I would like to share any input that the youngsters may want. I am not going to play forever, so it will be great if I can pass on something to the youngsters,’’ Gulf News quoted the Bengal cricketer as saying.

The 30-year-old would be travelling with the Indian Test side in England for the all-important World Test championship Final at the Rose Bowl against New Zealand and the subsequent five-match Test series against hosts England. The right-arm pacer feels that the Indian team is in good and can do wonders this summer.

“We have played some extraordinary cricket in recent times as a unit and naturally, the confidence level is high. If we can reproduce some of the performances which we did over the last six months, I am confident it will be a great summer for us,” hoped the Punjab Kings bowler.

Talking about his plans in the upcoming year, The Amroha born, who has 180 Test wickets in 50 games to his credit, refused to divulge details, saying that things aren’t always in control of a man, no matter how much he plans.

“See, there is no point in planning too much as certain things are not in our control. Who would have thought that the pandemic would virtually destroy two years of our lives – hence I prefer to take it by each series or tournament as the case may be,” he said.

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DDCA offers Arun Jaitley Stadium to be used for vaccination drive in Delhi

The Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) President Rohan Jaitley has offered the government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to be used for the Covid-19 vaccination drive. According to Jaitley, this offer is part of an immediate measure of the government’s plans to vaccinate a maximum number of people. “I had written that if they feel that they require a centre for vaccination, the DDCA premises can be used till Normalcy returns,” Jaitley was quoted as saying to PTI. “In our stadium premises, we have a facility where 10,000 people can be vaccinated per day. If they want, till the time there is some semblance of normalcy, they can use it till cricketing activity resumes,” added Jaitley. The DDCA President further informed that he received a reply from the CM office that said, “the chief secretary will look into the matter.” The Arun Jaitley Stadium was where the second leg of IPL was taking place before it got suspended and eventually postponed as the number of cases in the Bio-bubble rose. The site was also under the radar of the BCCI’s Anti-corruption bureau during the IPL as the officers spotted and traced some unwanted people with suspect behaviour in the Feroz Shah Kotla ground under the Stadium’s premises.

Jofra Archer's elbow injury resurfaces in County Championship return

Jofra Archer has suffered yet another injury setback as his elbow injury has resurfaced in his return to the County championship game against Kent in Hove. Archer went back from the field after bowling just five overs in Kent’s second innings of the game. Sussex coach Ian Salisbury confirmed in his address to the press that Archer’s elbow was sore and hence his inability to open the bowling in Kent’s second innings created confusion in the Susses team. However, he opened the bowling and bowled five overs to extract the opening wicket of Jordan Cox in what could well be his last over of the game as suggested by Salisbury. “I think there was some confusion about the state of Jofra’s elbow. Ben thought he was going to bowl but his elbow was sore and there was confusion over that and he couldn’t bowl. If you saw today, he’s not going to bowl tomorrow. You’ll have to ask the ECB,” Salisbury said. Jofra Archer first suffered this elbow injury on England’s tour of South Africa in late 2019 due to stress fracture. He recovered to make it to the IPL 2020 but the problem resurfaced on the tour of India earlier this year. The elbow injury combined with a freakish finger injury ruled Archer out from two out of four Tests against India. Archer’s elbow injury has been a persistent headache for England team management especially with the Ashes scheduled to take place at the end of this year. A lot of hope and expectations were built on Archer’s return to the longest format for Susses after going through surgery on his finger. However, another episode of recurrent elbow injury has squashed England’s hopes of settling down concerns with regard to Archer’s fitness and availability in the Test format.

Wahab Riaz rates IPL at 'different level' compared to other leagues such as PSL

The Indian Premier League has earned high praise from Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz, who has said that it has attained a completely different level of its own compared to all other leagues in the world. He outlined the ‘totally different’ processes being followed by the league in terms of organising and running tournaments and drafting of players that makes IPL stands tall among its comperettiors such as his home-grown Pakistan Super League "IPL is a league where all the top international players come and play. You can't compare IPL with PSL, I believe IPL is at a different level. Their commitments, the way they run things, communicate things, the way they draft the players, all that is totally different. I don't think any league can compete with the IPL," Wahab said to Cricket Pakistan. However, he said that the PSL trumps the IPL in one aspect of the game—bowling, which has always been in abundance in his country. He argued the presence of quality bowlers in PSL teams as the reason behind not too many high-scoring games in the PSL "The kind of bowlers you get in the PSL is not found in other leagues, not even the IPL. This is why PSL doesn't have many high-scoring games. The bowling attacks in PSL are the best in the world,” Riaz added. Notably, Wahab Riaz has not played even one season of the IPL as the BCCI has banned players of Pakistan origin from participating in the league after the inaugral edition in 2008.

Vijay Shankar promises to become next Kallis or Watson if given higher batting position

Once touted as a three-dimensional player for India in the ODI format, Vijay Shankar has gone off the radar very quickly and rather quietly compared to the noise and debates that his inclusion in the team for the ICC World cup 2019 created. Now, having faced a lot of time away from the limelight of the game, Shankar laments lost opportunity and also inconsistent batting position he has been offered over the last few years behind the reason of his failure with the bat. He has sought consistency from the team management including the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL and said if he does not score at number four or five he should be rightly axed from the team. “If I have to score runs, I need to spend more time on the crease. So I’m not saying I want to open the batting. Just saying, even if I bat at No. 4 or 5, let it be one slot at least for domestic. And then if I don’t score runs, drop me, I’m okay. That’s what I have missed out in the last two years,” Shankar said in an interview with News18. He also discarded the belief that all-rounders such as him should only bat at the lower order and said that he believes he could be the next Jacques Kallis and Shane Watson for India if given the chance. “I’m an all-rounder, but I’m known for my batting. So just because I’m an all-rounder, it shouldn’t be like I should bat only at No. 6 or 7. I can also be someone like Jacques Kallis or Shane Watson. They open the innings or bat at No. 3 and bowl. It’s not a compulsion that an all-rounder has to bat at No. 6-7. If I can score runs at the top, and pick wickets, it’s good for the team too, right?” Shankar added. Shankar was dropped from the team after the ICC World Cup 2019 and multiple injury setbacks pushed him further away from reckoning.