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Out Of Favour Spinner Kuldeep Yadav To Lead Up In Ranji Trophy

Out of favour spinner Kuldeep Yadav to lead UP in Ranji Trophy

Indian left arm leg spinner Kuldeep Yadav is set to captain Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming Ranji Trophy. Yadav, 27, has been nursing a knee injury since the Indian Premier League and will be making a comeback after playing is last game in July. The chinaman bowler was part of a parallel tour of the national team, where India toured Sri Lanka for a limited over series to help the Sri Lankan cricket board with their finances during a raging pandemic.

Out of favour Yadav has not featured regularly in any formats playing for either country or club. He was dropped after playing just one game in the England Test series at home, despite India producing rank turners in Ahmedabad. Kuldeep has benched by his Indian Premier League team, Kolkata Knight Riders after very few games as the franchise moved onto a preferred combination of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy.

Kuldeep has not played domestic cricket for a long time and has been criticised for the same.

UP Squad

Kuldeep Yadav (C) Karan Sharma (VC) Madhav Kaushik, Almas Shaukat, Samarth Singh, Hardeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Priyam Garg, Akshdeep Nath, Sameer Choudhary, Kritagya Singh, Aryan Juyal, Dhruv Chandra Jurel, Shivam Mavi, Ankit Rajpoot, Yash Dayal, Kunal Yadav, Prince Yadav, Rishabh Bansal, Shanu Saini, Jasmer, Zeeshan Ansari, Shivam Sharma, Parth Mishra

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Arjun Tendulkar selected in Mumbai Ranji Trophy squad

Legendary cricket Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun has been selected in the Ranji Trophy squad for Mumbai. The 22-year-old pace bowler broke into the Mumbai squad last season in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. While the tournament was woeful for a powerhouse like Mumbai, Tendulkar was given a chance in two matches and returned with a wicket in each of the games he played. The left-arm seamer has also been a part of the Mumbai camp in the last couple of Indian Premier League seasons, once as a net bowler and the other time as part of the extended squad. Mumbai will be led by Prithvi Shaw who won them the Vijay Hazare Trophy last season, raking up a record number of runs in the tournament. Squad Prithvi Shaw (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Aakarshit Gomel, Armaan Jaffer, Sarfaraz Khan, Sachin Yadav, Aditya Tare (wicketkeeper), Hardik Tamore (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dube, Aman Khan, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Prashant Solanki, Shashank Attarde, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohit Avasthi, Prince Badiani, Siddharth Raut, Royston Dias, Arjun Tendulkar

Sourav Ganguly stable after testing positive for Covid-19

Board of Control for Cricket in India President Sourav Ganguly is stable and recovering his Covid-19 infection. The former Indian captain was rushed to hospital on Monday, 27 December, night. The Woodlands Hospital in a statement stated that Ganguly was stable and was maintaining a blood saturation level of 99 per cent on room air. Ganguly has been admitted to the hospital twice earlier this year and had undergone emergency heart surgeries.

Ross Taylor set to retire from international cricket

New Zealand modern-day great and one of the most influential players in recent times, Ross Taylor is scheduled to retire from international cricket. Announcing the development on Thursday, December 30, Taylor said that he will hang up the whites after playing Bangladesh at home. "It's been an amazing journey and I feel incredibly fortunate to have represented my country for as long as I have," Taylor said. "It's been such a privilege to play with and against some of the greats of the game and to have created so many memories and friendships along the way.” A veteran of 15 years in international cricket, Taylor, earlier this year won the World Test Championship. Along with his captain Kane Williamson, Taylor saw NZ through a tricky Test match and scored the winning runs of that game. Taylor has also been a part of two ODI World Cup Finals, losing both of them, once against Australia and the other against England. The right hander has been integral in NZ's domination of world cricket in recent years, and has been a part of three captaincy changes that shaped the Kiwi brand of cricket. Taylor was made captain of the team in 2011 but was removed soon after with Brendon McCullum being put on charge. McCullum, a long time friend and acquaintance of Taylor brought in a complete rehaul in the Kiwi approach with Taylor keeping his place in the team. Post McCullum's era, Taylor became an unbelievable asset to the NZ team becoming the second best ODI batter in the world after Virat Kohli, raking up runs at an average of 70 in the run up to the 2019 WC. "But all good things must come to an end and the timing feels right for me. I want to thank my family, friends and all those who have helped me get to this point. There'll be plenty of time for more thank-yous and reflections later in the season - but for now I want all my energy and focus to be on preparing and performing for the Black Caps this summer," Taylor said in his statement.

The Ashes | Chris Silverwood to miss fourth Test due to Covid cases in England camp

England head coach Chris Silverwood will not be travelling to Sydney after the tourist camp returned their seventh positive Test on Wednesday, 29 December. It is being reported in the Australian media that an unnamed family member of the England camp returned a positive RT-PCR. Silverwood,, after being deemed as a close contact, would now have to isolate for 10 days and will not be at the helm of the team that has already yielded the series and is staring at a 5-0 whitewash by the end of the tour. Earlier in the run up to the series, England had tough negotiations with Cricket Australia over the precautionary measures of Covid-19. There were speculations that if families are not allowed to travel with the team, the tourists would have backed out of the series entirely.