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Rohit Sharma aiming to make a comeback against West Indies in February

After a hamstring injury ruled him out of the South Africa tour, Rohit Sharma, is aiming to make a comeback in the home series against West Indies. Scheduled to start from February 6 in Ahmedabad, the six-match white ball series is already under scrutiny due to the Covid-19 situation in India. The Board for Control of Cricket in India has already considered isolating the series to fewer venues than originally proposed, but nothing concrete has been done yet.

Sharma had earlier pulled his left hamstring right ahead of the South Africa tour and got ruled out from the entire tour. Since taking captaincy, he has won against New Zealand in India and it is expected that he will start strong against the new-look Windies team as well.

"Rohit's rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy is going pretty well. He is expected to be okay for the West Indies series. It's still close to three weeks from now before the first ODI is played in Ahmedabad from February 6," PTI quoted an unnamed official under the conditions of anonymity.

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BBL 11 | Aggressive Adelaide Strikers qualify for finals after all-round performance

Adelaide Strikers defeat Sydney Sixers by eight wickets on Monday 17 January at their home ground Oval. They earned full points to qualify for the finals action and now stand at the fourth spot in the league table with 28 points from 14 games. Chasing a decent total of 162 runs, Strikers were never put in a spot of bother owing to two standout performances of Matt Renshaw and Ian Cockbain who scored 50 off 31 and 71 off 42 balls respectively to win the game with 15 balls remaining. Opener Renshaw was lucky to survive a string of edges early on but then capitalise on the save to score a quick 50, to take Sixers out of the game. The visiting team would have thought that they could get the game in control after Renshwa’s departure, but they were dealt another blow in the form of Ian Cockbain. Cockbain, who joined the Strikers on 13 January, belted the Sixers out of play, punishing them all over the ground. The English recruit raked up his first half century for the franchise with exuberant strokes over all parts of the ground. This innings would put a lot of faith in the abilities of the right hander, after he played a grafters role on debut, seeing the game through and earning Strikers’ valuable points in his first game. Earlier in the day, Fawad Ahmed and Peter Siddle made sure that they cut Sixers’ wings whenever they had a bit of momentum by picking up wickets in a bunch. Sixers were in the game till the 13th over of their first innings, before the leggie picked up two wickets in two balls. He removed a well set Jack Edwards for 34 and in the very next ball dismissed Daniel Hughes. However, a tremendous attacking innings from Justin Avendano turned the tides for Sixers as he notched up 52 off 29 balls. The scoreboard would have surely looked a little worse if it weren’t for Peter Siddle’s back to back wickets in the final over the game. He removed Avendano and Sean Abbot in the fourth and the fifth ball of the over to limit damage. The final game of the group stage for the Strikers marks a tremendous overhaul to their campaign winning four out of their four remaining games to get into the finals.

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WI vs IRE | 3rd ODI: Ireland etch name in record books, clinch series 2-1

Ireland created history in Jamaica after beating West Indies in the third ODI to clinch the three-match series 2-1. Chasing 213, the visitors lost a wicket on the very first ball of the innings after William Porterfield was dismissed for a golden duck by Alzarri Joseph. But a fine piece of batting from Paul Stirling, Andy McBrine and Harry Tector got the Irish team back in the hunt. Stirling and McBrine first steadied the ship with a 73-run stand for the second wicket before Stirling was trapped in front of the stumps by Akeal Hosein for 44 off 38. McBrine was then joined by Tector in the middle and the two batters stitched a partnership of 79 runs for the third wicket. McBrine eventually departed for 59 off 100 deliveries and his dismissal certainly broke the shackles as Ireland began to lose wickets at regular intervals and were reduced to 197/6 with Tector also back in the hut. But Gareth Delany chipped in with 10 off 5 that helped the visiting team inch closer to target before Craig Young and Mark Adair took the team over the line without losing any further wickets. Ireland won the match by 2 wickets in the 45th over. Hosein and Roston Chase picked up three wickets each for the side. Earlier, West Indies were off to a flying start, courtesy an aggressive knock of 53 off 39 deliveries from Shai Hope. But Hope’s departure pushed the West Indies batting unit on back foot as they lost wickets quickly and were left tottering at 119/7. Jason Holder then took the onus on himself and added runs to the tally before he was run out for 44 off 60 leaving the Caribbean side at 182/8 in the 41st over. Apart from him, Hosein (23 off 36) and Odean Smith (20* off 10) also made some contributions that helped the side to go past the 200-run mark before getting bundled out for 212. McBrine scalped a four-wicket haul for Ireland while Young had three wickets to his name eventually. Stirling later expressed delight and noted that it was a good comeback from the side especially after losing the first game. “Delighted and very proud of the lads, To comeback from 0-1 was amazing. He (Balbirnie) will be absolutely chuffed for all us and he will be watching every ball and supporting us from the hotel. He (Tector) has been really consistent and he is really hungry to score runs, He (McBrine) epitomizes what an Irish cricket should be and the commitment and the passion he shows on the field is outstanding,” he said in the post-match presentation.