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USA vs IRE | Jaskaran Malhotra alongside two others ruled out of T20I series

The United States received a big jolt ahead of their historic series against Ireland as their leading players including vice-captain Aaron Jones, Jaskaran Malhotra and Karima Gore were ruled out of the two-match T20I series starting December 22 in Lauderhill, Florida. 

While Steven Taylor has yet not been ruled out of the T20I series, but him having tested positive alongside the above mentioned three does not augur well for the US team. There is yet another problem as fast bowler Rusty Theron whom the team was counting on has also not recovered from his elbow injury that he picked up during the US Open T20, the domestic tournament held in Florida just recently. 

To cover for these rule outs, three USA U-19 players in left-arm spinner Ali Sheikh, legspinner Yasir Mohammad and right-hand batter Ritwik Behera have been called into the squad after passing Covid testing in their respective home cities to clear their availability.

The three players who tested positive for Covid have yet not been ruled out for the three-match ODI series and it is being hoped that they would play a crucial part for the USA in the ODI series. 

Even Ireland had four Covid cases among its players to the start of the series as Harry Tector, Gareth Delany, Barry McCarthy and George Dockrell had tested positive for the virus. However, McCarthy completed his 10-day isolation period and took part in Ireland's training on Monday.

USA T20I squad: Monank Patel (capt), Ali Khan, Ali Sheikh, Gajanand Singh, Jessy Singh, Marty Kain, Nisarg Patel, Ritwik Behera, Ryan Scott, Saurabh Netravalkar, Steven Taylor, Sushant Modani, Vatsal Vaghela, Xavier Marshall, Yasir Mohammad.

USA ODI squad: Monank Patel (capt), Aaron Jones (vice-capt), Ali Khan, Gajanand Singh, Jessy Singh, Jaskaran Malhotra, Marty Kain, Nisarg Patel, Nosthush Kenjige, Rahul Jariwala, Ritwik Behera, Saurabh Netravalkar, Steven Taylor, Sushant Modani, Vatsal Vaghela, Xavier Marshall.

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BBL 2021-22: Perth Scorchers continue form after Mitchell Marsh unleashes brilliant all-round show

Perth Scorchers continued their brilliant run in the on-going Big bash League with another win in the tournament on Wednesday in Melbourne. The Scorchers defeated Melbourne Renegades by 21 runs. Batting first, the Perth Scorchers side rode on an aggressive batting from Mitchell Marsh who struck a 53-ball 86 which included five maximums and as many fours to post 206/5 in 20 overs. Apart from him, Laurie Evans also chipped in with a brisk and unbeaten 42 off 16. Kane Richardson was the pick of the bowlers for the Renegades after he returned with figures of 3/33 in 4 overs. In reply, the Melbourne team lost an early wicket but Aaron Finch and Nic Maddinson stitched a 130-run partnership before Maddinson departed for 67 off 41. Finch followed him soon after scoring 68 off 43. The Renegades lost the plot after Finch’s departure and failed to get back on track to eventually end the innings at 185/5 in 20 overs. Mitchell Marsh picked up one wicket for the side for 20 runs in 3 overs. Marsh who was later adjudged player of the match admitted that the track had much on offer for the batters. “Great win. Was a good test for us. Great hitting from Finchy and Maddinson. Was a beautiful batting surface. We felt 180 was par, so glad to take 200 because they batted well. I've been just sticking to the process and doing the basics. I'm enjoying myself a lot. It (Maddinson's wicket) was really pleasing, if I didn't then it was probably game over for us,” he said after the game.

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Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021-22 | Quarter-final: Saurashtra, Services march into semis

Saurashtra and Services rode on all-round to march into the semi-final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Wednesday in Jaipur. Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu were the other two teams to have made it to the semis earlier in the competition. Saurashtra vs Vidarbha Saurashtra bowlers thoroughly dominated the Vidarbha batting unit while bowling first and didn’t really let them take the upper-hand during the course. Vidarbha lost early wickets and were soon left tottering at 86/8 before Wankhade took the responsibility on himself and tried to chip in with some runs. He scored a 69-ball 72 to help his side put 150 on the board before getting bundled out in the 41st over. Captain Jaydev Unadkat returned with figures of 2/25 in 9 overs while Chetan Sakariya produced an impressive spell of fast bowling as he gave away 12 runs and picked up one wicket in 8 overs. Sakariya bowled 4 maidens during the course. Saurashtra too suffered some early blows during the chase and were 35/3 in the 10th over before Prerak Mankad and Arpit Vasavada steadied the ship for the side and stitched an unbeaten partnership of 116 runs for the fourth wicket. While Mankad scored 77* off 72 which included a couple of maximums and 10 fours, Vasavada remained not out for 41 off 66 to anchor the side home. Aditya Thakare picked up two wickets for 13 runs in 8 overs for his side. Kerala vs Services Kerala had a disappointing start to the proceedings against Services while batting first after they were reduced to 24/2 in the 7th over. But Kunnummal and Manoharan came in for the side’s rescue and built a stand of 81 runs for the third wicket before Manoharan was sent back in the hut for 41 off 54. The Kerala side then lost the plot as wickets went down at regular intervals to eventually get bowled out for 175 in the 41st over. Kunnummal top-scored with 85 off 106 for Kerala while Dinesh Pathania was the pick of the bowlers for Services as he scalped three wickets for 19 runs in 8 overs. Later, the Services had early hiccups as they were 12/2 in the first two overs but Ravi Chauhan and skipper Rajat Paliwal came in for the rescue and stitched a partnership of 144 runs for the third wicket before Chauhan was sent back for 95 off 90. Paliwal on the other side remained unbeaten at 65 off 86 as Services etched a win by 7 wickets eventually.