USA vs Ireland 2nd ODI postponed due to fresh Covid-19 cases

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly tests positive for Covid-19

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly has tested positive for Covid-19. Ganguly, 49, has had two surgeries in his heart this year after complaining about chest pains. The former captain of the Indian team was last reported to be in Delhi where he had attended a promotional event last week. More to follow…

Joe Root finishes 2021 with third-most calendar-year runs in history of Test cricket

England captain Joe Root signed off his incredible run of form in 2021 with the third most runs in history in a calendar year after raking up 1708 runs in 15 matches. Scoring 28 in his final innings of 2021 at the Boxing Day Test, Root was left just short of Legendary Vivian Richards who had scored 1710 runs in 1976. The chart is led by Mohhamad Yusuf who scored 1788 runs in 2006. Joe Root’s staggering run of form has come in stark contrast to England’s fortune in Test cricket after they failed to win respective series against India and New Zealand at home. While on tour England have lost woefully to India and now Australia where they are down by 0-3 playing a five match Test series. Root started his year in a tremendous fashion scoring double hundreds against India and Sri Lanka. Out of the five Test series that England have played in 2021, Root has scored at least one century in three of them. The only series where Root has not scored a half century is against New Zealand at home - one that the hosts lost 1-0 to the eventual World Test Champions.

SA vs IND | 1st Test, Day 3 - Weather Forecast

After the washout of Day 2 in the SuperSport Park, Centurion on Monday, 27 December, the fans might get full days play on Tuesday with low chances of precipitation during the match hours. There is a 30 per cent probability of rainfall on 28th, but that is mostly scheduled to arrive at Pretoria after the day’s play. India were in a strong position at the end of first day’s plan having scored 272 runs for the loss of three wickets. A 73-run partnership was brewing between KL Rahul and former Ajinkya Rahane before the second day’s play got completely washed out by rain. With predictions of washout on the final day’s play, the moving day of the Test match would be extremely crucial for India if they are to look for an unlikely result from this Test match.

SA vs IND | KL Rahul to captain India in SA ODIs: Report

Vice-captain KL Rahul might get a shot to captain India for the first time in One Day Internationals, in case Rohit Sharma is not able to get fit in time to play against South Africa, reported Sports Today. Sharma is currently nursing a hamstring injury that occurred while practising for the South Africa Test series in Mumbai. At the moment it is reported that he is in the National Cricket Academy and will require a few weeks to get fit. Rahul, who has captained India only once in a T20I game against England in early 2022, has had a strong start to the South African tour, scoring a century in the first innings. He is batting at 122 off 248 balls going into Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test match.