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Vinay Kumar Set To Be Part Of Mumbai Indians Talent Scout Team

Vinay Kumar set to be part of Mumbai Indians Talent Scout team

Former Indian pacer Vinay Kumar has been roped in as a Talent Scout for the five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians. Vinay Kumar who recently played for the India Legends in the Road Safety World Series is the latest entrant in the list of talent scouts. Former wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel was also appointed as a Talent Scout not long ago.

Vinay Kumar despite not having an illustrious international career was one of the stalwarts in the domestic circuit. He led Karnataka to two Ranji Trophy titles and was also part of the Mumbai Indians squad when they won the title in 2015 and 2017. The medium-pacer bid adieu to professional cricket in February 2021.

Mumbai Indians owner Akash Ambani expressed his delight at hiring Vinay Kumar in the talent scout programme. Vinay will be working closely with the coaching staff and the team management.

“I am delighted to have Vinay join our talent scout programme. Mumbai Indians is established on strong fundamentals of discovering talent and belief in nurturing youth. I am confident Vinay will add value to our ideology and scouting strength,” Akash Ambani said.

Having represented Mumbai Indians as a player, Vinay Kumar felt honoured at getting the opportunity to get associated with Mumbai Indians again.

“I am honoured for this opportunity to associate with Mumbai Indians again. Mumbai Indians strives for excellence in every aspect of the game, and scouting talents is undoubtedly their key strength. It’s a new chapter and personally, I reckon it as an opportunity for me to give back to cricket,” Vinay Kumar said.

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Indian bowling attack sweat it out in preparation for big Test series against England

If India are to win their first series in England since 2007, their bowlers will have to be at the top of their game. All fo them are sweating it out in the nets although there are no certainties announced for the first Test scheduled to start on August 04 in Nottingham. The pace battery comprising of Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Shami were seen honing their skills in pictures tweeted by the BCCI before the landmark series that will start India’s campaign in the next cycle of the World Test Championship. The second set of pictures showed the merging pace star in Mohammed Siraj, who went from strength to strength in absence of the senior quartet of pacers on the tour of Australia. He was the most successful Indian bowler on the tour and the Indian team management has had to take the tough decision of leaving him out from the WTC final against New Zealand. The command of the spin department will hinge on the shoulders and fingers of Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel, with the former two having the best chance of getting out on the field in the playing XI. Axar Patel had made a stupendous entry into international cricket in absence of Jadeja in the home series against England but will be very difficult to replace him in the upcoming series. R Ashwin is in mid of a purple patch with the ball in hand and with a commanding spell of bowling in unhelpful conditions during the WTC final against New Zealand, he has put the team management with a good headache while selecting the playing XI.

"This is what I'm meant to do for the team" : Dhananjaya de Silva justifies role for Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Dhananjaya de Silva played a match-winning innings of 40* off 34 against India on Wednesday to anchor the home side to a win by 4 wickets while chasing 133 in Colombo. Talking about his role in the team after the match, De Silva said that he has the responsibility to bat for a longer time and hold one end. "This is what I'm meant to do for the team," de Silva said after the match. "In the previous match as well, what I'd been told was to bat 20 overs from one side. I wasn't able to do that in the previous game. Today was my day and I did that. If I can bat at a run-a-ball until the final overs, letting others attack around me, I can raise my strike rate towards the finish as well. That was the coach, captain and selectors' plan." The hosts didn’t really have a great start to the chase and were reduced to 66/4 when De Silva and Wanindu Hasaranga joined hands to steady the ship for the side. The two batsmen chipped in with a crucial stand of 28 runs before Hasaranga departed for 15 off 11 but De Silva continued his form and led Sri Lanka to victory. With this win, the Lankan lions also levelled the three-match T20I series. India on the other hand had to make a few changes in the side after seven players had to be isolated as close contacts of Krunal Pandya who had tested positive for Covid-19. The two sides will now meet each other for the third and deciding clash at the same venue on Thursday.

TNPL 2021 | Dindigul vs Spartans: When & where to watch match LIVE, Probable XI, Fantasy XI

Dindigul Dragons will be up against Salem Spartans on Friday in Chennai. The Dragons didn’t really have a great start to the competition after they suffered a defeat in the first match but made a strong comeback to clinch victories in the second and third game respectively. The Dragons' batting unit is looking in some good touch and they would look to continue the form going further ahead. Spartans on the other hand, have tasted success only in one game out of the three that they have played while have lost the other two. Despite picking up early wickets against Chepauk in their last encounter while defending 143, the Spartans stood at the losing end eventually after Uthirasamy Sasidev chipped in with a 30-ball 42 and a late surge from Harish Kumar who notched up an unbeaten 27 off 14 took Chepauk over the line. Spartans failed to capitalise on the start they got with the ball and would look to turn the tables when they meet Dragons in the next clash. Match Details Match: DGD vs SLST, 15th Match, Tamil Nadu Premier League 2021 Date: Friday, July 30, 2021 Time: 7:30 PM Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Pitch Report The track in Chennai seems to have something on offer to the spinners in the middle overs while the dew might also come into play. So, if you win the toss, field first and try to restrict the batting side for around 155-160. Probable XI Dindigul Dragons: S Arun, Hari Nishanth (c), Mani Bharathi (wk), RS Mokit Hariharan, R Vivek, Lakshminarayanan Vignesh, Suresh Lokeshwar, Gurjapneet Singh, Rangaraj Suthesh, S Swaminathan, M Silambarasan Salem Spartans: Gopinath, Akshay Srinivasan, S Abhishek, Umashankar Sushil (wk), Daryl Ferrario (c), Vijay Shankar, B Praanesh, Ravi Karthikeyan, M Ganesh Moorthi, Murugan Ashwin, G Periyaswamy Fantasy XI Hari Nishanth, S Arun, Daryl Ferrario, S Abhishek, Mani Bharathi, Rangaraj Suthesh, Vijay Shankar (C), Lakshminarayanan Vignesh, S Swaminathan, Murugan Ashwin (VC), G Periyaswamy

Paras Mhambrey heaps praise on "talented & thinking" Kuldeep Yadav

India bowling coach for the Sri Lanka tour, Paras Mhambrey has lavished praise on spinner Kuldeep Yadav and has said that he is a very talented and a “thinking” bowler. "Kuldeep is extremely talented and he is a very thinking bowler. It all boils down to execution and the credit needs to be given to him. It has been challenging, he has been in and out of the team," he said in the virtual post-match press conference at the end of the second T20I on Wednesday. The left-arm spinner returned with figures of 2/30 in 4 overs against the Lankan team on Wednesday in Colombo. India were forced to make a few changes in the playing XI after seven players had to be isolated as close contacts of Krunal Pandya who had tested positive for Covid-19. Talking about the youngsters, Mhambrey said that they were asked to play freely. “The discussion was always to give them a free hand, there was no pressure on them. We knew that in terms of batting, we only had 5-6 batters with whom we can plan for this game,” he said. Sri Lanka levelled the series after winning the second T20I by 4 wickets while chasing 133 in 20 overs. Dhananjaya de Silva top-scored for the home side after remaining unbeaten for 40. The two sides will now lock horns with each other in the decider scheduled to take place on Thursday (July 29, 2021) at the same venue.