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SQUAD SELECTION by Cricbuzz Staff • Last updated on Share Tweet Hardik Pandya's last Test was in Southampton in 2018. © Getty India have left out Hardik Pandya, Prithvi Shaw and Kuldeep Yadav from their squad for their World Test Championship final against New Zealand as well as the five-Test tour of England that follows. Hardik, whose workload has been constantly managed since a back injury in 2018, nursed a shoulder niggle during the IPL 2021 that kept him off any bowling duties in the seven games for Mumbai Indians. The all-rounder last played a Test on the previous tour of England in 2018. Squad : Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Md. Ssouiraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul (subject … [Read more...] about India leave out Hardik, Shaw for WTC Final, England Tests

ZIMBABWE VS PAKISTAN, 2021 by Cricbuzz Staff • Last updated on Share Tweet The pair has already added an unbeaten stand of 154 © Getty Pakistan dominated the post-lunch session against hosts Zimbabwe as two of their top order batsmen brought their 'A' game to the fore. The seamers who had bowled comparatively well in the morning session looked helpless as Abid Ali and Azhar Ali who took control of the proceedings. The pair was watchful before the lunch break, but looked unstoppable once they got a hang of the pitch and conditions. Zimbabwe found success in the morning session with Imran Butt's dismissal, but have since been made to toil amidst a gritty stand between Azhar and Abid. While Richard Ngarava and Tendai Chisoro bowled some tidy spells, Donald Tiripano bowled plenty of freebies, allowing the batsmen to score freely against him. Both of them have also notched up their respective fifties, leaving the hosts with a … [Read more...] about Azhar, Abid dominate post-lunch session

PSL 2021 by Cricbuzz Staff • Published on Share Tweet The worsening Covid-19 situation in Karachi forced the franchises to write to PCB seeking that the tournament be moved out. © PCB The UAE has emerged as Pakistan Cricket Board's preferred destination to host the remainder of the PSL 2021 edition. The board confirmed on Friday (May 7) that it had initiated discussions with the Emirates Cricket Board regarding the logistics of the move. "We had an interactive and productive meeting in which we considered a number of factors. While the UAE has emerged as a preferred venue, a number of challenges remain, which will be worked through over the coming days. We remain committed to doing everything possible to complete the HBL PSL 6," PCB CEO Wasim Khan was quoted as saying via a media release. The PCB had previously announced that the remaining 20 games of the suspended sixth season would be played in Karachi between June 1 … [Read more...] about PCB in discussions to schedule remainder of PSL 2021 in UAE

STANDBY FOR TEST SQUAD by Kritika Naidu • Last updated on Share Tweet The 2019-20 season of the Ranji Trophy is when Arzan Nagwaswalla came into his own, validating all the hype around him, with 41 wickets © Cricbuzz Arzan Rohinton Nagwaswalla was already a hero in Nargol, a small village located in the Indian state of Gujarat, just around the Maharashtra border. Having represented Gujarat at the Under-16s, Under-19s and Under-23 level, he is the pride of Valsad district. On Friday (May 7), Valsad and the Nagswaswalla family added another feather to their cap after Arzan was picked as one of the four standby players for the upcoming WTC final against New Zealand and the Tests in England. The Surat-born left-arm pacer's climb to prominence has come on the back of his brilliance across formats in the last two years. "I was his district coach when he played Under-19 and Under 23," Santosh Desai, the Gujarat selector and now … [Read more...] about Who is Arzan Nagwaswalla?

CURIOUS CASE OF NZ PLAYERS by Vijay Tagore • Last updated on Share Tweet Williamson is among four New Zealand team members who have flown out to Maldives © BCCI/IPL The New Zealand cricketers at IPL 2021 seem to be creating curiosity among not just Indian managers of the game but back home in New Zealand Cricket (NZC) too. A day after four members of the New Zealand national team, including skipper Kane Williamson, were placed in a mini bio-secure bubble in New Delhi, it has emerged that the four New Zealanders are actually are in Maldives and not in India. What's more, NZC does not seem to be aware of their exact whereabouts. As previously reported by Cricbuzz, Williamson, Kyle Jamieson, Mitchell Santner and physio Tommy Simsek were made part of a secure bio-safety net in Delhi with full knowledge of NZC on Thursday. They were to wait till the NZC got the go-ahead to fly them to UK for the World Test Championship (WTC) … [Read more...] about Williamson & Co. fly out of Delhi mini-bubble to Maldives