Smith fails to find place in Mitchell Marsh-led Australia T20 WC squad
Besides Smith, the other notable omissions from the T20 World Cup squad are youngster Jake Fraser-McGurk, experienced seamer Jason Behrendorff and all-rounder Matt Short.
Besides Smith, the other notable omissions from the T20 World Cup squad are youngster Jake Fraser-McGurk, experienced seamer Jason Behrendorff and all-rounder Matt Short.
The 30-year-old’s prolific show with the bat eventually paved his return to the national team after a three-year hiatus when he was picked for the three T20I series against Afghanistan in January 2024.
Aryan gave India a superb start with a 5-0 unanimous decision win against Uzbekistan’s Juraev Shakarboy in the 51kg category.
The Senior Selection Committee of the BCCI on Tuesday named a 15-member India squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup to be played in the West Indies and the US from June 2-29.
After restricting Mumbai Indians to paltry 144, Lucknow Super Giants huffed and puffed to victory in a rather dull match of the IPL 2024 so far.
Rana will now miss KKR’s game against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium, on May 3.
This will also mark the return of Pant to international cricket for the first time since a near-fatal accident in December 2022 that kept him on the sidelines for more than a year.
Among the notable inclusions are Anrich Nortje and Quinton de Kock, who were recently excluded from Cricket South Africa’s central contract list.
This means that Rajasthan Royals will be without the services of Jos Buttler, while Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings won’t have Phil Salt and Moeen Ali, respectively in their ranks.
The TOPS is the sports ministry’s flagship programme dedicated to identifying potential Olympic and Paralympic medal winners and helping their training by providing financial and infrastructural aid.