Mohammed Shami had a brilliant year in cricket as he helped the Indian team win many matches in 2023. Shami was particularly brilliant in the ODI World Cup 2023 as he was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament despite missing a few matches.
In complete contrast to Najam Sethi's approach which saw the appointment of foreign coaches, the Zaka Ashraf-led PCB prefers former Pakistan players in the coaching management.
Afghanistan will be having a busy February and March as they face Sri Lanka and Ireland in two different all-format series ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024. The Afghans will travel to Sri Lanka first, while they will host Ireland in UAE next month.
India TV Sports Wrap on January 9: From all the kabaddi action to the cricketing circuit, here are all the top 10 trending sports news stories and the latest happenings from the world of sports on January 9.
IND vs AFG: With Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli returning and some senior pros yet to come, India's young blood might be feeling the heat of the competition going up ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024. India will take on Afghanistan in their final T20I series ahead of the big-ticket tournament.
Afghanistan Cricket Board has vowed to take more stringent action in the future if a player(s) attempts to prioritise T20 leagues over national commitment.
Delhi last clinched the Ranji Trophy back in the 2007-08 season and have won the coveted title seven times. They lost two of their senior players Dhruv Shorey and Nitish Rana in the lead-up to the season after they parted ways, citing a lack of consistent opportunities.
Team India pacer Mohammed Shami, one of the architects of the Men in Blue's World Cup 2023 campaign, is set to receive the Arjuna award, the second-highest sporting honour in the country. On the eve of the ceremony, Shami described the feeling of winning the award as a dream.
Indian women's cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur was on the receiving end after naming Shreyanka Patil while elaborating on where India lost the second T20I against Australia in Navi Mumbai. India could score just 130 runs with the bat and Australia chased them down in just 19 overs.
One of the three men to win FIFA World Cup as captain and a coach, the German football legend Franz Beckenbauer died aged 78 in his sleep. Beckenbauer, who started as a midfielder, made his name as a forward and won several club titles with Bayern Munich.
The suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Sanjay Singh remained defiant about hosting the senior nationals and mentioned that he neither recognised the suspension of the body nor the ad-hoc committee after the Sports Ministry issued the notice.
The ICC announced the Player of the Month nominees for December in both male and female categories with two Indians finding a place in the latter, Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma for their performances in the England and Australia series. However, in the male category, no Indian was there.
Former India World Cup winner Kris Srikkanth talked about why Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were keen to make a comeback into the T20 team. Srikkanth's prediction came true as both returned to India's squad for the three-match T20 series against Afghanistan.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are set to return to the shortest format for the first time since November 2022 in the series against Afghanistan. The three-match T20I series, the first ever bilateral contest between India and Afghanistan, is set to commence on January 11.
The five-match T20I series between Pakistan and New Zealand is set to commence on January 12. Ahead of the contest, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has taken a massive call on Shaheen Afridi's deputy a few days before the start of the series.
India TV Polls: India toured South Africa for an all-format series in December and January 2023/24. The Men in Blue played a 1-1 draw in the T20I series and won the ODI series. But they ended up playing a 1-1 draw in the Test series.
Ranji Trophy 2023-24: Puducherry outclassed Delhi in both batting and bowling to register a famous win over Delhi in the Group D clash of Ranji Trophy 2023-24. Gaurav Yadav took 10 wickets in the game, including a seven-wicket haul in the first innings.
After Dean Elgar, Heinrich Klaasen has announced retirement from longest format of the game. He is the wicketkeeper-batter but wasn't preferred for the recently concluded series against India with Kyle Verreynne taking up the gloves.
The Showground stadium hosted the Sydney Smash on December 30 between the Thunder and the Sixers earlier this season. But that game ended in no result which is why all the eyes are on the pitch on offer for this encounter.
Shakib Al Hasan has been elected as an MP from Magura-1 district in the Parliamentary polls conducted in Bangladesh. Shakib was on break for the election campaigning. Meanwhile, a video of the star all-rounder slapping a fan has gone viral on social media.
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