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The All India Selection Committee is set to select India’s squad on Monday, but it’s not clear if the announcement will be made on the same day. Confirming Bumrah’s unavailability a senior BCCI official told PTI on the condition of anonymity, “Jasprit Bumrah has a back injury and will not play in the Asia Cup. He is our main bowler and we would like him to be back in action before T20 World Cup. WE can't risk him in Asia Cup and the injury could aggravate." Bumrah was last seen in action during India’s away ODI series against England. The senior bowler was then rested from the rubber against West Indies and also India’s upcoming one against Zimbabwe. However, it is understood that the back issue will keep him out for some time and he will need to do rehabilitation work at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru before being deemed fit for the white-ball home series against Australia and south Africa in September-October. Bumrah had had similar issues few years … [Read more...] about Jasprit Bumrah ruled out of Asia Cup due to injury: Report

Koertzen was returning to his home from Cape Town after a weekend golf trip. The tragic news was revealed by his son Rudi Koertzen Jr and said his father and three others were died on the spot due to impact of the collision. “He went on a golf tournament with some of his friends and they were expected to come back on Monday. But it seemed they decided to play another round of golf,” Koertzen Jr told Algoa FM News. Koertzen has officiated in 331 International matches, including 209 ODIs and has also officiated in 14 T20Is. He also stood in 108 Tests. In fact, Koertzen is only the second umpire after Steve Bucknor to officiate in more than 200 ODIs and 100 Tests. Koertzen's number of 331 international matches as umpire is only behind Aleem Dar's 420 matches. Koertzen became an umpire in 1981 and later made his International debut in 1992 during the Boxing Day Test match between India and South Africa at Port Elizabeth. Koertzen played league cricket in South Africa, … [Read more...] about Rudi Koertzen passes away in a car accident; Cricket world mourns death of popular umpire

Those were the words from commentator Ian Smith that stick long in the memory from the dramatic 2019 World Cup final, England winning the 50-over competition after a culmination of four years of planning. But Smith's dramatic exclamation, the spectacle, and the complete chaos at Lord's would not have been possible without Christchurch-born Ben Stokes. England were reeling at 86-4 chasing 242 in tricky conditions against an unrelenting New Zealand attack, before Stokes – aided by a fortuitous dive – struck an unbeaten 84 to take the final to a Super Over. Not satisfied with his fifth half-century of the tournament, and arguably the greatest white-ball innings of all time, Stokes added eight runs in the subsequent Super Over as England were crowned world champions on the bizarre boundary countback ruling. The all-rounder's crowning moment in white-ball cricket came just three years after conceding four consecutive sixes in the last over of the T20 World Cup final as Carlos … [Read more...] about Ben Stokes leaves behind ODI legacy after South Africa swansong