Mandhana ne Harmanpreet ki jagah sambhali; Phoenix se Bond out; NZ A tour ke liye Rahul & Jaiswal — cricket digest 07 Oct 2026
Mandhana India women ki all-format captain bani, Harmanpreet ne role chhoda; Zimbabwe series ke liye squads set
Smriti Mandhana ko India women ki captain across formats appoint kiya gaya hai, jab Harmanpreet Kaur ne role se resign kar diya. Mandhana pehle 18 T20Is aur chaar ODIs mein India ko lead kar chuki hain, aur unka tenure ghar par Zimbabwe ke khilaaf white-ball series se shuru hoga: 16 October se Raipur mein teen T20Is, uske baad 28 October tak Vadodara mein teen ODIs.
India ne series ke liye squads bhi announce kiye hain, jahan T20I group mein Niki Prasad aur Jintimani Kalita naye faces hain, aur ODI side mein Nandani Sharma nayi addition hain. T20Is mein Shafali Verma vice-captain hongi, jabki ODIs mein Deepti Sharma deputy role mein rahengi; changes mein, Jemimah Rodrigues high-grade right hamstring tear ke baad miss out karti hain.
Birmingham Phoenix ne last-place Hundred finish ke baad Shane Bond ko remove kiya
Birmingham Phoenix ne Shane Bond ko men’s head coach ke role se hata diya hai, jabki unka do saal ka deal 2027 season ke end tak chalna tha. Yeh decision men’s Hundred mein bottom-of-the-table finish ke baad aaya, jahan Phoenix ne opener jeeta tha, phir seven-match losing run mein chali gayi.
Bond ne apni departure confirm ki aur maana ki results kaafi nahi rahe, jahan captain Jacob Bethell aur Mustafizur Rahman ki injuries ko setbacks bataya gaya aur kai high-profile signings underperform kar gaye. Warwickshire director of cricket James Thomas ki lead mein end-of-season review ke baad yeh change hua, aur Phoenix jaldi move karna chahti hai kyunki player retention window next Friday ko open hoti hai; Jonathan Trott aur Ian Bell un naamon mein hain jinhe potential candidates ke taur par mention kiya gaya.
India A ki New Zealand red-ball tour ke liye Rahul aur Jaiswal pick; Pant fitness par subject
KL Rahul aur Yashasvi Jaiswal 26 October se New Zealand mein India A ke liye teen red-ball matches khelenge, jab India baad mein saal ke andar wahan hone wali two-Test series ki taiyari karega. Dhruv Jurel touring party ke captain honge, jisme Devdutt Padikkal aur B Sai Sudharsan bhi shamil hain, jabki Rishabh Pant select to hue hain lekin unka participation fitness par depend karega.
Pant ne haal hi mein Rest of India ko Irani Cup win mein lead kiya tha, lekin uske baad unhone 11 October se Delhi ke Ranji Trophy opener ke liye khud ko unavailable kar diya. Squad mein seamers Akash Deep aur Mukesh Kumar bhi hain, saath hi Washington Sundar aur Manav Suthar frontline spinners ke roop mein; tour Lincoln mein ek match se shuru hoga, phir Christchurch jayega aur phir 10 November ko finish karne ke liye wapas Lincoln aayega.
Short mein
- Victoria ke liye debut par Harry Hoekstra ne No. 9 par 45 banaye aur phir Jake Weatherald ko duck par out kiya, jab South Australia ne Victoria ke 244 ke jawab mein 4 for 1 tak pahunch gaya.
- India ne Lucknow mein first T20I mein West Indies ke khilaaf bowling choose ki, aur Naman Dhir aur West Indies ke Kamil Pooran ko debuts diye.
- Lucknow mein Naman Dhir ki offspin ne first T20I mein turant impact dala, West Indies ke khilaaf apne pehle over mein teen sixes khane ke baad recovery ki.
- Tanmay Baloda ne match mein 14 wickets liye, jab India Under-19 ne Ahmedabad mein teen din ke andar Australia Under-19 ko ten wickets se hara diya.
- Abhipray Biswas aur Yashbardhan Chauhan ne fifties maare, phir Baloda ke four-for ke baad Australia Under-19 day two par 86 for 4 par reh gaya, aur India Under-19 se 55 se trail kar raha tha.
- Nathan McSweeney ke 123 ne Australia A ki India A par first unofficial ODI mein 125-run win set up ki, jahan Mahli Beardman ne four wickets liye aur chase mein Rajat Patidar 53 ke saath top-scorer rahe.
- Suryakumar Yadav ko red-ball game time ki kami ki wajah se Mumbai ke Ranji Trophy opener ke squad se bahar rakha gaya, jahan Siddhesh Lad ne Shardul Thakur ki jagah captain ki zimmedari li aur Ayush Mhatre vice-captain named hue.
- Cameron Green ko abdominal strain ke chalte Durban mein South Africa ke khilaaf Australia ke first Test se rule out kar diya gaya hai, aur agar woh series mein baad mein wapas bhi aate hain to bhi bowling nahi karenge.
- Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg ne kaha ki 12-team World Test Championship reality ke kareeb pahunch raha hai, aur saath hi apna yeh view dohraya ki Test cricket ka long-term future fewer nations ko involve karega.
- Paul Farbrace ne Sussex chhod kar Lancashire ke director of cricket banne ka faisla kiya, chahe unhone pehle Hove par part-time stay karke transition mein help karne par agree kiya tha.
- Khulna Division ne apni National Cricket League campaign ki shuruaat Barishal Division ke khilaaf innings win se ki, jabki Dhaka ka match draw par khatam hua, Taibur aur Sumon ne unhe recover karne mein help ki.
- Pakistan ke latest selection reset ne Hasan Nawaz ko wapas focus mein la diya hai, Sri Lanka ke khilaaf unki upcoming three-match T20I series se pehle.
- Ek stats explainer ne dekha ki kya ek ODI mein five individual hundreds record hai, aur Abhishek Sharma ka 30-ball T20I hundred history mein kahan stand karta hai.
- Ek retrospective ne 2018 mein Johannesburg mein South Africa ke khilaaf Australia ke final Test ko revisit kiya, jo ball-tampering scandal ke turant baad khela gaya tha.
- Matt Renshaw ne bataya ki perspective mein shift ne unhe setbacks handle karne aur ek unexpected three-format international comeback ko embrace karne mein kaise help ki.
- Ek feature ne India ke liye Harmanpreet Kaur ki captaincy legacy par roshni dali, aur argue kiya ki baad mein unke saamne jo expectations aayi, woh un standards se shape hui jo unhone khud establish karne mein madad ki.
Sources: ESPNcricinfo