Jayawardene Mumbai Indians me head coach se hat gaye, Bumrah aur Pant NZ Tests ke liye named — cricket digest 17 Oct 2026

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Retention deadline nazdeek hote hi Jayawardene ne Mumbai Indians head coach ka role chhoda

Mahela Jayawardene ne Mumbai Indians ke head coach ke taur par step down kar diya hai, aur 2025 aur 2026 seasons ke baad unka is role me doosra stint khatam ho gaya. Isse pehle woh 2017 se 2022 tak MI ko lead kar chuke the aur baad me franchise ke global head of performance rahe, jahan unhone ILT20, MLC aur SA20 me MI ki teams ko oversee kiya.

Ab Mumbai ke paas November 15 retention deadline se pehle replacement appoint karne ke liye ek mahine se kam ka time hai, aur auction lagbhag ek mahina baad Goa me expected hai. Jayawardene ka exit MI ke liye mushkil 2026 campaign ke baad aaya hai, aur incoming coach ko baaki set-up par decision lena hoga—jisme Kieron Pollard assistant coach aur Paras Mhambrey bowling coach ke taur par shamil hain—jabki captain Hardik Pandya season ke baad scrutiny me bane hue hain.

India ke New Zealand Tests ke liye Bumrah aur Pant included; five-match series ke liye ODI leadership split

India ne New Zealand me do-Test series ke liye apni squad me Jasprit Bumrah aur Rishabh Pant ko naam diya hai, jahan Pant ka involvement fitness clearance par depend karega. Bumrah, jinhone November 2025 ke baad se koi Test nahi khela, ODI squad me nahi hain, lekin workload plan ke hisaab se November 19 se Wellington me attack lead karne ke liye set hain, taaki woh home Border-Gavaskar Trophy aur 2027 ODI World Cup ke liye fresh rahen.

Pant Irani Cup me hui side strain se wapas aane par kaam kar rahe hain aur unke Lincoln me New Zealand A ke khilaaf third unofficial Test me feature karne ki ummeed hai. India ne Akash Deep ko Test group me wapas laaya hai, Anshul Kamboj ko retain kiya hai, aur Prasidh Krishna ko include kiya hai (ODI involvement fitness par depend karega), jabki Shubman Gill pehle teen ODIs me captain rahenge aur last do matches ke liye Shreyas Iyer charge sambhalenge.

Sammy ne West Indies ki progress ko salute kiya, Bengaluru me rain-watch decider ki taraf badh rahi India T20I series

West Indies coach Daren Sammy ne kaha ki “success is progress” jab unki team Bengaluru me India ke khilaaf final match me jaate hue T20I series ko 2-2 par le ja rahi hai, aur unhone is baat par zor diya ki off-field financial challenges ke bawajood Indian tour par woh kitne competitive rahe hain. Is tour me extreme run rates aur baar-baar 240-plus chases aur defences dekhne ko mile hain; Sammy ne bola ki conditions bowlers ke liye tough rahi hain aur jab dew ka role nahi hota tab zyada even hoti hain.

Bengaluru me lagatar baarish ne tayariyon ko pehle hi disrupt kar diya hai—West Indies ne ek session skip kiya aur India ka practice wash out ho gaya—lekin Chinnaswamy Stadium ka drainage phir bhi game allow kar sakta hai agar showers kam ho jaayen. India Arshdeep Singh ke bina bhi ho sakti hai, shoulder blow ke baad, aur cover ke liye Bhuvneshwar Kumar ko add kiya gaya hai.

Deepti aur debutant Prasad ne early wobble ke baad India Women ko sambhala, Zimbabwe ko haraya

Deepti Sharma ne debut par Niki Prasad ki composure ki tareef ki, jab India Women ne 19 for 4 se recover karke Raipur me first T20I me Zimbabwe Women ko hara diya. India ne Zimbabwe ko 114 par restrict kiya tha, lekin Nyasha Gwanzura ke early burst ne chase ko trouble me daal diya; phir Deepti (49 off 37) aur Prasad (39* off 35) ne fifth wicket ke liye 82 ki partnership karke four wickets aur 26 balls baaki rehte win dila diya.

Deepti ne early collapse ke bawajood India ke aggressive intent ko back kiya, bolte hue ki approach kabhi-kabhi risk laayegi, aur add kiya ki dressing room me panic nahi tha kyunki Richa Ghosh abhi aani baaki thi. Yeh match Smriti Mandhana ka India ki full-time captain ke taur par pehla match bhi tha, aur unhone toss jeetkar chase choose kiya.

Big Bash League me private investment ki raftaar badhi, Govil bhi queue me shamil

American tech entrepreneur Sanjay Govil ne kaha hai ki woh Big Bash League club me buy-in ke process ko follow kar rahe hain, aur Melbourne Renegades aur Hobart Hurricanes un teams me hain jo unke radar par hain. Cricket Australia ne privatisation approve kar di hai, aur Renegades ke sales process ka first phase chal raha hai, jisme possible 100% sale ke liye expressions of interest invite kiye gaye hain.

Govil, jo MLC me Washington Freedom ke owner hain aur Welsh Fire ke co-owner hain, ne kaha ki woh active role chahte hain aur passive investor banne ke bajay 50% ya 100% stake dekh rahe hain, saath hi unhone yeh bhi stress kiya ki woh teams ko rebrand karne ke against hain. Ek preferred owner ko 2026-27 BBL season ke start tak identify kiya jaane ki ummeed hai—December 12 ko jab Renegades Chennai me Perth Scorchers ka saamna karenge.

Short mein

  • Wasim Jaffer ne vacant senior men’s national selector post ke liye apply kiya hai, BCCI ne Ajit Agarkar ka contract renew na karne ka faisla kiya, aur Ashok Malhotra aur Jatin Paranjape wali CAC appointment decide karegi.
  • Scotland aur Hampshire seamer Brad Wheal ne 30 ki umar me professional cricket se retirement le liya hai, injuries ke run ke baad; unka career 44 internationals aur India me T20 World Cup me recent appearance tak phaila hua tha.
  • Rehan Ahmed ko next month ke white-ball tour ke liye England Lions squad me naam diya gaya hai, jahan woh St Kitts and Nevis me West Indies A ka saamna karenge; yeh Jonathan Trott ka Lions head coach ke taur par first trip hoga.
  • Uttarakhand allrounder J Suchith Chennai me Tamil Nadu ke khilaaf Ranji Trophy second-round match se do din pehle flu se lad rahe hain.
  • Mumbai apne Ranji Trophy second-round fixture ke liye allrounder Suryansh Shedge ka welcome karne ko set hain, jabki Angkrish Raghuvanshi ko squad me add kiya gaya hai aur woh injured Mahtre ki jagah aa sakte hain.
  • Jake Fraser-McGurk ne One-Day Cup me Queensland ke khilaaf South Australia ke 397 for 7 tak pahunchne ke raaste me record 14-ball List A fifty thoki, aur phir 49-ball hundred banaya; saath hi Nathan McSweeney ne bhi 106 banaye.
  • Aiden Markram ne Gqeberha me Australia ke khilaaf second Test se pehle South Africa training miss ki, kyunki woh Durban se squad ke saath travel nahi kar paaye, lekin Saturday ko available hone ki ummeed hai.
  • Josh Hazlewood ne kaha ki South Africa ke khilaaf Gqeberha me second Test se pehle Australia ke liye reverse swing ab bhi ek key weapon hai, jab unhone Durban ki abrasive surface par use dhoondh liya tha.
  • South Africa batter David Bedingham ka kehna hai ki woh apne second chance ka maximum use karne par focused hain, 2025 ke difficult phase ke baad, jab woh Australia ke khilaaf second Test se pehle apni jagah cement karna chahte hain.
  • BBL organisers ka kehna hai ki “BBL ke sirf Australian league hone ke din khatam ho gaye hain”, jab woh December 12 ko Chennai me season opener stage karne ki taiyari kar rahe hain—Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers—aur league monsoon ko monitor kar rahi hai.
  • Chris Woakes ne apne career aur apni autobiography ke release par baat karne ke liye Switch Hit podcast join kiya.

Sources: ESPNcricinfo