West Indies ne India ko 2-2 par roka, Gill Punjab ke liye wapas, Litton out — cricket digest 18 Oct 2026
Sammy ne India mein 2-2 T20I finish ke baad West Indies ke momentum ko salute kiya
West Indies head coach Daren Sammy ne kaha ki India mein 2-2 T20I result series ka fair reflection tha, jab Bengaluru mein paanchwa match washed out ho gaya. Sammy ko laga ki unki side defending champions ke against un conditions mein toe-to-toe gayi jahan West Indies pehle struggle karti thi, aur isse unhone T20 World Cup semi-final run aur Sri Lanka ke khilaaf home series win ke baad ek significant step bataya.
Sammy ne on-field progress ko West Indies cricket ki financial security ke bigger picture se bhi joda, CWI ki recent restructuring ka reference dete hue aur post-1997 revenue model ke smaller boards par long-running impact ka zikr karte hue. India ke Shreyas Iyer ne, meanwhile, series ke across Shai Hope ke influence ki baat ki, jahan West Indies captain ne do match-winning hundreds banaye aur contest all square par finish hua.
Springer ko maiden Test call-up, Paul Bangladesh tour se withdraw
Shamar Springer ko West Indies ke Bangladesh ke two-Test tour ke squad mein add kiya gaya hai, seam-bowling allrounder Keemo Paul ki jagah, jo personal aur family reasons ke liye ghar wapas lautenge. 28-year-old, jinke paas ODIs aur T20Is ke caps hain lekin abhi tak Tests mein debut nahi hua, Barbados ke liye recent strong first-class season with the bat ke baad aate hain.
West Indies Shai Hope ke bina bhi rahega, jinko rest diya gaya hai, aur Alzarri Joseph bhi nahi honge, jinko workload-management reasons se withdraw kiya gaya hai. Tour Dhaka mein October 22 se 24 tak three-day warm-up se shuru hoga, phir Tests Mirpur (Oct 28-Nov 1) aur Sylhet (Nov 5-9) mein honge.
Litton UAE ODI tri-series se out; Bangladesh ne Parvez Hossain Emon ko laaya
Bangladesh captain Litton Das ko UAE mein ODI tri-series se hip injury ke chalte ruled out kar diya gaya hai, jab MRI mein issue nikla aur woh fitness test mein required benchmark meet nahi kar paaye. Vice-captain Towhid Hridoy ne Zimbabwe ke khilaaf opener mein side lead ki, aur Parvez Hossain Emon ko ODI squad mein Litton ke replacement ke taur par name kiya gaya.
Bangladesh tournament ki shuruaat Mehidy Hasan Miraz ke bina bhi ki, jo bukhar ki wajah se first match miss kar gaye. Fast bowler Nahid Rana side strain ke saath abhi bhi unavailable hain, aur latest update ke mutabik woh check-up ke liye Perth mein hain, aur is month ke later mein possible return ho sakta hai.
Gill ne Punjab ke Ranji clash vs Chhattisgarh ke liye khud ko available kiya
Shubman Gill ko late add karke Punjab ke squad mein rakha gaya hai unke second-round Ranji Trophy fixture ke liye Chhattisgarh ke against New Chandigarh mein, aur Uday Saharan captain bane rahenge. Samjha ja raha hai ki Gill November mein India ke ODI tour of New Zealand se pehle red-ball match practice chahte hain, jahan woh pehle teen ODIs khelenge, phir jo do Tests follow karte hain unke liye captaincy Shreyas Iyer ko hand kar denge.
Punjab ke squad mein Prabhsimran Singh bhi hain, jo India A commitments ke baad wapas aaye hain, aur Umesh Yadav bhi, jo last week more than two years ke baad first-class cricket mein return hue. Gill ke No. 4 par bat karne ki sambhavna hai, jiska matlab ho sakta hai ki Jashanpreet Sidhu ko jagah chhodni pade.
Short mein
- Brendan Taylor (81) aur Craig Ervine (93) ne 150 ki partnership ki, jisse Zimbabwe ne 271 for 8 banaye, phir Brad Evans ke 4 for 45 ne Bangladesh ko Abu Dhabi mein 172 par all out karne mein help ki, aur 99-run win seal hua.
- Zimbabwe apne next UAE tri-series match mein Afghanistan ke against ja rahe hain, matchup mein eight-year ODI drought end karne ki koshish ke saath, jahan Afghanistan ka overall record 20-10 hai.
- Kagiso Rabada ki return ne South Africa ko Australia ke against Gqeberha mein second Test se pehle boost diya hai, aur dono sides conditions aur weather monitor kar rahe hain XI name karne se pehle.
- Pat Cummins ne kaha ki Australia South Africa ke against Gqeberha Test ki taiyari mein “change too much tactically” nahi karega, jabki conditions ke around uncertainty handle karni pad rahi hai.
- Rabada ne kaha ki woh present par focused reh rahe hain jab woh 12 months mein apne pehle Test ke liye ready ho rahe hain, South Africa ke Australia ke against 1-0 down hone ke saath return karte hue.
- Sri Lanka ne Rawalpindi mein Pakistan ke against toss jeetkar bowl choose kiya, aur Pakistan ne Baig ko debut diya aur pace attack mein Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah aur Haris Rauf ke saath gaya.
- World Cup countdown ko dhyan mein rakhte hue, Pakistan aur Sri Lanka abhi bhi combinations weigh kar rahe hain, Pakistan ko Babar Azam aur Arafat Minhas se optimism mil raha hai jabki Sri Lanka settled XI ki search continue kar raha hai.
- Delhi Capitals ne IPL 2027 ke liye Chaminda Vaas ko fast-bowling coach appoint kiya, jo us staff mein add hote hain jismein pehle se head coach Sourav Ganguly aur assistant aur batting coach Yuvraj Singh shamil hain.
- Mumbai Indians aur head coach Mahela Jayawardene ne IPL 2027 auction se pehle parted ways kar liye, role mein unke two-season stint ke baad.
- Jake Fraser-McGurk ne 122 off 63 blast kiya, jismein 49-ball hundred bhi tha, jab South Australia ne 397 for 7 banaye aur Australian domestic one-day competition mein Queensland ko 126 runs se beat kiya, Spencer Johnson ke 5 for 59 ke saath.
- Madhav Kaushik ke 150 ne Rajgir mein Bihar ke against early trouble ke baad Uttar Pradesh ko steadied kiya, unke domestic form ke strong run ko continue karte hue.
- Allrounder J Suchith, jo ab Uttarakhand ke saath hain, ne bina regrets retire karne ki khwahish par baat ki, jab woh Karnataka mein pehle ke saalon ke baad apni domestic journey continue kar rahe hain.
- Pakistan ke President’s Trophy mein is season unusually strong international contingent raha hai, jismein Shaheen Shah Afridi, Babar Azam, Shan Masood aur Saud Shakeel shamil hain, aur ek rundown diya gaya hai ki unhone apni first-class returns par kaisa perform kiya.
Sources: ESPNcricinfo