Jasprit Bumrah ruled out of T20 World Cup

India pacer Jasprit Bumrah was on Thursday ruled out of the T20 World Cup due to a stress fracture, dealing a major blow to the team’s chances in the ICC tournament. A BCCI official told PTI that Bumrah has a stress fracture and could be out of action for months.

“Bumrah will definitely not play the World T20. He has a serious back condition. It is a stress fracture and he may be out for a period of six months,” a senior BCCI official said on the condition of anonymity.

Bumrah, who played two T20Is against Australia, did not accompany the team to Thiruvananthapuram for the first match of the series against South Africa.

Bumrah is the second senior star player after Ravindra Jadeja, who is recovering from a knee surgery, to be dropped.

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bumrah: India elect to field against South Africa in 1st T20, Bumrah ruled out with back injury

India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to field in the first T20 International against South Africa here on Wednesday. Jasprit Bumrah complained of back pain during India’s practice session on Tuesday.

He was assessed by the BCCI medical team and then he was ruled out of the first game.

Ravichandran Ashwin and Deepak Chahar made it to the first XI in place of Hardik Pandya and Bumrah, who played the last match against Australia.

Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (w), Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.

South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Riley Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Enrique Nortje, Tabrez Shamsi.

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Suryakumar Yadav T20I ranking: Suryakumar Yadav equals career-best second position in ICC T20I rankings

Dubai: India batsman Suryakumar Yadav jumped a place to reach a career-best second spot in the latest ICC Men’s T20 International Player Rankings released on Wednesday.

Suryakumar now has 801 rating points after scoring a match-winning 69 off 36 balls in the third match against Australia in Hyderabad on Sunday, helping India win the series 2-1.

He rose to the second spot in the T20I rankings for the first time in August this year after his exploits against the West Indies.

India captain Rohit Sharma was ranked 13th in the second and third T20Is against Australia with an unbeaten 46 and 17, respectively. Virat Kohli also moved up a place to 15th position but KL Rahul dropped four places to 22nd.

Only a few rating points separate Suryakumar and Pakistan captain Babar Azam, who improved one place to finish third.

Babar, who held the No. 1 spot for 1,155 days before being overtaken by teammate Mohammad Rizwan earlier this month, was named player of the match for his 110 not out in the second T20I against England went.

He followed it up with scores of eight and 36 in the third and fourth matches, which were also played the previous week.

India spinners Axar Patel (18th) and Yuzvendra Chahal (26th) and pacer Harshal Patel (37th) have moved up in the bowlers’ list, led by Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood.

India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, however, dropped a place in the charts to 10th position.

Among others, Matthew Wade (62nd), Cameron Green (67th) and Tim David (109th) are the Australian players to move up the batting rankings.

Green and David scored half-centuries in the final match of the series.

England batsman Harry Brook’s scores of 31, 81 not out and 34 in Pakistan have propelled him to 29th place, while Ben Duckett has moved up to 32nd place with 43 not out, 70 not out and 33 in those three matches.

In the latest weekly update, Reece Topley dropped to 23rd and is the third highest ranked England bowler after Adil Rashid and Chris Jordan.

Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf has moved up to 14th position with five wickets in the last three matches, while Mark Wood (40th) and Sam Curran (47th) have also progressed.

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shahbaz: Umesh Yadav, Shreyas Iyer and Shahbaz Ahmed added to India squad for South Africa T20s

The trio of pacer Umesh Yadav, batsman Shreyas Iyer and all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed were included in the Indian squad for the three-match T20I series against South Africa starting here on Wednesday.

Senior pacer Mohammed Shami, who missed the recently concluded T20I series against Australia after contracting the COVID-19 infection, is yet to make a full recovery and thus the T20I against Proteas Will not be a part of matches.

Deepak Hooda has also been ruled out of the series due to a back injury. The all-rounder is at the NCA to “manage ahead of his injury”.

“The All India Senior Selection Committee has selected Umesh Yadav in place of Shami and Shreyas Iyer in place of Hooda,” a BCCI release said.

Shahbaz Ahmed has also been included in the T20 squad.

Umesh was brought in in place of Shami in the series against Australia. He has featured in the series-opener but has not played the second and third T20Is.

At the same time, left-arm spin all-rounder Shahbaz is still uncapped. He was selected in the Indian ODI squad for the Zimbabwe series in August as Washington Sundar’s replacement, but did not miss a game.

Rookie pacer Arshdeep Singh, who was rested for the series against Australia, has signed the team for three T20 Internationals.

The series against South Africa will serve as the final dress rehearsal for both sides ahead of the marquee event in Australia next month.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya and senior seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who have been rested for the series ahead of the T20 World Cup next month, have also reported to the NCA for “conditioning related work”.

Revised Indian squad for South Africa T20I:

Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah , Umesh Yadav, Shreyas Iyer and Shahbaz Ahmed.

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mark waugh: Jasprit Bumrah among Mark Waugh’s Top-5 T20I players in the world

Australian great Mark Waugh has included India pacer Jasprit Bumrah in his list of five cricketers who he feels are the best T20I players in the world.

Waugh is confident that 28-year-old Bumrah, who is ranked 45th in the ICC T20I bowling rankings, will do well during next month’s ICC T20 World Cup in Australia.

“I think he is really a fantastic bowler across all formats,” Waugh said of Bumrah, who had to miss a couple of white-ball series due to his old back injury.

“His ability to take wickets in T20 cricket is important. He can bowl at death and bowl in front,” Waugh said.

The former all-rounder, known for his athletic fielding in top-order blitzkrieg and slip cordons, also picked Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi in his top-5.

Waugh, a member of Australia’s 1999 Cricket World Cup winning team, said, “We will go with another great Pakistan opener, Shaheen Afridi, who is a terrific left-arm fast bowler to open the bowling at the other end.” on ICC.

“He’s a wicket-taker. He elevates the team. He’s the guy the other players follow. He’s a left-hander, so that’s another difference. He swings the ball back to the right. Well, he’s fast, that’s why I put him at number two,” Waugh said of Afridi, who is ranked 19th among bowlers.

The other three Waughs include Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan (4th in T20I ranking for bowlers), England captain Jos Buttler (T20I batting ranking 15th) and Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell (T20I batting ranking 29th, all-rounder ranking 6th).

“In all the competitions he (Rashid) plays in, he is just someone you know is going to bowl four overs,” said K Waugh, the Afghanistan cricketer.

“He’ll probably get two or three wickets and go for 20, and he can bat. He can also hit the ball over the fence.”

As for Butler, England’s white-ball captain, Waugh said, “I think he is probably the number one batsman in world cricket in the T20 format. He is just a clean striker of the ball. We have seen him in all tournaments, He just sees the other players to a different level.”

On Maxwell, Waugh said, “He’s the kind of player who can win you a game on the field and with the bat. With the ball, he’s probably underrated. And I think if he bats 30 balls, So he’ll win you the game. So I think Maxwell, even though he’s not a consistent player, is the X-factor who can win your game any day.”

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shubman gill news: Cricketer Shubman Gill smashes maiden county century against Sussex

Young Indian batsman Shubman Gill on Tuesday registered his maiden county cricket century while playing for Glamorgan against Sussex in the ongoing County Championship Division Two match.

In the match, this stylish batsman of Punjab scored 119 runs in 139 balls with the help of 16 fours and two sixes. He hit the ball with a solid strike rate of 85.61. However, Jack Carson dismissed him.

Gill has had a good run in county cricket so far. He started the season with a bang against Worcestershire, scoring 92 runs in 148 balls. However, in his next outing against Middlesex, he scored only 22 and 11. In this match against Sussex, he surpassed himself by scoring 119 runs. So far, he has scored 244 runs in four innings at an average of 61.00 with one century and half-century. each.

Earlier in August, it was announced that Gill would play for Glamorgan for the remainder of the County Championship season. This came after winning two consecutive ‘Man of the Series’ awards in series against Zimbabwe (245 runs, one century and fifty in three matches) and West Indies (205 runs, two fifties in three matches).

Gill is the third Indian to wear the Glamorgan jersey after former India head coach Ravi Shastri played for the team from 1987-1991, and in 2005 BCCI President Sourav Ganguly wore the English county club jersey.

The Sussexes are struggling in the second division of the championship. In the 14 matches they have played so far, they have won only one, lost six and drawn six. They are second in the points table with 120 points.

Coming into the match against Sussex, after batting first, Glamorgan posted a declared 533/9 in his first innings, which included fifties from Gill (119), Chris Cook (141) and captain David Lloyd (56) and Ajaz Patel. Were. 51*) Leading the team to the big score.

Shaun Hunt (3/84) was the best bowler for Sussex.

Sussex are currently at 88/1, with captain Tom Haines (38*) and Tom Alsop (3*) unbeaten. They are trailing by 445 runs in the match after the second day.

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Ind vs SA T20I series: Team India looks to bolster their World Cup preparations

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