Monday, November 7, 2022
Sri Lanka cricket board suspends Danushka Gunathilaka from all forms of cricket over rape charge
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kohli: Virat Kohli bags his first ICC player of month award for stellar October performances
Star batsman Virat Kohli was on Monday named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for October after a stellar performance during India’s charge in the T20 World Cup semi-final in Australia. Veteran Pakistan all-rounder Nida Dar won honors in the women’s section thanks to her sensational form in her Asia Cup campaign. Dar ousted the Indian pair of Jemima Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma, who performed impressively in the same tournament that their team won.
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Both Kohli and Dar were declared winners after a global vote among media representatives, ICC Hall of Famers, former international players and registered fans.
Kohli won his first Player of the Month award after scoring 205 with the bat, showcasing his batting brilliance throughout October.
Apart from scoring a scintillating half-century against the Netherlands in Sydney, he produced an unforgettable innings in a stunning win over Pakistan in front of a capacity crowd to start his campaign in style at the MCG.
Scoring 31 for four, Kohli dominated the opposition bowlers in a memorable display of controlled aggression, helping his team chase down a final-ball 160, thanks to an unbeaten 82 off 53 balls.
India’s talisman bagged the award after being nominated for the first time, taking out a competitive field that included South African finisher David Miller and Zimbabwe’s in-form Sikandar Raza, who contributed significantly to the T20 World Cup in Australia was.
Kohli said, “It is a great honor for me to be selected as the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for October. Being selected as the standout player by the panel along with fans from across the world makes this accolade all the more special for me. Is.” in an ICC release.
“I want to pay tribute to the other nominees who did so well during the month and also to my teammates, who continue to support me to the best of my ability.”
Darren Ganga, a former West Indies international and member of the ICC Player of the Month voting panel, said: “Kohli is the quintessential batsman. He displayed immense character to overcome a lean period with the bat. In October he scored an unbeaten 49 against South Africa. Scored runs followed by two half-centuries in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
“That brilliant innings against Pakistan will be remembered as one of the best T20I innings of all time. I watched it live at the MCG and delivered in such style, on that occasion, only for the greats of this beautiful game. is a privilege.”
For her significant contribution to Pakistan’s lead in the semi-finals in the Asia Cup in Bangladesh, Dar won the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award.
Scoring 145 valuable runs at an average of 72.50 during the month and taking eight key wickets, the impressive all-rounder underscored his importance for Pakistan despite falling short in the knockout stages.
Dar was sensational in the historic victory over India in Sylhet. Batting first, she reached the crease with 33 for three and an unbeaten 56 to take her to a competitive 137.
She then became a star with the ball, taking crucial wickets of Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues as the eventual tournament winners lost in dramatic fashion.
Sri Lanka Cricket suspends Danushka Gunathilaka from all forms of cricket
Sri Lankan batsman Danushka Gunathilaka has been suspended from all forms of cricket by the Sri Lanka Cricket Board after the batsman was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a woman in Australia during the T20 World Cup 2022 on Sunday.
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“The Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to suspend national player Danushka Gunathilaka from all forms of cricket with immediate effect and for Mr Gunathilaka to be arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a woman in Australia and for any selection against him. Will not be considered, Sri Lanka Cricket said in an official statement.
Sri Lanka Cricket has emphasized its “zero tolerance” stance for any such behavior and has promised to take appropriate action to investigate the alleged violations at the earliest.
“Furthermore, Sri Lanka Cricket will take necessary steps to immediately investigate the alleged offence. Upon the conclusion of the above court case in Australia, steps will be taken to punish the said player if found guilty. Sri Lanka Cricket wants to emphasize that Provide that it adopts a “zero tolerance” policy for any such conduct by a player and will provide all necessary assistance to Australian law enforcement authorities to conduct an impartial investigation into the incident,” the statement further read.
Danushka Gunathilaka was arrested in Sydney on Sunday morning for alleged rape. The arrest was made in connection with an alleged sexual abuse complaint of a 29-year-old woman from the Team Hotel in Sydney’s central business district, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Earlier this week a sexual assault was reported at a Rose Bay property
“The woman met the man after communicating with him for several days through an online dating application; it is alleged that he sexually assaulted her on the evening of November 2, 2022. As part of the ongoing investigation, A crime scene is investigated. At an address in Rose Bay yesterday by specialist police. After further questioning, a 31-year-old man was found at a hotel on Sussex Street in Sydney at 1 a.m. today (Sunday, 6 November 2022) Arrested shortly before. Statement of New South Wales Police quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
Sri Lankan cricketer Gunathilaka was denied bail after a hearing in a local court here on Monday, ahead of the SLC’s verdict.
According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, Gunathilaka appeared in Downing Center local court on Monday via video link from the Surry Hills cell. When his lawyer Anand Amarnath applied for bail, he was handcuffed and was wearing a gray T-shirt, blue jeans and a thong.
The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Amaranth as saying out of court on Monday, “Of course, we are considering an application in the Supreme Court … and it will be done as soon as possible. He will be disappointed, clearly.” ”
Due to a hamstring injury, Gunathilaka was forced to pull out of the T20 World Cup in the preliminary round. He was replaced in the lineup but remained with the team in Australia. Since making his debut in November 2015, he has played for Sri Lanka in eight Tests, 47 ODIs and 46 T20Is.
After losing to England in their final group match at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sri Lanka were knocked out of the tournament on Sunday.
Sunday, November 6, 2022
T20 World Cup: ICC T20 World Cup: Tournament of upsets
The 82,507 collected at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was just a touch of nerves when Richard Nagarwa of Zimbabwe sent the first over to KL Rahul. India had elected to bat in a match that needed to be won to top the points table in Group 2.
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If Zimbabwe’s cricketers were overwhelmed by the opposition’s support, and you can be sure they had never played in front of so many people in their lives, India had in mind that this was a tournament of upsets.
What’s more, while England, Pakistan and New Zealand were decided as the three confirmed semi-finalists, just who will play where was yet to be decided, which tells you how far the tournament has been right up to the last game.
When the nerves calmed down and Rahul scored his second half-century on the bounce, the crowd relaxed a touch. Then, Suryakumar Yadav did what he does on a day-to-day basis, spreading the ball to all parts, scoring 61 runs in just 25 balls. In the process, he scored 1,000 T20I runs for the calendar year at an attractive strike rate of over 180. The late charge took India to 186 for 5, a score that would prove to be 71 too high for Zimbabwe.
The result meant that India set a date for the semi-final against England at the Adelaide Oval on 11 November. A day earlier, Pakistan and New Zealand would have decided the score at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
When the day started, it was hardly the four semifinalists. After all, South Africa were playing the Netherlands in the morning match, which was expected to be largely a formality. While the Dutch defeated Zimbabwe, they were expected to outperform an attack that included Kagiso Rabada, Enrique Nortje and Lungi Ngidi. And yet he did so by leaving some cushion. After being asked to bat, the Netherlands scored 158 and restricted South Africa to 145 for 8 comfortably, winning by 13 runs, knocking the Proteas out of the tournament.
This upset may have been the icing on the cake in a tournament that was open from the start, but it was by no means unique.
In the first game of the first round of the tournament, a qualifier of sorts, Sri Lanka were stunned by Namibia, winning the Asia Cup. Perhaps the least fan-favoured team in the race, Namibia, beat Sri Lanka by 55 runs. This should have served as enough warning for the larger teams, who would have hoped to coast towards the last four.
The mighty West Indies, who were two-time winners of the competition, got a taste of their first match when Scotland comfortably overtook them. While Sri Lanka rallied to advance in the competition, West Indies ended the tournament almost as soon as they started, when Ireland defeated them. She was the first large fish to be scaled.
Ireland then showed that this was no fluke, beating England again in a major tournament. After putting 157 on the board, Ireland were good enough to bundle out England for 105 for 5 in 14.3 overs when rain drenched the MCG and brought Duckworth-Lewis into the game.
As soon as things seemed to settle down and the major teams were on their way to progress, Pakistan reversed the trend, chasing a target of just 131 against Zimbabwe, losing by one run.
South Africa came big to kick things off with packing on the final day of Super 12. And that’s just counting the actual ups and downs, not matches that went against the form book.
Cricketers often tell you that they don’t take any opposition lightly, and while they say the same publicly, they expect some teams to beat well. What has happened now, however, is that the T20 format has reduced the gap between the teams. While it would be a miracle for the Netherlands to beat South Africa in a Test (if they had Test status), they only need a few things to top the day in a game of small margins.
In addition, players from some of these countries may not have many opportunities at the national level, but many are active in franchise-based T20 leagues around the world. If you want to play with a team with resources like India or England or Australia, that fear factor, is largely out of the picture now. There is no dearth of eagerness and motivation to prove himself personally to bag an additional contract in the T20 league.
The days of big teams just showing up and dominating the opposition are really a thing of the past.
short score
- India: 186/5 in 20 overs (KL Rahul 51, Suryakumar Yadav 61 not out, Sean Williams 2/9).
- Zimbabwe: 115 all out in 17.2 overs (Ryan Burle 35, Sikandar Raza 3)
Saturday, November 5, 2022
india: T20 World Cup: India take on Zimbabwe in crucial bout for semi-final spot – The Economic Times Video
India play Zimbabwe in the last match of their T20 World Cup Super-12 stage on Sunday and it is a competition they still cannot take lightly. That’s why India are still with 6 points from four matches despite being the leader of Group 2 after Pakistan’s comprehensive 33-run win over South Africa via the DLS method in a rain-less match to be 100 per cent sure of a semi-final berth. Not there.
ICC T20 World Cup: Nobody knows how the pitches will behave
It is said that Melbourne is the city of four seasons in a day, but it has been a gloomy spring all around Australia. It has been unusually cold, wet, windy and generally unpleasant for the time of year.
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Spring should have sprung up, and there could have been bright, windy, sunny days, with occasional passing showers, as the ICC T20 World Cup for men turned around. But, it hasn’t been that easy. The tournament has been played in similar weather conditions to Dunedin compared to Dandenong, except for a few days in Sydney. India have yet to rain a match, although they came dangerously close against Bangladesh at the Adelaide Oval.
It was not that easy for the other few semi-finalists, England and New Zealand. England shared points with Australia when their Melbourne clash washed out and New Zealand did the same against Afghanistan at the same venue.
And yet, both these teams have reached the last four while Australia are out of their party.
It has been a difficult time for all teams, as white-ball cricket is not played in Australia at this time of year. In fact, no one knows how the pitch will behave, or what the circumstances will do on any given day. When asked about how the experience was, R Ashwin said, “I thought I would have used up my entire sunscreen by now.” “It’s hit me. I generally like cold weather.
I have been to England and played a lot of cricket there, but it has been very unique and different.
“If you are playing a Test match, you can warm up throughout the day, but playing T20 in this season, not knowing how the surface will be, how it will react, what the weather is like, it has been a whole new experience. Is. ,
Ashwin thinks deeply about his cricket, be it batting or bowling and when he is stumped, you sit down and notice. “We have never been to Australia at this time of year. Generally, when it comes to sports, conditions are king. So, you need to understand that this is what is being presented to you, Ashwin explained.
He said, ‘T20 is a game where you need to adapt fast. You don’t have the time or bandwidth to be able to think, assess and deliver. The time period is too short.” India played all their games in the evening, Australia time, which is close to primetime in India, usually on the pitch where the first game took place.
While it makes sense that India’s matches are held in such a way that the ICC and broadcasters can maximize revenue, it also means that the circus is a journey.
“Some other teams have been able to stay and play there a couple of times, which the Indian team doesn’t have and that’s right,” Ashwin admitted.
“There are a lot of Indian people across the country who want to watch the game, so it’s understandable.”
So far in the tournament, Ashwin has often bowled brilliantly without the kind of numbers behind him that he would have liked. But, in what can be described as the turning point of his T20I career, the cunning officer has proved his mettle and shown that an old dog can learn new tricks if the attitude is right and the mind is open enough.
“As a bowler, you like to get wickets with bucketfuls, but when it comes to T20 cricket in a particular sport it may not be necessary,” says Ashwin.
“So, you may have to bowl an over for 8 or 9, and the next guy may end up taking a wicket. As far as I’m concerned it’s simple. That’s been my approach that has brought me success. ”
Ashwin has taken three wickets in four matches in this tournament and has gone for 8.15 runs per over, more than anyone except Arshdeep Singh. While the shrewd officer knows he can play a key role to win without registering the numbers, he is a proud man with a reputation to protect.
It won’t take much time for Ashwin to make a difference in a way that is obvious, but even if he doesn’t, Rohit Sharma, the captain and Rahul Dravid, the coach, will pay dividends on his investment under all circumstances. Odd time of year, against all comers.
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