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B Sai Sudharsan’s 39 took him back to the top spot on the run-getters’ list during the IPL 2025 game between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Apr-20255:32

Aaron: Sai Sudharsan ‘definitely’ in if there’s vacancy in India’s T20I side

Orange Cap tableB Sai Sudharsan, the Gujarat Titans (GT) opener, is back where he was before Suryakumar Yadav of Mumbai Indians (MI) toppled him and then Virat Kohli of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) got past both of them on Sunday. Sai Sudharsan is back at No. 1, with 456 runs from nine innings, following his 30-ball 39 against RR. Not his best innings of the tournament, but enough to go 13 runs clear of Kohli (443) and 29 ahead of Suryakumar (427).By the end of RR vs GT, two other batters had firmed their positions in the top five too. RR opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is at No. 4 with 426 runs after scoring 70 not out in 40 balls, and Jos Buttler, the GT No. 3, is at No. 5 with 406 runs after scoring 50 not out in 26 balls.Nicholas Pooran of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) is the only other batter to have crossed 400 runs this season so far.Purple Cap tableA total of 421 runs were scored off 35.5 overs in Jaipur on Monday, so not much joy for the bowlers. But the one wicket Prasidh Krishna took – of wonderkid Vaibhav Suryavanshi after he had plundered 101 at a strike rate of over 260 – took him to 17, and just one behind RCB’s Josh Hazlewood, the leader at this stage.Related

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Noor Ahmad of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is at No. 3 with 14 wickets, followed by Harshal Patel of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), RCB’s Krunal Pandya and MI’s Trent Boult, all with 13 wickets to their names.Meanwhile, here’s what the ESPNcricinfo MVP table looks like at this stage.And some other tables that might interest you.Highest batting strike ratesBest bowling economy ratesMost sixesBest bowling figures in a match

IPL 2025 has brought back positive memories for Prasidh Krishna, marking his return to competitive T20 cricket after multiple injury layoffs. His previous T20 appearance was a tough outing against Australia in November 2023, conceding 68 runs in four wicketless overs. His most recent IPL game was in 2022, when he played 17 matches for Rajasthan Royals, which is perhaps why a strong start to this season was imperative.After a challenging time against Punjab Kings, Prasidh proved to be the point of difference in the middle overs, picking 2 for 18 in a match-winning effort against Mumbai Indians. Now, he returns to the Chinnaswamy, hoping to give his Gujarat Titans colleagues intel at a ground he’s played a lot of his cricket at.”It’s great to come back home and play in the stadium that we’ve grown up playing,” Prasidh said. “It is exciting, first game in Bangalore as well, so we’re looking forward to how it’s going to be. And yes, the team is excited about how the tournament has started. We’ve done quite a few things well; we’re trying to get better at a few things. So yeah, it is going to be exciting.”Prasidh admitted he felt some nerves upon his return to the IPL after two seasons. But feeling in great shape physically, after coming back from a lengthy back and quadriceps injury, has alleviated a lot of his fears.”As much as I try to tell myself that it’s just another tournament, just another game, I did feel that I’m coming in after a few years and especially coming in not having played a lot of T20s in the last two years,” Prasidh said. “Because the pace of the game has changed from 2022 to 2025.”So, it did take some time, but that’s the game, I think. It keeps moving forward and you have to keep up with the game. And not much has changed for me physically. I have thankfully been playing some cricket now [he was with India on their Test tour of Australia in 2024-25] and the body is letting me do what I want to do.Prasidh Krishna picked up 2 for 18 in his last game for Gujarat Titans•Getty Images

“Having played a lot of cricket here, you have an idea of what the pitch is going to be like. But no matter how well you know, I think that it comes down to execution that day. It comes down to how the game momentum goes and if you’re able to execute your plans well, I think you’ll be more or less doing well most of the time.”Prasidh has also enjoyed connecting with Ashish Nehra, the GT head coach. Among the areas he’s working on, apart from using his height to extract disconcerting bounce, are variations in the death overs.”Having played for so long and been so successful, I think it’s really important for me to pick his brain,” Prasidh said of Nehra. “The conversations have been on similar lines about the decisions that you make as a bowler, the preparation that you would go into games with.”Handling the situation, handling pressure, what would you do when you’re coming up against a challenge. So those are the kind of things that he’s been talking to me about, and it is great. You learn different things from different people and this is what I get to learn from Ashish Nehra.”Nehra aside, there’s also a boisterous energy in the fast-bowling group that was evident at training. There’s Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj and a big-brother-like figure in Ishant Sharma, who has been seen working with a lot of their young uncapped players.”That’s one lovely thing about the IPL. We have a lot of great bowlers in the team. We have a lot of youngsters that have a lot of potential. So, every time we get into the net session, there’s so much for us to watch and learn from each other.”And when you’re together, you build a relationship where you go and speak to people, find out how they approach the game, what they are thinking, what differently do they do compared to everybody that we play along with. So it is great to be rubbing shoulders with such experienced guys and also the new guys that are coming on.”

He will however have to forgo his PSL deal to participate in the IPL

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Mar-2025

Mumbai Indians have signed allrounder Corbin Bosch as a replacement for fellow South African Lizaad Williams, who has been ruled out of IPL 2025 with injury.Bosch, a bowling allrounder, is yet to make his IPL debut, but has been part of Rajasthan Royals in the past as a reserve player. Bosch, 30, though is familiar with the MI franchise, having been part of their title-winning SA20 side, MI Cape Town, in February earlier this year. He took 11 wickets in seven innings at an economy rate of 8.68 in MICT’s run to their maiden SA20 title. Bosch will reunite with his SA20 team-mate Ryan Rickelton at Mumbai Indians. He will slot in as the third seam-bowling allrounder at MI behind captain Hardik Pandya and Raj Bawa.He was a diamond pick by Peshawar Zalmi for PSL 2025 at the draft that was held in January, but will now have to forgo that deal to participate in the IPL. Starting this year, the PSL will be played in an April-May window, clashing with the IPL.Related

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Bosch has also been part of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and now-defunct Mzansi Super League (MSL). He can float in the batting line-up – he even batted at No.3 for Barbados Royals in CPL 2022 – and bowl at the death too.Overall, Bosch has played 86 T20s so far, taking 59 wickets at an economy rate of 8.38 to go with 663 runs at a strike rate of 113.33.An IPL deal with MI has added to his recent success. In the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan in Centurion, Bosch became the first South Africa player to take a four-wicket haul and make a fifty-plus score on debut. Bosch’s all-round effort helped South Africa confirm their place in the World Test Championship (WTC) final, which will be held at Lord’s in June later this year.After winning the SA20, Bosch also made South Africa’s Champions Trophy squad as an injury replacement but ended up playing just a warm-up fixture in Karachi.As for Williams, he is the second MI player to be sidelined from the upcoming season after Afghanistan’s mystery spinner AM Ghazanfar, who is nursing a back injury.

Oval Invincibles and Birmingham Phoenix will be first teams for sale on January 30

Nagraj Gollapudi27-Jan-2025The Hundred’s sales process is approaching completion, with the ECB inviting prospective investors in the eight franchises to submit final bids over the next two weeks, starting with two teams – Oval Invincibles and Birmingham Phoenix – as soon as Thursday (January 30).On Sunday, the ECB shared the formula for the final round of bids with the group of investors who were shortlisted by the eight host venues for 49% stakes in their franchise. A live, virtual auction process will be held for the franchises where more than two investors remain in the process. For those where only two parties remain, both will submit sealed bids.ESPNcricinfo has learned that two-time men’s Hundred winners Invincibles and Phoenix will be the first two franchises to go on sale, as part of the ECB’s third and final round of the bidding process. As per the schedule, the final round of bidding will be conducted online between January 30 and February 10.It is understood that the Invincibles and Phoenix bids will be held at separate times, but both on the same day. London Spirit and Welsh Fire will be put up for bidding on Friday (January 31). Manchester Originals, Northern Superchargers and Trent Rockets are slated for Monday, February 3, while Southern Brave are listed as the last franchise up for bidding, on February 10.How will the winning bid be decided?In its latest communication to the shortlisted investors, the ECB is understood to have said it was “revising” the approach in the final round to pick the winning bid for franchises where there are more than two investors in the fray. In such a case, a live auction will be conducted to pick the winner.The investors will make incremental bids online, but, importantly, the starting bid, the ECB said, will be above the “agreed” floor price or reserve price. The winning bidder will emerge once the rival investors drop out. For franchises with only two investors on the shortlist, each will need to make a sealed bid with the winner determined based on the highest entry value.Successful bidders at this final stage will enter into a period of exclusivity with their respective host venue. Both parties will negotiate long-form agreements with the ECB, a process which is likely to take several weeks. Even if deals are completed before the Hundred starts in August, the 2025 season is expected to be a transitional year with no changes to team names or kits, for example.The ECB added that the roster for the sale of the teams was sequenced in such a manner that both the investor and the host county were best placed to land their “preferred partner”.Manchester United co-owner eyes London SpiritLondon Spirit, the defending champions in the women’s Hundred, are expected to emerge as the most valuable franchise in the process. Their home ground is Lord’s and their host club is MCC, who have stated their intention to remain majority shareholders in the franchise after their members voted to accept a 51% stake late last year.ESPNcricinfo understands that Lancer Capital, owned by Manchester United co-owner Avram Glazer, is on the shortlist for a stake in the Spirit. Glazer made his first successful foray in the T20 franchise circuit when he bought Desert Vipers in the UAE-based ILT20 in 2021, having previously missed out on an IPL franchise when the league expanded.Glazer will be vying for a 49% stake in Spirit with Sanjiv Goenka’s RPSG Group, which owns Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL, and a consortium of global tech giants including the chief executives of Google and Microsoft. Cain International, who have also been linked with a bid for a stake in the Spirit, were contacted for comment.ESPNcricinfo has also learned that Capri Global Holdings, an India-based non-banking financial company, is on the shortlist for Welsh Fire. The company owns Sharjah Warriorz in ILT20 and the UP Warriorz in the WPL. Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings, who had originally shown interest in the process, have since opted out.The ECB hopes to raise a minimum of £350 million from the sale process, which will be split between all 18 first-class counties, MCC and the recreational game. Richard Gould, the ECB’s chief executive, said last month: “The aim is to raise significant investment that’s going into the game. My hope is this will recapitalise the county game for the next 20-25 years.”

Manchester City are now seriously keen on signing a “world-class” Barcelona player, with a £69m offer currently being prepared, according to a report.

Man City set out to sign Walker replacement

With Kyle Walker leaving on loan to AC Milan last season, before going on to sign for AC Milan, Matheus Nunes has often been given the nod at right-back, and Pep Guardiola believes the 26-year-old has attributes that suit that position.

Guardiola said: “He can become a good right-back for the physicality. I think he’s not a player to play in the middle because he’s not clever enough, in composure. He has incredible skills and he’s learning a lot.”

However, there are doubts over whether the Portugal international can be trusted at right-back, given that it is not his natural position, and City have set out to bring in more of a like-for-like replacement for Walker.

Earlier this month, it was revealed the Blues hold an interest in Newcastle United’s Tino Livramento, but widespread recent reports suggest they are no longer set to pursue the 22-year-old, and an alternative option has now entered the frame.

Contact was made over a potential deal for Barcelona’s Jules Kounde earlier this week, and there has now been a new development on Man City’s pursuit of the defender.

According to a report from Spain, Man City are now seriously keen on signing Kounde, and such is their level of interest, they are now preparing a €80m (£69m) offer for his services.

Guardiola is determined to strengthen his backline this summer, and the Barca star has now emerged as his main target, but a deal will not be easy, given that he is locked in talks over a contract renewal to extend his stay at the Camp Nou.

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Man City are now working on a deal to sign their top target this summer.

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Brett Worthington

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The La Liga side are reluctant to sanction the Frenchman’s departure, but if the Blues make a formal offer, it could be difficult to refuse.

"World-class" Kounde could be ideal Walker heir

After enduring a rare disappointing campaign last season, City will be looking to compete for the Premier League title once again, and the 26-year-old is exactly the calibre of player they need to bring in.

Described as “world-class” by football talent scout Jacek Kulig, the Paris-born defender was a vital player for Barcelona last term, making 32 appearances en-route to La Liga glory, while scoring the winning goal in the Copa del Rey final.

The France international’s attacking talents were on display throughout the campaign, also netting against Real Betis after making a fantastic marauding run.

Walker was, of course, well-known for his pace and ability to make an impact on the front foot, so Kounde could be a like-for-like replacement in that regard, and it is exciting news that City are now preparing an offer.

Test captain trained in Multan but Zak Crawley said England “don’t know yet” if he will play

Matt Roller04-Oct-2024

Ben Stokes has emerged as a doubt to play in the first Test of England’s tour to Pakistan on Monday, though Zak Crawley has declared himself fit. Stokes batted for around half an hour in the nets and very briefly bowled off a short run-up at a training session in Multan on Friday, but is not certain to be included when England name their side on Saturday.Stokes tore his left hamstring while batting during the Hundred in August, ruling him out of England’s Test series against Sri Lanka. He has been targeting this three-match series in his rehabilitation but told ESPNcricinfo last month: “I’d rather take an extra two weeks than run the risk of potentially doing something worse, and then putting myself out of the game for longer.”If Stokes is ruled out, Ollie Pope will continue to deputise as England’s captain after leading them to a 2-1 win against Sri Lanka. Stokes’s potential absence may also open the door to Chris Woakes, who is in contention to play his first overseas Test in two-and-a-half years and would help to balance the side from No. 7.Related

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Crawley, who will return to the side after missing the Sri Lanka series with a broken finger, said England are well placed to cope in the event that Stokes is unavailable. “We’ve got a really deep squad, with plenty of options with the ball and with the bat as well,” he said. “We feel ready. Whatever team comes out, it will be a nice balance either way.”England are expected to name their XI two days before the first Test, as has become customary for them, and Crawley suggested a late call would be made on Stokes’ inclusion. “He seems to be going well, recovering well from his injury,” he said. “We don’t know just yet. I think he’s got to do a few more tests, but he’s been doing some running and stuff.”Crawley himself has not played competitively since England’s third Test against West Indies in July. He fractured his little finger while dropping a catch in the slips on the third day off Jason Holder and his absence highlighted his importance to the side, with Dan Lawrence failing to pass 35 as a makeshift replacement.England trained for the first time in Multan – the venue for the first two Tests of this three-match series – on Friday, having arrived early on Wednesday morning. They will not play any warm-up matches before the first Test, but Crawley said he felt “brand new” and ready to play, 10 weeks after his most recent innings – though he will not field in the slips.”The finger is all right,” Crawley said. “It’s as good as it could be at this stage. I’ve recovered well from it. It was a nasty break at the time, but I’ve recovered well and I don’t feel it at all while I’m batting. In the field, I haven’t done too much. I’m trying to rest it, but I did a few catches there [in training] and it feels fine.Zak Crawley was back in the nets having recovered from a finger break•Getty Images

“I won’t go at slip, just from advice from the doctor. I feel like I could, but I’m just trying to follow the professional advice. It feels back to normal now, so I’m looking forward to cracking on… I feel brand new. I’m looking forward to getting out there. I’ve certainly missed it, so I can’t wait to get out there again with the boys.”Crawley had his hand heavily strapped at the start of his lay-off, to the extent he was unable to pick up a cricket bat until mid-September. “[The break] showed how much this means to me, to play for England, how much I love playing for England,” he said. “I’ve come back with a new hunger, for sure. I feel like I’ve got a lot of energy.”He has been training at Canterbury with Jeetan Patel, England’s spin-bowling coach, and at a net facility in south London, and followed his net on Thursday with several laps of the ground to help him acclimatise to the stifling 38-degree heat. “We’ve all played in heat like this before, so it’s not a concern,” Crawley insisted.Crawley set the tone for England’s clean sweep on their most recent tour to Pakistan with an 86-ball hundred on the first day of the series in Rawalpindi. “That’s my favourite thing about opening: you get to create the tempo, and set it with your innings,” he said. “I take pride in that knock: [it is] one of my favourite days of my career.”But he suggested that he has become a more adaptable player in the two years since. “You’ve got to read the conditions. That’s something I’ve thought about in the past couple of months, being more adaptable, playing the right shots, still being very aggressive – that’s always going to be me – but just playing the right shots.”

انتقد أحمد حسن قائد منتخب مصر الأسبق، أداء لاعبي فريق الكرة بـ الأهلي خلال مباراة اليوم أمام إنبي، في اللقاء الذي جمع بينهما بالدوري المصري.

وانتهت مباراة الأهلي أمام إنبي بالتعادل الإيجابي 1-1، في إطار لقاءات الجولة السادسة من الدوري المصري.

وقال أحمد حسن في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر قناة “أون سبورت”: “أرى أن هناك شيئًا خاطئًا، ومجموعة اللاعبين على أعلى مستوى، لكن الشوط والأداء كانا باهتين، وتحية لفريق إنبي على أدائهم المميز”.

وأوضح: “الأهلي يفتقد الروح والشراسة، ويبدو أن اللاعبين لا يتحدثون مع بعضهم داخل الملعب، وهناك العديد من الأمور الخاطئة في أداء الأهلي”.

وأكمل: “لا ينقص لاعبو الأهلي شيء من حيث الإمكانيات، لكن على أرض الملعب لا توجد هوية واضحة أو أسلوب لعب مميز، وحتى عندما كان الأهلي ليس في أفضل حالاته في السابق، كانت هناك شراسة وروح قتالية، وكان الجمهور يتوقع دائمًا أن يسجل الأهلي هدفًا في الوقت الضائع، لكننا لم نشعر بهذا اليوم”.

واستطرد: “في الدقيقة الأخيرة، جراديشار هو من يخرج لاستلام الكرة من خارج منطقة الجزاء ويقوم بإرسال عرضية، بينما كان من المفترض أن يكون هو داخل المنطقة”.

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وواصل: “الروح قد تعوض النقص الفني، لكنها غائبة عن لاعبي الأهلي، رغم أن اللاعبين الحاليين لا ينقصهم شيء”.

وأتم: “هناك شيء خاطئ وغير مفهوم، واللاعبون يبدون غير قادرين على بذل الجهد المطلوب، وهل السبب الضغوط؟ هل هم لا يتدربون بشكل جيد؟ لا أجد إجابة واضحة”.

Skipper survives bizarre no-ball reprieve to top-score with 61 in seven-run win

ECB Reporters Network20-Jun-2024

Yorkshire 173 for 8 (Masood 61, Root 43) beat Lancashire 166 for 8 (Jennings 46) by seven runs Yorkshire Vikings won a home Roses match for the second season running, successfully defending a 174 target to beat Vitality Blast pacesetters Lancashire at Headingley by seven runs.A typically pulsating clash on a pitch suiting pace off saw the pendulum swing back and forth but decisively the Vikings’ way as Lightning slipped from 67 for two in the eighth over to 88 for five in the 11th and later finishing on 166 for eight.Home captain Shan Masood underpinned Yorkshire’s 173 for eight with 61 off 41 balls, while England’s Joe Root contributed 43 off 33 – they shared 104 for the fourth wicket. Later, off-spinner Dom Bess struck twice, including the scalp of Keaton Jennings for 46 to start that aforementioned mini collapse.Yorkshire won for the fourth time in seven, while the North Group leaders lost their third game in eight.Off-spinner Chris Green was the pick of Lancashire’s bowlers with two for 21, while pacer Saqib Mahmood struck three times.Yorkshire’s innings, having elected to bat, can be best summed up as Lancashire started and finished well but the hosts dominated the middle through Masood and Root.Vikings lost openers Adam Lyth lbw to Green’s first ball and Dawid Malan caught at midwicket off a top-edged pull against Mahmood – 23 for two in the third over.