Chandigarh: On the advice of India’s head coach Rahul Dravid, left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh will play five matches for Kent in the next county season of England. Kent County team has given this information on their website.

“Kent Cricket is pleased to announce that Indian international bowler Arshdeep Singh will be present to represent the team in the five matches of the County Championship between June and July.”

Their presence will however be subject to mandatory approval. Arshdeep said that he has decided to play county to hone his skills in playing with the red ball.

Arshdeep made his odi debut with a match against New Zealand in November last year. He has played a total of 29 international matches for India in limited overs.

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New Delhi: Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (36) has become the number one Test bowler in the world. Ashwin has overtaken England fast bowler James Anderson to take the top spot in the ICC’s rankings for Test bowling in the men’s category.

The Indian bowler has gained two places in the rankings due to his contribution to the team’s victory by taking six wickets in the second Test against Australia in New Delhi.

Anderson has slipped to the second position in the rankings after England lost to hosts New Zealand in the Wellington Test.

Ashwin has 864 and Anderson has 859 ranking points. Ravindra Jadeja, who took 10 wickets in the second Test against Australia, is ranked 8th in the rankings.

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Dubai: Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has reached the fifth position in the ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings after her stellar performance against England.

After defeating England 3-0, the ranking of Indian players has improved significantly. Harmanpreet scored an unbeaten 143 off 111 balls in the second match.

Openers Mandhana has jumped one place to sixth and Sharma has jumped eight places to 24th position. Pooja has moved up 49 places and Harleen Deol has gained 46 places to reach the 81st position.

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Chandigarh: The Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer today personally congratulated young pace bowler Arshdeep Singh for getting selected into the National team for T20 World Cup to be held in Australia in October this year. Extending his Best Wishes to the cricketer, the Minister expressed hope that Arshdeep would bring glory to the country and the State with his performance.

The Minister met the youngster at the cricket ground of Sector 24 and appreciated him for carving out a niche for himself in so short a time at the International level. He termed Arshdeep as a role model for today’s youth who secured a place in the National team by performing well in the domestic cricket and IPL thereby becoming an important player in the death overs in his just 11 overs career.

The Minister also wished the National team all the best and watch Arshdeep practicing in the nets. Earlier, Meet Hayer himself practiced batting at the Sector 16 academy.

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New Delhi: Former Team India captain Virat Kohli has been struggling with poor form for a long time. He flopped once again.

In the ODI match between India and England being played in Manchester, Kohli was dismissed for 17 runs in this match. His dismissal once again disappointed the fans. The last few months have been very bad for Kohli. He didn’t score a single century during this time.

Batting first at Old Trafford, England gave India a target of 260 runs. During this time, Kohli came to bat at No. 3 for Team India. But they couldn’t last long. Kohli faced 22 balls and was dismissed for 17 runs with the help of 3 fours. He was sent to the pavilion by Topley.

Meanwhile, the last three years have not been good for Kohli. He played 20 ODIs between 2020 and 2022 so far. During this time he did not score a single century. Kohli scored a total of 735 runs at an average of 36.75. Earlier, he had scored 4039 runs in 65 matches from 2017 to 2019. During this time, Kohli scored 17 centuries.

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New Delhi: Jaspreet Bumrah and Dimuth Karunaratne have made significant gains in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Test Rankings, following their brilliance in the recently concluded India-Sri Lanka Test series. Virat Kohli, meanwhile, has slipped from fifth to ninth among batters.

Jasprit Bumrah, who bagged eight wickets, including his maiden Test five-for at home in the second India v Sri Lanka Test in Bangalore, jumped up six spots to attain fourth ranking in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Rankings for bowlers. The Indian speedster leapfrogged Shaheen Afridi, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, James Anderson, Neil Wagner and Josh Hazlewood in the table.

Mohammed Shami climbed up a spot to displace fellow countryman Ravindra Jadeja to 17th. Pat Cummins, Ravichandran Ashwin and Kagiso Rabada have retained the top three spots.

Virat Kohli, however, slipped to the ninth spot, with Pakistan skipper Babar Azam advancing to No.8 in the table.

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MUMBAI: Fraught with embarrassment over his recent interviews by senior wicket-keeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha and pained at a tweet posted by him sharing a screenshot of a series of ‘insulting’ WhatsApp messages the cricketer received from a journalist, the BCCI said that it will conduct a “thorough investigation” into the matter.

“After all of my contributions to Indian cricket..this is what I face from a so called “Respected” journalist! This is where the journalism has gone,” Saha wrote on Twitter.

Virender Sehwag was among the first to come out in support of Saha and now former India coach Ravi Shastri too has reacted to the controversy and asked BCCI President Saurabh Ganguly to look into the matter.

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