Day: December 23, 2020

Feet movement is the malaise plaguing Indian batsmen at the moment, and the ability or inability to move the feet is all part of the mindset, said Anshuman Gaekwad, a former India batsman who stood tall against a barrage of short-pitched bowling by the West Indies pace attack in 1970s.

An Australian businessman has purchased Donald Bradman’s first baggy green test cap for 450,000 Australian dollars ($340,000) at auction, the second-highest price paid for a piece of cricket memorabilia.

New test captain Mohammad Rizwan showed his leadership quality in a bold innings of 89 which steered Pakistan to a four-wicket win over New Zealand in the third Twenty20 on Tuesday. Rizwan will lead Pakistan in the two-match test series against New Zealand starting on Sunday in place of Babar Azam, who is injured.

The Indian cricket team has no hope of making a comeback after the humiliation in Adelaide and will suffer a 4-0 whitewash in the four-match Test series against Australia, feels former batsman Mark Waugh.

India pace bowler Mohammed Shami, whose bowling hand was fractured while batting on the third day of the first Test match in Adelaide on Saturday, has been advised six weeks’ rest and will be flying out of Australia for India later today.

Tamilnadu today registered 1,066 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total number of persons tested positive for coronavirus infection in the State so far to 8,10,080.

After coronavirus infection broke out on the sets of ‘Annathae’ where eight were tested positive, the shoot was cancelled.

Amala Paul has teamed up with critically acclaimed filmmaker Pawan Kumar of U-Turn and Lucia fame for a big-budget web series titled Kudi Yedamaithe. It is a fantasy thriller.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said 23 lakh people in the world had already received the Covid-19 vaccine and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi when India’s turn would come.