BCCI announce squad for U-19 World Cup 2022
The BCCI announced a 17-member squad for the upcoming ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup, to be played in the West Indies between 14 January 14 and 5 February 5 across four countries. Yash Dhull has been selected as captain, with S.K. Rasheed as his deputy.
The tournament will see 16 teams competing across 48 matches. India, the most successful nation having won four titles, will go up against South Africa on 15 January to begin the campaign.
India squad: Yash Dhull (c), Dinesh Bana (wk), Aaradhya Yadav (wk), SK Rasheed (vc), Harnoor Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Nishant Sindhu, Siddarth Yadav, RS Hangargekar, Aneeshwar Gautam, Raj Angad Bawa, Manav Parakh, Kaushal Tambe, Vasu Vats, Vicky Ostwal, Ravikumar, Garv Sangwan.
Standby players: Rishit Reddy, Amrit Raj Upadhyay, Ansh Gosai, Uday Saharan, P.M. Singh Rathore.
Australia need six wickets to win Adelaide Test
Australia will need six England wickets on the final day of the second Ashes Test match at the Adelaide Oval to win their ninth day-night Test match in as many attempts. They reduced England to 82/4 at stumps after setting an improbable target of 468.
England have already lost their top four – Rory Burns, Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan and Joe Root – in 43.2 overs on Day 4. They still have to survive three full sessions to avoid a defeat, which is highly unlikely on the cards.
Root pips Cook to become highest run-scorer as England Test captain
During his stay in the second innings of the second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval, Root pipped Alastair Cook to become the highest run-scorer by an England captain in Test cricket. Root surpassed Cook's tally of 4,844 runs in his 58th match as the skipper – reaching the feat in one match and five innings quicker than Cook. He has now 4,859 runs at an average of 47.63.
Dambulla Giants eliminate Colombo Stars in LPL 2021
Dambulla Giants beat Colombo Stars by six wickets in the Eliminator of the LPL 2021 in Hambantota. Batting first, the Stars posted 145/6, courtesy Angelo Mathews’ unbeaten 34-ball 50. The Giants then reached the target with seven balls to spare.
Janith Liyanage was adjudged Player of the Match for his unbeaten 47-ball 56, while Phil Salt made a 21-ball 32 and Najibullah Zadran a 28-ball 34.