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R Ashwin warns Rishabh Pant and LSG of not committing a major tactical mistake

R Ashwin warns Rishabh Pant and LSG of not committing a major tactical mistake

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3 min readUpdated: Mar 27, 2026 12:58 PM IST Former India off-spinner R Ashwin cautioned Lucknow Super Giants against repeating a series of tactical errors that have kept them far from closing in on an IPL title since coming on board in 2022. Ashwin directed his major concern towards LSG captain, Rishabh Pant, who is battling to find his spot back in India’s white-ball set-up. Pant had a forgettable first season with LSG after being bought for a record Rs 27.50 crore by the franchise, making him the most expensive player in the league’s history. According to Ashwin, Pant’s playing position will be of utmost importance even as LSG are heavily dependent on their stacked overseas top-order batting options. Despite the overseas stars, the India spin legend Ashwin said Pant should open in the format to avoid a colossal tactical blunder for the franchise yet again. “They have a solid team, but they always find a way to make tactical mistakes. They seem to have four players who should pad up to open as they …

R Ashwin warns Rishabh Pant and LSG of not committing a major tactical mistake

R Ashwin warns Rishabh Pant and LSG of not committing a major tactical mistake

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3 min readUpdated: Mar 27, 2026 12:58 PM IST Former India off-spinner R Ashwin cautioned Lucknow Super Giants against repeating a series of tactical errors that have kept them far from closing in on an IPL title since coming on board in 2022. Ashwin directed his major concern towards LSG captain, Rishabh Pant, who is battling to find his spot back in India’s white-ball set-up. Pant had a forgettable first season with LSG after being bought for a record Rs 27.50 crore by the franchise, making him the most expensive player in the league’s history. According to Ashwin, Pant’s playing position will be of utmost importance even as LSG are heavily dependent on their stacked overseas top-order batting options. Despite the overseas stars, the India spin legend Ashwin said Pant should open in the format to avoid a colossal tactical blunder for the franchise yet again. “They have a solid team, but they always find a way to make tactical mistakes. They seem to have four players who should pad up to open as they …

Babar Azam dropped from Pakistan’s ODI squad for Bangladesh tour | Cricket News

Babar Azam dropped from Pakistan’s ODI squad for Bangladesh tour | Cricket News

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3 min readMar 4, 2026 09:46 PM IST After an underwhelming T20 World Cup, Pakistan cricket management have decided to drop star batter Babar Azam from the side that will tour Bangladesh for a three-match series from next week. Babar had scored a century in the last series Pakistan cricket team played in the One Day International format—a 102 against Sri Lanka in November—but faced the axe when the 15-member squad was named. Left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi has been handed the captaincy of the side for the three-match series while ⁠six uncapped players have been called up, including Abdul Samad, Maaz Sadaqat, Saad Masood ⁠and ‌Shamyl Hussain who played against the England Lions ‌in Abu Dhabi before the series was called off due ‌to the conflict in the Middle East. Pakistan cricketers were reportedly fined $18,000 each after the team’s failure to reach the T20 World Cup semifinals. Besides Pakistan coach Mike Hesson and captain Salman Ali Agha, Babar also came under withering criticism during the T20 World Cup where Pakistan failed to reach …

J&K reach their first ever Ranji Trophy final; Abdul Samad, Vanshaj Sharma seal semis with sixes for 6-wicket win over Bengal | Cricket News

J&K reach their first ever Ranji Trophy final; Abdul Samad, Vanshaj Sharma seal semis with sixes for 6-wicket win over Bengal | Cricket News

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The spectre of what Mohammed Shami could do, had loomed overnight despite Jammu & Kashmir needing just 60 odd to win their Ranji Trophy semifinal. Playing at the tree-lined Kalyani ground in distinctly quaint environs with white and blue corrugated sheets demarcating the field and spectators standing non-plussed, Shami did pack off Shubham Pundir scattering his stumps, before captain Paras Dogra too was dismissed for 9, to leave things edgy at 71-4. It’s when J&K’s only established star, Abdul Samad had walked in, whistling. J&K needed 55 more, but Akash Deep was looking threatening. Samad, who’s played the IPL for a fair few years, has taken on the mantle of strutting forward, and convincingbhis teammates that they totally belong in the nig league, amongst the big boys of domestic cricket. It’s how J&K beat Mumbai at Mumbai last year, and have followed up with travelling wins against MP and Delhi, always prepared to beat the hosts on their turf. Still, despite their visible surge, J&K had fallen short by 1 run ceding the first innings …

SRH vs LSG: Shardul Thakur shines with ball and Nicholas Pooran closes out with bat | Ipl News

SRH vs LSG: Shardul Thakur shines with ball and Nicholas Pooran closes out with bat | Ipl News

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SRH’s batting stutters to put on a mediocre score on a belter and Pooran powers LSG to a comfortable win Lucknow Super Giants breached Sunrisers Hyderabad’s fortress on Thursday as their bowling plans worked to curtail the power-packed SRH batting order. SRH’s bowling issues, which surfaced last season, continued to persist. Pooran’s fast hands “You have a great bat speed; is it natural or you worked on it?” Nicolas Pooran’s answer to the commentator WV Raman’s query was quite something. “I have never worked on my bat speed, just a natural incredible talent!” He said with the same nonchalance with which he pummelled the SRH bowling. Story continues below this ad The left-hander is in Don Bradmanesque form in the T20 format. Regardless of the league he plays for, he has been piling runs at an unrealistic strike rate. With his ability to stay still and by virtue of his fast hand-speed he got into positions as late as possible, making a mockery of the SRH bowling attack. Out of his 70 runs, 60 came …

‘There are some silver linings from the series’: Pakistan T20 captain Salman Ali Agha backs new faces after 1-4 drubbing against New Zealand | Cricket News

‘There are some silver linings from the series’: Pakistan T20 captain Salman Ali Agha backs new faces after 1-4 drubbing against New Zealand | Cricket News

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Pakistan’s new T20 captain Salman Ali Agha said he was not disheartened about his team’s performance where they lost 1-4 to hosts New Zealand, adding that the new players will eventually find their feet in the team. Pakistan are currently in a transition phase in the shortest format with stalwarts like Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam not getting selected for the New Zealand tour. “Look the conditions in New Zealand are normally challenging with the bounce, pace and movement in the pitches, so for players coming to play here for the first time it is always going to be difficult,” Agha said after his side lost he fifth and final T20I against the Kiwis on Wednesday. “It was not easy for them to bat in these conditions. There are some silver linings from the series and some concerns as well but we have to address them before we go into the Asia Cup later this year,” he said. Story continues below this ad Salman, who was in good form in the series and scored a …

LSG Probable XI after IPL Auction 2025: Lucknow Super Giants Playing 11 pose power, lack assurance | Cricket News

LSG Probable XI after IPL Auction 2025: Lucknow Super Giants Playing 11 pose power, lack assurance | Cricket News

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IPL Auction 2025: After allowing their former captain KL Rahul to join the Delhi Capitals (DC), the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) made one of the biggest moves in auction history by spending an IPL record of Rs 27 crore to acquire former DC captain Rishabh Pant. Despite making Pant the most expensive player in league history, LSG continued to build their roster, adding Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, and Avesh Khan. The LSG franchise opted to retain five players before the auction in Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan. The LSG team spent a combined ₹51 crore to retain these five players. Despite their acquisitions, LSG will be left to rely on a chunk of Indian pacers and lay out a batting order without a lot of heavyweight top-order players. LSG Probable XI for IPL 2025 Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahamad, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Moshin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi. LSG Full IPL 2025 Squad List Rishabh …

15 sixes, two tons: Abdul Samad becomes first J&K batter to hit multiple Ranji Trophy hundreds in a match | Cricket News

15 sixes, two tons: Abdul Samad becomes first J&K batter to hit multiple Ranji Trophy hundreds in a match | Cricket News

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Hard-hitting Abdul Samad on Monday became the first J&K player to hit two hundreds in a Ranji Trophy match. Taking on Odisha at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Samad’s explosive 117-ball 127 was laced with six fours and nine sixes in the first innings. Thought J&K missed out on the first-innings lead after Odisha made 272 in reply to their 270, Samad return with another quickfire knock to sail over his team’s top-order collapse. The 22-year-old crafted his second century of the match in only 105 balls with five fours and six sixes. No other J&K batter had achieved the feat of scoring two tons in a First Class match before. Samad’s 15 maximums in the match has only been bettered twice before by Indians in First Class cricket. Samad finished unbeaten on 108 off 108 balls as J&K set a 269-run target with a little more than two sessions to play on Day 4. Samad has aggregated over 1400 runs in 25 First Class matches with six centuries. Samad’s hard-hitting skills was spotted by …

India A crush Pakistan Shaheens to begin their ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2024 campaign in style – India TV

India A crush Pakistan Shaheens to begin their ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2024 campaign in style – India TV

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Image Source : PCB/X India vs Pakistan in ACC Emerging Asia Cup 2024 India pulled off a thrilling comeback win over Pakistan Shaheen in their opening game at the ACC T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 on Saturday. In-form fast bowler Anshul Kamboj took three wickets and defended 17 runs in the last over to give India A a stunning 7-run win in Al Amerat. Captain Tilak Varma top-scored with 44 runs off 35 balls and openers Abhishek Sharma and Prabhsimran Singh scored quickfire 30s to help India post a big total of 183 for 8 while batting first. Then Anshul took two early wickets in powerplay and also delivered the match-winning 20th over to give India a flying start in the tournament.  Pakistan A Playing XI: Haider Ali, Mohammad Haris (c & wk), Yasir Khan, Omair Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Abdul Samad, Arafat Minhas, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Imran, Zaman Khan, Sufiyan Muqeem. India A Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Ramandeep Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Tilak Varma (c), Ayush Badoni, Nehal Wadhera, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul …