ICC Latest Ranking

In the ICC's latest ODI rankings, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and  batsmen Rohit Sharma hold on top position, while Jasprit Bumrah is at number three. Virat Kohli had played two half-century innings during the three-match ODI series against Australia, which was lost by Team India 1-2, while Rohit Sharma did not play in this ODI series due to injury. Despite this, he is in second place, while Virat Kohli is in first place. Pakistan batsman Babar Azam is third in the rankings of ODI batsmen and is five points short of Rohit Sharma.

Talking about the all-rounders' ODI rankings, Ravindra Jadeja has lost one place in this and has reached number eight at this time. The latest ICC ODI rankings were released on 27 Jan 2021, with Ireland all-rounder Paul Starling and Bangladesh spinner Mehendi Hassan benefitting significantly. Starling has gained eight places and has moved up to 20th position. He scored 285 against Afghanistan, in which he also scored a century in the second and third matches.

On the other hand, Bangladesh off-spinner Mehendi Hasan has gained nine places and has come in fourth place. In the bowlers' rankings, Trent Boult leads the table with 722 points, while Mujib-ur-Rehman is second with 708 points. Jasprit Bumrah, who is at number three, has 700 points. Mohammad of Pakistan Aamir is at number nine with 647 points while Pat Cummins is at tenth position with 646 points.

IPL 2021: Player auction to be held in February, many cricket players’ fortunes will open .

 

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The players' auction for the 2021 season of IPL can be held on February 18. The official of BCCI has given this information. The decision of where this auction will take place is yet to be made. The BCCI is yet to decide whether the upcoming IPL will be held in India or not.

 

However, Board President Sourav Ganguly has said that every effort will be made to organize it on the home ground.

 

The last date for retaining the players was January 20, while the trading window would continue till February 4.

 

The list of players released by various franchises before the auction is as follows:

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): 6 players

 

Nikhil Nayak, Siddhesh Lad, M Siddharth, Tom Banton, Chris Green, Harry Gurney

 

Chennai Super Kings (CSK): 6 players

 

Shane Watson, Murali Vijay, Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Monu Singh

Rajasthan Royals (RR): 8 players

 

Steve Smith, Ankit Rajput, Oshane Thomas, Akash Singh, Varun Aaron, Tom Curren, Anirudh Joshi, Shashank Singh

 

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): 10 players

 

Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Moin Ali, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dubey, Umesh Yadav, Aaron Finch, Chris Maurice, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana

 

 

 

Delhi Capitals (DC): 6 players

 

Mohit Sharma, Tusshar Deshpande, Chemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichane, Alex Carrie, Jason Roy

 

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): 5 Players

 

Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, B Sandeep and Y Prithvi Raj

 

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): 9 players

 

Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Katrell, K Gautam, Mujib ur Rehman, Jimmy Neesham, Hardas Viljon, Karun Nair, Jagdish Suchit, Tejinder Singh

 

Mumbai Indians (MI): 7 players

 

Lasith Malinga, Nathan Kuppler Nile, James Pattinson, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell McLaneghan, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai

 

Bangladesh vs West Indies | Ist ODI

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In the first ODI played in Dhaka, Bangladesh defeated the West Indies by six wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the series. West Indies team bat first was collapsed to just 122 runs. In response, Bangladesh achieved the target by losing four wickets in the 34th over.

Shakib Al Hasan, who was returning to international cricket after the ban, performed brilliantly. Shakib, who made a comeback to international cricket after a long gap of about 15 months, gave a tremendous performance. He took four wickets for just eight runs in 7.2 overs and contributed significantly to the visiting team cheaply.

 Apart from him, Hassan Mahmood took three wickets from Bangladesh while Mustafizur Rahman took two wickets. Shakib also contributed 19 runs while chasing a small target.

Batting first after losing the toss, the West Indies piled on just 122 runs in 32.2 overs. Kyle Meyers scored the most 40 runs from the visiting team. Apart from him, Rowman Powell contributed 28 while captain Jason Mohammad contributed 17 runs. In response, host captain Tamim Iqbal's knock of 44 off 69 balls, Bangladesh easily achieved the target. The second match of the series will be played in Dhaka on 22 January.

T-20: India beat England by 8 wickets in First T - 20

Team India started the England tour with a spectacular win. India beat England by 8 wickets in the first T-20 match played on 3^rd July 2018. In this series of 3 matches, India has taken a 1-0 lead. Hero of the match was K.L. Rahul, but Captain Virat Kohli also has a big achievement in his match. Virat Kohli has become the fastest batsman to score 2000 runs in T20.

Team India defeated England by 8 wickets, thanks to Lokesh Rahul's second T20 century and Kuldeep Yadav's five wicket win in Manchester T20. Team India has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match T-20 series.

 Batting first, the England team, scored 159 by losing 8 wickets in 20 overs, and set a target to win of 160 runs to Team India.

Lokesh Rahul scored an unbeaten 101 not out in 54 balls with 10 fours and five sixes. This is his second century in T-20. He has become the second batsman in India to score two hundreds in T20.

Before this Rohit Sharma has scored two centuries in T20. Rohit Sharma scored 32 runs in this match and shared a 123-run partnership with Lokesh Rahul for the second wicket. Kuldeep Yadav was awarded the Man of the Match award for his outstanding performance in the first match.