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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will soon introduce a new law to curb meddling of any sorts by people with considerable influence in the corridors of power. A cabinet sub-committee appointed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe last November reported back to him on Monday with the necessary recommendations.

cricket experienced a year filled with both jubilation and challenges in 2023. This year, the men's team ended up as the runners-up in the ICC World Cup and seized the Asia Cup. The women's team recorded groundbreaking Test victories over England and Australia.

cricket tournament so far, reports claim there is a push underway to make it T20. Warner has scored 6,932 runs in 161 ODIs in his career at an average of 45.30. His strike rate is impressive at 97.26.

They will reference the one-sided World Cup final at home where Australia crushed India. And, finally, they will stay with the most recent setback, the defeat to South Africa in the first Test match at Centurion, which killed all chances of a maiden Test series win in South Africa. But, to be fair to this Indian team — and that is something they do not always get simply because of how emotional responses to their performances are — 2023 was hardly doom and gloom.

Michael Vaughan said on Friday that the Indian cricket team has not achieved the results to match its talent and resources at its disposal. Vaughan said India's performances have not been noteworthy because they failed to land any global trophy in the last decade. While talking in a Fox Sports panel discussion during the second Test between Australia and Pakistan at the MCG, Vaughan started the conversation thread on the Indian team, posing a question to former Australian batsman Mark Waugh.

cricket for more reasons than one. Let’s have a look at controversies and talking points of the year. Big cricket cities in India like Indore, Mohali, Rajkot, and Nagpur were upset about not being picked to host World Cup 2023 games.

ALSO READ: Deepti Sharma shines as India Women's cricket team secures historic Test victory against England For India, Pooja Vastrakar picked 4 wickets, Sneh Rana clinched 3 and Deepti Sharma took 2 wickets. The Indian batters Smriti Mandhana (74), Jemimah Rodrigues (73), and Deepti Sharma (78) drove India to score a whopping 406 runs for Australia. Ashleigh Gardner picked 4 wickets, while Kim Garth and took 2 wickets each, and Jess Jonassen clinched one for the Australian side.

24-year-old opener. He cemented his place in the ODI team and became the first batter to reach 2,000 international runs this year. He played 29 ODIs this year to score 1,584 with 5 centuries and 9 half-centuries.

Rise Worldwide, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, has signed a four-year agreement with Cricket Australia to oversee the latter's sponsorship sales for virtual inventory in India. The partnership, which will last until the 2026–27 season, will cover key events like India's tours of Australia in 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, the Ashes in 2025–2026, the annual Big Bash League, and other select international matches. Some of the assets that will be monetised by the agency include virtual pitch mats and virtual sight screens. «Virtual sponsorship is one of the most futuristic tools for brands to connect with customers, and it promises to grow exponentially with the evolution of technology.

KKR) bought him for ₹24.75 crore. The Australian bowler surpassed the previous record held by his captain Pat Cummins, who was bought for ₹20.50 crore by Sunrisers Hyderabad. However, the IPL was originally designed to promote upcoming talents from India.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: The much-anticipated IPL Auction 2024 promises to be a spectacle, with 333 players registered for the event. Initially, a staggering 1,166 names were submitted. However, the 10 franchises narrowed it down, reducing the count by 833.

MUMBAI : Gamezop, the global provider of plug-and-play content solutions for apps and websites, is set to expand its offerings into three new domains—news, astrology and cricket—to help digital publishers monetize and boost user engagement. Part of Advergame Technologies, which also earlier launched the quiz service Quizop, the company is now launching three new products—Newszop, Astrozop, and Criczop—and has already licensed content from content developers. Newszop will be a plug-and-play solution that can be integrated into apps and websites as a news centre.

Akshay Kumar has taken a page from fellow superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s book. Bollywood’s ‘Khiladi’ recently revealed that he was the owner of the ‘Srinagar Team’ for the upcoming Indian Premiere League (IPL). Taking to Instagram, the ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ star invited cricket enthusiasts to join his team. “From cinema to the stadium! Proud to announce that I will be coming to @ispl_t10 as a Team Owner of Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir) A chance to play in my team awaits.

game with 20 overs a side. Batsmen were no longer afraid of survival. Lasting 20 overs was less of a challenge but scoring well in each ball was the only objective.

cricket field. “He does not even respect his senior players, including Viru bhai. That's exactly what happened today.

ChatGPT, Oppenheimer, and multiple cricket tournaments leading the list. Operated by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia has garnered an impressive 84 billion page views in 2023, according to reports. The virtual chatbot ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, emerged as the top-viewed page on Wikipedia for the year, capturing over 49.4 million page views.

Opting to bowl, India dished out a shoddy fielding and bowling performance — except for Renuka Singh — to allow England post 197/6 and then could only score 158/6 in response to lose the match and concede 1-0 lead to England in the series. Only Shafali Verma (52 off 42 balls) could score big in the Indian run chase. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur (26) and Richa Ghosh (21) failed to convert their starts as India failed to mount a serious challenge to the big target. India’s chase took early blows when Smriti Mandhana (6) was cleaned up by Nat Sciver-Brunt in the third over and Freya Kemp struck with her first delivery, getting Jemimah Rodrigues (4) caught behind in the sixth over. But despite losing two key batters, India were 53/2 in the powerplay and looked set for having a crack at the big chase until England’s spinners came into fray. Coming off an injury lay-off, there were no visible signs of struggle for the parsimonious Sophie Ecclestone, who cleaned up India skipper Harmanpreet (26 off 21 balls, 3x4s, 1x6s) when her partnership with Shafali started to threaten the visitors. Richa Ghosh (21) and Shafali provided a glimmer of hope for India with their brisk 26-ball 40-run stand for the fourth wicket but Sarah Glenn broke their stand to peg the hosts back again. Earlier, marauding fifties by Danni Wyatt (75) and Sciver-Brunt (77) powered England Women to 197/6 after early setbacks.

NEW DELHI : The Indian arm of German sportswear giant Adidas is putting a strategic focus on key segments such as running, cricket and the lifestyle brand Adidas Originals to amplify its market presence in the country, Neelendra Singh general manager for the India market, said in an interview. For instance, it sold over half a million Indian team jerseys during the recent ODI World Cup on the back of its partnership with the BCCI as the official kit sponsor of the Indian cricket team. Adidas has a network of over 350 franchise stores and 75 company-owned stores in India.

Amazon's streaming service Prime Video has signed a four-year deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC) to provide exclusive live broadcast rights in Australia for ICC cricket, which will be available on Prime Video Australia. The partnership will see Prime Video Australia exclusively stream all men’s and women’s events, including the Men’s and Women’s Cricket World Cups, T20 World Cups, Champions Trophy, U19s, and the World Test Championship Final. The deal includes streaming rights in Australia for 448 live games from 2024 to 2027. The deal follows the success of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, which broke several records, culminating in Australia lifting the trophy.

Cricket World Cup 2023. Four years is a lifetime in the world of technology. In 2019, the World Cup semifinal broke the record for peak concurrency, with 25 million viewers simultaneously streaming the match. Fast forward to 2023, and that number had more than doubled to 59 million for the final between India and Australia. Overall, 295 million-plus live viewers, nearly 11 times Australia’s population tuned in to watch the World Cup. SEISMIC SHIFTS IN VIEWER ENGAGEMENT The dramatic surge in viewership and reach speaks to more than just the popularity of cricket in India. It underscores a seismic shift in how technology has pervaded the daily lives of millions. India’s digital revolution is the backdrop against which this story unfolds. Nearly half of viewers came from tier 2 cities and beyond, dispelling the myth that digital streaming is largely for urban viewers. Remarkably, it wasn’t just GenZ and younger viewers embracing the digital sphere. More than 40% of viewers were 45 years or older, a testament to the willingness of Indians across generations to embrace new technologies.

New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell completed 4,000 runs in international cricket on Saturday. Mitchell achieved this milestone during Bangladesh's first Test against New Zealand at Sylhet. In the match, Mitchell performed well with the bat, scoring 41 in the first innings and posting a knock of 58 in the second innings.