Veteran Australian seamer Mitch Claydon has been suspended by his English county Sussex after being placed under investigation for allegedly applying hand sanitiser to the ball. A case against the 37-year-old was opened by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) following a match against Middlesex last month in which he took three wickets.
It is no secret that MS Dhoni groomed Virat Kohli as Team India's next captain, and now he wants to do the same for his IPL franchise CSK. All-rounder Dwayne Bravo has revealed, that grooming the next skipper is already in Dhoni's mind. The 39-year-old has led the team in 10 seasons, out of which they have emerged winners three times.
CSK suffered early blows, even before the IPL 2020 began, with two stalwarts, Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh pulling out of the tournament, citing personal reasons. To top it all, two of its players tested positive for Covid-19. The team is yet to announce the replacements. Meanwhile, for India wicket-keeper Deep Dasgupta is of the opinion that Raina might be back for the CSK.
Royal Challengers Bangalore is one of the few teams whose performance over the years have been highly erratic. The side has shone in patches and has lacked consistency for a prolonged period of time. RCB has relied on individual brilliance of skipper Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers, and haven't been able to click as a unit, and that is the reason they haven't won the IPL trophy even once.
When Chennai Super Kings hit the nets on Friday evening after their players cleared the coronavirus tests, captain MS Dhoni showed off his power once again.
There is a possibility that the support staff, led by head coach Ravi Shastri, as well as the players who won’t be part of IPL play-offs, will reach Australia directly by the end of October or the first week of November, with the others joining the bubble after finishing their IPL engagements.
Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis may not have been able to take his side over the line in the first T20I against England in Southampton, but the team has faith in his abilities to play an MS Dhoni-esque role for them in the two upcoming T20 World Cups.