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Image Source : GETTY Sam Konstas will not open for Australia in first Test vs SL Australia's stand-in captan Steve Smith has confirmed that 19-year-old Sam Konstas will not be opening for them in the first Test against Sri Lanka starting on January 29 (Wednesday). Travis Head has been zeroed in for the role and he will partner Usman Khawaja at the top of the order after his good show on the previous tour to sub-continent in 2023. Head averaged 55.75 in around five innings against India on the previous tour when he replaced David Warner. However, Konstas was coming…

Image Source : AP Mohammed Shami with other Indian players. India's newly-appointed batting coach Sitanshu Kotak has given an update on Mohammed Shami ahead of the third T20I against England at the Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot on January 28. Shami has been in the squad, however, he has not played in any of the first two matches. Shami's last India game came in the 2023 ODI World Cup final, following which he underwent surgery on his injured ankle. The speedster has played first-class, T20 and List-A cricket for Bengal, however, he is yet to take the field in Indian colours. …

Image Source : SPORTZPICS AND GETTY Dinesh Karthik and MS Dhoni Dinesh Karthik surpassed MS Dhoni in the list of leading run-scorers in T20 cricket while playing for Paarl Royals in the ongoing season of SA20 against Durban Super Giants on Monday (January 27). Karthik needed just three runs to go past Dhoni and the veteran scored 21 runs off 15 deliveries with two sixes to his name creating a huge record in the shortest format of the sport. The 39-year-old now has amassed 7451 runs in 361 T20 innings at an average of 26.99 and a strike rate of 136.84…

Image Source : PTI Rohit Sharma Rohit Sharma's Ranji Trophy comeback after nine years could last for just one match. He is set to miss Mumbai's next clash against Meghalaya starting from January 30 alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer. The trio featured in the previous round of the Elite Group A match against Jammu and Kashmir which Mumbai lost by five wickets at the Sharad Pawar Academy Ground in BKC. Rohit, Jaiswal and Iyer all are part of India's ODI squad for the upcoming series against England starting on February 6 and most likely, the squad will assemble for the…

Image Source : GETTY David Miller and Marcus Stoinis South Africa's injury concerns continue to grow as their veteran player David Miller went off the field during Paarl Royals' clash against Durban Super Giants on Monday (January 27) in the ongoing season of SA20. Miller was fielding in the covers in the 14th over of the innings when he was unable to stop the ball hit by Marcus Stoinis. A couple of deliveries later, Miller left the field accompanied by the Royals' support staff. He walked gingerly but managed to climb the stairs by himself and into the change room.…