Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings suffered a major blow after Deepak Chahar and Ben Stokes were both injured during the IPL 2023 match against Mumbai Indians on Saturday.

While Chahar suffered a hamstring injury, Stokes got a toe injury in the first over of the match. CSK released an official statement and informed about the development. The statement said Ben Stokes is nursing a minor toe injury following which he is out of the match against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium.

Stokes played CSK’s first two matches of IPL 2023 before his toe got injured during training ahead of the third game.

In another statement, CSK informed about Deepak Chahar’s hamstring injury. The statement said Chahar injured his hamstring during Saturday’s match against MI and will undergo scans to identify the extent of the injury once the team returns to Chennai. The CSK’s medical staff are closely monitoring both the players and will provide all support necessary for the recovery, the statement concluded.

Meanwhile, Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday will play against Punjab Kings in the 14th match of IPL 2023 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad squad: Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (C), Harry Brook, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Washington Sundar, Adil Rashid, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik

Punjab Kings squad: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Sikandar Raza, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis, Arshdeep Singh

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England has also won the second match of the three-match Test series against Pakistan by 26 runs. With this victory, the England team has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. The English team has won a Test series in Pakistan after 22 years.

At the same time, Ben Stokes has become the third captain of England, who has won a Test series in Pakistan. Before Stokes, Nasser Hussain and Ted Dexter have won the Test series here.

In the second match, England won the toss and decided to bat first. Ben Duckett’s 63, Ollie Pope’s 60, captain Stokes 30, Will Jacks 31 and Mark Wood’s 36 helped England score 281 in the first innings. Abrar Ahmed took seven wickets and Zahid Mahmood took three wickets for Pakistan. In response, Pakistan’s team was able to score 202 runs and fell behind by 79 runs.

Out of which skipper Babar scored 75 and Saud Shakeel scored 63, but the rest of the batsmen flopped against English bowlers. Faheem Ashraf was Pakistan team’s third highest run-scorer with 22 runs. Jack Leach took four wickets for England, Mark Wood and Joe Root took two wickets each Anderson got 1 wicket.

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In their second innings, England scored 275 runs and set a target of 355 runs in front of Pakistan. Harry Brook scored 108 for England in the second innings. Ben Duckett scored 79 and Captain Stokes scored 41 runs. Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed took four wickets and Zahid Mahmood took three wickets and lastly, Nawaz got the last wicket.

Chasing 355, Pakistan got off to a good start. The pair of Shafiq and Rizwan added 66 runs for the first wicket. Rizwan 30 and Shafiq got out after scoring 30 runs. Captain Babar got out after scoring just one run. Saud Shakeel scored 94 and Imam-ul-Haq scored 60 to put the team in a strong position, but again the team flopped after no batsman could play a big innings. Nawaz scored 45 runs, but it was not enough to win against England, In the end, Pakistan’s team was able to score only 328 runs and lost by 26 runs. Mark Wood took four wickets for England.

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England’s Test captain Ben Stokes dropped a big bombshell on Monday when he announced said that he would be retiring from the 50-overs format. Stokes is playing his last ODI match today against South Africa in Durham.

While announcing his retirement from One Day Internationals, Ben Stokes said that playing all the three formats of the game seems unsustainable for him right now and precisely that’s why he decided to call time on his ODI career.

But this was one of those rare times when a 31 years old International cricketer took retirement from ODIs and hence the debate over cricket schedules has also begun on internet. For many the new of Stokes’ retirement came as a disappointment as it is a reflection of cricketing schedule at this moment.

It seems nothing less than a madness for players, especially for the ones who play all the three formats, the fatigue, the chase, the pressure to perform well after living in bio bubble and handling continuous criticism was already something that the world wasn’t interested in understanding but now the cricket schedule is something that the ICC should focus on.

The ICC can’t just keep putting on ICC events and then individual boards can’t just keep filling the gaps with bilateral series and their own leagues. With so much of non-stop play the cricketers will be forced to say I’m done. The case of Ben Stokes is evident enough of this fact.

It also seems like ODIs is something that everyone is tired off. As most of the players like Test cricket as it gives them a chance to challenged their skill at every innings. Moreover, 20-20 being the shortest format is an easy access, hence the 50 overs cricket is getting left out. In addition to that several countries have also pulled out of bilateral series in white-ball cricket, which has coasted them in World Cup qualification.

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Indian bowling attack has ripped the England team by dismissing three batsmen at duck. England’s former skipper Joe Root, current Test captain Ben Stokes and opener Jason Roy got dismissed at Zero, lucky for them, none of them sustained golden ducks.

Indian blowers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami not only troubled English batters but have already sent five batsmen back to their pavilion. After Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Jason Roy, Man-in-form Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingston were also dismissed later.

Currently, England captain Joss Butler and Moeen Ali are on the crease somehow managing the ruthless Indian bowling attack. Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah’s brilliant bowling spell has restricted England score board to 30 runs in 10 overs.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss against Joss Butler and chose to bowl first. The Oval pitch of England is also responding well to the Indian bowling attack. After losing the T20 series England was looking for a chance to redeem themselves but the current scenario seems like their worst nightmare.

Wicket Keeper Rishabh Pant should also be applauded for his brilliant work behind the stumps. Although throughout the India tour of England, Pant was being hailed for his reflexes but today’s match is a clear proof of his capabilities.

All the wickets bagged today by Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami were catch-out by Rishabh Pant. While Bumrah took Jason Roy, Johnny Bairstow, Joe Root and Liam Livingston’s wicket, on the other hand, Shami took, Ben Stokes’s wicket and has also restricted the England batters and is not giving much runs.

Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli is not playing the first One Day Internationals, as he had sustained groin injury during the last T20 match. Currently, he’s under observation and Shreyas Iyer will come to bat at no. 3.

India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma(Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (Wicket-Keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal and Prasidh Krishna.

England Playing XI: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(Wicket-keeper/Captain), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Craig Overton, David Willey, Brydon Carse and Reece Topley.

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What a thrilling first day match it has been for India. As expected, the England bowling attack was attacking and ruthless, but it’s the vice-captain of India, Rishabh Pant who turned the table.

After winning the toss, England elected to bowl first and England captain Ben Stokes used the right bowling combinations to get early wickets. Seemed like England’s plan literally came to life when former Indian captain Virat Kohli was dismissed at 11 runs.

But that’s Rishabh Pant decided to play the game his way. Those who follow Rishabh Pant, must be knowing that he’s credited as the most entertaining player in the world. Reason being where most of the experienced players like to take their inning slow in Test cricket, Rishabh Pant does the same what he would do in the shorted format.

And today as well the cricketer was in the attacking mode when he single handedly tested the patience of England bowlers. Joining him came Ravindra Jadeja whop was given preference over the best spinner in the world, Ravichandran Ashwin. And the all-rounder did not disappoint his coach, Rahul Dravid.

Both Jadeja and Pant made brilliant partnership and gave India the much-needed stability in the decider game. Vice-captain Rishabh Pant got out at 146 off 111 balls, falling short of four runs to register another record. On the other hand, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja ended the third session of the first day at 88 not-out.

India will begin the second day Test on 338 for 7 wickets, with Jadeja and Mohammed Shami on crease. Both the cricketers can bring serious damage to England incase they don’t get early wickets in the first session of the second day.

The IND vs ENG second day test will begin today at 3 pm from Birmingham’s Edgbaston. Audience can watch the match at Sony Sports network and the digital broadcast will be available on Sony Liv app.

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England successfully chased down the 299-run target set by New Zealand on the 5th day of the second Test at Trent Bridge Nottingham.

With this win, England have gained a 2-0 lead in the three match Test series against the World Test Championship winner New Zealand, thanks to Johnny Bairstow’s thrilling 136 off 92 and similarly belligerent 75* from England’s new skipper Ben Stokes.

As soon as Jonny Bairstow demolished New Zealand bowling in tough chase of 299 runs, Tweeple have started praising the team and the contribution Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes in this historic win against New Zealand.

The performance drew great appreciation from the cricket fraternity on Twtitter.

England’s new skipper Ben Stokes had won the toss and chosen to bowl first. In response, New Zealand put a mammoth total of 553 runs on the board with help of Daryl Mitchell 190 and Tom Blundell’s 106 in Nottingham.

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In reply, England were very good in their first outing as Joe Root continued his golden run with the bat, scoring 176 while Ollie Pope hit his first Test century at the new no.3 spot. England reached on 539 with small cameos of skipper Ben Stokes and Ben Foakes.

For New Zealand, Trent Boult registered another five wicket haul while James Anderson had completed his 650 wickets in Tests.

New Zealand did well in the second innings of the match and managed to make 286 runs in their second innings after fifties from Will Young (56), Devon Conway (52) and Daryl Mitchell (62*). Adding 14 leads from the first innings, New Zealand has given the target of 298 runs.

When England came out to chase the tough target, the team were at 93/4 and expecting a defeat but then Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes came together.

Bairstow slammed 7 sixes and 14 fours in his 136-run knock while Stokes played a captain’s knock, hitting 75* as England achieved the target with 5 wickets to spare.

Given England’s modest approach in Test cricket off late, not many would have expected them to go for the win, as they already had a 1-0 lead in the series. But this is a new England Test team, led by Ben Stokes and managed by head coach Brendon McCullum.

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The 23 years old Matthew James Potts turned the lives of New Zealand team up-side down by taking the big wicket of skipper Kane Williamson, that too on the fifth ball of his debut match.

Introducing Matthew to the world, new skipper Ben Stokes didn’t go on with a paragraph of praises, instead he just said “This kid is ready.” And Potts did not fail his captain and bagged the wicket of Williamson, marking his debut in International Test cricket.

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Currently, England is taking down New Zealand in the 3-match bilateral Test series.  Matthew Potts has made his Test debut for England against New Zealand in the first test and with the character he has shown, it is safe to say that his place is the team is reserved.

Coming through the Durham ranks, Potts played for the U-19 England team. He made his first-class debut against Kent. Taking Matthew in the team was a master strokes by Stokes as the 23-year-old is an all-rounder. He is a medium pace bowler and is more than capable to bat down the order.

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Matthew Potts has taken 77 wickets in 24 FC matches, at a strike rate of 55.3 with 2.91 economy. Moreover, the debutant also has four 5-wicket hauls to his name.  Matthew has the capable to derive good bounce from length balls, something which can be fatal in Test cricket.

As far as Pott’s batting is concerned, he has scored 447 runs in 24 matches with the average of 17.19, here two half-centuries are also included. Having the highest score of 81 runs, Matthew James Potts is living his life-long dream.

The first session of the three-match bilateral test series is owned by the England Team. As New Zealand has already lost their six wickets, including all the good and experienced batsmen. However, it will be interesting to see if Kane Williamson and his team will be able to pull themselves up from this situation.

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Ben Stokes has commenced the new ear of England cricket by taking over the Test captaincy after Joe Root’s resignation. However, it won’t be easy for Ben to lead the England team. Firstly, because Joe Root has left an impeccable body of work and records as he was the most successful Test captain of England, with a record of most wins.

Secondly, because the initiator of cricket sport recently has failed to live up to the mark and has failed miserably. Hence, good and bad both records are after Ben Stokes. However, the new skipper is in a much more relaxed space of mind and doesn’t seem to be bothered by either.

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What Twitter says?

Be it the critiques or cricket fans, both have high hopes from Ben Stokes. And embarking to this new journey as the next Test Captain of England, Ben Stokes is leading his team against his birthplace, New Zealand cricket team at Lords. The test series also marks the debut of Brendon McCullum as the new coach of England cricket team.

Tweeple seem to be pretty impressed with Ben Stokes approach towards the game. Several former cricketers have also shown hope in Ben Stokes and England cricket fans have asked Stokes to live up to the expectations.

Joe Root as a captain

Joe Root was appointed as the captain of the England test team after Alastair Cook’s resignation in 2017. He holds the record for most wins (27 games) as an England captain in the longest format of cricket. However, despite being the most successful England captain Joe Root had to face several defeats in recent time.

Head-to-Head

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However, England have played 107 Test matches against New Zealand, and they have won 48 out of them. And 47 matches were won by New Zealand and 12 Tests ended in draws. Moreover, at home, England have won 30 times out of 56 matches against New Zealand. Kane Williamson and company have won six times in England while the rest ended in draws.

ENG vs NZ Test Squads:

New Zealand: Kane Williamson (Captain), Tom Blundell (wicket keeper), Trent Boult, Devon Conway, Colin de Grandhomme, Cam Fletcher (wicket keeper), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Ajaz Patel, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Will Young, Michael Bracewell.

England: Zak Crawley, Alex Lees, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (Captain), Ben Foakes (wicket Keeper), Matty Potts, Jack Leach, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.

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Australian captain Pat Cummins led from the front to restrict England at just 147 runs in the first innings of the Gabba test of the much anticipated The Ashes. Cummins picked a 5-wickets haul in his first match as a captain.

Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood also managed to take 2 wickets each to dismiss England for a mere 1476 in the first innings. Wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler (39) was the highest scorer for the English team, while captain Joe Root got dismissed for a duck. Ace allrounder Ben Stokes also couldn’t do much and lost his wicket to fierce delivery by Aussie skipper Pat Cummins.

England first innings: 147/10

After winning the toss Joe Root opted to bat first in the Gabba test, however, the decision to bat first didn’t go well for the English side as they lost their first wicket on the very first ball of the innings. Fast bowler Mitchell Starc removed the bails of opening batsman Rory Burns for a golden duck. Things got even more worse for England when Hazlewood struck twice in his opening spell and removed Malan (6) and skipper Root (0) for a duck.

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52 was the highest partnership was between Ollie Pope (35) and Jos Buttler (39), they batted together for an hour to deny more wickets for Australian pacers but it wasn’t enough for them to keep their wickets against the quality bowling of the trio of Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins. Allrounder Cameron Green also picked 1 wicket of Ollie Pope.

The Ashes

England is in Australia for claiming the Ashes back to the Home of Cricket, Lords from Australia who managed to retain the prestigious trophy in their previous tour of England. As of now, Australia has won the Ashes 33 times, while England (32) is just one series win away from equalling Australia.

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England Cricket Team all-rounder Ben Stokes on Monday revealed his near death experince in his hotel room. The New Zealand born English cricketer is currently in australia to play the historical ‘Ashes’ test match series against arch-rivals Australia which is set to start from December 8.

Stokes who took a indefinite break in from cricket in July to focus on his mental health, made his comeback for the English side to play in the Ashes. Stokes is one of the most important players of the England team, leadinbg them to win their first-ever ICC ODI World Cup in 2019 and the historic Ashes in 2018.

The ace all-rounder on Monday revealed that he will not live anymore after the player accidentlly chocked on a tablet. Writing in his column for Daily Mirror, Stokes said that he feared the worst after chkoing on the tablet, however, he did not mention when this happened, but it appears to have been on the current tour of Australia, where he is all set to make his comeback in cricket after taking an indefinite break from cricket in this year july.

The player revealed that it was just a simple tablet that went down the wrong way and stuck in his windpipe, which blocked the passing of air and nearly caused him to death until he himslef flushed it out.

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“Until it actually came out, I thought this might be the end. We’ve all had those moments when something gets stuck in the throat, and usually someone can help you out. But I was on my own in my room and I couldn’t breathe as it became lodged and started to dissolve. It felt like my mouth was on fire. Without going into too much detail I have never seen as much saliva as I did on Sunday morning, it was a genuinely frightening experience,” added Stokes in his column.

The Ashes will kick-start from December 8 in Brisbane. Australia retained the Ashes in 2019 after a 2-2 draw in England

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