2019 World Cup News

Ravi Shastri has revealed that he had no say in Ambati Rayudu being dropped for the 2019 World Cup in England. Rayadu, who was a regular in India’s ODI setup during the 2018-19 season, was rather surprisingly overlooked for the tournament despite having excelled at the No.4 spot in the build-up.

Linda Zondi, South Africa’s former chief selector, opened up on the exclusion of AB de Villiers’ from South Africa’s 2019 World Cup squad, stating it would’ve been 'unethical to the players already selected'. De Villiers had expressed his desire to return from retirement to participate in the event.

When CSK last won the IPL in 2018, their first game of the season ended in a win against the Mumbai Indians, which Harbhajan opines to be a good omen for the franchise. He also stated that there was an injustice done to Ambati Rayudu when he was not picked by the selectors for the 2019 World Cup.

Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has opined that Dinesh Karthik needs to have two good IPLs to be in the Indian squad for the 2021 T20 World Cup. He suggested that KKR skipper would not have enough runs to stake his claim batting lower down the order so he should promote himself up the order.