Shreyas Iyer And Shubman Gill
BCCI has announced the annual awards and in this, Shubman Gill has received the Player of the Year award for the year 2023. Gill has been performing brilliantly for Team India for some time now and has won many matches for the Indian team on his own. At the same time, ICC has also announced the Test and ODI team of the year 2023. Let us know, 10 big news from the sports world.
ODI Team of the Year announced
ICC has announced the ODI Team of the Year for the year 2023. Rohit Sharma has got the captaincy of this team. 6 Indian players have got a chance in the team, but no Pakistani player has been made a part of it.
ODI Team of the Year for 2023:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Travis Head, Virat Kohli, Daryl Mitchell, Heinrich Klaasen, Marco Jason, Adam Zampa, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Shami.
This decision was taken regarding KL Rahul
Before the India vs England Test match, it is now almost clear that KL Rahul will not be a wicket-keeper batsman in the Test series. If he gets a place in the playing eleven, he will play as a specialist batsman. This has been revealed by Team India’s head coach Rahul Dravid himself. According to media reports, the head coach has clearly said that KL Rahul will not play as a keeper in the Test series. This decision has been taken keeping in mind the conditions and duration of the series.
ICC announced Test Team of the Year
Australia won the final of the World Test Championship last year. Australian captain Pat Cummins has also been made the captain of the Test Team of the Year on the basis of this excellent performance. Let us tell you that after 11 years such an opportunity has come when an Australian player has been made the captain of the Test Team of the Year. Earlier in 2012, Michael Clarke had achieved this feat.
2023 Test Team of the Year:
Usman Khawaja (Australia), Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka), Kane Williamson (Sri Lanka), Joe Root (England), Travis Head (Australia), Ravindra Jadeja (India), Alex Carey (wk, Australia), Pat Cummins (Australia, captain) , Ravichandran Ashwin (India), Mitchell Starc (Australia) and Stuart Broad (England).
Iyer got injured during practice
Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer got injured during the nets before the Test series. The severity of the injury is not yet known. He was batting in the nets when the throw-downer ball hit his wrist. After this injury he went out. However, after applying ice for some time, he returned to bat again. Let us tell you that Shreyas Iyer is a big contender to be included in the playing 11 of the first test.
Coach Rahul Dravid said this
Head coach Rahul Dravid gave a mild warning to the England camp, saying that the pitch will help the spinners as the game progresses in the initial match. Two days before the Test match, the pitch looked quite dry, especially around the good length areas at both ends. Dravid said in the press conference that it is difficult to say anything about the pitch right now. We will know about it when the match starts. This pitch is looking good from what I have seen. However, the spinners will get turn from the pitch.
BCCI Player of the Year announced
India’s young batsman Shubman Gill has been chosen Player of the Year for his excellent performance in the year 2023. The year 2023 was very memorable for Gill. During these 12 months, he became the fastest player to score two thousand runs in ODIs and also scored five centuries in ODIs. He played century innings in all three formats last year.
Ravi Shastri received this award from BCCI
BCCI honored former Indian team coach Ravi Shastri with the CK Nayudu Life Time Achievement Award. This is the biggest award of BCCI. Apart from Ravi Shastri, former Indian player Farooq Engineer was also given the Life Time Achievement Award.
Karun Nair will play in the County Championship
Indian batsman Karun Nair will play for Northamptonshire again in the English County Championship this season. 32 year old Nair will play seven county matches for this team. Karun Nair said that I am excited to play for Northamptonshire once again in the County Championship. I want to thank the coach and captain for this opportunity.
ICC reprimanded this player
Bangladesh bowler Maroof Mridha has been reprimanded by the ICC for using abusive language during the Under-19 World Cup match against India on Saturday. Mridha was found guilty of breaching Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Team Support Members.
This player got a chance in place of Virat Kohli
Indian team’s star batsman Virat Kohli will not play in the first two test matches due to personal reasons. Now Rajat Patidar has got a chance in his place in the Indian Test team. Rajat has not yet made his debut in Test matches for India. Patidar has been in excellent form for some time now and is a contender for a place in the playing eleven.
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