Rajasthan Royals appoint Riyan Parag as captain for IPL 2026. The 24-year-old succeeds Sanju Samson, with Kumar Sangakkara and Manoj Badale backing his leadership ahead of the new season.
New Zealand all-rounder Kyle Jamieson says he can only marvel at the Indian superstar's craft as he operates at a "different level", one where great batters have their way even if bowlers try to contain them.
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Senior ICL official Ashish Kaul said the New Zealand fast bowler signed a three-year contract.
The Royals' pace coach threw his full support behind a resurgent Jofra Archer, praised the squad's fighting spirit, and made it clear - wearing the RR badge still means playing with pride, passion, and purpose.
'Definitely we could have done better. It is not about luck. We have made some mistakes. We should come back with a better mindset in the next season,'
The New Zealand fast bowler is to undergo another scan of his troublesome back after experiencing pain in a Christchurch club match.
Suryavanshi has the licence to express himself: Bond stands by teenager after MI setback
Defending champions Mumbai Indians are currently in the bottom half of the IPL points table after seven losses from 12 matches but their bowling coach Shane Bond on Saturday said they are "still in the competition".
New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond announced his retirement from all forms cricket on Friday, saying it is time for him to draw curtains on his international career.
Former New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond has made himself available for international selection again after cutting ties with the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League. The 34-year-old said he would be available for all three forms of international cricket including Tests, which he blamed for many of the injuries that blighted his 17-Test, 67 one-day international career.
Former India cricketer Sairaj Bahutule is set to join Rajasthan Royals as a spin bowling coach for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season.
A recurring knee injury has put the fast bowler out of the rest of New Zealand's ongoing tour.
Former New Zealand pacer Shane Bond has said that he became a "victim of politics" after joining the Indian Cricket League (ICL) but he has no regret about playing in the 'rebel' twenty20 event which cost him his international career.
The preparation of former Indian Premier League champions Mumbai Indians for the eight edition of the Twenty20 tournament gathered pace as newly recruited bowling coach Shane Bond joined the side.
Star attraction Shane Bond claimed three wickets but the day belonged to Mumbaikar Sahil Kukreja (157 not out) and Hyderabad's Ambati Rayudu (133) who hit scintillating centuries on the opening day of the second round league matches of the Buchi Babu Memorial Trophy in Chennai on Wednesday.
Australia all-rounder Cameron Green will miss the home Test series against India in a blow for the hosts after opting for surgery on a stress fracture in his lumbar spine.
Former captain Daniel Vettori termed New Zealand's 3-0 Test series win on Indian soil as his country's greatest achievement while ex-batter Ross Taylor said he did not think of a clean sweep even "in our wildest dreams".
Sanju Samson caught up with batting legend Brian Lara and pace great Shane Bond.
Riyan Parag reminds me of young SKY at MI: Rajasthan Royals assistant coach Shane Bond
Shane Bond, who has been associated with MI since 2015, won four IPL trophies as the bowling coach of the team.
Sri Lankan Lasith Malinga replaces Shane Bond as Mumbai Indians' bowling coach.
'If your team is successful, you are in a winning team, selections and rewards come from that'
Dhoni's only advice to Ashwin was to keep reinventing himself.
He is happy that Rajasthan Royals' bowling attack hasn't suffered a lot unlike some of the other teams even though he marvels at the ball striking abilities of the batters over time.
Ponting also cleared the air on veteran pacer Ishant Sharma and David Warner's fitness status, confirming that the former is fit for selection on Tuesday.
Mumbai Indians on Saturday announced that former New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond has been named the head coach of their MI Emirates team in the United Arab Emirates-based International League T20 (ILT20) competition.
This will mark Malinga's second involvement with Mumbai's support staff, following his mentoring role in 2018.
Mumbai Indians' bowling coach Shane Bond expressed his frustration with the team's bowling unit for committing the 'same mistake over and over again' in match situations.
Bond has said he will be working on increasing the pace of Arjun Tendulkar
India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah underwent a successful back surgery in Chirstchurch, New Zealand and has been ruled out of action for six months.
Mumbai Indians head coach March Boucher sounded confident that the youngsters that the team invested in will perform this season.
Stead, himself, urged the board in March to consider a separate limited overs head coach but on Tuesday said such a division was probably not suitable for New Zealand.
Mumbai Indians' bowling coach Shane Bond conceded that the former champions' inability to win their opening game season after season in the IPL is 'frustrating'.
Rohit completed 10 years as captain of the five time IPL champions.
Shane Bond expects a turnaround from Mumbai Indians bowlers soon, but for that he said the five-time champions will have to stick to their plans, starting with Friday's IPL game against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Pune.
'He's still got some work to do on his batting and fielding in particular, and hopefully he can make those progressions and earn his spot in the team.'
The player draft for the much-awaited Global T20 Canada 2023 was held in a hybrid-form in Mumbai.
Bumrah expressed his views in a video shared by his IPL franchise.
'When you have best in the business to guide you in your journey.'
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