The 40-year-okd has strong familial ties and cultural connection to India, often visiting Kolkata and enjoying Indian food.
Indian multinational conglomerate Reliance Industries and Surrey County Cricket Club on Wednesday announced their partnership in The Hundred and expectedly renamed the franchise MI London.
Surrey's Rahul Chahar will come up against fellow Indian all-rounder Washington Sundar, who plays for Hampshire, in the season-ending English county match.
Surrey broke a 126-year-old club record when they posted their highest total in a county cricket match on Monday, declaring their first innings at 820/9 against Durham.
Surrey confirm deal with Reliance, keep majority stake in Oval Invincibles
R Sai Kishore has signed up with Surrey to play two Division One matches in the English County Championship later this month.
The sale of equity in the eight franchises of The Hundred is expected to raise approximately 520 million pounds, a part of which would be shared with the county clubs.
B Sai Sudharsan signs up for Surrey for County Championship remainder
Ruturaj Gaikwad will join Yorkshire for five matches of the County Championship's Division One as well as the One-Day Cup.
India's Washington Sundar has joined Hampshire for their last two match of the 2025 Championship campaign, the English county side announced on Thursday, weeks after the all-rounder emerged as one of the breakout stars of the Test series against England.
Walking out with intent and flair, the wicketkeeper-batter smashed a quickfire 51 off just 56 deliveries in the morning session, propelling England to a strong 387.
While GBP 50 million is earmarked for grassroots and recreational cricket, the 18 English county teams will get a share of GBP 470 million with larger pie allocated for those clubs that don't own a 'Hundred Franchise'.
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen, bidding to return to the international scene after being sacked last year, will be available for all forms of cricket, starting with Surrey's opening county championship fixture on April 19.
Surrey County Cricket Club is looking into the possibility of hosting matches at The Oval with a reduced capacity of around 6,000 fans when the COVID-19 shutdown ends
Tom Maynard, who was aged just 23 and is the son of former England batsman Matthew Maynard, was hit by the London Underground train near Wimbledon Park station in the early hours on Monday.
Mumbai Indians won a fiercely contested e-auction, fending off competition from a Silicon Valley tech consortium, comprising the chief executives of Google, Microsoft, and Adobe as well Gujarat Titans owners CVC.
The Indian off-spinner will make his Surrey debut in a four-day game against Warwickshire starting on Wednesday.
India captain Virat Kohli on Thursday officially inked his deal with top English county side Surrey in his bid to prepare for the tour of England, starting in July.
Melbourne-based Surrey Hills cricket club invited him to play for them as a guest
Axed England batsman Kevin Pietersen has agreed a deal to play for Surrey in this year's English county season having been jettisoned from the national team set-up for good.
Australia's acting skipper Michael Clarke blamed lack of access to the facilities at Oval for their drubbing in the fifth Ashes Test and a consequent series loss.
Twenty-four-year-old Bavalan Pathmanathan died after being hit in the chest while batting in a local league match in Surrey.
India and Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer on Friday joined Lancashire for a short stint
The Indian off-spinner will replace Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq, who has been plagued by knee problems, next year.
West Indies batting legend, Brain Lara is reportedly in talks with English county side Surrey as he mulls coming out of retirement to play in this season's new county Twenty20 competition.
The 29-year-old, who got married this week, received a warm welcome from an unusually large crowd at the Glenn McGrath Oval and looked his usual twitchy self at the crease as he rattled off a half century in 62 balls.
The left-arm seamer will replace Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq in the Surrey team, a source close to the player said.
Harbhajan finished with a match haul of 11 for 91 as Surrey beat Kent by four wickets.
Harbhajan will join the county team on July 2 and will play till the end of summer.
Top-ranked batsman Hashim Amla has joined Surrey for the final six matches of the County Championship season, the English club said on Wednesday.
ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said he was pleased to confirm two iconic venues for the next two cycles.
The ace Indian leg-spinner is cutting short his stint for Surrey County Cricket Club after being diagnosed with tendonitis in his right shoulder.
English county Surrey are awaiting BCCI approval before announcing the off-spinner as their overseas signing for 2005.
Surrey could become the second English county to tie up with an Indian Premier League franchise as Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders are reportedly keen to forge an alliance with them.
Cheteshwar Pujara ended his run-drought with an unbeaten 90 as Derbyshire beat Surrey by eight wickets in the Division Two County Championship match at the KIA Oval on Wednesday.
MCC and Surrey are mulling over a proposal by IPL organisers to hold exhibition matches at the Lord's and Oval.
The remainder of the suspended Indian Premier League season will have to be played outside the country, Board of Control for Cricket in India said, though it is unclear whether a window can be found to play the outstanding 31 games.
Australia's top cricketers are effectively unemployed.
Dhumal said the interest to stage IPL matches was indicative of its popularity abroad.
The Indian batting maestro, who is making a comeback in competitive cricket after shoulder surgery, retired after making 147 following up his unbeaten 155 against Cambridge University last Wednesday.
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