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Time of India
2 hours ago
- Sport
- Time of India
6 for 31! Musheer Khan scripts dream red-ball return after scoring century
Musheer Khan (PTI Photo) Bristol : Continuing his dream comeback in red-ball cricket, promising all-rounder Musheer Khan followed up his century (123) on Day One with a haul of six for 31 in 8.2 overs with his left-arm spin on Day Two for the MCA Colts in their tour opener against Notts 2nd XI at the John Fretwell Sports Complex, Welbeck CC, on Tuesday. Musheer's fabulous spell helped the MCA Colts skittle out Notts 2nd XI for just 201 in 42.2 overs and gain a massive 247-run first innings lead. Earlier, the visitors, riding on centuries by Musheer and Manan Bhatt, finished at 448 . A promising allrounder, Musheer was playing his first competitive red-ball match after surviving a horrific car crash in September last year. It is the 20-year-old's first appearance in Mumbai colours since his serious neck injury in that accident. The Mumbai youngster last played a red-ball match for India B against India D in the Duleep Trophy at Anantapur, and was poised to tour Australia with the India A team before he met with an accident that ruled him out for the rest of the domestic season. 'Cricketers Aren't Cattle... ': Harish Thawani on the IPL and Business of Indian Cricket The 20-year-old Musheer played for Punjab Kings in IPL-2025, and has represented Mumbai in first-class cricket, becoming the youngest Mumbai batter to score a hundred in a Ranji Trophy final last year in March against Vidarbha at the Wankhede Stadium. Poll Do you think Musheer Khan will continue to perform well in his comeback matches? Yes, he's shown great promise No, it's too soon to tell Brief Scores: MCA Colts 448 (Vedant Murkar 36, Prince Badiani 35; Ishy Mohammed 6-76) vs Notts 2nd XI 201 (Bryan Hatton Lowe 75, Dane Schadendorf 33, Ishy Mohammed 30; Musheer Khan 6-31, Suryansh Shedge 2-28, Himanshu Singh 2-54). Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
NDTV
8 hours ago
- Sport
- NDTV
"Shubman Gill Sent Me A Text": How PBKS Star Joined Team India's Practice Session In Birmingham
Left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar, who was recently spotted bowling in India's practice sessions ahead of their second Test against England, has revealed that a text message from skipper Shubman Gill got him to bowl to the batters in the two-day training session. India are aiming to bounce back in the second Test at Edgbaston, starting on July 2, after losing the series opener in Leeds by five wickets. "I met my friends on foreign soil. My wife is from Swindon. It's quite close - a one and a half hour drive from Birmingham." "I was talking to Shubman yesterday and he sent me a text. I thought, let's go and practice there (in Birmingham). It's a different feeling - it feels like we have come together as a family," said Brar, who played for Punjab Kings in IPL 2025, in a video posted on on Sunday. Apart from him, the touring Indian team had the services of Chandigarh pacer Jagjit Singh Sandhu, who is currently in Birmingham due to his cricket commitments. "It didn't feel like I hadn't spoken to them for a long time. They were all like, oh? They were all surprised. I play first class cricket for Chandigarh. Then I got to know of this and came here to bowl in the nets session of the Indian team," he said. Turns out, Jagjit knows a lot of members of the Indian team very well, especially young left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh. "So Rishabh Pant and I played together in the U19 zone one day competition. Shubman Gill was in first season in the U19 zone, while it was my last season in that age-group." "I played with Akash Deep in the Duleep Trophy. I played with Washington Sundar in the U19 zone. He was in the South Zone and I was in the North Zone. Arshdeep is my junior. When I was in the U19 zone, he was in the U16 zone." "When Arshdeep was in U16, I used to tell him how to bowl and take a run up. He still asks me which ball is better and how should I bowl to a batter and get swing. I feel very proud when I see Arshdeep doing what he is doing now." Speaking about the feeling of reconnecting with his friends on overseas soil, Arshdeep stated, "When you come to a foreign country and you see familiar faces, you can enjoy together. When I was young, I used to follow him a lot. His name is Jagjit, all used to call him Punjabi. He was playing in the U19 zone and I was in the U16 zone." "I used to follow whatever he did. I learnt a lot from him. He still says that I remember the old days when I was young and new into the set-up. I just want to make more memories like this and collect them for my memory." (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
India.com
2 days ago
- Sport
- India.com
IND vs ENG: Harpreet Brar Reveals How He Became Part Of Indias Practice Sessions In Birmingham
Left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar, who was recently spotted bowling in India's practice sessions ahead of their second Test against England, has revealed that a text message from skipper Shubman Gill got him to bowl to the batters in the two-day training session. India are aiming to bounce back in the second Test at Edgbaston, starting on July 2, after losing the series opener in Leeds by five wickets. 'I met my friends on foreign soil. My wife is from Swindon. It's quite close - a one and a half hour drive from Birmingham.' 'I was talking to Shubman yesterday and he sent me a text. I thought, let's go and practice there (in Birmingham). It's a different feeling - it feels like we have come together as a family,' said Brar, who played for Punjab Kings in IPL 2025, in a video posted on on Sunday. A feeling of home away from home in Birmingham #TeamIndia | #ENGvIND | @arshdeepsinghh WATCH — BCCI (@BCCI) June 29, 2025 Apart from him, the touring Indian team had the services of Chandigarh pacer Jagjit Singh Sandhu, who is currently in Birmingham due to his cricket commitments. 'It didn't feel like I hadn't spoken to them for a long time. They were all like, oh? They were all surprised. I play first class cricket for Chandigarh. Then I got to know of this and came here to bowl in the nets session of the Indian team,' he said. Turns out, Jagjit knows a lot of members of the Indian team very well, especially young left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh. 'So Rishabh Pant and I played together in the U19 zone one day competition. Shubman Gill was in first season in the U19 zone, while it was my last season in that age-group.' 'I played with Akash Deep in the Duleep Trophy. I played with Washington Sundar in the U19 zone. He was in the South Zone and I was in the North Zone. Arshdeep is my junior. When I was in the U19 zone, he was in the U16 zone.' 'When Arshdeep was in U16, I used to tell him how to bowl and take a run up. He still asks me which ball is better and how should I bowl to a batter and get swing. I feel very proud when I see Arshdeep doing what he is doing now.' Speaking about the feeling of reconnecting with his friends on overseas soil, Arshdeep stated, 'When you come to a foreign country and you see familiar faces, you can enjoy together. When I was young, I used to follow him a lot. His name is Jagjit, all used to call him Punjabi. He was playing in the U19 zone and I was in the U16 zone.' 'I used to follow whatever he did. I learnt a lot from him. He still says that I remember the old days when I was young and new into the set-up. I just want to make more memories like this and collect them for my memory.
India Gazette
2 days ago
- Sport
- India Gazette
"I was talking to Shubman...": PBKS' Harpreet Brar speaks on how he joined India's net session at Birmingham
Birmingham [UK], June 29 (ANI): As Team India gears up for the second Test against England, the left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh was joined by Punjab Kings (PBKS) teammate, and spinner Harpreet Brar and Chandigarh pacer Jagjit Singh Sandhu. The second Test will kickstart from July 2 onwards, and left-arm pacer Arshdeep, who is India's leading T20I wicket-taker, would be eyeing a potential Test debut after a poor show from Indian pacers, except for Jasprit Bumrah, at Leeds. Speaking in a video by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Brar said that his wife lives near Birmingham, and skipper Shubman Gill texted him, prompting him to come to practice. 'My wife is from Swindon. It is very close to Birmingham, it is a 1-1.5 hour drive. I was talking to Shubman; he texted me yesterday. So I thought, let us go and practice there,' he said. He also expressed happiness with Arshdeep's journey over the years, saying that he feels 'proud' of his performances. Brar impressed in PBKS' runners-up finish in the Indian Premier League (IPL) this year, taking 10 wickets in eight games at an average of 19.00. Arshdeep clearly enjoyed the arrival of Brar and Sandhu, saying, 'When you come to a foreign country and see familiar faces, you can enjoy together.' Sandhu, the 28-year-old pacer, has played 24 first-class games, taking 82 wickets at an average of 24.13 and scoring 317 runs at an average of 16.68 with a fifty to his name. Recalling his journey with the Indian team players, Sandhu said, 'Rishabh Pant and I played Under-19 Zonal one-day cricket together. When it was my last U19 season, Gill had his first. I played with Akash Deep in the Duleep Trophy, played with Washington Sundar in the U19 zone as an opponent. Arshdeep is also my junior, used to tell him how to bowl, take a run-up and all. Today he was asking me things as well.' India's Test squad for England series: Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav. (ANI)
Time of India
7 days ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Dilip Doshi showed it's never too late to succeed
Dilip Doshi New Delhi: The Seventies were barren years for East Zone, a minnow in domestic cricket those days. No cricketer from Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Assam, the four states which combined to form the zone in Duleep Trophy then, found a place in a Test playing XI. In 1979, the drought was broken by an aging left-arm spinner from Bengal, who in his broad-frame glasses looked like a professor but bowled with the parsimony and carefulness of a book-keeper. Dilip Doshi, who passed away in London on Monday following a heart attack, made his debut a few months short of 32, but ensured that he left the scene only after scalping a respectable 114 wickets in 33 Tests. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! India's bowling, for much of the 1960s and 1970s, revolved around Bedi, Chandrashekhar, Prasanna and Venkataraghavan, masters of their respective spin craft. Together the Fab Four ensured that others of the tribe seldom (VV Kumar, 2 Tests) or never (Rajinder Goel, Padmakar Shivalkar) stepped a foot inside the Test door. A few years younger, Doshi escaped their plight. He was delayed but not denied. In his debut Test in Chennai, the Rajkot-born cricketer took eight wickets, including 6/103 in the first innings, against Kim Hughes' Australians. The Test was drawn but his second eight-wicket haul, including 5/43 in the first innings, ensured an innings victory for India at Wankhede. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Book 3 & 4 BHK from 6.76 Cr* All Inc. in Mahalaxmi, Mumbai 7 Mahalaxmi, Runwal Group Book Now Undo In all, he took 27 wickets in the series, underlining his determination to make up for the lost time. Doshi was here to stay. Gautam Gambhir Explosive Press Conference: On Drop Catches, Batting Collapse, Shubman Gill Captaincy Wankhede turned out to be his favourite venue. Doshi's six wickets (3/52 & 3/42) were key to India's triumph over Asif Iqbal's fancied Pakistan in a low-scoring encounter. This was also the series when the left-arm spinner's 18 wickets combined with Kapil Dev 's 32 as India pulled off an unlikely 2-0 triumph in 1979. Doshi wasn't much of a bat, but valued his wicket. At Eden Garden in the same series, he hung on for a priceless 61 minutes to defy a bowling attack led by Imran Khan . His last-wicket stand of 33 with Karsan Ghavri ensured that Pakistan returned winless. Like batting, fielding wasn't his strength either. But cricket fans were always fascinated to see him 'bowl' his throws from the deep. As he wrote in his autobiography 'Spin Punch' , Doshi learnt much of his cricket in the 'paras' of Kolkata. He wanted to play the game at the highest level after watching Rohan Kanhai 'play that delectable innings' at Eden Garden in 1958. 'Later I was to see Salim Durrani bowl his teasing and easy style of deception and somehow I knew that I wanted to be a slow left-arm destroyer,' he wrote. Quiz: Who's that IPL player? Christopher Martin Jenkins's biographical dictionary of world cricketers describes Doshi as 'a gentle intelligent character, philosophical and humorous behind a studious front...' It further says, '...less liquid of movement than the great Bedi, Doshi nevertheless had an easy action, turning the ball sharply and bowled with exceptional accuracy. Mixing flight and pace thoughtfully, he lured batsmen to destruction in a wide variety of cricket, not least in Test matches. ' What earned him grudging respect, even from his detractors, was his commitment to the team. Doshi played with a 'spiral fracture of the first metatarsal' against Australia in Melbourne in 1981. Who would believe today that he bowled an astonishing 74 overs in that game? His thriftiness bottled Australia when India was defending just 142. Kapil Dev, who bowled with a pulled thigh muscle after taking pain-killing injections, produced an outstanding 5/28 to bowl out the hosts for 83. Doshi's match-figures: 52-14-109-3 and 22-9-33-2. The spinner also enjoyed a fruitful run in county cricket with Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire. During this period, he formed a close friendship with rock band Rolling Stone's frontman Mick Jagger . His Test career ended in 1983. In his autobiography, the spinner writes with some bitterness about the circumstances in which he quit. But ending a career that started so late with a century of Test wickets was no small feat. A key takeaway from the cricketer's sporting life is: grab your chance whenever it comes; it's never too late to make success in your life. Doshi was seen attending the World Test Championship final earlier this month. His sudden death was mourned by many on social media. Game On Season 1 kicks off with Sakshi Malik's inspiring story. Watch Episode 1 here
