August 17, Evening Brief: Today's top news and headlines from cricketing world

1.Had to miss four of six exams in first semester due to U19 World Cup, gave 10 exams in a row later: Saurabh Netravalkar

The 32-year-old works as a software engineer at Oracle in the USA and has also represented India at the Under-19 level before migrating to the Big Apple (Read More)August 14, Evening Brief: Today's top news and headlines from cricketing world

2. Mahmudul Hasan Joy ruled out of Pakistan Tests with groin injury

The unfortunate turn of events transipired while fielding in one of the games though, after which he couldn't bat in the second innings of the game (Read More)

3. ECB keen on influx of Indian capital, IPL franchise owners may get to rename teams of The Hundred

It was also disseminated that the amount contributed by the several IPL owners will be the most crucial factor in terms of letting them go through with the change of names of the franchises of The Hundred (Read More)

4. I think at World Cups, playing India is always a great challenge: Amelia Kerr

The New Zealander also mentioned that playing spin well is a great challenge against the Women in Blue, especially in the sub-continent (Read More)

5. 'Just keep it simple' - Deepti Sharma optimistic ahead of Eliminator clash against Oval Invincibles

Deepti became the talk of the town when she run-out Charlie Dean at the non-striker's end at Lord’s (Read More)

6. Because of the harsh steps I have taken, they are playing Duleep Trophy: Jay Shah

BCCI secretary Jay Shah acknowledged that he removed Ishan kishan and Shreyas Iyer from the central contract to send them a message (Read More)

7. Finn Allen to join Perth Scorchers on two-year deal

Adelaide Strikers and Sydney Sixers were due to announce their pre-draft signing ahead of the upcoming season of the Big Bash League (Read More)

8. The Hundred 2024: ECB pulls Gus Atkinson out of final encounter

ECB has pulled him out of the summit clash ahead of England's three-match home Test series against Sri Lanka (Read More)

9. Preity Zinta moves court against Punjab Kings co-owner to stop sale of stake

Burman, chairman of India-based Ayurvedic and FMCG company Dabur, is reportedly looking to sell 11.5 per cent of his share to a third party, which Zinta is learned to be opposing (Read More)

10. IPL 2025: CSK, MS Dhoni to benefit as BCCI likely to reintroduce old retention rule

The rule allows the team's to bring back players retired from international cricket for a minimum of five years in the uncapped category (Read More)