July 21, Evening Brief: Today's top news and headlines from cricketing world

1. BCCI to name Sairaj Bahutule as interim bowling coach

Bahutule, who is also associated with the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, will be serving the men’s team for the Sri Lankan tour (Read More)

2. Harmanpreet Kaur surpasses Smriti Mandhana to become India's highest T20I run-getter

Harmanpreet walked out to the crease, needing just 30 runs to eclipse Smriti's tally of 3,378 (Read More)

3. Escalating violence in Bangladesh raises concerns for ICC to host Women’s T20 World Cup 2024

A massive student-led protest has brought the country of Bangladesh to a standstill (Read More)

4. ‘You just have to commit to the plan you're going with’ — Chris Woakes defends England’s strategy against tail

Woakes noted that they didn’t expect the number 11 (batter) to whack sixes and gave credit to the players for playing aggressively (Read More)

5. ‘We’ll play without them’ - Hasan Ali on possibilities of India not visiting Pakistan for playing Champions Trophy 2025

However, there are chances that the competition could be moved out of Pakistan due to the BCCI’s refusal regarding travel to Pakistan (Read More)

6. Reports: Ajit Agarkar dubious of Hardik Pandya's tactical ability as Captain

Ajit Agarkar was unsure of Pandya’s ability as captain as he took note of flaws in his captaincy with GT and MI in IPL (Read More)

7. Vijay Hazare Trophy may decide Hardik Pandya’s future in ODIs

The BCCI officials were impressed with his performance in T20Is but since returning from injury, he has not played the longer formats and his endurance hasn’t been tested (Read More)

8. India's Shreyanka Patil ruled out of Women’s Asia Cup following fractured finger

The all-rounder sustained the injury during India’s opening match against Pakistan on Friday (Read More)

9. Reports: VVS Laxman in talks with Lucknow Super Giants for IPL stint

Notably, BCCI officials held talks with Laxman over taking up the India head coach role after Rahul Dravid’s tenure ended (Read More)

10. 'You need to be in relationship with some Bollywood actresses' — Subramaniam Badrinath criticizes selection process after Ruturaj Gaikwad's squad snub

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), announced India’s squad for the white-ball tour on July 19 and Gaikwad was neither featured in ODI nor T20I squad (Read More)