State of Cricket Newsletter #32

By Cricket Huddle

January 18, 2023

GM Romantics and Nerds. This is the State of Cricket Newsletter🥤, the daily email that gets you caught up with Best of Cricket while you sip on your favorite beverage. Rain or shine. For us, it's always the good ol' chai☕
Let's get right into it. Here's what we got today

  • Hot of the Pot - News♨️

  • Best of Brews - H/Ls of the Day 🍵

  • Today's Sipper of the Day 🥤

♨️ Hot of the Pot | News

Shubman Gill scores a Daddy

Just one month after Ishan Kishan smashed a double century in an ODI, Shubman Gill joined the illustrious list on Wednesday (January 18) by becoming only the fifth Indian batter to register 200 in the 50-over format.

Sarfaraz's job is to 'keep scoring runs, all the time', and he hasn't stopped doing it

Not being picked in the Test team despite his monster first-class numbers upset him, but he isn't about to give up

Double Hattrick for Rwanda's Henriette Ishimwe to beat Zimbabwe by 38 runs in the Women's U-19 T20 World Cup

A sensational win for Rwanda over a full member, which doesn’t get bigger then this for such a small nation in the cricketing world. Rwanda definitely has the most potential out of the newer wave of associate nations to start playing in the past few years and I am definitely interested in how they continue their development.

Hashim Amla retires from all forms of Cricket

A real legend of the game, and it’s a shame to see him go. He may not have been at his peak anymore, but his skills even now, far from his peak, were still enough to make him an incredibly strong player.

🍵 Best of Brews - Highlights of the Day

Feature🎤
WIPL Breakdown of Media Rights

A sum of Rs 7.09 crore per game is a windfall for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and it would attract more parties and higher revenue from the team auction. The worth of the teams will be more than expected, at least Rs 300 crore to begin with and the value could also go far beyond that number. It was very thoughtful of the BCCI not to put a base price for the team auction. It will have another big payday on January 25. | Read

Quote 💬

"The broadcasters will decide what time the game has to start. But ideally you don't want any sort of advantages in the game. You want to see good cricket being played without one having an advantage of batting under lights with the dew. But those are the things that are not in your control. But I like the idea of an early start."

Rohit Sharma backs Ashwin's suggestion for an early start in World Cup
Book Excerpt ✒️
'Neither Ravi nor Virat thought of this. That's where I saw a captain':

Former India coach R Sridhar revealed that it was neither then head coach Ravi Shastri nor Virat Kohli's masterclass, but was rather the idea of Sanju Samson. Sridhar revealed that it was the moment he had seen a captain in Samson. | Read

Video 🖋️
The pot for the one-handed crowd catches at the SA20 has been doubled to R2 million
Tweet 🐦
Next generation

Today's Sipper of the Day 🥤

The Good old chai drinkers would have been proud of Gill

That's a wrap. Stay thirsty you romantics and nerds and see you tomorrow.

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