Alfonso Thomas

Indian leg-spinner Piyush Chawla superb all-round performance including a century has put his side Somerset in a position of supremacy against Middlesex in a Division I county game at the Lord's on Thursday.

His performance in IPL 4 has impressed one and all but it hurts seamer Alfonso Thomas when he finds only one international match against his name.

Piyush Chawla let his bat do the talking with a superb century during a Division-I county game for his side Somerset against Middlesex at the Lord's.

Hosts South Africa announced a provisional 30-member squad for the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Cup in September.

Mumbai, the leicestershire county cricket club, on Tuesday announced the signing of former India captain Ajinkya Rahane for the 2023 season. Rahane, 34, will arrive in June after playing in the IPL with the Chennai Super Kings and will be available for eight county championship matches as well as the entire Royal London Cup one day tournament in August. Rahane is Leicestershire's latest overseas signing for 2023 after Wiaan Mulder and Naveenulhaq. This will be Rahane's second stint in county cricket after he became the first Indian cricketer to play for Hampshire in 2019. Currently out of the Indian team, Rahane has scored 4931 runs at an average of 3852 including 12 hundreds in tests and 2962 runs at 3526 including three centuries in ODIs. He has also scored 12865 runs 4712 in firstclass cricket including 39 centuries and 54 fifties. Speaking about Rahane's signing, Director of Cricket Claude Henderson said, "I'm extremely excited to welcome Ajinkya to Leicestershire. He comes with a lot of experience and a tremendous work ethic, and is a great opportunity for us to tap into that. I had conversations with Assistant Coach Alfonso Thomas

The Leicestershire County Cricket Club on Tuesday announced the signing of former India captain Ajinkya Rahane for the 2023 season. The club revealed on its website that the 34-year-old Mumbaikar is set to arrive in June after playing in the IPL with the Chennai Super Kings, and will be available for eight County Championship matches, as well as the entire Royal London Cup (One Day tournament) in August. The Indian batsman is Leicestershire’s latest overseas signing for 2023 after Wiaan Mulder and Naveen-ul-Haq.

Ajinkya Rahane has joined Leicestershire in place of Wiaan Mulder, who is expected to travel to the West Indies with South Africa in August. Rahane has accumulated over 26,000 runs across formats (First-Class, List-A and T20), having struck 51 hundreds with a top score of an unbeaten 265.

Cricket South Africa named the provisional squad of 30 players for the ICC Champions Trophy tournament to be played in September.

The Indian Premier League has done a world of good for domestic players and Vidarbha pacer Shreekant Wagh is no exception.

Martin Van Jaarsveld is still fighting some inner demons after a devastating semifinal loss in a last-ball thriller against the Sydney Sixers in the Champions League T20 in South Africa.