From the IPL
3 short reads across IPL: ‘People spoke about the short ball’ • Tilak, Kishan, bowlers help India drub Zimbabwe by 90 runs; …
Quick sweep of stories worth flagging — each summarised in a line.
• ‘People spoke about the short ball’: Ashwin lauds Sooryavanshi with Ponting comparison. Ravichandran Ashwin praised young Indian batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, comparing his handling of the short ball to Ricky Ponting after strong performances in the Zimbabwe T20 series.
• Tilak, Kishan, bowlers help India drub Zimbabwe by 90 runs; take unassailable 2-0 lead. India secured a dominant 90-run victory over Zimbabwe in the third T20I, powered by contributions from Tilak Varma and Ishan Kishan along with effective bowling to seal an unassailable 2-0 series lead.
• No Shan Masood for Pakistan in the second Test against West Indies after broken finger rules him out. The left-handed Pakistani batsman, centurion in the first Test, is also likely to miss the England tour starting next month.