Indian Cricket Team Updates

South Africa fast bowler Morne Morkel will not be available to Kolkata Knight Riders for the upcoming Champions League T20 because of a shoulder injury. It is understood that Morkel has hurt his rotator cuff and wicketkeeper batsman Manvinder Bisla will be his replacement in the 15-man squad.  (Also Read:  KKR captain Gautam Gambhir interview ahead of the CLT20 2014 ) Morkel is the third overseas player to become unavailable for KKR, the IPL champions, after Australian batsman Chris Lynn was ruled out by shoulder surgery and Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan had his NOCs to play for the franchise cancelled by the BCB because of disciplinary issues. KKR were left with five overseas players: Jacques Kallis, Sunil Narine, Ryan ten Doeschate, Andre Russell and Pat Cummins.   (Also Read:  Kolkata Knight Riders Squad - CLT20 2014 )   Venky Mysore, the KKR chief executive, said Cricket South Africa had communicated to the BCCI that Morkel needed time...

Yet to get points on the table in the Pepsi Indian Premier League 2013, the Delhi Daredevils trained hard at the Feroz Shah Kotla ahead of their clash against the Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday evening. Although they have suffered losses in all three of their matches leading up to the game on Friday the team is positive in their minds.  “It is not the best start in the tournament but luckily we have identified the areas where we have gone wrong. And it is just one of those things that you need to get better and hopefully now, from tomorrow we can get the momentum that we need going to go forward in the competition. The mood is very, very good the guys are still in very good spirit. We saw last year with Chennai Super Kings, they lost the first few games in a row and then they made it to the final. We are fully positive and we believe that tomorrow in front of the home crowd we can deliver something special,” Morne Morkel told the media on the eve of the match.  Wi...