Centurion [South Africa], December 31 (ANI): South African spinner Tabraiz Shamsi praised compatriot Quinton de Kock for giving his family priority over playing in the longest format of the game.
Melbourne [Australia], December 31 (ANI): Opening batter Rohit Sharma, off-spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel, and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant are three Indians who have been named in Cricket.com.au's Test team of the year 2021.
Dubai [UAE], December 28 (ANI): India's spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, England captain Joe Root, New Zealand's all-rounder Kylie Jamieson and Sri Lanka's Test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne have been nominated for the ICC Men's Test Player of the Year 2021 award.
Melbourne [Australia], December 26 (ANI): Former Australia spinner Shane Warne on Sunday said that he would have played Stuart Broad in place of Ollie Robinson in the ongoing third Ashes Test.
New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): Former Team India selector Sarandeep Singh said that spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took ex-head coach Ravi Shastri's comment on Kuldeep Yadav in a wrong way.
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], December 25 (ANI): A day after retiring from all forms of cricket, spinner Harbhajan Singh on Saturday revealed that he has offers from multiple political parties to join them, but he will get into politics only after making up his mind.
New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): Former India batter Mohammad Kaif on Saturday congratulated Harbhajan Singh on a wonderful career, saying there was never a dull moment when the spinner was around the dressing room.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 25 (ANI): Board of Control for Cricket in India's secretary Jay Shah congratulated ace spinner Harbhajan Singh on a wonderful career, saying his zeal to perform under pressure situations always stood out.
Sydney [Australia], December 25 (ANI): Pakistani leg spinner Shadab Khan has joined the two-time defending champion Sydney Sixers for the remainder of the Big Bash League (BBL).
London [UK], December 25 (ANI): Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has announced retirement from all forms of cricket and tributes and wishes are pouring in from all corners for 'Turbanator'. Monty Panesar, the first Indian-origin Sikh cricketer, was inspired by Harbhajan as a youngster.
Centurion [South Africa], December 24 (ANI): Team India head coach Rahul Dravid extended his good wishes to spinner Harbhajan Singh as the latter has announced his retirement from all the formats of crickets on Friday.