July 26, Evening Brief: Today's top news and headlines from cricketing world

1. SA20 2025: Kane Williamson, Chris Woakes join Durban Super Giants

Right after the T20 World Cup, Williamson announced relinquishing white-ball captaincy to play more franchise cricket, especially in South Africa (Read More)

2. Inexperience won’t bother South Africa in West Indies, believes captain Temba Bavuma

Marco Jansen has been given a break from the series, which leaves South Africa with an inexperienced pace unit for the series (Read More)

3. ‘Feels like we're starting again and again as a team’ - Temba Bavuma’s take on South Africa’s red-ball calendar

The Temba Bavuma-led side is currently seventh on the WTC points table and qualifying for the finals seems like an uphill task (Read More)

4. Venkatesh Iyer joins Lancashire for One-Day Cup, County Championship

Venkatesh talked briefly about the glorious history of Lancashire and stated that his skillset would be tested in English conditions (Read More)

5. 'Yuzvendra Chahal has not played enough matches' - Venkatapathy Raju points out reasons why leg-spinner missed out on Sri Lanka tour

Raju pointed out that with a wealth of talented players to choose from, the selectors now face a challenging dilemma (Read More)

6. 'Father passed away when I was in second grade' - Jasprit Bumrah sheds light on childhood without a parent after World Cup win

Bumrah also just mentioned that financial issues were the point of concern after father's demise (Read More)

7. Wasim Jaffer set to be named as Punjab Kings head coach

 Jaffer served as the batting coach of PBKS from 2019 to 2021 but resigned prior to the IPL 2022 auction (Read More)

8. 'Gautam Gambhir's intent and communication has been very clear' - Shubman Gill shares first impression of India's new head coach

Gill has been named as the vice-captain of India's T20I and ODI teams on the tour to Sri Lanka (Read More)

9. Only thing left in Virat Kohli's career is to tour Pakistan and perform, he should come for Champions Trophy 2025: Younis Khan

The speculations have been fuelled by reports suggesting that the Indian government may not agree for the Indian contingent travel to Pakistan due to the political differences between the two nations and security issues in the neighbour nation (Read More)

10. 'We as a team were talking to him' - Jasprit Bumrah lauds Hardik Pandya for turning jeers into cheers

Hardik returned to Mumbai Indians ahead of IPL 2024 and saw the fans turning on him when he replaced Rohit Sharma as the captain of the five-time champions (Read More)