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Has the back injury reduced Jasprit Bumrah’s potency or is he being played better?

The World Test Championship final in Southampton saw a great exhibition of fast bowling. There were seven exceptional quicks to exploit the ‘English conditions’ and make life extremely difficult for the batsmen. Pacers from either side had a collective average of just 23.81 in the Test match. In such circumstances, you’d think Jasprit Bumrah would […]

March 29, 2022

Movement makes it tough to face Kyle Jamieson, not just height

During the England-New Zealand Test series, commentators Rob Key and Michael Atherton discussed how height helps Kyle Jamieson extract stiff bounce from the surface. It was an obvious but correct assessment, that such tall stature and incredibly high release points would ensure the bowler finds more spongy and disconcerting bounce from the track. Batsmen aren’t […]

March 29, 2022

WTC final: Why neither India nor New Zealand should mind a draw

Heading into the World Test Championship (WTC) final, India head coach Ravi Shastri was asked whether a one-off finale does as much justice to the two-year league and would a ‘best-of-three’ finals series provided for a fairer conclusion? Shastri nodded in agreement, echoing a sentiment expressed by thousands of fans in the lead up to […]

March 29, 2022

England need Eoin Morgan back to his best

In the aftermath of the 2019 World Cup, Eoin Morgan was asked whether he will continue overseeing England’s journey and lead their title defense four years later. At the time, Morgan stood undecided, slightly hesitant to answer questions on his England future. An individual very self-aware, Morgan’s reluctance was down to where he stood in […]

March 29, 2022

WTC points: How better or worse is the percentage based points system?

Geoff Allardice, the acting CEO of the International Cricket Council (ICC), revealed on Monday (June 15) that the rejigged World Test Championship (WTC) points system used since last year will be retained for the league’s next cycle as well. Allardice confirmed that ICC is planning to retain the system that rewards the percentage of points […]

March 29, 2022

The new Indian Fab 5 in Test Cricket

The importance of bowlers is often overlooked in cricket, be it limited-over games or Test matches. You need to pick wickets to control the flow of runs in the white-ball cricket, and it is impossible to win a Test match without picking 20 wickets. The pitches have been result-oriented for the long-format games for the […]

March 29, 2022

Timeline of suspected bookie’s chats with Shakib Al Hasan

Following is the timeline of the conversations between Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan and suspected Indian bookie Deepak Aggarwal that was released by the International Cricket Council. Shakib has been banned for two years, one year suspended, for failing to report these approaches. #In January 2018, he (Shakib) was selected as part of the […]

March 29, 2022

A walk to remember: Papua New Guinea makes it to the T20 World Cup in Australia next year

There were moments throughout the Netherlands-Scotland match of this ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 which made the Papua New Guinea (PNG) players anxious. You don’t often see players from other teams waiting to watch other games at the ground. Yes, teams do follow the games when their future depends on it but […]

March 29, 2022

Kumble supports Kohli’s view on having permanent Test centres

Former India captain and coach Anil Kumble has supported Virat Kohli’s view of having five centres for Test matches in order to bring the spectators back to the stadium. Kumble, in fact, wants the BCCI to go back to the old tradition of the 80s and 90s where Test matches at specific centres were held […]

March 29, 2022

AUS v SL: Aaron Finch fit, Andrew Tye ruled out of T20Is

Captain Aaron Finch was Saturday cleared to play in Australia’s opening Twenty20 against Sri Lanka, but the team was dealt a blow with fast bowler Andrew Tye ruled out of the series. There were fears that Finch might not recover from a side strain he has been nursing for a fortnight, but the batsman was […]

March 29, 2022

“Virat Kohli is agreeable to day-night Tests” – Sourav Ganguly

The BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Friday said that Indian skipper Virat Kohli is open to the idea of playing day-night Tests and it could be a reality in near future. He had a meeting with Kohli in Mumbai on Thursday where the idea was floated. “I must say that Virat Kohli is agreeable to […]

March 29, 2022

New Pakistan captain Babar Azam up for Australia challenge

Newly-installed Pakistan captain Babar Azam admitted his team will face a stern test during next month’s tour of Australia, but vowed his players will go for victory. Azam last week replaced Sarfaraz Ahmed, who was dumped as skipper and left out of the squad following the shocking 3-0 rout of the Twenty20 side — ranked […]

March 29, 2022

South Africa captain Faf du Plessis calls for coaching ‘clarity’

South Africa captain Faf du Plessis said on Friday that full-time appointments concerning the national team’s coaching staff and selectors needed to be made urgently. Speaking on the team’s return from a three-Test trouncing in India, Du Plessis said uncertainty over key positions was “a massive red flag”. Cricket South Africa fired coach Ottis Gibson, […]

March 29, 2022

I didn’t get selected in my first selection trials: Sachin Tendulkar

Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar on Friday revealed that he was not selected when he appeared for his first selection trials and the rejection spurred him to work even harder on his game. “When I was a student, the only thing in my mind was to play for India. My journey started at the age of […]

March 29, 2022

Mithun, Rahul and Agarwal guide Karnataka to Vijay Hazare Triumph

KL Rahul presented himself as a potent keeper-batsman option with a strong show while birthday-boy Abhimanyu Mithun savoured a rare hat-trick as Karnataka lifted the Vijay Hazare Trophy title with a 60-run win over Tamil Nadu in the rain-hit final, here on Friday. Rahul remained in the thick of things after hosts elected to field […]

March 29, 2022

3 Players Lucknow franchise should look to sign before IPL 2022 auction

Despite the existing franchises retaining a sizeable chunk of the players – 27 in total – there is a significant pool of prominent stars remaining for the two new franchises to rope in before even entering the mega auction for IPL 2022. One of those franchises, based in Lucknow, still have a great opportunity to […]

March 29, 2022

Vijay Hazare Trophy Round-up: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bengal register wins

India A speedster Ishan Porel bowled brilliantly to grab six-wickets while Shreevats Goswami made an unbeaten 86 to guide Bengal to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Jammu and Kashmir in a Group C Vijay Hazare Trophy match here on Monday. Porel (6/34) came up with a devastating opening spell that sent Jammu and Kashmir reeling […]

March 29, 2022

Board President’s XI vs South Africa Warm-up: Rohit Sharma fails as opener as match ends in a draw

Rohit Sharma’s trial run as an opener lasted only two deliveries as he left without troubling the scorers in a drawn three-day warm-up game between Board President’s XI and South Africa here on Saturday. Test aspirants Priyank Panchal (60, 77 balls) and keeper batsman Kona Bharat’s quickfire 71 off 57 balls were the highlight of […]

March 29, 2022

Vijay Hazare Trophy: Vijay Shankar smacks 91 in TN’s seven-wicket win over Bihar

All-rounder Vijay Shankar marked his return from injury with a superb knock of 91 (88 balls, 6 fours, 1 six) to power Tamil Nadu to a seven-wicket win over Bihar in a Vijay Hazare Trophy Group C match here on Saturday. Tamil Nadu made 218 for 3 in 46.5 overs in reply to Bihar’s 217 […]

March 29, 2022

3 players Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) should retain ahead of IPL 2022 auction

2016 champions Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) had a disastrous 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Orange army failed to give a proper account of themselves in both the Indian and the UAE legs of the tournament, shockingly winning just 3 of their 14 league matches. SRH finished bottom of the eight-team IPL 2021 […]

March 29, 2022

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