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IND v SA: Mayank Agarwal is finally here and is here to stay

Mayank Agarwal has set an example to every cricketer who spends season after season in the domestic circuit – that if you are persistent and unrelenting, you can make it big at the international level. Following up on his maiden ton in Vizag, he once again came up with another brilliant century and while he […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA : Mohammed Shami bowls India to emphatic win

Despite the first innings resistance by South Africa, the cookie crumbled in the second when their top-order crumbled in the face of some accurate bowling by the Indians. While Ashwin was the destroyer in chief in the first innings, it was Mohammed Shami who led the charge for the home team in the second innings. […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA: South Africa fail to replicate first innings grit and fight

214 was South Africa’s highest total in the Test series in 2015. They had been rattled by spin. This time, when they were three-down for not too many on the second evening, it looked like a similar script would follow. However, they turned it around like never before. The determined South African batsmen scored more […]

March 29, 2022

India vs South Africa: Shami, Jadeja star in big win as hosts take 1-0 lead

Mohammed Shami’s lethal spell of fast bowling was beautifully complemented by Ravindra Jadeja’s guile as India recorded a resounding 203-run win victory over South Africa in the opening encounter of the three-Test series here on Sunday. The victory consolidated India’s position in the ongoing World Test Championship with another valuable 40 points added to their […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA: Cheteshwar Pujara and the intent question

When Ravichandran Ashwin walked out at the fag end of the first innings and made 1 in 17 balls as India were looking to declare, the off-spinner was getting a hang of the wicket on which he would later spin out seven South African batsmen. For Pujara, there was no such excuse in the […]

March 29, 2022

Vijay Hazare Trophy: Saurabh Tiwary fifty helps Jharkhand beat Hyderabad

Fifties from Kumar Deobrat and Saurabh Tiwari helped Jharkhand trounce Hyderabad by 6 wickets in a rain-curtailed Elite Group A match of the Vijay Hazare trophy here on Saturday. The match played at Just Cricket ground was reduced to 34 overs per side. Set a target of 193, Jharkhand, riding on half centuries by Deobrat […]

March 29, 2022

India vs South Africa: Pujara defends timing of declaration, says team “didn’t want” new ball to go soft on day 5

Senior batsman Cheteshwar Pujara on Saturday said that Indian team timed their second innings declaration in such a manner that they didn’t have to start with a soft semi new-ball on the fifth day of their first Test against South Africa. India batted 67 overs in their second innings to declare at 323 for 4, […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA: Twin tons for Rohit as day five promises exciting contest

Rohit Sharma smashed another hundred and a plethora of records as India set an improbable 395-run target for South Africa in first Test which is headed for an exciting final day. Revelling in his new role, Rohit effortlessly walked his way into the record books as he scored 127 off 149 balls, following his 176, […]

March 29, 2022

Prithvi Shaw focused on letting his bat to do the talking after comeback

Returning to competitive cricket with a bang after serving a doping suspension, young Prithvi Shaw says he is now completely focussed on letting his bat do the talking to force his way back into the Indian team. “Now I will focus on scoring as many runs as possible and win games for the team,” said […]

March 29, 2022

Kolkata Knight Riders: 14 Players Retained, 10 released ahead of IPL 2020 Auction

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have retained 14 players while releasing 10 with a vision of revamping their squad after a disappointing season in 2019. Australian batsman Chris Lynn, Indian Wicketkeeper-batsman Robin Uthappa, English all-rounder Joe Denly, West Indian all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite and South African pacer Anrich Nortje are some of the major players released. And […]

March 29, 2022

Mumbai Indians: 18 players retained, 12 released ahead of IPL 2020 Auction

IPL 2020: Defending Champions Mumbai Indians have released 12 players while retaining most of its core group of players ahead of the IPL Auction next month. The four-time champions have retained 18 players in total which also includes Sri Lankan veteran Lasith Malinga. West Indies’ Alzarri Joseph, Australia’s Jason Behrendorff and Ben Cutting, New Zealand’s […]

March 29, 2022

Lynn, Miller, Unadkat top names among 71 players released ahead of IPL auction

Chris Lynn, David Miller, Jaydev Unadkat and Chris Morris were among the 71 players released by their respective franchisees on Friday ahead of next month’s IPL auction. Friday was the deadline for releasing, trading and retaining players. A total of 127 players have been retained including 35 foreigners. Lynn, the big-hitting Australian opener, was released […]

March 29, 2022

List of IPL players released by Knight Riders, Royal Challengers and other IPL teams ahead of auction

Following is the IPL players release list released by Indian Premier League teams ahead of next month’s auction for 2020 season: Chennai Super Kings: Chaitanya Bishnoi, David Willey, Dhruv Shorey, Mohit Sharma, Sam Billings, Scott Kuggeleijn. Delhi Capitals: Ankush Bains, Bandaru Ayyappa, Chris Morris, Colin Ingram, Colin Munro, Hanuma Vihari, Jalaj Saxena, Manjot Kalra, Nathu […]

March 29, 2022

Royals trade Rahane to Capitals; get Tewatia, Markande in return

Rajasthan Royals on Thursday traded their most-capped player Ajinkya Rahane to Delhi Capitals in exchange of leg-spinner Mayank Markande and bowling all-rounder Rahul Tewatia. Rahane, who captained Royals in 24 of his 100 IPL games between 2011 and 2019, was also their top run-getter having scored 2810 runs at an average of 34.26 and strike […]

March 29, 2022

IPL 2020: Royals trade Gowtham to KXIP

Rajasthan Royals on Thursday traded bowling all-rounder K Gowtham to Kings XI Punjab before the IPL players’ transfer window expires on Thursday. Gowtham, who was bought for Rs 6.2 crore at the 2018 auction from his base price of Rs 20 lakh, played 15 games in 2018 and seven in 2019. It was a dismal […]

March 29, 2022

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020: Areas of concern India need to address ahead of the final against Australia

Dreams do not become destiny overnight. Especially, if the dream is as big as winning a World Cup for the country, it sure is not a destiny without the effort and dedication that the dream demands. Both Veda Krishnamurthy and Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur said that they are strong believers of destiny. They believe that […]

March 29, 2022

Liton Das, unassuming, elegant and Bangladesh’s future

Bangladesh cricket has been on the rise for some time now. However, there are quite a few players who have shown great potential and caught everybody’s attention before making you pull your hair with inconsistency. Liton Das is one such player. He has been around for almost five years now but it’s surprising that a […]

March 29, 2022

NZ vs IND, 2nd Test: How New Zealand toppled the number one ranked team

It was a familiar template for the Indian fans, as they were used to waking up early and watch their team crumble in New Zealand and Australia over the years. Déjà vu – 2002 or 2020? The last time India was white-washed in a Test series was eight years ago in Australia. Against New Zealand, […]

March 29, 2022

Death, taxes and Jasprit Bumrah

It’s not that Keshav Maharaj was not aware what Jasprit Bumrah is upto. From the moment Maharaj walked in as South Africa’s nightwatchman late on Day 4 in the Centurion Test, he knew that dreaded yorker is coming. Bumrah had made it pretty evident with a plethora of bouncers before. The idea was to push […]

March 29, 2022

R Ashwin in South Africa: India’s lesson in balance going forward

Players talk about shutting the outside noise but if it does reach him, Ravichandran Ashwin will be a touch disappointed that whenever India falter abroad, the narrative somehow becomes about him. But it never becomes about him when he goes to Australia, the most anti-finger spin country in the world, and wins India a Test […]

March 29, 2022

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