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Vijay Hazare Trophy: At 17, Mumbai player Yashasvi Jaiswal becomes youngest cricketer to score 200

Mumbai teenager Yashasvi Jaiswal on Wednesday smashed his way into the record books by becoming the youngest player to score a List-A double century. Playing in his debut Vijay Hazare season, the 17-year-old scored 203 off 154 balls, which included 12 sixes and 17 fours against a Jharkhand attack that included out-of-favour India pacer Varun […]

March 29, 2022

IND-W vs SA-W: Can India continue their ‘Raj’ as Mithali and Co. start WC 2021 preparations in style

Isn’t India Women’s series win against South Africa sweet? Yes, it is, as Mithali Raj and Co. registered their sixth ODI series win out of seven, which they have played over the last two years. This victory is even sweeter as aside from captain Raj and her deputy Harmanpreet Kaur, other batswomen such as–Jemimah Rodrigues, […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA: Wriddhiman Saha steals the show with stunning keeping skills

Paceman Umesh Yadav said he owed Wriddhiman Saha a “treat” since the wicketkeeper plucked catches out of thin air when his leg-side deliveries could have gone to the boundary line, in the second Test. Umesh returned figures of 3 for 22 in South Africa’s second innings to help India register an innings and 137-run win […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA: India complete formalities, go 2-0 up with record win over South Africa

The Indian juggernaut continued to roll as the hosts humiliated South Africa by an innings and 137 runs in the second Test to clinch a record 11th consecutive series victory at home, here on Sunday. The struggling South Africa batsmen surrendered yet again against the Indian bowlers, who asserted their supremacy in all conditions. The […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA: Lunch Report – India closing in on innings win

India are well on course for an innings victory after their bowlers blew away the South African top-order, leaving the visitors reeling at 74 for four in their second innings after following-on on the fourth day of the second Test, here on Sunday. The South Africans are still trailing India by 252 runs at lunch […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA: Keshav Maharaj reveals Prasanna Raman influence in resilient batting display

South African tail-ender Keshav Maharaj, who braved a sore shoulder to hit a gritty 72, said not going into a shell was key to their splendid rearguard action in the second Test against India. Maharaj said his lower-order colleague Vernon Philander (44 not out) kept him in good frame of mind. They shared a 109-run […]

March 29, 2022

Was it ripe to drop Mayank Agarwal too from the Test squad?

A proud batting nation, India reacted strongly to the Test series loss in South Africa. In the aftermath of what would be a tour remembered as an opportunity missed, the selectors finally relieved Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane of their misery. Had India won 2-1, they might have still dropped Rahane but persisted with Pujara, […]

March 29, 2022

Could Ravindra Jadeja bat in the top six in Test cricket?

Ravindra Jadeja in the top six, even as a No.5, in Test cricket could be a revolutionary move and help India on several fronts. But how feasible is it and would the Rohit Sharma-Rahul Dravid combo make the move? The recently concluded Mohali Test between India and Sri Lanka was, just like any other home […]

March 29, 2022

IPL 2022: Strongest Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Playing XI – Full Player List, Squad and Captain after Mega Auction

Bought for a whopping sum of INR 7,090 crores last year, the RPSG group owned Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) continued their surge towards the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) by entering the two-day mega auction in Bangalore. LSG had named three major pre-auctioning signings in the form of opening batter KL Rahul, […]

March 29, 2022

IPL 2022: Strongest SRH Playing XI – Full Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad, Player List And Captain After Mega Auction

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have done reasonably well in the Indian Premier League (IPL), having qualified for the playoffs quite a few times. Back in 2016, they also won the title under David Warner after beating the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the final. But in the previous season, they couldn’t get anything right as they […]

March 29, 2022

IPL 2022: Strongest KKR Playing XI – Full Kolkata Knight Riders Squad, Player List And Captain After Mega Auction

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) flourished and made a name for themselves when Gautam Gambhir played for them. The veteran captained the Knights to wins in 2012 and 2014 and made them a powerhouse. But since he left in 2018, the Knights have strained a bit. They named Dinesh Karthik as their captain in 2018, […]

March 29, 2022

IPL 2022: Strongest Gujarat Titans Playing XI – Full Player List, Squad and Captain after Auction

One of the two new franchises entering the Indian Premier League (IPL) from this year onwards, Gujarat Titans (GT), constructed their first-ever squad at the IPL 2022 Mega Auction in Bangalore. The Ahmedabad-based franchise, which had made three prominent pre-auction signings, added some notable buys to their kitty at the high-intense bidding war over two […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SL: The learnings from West Indies series and India’s way forward

As India flexed their muscles and overpowered West Indies to a 3-0 T20I series whitewash in Kolkata, we take a look at the team’s immediate gains and few key takeaways in the build up to the T20 World Cup in Australia. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team proved too good for the visitors in the shortest […]

March 29, 2022

Shreyas Iyer needs to keep scoring runs to be relevant

It was a perfect GIF moment for his naysayers. Shreyas Iyer took two steps to his right, then went back two steps to his left, stretched his willow and still missed the ball by a distance, triggering shock and laugh in equal measure on Twitter. Social media can be cruel to apparent weaknesses and with […]

March 29, 2022

Jasprit Bumrah should not play home Tests

Keeping him away from home Tests has been an integral aspect of India’s workload management and planning around the phenomena that is Jasprit Bumrah. The selectors have been mindful of their No.1 speedster’s needs and have mostly looked to keep him fresh in a heavily demanding cricket calendar. Back in October 2019, India surprisingly selected […]

March 29, 2022

Pakistan women’s team captain Bismah Maroof wants to play bilateral matches against India

India should keep sports away from politics and play bilateral matches against Pakistan, said the country’s women’s team captain Bismah Maroof on Thursday. Bismah expressed disappointment that Pakistan was not able to play India this year in the ICC women’s championship in India and also for having to play England in Malaysia. “India is a […]

March 29, 2022

IPL 2020 is going to be massive for Kuldeep Yadav: Sanjay Bangar

Former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar has reckoned that IPL 2020 is going to be massive for Kuldeep Yadav, saying a good outing there will earn him a place in the T20 World Cup squad. Kuldeep recently returned to India’s T20I squad for the West Indies series after a gap of nine months. He had […]

March 29, 2022

Umesh Yadav speaks about the negativity while on bench

Umesh Yadav knows that chances are not easy to come by given the abundance of India’s pace riches right now but even with this understanding, he says it is difficult to deal with the negativity and boredom that follows an axing. Yadav was dropped from India’s Test squad ahead of the home series against South […]

March 29, 2022

Shouldn’t take more than five weeks to recover: Saha after finger surgery

Laid low by yet another injury, Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha on Wednesday sought to play down the latest setback and said he expects to recover in a month’s time. Speaking to PTI after undergoing a surgery in Mumbai to fix a fracture on the ring finger of his right hand, Saha said, “It’s like a […]

March 29, 2022

George Bailey appointed Australia cricket selector

Former Australia Twenty20 captain George Bailey was appointed Wednesday as one of the country’s three national selectors, replacing the retired Greg Chappell. He joins chairman Trevor Hohns and coach Justin Langer and draws the curtain on his long playing career after the domestic Big Bash League in early February to take on the role full-time. […]

March 29, 2022

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