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India vs South Africa T20I series: Pant’s bid for consistency, Dhawan’s form and other things to look forward to

The much-awaited home season kick-starts for India and with it, starts their journey of experimentation as they aim to fit in every piece of the puzzle in their T20I set-up, for next year’s T20 World Cup in Australia. It all starts with a 3-match T20I series against the visiting South Africans, who will be ushering […]

March 29, 2022

IND vs SA T20Is: A chance for the Chahar brothers to shine in absence of India’s regular bowlers

India are set to play 17 T20Is till the IPL, ahead of the 2020 T20 World Cup in Australia, and the skipper has already outlined that they are happy to experiment with the side and try out combinations.

March 29, 2022

Tamil Nadu announce squad for Vijay Hazare Trophy

Out-of-favour India cricketer K Dinesh Karthik will lead a strong Tamil Nadu team, comprising all-rounders Vijay Shankar and M S Washington Sundar, in the Vijay Hazare Trophy cricket tournament, scheduled to be played at Jaipur from September 24 to October 16. Vijay Shankar, who was part of the India team in the ICC World Cup […]

March 29, 2022

Lance Klusener sees inexperienced Indian pace-trio as weak link; hopes SA batsmen can take advantage

South Africa will like to put pressure on India’s inexperienced pace trio of Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed and Deepak Chahar during the three-match T20 International series, visiting side’s assistant batting coach Lance Klusener said here on Sunday. The trio has together played 16 T20 Internationals between them and the former South African all-rounder sensed it […]

March 29, 2022

India vs South Africa 2019 | 1st T20I Preview, Playing XI and Key Battles to Watch Out For

If the last 18 months were about preparing for the World Cup, then the next 12 months are going to be the same for the World T20 which is scheduled to take place in Australia next year. Both India and South Africa will play a lot of T20s in the lead-up to that World T20 […]

March 29, 2022

Scotland, Oman book T20 World Cup spots

Oman defeated Hong Kong by just 12 runs in a do-or-die T20 World Cup qualifier to reach the finals in Australia along with Scotland who thrashed United Arab Emirates by 90 runs. Oman and Scotland join Namibia, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea and Ireland, who had already booked their places in the 2020 showpiece but are […]

March 29, 2022

AUS v SL: David Warner’s maiden T20I ton helps Australia to their biggest T20I win

David Warner emphatically bounced back to form with a first-ever Twenty20 century as Australia crushed Sri Lanka by 134 runs in their opening match of the series in Adelaide on Sunday. Birthday boy Warner clubbed an unbeaten 100 as he powered Australia to a massive 233 for two, aided by century stands with skipper Aaron […]

March 29, 2022

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier: Ireland, Netherlands seal play-off berth

Ireland and Netherlands secured qualification for the play-offs at the World T20 qualifier after registering convincing wins over Nigeria and Bermuda by eight wickets and 92 runs respectively. Craig Young’s four for 13, alongside Mark Adair’s two for ten, meant Nigeria always struggled were not allowed to get going with the bat against Ireland and […]

March 29, 2022

Vijay Hazare Trophy Finals: Mayank Agarwal, Karnataka’s man for the finals

Two years, three finals, three titles but one constant for Karnataka, Mayank Agarwal. Since the start of 2018, Karnataka have reached three finals in white-ball cricket and they’ve won all of them. Agarwal has been their talisman and has driven the batting line-up in each of those three finals. 90 off 79, 85 off 57 […]

March 29, 2022

Indian Test cricket: The rapid evolution of pace over spin

Just cast your mind back to the late 90s and early 2000s where India’s Test side were largely dependent on Sachin Tendulkar, the batsman, and Anil Kumble, the leg spinner. Along with them were fast bowlers like Zaheer Khan, Javagal Srinath and Ajit Agarkar who were wonderful servants of Indian cricket and did as well […]

March 29, 2022

Satire: Harsh lessons for South Africa from taxing India tour

If you are a South African fan, look away. If you are a South African player, I wonder why you would read any cricket article at all, let alone this, now. If you are neither, yet feel sorry for South Africa, stay. If you are an Indian fan, I suggest you read till the end […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA: Virat Kohli credits Rohit Sharma for overcoming “anxiety and hesitation”

Skipper Virat Kohli feels that no one but Rohit Sharma alone “deserves credit” for overcoming “anxiety and hesitation” while performing commendably in his new role as an opener, giving India enough time to take 20 South African wickets in the 3-0 Test series sweep. Rohit turned out to be a revelation as opener with scores […]

March 29, 2022

Virat Kohli calls for reduced Test centres

India captain Virat Kohli feels that time has come for the BCCI to zero in on five permanent Test centres for future home series, similar to the English and Australian model when top teams tour those countries. In Australia, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide are the five designated Test centres whenever the big teams […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA: Shahbaz Nadeem nerveless on debut

Debutant left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem on Monday said he was nervous for exactly three balls in his maiden Test appearance against South Africa and his wealth of experience in first class cricket prepared him for international challenge on short notice. Nadeem was drafted into the squad for the third Test after Kuldeep Yadav suffered a […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA: Zubayr Hamza rues lack of mental preparation

Staring at a whitewash in the three-match Test series, South African batsman Zubayr Hamza on Monday admitted they should have been better prepared mentally before embarking on what has been a nightmarish India tour. The 24-year-old got a chance in the Ranchi Test after an injury to Aiden Markram and the youngster impressed with an […]

March 29, 2022

IPL 2021 Auction Live Updates: List of Players Sold, Unsold and Squads of all eight teams

That’s it from the auction folks. The updated squads will be on the site soon. Cheers and good bye! 20:13 IST: Arjun Tendulkar sold to Mumbai Indians at INR 20 lakh 20:10 IST: Akash Singh to RR, Pawan Negi and Venkatesh Iyer to KKR 19:53 IST: Ben Cutting to KKR at INR 75 lakh 19:52 […]

March 29, 2022

IPL 2021 Auction | Delhi Capitals buy Steve Smith for INR 2.2 Crores

Despite being the most high-profile cricketer in the IPL 2021 auction, Steve Smith’s bid went pretty uncontested. He had a base price of INR 2 crore which was matched by Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals. Ultimately, Delhi Capitals walked away with the number 2 ranked Test batsman in the world for INR 2.2 crore. The […]

March 29, 2022

IPL 2021 Auction | Complete Punjab Kings (PBKS) Squad and Final list of Players

Punjab Kings (formerly known as Kings XI Punjab) finished sixth in the last IPL season. They played some exciting cricket towards the second half of the season but their run of six consecutive losses at the start of the edition made sure that it was too late before they found form. Some big budget players disappointed […]

March 29, 2022

IPL 2021 Auction | Complete Mumbai Indians (MI) Squad and Final list of Players

Mumbai Indians (MI) won their fifth IPL title last season beating Delhi Capitals in the final. They had a perfect season once again and hardly had any reason to complain. However, they still opted to make some changes to their squad by releasing some players and replaced them with some really good assets picked from […]

March 29, 2022

IPL 2021 Auction | Complete Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad and Final list of Players

Despite the presence of a number of big-hitters such as Andre Russell, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik and seamers Pat Cummins along with Lockie Ferguson, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) failed to reach the play-offs for the second successive time in a row in the last edition of the IPL. They will be targeting an aggressive […]

March 29, 2022

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