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Ind vs SA: Lessons learnt from 2015 tour, can Du Plessis turn around his fortune?

South African captain Faf du Plessis has “learnt” his lessons from the disastrous tour of India four years ago and hopes the team’s young members will emerge as improved cricketers after the current Test series, beginning on Wednesday. South Africa had no answer to the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, losing the […]

March 29, 2022

India vs South Africa 1st Test Preview: Rishabh Pant dropped as India go back to Wriddhiman Saha ahead of first Test against South Africa

‘Trial by spin.’ This was the phrase that became common when South Africa last played a Test match in India. In the four-match Test series in 2015, the Proteas lost three of them with one of them being rained off (four days were washed out). 61 (out of the 70) wickets fell to spin. The […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SA: Rohit Sharma in focus as Visakhapatnam beckons

India will be desperately hoping that Rohit Sharma replicates his phenomenal limited overs success as a Test opener when the experiment begins with the series opener against South Africa here on Wednesday. The build-up to the experiment has not been ideal to say the least with Rohit failing to score in South Africa’s sole warm-up […]

March 29, 2022

All you need to know about Assad Vala – PNG’s Captain Fantastico at T20 World Cup 2021

Papua New Guinea’s inspirational leader Assad Vala will be captaining his country in their first-ever men’s T20 World Cup appearance in the Middle East. Vala’s name has been associated with PNG cricket for a long, long time now. The experienced cricketer has been captaining his nation in T20Is since 2016. He has led PNG to […]

March 29, 2022

All you need to know about the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021: Tournament structure, groups, fixtures, start time, squads and prize money

With teams confirming their squads and reserves, the build-up to the T20 World Cup 2021, to be held in Oman and UAE from October 17 to November 14, has gotten just that more exciting. These squads have given fans and experts plenty to talk about, especially regarding the potential first-choice line-ups of each of their […]

March 29, 2022

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup: Oman Team Preview, Squad, Key Players and Probable Playing XI

Hosts Oman enter the T20 World Cup with massive aspirations and some great firepower as well. Having made their first-ever appearance in this tournament five years ago, they have proven themselves as a side to take note of in recent years. Despite losing the two T20Is to Sri Lanka recently, their fighting spirit was taken […]

March 29, 2022

Shakib Al Hasan overtakes Lasith Malinga to become the leading T20I wicket-taker

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan overtook Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga on Sunday to become the highest wicket-taker in Men’s T20 internationals. Shakib has 108 T20I wickets to his name now, which is one more than Malinga’s tally of 107 wickets. The 34-year-old was one short of Malinga’s 107 wickets when their T20 World Cup 2021 […]

March 29, 2022

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup: Papua New Guinea (PNG) Team Preview, Squad, Key Players and Probable Playing XI

Cricket provides some stellar stories during its grand events, and this time, the primal source of all fairytale stories is bound to come from the highly-spirited Papua New Guinea from Africa. The Barramundis are making their debut in a major ICC tournament and had a very inspiring journey to the top stage. Former Australian greats […]

March 29, 2022

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021: All you need to know about Calum MacLeod, Scotland’s Talisman

Scotland’s Calum Macleod is renowned for playing a match-winning knock in his country’s previous famous full-member scalp against England. Macleod struck an unbeaten 140 when Scotland historically defeated the three lions in a one-off ODI played in Edinburgh in 2018. In a rare opportunity for Scotland to make a statement against the ICC establishment and […]

March 29, 2022

Ashwin lauds Indian pace attack as one of the fiercest in world cricket

The current Indian pace attack is “one of the most lethal” in world cricket since it has the ability to create openings in every spell, reckons senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. There was no Jasprit Bumrah but Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav were ruthless and unplayable as Bangladeshi batsmen danced to their tunes ansd […]

March 29, 2022

IND vs BAN: Mental strength is important to face India’s pace attack, says Mominul

Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque on Thursday admitted his team lacked the mental strength required to counter India’s formidable pace attack on the first day of the opening Test here. Bangladesh were all out for 150 after opting to bat with Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav sharing seven wickets between them. More importantly, Bangladesh’s […]

March 29, 2022

Indian bowlers blast Bangladesh out for 150, India 86/1 at stumps on day 1

India’s pace troika was at its menacing best against an under-confident Bangladesh, helping the home team seize control of the first Test here on the opening day itself. On one of the bounciest tracks in recent times, Bangladesh were bundled out for 150 in 58.3 overs, lasting barely two sessions and a few overs more […]

March 29, 2022

AFGH v WI: Hope makes runs again and Chase has a ball in rare series sweep

AFGH vs WI: Shai Hope registered his seventh ODI ton and with cameos from Kieron Pollard and Roston Chase helped West Indies sweep the three-match series against Afghanistan in Lucknow – their first sweep in over five years in the format. Hope anchored the chase and remained unbeaten on 109 playing the role of the […]

March 29, 2022

Newbies Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley shine for England in warm-up game

Dom Sibley and Zac Crawley staked their claims for England Test debuts with unbeaten centuries in their first warm-up match in New Zealand, which ended in a draw in Whangarei on Wednesday. Stuart Broad was also in sharp form with a miserly one for 15 off nine overs against a New Zealand XI made up […]

March 29, 2022

AFG v WI: Shai Hope takes West Indies to series whitewash against Afghanistan

Stylish batsman Shai Hope slammed an unbeaten century to steer the West Indies to a comprehensive five-wicket win over Afghanistan in the third ODI and complete a 3-0 whitewash here on Monday. Chasing 250 for a win, Hope, opening the innings, smashed three sixes and eight fours in his 145-ball 109 not out to help […]

March 29, 2022

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Upendra Yadav powers UP to win over TN

Wicketkeeper-batsman Upendra Singh Yadav hammered an unbeaten 41-ball 70 (4 fours, 5 sixes) to power Uttar Pradesh to a five-wicket win over Tamil Nadu in a Group ‘B’ match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 cricket tournament here on Monday. Earlier, sent into bat Tamil Nadu made 168 for 7 in the quota of […]

March 29, 2022

WI W v IND W: Shafali Verma yet again fires as India Women take 2-0 lead

Teenager Shafali Verma scored her second consecutive half century after off-spinner Deepti Sharma starred with the ball as the Indian women’s cricket team registered an emphatic 10-wicket win over the West Indies in the second T20 International here. The 15-year-old Shafali continued her impressive run by scoring a quick-fire 69 off 35 balls alongside Smriti […]

March 29, 2022

Deepak Chahar credits lessons in Chennai for stellar show

Countering the dew in the sultry Chennai heat has been a big part of Deepak Chahar’s cricket education and he said it showed during his world record figures of 6 for 7 against Bangladesh in the series-deciding third T20 International here. Chahar, who also became the first male cricketer from the country to take a […]

March 29, 2022

IND v BAN: Bangladesh not learning from mistakes, says Mahmudullah

Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah lamented that his team is not learning from its mistakes and still “have a long way to go” in T20 cricket. Bangladesh have come close to a victory on many occasions but have failed to cross the line, especially against top teams like India losing the T20 series 1-2. “We have a […]

March 29, 2022

Rory Burns set to miss tour of Sri Lanka

England opening batsman Rory Burns will miss the tour of Sri Lanka in March after undergoing successful surgery on ruptured ligaments in his left ankle, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Tuesday. The 29-year-old suffered the injury playing football — part of the squad’s warm-up routine –last Thursday on the eve of […]

March 29, 2022

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