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Time to market women’s cricket as a stand-alone product?

In the last ten months, the world has witnessed two magnificent women’s sporting events – the Women’s Football World Cup in June 2019 and the Women’s T20 cricket World Cup in February 2020. Post-that, two significant things happened in women’s sport. The US Soccer Federation made an absurd statement in the lawsuit that has been […]

March 29, 2022

Sunrisers Hyderabad have the best death bowling: David Warner

Sunrisers Hyderbad captain David Warner believes his side’s death bowling is “probably the best” in the Indian Premier League. The 2016 champions boast of a fine combination of pacers and spinners with India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Afghan leg-spinner Rashid Khan being the prominent names. “We’ve got a very good squad. One of the best things […]

March 29, 2022

Red Bull ‘The Mind Behind’: Episode 3, Kagiso Rabada: “I don’t have grudges off the field”

In this episode of ‘The Mind Behind’, watch Suhail Chandok question the 24 year old South African pacer Kagiso Rabada on his success mantra, how he managed to take 350 wickets at a young age and how he is coping with the ongoing lockdown and a lot more! The Mind Behind is a cross-discipline series […]

March 29, 2022

In hindsight, I probably didn’t need to pull out of IPL: Chris Woakes

England all-rounder Chris Woakes has revealed that he pulled out of this year’s IPL primarily to be with his pregnant wife but need not have officially announced his withdrawal from the event, which was suspended indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. Woakes was bought for Rs 1.5 crore by Delhi Capitals at the IPL auction […]

March 29, 2022

England players were jealous of Kevin Pietersen’s massive IPL contract: Michael Vaughan

Former captain Michael Vaughan has claimed that many England players were jealous of their then teammate Kevin Pietersen after the maverick batsman landed a “massive contract” in the Indian Premier League. In 2009, Pietersen, now retired, became one of the highest paid IPL players when Royal Challengers Bangalore bought him for a whopping Rs 9.8 […]

March 29, 2022

Brendon McCullum: World Cup can be pushed to 2021 with IPL taking its slot

Former New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum on Wednesday advocated for this year’s T20 World Cup to be postponed to early next year, saying the currently-suspended IPL should take the mega-event’s slot. The COVID-19 pandemic has halted all global sporting activities, jeopardising the T20 World Cup, scheduled in Australia from October 18-November 15, and also “indefinitely” […]

March 29, 2022

Yuvraj Singh: Suresh Raina was Dhoni’s favourite

It is common for any captain to have a favourite player and when it came to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, it was Suresh Raina, who enjoyed unstinted backing from the former India captain, feels Yuvraj Singh. One of India’s greatest limited-overs cricketers, Yuvraj remembered how Dhoni faced selection dilemma when he had to choose two out […]

March 29, 2022

MS Dhoni arguably the greatest captain ever: Kevin Pietersen

Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen says two-time World Cup-winning skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is arguably the greatest captain ever. When asked, Pietersen said it would be difficult to argue against Dhoni’s greatness. “It will be very difficult just with the weight of expectation to go against MS Dhoni because of what everybody expects from him, […]

March 29, 2022

IPL auction in ’80s and ’90s: Kapil Dev, Srikkanth, Kambli could have invited bidding wars

Some were rich in talent, some were mavericks and some others could bring in the crowds as pure entertainers. They were the Indian cricketers of ’80s and ’90s, who were unlucky to miss the gravy train called the Indian Premier League (IPL). Take for example Krish Srikkanth. Could he have hooked a Pat Cummins bouncer […]

March 29, 2022

Graeme Smith handed permanent charge of CSA Director of Cricket

Former captain Graeme Smith was on Friday appointed Cricket South Africa’s permanent Director of Cricket for a two-year term, a post which he held on an interim basis since December last year. The 39-year-old was brought on board to put South African cricket back on track. “Graeme has made a huge impact with his energy, […]

March 29, 2022

IND vs SL 3rd T20I: ‘Palghar Express’ Shardul Thakur showing his value by performing under pressure

On Friday, Shardul Thakur became the hero for the Indian team as his all-round performance not only helped him to get the ‘Man of the Match’ award but also a series win for the Indian team. While everything seems rosy and seemed to click yesterday, Thakur’s fledgling international career hasn’t been so straightforward. While the […]

March 29, 2022

Jasprit Bumrah goes past Chahal and Ashwin to become India’s highest wicket-taker in T20Is

Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah on Friday became India’s highest wicket-taker in the T20 Internationals after he dismissed Sri Lankan opener Danushka Gunathilaka in third and final T20 series against Sri Lanka here. Bumrah has now 53 T20 wickets to his name from 45 T20 internationals. Wrist-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (52 wickets from 37 matches) and ace […]

March 29, 2022

“Don’t endorse idea of pitting players against each other” – Virat Kohli

India captain Virat Kohli is happy that Shikhar Dhawan is back in form with a half-century but doesn’t “endorse” the idea of pitting a senior player against a much younger KL Rahul as possible partner for Rohit Sharma in the upcoming ODI series against Australia. Dhawan was under some pressure before the third T20 International […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SL: Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini and openers take India to win

Shikhar Dhawan silenced his critics, KL Rahul sizzled as usual and the trio of fast bowlers were intimidating in India’s one-sided 78-run victory over Sri Lanka in the third T20 International on Friday, sealing the series 2-0. India were sent into bat by Sri Lanka captain Lasith Malinga but on a flat track, the hosts […]

March 29, 2022

IND v SL: After KulCha, Bumrah-Saini underlines importance of bowling partnerships in T20s

We talk about batting partnerships and their importance in each of the three formats. There are bowling partnerships spoken about in Test cricket as well — Shane Warne – Glenn McGrath, Wasim Akram – Waqar Younis, Anil Kumble – Harbhajan Singh — all forged memorable bowling partnerships in Tests. Why then is the term used […]

March 29, 2022

Women’s Challenger Trophy: Shafali Verma scores 45-ball 89 as India C clinch title

Teenager Shafali Verma smashed 89 off 45 balls to power India ‘C’ to a title triumph in the women’s T20 Challenger Trophy with an eight-wicket victory over India ‘B’ here on Friday. India ‘B’ posted 131 for six in their allotted 20 overs after opting to bat at the Barabati Stadium. In reply, India ‘C’ […]

March 29, 2022

WI v IRE: Sheldon Cottrell’s penultimate ball six seals thrilling one-wicket win for West Indies

Bridgetown (Barbados), Jan 10 (AFP) Sheldon Cottrell blasted a six off the penultimate ball to give the West Indies a thrilling one-wicket victory over Ireland in the second one-day international at Kensington Oval on Thursday. Cottrell, best known for his fast bowling where wickets are celebrated with a flamboyant military salute, carted Mark Adair over […]

March 29, 2022

Matt Renshaw catch at boundary causes confusion in BBL

A two-man catch to dismiss Hobart skipper Matthew Wade in a T20 Big Bash match in Brisbane has led to confusion over the laws with even Lord’s weighing in. Hobart batted first and had limped to 98 for five off 14.4 overs largely thanks to a captain’s knock by Wade. On 61, he launched the […]

March 29, 2022

KL Rahul feels he is “reading the game a lot better”

India opener KL Rahul feels he has got “a lot better” at reading the game and building his innings, the secret to his consistent performance in the white ball formats. Rahul is enjoying a good run in limited overs cricket having hit two hundreds and three half centuries in the ODIs and to top it […]

March 29, 2022

Virat Kohli hints at surprise package Prasidh Krishna as a T20 World Cup candidate

Indian captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday hinted that Karnataka pacer Prasidh Krishna, who turns out for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, could be a “surprise package” going into the T20 World Cup. On a day when his lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah returned from a long injury layoff, Kohli spoke about the options at his […]

March 29, 2022

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