After a hat-trick of defeat in the ongoing Indian Premier League, the newly appointed skipper of five-time IPL trophy winning franchise Mumbai Indians – Hardik Pandya – is under the scanner and being criticized by experts. Considered as one of the richest franchise in the IPL tournament, Mumbai Indians have till now failed to open … Read more
Today’s IPL Match: Mumbai Indians (MI) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) will clash on April 1 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The match will start at 7:30 PM. This will be the third match in IPL 2024 for both teams. Mumbai, with zero points from two matches, are at number 9 of the points table. … Read more
Who won yesterday IPL Match? The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad saw a thrilling encounter between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Mumbai Indians (MI) on March 27. It was a massive display of shot-making by batters from both sides. Many records were broken; let’s take a look. Mumbai skipper Hardik Pandya’s decision to win the … Read more
Rohit Sharma’s batting traps us inside an awed headspace. Watching him watch the bowler run in is a minimalistic marvel. A stillness has descended in recent years. Almost Jacques Kallis-ish compact serenity in the wait. The classicism in Rohit Sharma the Test opener seems so effortlessly natural and the aural and visual aesthetic of his … Read more
Rohit Sharma’s coach Dinesh Lad is not impressed with the way the Indian captain has been getting out of late, saying he must resort to playing the anchor’s role instead of a “high-risk” game. Lad wants his ward to spend more time on the wicket. The Indian skipper got out for four runs against Pakistan … Read more
Mohammed Irfan Jr. was a bit disappointed after India’s two-hour net session at the Sydney Cricket Ground. “Virat Kohli chaale gayein? Rohit bhai ke saath selfie le liya, Kohli ka ek mil jaata,” the six feet six inch right arm pacer’s sadness was palpable while speaking to PTI. The Pakistan-born pacer, who has made Sydney … Read more
Shaheen Shah Afridi in T20 World Cup 2021. (AP) Since Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled KL Rahul, trapped Rohit Sharma in front and finished off the job when he had captain Virat Kohli miscue a bouncer to the keeper last October in a Group game of the T20 World Cup, a lot has changed in Indian … Read more
If the bigger boundaries at most grounds have lifted the spirits of bowlers converging on Australia for the T20 World Cup, they do well to temper their optimism with a flood of runs predicted by some from the tournament’s Super 12 stage. Cricket’s shortest format is unapologetically batter-biased and bowlers, often cast as cannon-fodder, derive … Read more
India won’t be playing Pakistan in any bilateral series in the 2023-2027 cycle. In the Future Tours Programme (FTP) sent to all state associations, the board has kept the columns for games against Pakistan ‘blank’. Besides, multi-nation tournaments, the Indian men’s team will play 38 Tests (20 home and 18 away), 42 ODIs (21 each … Read more
India batter Suryakumar Yadav jumped a place to reach a career-best-equaling second position in the latest ICC men’s T20I Player rankings issued on Wednesday. Suryakumar now has 801 rating points after smashing a match-winning 69 off 36 deliveries in the third match against Australia in Hyderabad on Sunday that helped India clinch the series 2-1. … Read more
