The number of Test centuries Virat Kohli has scored so far is on par with his contemporaries who are being consistently compared with him. Kohli has scored 17 tons in the longest format of the game while Steve Smith, Joe Root and Kane Williamson have scored 20, 13 and 17 centuries, respectively. However, when it […]
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Michael Slater Admits Australian Batting a Huge Concern for Ashes
Former Australian opening batsman Michael Slater, who was known for his stroke-making, admitted that he is concerned about Kangaroos middle-order set-up while adding it would solely rely on the skipper Steven Smith and vice-captain David Warner at home. “I’m worried about our side. It still relies on Warner, Smith,” Slater was quoted as saying by […]
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Massive Changes In the Line-Up, As Star All-Rounder Rejoins Team India
Chennai, Sep 16 (IANS) Despite steamrolling Sri Lanka over three cricket formats 9-0 in their last tour, India will know all too well that Australia would be a different proposition altogether when the two sides renew acquaintances in the first of the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here on Sunday. India […]
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Rohit Sharma Spoke Up For The Rested-Rotated Players (Column: Just Sport)
Not a day passes without a spicy cricket story hitting the headlines, be it the pay dispute in Australia, the run-ins between cricket administrators in India or selling Television right of the Indian Premier League. In between India’s national selectors have snatched their time in the sun, resting, rotating or dropping players without taking them […]
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Sussex Approached Me For A County Stint: Kuldeep Yadav
Sussex county club had approached the India chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav for a county stint, but the bowler had to decline the offer due to busy international commitments, Kuldeep told The IndianExrpess.com, “Definitely, I would play county cricket. Actually, I got an offer from Sussex recently but I could not get time from my schedule […]
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David Warner Set to Make His ODI Debut In India
Australian opener David Warner is widely regarded as one of the best left-handed batsmen of the modern generation and going by his records especially in the past few months; the southpaw has taken his game to a whole new level. Without a doubt, Warner will play a significant role for the visitors in the upcoming […]
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Brad Haddin Says Comments Were Harsh on Gloveman Matthew Wade
The former Australian wicket-keeper batsman Brad Haddin, who has been recently roped in as the High-Performance fielding coach, believes his successor Matthew Wade has faced a wrath of critics. It should not have had taken place owing to the hot and humid conditions in Bangladesh, where the latter was part of the visitor’s squad for two-match […]
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Faf du Plessis Thanks Pakistan for the Independence Cup
South Africa Test skipper Faf du Plessis lauded Pakistan’s efforts for arranging the Independence Cup in a bid to win back the confidence of foreign teams to tour Pakistan again. It was Du Plessis who led a World XI team in a three-match T20I series in Lahore in the last five days. It also allowed […]
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Australia Call-in Kerala’s Chinaman Bowler To Counter Kuldeep Yadav Threat
In the modern cricket, the international level teams use advanced techniques and new ways to deal with the various difficulties that may arise ahead of a game or series. The teams try to minimise the effect of threat and opt new techniques and the Australian team, who is in India at present to play a […]
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Pakistan Vs World XI 2017 – Proud Of The (Pakistani) Boys: Sarfaraz Ahmed
For skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed, there wasn’t any better homecoming, as his side dominated the World XI outfit to clinch the three-match series 2-1. More than just the result, however, what stands out is the fact that cricket has returned to the shores of Pakistan, and things look far more promising now with international entities willing […]