The Indian cricket team has struggled overseas losing Test series in England and in Australia, in South Africa and in New Zealand which led to the retirement of MS Dhoni. Since then, Virat Kohli has taken captaincy in 2015 and the fortunes of the Indian team in Test matches has changed completely. The Indian team […]
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I can be the perfect No. 7 for India : Hardik Pandya
With the backing of cricketing legends Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Pointing, describing the 22-year old as the “one to watch out for”, Hardik Pandya made it to the Indian squad for the 3-match T20 series for Australia. He feels he is the perfect one to fit in at no. 7 position for Team India as […]
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Williamson ready to take up Kiwi captaincy: Vettori
Wellington, Dec 22 (IANS) New Zealand cricket great Daniel Vettori on Tuesday said Kane Williamson is ready to step into the shoes of captain Brendon McCullum when the latter retires in February next year. Williamson is the lead candidate to step in as Black Caps skipper when McCullum stands down, with the 34-year-old announcing on […]
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ARTICLE ON HOW T20, PREMIER LEAGUES ARE HAVING A HUGE IMPACT ON THE GAME.
The game has evolved a lot in the last decade. There was a time when a score of 240-260 was considered to be at par score, but nowadays even 320 looks chasable and teams have done it with plenty of overs still left thanks to T20 Cricket (not to forget smaller grounds, Australia […]
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Live blog: Pakistan Super League players draft starts
Pakistan Super League T20 players draft has started. Total five teams –Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Islamabad and will play the tournament in UAE. In the platinum round (1st round) Peshawar picks Shahid Afridi and Kevin Pietersen is bought by Quetta, Shoaib Malik to Karachi, and Australian allrounder Shane Watson has gone Islamabad. In the […]
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Need to grab opportunity given to me says Yuvraj Singh
India’s all-rounder Yuvraj Singh said that he needs to grab hold of the opportunity that will come his way playing against Australia in T20’s internationals next month. “It feels great to get an opportunity. Playing in Australia will not be easy but I need to make the best of this (chance),” Yuvraj told a news […]
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Featured: DDCA a place of chaotic disorder and lawlessness
The functioning of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), like a majority of the state units affiliated to the Indian cricket board, has never appeared clean or transparent. Also the selection of its teams, particularly at the age-group level, is scandalous – to put it mildly. Again, like all sports bodies in the country, […]
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Legends ignored: 5 players who went unsold in PSL draft
The first day of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) players draft has been held today (Monday). With a lot of excitement and hope, the draft has started. All five times- Peshwar Zalmi, Karachi Kings, Quetta Gladiators, Lahore Qalandars and Islamabad United-have drafted renowed players Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Kevin Pietersen, Chris Gayle and Shane Watson […]
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Bangladesh postpone Zimbabwe test series to prepare for T20 events
The Bangaldesh Cricket Board has decided to postpone the test series against Zimbabwe to prepare for next year’s Asia Cup and World T20 World Cup to be held in India. Zimbabwe was scheduled to visit Bangladesh for a two test series in January. “We have two important T20 tournaments ahead of us – the Asia […]
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Bedi, Prasanna lash out selectors for Nehra’s inclusion
Bishan Singh Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna, the legendary spinners have been highly surprised with the inclusion of medium pacer Ashish Nehra in the Indian cricket squad that will be participating in the forthcoming one-day international matches and in the T-Twenty matches in Australia, starting from 12th January. Along with Bedi and Prasanna, the Indian wicketkeeper and […]