In T-20 format pacers play an important role. Their role is to intimidate the opening batsmen and make them commit mistakes of edging the bal,l thus picking wickets at the start. At the end of the innings, they need to bowl yorkers or variations to deceive the batsmen , minimizing the number of 4’s and […]
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South Africa vs West Indies: Du Plessis rested; Justin Ontong to lead the hosts
South Africa have decided to rest their Twenty20 captain Faf du Plessis for the final Twenty20 international of the three match T20I series against West Indies in Durban on Wednesday. The board had decided to give du Plessis a break for managing his long-term hip injury ahead of the important 2015 ICC World Cup, where […]
Virat Kohli will prove to be a great captain: Sourav Ganguly
From the moment vibrant Virat Kohli took over as the captain of team India for tests, the comparisons obviously became inevitable, but former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said it is not fair to equate the leadership skills of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and newly-appointed Test captain Virat Kohli, who will, with the passage of […]
BCCI appoints CAB treasurer Biswarup Dey as Team India manager
The Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) today has named Biswarup Dey, the Treasurer of the Honorary Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), as the newly appointed manager of the Indian cricket team for the upcoming tri nation series involving the host nations, viz., Australia and England. As of now, the 56 year old former […]
Australia vs India – 4th Test, Sydney, Day 3: Statistical Highlights
Indian Captain Virat Kohli’s dream run continued at Syndey, as he smashed yet another Ton against the hosts in this series and kept breaking records. On an eventful day, Indian batsmen gave an era to occurrence of few stats & records. Here are the Statistical Highlights during 3rd Day’s play: –> Rohit Sharma scored his […]
Sachin Tendulkar to star as himself in film
After a featuring cricketing career which covered over two decades, legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who played an astonishing 200 Tests and scored 100 centuries across all three formats of the game, is ready to play himself in a film made on the basis of his own life. A Mumbai-based production company 200NotOut is working on the movie. […]
Interesting Facts about MS Dhoni
Dhoni took retirement from Test cricket after he played his last Test in Melbourne against Australia. As test captain and player Dhoni played a key role in the success of the team. His success story inspires thousands of youngsters. Former test captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is associated with life of unintentionally interesting aspect.. Interesting Facts about […]
Five Reasons why Yuvraj Singh was not selected in the World Cup Squad
The last time Yuvraj Singh represented India was on December 11 2013 in the third ODI against South Africa at Centurion which was washed away by rain. Since then he has represented the country in the World T20 alone and failed consistently to perform in the domestic circuit. Few weeks back, the situation for Yuvraj […]
Possible replacements for Ravindra Jadjea for WC 2015
Ravindra Jadeja might be ruled out for the World Cup 2015, but his family has said that he is doing all possible things to be fit for the World Cup. The selectors must look at the alternative for him. Here we look at the possible replacements the country has at present. Axar Patel Axar Patel […]
MS Dhoni’s appointment as captain in all three formats didn’t convince me: Kiran More
Former Indian cricketer Kiran More at first was not feeling too positive about Mahendra Singh Dhoni captaining the India team in all three formats that is test, One Day International, and T-20. Kiran More, who first selected Dhoni in 2004, played the role of the national selection committee, Kiran More told mid-day that he did not think Mahendra […]