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India’s previous international outing against Australia was not a fruitful one for sure. It was the second semi-final of the ICC World Cup 2015 when the Kangaroos thrashed MS Dhoni’s India in order to end their reign as the world champions. That loss had surely been a party spoiler for millions of Indians as the […]

In the 2nd T20 match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on 10th January 2016, Collin Munro hit the one of the fastest T20 fifty scoring 50 off just 14 balls. T20 format compels the batsmen to score runs with freedom and innovative shots. This makes the audience a chance to enjoy the game and […]

Cricket’s most formidable team West Indies has slumped to dismal low after they failed to qualify for an ICC Champions Trophy in 2015. The financial turmoil between West Indies Cricket Board and players has affected  West Indies cricket’s future. The Carribean island still produces talented cricketers, but as the players earned fame for their performances […]

Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis has come in support of Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif who had served a ban and said that they should be allowed to make a comeback into the national squad. Mohammad Aamir was selected in the One day International squad against New Zealand after five years ban. “I will welcome not […]

Sydney, Jan 4 (IANS) Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove on Monday joined Cricket Australia (CA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) James Sutherland to announce the introduction of an annual Governor-General’s XI match that will see some of the country’s most talented female cricketers take on touring international teams. This year, the Governor-General’s XI, featuring a mix […]

There was a time when cricket used to play without boundaries. The measures of the boundary were advertisement board which used to divide the ground and stands. It was hard to get a boundary for players as boundaries were too long, so non-striker and non-striker used frantically run between the wicket. They wanted to pile […]

One enters 2016 with some happy thoughts. Some anxieties too. Of New Delhi’s umpteen dailies, three had photographs of spin bowlers on the shoulders of their page one on the last day of the year. There were two photographs of R. Ashwin and one of Moeen Ali who helped England beat South Africa at Durban. […]

2015 was the year of ICC Cricket World Cup. So it was very obvious that many top-class ODI (One-day international) matches were played this year. It was not easy to choose top 5 ODIs in this year as so many great matches had been played. But some of them were very special. Those top five […]

Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Former India cricketer and ex-Bengal captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla on Wednesday announced his retirement from all forms of the game. Shukla donned the Indian colours in three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) in which he scored 18 runs and picked up a wicket. The 34-year-old has had a wonderful domestic career for Bengal […]