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Praveen Kumar might have faded away from the international scene, but he is far from calling it quits. Kumar was just a sensation for India, as he played an instrumental role in helping MS Dhoni’s side to win the CB Series in Australia in March 2008. On being questioned about his absence from international cricket, […]

Younis Khan has returned to Pakistan ODI squad for the upcoming four-match series against England starting November 11. Younis Khan last played in this format during 2015 World Cup but had a tournament to forget to score just 43 runs from three matches and was eventually dropped from the line up. Harris Sohail and Imad […]

The teams for the All Stars Cricket league have been recently announced and put on display. The league, engineered by the two legends of the game, Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar is set to commence from the 7th of November. There was a lot of speculation about the personnel, and in which team would the […]

Every visiting team to India has resorted to mind games before a Test series. Statements like “we have a good chance of winning the series” and “on paper we look a better side” or “we prefer to be underdogs” have become mundane. The visitors continue to talk about “doctored pitches” and predict the duration of […]

Stats: List of top 5 batsmen who were trapped lbw the highest number of time in Test Test cricket challenges the class of a batsman. It tests a batsmen’s patience and technique.  A batsman, who does not many resources in his armoury, can’t get much success in the longest and classic from of the game. […]

India XI: VR Aaron, R Ashwin, S Dhawan, RA Jadeja, V Kohli*, A Mishra, CA Pujara, AM Rahane, WP Saha†, M Vijay, UT Yadav SA XI: D Elgar, S van Zyl, F du Plessis, HM Amla*, AB de Villiers, DJ Vilas†, VD Philander, SR Harmer, DW Steyn, K Rabada, Imran Tahir Mohali, Nov 4 (IANS) […]

Dubai, Nov 3 (IANS) India will have an opportunity to climb to the second position of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test rankings when they take on South Africa in the four-match series which starts in Mohali on Thursday. However, climbing to the summit will not be easy for the fifth-ranked Indians. Trailing top-ranked South […]

West Indies captain Jason Holder has been suspended for one match by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for his side’s slow over-rate during the first ODI in Colombo against the host Sri Lanka. It was the second time that Holder was charged with slow over rate offence in the in the last 12 months and, […]

Dale Steyn: Current Indian team don’t have anybody like Virender Sehwag  South African bowling spearhead Dale Steyn said current Indian batting line-up is formidable but Virender Sehwag, who recently retired from international cricket, was a nightmare. Steyn, whose lethal pace is intimidating for batsmen across the world, admitted that he found it tough whenever he […]

The curtains have been drawn on the T20 and the ODI series and India’s dismal performance in the shorter formats of the game puts serious pressure on the hosts to put up a remarkable display of cricket in the upcoming Test series. The Test series will be a serious test for the hosts as the […]