Mumbai, April 8 (IANS) With a new title sponsor and two recently formed franchises, the Indian Premier League (IPL) is all set to roll out its ninth edition from Saturday with defending champions Mumbai Indians locking horns with newbies Rising Pune Supergiants. It has not even been a week since Carlos Brathwaite smashed four consecutive […]
Search results
Posted inCricket News
ICC cleares Sunil Narine’s bowling action
Just before the beginning of the IPL 2016, two times IPL champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) received great news as their star off-spinner Sunil Narine has been cleared for his bowling action by ICC (International Cricket Council). Since the middle of the November 2015, Narine has not bowled in the international cricket. His bowling action […]
Posted inCricket News
Twitter reacted as South Africa chocked in big match against West Indies
The Nagpur pitch repeated the show of India vs New Zealand match in the tournament opener. Spinners are getting a vicious turn. Darren Sammy has taken everybody by surprise as his captaincy has become the shrewdest in the world. His captaincy drew appreciation from cricketers and cricket fans. Chris Gayle who occasionally roll his arm was thrown […]
Posted inCricket News
Kolkata Knight Riders: Most balanced IPL side after the IPL auction 2016
IPL auctions 2016 is over and Delhi Daredevils have performed differently from others (pun intended). Their bids were hard to understand. But here I am going to talk about that one IPL team which looks the best on paper at the moment. For me, it is none other than Kolkata Knightriders. Going into the auction, […]
Posted inCricket News
Twitter reactions to the auctions of marquee players
The IPL auctions have started and all the marquee players have been sold out. The auction started with Kevin Pietersen and following is the list Kevin Pietersen (Base price INR Rs 2 crore) – sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 3.5 crore Dwayne Smith (Base price INR 50 lakh) – sold to Gujarat Lions INR 2.3 crore Ishant […]
Posted inCricket News
Gems who were sold for peanuts at the IPL auctions
Every year in the IPL auctions a relatively unknown is sold for crores of rupees. A player unheard of becomes the talk of the town as teams fight it out for his signature. This year was no different as players like Pawan Negi, Rishab Pant, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda were bought for a lot of […]
Posted inCricket News
IPL Auction 2016: Top 5 Most expensive players
The IPL Auction 2016 was always expected to be a chase for the big name marquee players, with the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Shane Watson and Kevin Pietersen going under the hammer. And the first round of bidding lived upto the billing as the star performers laughed their way to the bank. While in-form New […]
Posted inCricket News
Stephen Fleming on multi tasking in T20's
Stephen Fleming has been one of the most successful T20 coaches around. The former New Zealand skipper coached the Chennai Super Kings for 7 seasons before the franchise was suspended for 2 years. Under his coaching, the Super Kings won the title twice and were the most consistent side in the league. Now coaching the […]
Posted inCricket News
IPL 2016 Auction: 5 big names who might remain unsold
IPL 2016 auctions is about to start and we are here to review five big names who might go unsold in the auction for 2016 edition of the IPL. IPL franchises have learnt a lot over the course of time and are no more just going after big names. Instead, they are going after the […]
Posted inFootball
Official: An EPL side sign Bayern Munich defender, to wear jersey number 27
Sunderland AFC have officially announced the signing of Bayern Munich’s centre-back Jan Kirchhoff. Jan spent nearly 2 and a half years at the German club but was often made to sit on the bench. The lad made just 10 appearances over the years and failed to start in any of the fixtures. The spell at […]