T20I Cricket
Just before the start of the third T20I between India and New Zealand, as many as eleven people were arrested near the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. The police said that it was on the grounds of selling tickets illegally for the third T20I in Kolkata. About 60 match tickets were being sold at a […]
The Glazer family, the owner of the Manchester United football club, might fall short of a couple of thousand crores in the attempt to purchase an IPL (Indian Premier League) franchise last month. However, this is not going to stop them from entering the cricket world. SRK’s Kolkata Knight Riders, five-time IPL winners Mumbai Indians, […]
The old adage says that morning shows the day. The first T20 match of Team India, under the new regime of Rahul Dravid as the head coach and Rohit Sharma as the skipper, has shown a glimpse of what is in store for Indian cricket. But it is still too early to think of the […]
Knockout performances from Suryakumar Yadav (62 runs), Rohit Sharma (48 runs), and an on-time boundary scored by Rishabh Pant (17 runs*) helped Team India gain a five-wicket victory over the Kiwis in the exciting first T20 cricket game of the three-match series. Thereby, the Indian cricket team now has a 1-0 lead in the series […]
Matthew Wade, the brilliant Australian wicket-keeper recently remarked that he might “walk into the sunset” right after the T20 Cricket World Cup in Australia next year. In the semifinal match of the T20 World Cup 2021, Wade seemed unstoppable as he blazed through the Pakistani bowling lineup in his 17-ball 41 runs that played a […]
Aaron Finch has resigned from the captaincy of Melbourne Renegades in the BBL (Big Bash League) but is hoping to lead the team in the T20 Cricket World Cup title defence in 2022 on home soil. Under the captaincy of Finch, Australia brought home their first-ever international T20 title. The Aussies came all guns blazing […]
Rohit Sharma knows his pull shots and Bhuvneshwar Kumar takes pride in those classic in-swingers. Both of these came together on one chilly Thursday night in Jaipur. Though the past few months looked a bit rocky for the players, it seems like they have got their groove back as they have hammered the Kiwis out […]
Earlier this year, Washington Sundar had sustained a finger injury during a practice match that ruled him out of the Test series versus England scheduled in July. Since then, Sundar has missed many essential and significant cricketing tournaments like the IPL and even the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup. In the last three years, the […]
After his stellar cameo in his team’s semifinal clash against Pakistan in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, Australian wicket-keeper Matthew Wade expressed his gratitude to the board for selecting him. Wade’s hyper-aggressive 17-ball 41* came at a time when Australia was looking to be on the verge of crumbling. Alongside Marcus Stoinis, who […]
Most of the world is intent on seeing Hasan Ali’s dropped catch as the defining moment of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 semifinal match between Australia and Pakistan. However, Aussie wicket-keeper Matthew Wade, whose catch it was that Ali dropped and who went on to hit three consecutive sixes to take Australia all […]
In the T20 World Cup semifinal clash between Pakistan and Australia, there was at least one person who was torn 50-50. Two-time ODI world cup-winning Australian legend and currently Pakistan’s batting consultant Matthew Hayden. As much as he loves his country, the 50-year-old stalwart of the game had left no stone unturned in preparing Pakistan […]
The new T20 cricket skipper of India, Rohit Sharma, says that there will not be any change in the role played by Virat Kohli in the batting lineup of India in this new set-up. In fact, he is sure that his predecessor will continue giving the stellar performances that he always does. Kohli has resigned […]
The indomitable Aussies – the winners in all formats of the game – have finally brought home their first T20 trophy. Coached by the brilliant Justin Langer, this is the side that turned the usual data schematics of T20 completely on its head. The team trusted the power of experienced and skilled talent to come […]
Gautam Gambhir’s choice of winner for the T20 Cricket World Cup 2021 was New Zealand, but the Kiwis left him (and all their fans) heavily disappointed with their show in the second half of the final match. It led Australia to finally take home their first world title in the shortest cricket format. By putting […]
The first half of this year outlined the depth of resources in Team India. The likes of Ishan Kishan, Mohammad Siraj, Washington Sundar, and Rishabh Pant came all guns blazing to play major roles in several tournaments. Interestingly, most of the stars got their training from the curriculum set by Rahul Dravid at the National […]