The absence of Hardik Pandya in Mumbai Indians’ (MI) first matches of IPL 2021 phase 2 has raised a few eyebrows. The Baroda all-rounder could not take the field against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) due to inadequate match fitness owing to a niggle. While the MI team management is…
India skipper Mithali Raj did not expect the veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami to bowl a no-ball in the final delivery of the game as the must-win second ODI slipped out of team’s grasp, in Mackay on Friday. Australia required three runs off the final ball but the wet conditions made it difficult for Goswami to…
Indian cricket fans generally associate the words ‘sandstorm’ and ‘desert storm’ with Sachin Tendulkar’s scintillating knocks in Sharjah against Australia in 1998. But the sandstorm arrived, literally, on Friday in Sharjah and delayed the toss of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) IPL 2021 match no. 35. CSK captain MS Dhoni and…
It was heartbreak for the Indian women’s cricket team. They succumbed to pressure as Australia extended their world-record winning streak in One Day Internationals to 26 by winning the second ODI at Mackay by five wickets in what turned out to be last-ball thriller. Australia needed 13 runs off the last over from Jhulan Goswami…
It is safe to state that fast bowler Kartik Tyagi is currently the toast of the Rajasthan Royals dressing room. After all it was Tyagi who defended five off the last over to earn an improbable victory for the Royals against the Punjab Kings in their IPL 2021 encounter. The way Tyagi held his nerves…
Former Australian cricketer and World Cup-winning coach Dav Whatmore has joined the Baroda team as its head coach for the upcoming domestic season. The development was confirmed to PTI by Baroda Cricket Association secretary Ajit Lele on Friday. “He (Whatmore) joined the day before yesterday as the head coach and he will guide other coaches…
Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday said that West Indies batter Sherfane Rutherford will leave the IPL bio-bubble in the UAE to be with his family after the death of his father. The IPL franchise took to Twitter to announce the news and offer condolences to the cricketer and his bereaved family. “The #SRH family conveys its…
Jammu and Kashmir medium pacer Umran Malik was on Friday named as a ‘short-term’ replacement for left-arm seamer T Natarajan in the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) squad for the remainder of IPL 2021. Natarajan tested positive for Covid-19 on the eve of SRH’s match against the Delhi Capitals and has been isolated from the rest of…
With Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje and Avesh Khan in their armoury, it is safe to stat that the Delhi Capitals have one of the strongest fast bowling attacks in IPL 2021. And what works for DC is that fact all three of them are eager to learn and feed from each other’s success. Nortje said…
Shreyas Iyer may not have got his position back as captain in the Delhi Capitals side for IPL 2021 as DC decided to stick with Rishabh Pant as their skipper but former Australia spinner Brad Hogg believes Iyer has the ability to become the Indian captain in future. “He’s come back from injury, he is…
IPL Media Advisory September 24, 2021 Umran Malik joins Sunrisers Hyderabad as short-term COVID-19 replacement for T Natarajan Sunrisers Hyderabad have brought in medium pacer Umran Malik as a short-term COVID-19 replacement for T Natarajan for their VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 campaign. Natarajan had tested positive for COVID-19 before the team’s fixture against…
Every Indian Premier League (IPL) season presents a new cricketing talent in front of its viewers and this year, it is Kolkata Knight Riders’ Venkatesh Iyer, who is currently grabbing the attention. The opening batsman came into the picture with the start of the UAE leg of the tournament and after just two innings, he…
Mumbai Indians bowling coach Shane Bond has opened up on all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s absence in the last two Indian Premier League (IPL) games. So far in the UAE leg of the tournament, the Rohit Sharma-led side has played against Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders while Pandya didn’t feature in any of the games.…
Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni will be up against each other when Royal Challengers Bangalore lock horns with 3-time champions Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2021 match no. 35 on Friday. Dhoni’s CSK began the UAE leg of the tournament with a stunning win over defending Mumbai Indians and will look to regain the…
It was on this day, 14 years ago, when MS Dhoni-led India emerged triumphant in the inaugural edition of the T20 World Cup played in South Africa. The summit clash was played between India and Pakistan at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. In the match against Pakistan, India won the toss and opted to bat first.…
Till the first 15 overs or so in their match against Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings were on the mat, but as CSK has done many times in the history of the Indian Premier League, they staged a comeback in the last few overs of their innings and carried that momentum into their bowling to…
Misfortune arrived in full force for Shreyas Iyer when he left the field holding his dislocated shoulder this March in an ODI against England. There’s never a good time for an injury, but this one set in motion perhaps the most difficult period in Iyer’s fledgling career. First, Rishabh Pant took over as captain of…
Kolkata Knight Riders spinner Sunil Naraine looked in fine form on Thursday as he spun a web over Mumbai Indians in their Indian Premier League encounter in Abu Dhabi. While he won the Man of the Match award for figures of 1/20 from his four overs, what made his achievement special was that he picked…