FIVE OCCASIONS WHEN INDIA STUNNED THE WORLD WITH WIN

January 21, 2021

Is the Gabba Test victory India`s biggest ever triumph in the history of their cricket? Let us have a look at some mesmerising Indian performances that have stunned the cricketing fans from time to time. 1983 WORLD CUP Kapil Dev lifting the World Cup trophy at the Lord`s balcony is...

BUMRAH’S INJURY LEAVES INDIA IN A CATCH-22 SITUATION

January 14, 2021

Team India is left in a crucial juncture without three experienced bowlers— Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, and Umesh Yadav. Jasprit Bumrah’s injury adds another stone to the rubble. Without Bumrah, India’s pace department right now has a combined Test experience of four matches as compared to Australia’s 150. And, if...

SYDNEY TEST: IT IS SAINI’S TIME TO GRAB THE OPPORTUNITY

January 7, 2021

After outplaying T. Natrajan and Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, the young Indian bowler has been picked for the Sydney test. Saini, a very capable bowler, who has been part of Team India in white-ball cricket for a while, must utilize the opportune moment and make a permanent place for himself...

BCCI, ICC NEED TO RESOLVE THE SAGA OF TAX EXEMPTION

December 24, 2020

NEW DELHI: The Internatinal Cricket Council (ICC) has once again reminded the BCCI that the deadline of December 31 is near and that it has not yet been informed by the BCCI about the Indian government’s tax exemption. This incident raises myriad questions the answers of which will come in...

How foreign players have changed the fate of their teams

October 22, 2020

It is noteworthy that during this edition of the Indian Premier League, many teams could not properly utilise their foreign players. However, whenever these players got a chance, they exhibited exhilarating performances and transformed their teams. KKR, Kings XI Punjab, and RCB being some examples of the teams laden to...

Capitals’ Nortje zooms past pacers known for express bowling

October 16, 2020

What happened in this season of Indian Premier League (IPL) was not seen ever before in other IPLs in the past. Delhi Capitals’ Anrich Nortje gave a performance with the ball in this IPL that speedsters such as Brett Lee, Shaun Tait and Shoaib Akhtar could not do. He bowled...

CRACKING CARIBBEAN CRICKETERS STEALING THE SHOW IN THIS IPL TOO

October 12, 2020

Even though the present West Indies team may be far away from Caribbean squad of the 1970s in terms of performance, its players have got their calibre and talent acknowledged by the whole world in the shortest cricket format. That West Indies became world champion twice in this format is...

Power-hitters from India steal the show in IPL

September 29, 2020

In the last few years, mostly foreigner players used to be identified as power-hitters. The teams used to be dependent on batsmen such as Andre Russell, Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, Jos Buttler, Eoin Morgan, Kieron Pollard, Chris Lynn, Dwayne Bravo, A.B. de Villiers, David Warner and Jonny Bairstow for the...

Kings XI skipper Rahul displays King-size cricket

September 26, 2020

Everybody is aware of the talent of Kings XI Punjab skipper K.L. Rahul. But he deserves a special applause in view of power-strokes he displayed against the bowling attack by Dale Steyn, Umesh Yadav and Navdeep Saini. Rahul has definitely kindled a hope for future by smashing like this in...

Sanju Samson now deserves a Team India break

September 24, 2020

Some players are quite lucky. They continue to get the benefit of just a couple of good performances for a long time. But there are some who remain marginalised and unnoticed despite giving good performances for a long time. Rishabh Pant belongs to the first category, while Sanju Samson falls...