BUMRAH DAZZLED IN IPL BUT CONCERN IN ONE-DAYERS REMAINS

November 12, 2020

While fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah’s form with the ball has been one of the major takeaways for the Indian cricket team from this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), his real test will come during the ODI series in Australia this month. Bumrah, who finished as 2020 IPL’s second most successful...

BCCI ADVERTISES FOR SELECTORS, AGE LIMIT KEEPS CRITICS OUT

November 11, 2020

The Indian cricket board has invited applications to pick three national selectors to replace Sarandeep Singh, Jatin Paranjpe, and Devang Gandhi, whose terms expired in September. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), however, went against its own constitution and kept the age limit as 60, thus keeping...

Kohli to return home after 1st Oz Test, Rohit back in squad

November 10, 2020

In what is possibly the first instance of a male cricketer getting paternity leave during a Test series, especially a high-profile one, the Indian cricket board on Monday announced that it had allowed skipper Virat Kohli to return home after the first Test against Australia in Adelaide. Kohli’s wife, actor...

POOR SHOW OF JADHAV, DUBE COST THEM A PLACE IN AUSSIE TOUR

November 7, 2020

With the league phase of the Indian Premier League (IPL) coming to an end, two players who had been part of the Indian limited-overs squads in recent times, were so below par that the selectors had to ignore them for the forthcoming white-ball series in Australia that begins later this...

SRH bowler Sandeep Sharma’s swing makes him dangerous

November 6, 2020

SunRisers Hyderabad pacer Sandeep Sharma’s ability to move the new ball has ensured that almost half of his 108 wickets have come in the powerplay in the Indian Premier league (IPL). The right-armer has scalped Virat Kohli seven times in the IPL history, a joint record. Not surprisingly, four of...

YOUNG GUNS WHO HIT THE REFRESH BUTTON IN THIS YEAR’S IPL

November 4, 2020

There were some concerns about certain Team India players before the Indian Premier League (IPL) began on September 19. But as the IPL draws to a close, these players with their performances seem to have laid these worries to rest — crucially ahead of India’s tour of Australia, comprising three...

DESPITE STAR-STUDDED LINE-UP, RAJASTHAN ROYALS WERE INCONSISTENT

November 3, 2020

No one expected a team led by batting stalwart Steve Smith and having fine wicket-keeper-batsman Jos Buttler and top all-rounder Ben Stokes in the line-up to finish at the bottom of the Indian Premier League points table. But inconsistency, poor support to fast bowler Jofra Archer in pace bowling, Stokes...

No cricket before IPL hurting Steyn’s variations: Fanie

October 30, 2020

Speedster Dale Steyn’s poor performance in the ongoing Indian Premier League where he has picked just one wicket in three matches and conceded 11.40 runs an over can be blamed on lack of cricket due to Covid-19 restrictions, believes former South Africa fast bowler Fanie de Villiers. de Villiers, who...

TIMES ARE TOUGH BUT YOU HAVE TO ADJUST AS PROFESSIONAL: BUMRAH

October 28, 2020

After battling Covid-19 lockdown and rains in Ahmedabad as he hoped to return to peak fitness that had sidelined him for the latter part of 2019 and hurt his form early this year, pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah seems to have finally regained top form. Bumrah is joint third in the...