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‘MYSTERY SPINNER’ VARUN CHAKRAVARTHY MAKES A MARK IN IPL

October 27, 2020

It is difficult for a third spinner to find a place in a team which has brilliant spinners such as Kuldeep Yadav and Sunil Narine. But despite the presence of these bowling stalwarts, Varun Chakravarthy established his identity in the team, obviously by virtue of his brilliant bowling display. Before...

RCB’s Siraj shows his class, brings KKR to knees

October 23, 2020

RCB’s pace bowler Mohammed Siraj is normally known as a very expensive bowler. His arrival at the bowling end is what the batsmen really wait for. But in this IPL season, Siraj is in a new form altogether. By virtue of his excellent bowling performance, Siraj on Wednesday created history...

NAVDEEP SAINI MAY BE ANOTHER PACE BACKUP FOR INDIA DOWN UNDER

October 17, 2020

Indian speedster Bhuvneshwar Kumar is out of IPL because of hip and thigh muscle injury. Ishant Sharma has faced a similar fate due to a rib injury. Hardik Pandya is unable to bowl in IPL as he has not recovered fully from back injury. But the management of the Mumbai...

NATIONAL SPORTS FEDERATIONS ARE BACK IN THE GAME

October 14, 2020

It seems that good times are back for the National Sports Federations (NSFs). The NSFs, which violated the National Sports Development Code-2011, had been de-recognised. The Sports Authority of India (SAI) might have played an active role to tide Indian sportspersons over that difficult time, but the reality was that...

DELHI CAPITALS CAPITALISE ON SHREYAS’ BOLD BATTING

October 5, 2020

It is said that if a skipper gives an excellent batting performance, then it makes a positive impact on other batsmen of the team as well. Shreyas Iyer’s super knock against KKR made the job of Delhi Capitals easier. Both Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant also performed well. In fact,...

Pacer Shivam Mavi is cut out for being a star bowler

October 2, 2020

If an emerging bowler of any squad dismisses two star batsmen of the rival team, then he naturally merits attention. KKR’s speedster Shivam Mavi is the bowler who is being referred to here. Incredible pacer Mavi startled everyone when he took wickets of two star batsmen of Rajasthan Royals --...

Virat’s RCB wins match, MI’s Ishan Kishan hearts

September 30, 2020

After Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan has emerged as another power-hitter in the IPL. He gave a spellbinding performance with a 58-ball 99. His excellent batting performance in partnership with Kieron Pollard brought the team back in the game. The defeat was almost staring at Mumbai Indians at one point of...

Opener Shubman Gill proves to be KKR’s real knight rider

September 28, 2020

Normally it has been seen that teams collapse chasing small targets and wickets keep falling at regular intervals as the teams do not give up the habit of batting that suits the format of T-20 cricket. But nothing like that happened at Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Chasing an easy target...

Ruthless Rohit rules the roost

September 25, 2020

Mumbai Indians’ skipper Rohit Sharma actually cut the KKR’s bowlers down to size. As an opener, Rohit Sharma not only smashed the highest personal score in this IPL but also contributed immensely to help his team score the highest total in power play. Rohit is the skipper of the team...

DEVDUTT PADIKKAL: Valiant debutant’s gallant game

September 23, 2020

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is an ideal forum to promote young cricketers, where new players not only share dressing rooms with the world’s top cricketers but also learn a lot from them. These cricket stalwarts of their era, who are now coaches of the teams of youngsters, even contribute...

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