Australia will have to guard against the “thorn in their side” Cheteshwar Pujara and a “back at his best” Virat Kohli if they are to counter India in the World Test Championship final at The Oval next week, feels legendary cricketer Ricky Ponting. India’s Test batting mainstay Pujara could provide valuable insights to his teammates, …
Matheesha Pathirana starred with a spell of 3 for 15 as Chennai Super Kings restricted Mumbai Indians to 139 for 8 in 20 overs in an Indian Premier League match here on Saturday. A maiden half-century in IPL by left-handed batsman Nehal Wadhera (64, 51 balls, 8×4, 1×6) and his half-century partnerships with Suryakumar Yadav …
Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir were fined their entire match fee after a post-match altercation in the IPL 2023. The incident happened after the game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants on Monday, which the former won by 18 runs. Afghan pacer Naveen-ul-Haq was also fined 50 percent of his match fee for …
Rohit Sharma was dismissed by Sandeep Sharma in IPL 2023 match on Sunday.© BCCI/IPL The Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals encounter at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday was a perfect high-scoring thriller. Chasing a 213-run target, MI got home in the final over but not before a controversial dismissal grabbed the limelight. RR pacer Sandeep …
MS Dhoni in action for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2023© AFP chennai super kings skipper MS Dhoni was extremely busy behind the stumps as his side defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Friday. The ex-India captain took one catch and effected one stumping and a run-out as SRH were …
File photo of MS Dhoni.© BCCI/IPL Out-of-favour India batter and ex-CSK star Kedar Jadhav feel that Ruturaj Gaikwad should be the successor of MS Dhoni as the captain of the franchise when the wicketkeeper-batsman calls time on his IPL career. IPL 2023 is expected to be Dhoni’s last season as a player at the cash-rich …
England captain Ben Stokes has warned Australia that he has asked for “fast, flat wickets”.© AFP England captain Ben Stokes has warned Australia that he has asked for “fast, flat wickets” to take the attack to the Ashes holders later this year. Stokes is hoping to lead England to their first Test series victory over …
His uncluttered mind is the recipe behind his success in the shortest format as Jos Buttler on Sunday carried from where he left last season with a whirlwind half-century to hand Rajasthan Royals a rousing start to a new IPL season. The T20 World Cup winning English white ball skipper, who was the leading run-getter …
File photo of Sunil Gavaskar© Twitter The ‘Impact Player’ in the Indian Premier League 2023 has garnered everyone’s attention from the day BCCI announced its introduction in this edition. In the opening match of IPL 2023 between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings, one thing that was on everyone’s mind was how the teams are …
The Impact Player Rule will make its debut in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 and both MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya gave their honest verdicts on the innovation in T20 cricket. The new rule means that the ‘Impact Player’ will be able to do everything from the time he takes the pitch, and the rule …