Ranajit Dhar 
A 100% black soil pitch, but it should still be a very good batting pitch with no real turn for the spinners”, Daren Ganga and Simon Katich said in their pitch report. The groundsman had told them to expect a total of 180-190. Experts can get it wrong. And we know the Ahmedabad pitch can … Read more
Glenn Maxwell voluntarily decided to offer his spot to another overseas player in the Royal Challengers Bengaluru XI after registering a string of low scores in IPL 2024, the Australian all-rounder said in an honest admission. Maxwell said he went up to RCB captain Faf du Plessis and the coaching staff to let them know … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru can pretty much kiss their IPL playoff chances goodbye. Sure, mathematically they are still in. They all are. But having lost six matches out of the first seven, seldom have teams recovered enough to seal a place in the top four. More so when the team is RCB, whose dreadful fortunes don’t … Read more
For 17 years, Virat Kohli’s name has been synonymous with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). The 34-year-old had joined the franchise as an 18-year-old ahead of the inaugural edition of IPL in 2008. Since then, the RCB icon has been true and loyal to the franchise despite the Bengaluru-based franchise yet to win an IPL … Read more
Facing relentless trolling isn’t easy, especially when you have barely crossed teens but Riyan Parag’s cricketing journey hasn’t exactly been a bed of roses in that sense. After only 600 runs from 54 matches across previous seasons that invited merciless criticism, heavy duty trolling and meme-fest on social media, Riyan 2.0 has burst onto the … Read more
SunRisers Hyderabad have scripted history once again. After setting the record for the highest team total in the 17-year-old history of IPL against Mumbai Indians, the SunRisers Hyderabad broke their own record at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday. In a match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, SunRisers Hyderabad scored 287/3 in 20 overs … Read more
Travis Head smashed a brilliant century while Pat Cummins took three wickets as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 25 runs after scoring the highest team total in the history of IPL. SRH scored a mammoth 287/3 thanks to Head (102 off 41 balls) and Heinrich Klassen (who also scored a brilliant half-century) before … Read more
Beyond Jasprit Bumrah, there is not much in Mumbai Indians’ bowling attack and they need to improve in that department of the game, said West Indian legend Brian Lara after MI lost to Chennai Super Kings by 20 runs in their IPL match. Bumrah (0/27 from 4 overs) had an ordinary day against CSK considering … Read more
Travis Head’s destructive hundred fused splendidly with skipper Pat Cummins’ resolve as Sunrisers Hyderabad registered a well-crafted 25-run victory over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a high-scoring affair on Monday. Head’s maiden T20 hundred (102, 41b, 9×4, 8×6) and Heinrich Klaasen’s pillaging 67 (31b, 2×4, 7×6) drove Sunrisers to a record-breaking 287 for three, also going … Read more