Ranajit Dhar 
Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma are used to going bang, bang and pretty much killing off games in the first six overs at IPL 2024. But in the first qualifier in Ahmedabad, it was Mitchell Starc who went bang, bang, bang in the powerplay to secure Kolkata Knight Riders’ spot in the IPL final on … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins was not fussed after his team suffered an eight-wicket defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders in Qualifier 1 in Ahmedabad on Tuesday and simply said he wanted “to put this one behind pretty quickly”. “I guess we have earned the right to have one of those days and still win tournaments,” … Read more
Yorkshire, England’s largest county, will be granted a Tier 1 women’s team from 2026 onwards, in time for the second year of the new domestic competition, following a rethink by the ECB board. Yorkshire was initially overlooked when the ECB unveiled its eight host counties for the competition’s inaugural year in 2025, with Durham instead … Read more
After ten days of no cricket, Kolkata Knight Riders were “raring to go” in the in the first qualifier of IPL 2024 against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Venkatesh Iyer said after their thumping eight-wicket win. “The last game KKR played was on the 11th. So we were all desperate to go out there and showcase our talent,” … Read more
Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh said that Mumbai Indians (MI) decision to bring back all-rounder Hardik Pandya to the franchise as a captain backfired and the team did not play cohesively as a unit. The ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season was one to forget for five-time champions MI. They brought back Pandya after a … Read more
When you look at Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s marvellous comeback in the second half of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) season, you will hear discussions about Virat Kohli continuing with his red-hot form and finding able assistance from the likes of Will Jacks, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, besides Rajat Patidar controlling the middle-order duties and … Read more
After twice failing to reach the playoffs in the last three seasons of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Mumbai Indians aimed to look at the future by shockingly removing Rohit Sharma from captaincy earlier in December last year and named Hardik Pandya as his replacement. With Rohit released from the burden of captaincy, he was … Read more
In the first half of the IPL, RCB were languishing at the bottom of the table while RR were sky-high at the top, but Faf du Plessis and Co. produced one of the best comebacks in tournament history to finish fourth after the league stage. They won six matches on a trot and outclassed CSK … Read more
India spin great Ravichandran Ashwin, in a podcast he hosts on Youtube in which Gambhir was a guest, said that the latter’s public perception seems to precede him regardless of what he does on the field. The 42-year-old Gambhir responded to Ashwin’s observation by stating why he doesn’t care about his perception any more. “When … Read more