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Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar tore apart England and Australia for accusing the Indian Premier League (IPL) of making a mockery of international cricket. The mounting criticism of the cash-rich tournament in England and Australia began after owners of several IPL sides purchased franchises in the T20 leagues of the UAE and South Africa, leaving […]

With the T20 World Cup just two months away, almost every cricket pundit has been picking his best Indian cricket team for the mega event in Australia. While some of them have spoken in favor of veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s inclusion in the final 15 for the prestigious competition Down Under, others have simply dismissed […]

India and Pakistan will meet each other in a blockbuster Asia Cup clash later this month, their first since Babar Azam’s men crushed the Men in Blue by ten wickets in the 2021 T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Bilateral matches between India and Pakistan have been suspended since 2012 because of tensions […]

Sachin Tendulkar may have retired from the sport in 2013, but the ‘God of Cricket’ remains extremely popular among the fans. Since hanging his boots, Sachin Tendulkar has performed the roles of commentator, coach, and golf amateur. On the cricketing front, there have been demands from numerous Indian cricket admirers that the batting great showcase […]

Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar is facing the heat on social media after the cricketer-turned commentator controversially claimed that Virat Kohli has taken enough breaks from the sport and he should have played as many games as possible to regain his lost touch. Virat Kohli is currently missing from India’s tour to the West Indies […]

Suryakumar Yadav (SKY) has been the toast of the nation of late. While a few legends of the game, including former India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Ravi Shastri have criticized coach Rahul Dravid’s tactics of promoting him to join Rohit Sharma at the top of the order, Suryakumar Yadav has proved them wrong. On Tuesday, […]

The Indians continue to experiment with their playing XI ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia. However, when coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit Sharma chose Suryakumar Yadav to open the innings with the India skipper, they were subjected to severe criticism from several quarters. Former India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth was particularly scathing in […]

India cricket star Murali Vijay was engaged in an ugly fight with fans during a recent Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) contest. The incident happened during a group stage clash between Madurai Panthers and Ruby Trichy Warriors when Murali Vijay entered the field as a substitute and was fielding near the ropes. In the viral […]

Talismanic India batter Virat Kohli’s wretched run with the bat has led to intense discussions about his future in Team India, especially in limited-overs cricket. Virat Kohli isn’t a part of India’s ongoing tour of the West Indies featuring three ODIs and five T20Is and won’t be traveling to Zimbabwe where the Men in Blue […]

At a time when Virat Kohli’s form has been one of the biggest topics of debate in the cricketing world, both Indian and foreign players continue to share their views on his struggles on the pitch. Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi too was asked about the ex-India captain’s wretched run with the bat. However, unlike […]

Australia batter Marnus Labuschagne has faced a severe backlash on Twitter after fans assumed that his reply to a tweet from Sachin Tendulkar insulted the legendary India cricketer. On Friday, Sachin Tendulkar posted a message for the Indian women’s team, wishing them good luck for their Commonwealth Games (CWG) fixture against Australia as cricket returned […]

Rishabh Pant has been an exceptional player for India in red-ball cricket, having broken several records in Test matches. Earlier this month, the left-hander broke a 72-year-old record in the rescheduled fifth Test against England at Edgbaston. With his scores of 146 and 57, Rishabh Pant became the first visiting wicketkeeper to make more than […]

With his half-century against the West Indies on Friday, India captain Rohit Sharma went past Virat Kohli to become the first man to reach 31 50-plus scores in T20Is. While talismanic batter Virat Kohli has 30 fifties to his name in the shortest version of the sport, Rohit Sharma has scored 27 fifties and 4 […]

Earlier this week, ex-India left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha backed Shikhar Dhawan to make it to the national team squad for next year’s ODI World Cup despite KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan being preferred as Rohit Sharma’s opening partners of late. Shikhar Dhawan is no longer a part of India’s Test and T20I squads, but in […]

Shikhar Dhawan scored 97, 13, and 58 in the three ODIs against the West Indies, and impressed by his rich vein of form, former India all-rounder Reetinder Sodhi demanded that the left-hander be included in the national team for the T20 World Cup in Australia. Notably, Shikhar Dhawan only features in ODIs for Team India […]

The 50-over World Cup will be held in India next year. Though the tournament is still months away, former cricketers have already started making their predictions about the quadrennial event. Former India spinner Pragyan Ojha too shared his views about India’s potential squad for the prestigious competition and he believes that opener Shikhar Dhawan who […]

Former New Zealand cricket star Scott Styris feels ex-India captain Virat Kohli will not gain much if he decides to tour Zimbabwe next month. Instead, Virat Kohli has been advised to take a long break from the sport to recharge his batteries which will help him in regaining his lost touch with the bat. Scott […]

Questions about Virat Kohli’s place in India’s T20 World Cup squad continue to swirl even at a time when the star batter is not a part of the Rohit Sharma-led side in the West Indies. Virat Kohli is currently on a break after the BCCI decided to rest him for the three ODIs and five […]

After playing a prominent role in India’s series triumph against the West Indies, Shreyas Iyer trolled himself for not scoring a hundred in the match. Talent wins game but teamwork and intelligence wins championship! 🙌 Kudos to team for the amazing face-off! 😍👏 #IndvsWI pic.twitter.com/jMZOjWiTN6 — Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) July 25, 2022 Shreyas Iyer scored […]

Virat Kohli may be out of action at the moment with BCCI resting him for the tour against the West Indies but the former India captain remains in discussion at almost every cricket debate around the world. On Sunday, former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar announced his biopic “Rawalpindi Express’ but when he hosted a Q&A […]

India may have won the second ODI and thus the three-match ODI series against the West Indies but captain Shikhar Dhawan was subjected to a lot of criticism for decisions during the game. One of those decisions was to introduce premier spinner, Yuzvendra Chahal, quite late into the attack which allowed the West Indies batter […]

Fans launched a scathing attack on India head coach Rahul Dravid after fast bowler Arshdeep Singh wasn’t included in the playing XI for the second ODI against the West Indies on Sunday. While the left pacer warmed the bench yet again, Avesh Khan was handed his Team India debut. But the ploy to play Avesh […]

Virat Kohli is going through a disastrous run with the bat that has now extended to 973 days and 78 innings without a hundred in international cricket. But the talismanic India batter is confident about regaining his lost touch ahead of big tournaments like the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup. While the continental competition […]

With Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant firing on all cylinders, several cricket pundits have questioned Shreyas Iyer’s place in Team India. Additionally, Shreyas Iyer’s problems against the short ball have been well documented and he has received a lot of flak for his inability to overcome the challenge of deliveries that are pointed towards his […]

Ever since England’s Ben Stokes announced his retirement from One Day Internationals (ODIs), several former cricketers, including Pakistan legend Wasim Akram have suggested that the 50-over format is dying a slow death. Joining the debate, ex-India head coach Ravi Shastri made a massive prediction about Hardik Pandya, claiming the 2023 World Cup in India could […]

There was a time when India talisman Virat Kohli used to make hundreds for fun. A prime Virat Kohli was a sight to behold. However, all those glorious cover drives, wristy flicks, and short-arm pulls have long vanished and he’s struggling to even score 30s and 40s. During the recent tour of England, the Delhi-born […]

Virat Kohli remains the focal point of discussion in India’s cricketing circles despite being absent from the ongoing tour of the West Indies. He is currently holidaying with his actress wife Anushka Sharma in Paris after the BCCI rested him from the three ODIs and five T20Is against the West Indies. But Virat Kohli’s extended […]

Shubman returned to India’s ODI fold after sixteen months and immediately impressed everyone with his brilliant display of aggressive batting as he smacked a whirlwind 64 off only 53 balls. Shubman Gill was firing on all cylinders and looked all set to bring up his maiden ODI hundred when he lost his wicket due to […]

Team India started their tour of the West Indies with a thrilling three-run victory over the Nicholas Pooran-led side but India opener Shubman Gill became a butt of jokes on social media. While Shubman Gill hit a quickfire fifty on his ODI return in the first game of the three-match series against the West Indies […]

India opener Shubman Gill hit a quickfire fifty on his ODI return in the first game of the three-match series against the West Indies at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain on Friday. Shubman Gill last featured in a 50-over game for India in 2020 vs Australia where was dismissed on a score […]

Mohammed Siraj became a household name in India after making his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut for the SunRisers Hyderabad in 2017. The same year, he went on to make his T20I debut for India where he impressed then-India captain Virat Kohli with his bowling performances and the rest as they say is history. Mohammed […]

Virat Kohli’s rough patch with the bat has ignited a massive debate in the cricketing world. While many former India cricketers are against giving Virat Kohli more chances, Australia legend Ricky Ponting differed with them. The former Australia captain went on to say that bowlers from opposition teams still fear Virat Kohli and that’s why […]

Former New Zealand cricketer Scott Styris has heaped rich praise on India middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav, saying the Mumbai-born cricketer has the potential to single-handedly win games for his country. During the recent T20I series against England, Suryakumar Yadav joined a select band of Indian cricketers who have slammed a hundred in the shortest format […]

1983 World Cup winner and former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar has urged Virat Kohli to emulate the legendary Sachin Tendulkar to come out of his nightmarish phase. During the 2004 tour to Australia, Sachin Tendulkar stopped playing deliveries bowled outside the off-stump because he was dismissed on numerous occasions edging the ball in the slips […]

Virat Kohli’s absence from India’s tour of the West Indies has been slammed by several former cricketers, including the legendary Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, and Karsan Ghavri. Now former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar has slammed the national selectors for their decision to rest Virat Kohli from matches in the Caribbean, especially at a time when […]

India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been on a hot streak ever since he led the debutants Gujarat Titans (GT) to the Indian Premier League (IPL) title in their maiden season in the high-profile competition. Since making his national comeback after a seven-month hiatus in June, Hardik Pandya has impressed almost everyone with his performances for […]

Ricky Ponting has called for the inclusion of both Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik aka DK in India’s T20 World Cup squad. According to the former Australian skipper, both men are crucial for India’s successful campaign Down Under. Rishabh Pant recently dazzled in England, having made hundreds in the lone Test match and the ODIs. […]

England all-rounder Ben Stokes’ retirement from One Day Internationals (ODIs) has stirred the pot about the relevance of the format in the sport. After India head coach Ravi Shastri slammed the cricket calendar, especially the bilateral ODIs between two nations, Pakistan’s great Wasim Akram has now called for scrapping the 50-over version altogether. “Him deciding […]

Virat Kohli may not have hit a hundred for India in the last 968 days and 78 innings but legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting wants the team management to persist with the talismanic batter. Widely regarded as one of the greatest all-format players of all time, Virat Kohli has been going through an extended dry […]