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In the five-match T20I series against South Africa, Rishabh Pant grabbed headlines for his string of mediocre performances with the bat. The 24-year-old was also Team India’s stand-in captain during the series but managed to accumulate only 58 runs in his 5 outings against the Proteas. His scores in the games in Delhi, Cuttack, Visakhapatnam, […]

The Indian cricket team will be back in action in the T20I format when Hardik Pandya and company will lock horns with Ireland in Malahide on June 26. Team India recently played a five-match series against the Temba Bavuma-led South Africa, marking the comeback of several cricketers to the national fold. However, Suryakumar Yadav missed […]

Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad were Team India’s designated openers in the five-match T20I series against South Africa at home. The duo is expected to open the innings for India in the two matches against Ireland as well. But Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad would only be warming the bench once regular skipper Rohit Sharma […]

The T20 World Cup is only a few months away and cricket pundits are busy making their predictions about the mega event. While some claimed that the defending champions and hosts Australia are the favorites to win the event, others have made forecasts about the world’s top cricketers in the format. Most Indian experts, however, […]

Rishabh who could only make 58 runs in his five outings against South Africa at home, found top form on Friday as he smashed 76 off 87 balls on Day 2 of the warm-up match against Leicestershire. Instead of Team India, Rishabh Pant walked out to bat for Leicestershire and got going almost immediately as […]

Naming Team India’s 15 members for the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year is proving to be a herculean task not just for Indian fans but for pundits as well. Even the former cricketers seem to be divided over who would be part of the Indian squad for the mega event Down Under. […]

Virat Kohli and the remaining members of the Indian cricket team were back in action on Thursday, competing in a four-day warm-up fixture against Leicestershire, ahead of the rescheduled fifth Test against England. The match against the Three Lions was originally set to be played last year but due to a break-out of COVID-19 in […]

When he is at the peak of his prowess, it is a delight to watch Rohit Sharma bat. The India captain is possibly the most elegant batter in the sport. There’s a reason why Rohit Sharma is called the modern-day David Gower.  A few years ago, the England great had himself praised the stylish batter […]

Former India Virat Kohli showed glimpses of his old form in the four-day warm-up game against Leicestershire on Thursday as he drove the ball beautifully through the covers and even hit a stunning pull shot of Prasidh Krishna for a six. The man who hasn’t scored a hundred in more than 100 matches across formats […]

It has been 89 innings across cricket’s three formats, a stretch of 951 days, since Virat Kohli last made a century. The wait for his 71st hundred seems to have become eternal. Remarkably, scoring a ton was once a habit for him as he reached three figures every seventh time he went out to bat. […]

Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya made a comeback to the Indian cricket team after six months in the recently concluded five-match T20I series against South Africa at home. In his four outings against the Proteas, Hardik Pandya amassed 117 runs at a highly impressive average of 58.50, finishing as the third-highest run-getter in the series. However, […]

Umran Malik is widely regarded as one of the most exciting fast bowling talents in India. The Srinagar-born tearaway bowler earned rave reviews for consistently hitting the 150 kph mark in the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 22-year-old pace sensation was impressive with the ball for the SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in […]

Virat Kohli’s form has been one of the biggest talking points in Indian cricket as “King Kohli” has faltered at every juncture in the last two and a half years. Virat Kohli’s last century in any format of the game came way back in November 2019 in a Test match against Bangladesh in Kolkata. Since […]

Veteran wicketkeeper batter Dinesh Karthik made a return to the Indian cricket team on the back of a sensational Indian Premier League (IPL) for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The 37-year-old cricketer put the tournament on fire, having produced 330 runs in 16 matches at a stunning strike rate of 183.33. His incredible numbers in […]

Former India captain Virat Kohli has gone more than 100 matches without a hundred in cricket. His last hundred in any format of the game came back in November 2019 in a Test against Bangladesh in Kolkata. The 33-year-old superstar batter even failed to reignite his form in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and had […]

Seasoned campaigner Cheteshwar Pujara has made a grand comeback into the Indian cricket team’s squad for the rescheduled fifth Test against England that will be played in Birmingham’s Edgbaston next month. The Rajkot-born cricketer was dropped from the Rohit Sharma-led side for the series against Sri Lanka in March, having performed miserably in the three-Test […]

Rishabh Pant’s first series as India captain turned out to be a rollercoaster ride as he lost games against South Africa in Delhi and Cuttack before winning the next two in Visakhapatnam and Rajkot. Interestingly, Rishabh Pant wasn’t even named skipper for the five matches against the Proteas but was elevated to the position after […]

Hardik Pandya impressed the cricket world with his leadership skills during the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) this year. As captain of the newly-formed outfit Gujarat Titans (GT), Hardik Pandya was in-charge of a team of a bunch of good cricketers but didn’t have the superstars of the sport to boast of. […]

It has been an unforgettable season for veteran wicketkeeper batter Dinesh Karthik. The 37-year-old donned the India jersey for the first time in three years after the national selectors recalled him on the back of a sensational Indian Premier League (IPL), which saw him scoring 330 runs in 16 games for the Royal Challengers Bangalore […]

Former India batter Mohammad Kaif feels that star all-rounder Hardik Pandya and veteran Dinesh Karthik will play a “crucial” role in Team India’s T20 World Cup campaign in Australia later this year. Arguing that the Men in Blue would need batters who could score quick runs in the death overs, and being the finishers, both […]

The legendary Sunil Gavaskar reckons that Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) fast bowler Harshal Patel will be Team India’s trump card in the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. Harshal Patel has been a regular member of the Indian cricket team’s T20 set-up since taking the Indian Premier League (IPL) by storm in 2021. […]

Fans were left furious with India coach Rahul Dravid’s comments about Rishabh Pant’s chances of featuring in the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. The 24-year-old who captained the Men in Blue in the recently-concluded T20I series against South Africa looked completely out of sorts with the bat in the five matches at […]

India suffered a major setback to their chances of winning the Test series in England after their premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin tested positive for COVID1-19 and missed his flight to the United Kingdom (UK) a couple of days ago, The Indian Express reported. Moreover, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) hasn’t made […]

Ace all-rounder Hardik Pandya returned to the national set-up after six months in the India vs South Africa T20I series at home. In the five matches against the Proteas, Hardik Pandya ended as the third leading run-scorer after amassing 117 runs in four innings at a highly impressive average of 58.50. But Hardik Pandya failed […]

The one player who was widely tipped to make his debut for India in the just concluded T20I series against South Africa was Umran Malik. However, head coach Rahul Dravid didn’t give him an opportunity in the five games against the Proteas despite earning rave reviews from former cricketers during the Indian Premier League (IPL), […]

On Monday, former India captain Virat Kohli completed 11 years in Test cricket. On the anniversary of his debut in red-ball cricket, Virat Kohli took to social media to share a special video of his journey in India’s whites. In the 17-second clip, which Virat Kohli posted on his Twitter handle, he can be seen […]

Widely considered as one of the explosive batters in the world, Rishabh Pant’s T20I numbers are in stark contrast to his figures in Test cricket. While he averages well over 40 in the longest format, in the shortest version of the sport his average barely crosses the 23 mark. In the recently concluded T20I series […]

Rishabh Pant could only make 58 runs in five knocks against South Africa, prompting many former cricketers like Aakash Chopra, Danish Kaneria, and Graeme Smith to question his place in the Indian cricket team. But head coach Rahul Dravid defended Rishabh Pant, who was also Team India’s captain during the just concluded bilateral matches against […]

India opener Ruturaj Gaikwad received severe criticism from fans on Twitter after a video of the cricketer refusing to pose for a selfie with a ground staff went viral on social media. The incident happened during the fifth and the final T20I against South Africa at the iconic M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru after rain […]

The T20 World Cup may be only months away but India’s squad is far from settled with coach Rahul Dravid still trying numerous young batters and bowlers in the ongoing series against South Africa at home. Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah who was given a break from the five games against the Proteas is a certainty […]

India captain Rishabh Pant has been slammed right, left, and centre for his poor shot selection in the ongoing T20I series against South Africa, as he has managed to score only 57 runs in the four matches in Delhi, Cuttack, Visakhapatnam, and Rajkot. His batting form has raised alarm bells in Indian cricketing circles, with […]

Ex-Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill has finally broken his silence on his horrific kidnapping incident which took place 15 months ago. His abduction had left the entire cricketing community stunned at the time. Lifting the lid on the nightmarish episode, Stuart MacGill has now revealed in an interview with an Australian broadcaster that he wasn’t just […]

India captain Rishabh Pant’s poor form is among one of the hottest topics of discussion on social media and within the cricketing fraternity of the cricket-crazy nation. While legends like Sunil Gavaskar, and Dale Steyn had earlier slammed Rishabh Pant for not learning from his previous mistakes, now ex-Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria has joined the […]

After losing the first two matches in Delhi and Cuttack, Team India faced the daunting task of winning their next three games against South Africa to avoid a series defeat at home. The way Rishabh Pant and his boys had performed in the national capital and Odisha, not many gave the home team a chance. […]

Of late, Hardik Pandya has been in a rich vein of form both with bat and ball, having led the debutants Gujarat Titans (GT) to their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) last month. On Friday, he played a crucial role in India’s 82-run triumph over South Africa in the fourth T20I in Rajkot after stitching […]

Sunil Gavaskar and Dale Steyn aren’t happy with India captain Rishabh Pant as both believe the 24-year-old cricketer is making the same mistakes over and over again. India legend Sunil Gavaskar and iconic South Africa pacer Dale Steyn were highly critical of Rishabh Pant’s mode of dismissals in the ongoing T20I series against the Proteas. […]

Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has angered the legendary Sunil Gavaskar with his recent comments about Dinesh Karthik’s inclusion in the national team squad for the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. The prestigious event is scheduled to take place Down Under in October and November. Gautam Gambhir, who was the hero of […]

On Friday, Dinesh Karthik was the best player for India in their lopsided triumph over South Africa in the fourth T20I of the five-match home series in Rajkot. Dinesh Karthik came out all guns blazing as he unleashed his full arsenal of shots – pulls, cuts, drives, sweep and even the reverse-sweep, almost everything was […]

On Friday, veteran wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik broke the legendary MS Dhoni’s record to become the oldest India batter to score a half-century in T20I cricket. Notably, it was Dinesh Karthik’s maiden fifty in the shortest version of the sport and came 16 years after his debut in national colours. Dinesh Karthik played his T20I match […]