Delhi Capitals’ game against Punjab Kings shifted to Mumbai

Mumbai, Apr 19 The upcoming IPL match between COVID-hit Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings was on Tuesday shifted to Mumbai from Pune following a virus outbreak in the Rishabh Pant-led team. In a statement, the BCCI said it has moved Wednesday’s game to Brabourne stadium to ensure no COVID infection goes undetected in the bio-bubble. […]

Injured Washington likely to miss SRH’s next two matches

Navi Mumbai, Apr 12 All-rounder Washington Sundar is likely to miss at least the next two IPL matches for Sunrisers Hyderabad after suffering split webbing in his bowling hand, head coach Tom Moody has said. A disciplined bowling effort followed by skipper Kane Williamson’s half-century helped SRH beat Gujarat Titans by eight wickets at the […]

KKR defeat MI by 5 wickets

Pune, Apr 6  Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians by five wickets in their IPL match here on Wednesday. Opting to bowl after winning the toss, KKR saw MI recover from 55 for three in the 11th over to post 161 for four. In reply, KKR chased down the target of 162 with 24 balls […]

RCB beat Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets

Mumbai, Apr 5  Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Rajasthan Royals by four wickets in the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday. Sent to bat, Jos Buttler scored an unbeaten 70 off 47 balls, while Shimron Hetmyer (42 not out) and Devdutt Padikkal (37) also made valuable contributions to power the Royals to 169 for 3. In […]

Never thought I would play 100th Test: Kohli

Mohali, Mar 3 All set to become the 12th Indian to achieve the milestone of playing 100 Tests, star batter Virat Kohli says he “never thought” he would come this far and make this landmark appearance. Having scored only 4 and 15 in his debut Test against the West Indies in 2011, Kohli has come […]

Ravi Shastri backs split captaincy for Indian Cricket Team

Ravi Shastri backs split captaincy for Indian Cricket Team Mumbai, Dec 27  Former India coach Ravi Shastri has supported the splitting of captaincy in the red and white ball formats, saying it is the right way to go. While Virat Kohli remains the Test skipper, one of the finest white-ball exponents and star opener, Rohit […]

Eknath Solkar “Poor men’s Sobers”

Eknath Solkar aka Ekky made his test debut in 1969. He became the first Indian Test Cricketer to be born post independence. He is India’s best fielder at forward short leg and he is arguably the most fearless fielders there will ever be as he was always fielding close to the batsman. Ekky took India […]

An Indian classic

1952 Madrass. Polly Umrigar set up India’s first Test victory with an exquisite 130 not out. Pahelam Ratanji “Polly” Umrigar, The tall, well-built batsman, was not in the original squad due to his poor form with bat in previous games. But a wrist injury to Hemu Adhikari had given Polly a place in the final […]