One of the most controversial cricketing shots of the game. The switch hit is a shot which is played when a right handed batsman reverses his stance and plays the shot as a left handed batsman. Not denying that it is definitely one of the most artistic and difficult shots a batsman would have ever played.…
It has been long since I wrote! This evening was spent with a mix of emotions, as MS Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket. This Independence day while India feels proud, we also now have reasons to celebrate and remember the best moments of MS Dhoni’s international Cricketing Career, who in his most simplistic…
India and Pakistan are the only two cricket playing nations who do not play any matches against each other in the entire 2-year schedule set by cricket boards, except in ICC events. Now the loss here is not of the two countries but for the game, and the audience who love to watch these two teams…
Until international cricket resumes, I thought of just glancing through the scenario of the world test championship. The world test championship started in July last year with the commencement of the ashes series and is being played between the top nine ranked cricket teams in the world. Each team plays six series, with each series…
Fielding is the most important part in the game of cricket. Legends of the game have always emphasised on this point that “ a good batsman may or may not score runs in every match, a good bowler may or may not take wickets in every match but a good fielder will always save runs.…
A cricket pitch is a 22 yard long and 10-meter wide surface that is made of natural components. The Cricket pitch is made on a rolled clay or grass surface. There are three main forms under which a cricket pitch can be categorized. The first type of pitch is a dead pitch, this kind of…
A series of the Ashes played in 1932-33 when England was touring Australia and the fear of Sir Donald Bradman scoring a large chunk of the runs for Australia was haunting them. Douglas Jardine who was captaining England on that tour decided to use the prominent leg theory of that era which had 7 fielders…
On 29th August 1882, England lost a cricket match to Australia at the Oval which was their first loss on home soil. The sporting times published a mock obituary that said that English cricket died at the oval and its ashes would be taken to Australia. It was then that Sir Ivo Bligh decided to…
Last evening was special in the “Road Safety World Series” held in Mumbai. Two teams of players who have been legends in the game and that most of us have grown up watching and loving. When they were probably in their prime, I had not even learnt the spelling of the game. To see Sachin…
Rohit Sharma Dawid Warner Virat Kohli (C) Manish Pandey Ms. Dhoni (WK) Kieron Pollard Hardik Pandya Ravindra Jadeja Imran Tahir Jasprit Bumrah Lasith Malinga So here is what I have taken out from CSK, RCB, SRH and MI to make the best XI for the ALL STAR game! Rohit Sharma opens the innings along with…