When a team is not convinced by the decision made by the on-field umpire, only then does the team go on to challenge that decision with the help of technology and a third umpire. Now, there are two instances where the umpires call comes into play. The first one is the height at which…
Today I am taking a huge step to raise a question on the selection process in the Board Of Control For Cricket In India. The spinners of our Indian Test Team consist of only two primary bowlers, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. While both of these players have been playing test cricket for 9 years…
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…
CHRIS GAYLE KL RAHUL STEVE SMITH (C) SHREYAS IYER DINESH KARTHIK (WK) ANDRE RUSSEL AXAR PATEL RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN MOHAMMED SHAMI KAGISO RABADA VARUN AARON Combining DC, KKR, RR and KXIP, this would be my all-star team! So to just analyse who and why are they there in this team. Without any doubt Chris Gayle who…
AUCTION LIST Nathan Coulter Nile- 1.50 Cr Chris Lynn-8.00 Cr The defending champions, or should I be saying alternate year champions, the only team to have bagged four IPL titles! Well, fate says that this is not their year but who knows they might prove this legacy wrong! They didn’t need to shop for much…
AUCTION LIST: Sam Curran- 5.50Cr Piyush Chawla-6.75Cr Maybe the senior-most team in respect to age but also the senior-most team with respect to experience. The CSK is a team that can be considered match ready at any given time. At the auction, they bought only two players who were veteran leg spinner Piyush…
“IF THE NON-STRIKER IS OUT OF HIS GROUND AT ANY TIME FROM THE MOMENT THE BALL COMES INTO PLAY UNTIL THE INSTANCE WHEN THE BOWLER WOULD NORMALLY HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO RELEASE THE BALL, THE NON STRIKER IS LIABLE TO BE RUN OUT, IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THE NON STRIKER WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THE PITCH…
AUCTION LIST: Chris Morris 10.00Cr Kane Richardson 4.00Cr Dale Steyn2.00Cr Isuru Udana 50L Aaron Finch 4.40Cr RCB is known to change players every year other than their captain, Virat Kohli (who has stuck with them throughout the years and has been the most constant player). This team hasn’t done exceptionally well when it comes close…
AUCTION LIST: Robin Uthappa – 3.20Cr Jaydev Unadkat-3.00Cr Yashasvi Jaiswal-2.40Cr Andrew Tye-1.00Cr Tom Curran-1.00Cr Anuj Rawat-80L David Miller- 75L Oshane Thomas-50L Anirudh Joshi-20L After trading out Ajnkya Rahane to the Delhi Capitals, I was a little confused about who could take his place in the top order and as a skipper. However, post the auction…
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has confirmed that an IPL all-star match is going to be held three days prior to the opening match on 29th March 2020. This match is going held in Mumbai and will have two teams of players from all the eight franchises. Each team will consist of players from four franchises. The…
A very controversial question to ask, as some may say that it was this format that changed the way people looked at the game. Well here is what I have to say! So after the 2019 world cup came to an end it seems as if people have lost interest in the ODI format The…
Auction List: 1. Glenn Maxwell- 10.75Cr 2. Sheldon Cottrell- 8.50Cr 3. Chris Jordan- 3.00Cr 4. Deepak Hooda- 50L They have crowned their new king as KL Rahul, who will now be flipping the coin at the toss. Looking at his current form, he will be out there to make the most in the power play…
Auction List: 1.Jason Roy 1.50Cr 2.Chris Woakes 1.50Cr 3. Shimron Hetmyer 7.75Cr 4.Marcus Stoinis. 4.80Cr 5.Alex Carey. 1.80Cr 6. Mohit Sharma. 50L 7. Lalit Yadav. 20L 8. Tushar Deshpande. 20L Oh my god!!! What do I say about this team, It looks rock solid! After trading in Ajinkya Rahane from RR and Ravichandran Ashwin from…
Of the 997 players who registered for the IPL 2020 auction only 332 players have been shortlisted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). This list is made up of 186 Indian players (out of which only 13 are capped) and 146 foreign players. Among the overseas players, it is the Australians…
Chinaman bowling is just the opposite of normal leg-spin, so to differentiate between the stock delivery of a leg spinner and a chinaman bowler, when a leg spinner is bowling a leg break to a right-hand batsman the ball will turn outside the off stump the chinaman ball turn into the right-hander which means from…
As a semi-professional cricketer today when I play with kids, I see that they want to play the sport cricket but only want to do batting. This makes me recall the time when I was their age, my friends and I also wanted to do the same. But today when I have been exposed to…
Cricket is a sport divided into 3 main formats, let’s look at them individually. Test match which is the oldest and it won’t be wrong to say that it is also the longest formats and is spread over 5 days and is played with a calm mind and it requires skill to the maximum and…
Yet another season of the Indian Premiere League awaits and the defending champions, Chennai Super Kings, walk in as favourites with their vastly experienced side into the 12th edition of this much awaited season! In the opening match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, it seems like the Chennai Super Kings still hold many hearts .…
The fervour is building up for the biggest cricketing event of the year, The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, which is being hosted by England who obviously walk in as favourites. The host team (England) and the founders of the game, England come in with an advantage as they’ve been playing consistently good cricket since…
Day Night test cricket is a total different ball game altogether not because the timing and the format of test cricket has changed but the ball itself has been changed. So pink as a colour was settled upon error experiments with yellow and fluorescent orange. Different shades of pink were tried before selecting the one…