Team India (Image: Debasis Sen) If cricket be a carnival and Diwali festival, the two have meshed often to produce brilliant moments for the fans. As India take on Netherlands in their last league match of the ICC World Cup at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday, be sure that sparks will fly. …
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An overlooked trait of this Indian team is the management’s decision to persist with players. Captain, coach and selectors should be lauded for it. They backed the players they thought could do the job and gave them opportunities, even when they failed. Suryakumar Yadav got out for three successive first-ball ducks against Australia earlier …
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Marnus Labuschagne (Image: Twitter/X) Cricket is mostly about batting and bowling. Is that right? Wrong. It’s as much about fielding. Pune’s MCA Stadium witnessed one such act during the World Cup match between Australia and Bangladesh. At 214-3, Bangladesh’s Mohammad Mahmudullah and Towhid Hridoy were looking firm. They had stitched together a run-a-ball 44-run …
Rohit Sharma (Image: Debasis Sen) Rohit Sharma, India’s captain, has been a standout performer in the ongoing ICC Men’s ODI World Cup, showcasing an attacking batting style that has left an indelible mark on the tournament. With 442 runs to his name, placing him fifth in the highest run-scorers list, an exceptional strike-rate of …
Fans are the lifeblood of sport ,and cricket is no exception. So to read that over a million fans have flocked to the stadiums during the ICC World Cup is heartening. And as I write, quite a few thousand have turned up at the Eden Gardens for the inconsequential England v Pakistan encounter. Yes, …
Sunil Valson (Image: Facebook) The spirit of 1983 lingers. Forty years after Kapil Dev and his boys won the World Cup at Lord’s, people still wish to celebrate it. In New Delhi this week, the Hyatt Regency hotel invited the “Class Of 1983” for a dinner, and the senior staff got a chance to …
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Source: X.com In a major blow to Sri Lankan cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC) was forced to take the extreme step and suspend the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board citing direct government interference. Such government intervention goes against the ICC constitution. The ICC board will discuss further sanctions and the conditions of suspension …
Former Players, Stakeholders and ICC Need to Come Together to Sort Sri Lanka Mess Read More »
Vikramjit Singh (Photo: Subhayan Chakraborty) As the round-robin phase of the men’s ODI World Cup reaches its concluding stages, India are getting ready to take on the Netherlands at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. While the Men in Blue look to conclude the league stage with nine straight wins, the Dutch team would …
SA vs AFG (Photo: ICC) The Afghanistan fairy tale in the World Cup came to a harsh end. South Africa denied them the slim chance of qualifying for the semi-finals with a five-wicket win in Ahmedabad. The underdogs fought hard as they had during this campaign and unearthed a new hero in Azmatullah Omarzai, …
South Africa Ease to Five-Wicket Win to End Afghan World Cup Fairy Tale Read More »
Credit: Afghanistan Cricket Board Twitter/X RevSportz Comment We know what you’re thinking. What a ridiculous clickbait headline. Which lunatic would compare the four-time rugby world champions, South Africa’s mighty Springboks, with a cricket team that had won precisely five World Cup matches before Tuesday night’s thrilling tussle with Australia, five-time winners of cricket’s premier …
