Cricket Dialectics

New Zealand and Australia have outlasted tournament favourites, form teams heading into this final. They are the unexpected title contenders. Trans-Tasman nations contesting a final in UAE is reflective of how they have played in the tournament. Both the teams are now just a step away from creating history....

Har Ghar Tiranga is a Campaign conducted under the supervision of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. This campaign is aimed at bringing people together toward one common goal of Nationalism, where people are instructed to hoist the Indian flag in their homes on the eve of the 75th Independence Day...

Tim Paine was appointed as captain of Australia post the sandpaper gate scandal. He was built up to repair Australian cricket’s image. Paine was seen as someone who could uplift the spirit of Australian cricket.  Paine did a fairly reasonable job leading the men’s side. He retained the Ashes in...

Rachael Haynes, an Australian cricketer, has announced her retirement from all forms of the game. Haynes, however, will compete in the upcoming Women's Big Bash League season but won't be available for other domestic competitions. After making her ODI debut in 2009, the Australia vice-captain went on to win everything...

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 up until now features 8 teams barring a couple of seasons. It will be a 10-team affair from next season with 2 new teams being added to the mix. Owing to the league being an 8-team tournament, many quality players often had to miss...

The Indian team failed to qualify for knockouts in an ICC event for the first time since 2012. They looked jaded, out of depth in the most crucial opening games of the World Cup. But the writing was pretty much on the wall for the team as the squad...

Indian cricket is blessed with talent. The talent depth is outstanding. In 2021 itself, the team has seen how young players now walk-in ready. The likes of Washington Sundar, Prithvi Shaw, and Suryakumar Yadav look all set to conquer the world. It has only got interesting with every domestic...

Australia stunned not just Pakistan but the whole world when they stormed into the T20 World Cup 2021 finals. They were behind the 8-ball for a large part of the semifinal. But Australia’s finishers arrived at the party in style taking down the best bowling lineup of the tournament....

India’s tour of South Africa has not started on the best of note. The team is hampered with injuries to key playing personnel. Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubman Gill, and Axar Patel have all been ruled out from the Test series. We discussed here Is KL Rahul Right Vice-Captaincy...

The India-New Zealand series will help India identify the template with which they want to play the game. They will also be looking to provide players opportunities at specialised places. This series will also test a few players who have a lot to prove. It might well prove to...

Cricket is always considered a sport of players playing for either of the two teams on the field. However, Umpiring is the most difficult task on the field during a cricket match. Any decision made by an Umpire can change the direction of the match. Even with the technology...

Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid will embark on a new journey starting today. The duo will take charge of India’s T20I fortunes first. Rohit Sharma’s appointment as T20I captain seemed inevitable. He has been a captain in waiting for the longest time. Here is Will The Rohit-Dravid Era In...

2022 Women’s Big Bash League Full Schedule WBBL 2022-23 The league phase consists of 56 games and is scheduled to run from October 13, 2022, through November 20, 2023. Each team will compete in 14 round-robin games, two of which will be against the other seven teams competing. BBL’s format To the WBBL...

IPL 2022 is just weeks away and all the IPL franchises are gearing up to start the practice sessions for the players. It was a bit of a shocker for all the fans to see a few star players being on the unsold player's list. But we might see...

Jhye Avon Richardson, popularly known as Jhye Richardson was born in Murdoch, Western Australia on 20 September 1996. Jhye Richardson is an Australian right-arm fast bowler who has been a part of Australian squad from past couple of years in the Tests and T20Is. He has also played ODIs...

The arc of a sportsperson is complete only when one overcomes all odds. It is imperative to not only scale the heights but witness the lows too. There have been many Cricketers Who Came Back Strong Post Controversies. These incidents have often always pulled them down. Their careers have gone...

The last decade of Test cricket has been dominated by the bowlers. They have had the larger say, especially in the last few years. Pitches have become lively and sportive tracks have been produced. Openers especially have struggled against quality opposition bowling, lets see some of the bowlers who...

India and New Zealand will face each other in the 1st T20I game at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on 17th November. Players from both sides will look to give their best in order to put their respective teams on a winning side, lets look at top players from IND...

Virat Kohli was one of India’s most successful ODI captains. His record was right up there with the world’s best. Virat Kohli has the highest win percentage among Indian captains who led for more than 40 games. He led the ODI side in 95 matches winning 65 of them. But...

South Africa remains India’s final frontier. The closest India came to winning a series was in 2010-11 when they shared honours with the home team (1-1). It took India 15 years to notch a Test victory in Africa post since their readmission into the game. This proves that how...

The T20 World Cup's events shocked cricket critics all around the world. We decided to stop making predictions and just go with the flow because there were so many unexpected events that we had never imagined. In Group 2, we predicted that Team India and Pakistan will be the teams...

Steve Peter Devereux Smith, commonly known as Steve Smith was born in Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia on 2 June 1989. Steve Smith is an Australian right-hand batter who is considered as the best batter of modern era especially in the Test cricket and is the backbone of Australian...

Bowlers have a great role to play in the game of cricket. It is said that cricket is a game of batters, however, the statistics place a different perception before the audience. Some of the international bowlers have given a new lease of life to the game, inventing new...

New Zealand walked into the tournament with very slim chances of making it to the knockouts. They were pitted in the group featuring two Asian giants, India and Pakistan. Many had even expected Afghanistan to go one up over New Zealand but apart from the solitary defeat against Pakistan,...

Indian men’s cricket team is currently under hot waters. The team is plagued with a plethora of off-field issues. BCCI, the parent body has not helped matters much. Here we discussed India's Challenge Heading Into The Future. The clear lack of communication from the board has ignited a lot of...

Ashton Charles Agar, commonly known as Ashton Agar or Ash by his teammates was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 14 October 1993. Ashton Agar is an Australian left-arm orthodox bowler who has been a part of the Australian setup for many years but has never gotten a regular...