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Shreyas Iyer played the ODI series against Australia where he was seen quite out of form and experienced an uncanny stance. The Delhi Capitals skipper only managed to score 61 runs in three ODIs. Indian Skipper Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri decided to make some changes in the T20i...

England’s tour of South Africa has been called-off considering the rise of COVID-19 in the country. English players will return back to their country as the rest of the tournament has been cancelled. The news was confirmed on Monday December 7, when the second ODI between South Africa and...

Afghani spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman was tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who was all set to feature for Brisbane Heat in Big Bash League 2020 (BBL), is currently admitted in a Queensland hospital. Mujeeb Ur Rahman landed in Australia last week from Kabul but caught...

The BBL10 squads are yet to be finalised, as there are plenty of uncertainties around the competition fixtures. International movements owing to the COVID-19 pandemic have inflicted an huge impact on team’s players list. Team lists generally consist of 19 players with up to four internationals. Three of which...

Virat Kohli played a fruitful innings of 40 runs from just 24 deliveries which included  2 fours and 2 sixes against Australia in the second T20. During his poised knock, Virat Kohli played a very antithetical shot in reference to his usual nature. Virat Kohli played a perfectly crafted...

Cricket and Bollywood have always coexisted with each other. There have been plenty of cricketers who have dated even married Bollywood actresses. Their pairing has always created huge curiosity among the audience and media alike. Stumpsandbails brings out to you 10 cricketers and their Bollywood dating connections and breakups. 10:...

Anil Kumble was inarguably one of India’s biggest match-winners in Test cricket. He single-handedly won games for India in the ’90s and 2000s. His never say die attitude on the field rubbed on all the teammates. The memory of watching Kumble bowling with a broken jaw is still fresh...

Rohit Sharma’s exclusion from the Indian squad for the Australian tour instantly became the talk of the town. Sharma, who just lifted his 5th IPL with Mumbai Indians, was left out of India’s squad citing his fitness the reason behind it. Team India failed in the ODIs but emerged...

India were buoyed with the win over Australia in the first T20I at Canberra. They were behind in the game but came roaring back to win the match. This set up the limited-overs leg beautifully with both India and Australia winning 2 games each. India even without the absence...

Mitchell Starc will miss the rest of the Twenty20 series against India after leaving the Australian bubble to deal with a family illness. Cricket Australia confirmed on Sunday morning that the paceman would sit out the two remaining T20s at the SCG - the first on Sunday evening and the...

Sanjay Manjrekar, the former Indian cricketer turned commentator had called Ravindra Jadeja a bits and pieces player last year. This seemed to have irked the ace Indian all-rounder Jadeja. Ravindra Jadeja answered him in style by scoring a magnificent 77 off 59 balls against New Zealand in the 2019...

India won the first T20 against the Australians on Friday and there where many discussing points to discuss about it from the team selection to the failure of India’s middle-order batsmen. However, the most addressed topic was the “concussion substitute”. With India struggling to get 150 at 17th over,...

Former Indian ace Virender Sehwag took a jibe at Virat Kohli for constantly changing the team under his captaincy. Viru questioned Virat Kohli’s trust in his players and why the same selection procedure not applied on the 32-year-old. Virender Sehwag, who is in the commentary panel in the on-going...

Ravindra Jadeja carried his side to a defendable total of 161 runs with his explosive knock of 44* off 23 balls. However, the left-handed CSK all-rounder didn’t join team India in the second innings due to a concussion he suffered during the first innings. Yuzvendra Chahal, who was named...

Pakistani ace Shahid Afridi was recently seen at Sri Lanka's top-tier league Lanka Premier League. Afridi featured for Galle Gladiators in three games and they failed in all the games so far. However, Shahid Afridi scored a brilliant 58 of just 23 balls which included 6 huge sixes in...

Virat Kohli broke another record and it looks like there is no stopping him.The right-handed cricketer is the fastest batsman to score 8,000, 9,000, 10,000, and 11,000 ODI runs and now became the first batsman to score 20,000 international runs in a decade. Indian Skipper has smashed 22,074 runs...

Former Australian ace Brett Lee questioned Australia's decision to drop Patt Cummins in the 3rd ODI against India. The Australians clinched the three-match ODI series after winning back-to-back games in the first two games. Aaron Finch rested his first-choice bowler Pat Cummins in the last of the series, in...

Six members of the 35-member squad tested positive last week when the team arrived in New Zealand from Pakistan and began its compulsory 14-day stay in managed isolation. The seventh member tested positive last Friday when players and officials were tested again on the third day of their isolation...

Indian skipper Virat Kohli scored a decent 63 runs off 78 balls in India’s win against Australia in the 3rd ODI on December 2. India crawled their way to score 302 runs, credits to Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya’s solid partnership. Virat Kohli was looking in fine touch as...

Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar picked his playing XI and left out Ravindra Jadeja. Manjrekar had previously called Ravindra Jadeja a bits-and-pieces cricketer. The former India batsman talked about his selection thought process and explained that he does not have a problem with Jadeja. But he maintained that he does...

Sri Lanka kicked-off Lanka Premier League’s first season with a clash between Colombo Kings and Kandy Tuskers. The match was played at Mahindra Rajapaksa International Cricket stadium (MRICS) in Hambantota. The top-tier league is filled with entertainment for now as superstars from all-over the world have taken part in...

Virat Kohli recently scored 89 runs in 87 balls against 2nd ODI Australia in the on-going series and it led to completing his 22000 runs, adding one feather to his cap. When Kohli scored his 78th run of the match, he surpassed the great Sachin Tendulkar to become the...

Virat Kohli’s batting is loved by almost everyone around the world. People admire his world-class knocks. Virat Kohli has always worked from a broadly classical standpoint. Virat Kohli’s unique technique can leave attacks frustrated. With a combination of bat-speed and flexible wrists, he creates extraordinary angles that defeat any...

Lanka Premier League is on its inaugural season and it's loaded with entertainment for now. Top players across the country have joined respective sides of the Sri Lankan-top tier league. Apart from the nail-biting clashes, what recently grabbed the headline was the heated feud between Afghanistan’s Naveen-ul-Haq and Pakistan’s...

The Knight Riders became owners of the Trinidad & Tobago T20 franchise in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) in 2015. The investment by the Knight Riders Group, which is led by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, along with Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta. American Cricket is part of...

Babar Azam is looking imminent to become one of Pakistan’s all-time greats. The way he carries the innings and his form recently has been on top of all. Having made his international debut in 2015, the 26-year old is the batting mainstay for his team. Recently, he was appointed as...