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The IPL Governing Council is planning to have an umpire specifically assigned to check “no balls” after several errors over the past few seasons have resulted in increased concerns about Indian match officials’ quality. It was also learned that for the time being an awesome ‘Power Player’ idea of replacement...

After a 22-month break, Wriddhiman Saha made an impressive comeback to the Indian side, and through he couldn’t do much with the bat, he was superlative with the gloves behind the stumps. He was chosen to keep wickets ahead of young Rishabh Pant, who in Saha’s absence had done...

On Monday, at the JKCA International Complex in Ranchi, 20-year-old right-handed batsman, Shubman Gill, made his way into the record books. In the Deodhar Trophy final, Gill became the youngest recognized captain to lead aside. The right-hander from Punjab broke India’s 10-year-old record of captain Virat Kohli. When Kohli was...

After the idea of a “split-ins” format was initially pitched by Sachin Tendulkar in one-day cricket way back in 2009, Cricket Australia noticed the same and implemented the format in their domestic one-day competition in 2010 by dividing each innings into two parts - one of 20 overs and...

Shikhar Dhawan played an important role in the first T20I match against Bangladesh. But, India still lost the match. However, left-handed batsman Shikhar Dhawan remained the top scorer for Team India in the first T20I by scoring 41 runs off 42 deliveries before getting run out. According to Sunil Gavaskar,...

The Indian skipper Virat Kohli is celebrating his 31st birthday on 5th November 2019 (Tuesday). He is undoubtedly one of the best cricketers in the world. Kohli was born in a middle-class family. His father was a lawyer and his mother is a housewife. After Kohli’s father died in 2006,...

Recently, Australian all-rounder former cricketer Glenn Maxwell has taken a break due to certain mental health issues and has decided to not play in international cricket T20l series against Sri Lanka. He announced this on Thursday, 31 October, through the players association committee. He got a lot of appreciation...

On Sunday the skipper, Rohit Sharma, became the most capped T20I player for India while appearing in the first T20I at the Arun Jaitely Stadium in New Delhi against Bangladesh. In the bargain, he overtook the record of MS Dhoni, who played in 98 T20Is, while India Rohit Sharma...

Current Indian Test and ODI captain Virat Kohli was born on November 5, 1988, in Delhi, India into a Punjabi family. His father, Prem Kohli, was a criminal lawyer while his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a homemaker. Kohli took to cricket at the age of nine when he was one...

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has come up with the concept of Power Player in the next edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) league. This will allow each team to substitute a player at the fall of a wicket or the end of an...

Virat Kohli is at the height of his career and with each passing day, the popularity of the Indian run-machine is on the rise. This is evident from the results of a recent cricket study that revealed Indian cricketer as the world’s top three most researched players. A case study...

On the 2nd of November, Shahrukh Khan celebrated his 54th birthday. Indian superstar Shahrukh Khan was greeted by fans from all over the world. The cricketing fraternity was not far behind, with Krunal Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav also wishing SRK on his 54th birthday. On this special Day, Bollywood King...

After a tough fight, the Netherlands lifted the ICC T20 Qualifiers trophy in their third appearance in the finals of the six editions of the tournament. Following a clinical performance against Papua New Guinea at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday, the Netherlands had shared the title twice, first...

Bangladesh head coach Russel Domingo said Shakib Al Hasan's ban will affect the visitors' performance in the upcoming series against India. It is the first T20I in Delhi. We all know that the international cricket council (ICC) has banned premier all-rounder Shakib al Hassan for not reporting corrupt approaches. Bangladesh's head...

On Friday (November 1), the centuries of Shubman Gill and Mayank Agarwal, enhanced by Suryakumar Yadav’s 29-ball unbeaten 72 and Jajal Saxena’s seven-wicket haul, led India C to a huge 232-run victory over India A in Ranchi. After India C opted to bat, Gill walked out with his opening partner...

After playing a drug addict in Kabir Singh, Shahid Kapoor was roped into his next flick titled  Jersey. He is all set to play the role of a cricketer. He, therefore, started cricket training for Jersey. It is a remake film of the Tollywood super-hit where hero Nani played...

Former cricketer Vangipurapu Venkata Sai (VVS) Laxman was born on November 1, 1974, in Hyderabad, India. He is the son of Dr. Shantaram and Dr. Satyabhama, both of whom are physicians. He is also the great grand nephew of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, second President of independent India. He is...

The 2020 county Championship game will take place in Sri Lanka, with the club being owned by MCC president Kumar Sangakkara In a four-day match from March 24 at the legendary Galle International Stadium, Essex, who won the title for the second time in three years last month, will face...

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) said on Thursday (31 October) that the annual four-day match between MCC and the reigning County Champions of the English Cricket season will be played at Galle International Stadium on March 24. So, in the curtain-raiser in Galle, Essex, the current champions, will have the opportunity...

The appointment of Sourav Ganguly as the new Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president was welcomed by Farokh Engineer. Meanwhile, he lashed out at the Indian selectors and the now-defunct Committee of Administrators (CoA). Engineer also felt that the BCCI CoA "were on a honeymoon" during their...

As the Indian cricket board (BCCI) gets ready in less than a month to host its first day-night Test, the attention is now on how the pink ball will behave. The BCCI asked SG, the red ball makers used in first-class cricket in India, to provide 72 pink balls...

The trophies of the T20I World Cups (men and women) will be unveiled by Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan on Friday in Melbourne. She says she is honored to be a part of it. Both men and women tournaments are slated to be held next year in Australia. Kareena said,...

As Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has been facing mental health difficulties, he has decided to take a break from cricket. This was confirmed by the Australian team psychologist Dr. Michael Lloyd on Thursday. For the last T20I against Sri Lanka, D’Arcy Short was roped in as Maxwell’s replacement. Lloyd said,...

Sri Lanka, which is yet to recover from their huge loss to Australia in Adelaide on Sunday, was beaten effortlessly again by the hosts in the second Twenty20 in Brisbane on Wednesday. Arriving in Down Under after a 3-0 series win against Pakistan, the islanders had no answer to the...

The star player of Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan, who recently got banned for two years by the International Cricket Council, looked dejected after failing to report several corrupt approaches. The all-rounder admitted he felt ashamed but stressed that he needed support to return to the game after a 15-minute...

Former Australian opening batsman Matthew Lawrence Hayden was born on 29 October 1971 in Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia. A left-handed aggressive player, his technical limitations were more than compensated by his mental and physical fortitude. In his career that extended 15 years, Hayden was renowned for scoring quickly in Test matches...