The first ODI between South Africa and England in Cape Town has been canceled, less than an hour before the draw. ESPNcricinfo understands that the postponement is related to the positive tests for Covid-19 in the South African camp, amid suggestions that protocols were violated during the T20I series. All …
Read More »Aus vs Ind 2020-21 – India’s Shreyas Iyer ‘overwhelmed’ that Australia devised a strategy for him
Shreyas Iyer sees Australia’s short-ball strategy against him as an opportunity to score runs. In the first two ODIs, Iyer has faced fast bowlers who, both times, have thrown him with a short leg and a leg caught in ravine and a clear plan to launch increasing deliveries into his …
Read More »Aakash Chopra – Things that surprised me at this IPL
This has been a strange year. In March, when the IPL was postponed indefinitely, little did we think that Indian cricket would be able to successfully host a tournament of this magnitude, given the new circumstances. The BCCI decided to take the entire IPL season out of the country for …
Read More »BCCI hopes to host the 2021 T20 World Cup in India
Five years after hosting its last ICC event, the 2016 Men’s T20 World Cup, India will be ready to host the same tournament in 2021, the BCCI has underlined. Despite the country continuing to struggle under the clutches of the Covid-19 pandemic, Sourav Ganguly and Jay Shah, the chairman and …
Read More »CSK vs RR – IPL 2020
Kris Srikkanth, the former India captain and selection committee chairman, had strong words for MS Dhoni after the Chennai Super Kings succumbed to a seven-wicket loss to the Rajasthan Royals, calling their picks during the season “ridiculous. “and” garbage “. Monday’s loss was the Super Kings’ seventh of the tournament, …
Read More »Super Over Sunday at IPL 2020
There have been 13 games with Super Overs in the 13 editions of the IPL so far. Four of them have taken place in the 2020 edition. And two of those four on Sunday, the last of them even gave us a Double Super Over. This is a reminder of …
Read More »CSK vs RR, IPL 2020 – MS Dhoni admits season could be over CSK
Ten games, seven losses, just six points and a place right at the bottom of the table. That’s not what the Chennai Super Kings are used to, not to mention their fans, and MS Dhoni conceded after the team’s last seven-wicket loss to the Rajasthan Royals that “this season we …
Read More »IPL 2020 – MI vs KXIP
Five runs to defend in the Super Over for the Kings XI Punjab against the Mumbai Indians. Mohammed Shami has seen his Indian teammate Jasprit Bumrah deliver a masterclass in denying Nicholas Pooran and KL Rahul big runs. Now he has to do it himself. The Kings XI are on …
Read More »‘I have to bite my tongue’
A loss in Super Over against the Kolkata Knight Riders left David Warner having to “bite his tongue” not to say something overtly harsh, but the Sunrisers Hyderabad captain admitted to being disappointed with the result. “I don’t know what to say, I’ll probably have to bite my tongue a …
Read More »RCB vs KXIP – IPL 2020 – Virat Kohli at AB de Villiers at No. 6
Just three days after watching AB de Villiers score an undefeated 73 of 33 while the rest of the hitters from both teams couldn’t score as freely, the Royal Challengers Bangalore pushed their best hitters to No. 6 on the same ground against the Kings XI. Punjab and later suffered …
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