It is not often that Chennai Super Kings struggle at the start of the IPL season. This time round, however, they lost key players just before the start of the tournament, and Ambati Rayudu’s injury weakened their batting to such an extent that they fell short in the back-to-back chase …
Read More »Suresh Raina: ‘How does one take a chance when the bio-bubble is not safe?’
Suresh Raina has said that he “does not want to take a chance” in the UAE as the situation at the Chennai Super Kings camp “does not look good” after 13 troopers tested positive for the Covid-19 last week. With three weeks to go before the IPL starts, Raina said …
Read More »Dom Bess: Light was ‘seriously dangerous’ for tailenders to bat in
Dom Bess described circumstances on the third night of England’s third Test against Pakistan as “really dark”, suggesting that it had been “seriously dangerous” for tailors to get fast bowlers in dark conditions. England hit two slip catchers late in Pakistan’s first innings, with Rory Burns and Zak Crawley putting …
Read More »The best of MS Dhoni in quotes
If I tell everyone what it is, they (CSK) do not buy me at the auctions. It’s a trade secret. Dhoni is tight-lipped about the secret behind CSK qualifying for the playoffs at will. I will not count it as a bad performance. It was so bad I could not …
Read More »The MS Dhoni legend in seven innings: swashbuckler to master finisher
MS Dhoni’s 14-year ODI career has been replaced by smart paced, blockbuster finishes. But that’s not all he was talking about, certainly not at the beginning of his career. While offering adieu, ESPNcricinfo grabs sand – it must be sand, right? – from his best ODI innings, which traced the …
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