It was a night that everything was going in the direction of India till de Klerk made the decision to reverse the order of events. She scored 84 out of 54 balls, a record in Visakhapatnam, which catapulted South Africa to a 3-wicket triumph, breaking the heart of the Indians, and was possibly the most enjoyable match occurrence of the Women’s World Cup to date. India had now...
Alyssa Healy confidence is surging as Australia prepares for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, with the skipper expressing strong belief in her team’s ability to defend their crown. Her confident voice is a product of conquest and training and makes what could have been coercion inspirational. The Australian team is preparing to battle its formidable opponents such as India and Pakistan, and the whole undertaking is hinged...
The tension that follows between matches between India and Pakistan over the sport of cricket is once again slipping dramatically out of the cricketing and onto the field but this time around the rope boundaries have been substituted with the borders of a hypothetical boxing ring. Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed caused a social media wildfire this week when he offered to pun a fistfight with one of the...
The Irani Cup Vidarbha defeat will remain one of the strongest and the calmest games in the history of Indian domestic cricket in recent past. Vidarbha barely lost their nerve to win the title, even after Yash Dhull had bravely triggered century after century in the Rest of India, in the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur. It was a battle that demonstrated all the things that made the...
India vs. Pakistan cricket rivalry is not just a mere game. It is an event beyond sport, an emotional rivalry, a political contest, a huge focus on the population. However, following the recent attempts by the Asia cup, the future of India-Pakistan matches is questionable. One that used to bring people together through sport, this has now turned into a source of political and social conflict. Former England...
Rohit Sharma removal from ODI captaincy has sent shockwaves through the Indian cricketing community, igniting an intense debate about leadership, respect, and timing. The move by BCCI to replace Rohit with a young opener Shubman Gill has attracted both supporters and critics within the cricketing fraternity. Some would view this as a crucial move towards developing a younger future grade workforce, others would claim that the way Rohit...
Dhruv Jurel maiden hundred characterized the feel of India dominating the West Indies in Ahmedabad and the sound innings, became a life-time statement. The dry- wybbie-woe of three Tests only, he displayed a mixture of craftsmanship, character and time which enabled India to stamp themselves as utterly on the ascendency on the second inning. Jurel, in his own third Test, in a blow of sound which inherent manly...
In the first Test Mohammed Siraj tore through the batting of West Indies triggering a social media frenzy, and highlighting his emergence as the warrior of India in the red-ball game. His magic incineration liquidated the tourists and made fans, pundits and ex-cricketers fight hard to maintain reason on social networks. Play in the Nedrendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad had begun with West Indies batting first. Their choice...
Shubman Gill Test Career has made a curve ball and two silent phone calls were the key point in that curve. When Gill talked to Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Smith, he found a motto which reduced batting to the barest essence: defend straight, score square. That turn of mind both brought him to a clarity and changed his work in England, making the things being said in his...
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the 14 year old Bihar batting sensation has again rocked the world of cricket making a name to not only himself, but to his entire generation, a kind of exception. His history-making dismantling of an England U19 side on every criterion in his clearest recollection to date reflected through his rip-roaring century on reforming 78 balls during the recent Youth Test against Australia U19 is only...