RCB will be taking on KKR in the second game of the UAE leg of the Indian Premier League 2021. The two teams will be locking horns in Abu Dhabi on Monday with the aim to make a successful resumption to their campaign in the tournament. Before being brought to a halt in early May due to a cluster of Covid-19 positive cases inside different teams’ bubble in Delhi and Ahmedabad, the IPL 2021 saw RCB and KKR enjoy very contrasting fortunes in terms of the results. RCB made an ascent to the third position in the points table, while…
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Kohli has decided to step down as India’s T20I captain after the forthcoming T20 World Cup, to be held in UAE and Oman. However, the great batsman confirmed that he will remain skipper in Tests and ODIs and will continue to offer his services as a specialist batsman in the shortest version. “Workload”, Kohli mentioned in a statement issued on Twitter, was an important factor behind his decision as the all-format star cricketer looks to shed some of the extensive weight he has been carrying on his shoulders approaching his mid-thirties. The 32-year-old said he had spoken to members of the BCCI regime,…
Indian pacer Shardul Thakur revealed how his ex-India teammate and CSK skipper helped him improve his batting and start regularly contributing for the national team with his secondary skill as well. “Once I was in Mahi bhai’s (Mahendra Singh Dhoni) room and holding his bat. He told me that my batting grip is too high and I need to hold it lower to get better control over the shot. Now I hold my bat there and it helps,” said the 29-year-old, who has played 4 Tests, 15 ODIs and 22 T20Is for India and is a regular feature for CSK under…
On Tuesday, Lasith Malinga, who had quit playing Tests in 2011 and ODIs back in 2019, had called time on his career in franchise cricket earlier this year after he was released by the Mumbai Indians’ ahead of IPL 2021. The right-arm quick, who revolutionised the game with his death-bowling expertise, leaves behind a great legacy. He played 84 T20Is for Sri Lanka and took 107 wickets at an average of 20.79 and an economy rate of 7.42. Malinga featured in 295 T20s in his illustrious career, taking 390 wickets while averaging 19.68 and maintaining an excellent economy rate of just 7.07. https://twitter.com/ninety9sl/status/1437749176817774592 Malinga was part of four of MI five successful campaigns in…
The Royals are eyeing redemption in the second half of the IPL 2021 in UAE after years of disappointment. The inaugural season champions are hoping to reclaim their coveted crown via the UAE leg of the competition, starting September 19. RR found it quite difficult to cope at neutral venues during the first leg of the season, where they played five matches at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and then moved to the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi for their other two fixtures. They won only two of their matches in Mumbai and one of the two in Delhi before…
CPL 2021 SF 1: Trinbago Knight Riders vs St Lucia Kings Opting to bat first after winning the toss, the Kings posted a gigantic score of 205/4 in their allotted 20 overs. Mark Deyal ended as the top scorer for his team with a fantastic knock of 78 off 44 balls. His innings was backed up superbly via cameos from Roston Chase (36 off 21), David Wiese (34* off 21) and Tim David (38* off 17). Credit: Twitter / Trinbago Knight Riders Spinners Akeal Hossain (1/27) and Sunil Narine (1/12) were extremely economical given how the rest of the TKR bowling attack went on the day. Pacers Ravi Rampaul (1/56), Ali Khan (0/42) and left-arm orthodox Khary…
Anil Kumble has predicted greater use of technology when it comes to decision-making in cricket going forward. Kumble added that players involved will not be able to disregard “data intelligence”, recognising its value to their game and progress. “There is the influence of DRS (Decision Review System) already in cricket and I am sure there will be more technological influence on decision making as we go along,” “Also the fact about players’ acceptance of being a part of this innovation, otherwise you will be left behind,” added Kumble, who had a major influence behind India’s acceptance of the DRS technology during his tenure as…
Before Monday’s game against Ireland in Belfast, Zimbabwean batting great took on Twitter to confirm that it will be his last international fixture after a 17-year-long career at the highest level. https://twitter.com/BrendanTaylor86/status/1437132403760320521 Taylor began his ODI career after the highly controversial players’ fall-out that saw many of Zimbabwe’s veteran cricketers leave the national side in 2004. Playing for a team on an unarrested decline, he still piled on an impressive record to his name. He played 34 Tests with 2,320 runs at an average of 36.25 and six hundreds as well as twelve fifties to his name. In the ODIs, he featured in 205 matches with 6,684 runs at an average of 35.55 and a strike-rate of 76.64.…
If the now cancelled Manchester Test is rescheduled at a later date, Sourav Ganguly wishes it to be part of the five-match series against England and not a separate, standalone fixture. Even though the scheduled fifth and final Test got called off last Friday – just a few hours before the start of Day 1 – it is not yet clear whether the game will count as a forfeiture on India’s part or stay as a “cancelled” affair. But former BCCI chairman Ganguly confirmed that the Indian stance is in favour of the Test match getting rescheduled and specifically as part of the series…
On Friday, the Kiwis will kick off their historic limited-overs tour with the first of three ODIs in Rawalpindi. The opening one-dayer will mark the beginning of New Zealand’s eight-match trip to Pakistan, their first to the Asian country since 2002. The Blackcaps will take on their mercurial rivals in three ODIs and five T20Is. The ODIs were initially part of the ongoing ICC Super League cycle, but then the unavailability of DRS forced both the teams to mutually agree over a status change. The games could’ve been counted towards the 2023 World Cup qualification even without the DRS. However, it is…