Author: Kashish Chadha

England’s promising young all-rounder Sam Curran spoke with delight about his experience of playing in the Indian Premier League for three-time champions Chennai Super Kings. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo about his early days as an IPL cricketer, Curran said the famed CSK duo of skipper MS Dhoni and coach Stephen Fleming and other experienced players in the team have had a great influence on him. Curran also said the environment within the CSK setup helped him make a seamless transition after being released by his previous franchise Punjab Kings (back then Kings XI Punjab). “I think it’s a tournament where I got very lucky. I got thrown…

Taking three bitter defeats in their stride, Australia finally posted a victory in the T20I series against Bangladesh this Saturday (August 7), winning by three wickets in Dhaka. The visitors did suffer a few hiccups along the way but ultimately managed to sneak through to a morale-boosting win. Exceptional bowling performances from the likes of Josh Hazlewood (2/24), Mitchell Swepson (3/12) and Andrew Tye (3/18) helped Australia restrict Bangladesh to just 104 off their 20 overs at the cost of nine wickets. The hosts opted to bat first after winning the toss on another dry, slow surface at the Shere Bangla, hoping that they could put the…

Played in the right spirit up until that point, the England-India first Test in Trent Bridge saw a moment suggestive of the contrary. The home team pacer Ollie Robinson, who was involved in a verbal altercation with KL Rahul, ended up barging shoulders with the well-set Indian batsman as he walked past him. The incident happened after the second ball of the 50th over on Day 3 in Nottingham. As Rahul nudged the ball through the on-side and reached the other end to complete an easy single, Robinson threw some words at him while the batter also responded. Just then, having reached…

Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah and left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman played the starring roles as the Asian giants rewrote history books on Wednesday, winning a bilateral series over Australia for the first time. The hosts won by 10 runs in the third T20I in Dhaka and sealed the five-match series with an unassailable 3-0 lead over the visitors. Winning the toss and opting to bat first on another slow, spin-friendly track at the Shere Bangla, Mahmudullah’s calm and composed knock of 52 off 53 deliveries helped Bangladesh reach a score of 127/9 in 20 overs. While Bangladesh’s total and Mahmudullah’s effort would have…

New Zealand paceman Adam Milne is hopeful of making it to this year’s T20 World Cup in UAE and Oman after a string of good performances in the inaugural edition of The Hundred. Playing for Birmingham Phoenix in the maiden 100-ball men’s competition in England, Milne has taken seven wickets from his five games with an economy rate of only 6.14. The 29-year-old fast bowler believes a strong showing for the Phoenix will pave the way for his consistent presence in the Kiwi T20I outfit and earn him a T20 World Cup ticket. “It’s nice to be playing well over here, and I feel…

The 30-year-old cricketer spoke to Sky Sports regarding this, hinting that he will miss the much-anticipated remaining portion of IPL 2021 in the Middle East to be with his wife at the time. “I don’t know, to be honest (whether he will be playing IPL 2021 or not). My family life is due to change – we’ve got a second child due to be born in early September. So unless I want to get away from a few sleepless nights, I might have to be at home,”  Buttler was quoted as saying to Sky Sports. Buttler’s absence would be a major…

Bangladesh exploited Australia’s longstanding shortcoming against spin to a historic maiden T20I win over the team from Down Under in Dhaka on Tuesday. The hosts, who had struggled their way to a modest total of 131/7, were still able to win comfortably by 23 runs, thanks to a fantastic display with the ball. On a surface where the ball gripped and turned for the spinners and even the pacers successfully employed their cutters and slower ones, Australia’s proved to be the worse of the two batting efforts. While in the first half, useful knocks from Mohammad Naim (30 off 29 balls), Shakib Al…

England fast-bowling great James Anderson made a revelation, stating that he had contemplated quitting the game back in the summer of 2019 until his wife Daniella encouraged him to push on. Anderson, who had aggravated a calf injury in the first Test to be ruled out of the rest of the home Ashes two years back, was thinking of not undergoing any further rehab and calling it a day at the age of 37. However, the pacer soon abandoned those thoughts after his wife made him see the different side of things and has been bowling as well as ever…

England’s limited-overs tour of Bangladesh has been postponed to March 2023. The series of three ODIs and three T20Is was due to take place in September-October this year, but has been rearranged now by the two countries’ cricket boards. “The England and Wales Cricket Board and the Bangladesh Cricket Board have mutually decided to reschedule the tour, which includes three One Day Internationals and three T20 internationals,” the ECB stated in a media release on Tuesday afternoon.  England’s white-ball trip will now take place in the first two weeks of March 2023, with the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka and the Zahur…

On Monday, St Lucia Zouks, one of the six prominent Caribbean Premier League franchises, went through a transformation of its name. The franchise will now be called St Lucia Kings, having announced a new team identity and logo. The team name is now in line with the Indian Premier League franchise Punjab Kings , which is also owned by the KPH Dream Cricket brand, but still captures the essence of St Lucia through its name and the colours of the national flag. https://twitter.com/SaintLuciaKings/status/1422133066118705152 “Saint Lucia Kings is more in line with the positioning that the KPH Dream Cricket brand has, and we…