Author: Kashish Chadha

Overseas quicks Billy Stanlake and Reece Topley have rejected the offer to play for Chennai Super Kings in the forthcoming edition of the Indian Premier League, beginning April 9. Three-time IPL champions CSK are having to search for a replacement in the overseas pace category, with Australian Josh Hazlewood pulling out of the upcoming season at the last minute. According to reports, CSK had approached Hazlewood’s fellow countrymen Stanlake and England’s Topley to fill the void. However, it is understood that both of them have turned down the offer due to a threat to health safety amid rising coronavirus positive…

The final match of the three match ODI series will be played in Centurion on Wednesday, with both sides looking forward to clinch the series. South Africa stormed back into the three-match ODI series on Sunday, after their impressive victory over Pakistan in the second ODI. The hosts defeated a valiant Pakistani team by 17 runs, to set up the series decider in Centurion. Being put into bat by the visitors, the Proteas managed to put up 341 runs on the board in the first innings. The top order piled on the runs for the hosts, and a late show…

South Africa will be taking on Pakistan in the second encounter of the three-match ODI series in Johannesburg this Sunday. The visitors will feel buoyed, having started the tour on a fantastic note as they clinched victory in the opening encounter in Centurion on Friday (April 2). In a tightly contested fixture at the SuperSport Park, Pakistan came out triumphant by three wickets and went 1-0 up in the series. As it happened, the Asian giants began superbly after winning the toss and opting to bowl first. They rocked the Proteas hard early in the innings and left them struggling…

Devdutt Padikkal, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) left-hand batsman, has tested positive for coronavirus ahead of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League, starting April 9. According to Times of India, Padikkal is currently undergoing self-isolation after contracting the virus. Padikkal is the third IPL cricketer to test COVID-19 positive ahead of the league’s forthcoming edition. On Saturday, the news of spin all-rounder Axar Patel testing positive for corona was confirmed by Delhi Capitals. Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) informed that their batsman Nitish Rana had tested positive on March 22 but returned negative upon retesting on April 1.…

Newly appointed Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain Sanju Samson said he never thought he would be leading the inaugural champions one day in the Indian Premier League. Samson, who has been named skipper for RR ahead of IPL 2021, added that there are several things doing the rounds in his head right now, but he would like to keep things simple with regards to his approach as a leader. A talented wicketkeeper-batsman from Kerala, Samson, joined RR when he was only 19-year-old back in 2013. He has been a crucial member of the set up in the last eight years. RR’s…

Former head coach Gary Kirsten recalled India’s famous 2011 World Cup victory and said he is really “proud” to see the team evolve over the decade since. Kirsten, the former South African batsman, was Team India’s coach when they lifted the coveted crown at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 2, 2011. On the 10th anniversary of the momentous occasion, Kirsten took to Twitter and revisited the wonderful day, calling it one of his career highlights.  Kirsten tweeted, https://twitter.com/Gary_Kirsten/status/1377998956857339913 The 2011 World Cup was Kirsten’s last assignment as India head coach as he bid adieu to the team led…

South Africa will be taking on Pakistan in the second encounter of the three-match ODI series in Johannesburg this Sunday (April 4). The visitors will feel buoyed having started the tour on a fantastic note as they clinched victory in the opening encounter in Centurion on Friday (April 2). In a tightly contested fixture at the SuperSport Park, Pakistan came out triumphant by three wickets and went 1-0 up in the series. As it happened, the Asian giants began superbly after winning the toss and opting to bowl first. They rocked the Proteas hard early in the innings and left…

Half-centuries from skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and No.3 Oshada Fernando helped Sri Lanka bat through unscathed on Day 5 of the second and final Test against the West Indies in Antigua. The defiant batting display allowed the visitors to keep the hosts at bay and come out of the series with an impressive 0-0 scoreline in overseas conditions. The result also kept Sri Lanka ahead of West Indies in the ICC Test rankings, with the Asian giants placed No.7 on the list and the Calypso Kings staying No.8. As it happened, in-form opening batsman Lahiru Thirmanne (39) and Karunaratne stitched together…

Tim Southee, New Zealand’s stand-in captain and pace spearhead, became the second-highest wicket-taker in men’s T20I cricket on Thursday (April 1). Southee, who now has 99 scalps to his name in the shortest version of the international game, achieved the landmark playing against Bangladesh in the third and final T20I of the series in Auckland. The experienced Black Caps paceman started off the fixture with 96 T20I wickets under his belt but ended up taking three more to inch past Pakistan’s former captain and wrist-spinner Shahid Afridi in the list of highest wicket-takers in T20Is. Lasith Malinga, the Sri Lankan…

Nitish Rana, the Kolkata Knight Riders batsman, has tested negative for coronavirus after returning a positive result on March 22. The franchise confirmed in a statement ahead of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League. Rana, who had self-isolated following his positive Covid-19 result, gave a negative test on Thursday. The 27-year-old will be starting training in the coming days, hoping to be fit and fine for KKR’s opening encounter in IPL 2021 on Sunday (April 11) in Chennai against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). Nitish Rana had checked into the KKR team hotel in Mumbai, on March 21, 2021…