The on-field umpire’s ‘soft signal’ was a topic of discussions again on Tuesday (March 23) during the second New Zealand versus Bangladesh ODI in Christchurch. The on-field umpire gave Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal an ‘out’ soft signal following an appeal from New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson, who seemed to have gotten hold of a return catch. The incident took place in the 15th over of the Bangladeshi innings after the Kiwis decided to bowl first upon winning the toss. Tamim Iqbal gets a lifeline in controversial circumstances Tamim played an on-drive to a full-pitched delivery from Jamieson but because…
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Kashish Chadha
Kashish Chadha is a cricket analyst and writer by heart and profession. You can find his works featured on such websites as CricXtasy, Circle of Cricket, and Cricfit.
New Zealand will be taking on Bangladesh in the third and final encounter of the three-match ODI series in Wellington on Friday (March 26). The hosts already possess an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series after dominating the first ODI in Dunedin and also winning the second one quite comfortably in Christchurch. The second ODI on Tuesday (March 23) saw the visitors put up more fight, but the Black Caps were still too good for them and came out triumphant by five wickets. The win at the Hagley Oval showed New Zealand’s resolve and depth as even though they were…
With the T20 World Cup 2021 attaining great importance in the last couple of seasons, England’s form in the 50-over version hasn’t been that consistent, with the team losing four of their nine matches, including defeats to South Africa, Ireland and Australia since winning the 2019 World Cup. Thus, it wasn’t a surprise when skipper Eoin Morgan said the focus during the three-match series against India, starting Tuesday (March 23), will be to achieve a level of consistency that helped them lift their maiden ODI World Cup trophy two years back. Besides series honours against a longstanding rival, the ICC…
Smriti Mandhana, India’s stand-in T20I captain, termed the last-ball defeat in the second match of the series against South Africa this Sunday as “a bitter pill to swallow”. The visitors came out triumphant in a close-fought encounter and sealed the series 2-0 – their first series win over India women in the T20I format. Quite a bitter pill to swallow because it was our game for 80 percent of the time and we couldn’t pull it back in the last minute. There are a lot of things to learn from the game,Mandhana said after the game at the post-match presentation ceremony. An…
Shadman Islam, the Bangladesh Test opener, has had his preparations for the upcoming Sri Lanka tour as he has missed the first round of NCL after testing COVID-19 positive. It was made mandatory by the Bangladesh Cricket Board for the Test probables to take part in the NCL to prepare well for the two-match series in Sri Lanka, starting April 21 in Pallekele. The BCB has given a great level of importance to the NCL, which began on March 22, as it couldn’t stage the first-class competition last season because of the pandemic. The board is going ahead with the…
India take on England in the opening encounter of the three-match ODI series in Pune on Tuesday, March 23. After a gruelling four-match Test series and an exciting five-match T20I rubber, the caravan moves to the final leg of what has been a long tour of India for the visitors. The defending 50-over world champions will be facing up against their longstanding rivals in a gripping ODI series. The two teams will also be resuming their campaigns in the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League, determining qualification spots for the 2023 World Cup in India. Although hosts India are already…
Manchester City midfielder, Bernardo Silva has made some lofty claims of winning it all this season, as Pep Guardiola and his men continue to perform consistently in multiple competitions. City are sitting comfortably at the summit of the Premier League as they hold a ten-point lead over second-placed Manchester United. Guardiola’s men are already in the finals of the Carabao Cup where they will be facing Tottenham Hotspurs. Silva and company have been a force to reckon with in the Champions League as they defeated Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0 away from home in the round of 16 fixture. They are also…
After taking a 2-1 lead in the four-match Test series, India will lock horns with England in the fourth Test on March 4. The match is scheduled to start at 9:30 PM IST local time and will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad, once again. The third test was historic in all senses; it was a pink-ball Test match at the World’s largest cricket stadium. Formerly known as the Sardar Patel Stadium, the stadium has been renovated and named after India’s current Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In terms of result, the match barely lasted two days as…
The Indian women’s cricket is finally set to kickstart once again. March 8th, 2020 was the last time the Indian women’s cricket team took the field, and it was the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup T20 at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Indian women’s cricketers have just taken part in the Women’s T20 Challenge that was played in the UAE as a part of the 2020 season of the IPL. Apart from that, there is barely any other competitive cricket that India’s women have played. However, the drought is all set to end as they will be…