Ravichandran Ashwin has hinted at the possibility of Virat Kohli being made skipper again by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the next Indian Premier League season. RCB appointed South Africa’s former skipper Faf du Plessis as their skipper for the 2022 edition of the tournament, the first time in the last eight seasons they will not have Kohli at the helm. The former Indian and RCB captain had given up captaincy of the franchise at the end of the last season, while also announcing his decision to step aside from T20I captaincy for the national side. He was later removed as ODI captain and…
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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.
The 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League finally kicks off on March 26. The 10-team tournament will last till May 29 and will feature 74 matches, with all participating franchises set to contest 14 league stage fixtures each before the playoffs. The 2022 campaign sees the return of the group format in the biggest T20 league after 10 years. Ten sides are divided into two separate virtual groups as per historic titles won and finals reached. As per the design, teams will play their fellow group rivals twice during the league stage and also against one team from the…
Delhi Capitals speedster Anrich Nortje may have reached India for the IPL 2022 but will be available for selection only from April 7, stated a report in Cricbuzz. The pacer is set to miss DC’s first two games of the tournament due to an injury. The nature of the injury is still unknown, but it has been serious enough for the cricketer to have gone missing from the action since the end of South Africa’s campaign at the T20 World Cup in the United Arabic Emirates in November 2021. Nortje has missed white-ball games against the Netherlands, Test and ODI series versus India, the…
After a long tryst with on-field action, CSK legend Suresh Raina is all set to begin the second innings of his career via his commentary debut during the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League, starting March 26. The 35-year-old will be doing Hindi commentary for Star Sports during the IPL 2022, where a giant of broadcasting Ravi Shastri will also be making his comeback behind the mic. Fans will have the chance to hear Shastri’s famous commentary during IPL 2022 after nearly a seven-year hiatus from the comm box due to his commitments with the senior national men’s side…
England opener Jason Roy has been reprimanded with a two-match suspension and a hefty fine of 2,500 pounds after accepting to have behaved in a prejudicial manner in an act that may have brought the game into disrepute. England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed the news on March 22, stating Roy has been banned for England’s next two matches, a call which would interestingly be suspended for 12 months depending on good behaviour. The player must also pay off his fine to the ECB by March 31. In a media release issued on its site, ECB said its disciplinary panel found Roy in breach…
Kolkata Knight Riders’ newly appointed captain Shreyas Iyer has heaped praises on KL Rahul for his captaincy. Iyer played under KL Rahul’s leadership during the ODI series against South Africa earlier this year. The Mumbai batter was impressed with the way Rahul led the Indian team despite losing the series by 3-0. Speaking in the Red Bull Cricket Room on Clubhouse, Iyer said: “It was nice to play under him. Firstly, he is an outstanding player. The confidence he carries on the field and in the team meetings, the support that he provides to the players, is great.”He’s got a very calm…
Shubman Gill is banking on his stay with new Indian Premier League franchise Gujarat Titans in the 2022 season to unlock doors into India’s T20I set-up ahead of the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia in October-November. The elegant Indian opener is yet to make his T20I debut for India but thinks that could change in the coming months if he ticks the right boxes with Titans and plays a crucial role in their push towards a maiden Premier League trophy. “I feel as a player what’s most important for me is to do my job well for the team…
As per widespread reports, Liverpool forward Divock Origi is closing in on a free transfer to Serie A leaders AC Milan. The Belgian’s current deal runs out in June, and Milan are the club most interested in adding him to their roster of attackers ahead of the next season. AC Milan are prepared to meet with the player’s representatives in the coming weeks to seal a deal worth 3.5-4 million euros per season, reports Sky. The 26-year-old forward moved to Anfield from Lille in 2014 for a fee believed to be in the region of 10 million pounds. In 171 appearances since, the Belgian has scored 40 times,…
Ex- India allrounder Reetinder Sodhi believes the great MS Dhoni is no longer the batter he was in his peak days and must subsequently make a shift in the batting order for Chennai Super Kings ahead of the Indian Premier League 2022. Before the tournament begins with defending champions CSK taking on last year’s runners-up Kolkata Knight Riders on March 26 in Mumbai, Sodhi reckons Dhoni must adjust his position in the batting order given he is no longer the “finisher” he was in his heyday. Dhoni rewind the clock with a vintage finish in the Qualifier 1 of IPL 2021 against Delhi Capitals in Dubai,…
The pitch used for the second and final India-Sri Lanka Test match in Bangalore’s iconic Chinnaswamy Stadium has received a “below average” rating from the International Cricket Council. The venue has also been handed one demerit point for producing an inappropriate deck for the pink-ball D/N Test match. Thirty-nine wickets fell inside two and a half days, of which 16 fell on the first day itself, on what was a turning track with variable bounce. The extra lacquer and gloss on the pink ball that enables extra skid off the deck did not help the batters’ case. But most of the vicious turn had…