Author: Kashish Chadha

Former Australian cricketer and renowned coach Dav Whatmore has linked up with Baroda for the forthcoming Indian domestic season in a wholesome role as the chief of the support staff. Whatmore was due to join Baroda last year as the director of cricket but could not travel to India due to visa issues amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially having signed a two-year deal with the Indian state team, Whatmore has now come on board for the entire 2021-22 season. Speaking about his role with ESPNcricinfo, the 67-year-old had explained that he will mainly be with the senior Baroda side for…

As he made a comeback to Mumbai Indians’ on Thursday after missing the previous game of IPL 2021 due to injury, captain Rohit Sharma etched himself in the record books. The 34-year-old achieved the special feat playing against his favourite opposition – two-time winners Kolkata Knight Riders – in Abu Dhabi. Rohit arrived into the contest 18 runs shy of the 1000-run mark against the Riders but ended up eclipsing the mark by 15 runs by the end of his innings. Rohit reached the milestone when he hit a boundary through the fine-leg region against KKR’s mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy. He has now made a whopping 1,015…

Young West Indies batsman Sherfane Rutherford left the Sunrisers Hyderabad camp in the UAE after learning of his father’s untimely death, the franchise confirmed in a statement. Left out of SRH’s playing XI for Wednesday’s IPL fixture against against Delhi Capitals (DC), the 23-year-old was preparing for the rest of the tournament until the sad news made him take the first flight back to the Caribbean. https://twitter.com/SunRisers/status/1441052439713509381 Rutherford had joined the Sunriesers as a replacement signing for their first-choice opening batsman and wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow, who had shown great form during the Indian leg of the competition but opted out of…

On Thursday, Sri Lanka Cricket announced that the second edition of its premier franchise-based T20 tournament will be played from December 4 to 23 in the Island nation. Originally, the 2021 edition of the Lanka Premier League was due to be played from July 30 to August 22. However, a clash with other major domestic limited-overs tournaments in the world forced the SLC into a rethink around the schedule. Ravin Wickramaratne, the LPL tournament director, confirmed, according to ESPNcricinfo, that the tournament coinciding with the Kashmir Premier League, The Hundred in UK, CPL 2021 and Sri Lanka’s own international commitments led them to…

Despite making a solid comeback to action in DC’ commanding victory over SRH, Shreyas Iyer said he is not “satisfied” yet and is looking forward to fulfilling his “hunger” for runs in the coming matches. Making a comeback to the game after an absence of more than four months following recovery from a shoulder surgery and rehab, Iter played a solid knock of 47 not out off 41 balls in the run-chase versus the Sunrisers, ensuring DC have a win by eight wickets to consolidate a top position in IPL 2021 points table. But given the extended time he has spent away from the action, one innings is…

After winning their respective last games, last year’s runners-up will be facing up against the inaugural season champions in another crucial game in the UAE leg of the IPL 2021 on September 25. Both the teams will be heading into the clash with great confidence under their belt. The Capitals more so as they completely dominated Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous match in Dubai on Wednesday, winning by eight wickets with more than two overs to spare. The victory helped DC reclaim their position at the top of the points table with seven wins and just two losses. RR could…

Tom Latham shed light on the detailed happenings for last Friday when New Zealand opted out of their tour of Pakistan citing a security alert from their government.  New Zealand Cricket decided to withdraw from the entire limited-overs series after receiving last-minute security advice from the government and on-ground officials ahead of the first ODI in Rawalpindi. Revealing what happened behind the scenes, Latham told ESPNcricinfo that the day of the opening one-dayer began like any “normal” day before a match: “We were leaving at 12:30 (from the team hotel to the stadium), and then I got a message on my WhatsApp group…

DC are mighty pleased to have their former skipper Shreyas Iyer back after a six-month absence due to a shoulder injury ahead of the UAE leg of the Premier League. The Capital’s vital middle-order player and their active skipper until last season,missed the first half of the tournament after hurting his shoulder during an ODI against England in March just prior to the start of IPL 2021.  Credit: BCCI The player then had to go through an extensive rehab for his injury, also missing India’s tour of Sri Lanka and his List A stint with English county stint Lancashire. But upon recovery, Iyer was…

Defending Premier League champions will take on the two-time winners in Match 34 of the current edition of the tournament in Abu Dhabi on September 2 MI made a disappointing resumption to their campaign in the tournament on Sunday, going down by 20 runs against the Chennai Super Kings in Dubai. Rohit Sharma’s men lost to their longstanding arch-rivals despite beginning impressively with the first half. The outcome of the match did little to remove the notoriously achieved tag of slow-starters against MI’s name. On Monday, the Riders had an inspiring return to the field when they pulled off a resounding win over Royal Challengers…

Young Indian pacer Kartik Tyagi’s excellent last over saved the day for Rajasthan Royals, who looked down and out in the contest against Punjab Kings and yet came out triumphant by two runs. Tyagi successfully defended four runs that the Kings required off the final six balls despite starting the over with their two middle-order batsmen Aiden Markram and Nicholas Pooran set at the crease. The young gun nailed one yorker after another as he never allowed the PBKS batsmen to getaway. Initially beginning with a low full-toss that Markram could only mistime towards the extra cover fielder before taking a single off the next ball,…