Author: Sahil Jain

Chris Gayle has made a return to the Caribbean Premier League after skipping the 2020 edition due to personal reasons. Meanwhile, Faf du Plessis and Shakib Al Hasan have been signed up by St Lucia Zouks and Jamaica Tallawahs. Chris Gayle is all set to make a comeback to the Caribbean Premier League after he missed the 2020 edition due to personal reasons. He will turn out for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in this CPL 2021. The Universe Boss has played a couple of seasons for the team – 2017 and 2018. He even led them to the final…

With the worsening COVID-19 situation in his family, Delhi Capitals cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin admitted that he found it pretty taxing and had to go home midway through the IPL season.  Quite a few cricketers started pulling out of tournaments for various reasons. Ravichandran Ashwin was the latest to do so as the Tamil Nadu off-spinner pulled out of the IPL 2021 after playing five games for the Delhi Capitals. He cited personal reasons to pull out of the 14th edition of the Indian T20 extravaganza, and it came to light later that most of Ashwin’s family was battling with the…

England’s injury woes ahead of the start of a hectic home summer continued. After Ben Stokes (hand injury) and Jofra Archer (elbow injury), Foakes has now suffered a hamstring injury that has ruled him out of the two-match Test series against New Zealand, which starts on June 2 London. James Bracey, who is the other wicket-keeper batsman in the England squad, is all set to make his Test debut in the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s. The Gloucestershire stumper has aggregated 479 runs at an average of 47.90 in this 2021 season of the County Championship so far. He has been a…

Ravichandran Ashwin admitted that it was a big low point in his career when he was left out of the Chennai Super Kings side midway through the 2010 IPL season. But he felt what followed in the next 18 months, winning multiple titles with Chennai Super Kings and the Indian team, was a miraculous turnaround. Back in the 2006-07 season, Ravichandran Ashwin made his first-class debut in a Ranji Trophy game for Tamil Nadu when they faced Haryana. The off-spinner impressed straightaway as he picked up six wickets in the game. He toiled hard in the domestic circuit and was…

On May 25, the BCB chairman of cricket operations Akram Khan confirmed that Australia will play two additional T20Is during their tour of Bangladesh in August later this year. It makes it a five-match T20I series that will be completed over eight or nine days, as said by Akram Khan. The original schedule had NZ travelling for three T20Is and that series was supposed to be followed by the Australia one, which was also supposed to have only three T20Is. However, in the tweaked schedule, Australia will arrive in early August for five T20Is after the Aaron Finch-led side complete…

Mushfiqur Rahim’s fine 125 helped Bangladesh to recover from 74/4 and post a fighting total of 246. The Sri Lankan batting once again flopped as the Bangladesh bowlers put up a brilliant all-round show to lead Bangladesh to their first-ever ODI series win over Sri Lanka. It was way back in 1986 that Bangladesh first faced Sri Lanka in an ODI game. In 35 years, the two sides played 48 games in ODI cricket before the start of this series, and Bangladesh managed a mere seven wins. They could never beat Sri Lanka in a bilateral ODI series. Despite their…

Prithvi Shaw revealed why he doesn’t bat in the nets when things didn’t work in his favour. He said that he constantly trained but didn’t get the results, and hence, he got fed up and said, if it’s not working, he won’t train for a bit. It’s been a topsy-turvy ride for Shaw, especially in the last eight or nine months. The 21-year-old showed flashes of brilliance in the IPL 2020. He started off well, scoring 179 runs in the first five matches, which included a couple of excellent 60+ scores. However, his form dipped, and he finished the tournament with…

Jagadeeshan stated, as revealed by India Today, that he feels the CSK skipper is someone who is constantly trying to boost the entire side, including the seniors. The 2020 season of the IPL was by far the worst for Chennai Super Kings in their history. They lost eight games and won just six, finishing seventh on the points table (worst-ever finish) and just about managing to avoid the wooden spoon. All their eight losses came in the first 11 matches. After the 10th game, skipper MS Dhoni made a controversial statement in the post-match presentation where he said that CSK…

Isa Guha has come out in support of the Indian women’s cricket team after it came to light that Harmanpreet Kaur and co haven’t received their prize money for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup held in Australia in 2020 where they came runners up. The global tournament was played in February-March 2020. The Indian women’s cricket team is due to receive a sum of $500,000, which has already been disbursed by the ICC to the BCCI. https://twitter.com/isaguha/status/1396443405656395780 “While the men are at a different level there are still base level equities in player welfare. Things like payment/contract times, well-being…

Mushfiqur Rahim top-scored with 87 while Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah struck half-centuries which propelled Bangladesh to 257/6 after opting to bat first. In reply, Sri Lanka were reeling at 102/6 before Wanindu Hasaranga played a magnificent knock, scoring 74, but he couldn’t take Sri Lanka over the line as they fell 33 runs short. It was a clinical performance from Bangladesh as they took a 1-0 lead in this three-match series against Sri Lanka. There were three half-centuries from the Bangladesh top six, including an 80+ which took the hosts to a fighting total before a fantastic effort from the bowlers helped them…