Author: Sandip Pawar

The UK have added India to the Coronavirus red list due to the rapid spread of a new Covid-19 variant, effectively banning all arrivals from India. The International Cricket Council is confident that the World Test Championship in Southampton will not be affected despite the latest decision from the UK government to ban all travels from India to the UK in the wake of the rapid spread of a new Covid-19 variant. The UK Health Minister, Matt Hancock revealed there had been 103 UK cases of the India variant and on a precautionary basis, they’ve made “the difficult but vital…

Delhi Capitals defeated Punjab Kings by six wickets courtesy of Shikhar Dhawan’s magnificent 49-ball-92 innings at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday night. In the second game of the Sunday doubleheader, Delhi Capitals mowed down Punjab Kings’ target of 196 with six wickets and ten balls to spare. DC registered their second win of the tournament to move to the second spot in the points table, while PBKS suffered their second loss and are at seventh position. As it happened, Delhi Capitals’ Rishabh Pant won the toss and had no hesitation to bowl first. But his bowlers weren’t up for the…

The former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir has questioned CSK captain MS Dhoni’s batting position in the side and expresses the need to lead from the front. Chennai Super Kings lost their first match against Delhi Capitals by seven wickets. Dhoni got out on duck off the second ball he faced as DC’s Avesh Khan cleaned him up. Gambhir, who has led Kolkata Knight Riders to two IPL championships in 2012 and 2014, believes that a captain should be leading by example. “We keep mentioning this thing that a leader needs to lead from the front. You can’t be leading, when…

SRH left T. Natarajan out of the playing XI in the clash against MI on Saturday night. Sunrisers Director of Cricket Tom Moody revealed a real reason behind Natarajan’s exclusion. The ninth match of the IPL 2021 took place between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Mumbai Indians came into the match with a win behind their backs while SRH had suffered two losses in their first two games. In a desperate attempt to bring some fortunes to the side, SRH made four changes in the playing XI ahead MI clash. SRH left…

Kieron Pollard and Jasprit Bumrah’s brilliance helped Mumbai Indians defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 13 runs in the ninth match of the IPL 2021 at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium on April 17th. Rohit Sharma won the toss and looking at the trend of the Chepauk wicket, he rightly chose to field first. Mumbai Indians realized the need to make the most of hardball and power-play restrictions since scoring runs becomes extremely difficult as the innings progresses at the Chepauk. MI got their innings off to a flying start with Rohit Sharma donning the role of the power-play aggressor. He swept and…

The Board of Control for Cricket in India have announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Men) for the period from October 2020 to September 2021. According to the BCCI press release, the payment structure is divided into four categories: Grade A+ contract earning players INR 7 croreGrade A – INR 5 crore.Grade B – INR 3 croreGrade C – INR 1 crore. India’s all-rounder Hardik Pandya gets a promotion from Grade B to Grade A. Hardik Pandya couldn’t bowl for the majority of the period. He has had to earn his place in India’s limited overs set-up…

Zimbabwe cricket legend has been banned for eight years after being charged with multiple breaches of ICC’s anti-corruption code.  Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak had been under investigation. He has now been charged with five breaches of ICC’s anti-corruption code, including accepting a bitcoin payment from a corruptor and leaking inside information.  Streak was investigated for an extensive list of matches from 2017 and 2018, during his tenures as a coach – from his time with Zimbabwe – as well as in T20 leagues. The charges point at Streak acting as a facilitator of approaches from a corruptor to people…

Pakistan captain Babar Azam has surpassed Virat Kohli to become the new number one ODI batsman in the latest ICC rankings, ending Kohli’s 41-month reign. He became only the fourth batsman from Pakistan to attain the number one rank in ODI cricket.  The 26-year old batsman played a match-winning 82-ball-94 runs knock in the third match against South Africa at Centurion, which helped him gain 13 rating points to reach 865 points. He now leads Virat Kohli by 8 points. Babar Azam has been one of the best batsmen in the world for a while. He’s been a consistent performer in…

Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson aknowledged he looked scratchy in the early part of his innings against Punjab Kings. Indian Premier League produces matches that enthral the viewers season after season. Monday night saw one such contest when Punjab Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by four runs in a high-scoring affair. Samson played sensational innings of 119 in just 63 deliveries, but failed to clear the ropes on the last ball when they needed 5 runs to win. Sanju Samson was a one-man army for the Royals as none of the other batsmen could cross the 25-run mark. The Kerala batsman…

The schedule for India Women’s tour of England has been announced with the tour starting on June 16 with a one-off Test in Bristol. Indian Women Cricket team will be travelling to England in June for a seven-match tour consisting of one Test, three ODIs and three T20Is. It is also learnt that limited crowds will be allowed for the games, which would be a great thing for women’s cricket. The lack of attention to Women’s Cricket from the BCCI, whether about the women’s T20 IPL tournament or International scheduling, has been met with deserving criticism from all quarters in…