Author: Shubham Bhargava

Problems for the Delhi Capitals seem to be mounting every day. After captain Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of the season due to a shoulder injury, their pacer Anrich Nortje tested positive for COVID-19. This has sent worrying signals to everyone involved in the 14th edition of the IPL. The rules set up by BCCI says that a player or support staff member, who tests positive for COVID-19, must isolate in the designated area outside the bio-secure environment for a minimum of 10 days from the first day of symptoms or the date of collection of the sample which resulted…

India A was also set to play India senior team for warm-up matches to prepare for the series against England. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ECB postponed the series. India will travel to England with a bigger squad. India A team was scheduled to play England Lions, which is the A team of England, during the summer of 2021. Apart from that, they were also scheduled to play a couple of warm-up matches against the senior Indian team.  The Indian team is set to play a five-match Test series in England in August and September. With India A’s tour postponed,…

Making a comeback in the Indian team for the limited overs series against England, pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the ICC Player of the Month award on Tuesday. Bhuvneshwar defeated ace leg-spinner Rashid Khan of Afghanistan and Zimbabwe’s Sean Williams. The right-arm swing bowler took six wickets at an economy rate of 4.65 in the three ODIs against England. He also managed to take four wickets at an incredible economy rate of 6.38 in the five T20Is to emerge as the standout bowler for the ‘Men in Blue.’ After getting the award, Kumar claimed that he was delighted to be playing…

Punjab Kings’ top-order batsman Chris Gayle became the first cricketer to hit 350 sixes in IPL history as PK beat Rajasthan Royals on Monday. The ‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle never seems to lose touch when it comes to T20 cricket. The star batsman from the Caribbean continued his scintillating form in the Indian Premier League 2021 season, as he smashed 40 runs in 29 balls in the first game of the season for Punjab Kings. The left-handed batsman started in supreme form as he struck bowlers all around the park on a consistent basis. Throughout his entertaining innings, the legendary…

The Asia Cup was originally scheduled to take place in Pakistan in 2020. Later, the venue was changed to Sri Lanka to get the Asian teams prepared for the T20 world cup. Now the tournament has been further postponed to 2022 due to a packed international schedule. The Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed that the Asia Cup has been postponed to 2022. The 15th edition of the tournament was to be held last year in Pakistan. Later, the venue was changed from Pakistan to Sri Lanka. The tournament was to be played in the second half of 2021 as a preparatory…

Ace all-rounder Hardik Pandya wasn’t utilized with the ball in the game against RCB. Commenting on the tactic, Zaheer Khan claimed that the reason behind it was to keep Hardik’s workload in check. The Mumbai Indians champion player recently recovered from a back injury. Rohit Sharma and company lost the first game of the season against RCB on the very last ball. With Trent Boult and Rahul Chahar proving to be expensive and Hardik not utilized with the ball, MI appeared short on bowling options. Not only Hardik, but even Kieron Pollard also was not asked to bowl a single…

Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Trevor Bayliss reckons that Kiwi batsman Kane Williamson requires more time to get match fit. Fans and experts were surprised when Kane was not included in the first game played by SRH this season against KKR. SunRisers Hyderabad lost to the Kolkata Knight Riders in their first game of the season. Kane Williamson, who played some significant knocks at number 4 for SRH last season, was not included in the eleven on Sunday. Clarifying his omission from the team, coach Trevor Bayliss claimed that Kane needs a little bit of extra time to get match fit.…

Former Indian left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha praised ex-KKR skipper for his blistering cameo against Sunrisers. Calling him the pro version of Mumbai batsman Suryakumar Yadav, Ojha was highly impressed by some of the outrageous shots played by pocket-rocket Dinesh Karthik. In their first match of the 14th edition of the IPL, KKR led by Eoin Morgan ended up defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by a margin of 10 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Batting first, KKR managed to post a massive total of 187 runs on the board. Started off by Nitish Rana and Rahul Tripathi, KKR finished strongly…

Legendary cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni wants to make the most of the opportunities he is getting in the IPL. MSD had a horrible season with the bat and the skipper of the side in the 2020 edition of the IPL. He would like to deliver his best this season. Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is happy to be back at the IPL 2021 and wants to make the most of the opportunities he has in the ongoing edition. CSK took on Delhi Capitals in their first match of the season in Mumbai. Dhoni returned to action after Chennai’s…

Premier League leaders Manchester City recently dealt with a shock 1-2 defeat against Marco Bielsa’s Leeds United. While it does the Citizens no good ahead of their Champions League quarterfinal second leg against Borussia Dortmund, Spanish winger Ferran Torres has come out and said that the loss won’t disturb their focus for the upcoming matches. The former Valencia winger is optimistic that Pep Guardiola’s men will shake this defeat off and come out all guns blazing against the Germans in the crucial tie. Torres had a decent outing against Leeds as he scored the equaliser in the second half but…