Author: Soorya G

Some relentless batting from Jharkhand knocked the Nagaland side out of their wits as they piled on a staggering total of 880 in the first innings of the preliminary quarter-final game in the Ranji Trophy. After two days of spirited batting, a double-century by wicket-keeper Kumar Kushagra, and two centuries by Virat Singh and veteran spinner Shahbaz Nadeem, the Jharkhand innings eventually came to a close on a score of 880, which included a mind-boggling last wicket partnership of 191 between Nadeem and Rahul Shukla, who was left stranded on 85 after looking well on course to score a century. Nadeem and Shukla’s mammoth 191-run partnership is surprisingly not the highest…

Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur’s outstanding centuries set up a massive win for India as they climbed to the top of the points table at the ICC Women’s World Cup after a brilliant performance against the West Indies. The pair posted an invaluable 184-run stand for the fourth wicket and completely took the game away from the West Indian women before an excellent bowling performance from the Indians blew away the Windies, as India secured their second-biggest victory in terms of runs, as they romped home by 155 runs. After choosing to bat first, Yastika Bhatia got the Indians off to a…

The South African women held their nerve to seal a nail-biting victory over Pakistan, who extended their losing streak in the Women’s World Cup to 17 games, after coming agonisingly close, only to choke in the final over, as Shabnim Ismail defended nine runs to take the Proteas to third place on the points table. Nida Dar brought Pakistan to the brink of victory, after Nahida Khan and Omaima Sohail played valuable innings at the start of the innings to keep Pakistan in the game. Dar’s run out, courtesy Chloe Tryon was the defining moment of the game, as the South African women were able to close…

Australia will take on Pakistan in the second game of the three-match Test series in the National Stadium in Karachi on Wednesday. The first Test between the two sides was not much of a contest between bat and ball, as the batsmen dominated proceedings on each of the five days of the drawn fixture. It was a tedious game of cricket for the viewer as there was not a lot of excitement, nor was the scoring rate all that high at any point of the Test match. Imam ul-Haq was the man of the match of the previous encounter, scoring tons…

18 months ago, the 39-year-old had made a return to first-class cricket after serving a fixing ban. Disgraced Indian bowler S Sreesanth has announced his retirement from all forms of Indian domestic cricket. Part of both the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup-winning sides, he hung up his boots after a near 20-year career. The player represented India in 90 international games across all formats, ends his career with 169 wickets. The announcement comes at a slightly surprising time, as the pacer had only recently made a return to domestic cricket, and had also represented Kerala in their T20 games in the…

The Saurashtra and Indian all-rounder has climbed to the top of the ICC Test all-rounder’s rankings, displacing West Indian Jason Holder, who dropped down one spot in the rankings. Jadeja’s supreme performance in India’s first Test against Sri Lanka launched him into pole position. The left-hander scored a brilliant 175* in the first innings to take India to a massive total of 574/8 before picking up a haul of nine wickets in the Test, including a fifer in Sri Lanka’s first innings to set up a monstrous victory for India by an innings and 222 runs. Holder was at the summit of the rankings for over a year and…

The tournament hosts scored a 62-run victory against the Indians to move up to the second spot on the points table. India Women suffered their first defeat of the ongoing ICC World Cup, as they were comprehensively beaten by a superior New Zealand side won by 62 runs. Spirited performances from Amy Satterthwaite and Lea Tahuhu, as well as a fantastic all-round exhibition courtesy Amelia Kerr gave NZ a comfortable victory over the Indian ladies, who had beaten arch-rivals Pakistan in their opening encounter. The Kiwis have returned to form with two facile wins after suffering a loss in their opening fixture. They are second on the points table after…

Defending champions England have suffered yet another setback in the Women’s World Cup, suffering a second straight loss, this time to the West Indies, in what was a thrilling encounter. It was a roller-coaster ride from start to finish as the Caribbean women picked up their second victory of the tournament, throwing the qualification race wide open. The game was almost a repeat of both teams’ first games, both of which went down to the wire. The Windies held their nerve, as they defended a total of 226, and in the end, proved to be successful, winning by seven runs.…

India and Sri Lanka will face off against each other in the second Test match in Bengaluru, beginning on March 12. The Indians currently lead the two-Test series 1-0 after picking up a massive victory in the first Test match in Mohali. Sri Lanka would be looking to try and put in a better performance after getting completely dominated last time around.  India will take on visitors Sri Lanka in the second Test after delivering an absolute hammering in the first Test match at Mohali, as they romped home by an innings and 222 runs. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja produced a…

The Aussie women secured another important win in the ICC Women’s World Cup, emphatically beating Pakistan by seven wickets. It was a stroll in the park for the favourites, as Pakistan failed to put up a big enough total on the board, which the Aussies chased down with more than 15 overs to spare. Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof and Aliya Riyaz did have a decent partnership, but neither of the two could accelerate in the latter half of the innings, which meant that the Aussies restricted them to a disappointing 190 despite batting the entire 50 overs. The target of…