Cricket

After dominating the world of cricket in the bygone decade (2010-2019), the Indian cricket team is all set to start a new decade aiming to maintain the domination. Year 2020 will be the first year of a new decade and the Indian cricket team have set their sights on winning the World T20 World Cup in Australia next year, which is the biggest cricketing event of the season. The Virat Kohli led team has been very consistent in the last three to four

In the recently concluded IPL auctions, the Chennai Super Kings left Kolkata with a big smile. This is because they were able to cover all departments with unmatched efficiency. They brought in the wily Piyush Chawla, Sam Curran, Sai Kishore and Hazelwood to their ranks. To be frank, the CSK team management entered the auction with a purse of 14.6 crore. They made some good decisions in the IPL auction and made some clever purchases. Considering their strong and formidable run since 2018

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has had their fair share of travails in the last two seasons. After their inspirational skipper decided to call it quits, the Kolkata-based franchise had a torrid time under the captaincy of Dinesh Karthik. However, in the recently concluded IPL auction in Kolkata, the team managed to sort out the issues in various departments. They forayed into the auctions with a net purse of INR 35.65 crores. However, after the auctions, they were left with a purse of

It was indeed a hectic day for Royal Challengers Bangalore at the IPL Auctions for the 2020 season. RCB, who are one of the perennial underachievers of this tournament, will now be seeking redemption in 2020. They have a couple of new faces added to their squad and will be aiming at getting the team combination right.   RCB has now invested in some uncapped players. They managed to bag services of Aaron Finch as well as who could be an amazing addition

IPL’s 13th edition is set to occur in this year, 2020, and with that, the IPL Auction for 2020 has already seen the light of day a few days ago in Kolkata. SRH or Sunrisers Hyderabad has used funds wisely as the team didn’t spend mammoth amounts on a few particular players. They grabbed Indian stars who might prove worthy if used properly. The two Indians signing their contract with the team are the Indian U-19 skipper Priyam Garg and new talent Virat

South Africa registered their maiden win in the World Test Championship by beating England in the first Test of the four-Test match series in Centurion. A Dale-Steyn less attack humbled their counterparts by 107 runs with Quinton de Kock winning the Man of the Match award for his contribution with the bat (95 & 34) in both the innings. Besides that, he took eight catches in the Test match. Interestingly, this was the sixth straight win for the Proteasin Centurion, while England are

Kings XI Punjab bought two of the costliest players of IPL 2020 as they roped in Glenn Maxwell and Sheldon Cottrell. The 2014 finalists have once again accumulated a good squad and will hope that this time around they not only make the IPL final but win the much-coveted trophy as well. Having got a well-rounded squad, KXIP have a tough task of figuring out the best possible predicted line-up for the tournament which can help them win maximum number of matches. KXIP

As 2019 is a World Cup year, most cricket teams were concentrating on the ODI format. It has been seen that a lot of matches have been played this year in the 50-over format. As the ICC World Cup was amongst the most awaited events of 2019, there were several teams who focused extensively on building teams to stand out in this particular format. Here are some of the players who deserve to make it to the best ODI XI of 2019 by

Royal Challengers Banglore have been the perennial under-achievers of the IPL in the past 12 seasons. Despite making the finals twice they failed to get a hand onto the trophy. Every season at the IPL auctions they get together a strong team, which fails to deliver the goods on the field. From changing the squad to the coaching staff, the RCB management has tried almost everything to win the trophy but still have not been successful in winning the trophy. Yet again they

T20 international cricket in 2019 took a slight backseat as the cricket teams were focusing on the eagerly awaited ICC World Cup. After the World Cup, the teams started to focus on T20Is in anticipation of next year’s T20 World Cup which is less than a year away. Here’s taking a look at the best T20 XI of 2019. Harsha Bhogle’s T20 XI of 2019 In this regard, Harsha Bhogle came up with his best T20 team of 2019. The year did not

Four-time IPL champions added six players to their already strong squad and in the process has strengthened it even more. They roped in Sherfane Rutherford and Trent Boult from Delhi Capitals in the pre-auction transfer window and bolstered the power in the bowling and batting departments. Historically, MI are late starters in the tournament. However, with this squad things are likely to change. With so many superstars in the team choosing an ideal predicted line-up is difficult.  In this article, we will continue

Though Mumbai Indians won the IPL title in 2019, it was the season of the Delhi Capitals as they made it to the knockouts for the first time since 2012. Their youngsters rose to the occasion under skipper Shreyas Iyer and had an IPL campaign to remember. They added as many as eight players and traded Ajinkya Rahane from the Rajasthan Royals. Also in the process, they have made their bench-strength stronger and have added options in their squad as well. The predicted

Sunrisers Hyderabad along with Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings were one of the most settled squads going into the IPL 2020 auctions. They bought seven players and now they have the required 25 to build up their squad. After the auction, VVS Laxman, the SRH Mentor said that they were happy with their buys and their purpose of filling the loopholes were met. We now get down to forming the predicted line-up of SRH this season.  In this article, we will predict

2008 IPL champions Rajasthan Royals bought as many as 11 players in the IPL 2020 auctions including the likes of Robin Uthappa, David Miller, Jaydev Unadkat and the Indian U-19 sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal. They now have 25 members in the squad and it looks a well-rounded one after the new additions. After winning the maiden IPL title in 2008, the Royals have failed to replicate their performance in the next ten editions. Ahead of the 12th season after gathering a well-balanced squad, the

Three-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings have bought just five players in the IPL 2020 auctions. Piyush Chawla was their costliest buy at 6.75 crores. He joins the likes of Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja and Imran Tahir to bolster CSK's spin attack. MS Dhoni, the CSK skipper has always favored a spin-heavy attack in the past and in this article, we will discuss about the probable predicted line-up of CSK.  The Best Possible Predicted Line-Up of CSK Shane Watson, Faf Du Plessis, Suresh

The IPL 2020 auctions are now over and the teams have roped in the best players for the upcoming season as per their requirement. Pat Cummins was the highest sold overseas player at 15 crores, while Piyush Chawla became the highest-paid Indian player after he was bought by CSK for 6.75 crores. With the squads settled teams are now ready and waiting for the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League to get underway.  With this article, we start a series where we

The BCCI announced the T20I and ODI squads for India's upcoming series against Sri Lanka and Australia respectively on Monday. Among the big names, Shikhar Dhawan and Jasprit Bumrah made comebacks into both the teams, returning fit from their respective injuries. Sanju Samson has found a place in the T20I squad after he was included in the T20Is against Bangladesh without being given a game. Manish Pandey too has been included for both the series. Pandey played his last ODI for India in

The Indian Cricket team led by Virat Kohli capped off a memorable year in 2019 as they whitewashed the Windies in the ODIs and T20Is and finished second in the ICC ODI rankings. They finished as the top-ranked team in Tests and finished fifth in the T20I rankings. Also in the process, they beat Australia in Australia for the first time by a margin of 2-1 in Tests and 2-1 in ODIs. Virat Kohli became the first Indian skipper to win a Test

After the Christmas celebrations, Test cricket resumes in the international calendar with four teams playing Boxing Day Tests. Australia is currently playing the second Test match against New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and South Africa will play England in the first Test at the Supersport Park in Centurion. It has a rich history and tradition one which has given Australian cricket an identity that it has today. With the boxing day hosting two Test matches in different parts of the world,

The game of cricket has seen teams dominating the game over a period of time. The West Indies of the 1980's was an unbeatable force with Clive Lloyd leading a bunch of matchwinning cricketers. Such was their dominance that they had already won two 50-over World Cups before even entering the decade. Australia team was another team that started dominating from the late nineties and continued it till almost 2008. In the meantime, the team won three World Cup, two alone under Ricky