Axar Patel

As one England batsman after the other walked back to the pavilion in an innings that lasted just 59.5 overs and yielded a total of 134 on Day 2 of the second Test, there was a hue and cry, particularly from a few former England cricketers and a section of the British media, about the poor nature of the pitch. “The pitch is a shocker. It is akin to a Chennai beach,” former England captain Michael Vaughan tweeted. While there is no doubt

In a bid to win their first-ever IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore have kick-started their preparations for the 2019 IPL by trading a couple of star players to the rival teams. First, they traded Quinton de Kock with Mumbai Indians and followed it up with the Mandeep Singh-Marcus Stoinis swap with Kings XI Punjab. They followed it up by releasing nine more names which include the likes of Brendon McCullum, Sarfaraz Khan etc. They will enter the auction in a bid to strengthen their

Delhi Daredevils started their preparations for the 2019 IPL by trading in Shikhar Dhawan from Sunrisers Hyderabad at the cost of Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem and Abhishek Sharma going the other way. With a solid top-order, they will look to win their maiden IPL title, but their squad is far from being complete. Let us take a look at four players Delhi should buy in the 2019 IPL auction to complete their team and challenge for the title. Retained players Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi