Nicholas Pooran

Kings XI Punjab like the Royal Challengers Bangalore have been the perennial underachievers in the Indian Premier League. Despite picking a strong team season after season, they somehow fail to translate their performance into potential. Something that has hurt their progress in the past editions is also their constant change of support staff. They have changed their support staff almost every season which has not resulted in the way they wanted it to be. This edition again they have picked a strong squad

The India vs West Indies series is level at 1-1 after India beat the Windies in the second game in Visakhapatnam by 107 runs. Rohit Sharma (159) and KL Rahul (102) struck centuries to power India to 387. Kuldeep Yadav then took his second ODI hat-trick to help India win the game and draw level in the series. With the series nicely poised, the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack is ready to stage the decider on Sunday. India played their perfect game in the

We now move into the playoffs of the T10 League. Yesterday was the last round of group matches and the exhilarating action continued. Here is a review of the three matches played yesterday at Sharjah. Bairstow notches the highest score in T10 Cricket Sunil Narine roared for the Bengal Tigers as the Caribbean star smashed 52 from 25 balls. He was extremely well supported by Sherfane Rutherford who scored 39 runs from just 17 balls. The Tigers posted 123/5 in their 10 overs. The Knights lost their big guns like Gayle, Stirling, and Morgan early but the Englishman stood resolute. Jonny Bairstow struck a bludgeoning 84 from 24 balls and clinched the seven-wicket win with eight balls remaining. Northern Warriors roll over Rajputs with ease Northern Warriors bundled up Rajputs for just 64/8 in their

We witnessed three exciting encounters in the T10 League yesterday as the bat extended its domination over the ball. There were quite a few spectacular performances and here is a review of all the action. Pooran charges Northern Warriors to a win over Kerala Knights The Universe Boss, Chris Gayle, fell for 14 from 18 balls but it was his partner Paul Stirling who lighted up the proceedings. The Irish batsman struck a fine 60 from 28 balls to help the Kerala Knights reach the total of 101/2 in 10 overs. In the Windies dominated batting lineup, Pooran shone the brightest with his spectacular 43 not out from 18 balls. Andre Russell, batting at four, smacked four sixes in his brief stay of 10 balls and fetched the win for the side. Bengal Tigers chase down 135 runs against Sindhis Anton Devich’s blazing 64 from 23 balls, and Samiullah Shenwari’s 44 from 26 helped the