Mumbai Indians have always been associated with a tag of being slow starters. Last season the three-time champions couldn’t quite gain a stronghold as the season progressed. But in 2019, the course is looking brighter for the Rohit Sharma-led side. Mumbai Indians are gaining confidence with each passing day and the wins are coming in the ongoing 12th edition of …
Can Ishant Sharma come in as a surprise inclusion? The Indian cricket team squad for the ICC World Cup 2019 is set to be selected anytime soon. The last day as directed by the ICC is April 23. There is a lot of anticipation that has been taking place regarding the 15-member squad. India’s core team is almost decided, but …
The ICC World Cup 2019 starts from May 30 onwards in England and Wales and prior to that teams would be wanting that the major trump cards stay mentally fresh and is in form. For India, a lot depends on how the top order functions during the coveted event. The success of the team has been solely based on the …
The Indian cricket team would have liked to get the problematic number four in batting sorted much ahead of the ICC World Cup 2019. With less than two months to go for the coveted tournament, Indian selectors know that they have a battle in hand to be spot on regarding the choice. With the 12th edition of the Indian Premier …
When Mumbai Indians’ young fast bowler Alzarri Joseph was handed with the opportunity to bowl against an in-form Sunrisers Hyderabad, little did the pacer know of what was to follow. In a 16-ball spell, the promising right-handed bowler took a staggering six wickets for just 12 runs to shatter the records in the Indian Premier League (IPL). This spell will …
In IPL 2019 Andre Russell is having the form of his life at the moment. The powerful West Indies all-rounder has come into Indian Premier League 2019 and bossed the field. There hasn’t been anyone as destructive as the explosive Russell. His eye for details has helped Kolkata Knight Riders earn victories from difficult situations. For the fourth game in …
Hardik Pandya had the most difficult period in his life both on and off the field in the last seven months. The all-rounder was embroiled in controversy off the field. And that affected his game time. Prior to that, a horrific injury in the Asia Cup 2018 made him miss months of cricket. Last month, Pandya was omitted from the …
Delhi Capitals have had a mixed approach in the ongoing 12th edition of the Indian Premier League. The side is filled with a solid bunch of Indian players and there is experience in the ranks provided by foreigners. Despite the intent, there is a tendency to make life difficult for themselves. DC need to be careful of the same. The …
A new season for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL), but there is nothing new in terms of the product on offer. Virat Kohli’s side has been dismal in IPL 2019 and already into four matches this season, the southern giants are in a spot of bother. RCB have lost four successive matches on the trot and two …
Chennai Super Kings spinners (CSK) have got off to a terrific start in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 season. They have already collected four points from the first two matches and MS Dhoni’s side has looked settled so far. To be honest, if CSK keeps paying to their strengths, then they will walk away with the title once again. …
Have you ever thought, What is Mankading Rule? Well, Controversy erupted in match number four of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 season. Kings XI Punjab traveled to Jaipur to play against Rajasthan Royals and ended up winning the match by 14 runs. At one stage, the Royals looked determined to get over the line in their chase of 185. …
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 is all set to start from March 23 onwards and finally we have another brand new season of excitement and intensity. Once again we will see pacers being the cynosure of all eyes as the IPL progresses. Last few seasons have been dominated by pacers, who have gone on to bag the Purple Cap. …
The Indian Premier League 2019 season is all set to start from March 23 onwards and one thing that must be going on in many fans’ minds is how to choose the right combination for fantasy sites such as Dream XI. There are many sites that offer you cash prizes when you participate in choosing your teams for IPL matches. …
As we head into the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League, teams are preparing hard in their final phase ahead of the season opener on March 23, 2019. The IPL has been a mega platform for batsmen and over the years, we have had some strong performances that made the difference for teams across a season. The IPL 2019 …
The aspect of all-rounders in T20 cricket is crucial. Apart from contributing with either bat or ball, each player contributes immensely well in the fielding department as well. These all-rounders can have a major say in the format which sees a game situation change at anytime during a course of a match. The Indian Premier League (IPL) has witnessed the …
Opening the batting in T20 cricket is quite an important aspect of any side. And the Indian Premier League (IPL) is no different. Over the years we have seen the opening batsmen smashing the most runs time and time again. Opening the batting has many facets and that’s why teams prefer to build on the same. The first six overs …
The 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is all set foo begin from March 23 onwards. With each passing moment, the excitement is building up as teams have gathered to start their pre-season preparations. This is the final week to sort everything out before the season opener gets underway in Chennai. IPL 2019 is set to continue from …
Spin bowling in T20 cricket is an art. Batsmen at times often fail to clear the ropes against top quality bowlers. Having plenty of ammunition in the armoury helps a spinner to take charge. The modern day spinners have that quality in them to exude confidence and win battles against batsmen. As we draw closer to the 12th edition of …
The 2019 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is all set to start from March 23 onwards. Defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore open the campaign in a mouth-watering clash. Over the years in the IPL, we have witnessed a plethora of records being scripted. From teams to that of individual players, we have seen records aplenty that …
The 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season starts from March 23 onwards. Like the yesteryears, we could be in for some mind boggling matches. Finishing is one aspect that will excite the fans. It is a sure art and mental strength to get a side to respectable totals in the end. Sometimes in the chases, the situation …
Chennai Super Kings will be adamant to go out and defend the Indian Premier League trophy in style. Many believe that CSK have what it takes to go out and give teams a run for their money. The most able and consistent side, CSK, can actually be the team that can go the farthest. Their performances under MS Dhoni is …
The countdown to the 12th season of the Indian Premier League has started and we are three weeks away from the world’s most extravagant global T20 tourney. The excitement among the fans regarding IPL 2019 has started to set in with each passing day. With the ICC World Cup 2019 to start in May end, there will be added excitement …
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 season is all set to start from March 23 onwards and the excitement levels are growing with each passing day. Over the 11 seasons in the IPL, what we have noticed is that strong captaincy skills are essential to get a side past the line. Teams that have been consistent over the years, were …
India went on to lose a last-ball thriller against Australia in a low-scoring affair in the first T20I in Visakhapatnam. The match swung one way and the other and India’s gamble in trying out players they want to be assured of regarding the World Cup gained significance. One of which was the introduction of the returning KL Rahul and he …
As the race for the ICC World Cup 2019 heats up, the Indian cricket team is weighing in on certain options as far a few available slots in the squad is concerned. The core of the Indian team is pretty much decided and two slots have a few takers. So things could go down the wire in terms of squad …
The Indian cricket team will be flying high after their 4-1 ODI series victory in New Zealand. This came after successive series victory in the tour of Australia. Virat Kohli’s side earned a maiden Test series scalp on Australian soil. The side followed it up with its first bilateral ODI series victory last month. Amidst all the top performances and …
Former Australian cricket team captain Steve Smith would have wanted to set the bar high in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2019. Smith played just two matches for Comilla Victorians, before an elbow injury sent him back to Australia. A surgery on Tuesday, will now see the 29-year-old wear braces for up to six weeks, followed by intense rehab process. …
The IPL 2019 Auction got done and dusted a few days back. One of the major takeaways of the auction was the trend of being inclined towards young uncapped players. Indian youngsters had a superb outing in Jaipur on December 18 with teams vouching for talent rather than big names. The focus will be on the future after heavy investment …
The IPL 2019 Auction for the upcoming 12th edition was held in Jaipur was quite an interesting day. It wasn’t the big auction days like previous seasons, but the event had a charm to give teams a desired time. There were 351 players up for grabs, and out of the 70 slots available across teams, 60 of them were filled. …
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 auction saw teams gather momentum in the best way possible. Several teams went on to add depth in order to bolster the squad and go into the IPL 2019 edition clear headed. Many teams will be happy with the business they did in the auction. But out of the lot, Chennai Super Kings go into …
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 Auction got over in an enthralling fashion in Jaipur earlier this week. 351 players had gone under the hammer. 70 slots were available across 8 teams and 60 got filled in the event on Tuesday. The IPL 2019 Auction saw some stunning buys and also some that could be questioned. IPL 2018’s most expensive Indian, …
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 auction got over in a spectacular fashion in Jaipur on Tuesday. IPL 2018’s costliest Indian, Jaydev Unadkat, became the joint-most expensive buy this time around. He along with Varun Chakravarthy bagged Rs 8.40 crore each. Sam Curran ended up as the costliest overseas player. The IPL 2019 Auction was a huge success for the uncapped …
The IPL 2019 Auction will be a one-day affair as it moves from its regular programming of being stretched over two days. The auction will allow all the IPL 2019 franchises to strengthen up their teams and be sound with their strategies. The teams had a busy IPL trade window in November. Several players were released with some franchises trading in …
The Indian Premier League (IPL) saw its trade window shut down recently as all eight franchises revealed the list of released and retained players. Cricketers that also saw themselves in part of moving to a new camp were also brought to the limelight. The 8 franchises made some big decisions ahead of the auction in December 2018 to be held …
On November 15, we got a hang of all the activities done in the Indian Premier League trade window. Several big players were released owing to form and other reasons. Many fringe players and under performers were shown the door. A few names were exchanged as the core of each team was kept intact. Now with the important part done, …
Players that will be picked in Australia’s ICC World Cup 2019 squad won’t be allowed to take part in the final few weeks of the Indian Premier League 2019 season. The move comes to ensure that players choose the nation over the cash-rich league keeping the mega world tourney in mind. Two adamant reasons come to the mind straight away in …
Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag stepped down as the mentor of Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) to end his five-year association with the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise. Sehwag, who joined Kings XI as a player in the year 2014, took over the role of a mentor after two years and performed the same for three years until 2018. But KXIP fans …
When you are chained at the bottom of an ocean, gasping for desperate attempts to free yourself, there’s only possibility. Doesn’t make sense to debate what that really is. But there’s certainty that in the aftermath of their harrowing 4 run-loss to King’s XI, another defeat on home turf, Delhi Daredevils might be considering themselves in similar position. In lighter …
After a rich 2017 campaign for the Rising Pune Supergiant, Ben Stokes once again was auctioned to become the costliest player in the Indian Premier League 2018 season. Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals returned, and the latter broke the banks to get Stokes for a whopping Rs 12.5 crore. That comes after the player last season was bought for …
Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad have been hit hard just days ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 season. Steven Smith and David Warner will not be allowed to play in IPL 2018 because of their roles in the pre-meditated plan of ball tampering on the third day of the Cape Town Test against South Africa last week. With just …
Besides Indian players in the Indian Premier League (IPL), if any other nation’s representatives have struck a chord with the fans, it is Australia. The champions of the Aussie unit have held a superior status like no other foreign nations in over a decade in IPL. Since the cash-rich league’s inception in 2008, the Aussies went on to create a fear …
Kolkata Knight Riders find themselves in a precarious situation given their key foreign recruits are likely to miss the preparations leading to the Indian Premier League 2018. The mega event kicks off from April 7 onwards. KKR have been served one blow after the other and the recent jolt to the management has come in the form of Sunil Narine. …
Kolkata Knight Riders have found their leader for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018. The eastern giants handed the reins of the captaincy to senior player Dinesh Karthik, who they bought in the Bengaluru auction earlier this year for a whopping Rs 7.4 crore. After the exit of two-time IPL title winning skipper Gautam Gambhir, KKR went for experience …
The Indian Premier League hasn’t been a lucky charm for swashbuckling New Zealand opening batsman Martin Guptill. The Kiwi sensation faced a similar brunt this year at the auctions after being ignored in 2016 auctions too. And when one looks at his record, he is the highest scorer in the Twenty20 International format. Guptill has been one of the most …
Rajasthan Royals have broken the bank in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 season for both foreign and domestic recruits and are banking on the experience of Australian skipper Steve Smith to guide them to glory. The team has relied heavy on Rising Pune Supergiants unit by building the side around the core players of a side that featured in …
Chennai Super Kings have opted to go heavy on spin bowling in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 season. The team will once again be under the leadership of former India captain MS Dhoni who helped the team to glory on several occasions in the past. The 2010 and 2011 champions are making a comeback to the money spinning blockbuster …
It was festive cheer for England all-rounder Ben Stokes, who lit up the Indian Premier League 2018 auction being purchased by Rajasthan Royals for a whopping Rs 12.5 crore. The inaugural IPL winners, who made a return from suspension after two years, also secured India’s left-arm seamer Jaidev Unadkat for a whopping Rs 11.5 crore. Meanwhile, history was made when …
Ricky Ponting’s coaching association in the Indian Premier League with champions Mumbai Indians earlier, has infused a new leaf in order to pave a way for the former Australia cricketer to become a serious personality in the management role. Come 2018, ‘Punter’ has already been appointed as the head coach of Delhi Daredevils in the IPL besides also being selected …
