Team India will take on South Africa in a 5-match T20I series beginning on 10th June 2022. The program for the T20I series is as under: First T20I- tenth June 2022 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, India; 2nd T20I- 12th June 2022 at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack(the city in Odisha, India); 3rd T20I- 14th June 2022 at VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam(City in Andhra Pradesh, India); 4th T20I- 17th June 2022 at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot(City in Gujarat, India); 5th T20I- 19th June 2022 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru(City in Karnataka, India) Although resting the similar Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit…
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The Indian Premier League (TATA IPL 2022) is now done and dusted. Beginners Gujarat Titans lifted the title after defeating the Rajasthan Royals(RR) in the final at Ahmedabad on May 29. Many regular suspects satisfied their expectations, including both Indian and big players. Although, there were also a few who failed to make an effect and had extremely disappointing seasons. This article will examine the five biggest cricketers who flopped this TATA IPL 2022 season. #1 Kieron Pollard The Mumbai Indians cricketer had a very unsatisfactory season by his standards. He was also dropped midway throughout the season after failing…
With Mumbai cricketer Prashant Solanki as a net bowler for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 2nd half of IPL 2021, the team management considered the youngster had the good talent to be picked in the main team. So in the TATA IPL 2022 mega auction, CSK shelled out INR 1.2 crore to ensure Solanki’s services. For any youngster, mainly a spinner, it is a dream to be bowling with a legend like MS Dhoni, keeping back the stumps. Indian champions like Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal have been completely vocal about how Dhoni’s advice from behind the stumps…
Former England captain Nasser Hussain thinks the future Test series against New Zealand will be crucial for Zak Crawley. With a few other performers knocking on the doors for selection, Hussain believes the young opener must make the most of his possibilities. Crawley, who made his Test debut in 2019, has obtained plenty of backing from the commutator. The right-handed batter’s breakthrough knock came against Pakistan when he secured 267 in Southampton in 2020. He had an unremarkable 2021 but did properly in Australia and the West Indies, although he desires to build consistency. https://twitter.com/SkyCricket/status/1531574123243118593 Conversation on Sky Sports, Hussain stated…
Former Australian bowler Brad Hogg has picked his top IPL XI from the recently concluded edition of the tournament. On his official YouTube channel. Hogg called tournament-winning skipper Hardik Pandya the captain and made some fascinating choices in his lineup. Hogg chose Jos Buttler and David Warner as his openers, beginning with his openers. With 863 runs and 4-centuries, the Rajasthan Royals star appeared as the highest run-getter of the edition. (DC)Delhi Capitals’ Warner also had a good season, scoring 432 runs in 12 matches at an average of 48. “Jos Buttler – obviously, first-choice opener, leading run-scorer, and most 100s in the tournament. He generally bats through the innings for…
The first 3-years of the Indian Premier League (IPL) followed the conventional route of picking the 2-teams for the finals. The side that completed first took on the 4th-placed side in one semi-final while the 2nd and 3rd-placed sides locked horns in another semi-final. The format of performing the semi-finals to reach the finals became a point of conversation among former cricketers, media, and fans likewise. The dispute that this format was tricky happened in 2009 when Delhi Daredevils (as the Delhi franchise was named then) completed at the top of the league standings quite easily but lost the semi-finals.…
Sri Lanka’s cricketer Niroshan Dickwella has stated that his team’s Test series win in Bangladesh provided some respite amid their country’s economic crisis. The left-hander also welcomed the talented duo of Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews for their significant contributions to the series’ victory. Sri Lanka wrapped up a commanding 10-wicket win over Bangladesh in the 2nd and final Test in Mirpur. The visitor had already left a massive hill to climb their competition after reducing them to 34-4 at the end of the 4th day. Although their best efforts, Bangladesh could not stave off a beat on the final…
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has stated that young Test opener Abdullah Shafique’s technique is similar to Kane Williamson and Rahul Dravid’s. Shafique made his Test debut against Bangladesh in November 2021 after taking his maiden T20I aspect. The right-handed cricketer recently delighted a productive series against Australia at home, making 397 runs in 3-Tests at 136 and averaging 79.40. His best of 136* came against Australia in the primary Test in Rawalpindi. https://twitter.com/ICC/status/1501141572330475521 According to a local newspaper, Azam said regarding the 22-year-old Shafique, as mentioned by Cricket Pakistan: “I personally watch and definitely enjoy Abdullah’s stylish batting. He plays very clean; his stance…
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) TATA IPL 2022 season is confirmed to be a topsy turvy campaign. The season was a combined bag for the Kane Williamson-led side from a 5-match winning streak to a 5-match losing streak. SRH head coach Tom Moody recently expressed that injuries to Washington Sundar and T Natarajan at an important juncture hurt the team’s opportunity. He estimated that the side lost momentum because of that injury worry. The veteran coach made these observations while conversing on the Hyderabad team’s official YouTube channel. He said: “The injuries that we had in the middle of the tournament with…
As Tim David plastered monstrous sixes off possibly one of the best death bowlers in the county, the entire Wankhede crowd suddenly noticed that they had a gem on their hands. The 26-year-old smashed T Natarajan for four huge sixes in an over and took Mumbai Indians (MI) to the brink of a great win. Although, his run-out was a great metaphor for what could have been as far as MI is involved. Despite snapping him up for a whopping INR 8.25 crore in the TATA IPL 2022 mega auction, Mumbai benched Tim David after just two matches. Alarmingly, the 5-time IPL…
Former Australia cricketer Brad Hogg has shared his thoughts on Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant’s failure to take the DRS in Saturday’s TATA IPL 2022 match against Mumbai Indians’ Tim David. Hogg states that Pant was only responsible for taking the DRS, which was not the case when he performed for India. Pant decided not to take the DRS later; Tim David had scored it to the keeper’s first ball off Shardul Thakur’s bowling. After long contemplation, the Capitals’ skipper didn’t take the review. Later, the playback showed a massive edge, and David performed a useful cameo to take his team…
Mumbai Indians’ (MI) Jasprit Bumrah and Ishan Kishan joined in dismissing Delhi Capitals (DC) opening batter Prithvi Shaw amazingly in TATA IPL 2022 on Saturday. It occurred in the final over of the powerplay in the first innings. Bumrah set Shaw up with 3-good-length balls outside the off-stump; look at the right-handed youngster’s patience. The 4th ball was a shock, complete effort bouncer, always rising and always coming in, giving Shaw no possibility to get out of the way. The 22-year-old gloved it in the face of the helmet, and the ball swelled in the air. Kishan scampered forward with the gloves and put in…
Former Indian player Aakash Chopra recently said that the likes of Ishan Kishan and Shikhar Dhawan might have fallen down the pecking order for a place in Team India’s T20 team. The cricketer-turned-commentator believed that KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma would be the favored openers for the team’s upcoming assignments in the brief format. He stated that both performers, Ishan Kishan and Shikhar Dhawan, would have to wait for their opportunity in T20Is. Speaking on his Official YouTube channel, Chopra said: “There’s no place for Ishan Kishan and Shikhar Dhawan in the T20I side. KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma will open. You…
TATA IPL 2022 is nearing completion as all teams have only one game remaining. At this juncture, while one team (Gujarat Titans) is certain of its qualification, 2-teams – MI and CSK – are out of this race. But the other 7-teams are in a dogfight for the ages, each with its own way of qualification. SRH, despite their win against MI after 5-consecutive losses, is at the lower end of th spectrum of expectation for qualification into the upcoming round. While they quite need to succeed in their final league game of TATA IPL 2022, they will need several…
The United States of America (USA) and the West Indies will host the 2024 session of the T20 World Cup. For a country like the United States, where cricket is not yet a famous sport, this event could be an example shift in the game necessarily in one of the world’s superpowers. US cricket team co-captain Aaron Jones has stated his thoughts on how co-hosting the T20 World Cup would transform the perception of the game in the States. The 27-year-old believes it will impart a lot of experience about the game to the local audience. https://twitter.com/usacricket/status/1460066029627969544 Speaking to a…
Former Indian player Harbhajan Singh has paid a touching tribute to Andrew Symonds, who died at 46 in a car crash on Saturday night. Harbhajan stated that he and the former Aussie all-rounder had put behind the shocking Monkeygate dispute and became very good friends. The Turbanator and the former Australian player were involved in an ugly scene during the 2008 Sydney Test when Symonds respondent Harbhajan called him a ‘monkey.’ Although, they 2-later mended fences when they performed together for the IPL franchise Mumbai Indians(MI) and became close pals. In conversation at to press conference, an emotional Harbhajan said…
English pundit Michael Vaughan has chastised Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Venky Mysore for his alleged meddling in the group’s playing XI preference. Vaughan informed the businessman to ‘go and count some cash’ and ‘let the cricket people make the cricket judgment.’ Knight Riders’ skipper Shreyas Iyer stirred the hornet’s nest by just now saying that apart from head coach Brendon McCullum, Mysore is ‘definitely involved in team selections.’ Despite such involvement is not a new issue in the IPL season- it was a rare instance when a skipper showed this to the public. Speaking to Cricbuzz before…