All of an unexpected the hotels are full. Restaurants have more Indian and Pakistani faces and Hindi is the language most clear in talks. It is as if the combination of the Indian subcontinent has dropped in Dubai for this marquee clash between Ind vs Pak in the T20 World Cup 2021. Ticket costs have skyrocketed and even if you are ready to pay top dollar, tickets aren’t possible. It is assumed to be a real representation and everyone wants to be a part of it and make a comment. It is an indication of how ‘revenge sports tourism’ in…
Author: Naman Saxena
An India vs Pakistan clash is the mother of all cricketing competitions and is also by far the most important match of the World Cup 2021. Every seat of the 70% permitted capacity will be taken and the need for tickets is bordering on the amazing. The question to ask then is honest: Is this match “just another game” as the performers keep saying in pre and post-match press conferences, or is it well and definitely a very unusual match, which creates heroes who are finally celebrated back home for days and months? Kapil Dev, one of the biggest to…
Former Indian captain and current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly have said he was captured aback by Virat Kohli’s choice to renounce leadership duties from the shortest format of the sport. Last month, Kohli dropped a bombshell when he declared that he would not a long-time captain of the Indian team in the most concise format after the T20 World Cup. Kohli told the immense workload and the inclination to focus on Test and ODI captaincy as the reasons behind his preference. Speaking on Salaam Cricket, Ganguly clarified there was no burden from the BCCI on Virat Kohli to leave the…
Former Pakistan cricketer Inzamam-ul-Haq thinks that India is the most dangerous team in the T20 world on subcontinent pitches. The Men In Blue confirmed their prowess on such covers with a dominant win over Australia in the final warm-up fight ahead of the Super 12s step of the tournament. https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1450818035401457678 India scaled-down the 153-run mark with above two overs to spare and 8-wickets in hand at the ICC Academy in Dubai. Inzamam-ul-Haq regarded India’s prowess which accommodated them chase down the target. Discoursing on his Official YouTube channel, Inzamam-ul-Haq said: “India played their warm-up fixture against Australia rather comfortably. On subcontinent pitches like these,…
The 2021 edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) is ready to start on December 5 at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo. The tournament opener will be a repeat of the previous season’s final wherever the Jaffna Stallions will locked horns with the Galle Gladiators. A total number of 24 matches will be played in the 2021 sessions of the Lanka Premier League(LPL), along with the final. Colombo will host all Starting 20 games of LPL 2021 just before the fight shifts to the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota(Sri Lanka). The final of the LPL…
The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) win by 27 runs against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). In achieving so, they have won their 4th IPL title. MS Dhoni and his men just have been impressive this season. After a tough IPL 2020, they have shown why they are a championship side. Twitter praises CSK after a huge win Fans on Twitter praised CSK for having a fabulous season and lifting the IPL 2021 title. Some fans also trolled Eoin Morgan for maintaining his poor form. Here you can see some of the best reactions on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FarziCricketer/status/1449065572654669832 https://twitter.com/LoyalSachinFan/status/1449067178632761344 https://twitter.com/FarziCricketer/status/1449067121539895303 https://twitter.com/man4_cricket/status/1449067691264786434 https://twitter.com/viroot11/status/1449062901914816514…
Former South African Fast bowler Dale Steyn believes that Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) luck, “bad decisions” and the weak form of some senior cricketers will get up with them in the final. He described it with an enjoyable casino roulette analogy, assuming that even after 10 blacks in a row, “red’s going to hit” at some point. KKR went past one of IPL 2021’s top sides, Delhi Capitals, in the final over of the 2nd Qualifier. Despite managing most of the game, KKR batsmen almost performed it into the hands of their opponents by dropping from 123-1 to 130-7 within…
Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting has revealed that he got angry later the team’s trouble to Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier 1. Ponting asserted that he is sensitive as a coach, just as he was as a player, and therefore he was a bit frustrated after DC’s defeat to CSK. Delhi got off to Chennai by 4-wickets in Qualifier 1, in a match that was selected in the last over. DC shared a challenging 172 for 5 batting first but the bowlers could not raise the score as Channai Super Kings came out all guns blazing in the chase. DC…
Deep Dasgupta has picked his favored Indian playing XI for the much-anticipated impact against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup, which will be played this month Oct 24 in Dubai. The former Indian wicketkeeper-batsman cricket appointed Rohit Sharma alongside one of KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan as the openers. Captain Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant made the central order in Deep Dasgupta’s XI. All-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya (subject to bowling shape) capped the team’s batting depth. According to a video on his YouTube channel, Deep Dasgupta was seen to say: “I wouldn’t mind KL/Ishan to…
Best heart-touching moments of IPL 2021, Chennai Super Kings(CSK) all-rounder Deepak Chahar proposed to his GF at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium later the match against the Punjab Kings. The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) played against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) in their latest league match of the 2021 edition of the IPL. Unluckily, the Super Kings could not finish their league stage on a winning record. A 98-run knock from KL Rahul maintained PBKS defeat CSK by 6-wickets. Deepak Chahar did not have a great day in the match. He bowled 4-overs and allowed 48 runs, picking up the wicket…
In a major wonder in Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)’s last match of the IPL 2021, Manish Pandey, also not Kane Williamson, strolled out for the toss in Abu Dhabi. Panday who hasn’t performed in almost half of the team’s games this season is captaining the side for the opening in his IPL career. At the toss, he told that his return was a ‘last-minute call’ helped by injuries to both Kane Williamson and vice-captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The right-handed batter said Williamson had a niggle in his elbow while Kumar picked up a minor injury during SRH’s last game against RCB. The…
Smriti Mandhana, India’s bright opening batter in the women’s Match, could be given the captaincy role after the future Women’s World Cup judges former head coach WV Raman. The former coach-led India to the T20 World Cup final in Australia last year before being lately replaced by Ramesh Powar. Smriti Mandhana has evolved into one of India’s important players since getting her debut in 2013. Under Raman’s teaching, Mandhana also had a stint as a skipper when India played England in the T20I series in 2019. While Raman thinks that Mandhana has the mindset and smarts to become the skipper…
Several faces were shocked when the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) shelled out a massive sum of £14.25 crore at the IPL auction beginning this year to pick Glenn Maxwell. The misgivings were not wrong. Over the years, Maxwell’s name had become compatible with poor performance in the IPL. Earlier to 2021, the dashing Australian batter, who initiated his IPL debut in 2012, had been part of the cash-rich league on 8-occasions, serving 3-different franchises – Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals), Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), and Mumbai Indians(MI). Nevertheless, barring the 2014 release, when he accumulated 552 runs at…
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli was a glad man after his side maintained a playoff place, beating the Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 6 runs in Sharjah. The Royal Challengers shifted the 3rd team after Chennai Super Kings and DC to qualify for the playoffs. Virat Kohli has suggested that they will play also daring cricket in the next 2 games and fancy their chances of completing in the top two. https://twitter.com/RCBTweets/status/1444661744287162372 Talking at the after-match presentation ceremony, Kohli said: “(It) feels amazing. After 2011, we haven’t done it with games to spare. Eight wins out of 12 games…
Mumbai Indians : The Governing Council of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday confirmed that two new IPL teams for the games will be officially announced on October 25. The Governing Council of the IPL League members meeting on Tuesday and it was declared that a day after the Ind-Pak T20 World Cup meeting, two new IPL teams would be announced. ”The IPL Media Rights tender for the cycle 2023-2027 will be released immediately after the appointment of two new IPL teams which is scheduled to be announced on October 25, 2021”, said BCCI in an Official statement. https://twitter.com/ani_digital/status/1442892323323478019…
Former Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Dinesh Karthik recently upload a post for an update on ace all-rounder Andre Russell’s injury, saying that support teams are yet to determine the magnitude of the injury. Russell, who had a good start to the 2nd phase of IPL 2021, was a notable absentee from KKR’s playing XI against the Delhi Capitals(DC) on Tuesday. Karthik said that he wasn’t aware of the importance of the West Indian cricketer’s injury. https://twitter.com/Oam_16/status/1442118915094499328 Addressing a virtual press conference, Dinesh Karthik said: “I am not exactly aware of the magnitude of Andre Russell’s injury because it is…
Delhi Capitals pace bowling trio of expert pacer Ishant Sharma, and national seamers Avesh Khan and Lukman Meriwala involved in a ‘Hit the bottle’ challenge. They were seen involved in this on the eve of their side’s fixture against the KKR. The official Twitter account of the Capitals shared a video of the same on Monday evening with the caption: “DC Squad’s motto: You’ve got #OneLife. Stay hydrated, re-energized, and ace every challenge Like. A. Boss 😍 📹 | Enjoy the Bottle Challenge powered by Aqua Hunk ft. your favorite DC Stars 🎯 #YehHaiNayiDilli” You can watch the video here:…