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Sarfaraz Ahmed took criticism at former skipper Salman Butt in a cryptic tweet on Wednesday, February 2. Currently, Ahmed is leading Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League(PSL). On Wednesday, he took to Twitter, where he wielded a sharp dig at Salman Butt. He said that a player who sold his country while ‘on duty’ should be the most recent to question the intention and ethics of others. ”Pakistan ko on duty beachne wala fixer jub niyat pe bhashan dega phir to Allah he Hafiz hai .#justsying’’ (Those who sold Pakistan while ‘on duty’ should be the last person to judge the intention of others).…

IPL Winners list from 2008 to 2021, The Indian Premier League started in 2008, and after one year, the Indian cricket team won the first edition of the World T 20 against Pakistan in a mind-blowing final. Eleven years ago, what began as an ambitious project is now considered the best 20-20 league globally. Mumbai Indians(MI) are the best performing IPL team, having earned the victory 5-times and having finished runners-up on one occasion. Chennai Super Kings(CSK) is the other side to have lifted the IPL title on 4-occasions while they have finished 2nd once. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) holds…

In a couple of months, Virat Kohli’s tenure as captain of the Indian men’s cricket team came to be completed. Kohli had renounced the T20 Internationals (T20Is) role at the end of the 2021 T20 World Cup. He was finally stripped of ODI captaincy as the Board of Control for Cricket(BCCI) in India required one captain in white-ball cricket. After India’s series in South Africa came to completion earlier this month, Virat Kohli announced that he was resigning as Test captain. Jonty Rhodes, who is currently part of the Legends League in Oman, said that with the responsibility of captaincy…

Indian Right-handed cricket Test and ODI captain Mithali Raj added yet added jewel to her crown on Saturday. She became the first woman cricketer to be awarded with the honored Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The Khel Ratna award is the greatest sporting honor in the country awarded on players. It is a mark of identification towards consistent achievements displayed by them in their field over the course of the past 4 years. The Award ceremony took place in Rashtrapati Bhawan on Saturday where President Ram Nath Kovind the award to a entire host of sports stars. The list…

IPL 2022 Mega Auction Live updates: BCCI confirms that IPL 2022 mega auction will be on February 12 and 13 in Bangalore. BCCI adds two new IPL teams for the upcoming IPL 2022, making ten teams involved in the IPL 2022 tournament. An office statement BCCI confirmed that the move is to correct the pan-India balance of the league. Keeping the current allocation of teams and business chances in mind, the BCCI has put up 6-cities- Lucknow (Central Zone), Guwahati, Ranchi, Cuttack (all East), Ahmedabad (West), and Dharamsala (North)- for sale. BCCI Announced the IPL 2022 Mega Auction date BCCI has decided to…

After two years of waiting, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the resumption of the Ranji Trophy this season. BCCI secretary Jay Shah has described a plan for a 2-phase system of the premier competition tournament in season 2022. The First phase starts this year Before the Indian Premier League (IPL) will occur, while the 2nd phase will occur after IPL 2022. The cricketing fraternity was certainly happy with the BCCI’s decision to resume India’s premier national competition. Here are some of the Twitter reactions: https://twitter.com/IrfanPathan/status/1487020021192613889 https://twitter.com/IrfanPathan/status/1487020021192613889 https://twitter.com/Lalchandrajput7/status/1487035569355911176 https://twitter.com/RaviShastriOfc/status/1486940777376714756 https://twitter.com/venkatatweets/status/1486954748767277056 https://twitter.com/64MohsinKamal/status/1487022971495796740 https://twitter.com/cricketwallah/status/1487038658968309763 https://twitter.com/wmakarand/status/1486968171659620355 https://twitter.com/udit_buch/status/1486969978687410177 …

Zimbabwe batter Brendan Taylor faces a ban from the International Cricket Council (ICC) after accepting he received a USD 15,000 “deposit” for spot-fixing. Although, he said he was blackmailed and never went through with the deal. Taylor said he was forced into accepting the money from an Indian business person in October 2019. It took him 4-months to report the incident to the ICC anti-corruption unit through he feared safety. https://twitter.com/BrendanTaylor86/status/1485522867768991745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1485522867768991745%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsportstar.thehindu.com%2Fcricket%2Fbrendan-taylor-faces-icc-ban-for-delay-in-reporting-fixing-approach%2Farticle38317717.ece Taylor tripped to India to discuss the launch of the new T20 match in Zimbabwe with the promise of USD 15,000 as paying. “We had drinks and during the…

Sanjay Manjrekar was happy with KL Rahul’s captaincy in the first innings of the 3rd India-South Africa ODI in Cape Town. After opting to bowl first, India kept the has settled to 287, taking all ten wickets for the first time. Manjrekar welcomed Rahul for turning to part-timer Shreyas Iyer to bowl during the hosts were cruising. Despite Iyer conceding 21 runs in his 3-wicketless overs, Manjrekar saw it as a sign of Rahul being further open to new ideas, specifically after his much-criticized use of Venkatesh Iyer in the first game. During the mid-innings break, Manjrekar told ESPNcricinfo: “Slightly…

Sanjay Manjrekar has thinks that KL Rahul’s impact with the bat “diminishes” when he’s the captain. On Friday, the former cricketer said that Rahul could learn not to lose his natural batting style due to additional responsibility from former captain Virat Kohli. Manjrekar’s observation came in interaction with ESPNcricinfo during the mid-innings break of the 2nd ODI between India and South Africa. After batting first, Rahul secured a 79-ball 55 with 4-boundaries, playing the anchor as Shikhar Dhawan (29 off 38) and Rishabh Pant (85 off 71) attacked from the other side. Manjrekar didn’t fault Rahul’s method in this innings…

The platform is set for the 2022 Women’s ODI World Cup, set to be arranged in New Zealand. The marquee event will begin on March 4, 2022, at the Bay Oval in Tauranga, with the White Ferns taking on the West Indies. The first 5-matches will witness 2 of the most sought-after cricketing rivalries, with Australia up against England on March 5, and the much-awaited India faces Pakistan fixture on March 6. A total of 31 fixtures are set to be performed across 31 days, with 8-teams competing to be the world’s champion. 6 cities are set to host the…

South Africa’s hero cricketer in the Test series succeeds over India. Keegan Petersen has said that the completion of having defeated a strong Indian side is yet to fall in. The 28-year-old explained the Indian bowling attack in the series as the most difficult he has faced in his career so far. Petersen was the Performer of the Series with 276 runs, including 3-half-centuries, as South Africa better from a 0-1 deficit to register a 2-1 win. He was also performed in the Cape Town match for his secured of 72 and 82. Reflective on the memorable victory, the most…

Virat Kohli announced Saturday(1/15/2022) that he is stepping down as India’s Test captain after 7-years with the team’s help in the longest format. The announcement came a day after South Africa completed a 2-1 series win against India. Kohli wrote in a note. “It’s been seven years of hard work, toil, and relentless perseverance every day to take the team in the right direction. I’ve done the job with absolute honesty and left nothing out there.” He went on to add: “Everything has to come to a halt at some stage, and for me as Test captain of India, it’s…

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) cricketer Venkatesh Iyer has recalled going unsold two times at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 auction before ultimately being picked in the final round. Iyer was one of the chief makers of KKR’s turnaround in IPL 2021, smashing 370 runs in 10 games at a strike rate of 128.47, constructing his debut in the UAE leg. The Kolkata franchise was pining in the lower half of the points after the initial leg, but a stunning revival finished in them, ending up as runners-up. Interaction on the chat shows Backstage with Boria, and the batting all-rounder…

On Thursday, Virat Kohli’s spicy sled caught on the stump-mic to his South African counterpart Dean Elgar. Kohli can listen taunting Elgar about ‘running’ away from Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling, evidently because the Proteas keeper took a single off the remaining ball of the earlier over. The Indian captain also indicated that his South African compatriot couldn’t keep him quiet. Kohli also respondent Elgar of calling off the 3rd Test of India’s last journey of South Africa in 2018. Pundits had tagged the Wanderers pitch ‘dangerous’ because of its changeable bounce, but India wanted to remain. Later the visitors ultimately won…

On Tuesday, the Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Brijesh Patel confirmed that TATA would replace VIVO as the main sponsor for the tournament’s upcoming edition (2022). ”Yes, TATA will replace Vivo as the title sponsor,” Patel said to the media. Vivo even has 2-years left in its sponsorship deal with the league, and accordingly, during this period, Tata will continue as the main sponsor. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1480824656986734597 Today’s bidding for ownership of the 2 new Indian Premier League (IPL) suffrages and the new teams and their buyer were published. Owner Sanjiv Goenka’s RPSG group has acquired the rights for one franchise, while…

Former Australia cricketer Mike Hussey welcomed Pat Cummins’ captaincy after the 4th Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) completed in a draw. Australia had England 9-wickets down with 2-overs to go, but Stuart Broad and James Anderson managed to hang on and repudiate the hosts a win. Hussey, nevertheless, said Cummins did well as skipper and almost got the job done. Conversation on Cricbuzz, the 46-year-old said: “I thought he was very good. I would give him a very good mark out of 10. I think the way he rang the changes today, he changed the bowlers around…

Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan recently shared a funny Instagram reel featuring himself and Right-handed batsman Yuzvendra Chahal. Dhawan is always active on Instagram, making reels with many cricketers like Prithvi Shaw and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. In his latest update, fans can see Shikhar Dhawan and Yuzvendra Chahal acting funny dialogs while the latter does an upper arm hammer curl exercise in a gym. Shikhar Dhawan post reel on his official Instagram account and captioned the post: “Tainu Rabb da vasta @yuzi_chahal23 🙏🏼😆.” You can watch the video below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shikhar Dhawan…