Robin Uthappa announce their retirement from all forms of Indian cricket on Wednesday, September 14. The right-handed batter states a special note on his social media handles to announce his decision. Uthappa’s last appearance in international cricket come in Zimbabwe in 2015. Despite being in and out of the national team, the swashbuckling cricketer accepted himself as one of the top draws in the Indian Premier League(IPL). The seasoned campaigner was a complete part of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) side during the last 2 editions of the cash-rich league. Declare his retirement, Uthappa wrote on Twitter: “It has been…
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Cricketer Nitish Rana has stated that he got off on the wrong foot with teammate Rinku Singh upon their initial interaction. The left-handed duo have shared the dressing room since the 2018 season and are today on good terms. Rinku Singh was not in the plan of things during his first few seasons with the 2-time winners. The Uttar Pradesh-born cricketer was largely used as a backup performer and managed to make a belief through his fielding in the few opportunities he got. He came into the highlight in the 2022 edition, where he performed a…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officially announced the 15-men Team India team for the next 2022 T20I World Cup on Monday (September 12). Star bowlers Jasrpit Bumrah and Harshal Patel made their return to the side after gone the 2022 Asia Cup due to fitness issues. In the duo’s absence, India’s bowling attack lacked venom during the lastly concluded Asia Cup, where they issued during the Super 4 stage. Their comeback will also boost the team’s expectation in death overs after Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya battled in the role during their injury hiatus. Due to…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the squad for team Indian that will be travelling to Australia for the T20 World Cup in October this year. After a not so memorable Asia Cup, the Indian team has set their targets on the T20 World Cup. Fats bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel will be coming back to action after their respective injuries. Before the commencement of the mega-event, Team India will be playing two limited overs series at home against Australia and South Africa. Rohit Sharma will lead the side with KL Rahul as vice-captain…
Former Indian player RP Singh thinks Team India only has itself to blame for their unsatisfactory Asia Cup 2022 campaign. Rohit Sharma and Co. crashed out of the Super Fours phase with grievous defeats against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The former left-arm fast bowler feels the Men in Blue made too many modifications to their lineups, which contrived the team balance. Injuries didn’t help either, with the likes of Ravindra Jadeja and Avesh Khan ruled out almost halfway through the tournament. Talking to India TV, RP Singh stressed the effects of too much ‘experimentation’ in a multi-national match like the…
Australian T20 skipper has announced his retirement from ODI cricket on Saturday after a poor run with bat in the recent past. Finch was the skipper in the 50-over format too. However, the explosive batsman will continue to play the lead the Australian team in T20 Internationals. The 2015 World Cup winner, Aaron Finch, made his ODI debut back in 2013 and scored 5041 runs – including 17 centuries and 30 fifties – at an average of 39.13. The Australian opener, however, has endured a run of low scores in the recent past. “It has been a fantastic ride with…
Finally, the day has come for which we, cricket fans, waited for what feels like a lifetime. It took 989 days for Virat Kohli to end his century drought with his 71st ton. The star batsman completed this milestone against Afghanistan in the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 in Dubai. This was also Virat’s first ton in the shortest format of the game. Kohli, who for a change opened the batting with KL Rahul as Rohit Sharma was rested, was on the move from the very first ball, making the full out of the Powerplay with some brilliant strokes. He moved…
That Smile, oh god that smile. It has happened Finally I waited 1,021 days to write an article on Kohli’s 71st century. Finally, The king is back. Virat Kohli raised his 71st worldwide hundred years following a stand-by of 1019 days on Thursday. Kohli who scored his keep going 100 years on 23rd November 2019 against Bangladesh raised a welcome hundred against Afghanistan in the dead elastic conflict in the Asia Cup 2022. That, in any case, didn’t prevent the fans from observing Kohli’s extraordinary three-figure thump that likewise turned out to be his lady T20I ton. Nothing can buy…
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the warm-up games schedule for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. The First Round teams will have their warm-up fixtures between October 10 and 13 with games to be divided between the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Junction Oval. The teams that have qualified to play the Super 12 round directly will play their warm-up games in Brisbane on October 17 and 19. The first warm-up match is between West Indies and UAE at the Junction Oval on October 10th. Then, Scotland will take on Netherlands and Sri Lanka play Zimbabwe in the two…
Former Indian player Aakash Chopra thinks Virat Kohli was unduly made a scapegoat for Team India’s disastrous T20 World Cup campaign the previous year. The Men in Blue couldn’t manage it to the knockouts and Kohli had to quit the white-ball captaincy soon after. According to many faults that with Rohit Sharma leading the team, India would reign the Asia Cup in the UAE. Although, it is deja vu for the fans as they will have bad remembrances of Dubai once again, with India having before been knocked out of the Asia Cup with a Super four-game still to play.…
” every action has an equal and opposite reaction ” Newton said. Watch: Ugly scenes as Afghan fans vandalize Sharjah stadium, hurl chairs at Pakistanis; video sends shockwaves. Afghanistan cricket fans vandalized the arena, heaved seats at the Pakistan fans and were engaged with dissipated clench hand battles outside the arena premises following their last-over rout to Pakistan in an Asia Cup Very 4 match on Wednesday that took them out of the competition. The Afghanistan and Pakistan players were isolated before issues could run wild and the coordinate was finished minus any additional stoppage with the Babar Azam-drove side…
England cricketer Ben Stokes appreciated Alex Hales’ comeback to the national team following an absence spanning over 3 years. The pair at present share a strained relationship on the back of a corrective issue in 2017, where they were involved in a street brawl in Bristol after an ODI against the West Indies. Both players were handed discipline by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after an inquiry. Hales’ return was helped by an early injury to wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow. The opening batter has been in great form and recently achieved The Hundred 2022 with the Trent Rockets. His…
Young Indian Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh was focused by online trolls for dropping an easy catch against Pakistan in a Super 4 encounter of the current Asia Cup 2022 on Sunday, September 4. Arshdeep dropped Asif Ali’s catch off Ravi Bishnoi’s bowling in the eighteenth over. The miss turned out to be expensive as Ali, who was then batting on one, secured 16 off 8 balls to help Pakistan victory the match by 5 wickets. In a touching motion, Punjab’s sports minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer has come out to help Arshdeep amid all the disapproval. He had a telephonic…
Former Player Aakash Chopra thinks that Ravindra Jadeja’s absence could have a significant impact on the Indian team’s overall combination in their next games in the current Asia Cup 2022. He stated that when an all-rounder like Ravindra Jadeja or Hardik Pandya has to skip, the team management is enforced to replace them with 2 players to keep the team balanced. Chopra opined that the Indian believes tank might have to modify its plans as Jadeja has been ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury. Speaking on his Official YouTube channel on Sunday (September 4), he said:…
After a dramatic 2-wicket victory in their final group match against Bangladesh on Thursday, Sri Lanka has done it to the Super 4 stage of the 2022 Asia Cup. They will get their Super 4 campaign ongoing against Afghanistan on Saturday (September 3). The 2 sides have met once in the match, with Afghanistan escaping on that occasion. Fazalhaq Farooqi’s wonderful display with the new ball had the Sri Lankan highest order tottering, supporting Afghanistan to an 8-wicket win. Dasun Shanaka’s men will be keen to come back the favor when the 2 sides meet again. Before the Super 4…
Star Indian batsman Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma has bought a house in Alibaug which amounts to whopping INR 19.24 Crores. The lavish farmhouse is supposed to cover about 8 acres of land near Zirad, a village in Alibaug. As reported in Malayali Manorama, the power couple had already visited the place six months ago and Virat’s brother Vikas Kohli had finalised the transaction on August 30. The Alibaug’s magnificient surrounding has attracted a lot of business people to buy land at the area. Former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri had built a house in Alibaug almost a…
In some breaking news coming in, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been ruled out of tournament due to a right knee injury. Replacing him, would be another left-arm bowling all-rounder, Axar Patel. https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1565665616391901184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1565665616391901184%7Ctwgr%5E4f1fbac76944083d85ff167159a68e081f58b41a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatoday.in%2Fsports%2Fcricket%2Fstory%2Finjured-ravindra-jadeja-ruled-out-of-asia-cup-axar-patel-named-replacement-1995711-2022-09-02 Jadeja’s replacement, Axar Patel, was earlier announced as one of the standbys in the team and will join the team in Dubai soon. Jadeja’s injury will be a major blow to the Indian team as the reliable all-rounder was the Rohit Sharma-led side’s top performer in the five-wicket win over Pakistan in the Asia Cup…