Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) fast bowler Mayank Yadav delivered an important breakthrough for India in the opening T20I against New Zealand at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Thursday, October 22. The young pacer dismissed Tim Seifert with the help of wicketkeeper Sanju Samson, ending New Zealand’s promising start in the five-match T20I series. India captain […]

India head coach Gautam Gambhir has opened up about one of the toughest selection decisions of his coaching tenure, admitting that leaving Sanju Samson out of the England series was particularly difficult.  Samson had been part of India’s T20 World Cup-winning squad and finished the tournament strongly, scoring 97 not out, 89 and 89 in his […]

209 to chase. High pressure game. High voltage atmosphere. Two immensely talented youngsters going berserk. Samson looks in top form. Pant is batting like a man possessed. Deliveries being hit out of the park. Maximums being hit at an unreal average of one per six balls. Bowlers being decimated; temperaments pulverized; lions tamed. Riding on […]

New IPL, new season. New everything. A new, younger outfit, full of performers, if not superstars. Lot of individual brilliance, lot of inspiring performances! Yet, Delhi’s woes remain the same. A Team delivering back to back shoddy performances, seems to be going the same way. Since 2011, Delhi haven’t delivered a single good season. And […]

The Sunrisers Hyderabad were still gasping for breath, even as they got past the Kings XI Punjab by 5 runs in a thriller, where Manan Vohra gave them a run for their money, scoring a swashbuckling 95 off 50 on a surface where no other batsman seemed too comfortable. The SRH, thus, ended their two-match […]

If you’re a 22-year old wicket-keeper batsman and enjoy Rahul Dravid’s confidence, you’ve got to be special. Period. Thus, we blindly believed Sanju Samson had the talent and temperament, flashed of which he displayed back in 2013, when he first turned up for the Rajasthan Royals. One glimpse at the diminutive lad and spotless technique, […]