International Cricket, be it a bilateral series, or be it even a money-spinning T20 league like the IPL, is serious business. Players always play under tremendous pressure and frequently under the watchful eyes of experts and unapologetic fans. Expectations are mostly unreasonable, especially if you’re of those Indian Cricketers, most of whom are followed with […]

Moises Henriques, James Pattinson and Pat Cummins have been named in the Australian squad, while the solid Peter Handscomb, George Bailey and Cameron White have been overlooked by the selectors for the Champions Trophy slated to start from the 1st June in England. Australia are placed alongside England, New Zealand and Bangladesh in the Group […]

When the Kings XI Punjab’s newly appointed coach Virender Sehwag, the explosive former India batsman, walks into the Holkar Stadium, albeit as a non-player, he will instantly be nostalgic – his swashbuckling 219 came on this ground, the curator of which, Samandar Singh Chauhan, took great pride then for dishing out the kind of track […]

When Sanjiv Goenka, Harsh Goenka’s Brother, announced that his franchise Rising Pune Supergiants had decided to replace MS Dhoni with Steven Smith as the Captain of the side, it sparked off almost a nation-wide row and the former India Captain’s fans slammed the Pune-based franchise left, right and centre, even as Sanjiv Goenka firmly stood […]

In a thrilling encounter at the Maharashtra Cricket Stadium, Pune, RPS, the home side edged past the visiting Mumbai Indians by x wickets and opened their account in the second game of IPL 10. Having set a challenging 185 to win, the RPS batted sensibly and ensured right from the beginning that the required run-rate […]

The first day of the IPL was staggering – An incredible opening ceremony, a mouth-watering contest, a stunning knock of 62 off 27 balls by one of India’s limited over legends, towering sixes, blistering boundaries, brilliance in field and whatnot! Day two opens in Pune, at the Maharashtra Cricket Association’s Stadium where the Rising Pune […]