Former South African batsman AB de Villiers, often hailed as one of cricket’s finest, recently shared the underlying reason behind his abrupt retirement. Making his international debut in 2004, de Villiers went on to amass 20,014 runs in 114 Tests, 228 ODIs, and 78 T20Is. Renowned for his extraordinary performances with the Royal Challengers Bangalore […]

Wisden magazine has selected India’s All-Time Test XI based on the ICC rankings attained by the and players surprisingly, they have selected Virat Kohli to lead the team. While the team also features some other greats like Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar as openers, the fans would’ve liked to see the explosive batsman Virender Sehwag […]

The final of the first edition of the ICC World Test Championship is scheduled to be played on June 18 in Southampton. India and New Zealand will be locking horns with each other in a marquee battle. Meanwhile, Wisden picked the World Test Championship XI Surprisingly, Indian all-format skipper, Virat Kohli couldn’t manage to make […]

On Wednesday, the veteran Indian all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja was named as India’s “Most Valuable Player” in Test cricket in the 21st century by Wisden magazine. Soon after the announcement, the all-rounder expressed that sday said that he will always aim to give his best for his team. Jadeja has managed to achieve an MVP rating […]

2019 was like a dream yar for the English all-rounder, Ben Stokes. After having a tough year in 2018 where he was engulfed in controversies most of the time, Ben left no stone unturned last year. Apart from playing a crucial role in England‘s World Cup triumph, he played stuck the team together in there […]

The Indian stalwarts, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah are the only two Indians who have been able to find their way in the T20I team of the decade announced by Wisden. Surprisingly, the team led by Australia’s Aaron Finch doesn’t have either MS Dhoni or Rohit Sharma. Talking about Kohli, Wisden said “While Kohli’s record […]

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has been one of the most-followed tournaments in the world. In the last ten years, it has transformed cricket like no other tournament and has raised the overall standards of the game. Indeed, it has been a highly successful tournament for the domestic tournament despite all the controversies that came […]

The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli has been included in the list of five cricketers of the decade announced by Wisden. Along with Kohli, the other four cricketers are – Steve Smith, Dale Steyn, AB de Villiers, and Ellyse Perry. Talking about Kohli, Wisden said, “His genius has been to rise, time and again, to the […]

The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli has been named captain of the Wisden Test XI of the decade. The list which features many cricketing stalwarts includes off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as the only other Indian. Significantly in the longest format of the game, Kohli has amassed 7202 runs from 84 matches at an average 54.97 which also […]

The traditional and legendary cricket almanac ‘Wisden’ has decided to not use the term ‘Chinaman’ to describe the left-arm wrist spinner anymore because of its racial origins. The recently released 2018 edition of the Wisden instead notes down the bowlers as SLW (Slow left-arm wrist spin) changing from SLC (Slow left-arm Chinaman). The term ‘Chinaman’ […]