Report KKR’s mystery spinners Narine and Chakravarthy prove unhittable; Rahane shines with the bat Kolkata Knight Riders 133 for 4 (Rahane 44, Bravo 3-20) beat Chennai Super Kings 131 for 5 (Dhoni 50*, Umesh 2-20) by six wickets MS Dhoni, 40 and no longer captain, turned the clock back with a vintage display of death-overs hitting, but Chennai Super Kings struggled either side of that as a canny bowling effort…
Lunch West Indies 297 (da Silva 100) lead England 204 by 93 runs Joshua Da Silva converted his overnight 54 into an outstanding, match-transforming 100 not out, the first century of his Test career, as the troubling toothlessness of England’s bowlers was shown up in dramatic, and potentially series-seizing, style on the third morning at Grenada. By lunch, West Indies’ lead had extended from a slender to 28 to a…
Preview The five-time IPL champions are missing Suryakumar Yadav, but have all their other bases covered Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant, the current India captain and, possibly, his successor, go face to face Big picture Rohit Sharma vs Rishabh Pant. The India captain against his possible successor (that’s what Delhi coach Ricky Ponting thinks – he finds their journeys similar too). A predictable narrative but potentially a blockbuster one….
Preview Agarwal’s men boast a lot of power-hitting talent, but will be without Bairstow for their season opener Big picture A lot of IPL teams, for a lot of the time, go into the auction to buy back the players they’d been forced to let go. And it makes for fun viewing because their rivals always drive up the price. Punjab Kings though did things a little differently. They retained…
Fantasy Tips Fantasy XI recommendations for the IPL 2022 game between Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians March 27: Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians, Brabourne Stadium Safe XI: Rishabh Pant (capt), Ishan Kishan (vice-capt), Rohit Sharma, Prithvi Shaw, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Axar Patel, Daniel Sams, Jasprit Bumrah, Chetan Sakariya, Mayank Markande Delhi Capitals’ captain and a man in form, Rishabh Pant is our choice for captain in WonderWins fantasy game….
Fantasy Tips Fantasy XI recommendations for the IPL 2022 game between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore March 27: Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, DY Patil Stadium Safe XI: Dinesh Karthik, Shikhar Dhawan, Faf du Plessis (vice-capt), Mayank Agarwal (capt), Shahrukh Khan, Liam Livingstone, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Rahul Chahar Captain: Mayank AgarwalPunjab Kings’ new captain is a consistent performer when it comes to IPL….
News Says that Pant’s “learning experiences” from the last year and a half will make him a “better leader and person”. Ricky Ponting had not even realised it. Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant may not have thought of it as well. And it may not have struck people in Indian cricket either. That Ponting, the former Australia captain who had several intense duels with India captains during his playing days,…
News Franchise physio Patrick Farhart to determine, after conducting fresh tests, when the quick can return to bowling competitively Anrich Nortje has been cleared of “any serious injury”, and a stress fracture, understood as the reason he has been out of action for the last six months, has been ruled out, clearing the way for him to join Delhi Capitals at the IPL. The update has come from CSA chief…
Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates have been talismans at the top of the batting order for long Just some questions swirling around a disappointed host nation, whose World Cup campaign ended with a victory over Pakistan, but it was too little to see them progress to the knockouts. But it might not just be the end of the World Cup for them. The match against Pakistan had all the…
The aerial route in Wellington could be a risky one against Bangladesh, feels Tammy Beaumont Tammy Beaumont says there is no question of England taking liberties against a Bangladesh team that gave even the tournament favourites Australia a scare in windy conditions in Wellington on Friday. However, she remains confident that her own team is peaking at the right time, after dicing with an early exit following three consecutive…