Big picture In IPL 2022, teams batting second have been more successful until now, winning 18 and losing 14 matches. The only team that has defied this trend is Rajasthan Royals. All four of their wins have come while batting first, with Jos Buttler and Shimron Hetmyer helping them post above-par totals. Buttler scored hundreds in two of those wins, and has an overall tally of 375 runs at an…
Chennai Super Kings have signed up the Sri Lankan fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana as a replacement for the New Zealand quick Adam Milne, who has been ruled out of the remainder of IPL 2022 with a hamstring injury. Milne suffered the injury during CSK’s first match of the season, against Kolkata Knight Riders on March 26, and has not featured in the tournament since. The 19-year-old Pathirana was part of…
Joe Root, England’s outgoing Test captain, has been named as the Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2022 edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, which is published on Thursday. Root, who stood down last week after an England record 64 Tests in charge, follows in the footsteps of his team-mate Ben Stokes, who claimed the honour in 2020 and 2021. Root’s run of outstanding personal performances included a haul of…
Delhi Capitals spent the last four days inside their hotel rooms, unsure if they would get to play this match. They even had a change of venues to facilitate the match but till about an hour before the match they didn’t have the go-ahead to go to the ground, especially with a sixth member, Tim Seifert, testing positive for Covid-19 on the day. From the moment they were uncaged, almost…
Apr 21: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, 33rd Match, DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Safe XI: Ishan Kishan, Robin Uthappa, Suryakumar Yadav (vice-capt), Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), Tilak Varma, Moeen Ali, Dwayne Bravo, Jaydev Unadkat, Jasprit Bumrah, Maheesh Theekshana He regained form in the last game with a 48-ball 73 against Gujarat Titans. The last time he played against Mumbai in 2021, he scored an unbeaten 58-ball 88….
West Indies limited-overs captain Kieron Pollard has retired from international cricket by announcing his decision on social media. “After careful deliberation I’ve today decided to retire from international cricket,” Pollard said in a video on Instagram. “As is the case of many young persons it was a dream of mine to represent the West Indies team from the time I was a boy of 10 years and I’m proud to…
Netherlands are set to host Pakistan for three ODIs in August in Rotterdam. The series, which was supposed to be held in June 2020 and was postponed indefinitely following the Covid-19 pandemic, will be part of the ODI World Cup Super League. The series will also be the inaugural bilateral ODI series between the sides, with the three matches set to be played on August 16, 18 and 21 at…
His decision to move from Mohammedan Sporting to Legends of Rupganj for the Super League phase of the Dhaka Premier League was to help him prepare for Bangladesh’s upcoming games against Sri Lanka, Shakib Al Hasan has explained. Mohammedan, who he played for in the initial stage of the competition, did not qualify for the Super League, but Legends of Rupganj did, and Shakib had to take special permission from…
Friday’s IPL 2022 match between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals has been shifted from Pune to the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This is the second successive Capitals match that has been shifted out of Pune due to the spurt of Covid-19 cases within the team. Six members of the Capitals contingent have tested positive for Covid-19 since April 15, among them two players in Mitchell Marsh and Tim Seifert. Seifert’s…
Big Picture It’s the El Clasico of the IPL – Chennai Super Kings taking on the Mumbai Indians. History has it as the battle between two successful teams, between two top sides led by astute white-ball captains, whose planning and execution have almost always been perfect. The two teams combined have nine IPL titles out of the 14 seasons thus far. But what about 2022? The mega auction seems to…