By V.N. Prasad Ravi Shastry was imprudent in releasing his book while COVID is still active in England. He compounded the act by tagging along a few players and supporting staff to the function — all contributing to agonising abortion of an excellent series. BBCI’s offer to send our team for completing the series in…
Mohammed Siraj took the last two wickets to hand India a historic win at Lord’s by 151 runs which helped the visitors take a 1-0 lead in the five-match Test series, with three Tests still to be played. While the day began with England feeling confident — especially after the early wicket of Rishabh Pant…
By V.N. Prasad BCCI sending Team 1 to England for traditional Test Series and Team 2 to Sri Lanka for limited overs cricket seemingly lacked maturity. Yes, benevolent disposition of BCCI towards the ailing economy of Cricket Sri Lanka was in good taste; but it boomeranged in terms of quality of cricket played. Our boys…
The inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final suffered a setback at the outset after persistent rain meant there was no play at all between India and New Zealand on Friday’s opening day at Southampton. The toss should have taken place at 10 am local time (2.30 pm IST), with the match getting under way 30…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) yesterday announced the 15-member squad for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand (NZ). Mayank Agarwal and K.L. Rahul are notable absentees in the Virat Kohli-led side, while Shardul Thakur also did not make the cut in the bowlers’ line-up. Test regulars like Cheteshwar…
By V.N. Prasad Over 1.3 Billion hearts started pounding as Natarajan was called to bowl the last over. Quickly, I was reminded of the last over of the finals of T20 ICC World Cup of 2016. England Vs WI at Kolkota. WI needed 19 runs off 6 deliveries. Atmosphere was tense as Ben Stokes bowled…
India defeated England by seven runs in the third and final ODI, at the MCA Stadium in Pune, yesterday. The win helped India seal a 2-1 win in the three-match series. In response to a target of 330 runs, England could only reach 322 for nine in 50 overs, with Sam Curran smashing an unbeaten…
By V.N. Prasad All the 5 T20 encounters were on neat sporting tracks. Bravo ‘Curator’ for your conviction to have prepared good tracks where matches were a pleasure to watch. We do thank the Englishmen for providing entertaining and close matches. Congratulations to ‘Team India’ on the series victory. Whirlwind batting of the top order…
Ahmedabad: With the emphatic victory, Virat Kohli’s men have extended their winning streak in Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket to 6 series, a fine run in the lead up to T20 World Cup. After being invited to bat first yesterday, Rohit Sharma (64) and skipper Virat Kohli (80) blasted half-centuries as India reached 224/2 in stipulated…
India captain Virat Kohli became the first batsman to make 3,000 runs in men’s Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket. He achieved the feat in the second T20I between India and England in Ahmedabad yesterday. Kohli was already the leading scorer in the format in men’s cricket before the match. Only two other cricketers have scored more…
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