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Living in the present, embracing challenges, understanding circumstances, preparing to perform at short notice, completing circles of life and understanding life patterns. R Ashwin could’ve been mistaken for a motivational speaker, but he was merely echoing his thought processes and how he’s approaching his cricket and life at 35. On Wednesday, against Afghanistan, Ashwin was

Fantasy Tips Fantasy tips for the T20 World Cup game between India and Scotland Match 37: India vs Scotland, Dubai Fantasy XI: Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli, George Munsey, Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Chris Greaves, Michael Leask, Jasprit Bumrah, Mark Watt, Mohammad Shami, R Ashwin He is the leading run scorer in Dubai since 2020, with

Report Rahul and Rohit killed the game off in a ridiculous hurry, helping chase down the target with 13.3 overs to spare India 89 for 2 (Rahul 50, Rohit 30) beat Scotland 85 all out (Munsey 24, Jadeja 3-15, Shami 3-15) by eight wickets India outclassed Scotland and in doing so also bolstered their hopes

News Sinha was a father figure in Delhi’s famous Sonnet Cricket Club, which has produced some of the country’s finest international and domestic cricketers Tarak Sinha, the renowned coach from Delhi’s famous Sonnet Cricket Club, has died on Saturday morning after a prolonged illness. Sinha was 71. He was unmarried and is survived by his

News Trio of Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin and Varun Chakravarthy help blow Scotland away Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin and Varun Chakravarthy are all featuring in an India XI for the first time ever. India need to win big against Scotland to survive at the T20 World Cup. The spin trio deliver that big win on

News India have the advantage of playing the last Group 2 game, and will know the NRR calculations at play. But for that NZ need to first lose India’s thrashing of Scotland, with an unbelievable 81 balls to spare, means India are well and truly in the hunt for a top-two finish in the group.

News The match was originally set to be held in Johannesburg but was moved out due to strict biobubble rules in the city India’s first Test assignment of 2022 will be held in Cape Town against South Africa, after CSA confirmed that the upcoming New Year’s Test between the two teams will be moved away

Big picture Royal Challengers Bangalore need to win their next two and hope Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by a certain margin, and then… Rings a bell? It should. For Virat Kohli at least. Used to dealing with a lot of those in the IPL, he and his Indian team have had to

News The two had asked to be left out because of bubble fatigue; Williamson-led squad has five spin options Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme have opted out of New Zealand’s two-Test tour of India, while Mumbai-born Ajaz Patel is set to lead the spin attack with William Somerville and Mitchell Santner for company. The

News “it’s a great platform and I always wanted to play there,” says former India batter Unmukt Chand has signed on to play the upcoming Big Bash League season for the Melbourne Renegades. The 28-year old becomes the first Indian male to play in the tournament. “I’ve loved watching the Big Bash and players around

News Need to protect net run-rate became key ahead of clash with New Zealand After losing a flurry of early wickets in a steep chase of 211 against India, Afghanistan had to veer away from their original approach and protect their net run-rate, ahead of what could be a virtual quarter-final against New Zealand this

India 210 for 2 (Rohit 74, Rahul 69) beat Afghanistan 144 for 7 (Janat 42*, Nabi 35, Shami 3-32, Ashwin 2-14) by 66 runs In the 2007 50-over World Cup, India followed up their crushing loss in their opening game to Bangladesh with a total blowout of Bermuda with a score of 413, the highest

News “If I get that job, there’ll be a lot of work to be done. We will take it as it goes.” Vikram Rathour, India’s incumbent batting coach, has revealed that he has reapplied for the role. The former India and Punjab wicketkeeper-batter was originally appointed to the post in 2019, for a period of

Preview They need to ace the Afghanistan spin test if they are to keep themselves alive in the tournament Big picture India are teetering on the brink of this T20 World Cup, depending on other teams to hand them a lifeline, and as dire as that may be, they’ll need to keep telling themselves that

News “It was the whole management who sits together and takes this call and of course, Rohit is part of that group” India’s reshuffle of their batting order against New Zealand became a major talking point after the side careened to a second successive defeat at the T20 World Cup. A back spasm to Suryakumar

News Says India’s last-minute rejig of their batting order may have done them more harm than good India have fallen behind in the race to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, and according to Mumbai Indians’ head coach and former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene, they may have contributed to their own downfall a

News “New Zealand had better intensity, better body language, and they created pressure on us from the first over onwards” Two matches into their T20 World Cup campaign, India are winless and on the brink of elimination. On Sunday, India only managed to post 110 in their 20 overs – a total that New Zealand

News New Zealander hadn’t opened in T20s before this week, now he’s put India on the brink Twenty of the 22 players involved in India vs New Zealand in Dubai have played in the world’s premier franchise league but the highest-scoring batter’s overseas T20 experience extends to half a season in the Vitality Blast for

News The fast bowler faced widespread abuse on social media – much of it tinged with Islamophobia – following India’s 10-wicket defeat to Pakistan India captain Virat Kohli has hit back against the abuse that fast bowler Mohammed Shami faced on social media following India’s 10-wicket defeat to Pakistan in their T20 World Cup opener

News The retention window for the eight older franchises is from November 1 to 30, while the window for the two new ones is from December 1 to 25 The salary purse for the IPL 2022 auction has been set at INR 90 crore per team, an increase from the IPL 2021 auction purse of

News The players were part of the Mushtaq Ali squad that was to travel to Guwahati for the tournament starting Nov 4 Four players of Mumbai’s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy squad have tested positive for Covid-19 and their replacements have been picked. PTI reported that the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has finalised on replacements for

News After the list of retained players is finalised, the two new franchises will get first choice from the rest of the pool ahead of the auction A maximum of four players can be retained by the eight existing IPL teams while the two new franchises will be able to acquire three players from the

News Bowls for 20 minutes, raising the possibility that he might be able to send down a few overs against New Zealand Hardik Pandya bowled in the nets in Dubai on Wednesday, raising the possibility of him bowling in India’s crucial Men’s T20 World Cup game against New Zealand on October 31. Hardik bowled 16

News RPSG Ventures Ltd, which owns the football club, secured the rights for the Lucknow IPL franchise on Monday To avoid a potential conflict-of-interest controversy, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has decided to step down as director of ATK Mohun Bagan, the football team owned by RPSG Ventures Ltd, the Indian business conglomerate that on Monday

News Mhambrey applies for bowling coach role; Abhay, Ratra among contenders for next fielding coach Rahul Dravid has formally applied for the position of the Indian team’s head coach on Tuesday, having been touted as the heavy favourite to get the role. In addition to Dravid, former pacer Paras Mhambrey, and former wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra

In what will be seen as a watershed moment in the business of cricket, two corporate giants – RP Sanjiv Goenka Group (RPSG) and CVC Capital Partners (Irelia Company Pte Ltd) – have bid a staggering sum of money, running over USD 1.6 billion, to buy the two new IPL franchises. On Monday, at a

News The 2022 season will likely include 74 matches and not follow the home-and-away format This will not be the first time the IPL will comprise 10 teams – that already happened a decade ago. The BCCI is likely to revert to the format used in 2011, which scrapped the simple home-and-away model, and included

News India’s captain conceded that Pakistan’s powerplay bowling had left them too much catching up to do After India suffered their first defeat to Pakistan in World Cups, losing by ten wickets, Virat Kohli admitted that his side was outplayed. In response to India’s 151 for 7, Pakistan rattled off the target in 17.5 overs

Report Shaheen Shah Afridi set the tone for the night with a fiery opening spell in which he claimed both India openers Pakistan 152 for 0 (Rizwan 79*, Babar 68*) beat India 151 for 7 (Kohli 57, Afridi 3-31) by ten wickets In their 13th attempt in World Cups, Pakistan finally managed to beat India,

News India captain also believes pitches for T20 World Cup will be better for batting than they were in IPL Hardik Pandya, who didn’t bowl a single ball in IPL 2021 across both legs in India and the UAE, is still not fit enough to bowl. Virat Kohli, however, has said that India value his