File image of Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid from their playing days.© Instagram It has been more than a year since Rahul Dravid was appointed the coach of the Indian cricket team. One of the most respected batters during his playing days, Dravid’s appointment as the head coach happened in November, 2021, when his former … Read more
Shaheen Afridi will be leading Lahore Qalandars in PSL 2023© Twitter Shaheen Afridi is unarguably one of the best pacers among the current crop in Pakistan cricket. Making his international debut in 2018, the 22-year-old cricketer has played 25 Tests and scalped 99 wickets, laced with four five-wicket hauls. Shaheen, who can be called the … Read more
Sri Lanka’s inglorious exit from the T20 cricket World Cup in Australia was accompanied by players partying at casinos, corruption and the influence of a fake prophet, an inquiry showed Thursday. Batsman Danushka Gunathilaka was arrested hours after Sri Lanka’s tournament prematurely ended and has been charged with four counts of sexual assault on a … Read more
File photo of Dinesh Karthik.© AFP 2022 turned out to be a mediocre one for Team India as they saw numerous downs this year. From losing against South Africa in the three-match Test series to facing defeat in the ODIs against Bangladesh, India had many such dull moments. Despite having a blistering start in the … Read more
The BCCI brass will review India’s underwhelming performance in the T20 World Cup with skipper Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid on January 1, according to BCCI sources. NCA chief VVS Laxman, who has been with the Indian team in Dravid’s absence, is also expected to be part of the meeting. The meeting in Mumbai … Read more
Virat Kohli‘s artistic sixes against Pakistan united fans from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in an otherwise underwhelming year for Indian cricket, which started with a promise of transformation but ended with the commencement of another difficult transition period. Indian cricket in 2022 was chaotic, to say the least and messy at most of the time both … Read more
The Indian women’s cricket team suffered a nine-run defeat against the mighty Australia in the gold medal match of the Commonwealth Games. Two legends of India women’s cricket – Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami – announced their retirement in 2022. Raj ended her 23-year international career with 7805 ODI runs in 232 matches, at an … Read more
Haris Rauf believes that no player in world cricket save the peerless Virat Kohli could have hit him for those two sixes in that thrilling India victory against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup match in October. Speaking for the first time to a Pakistani website about those two hits, Rauf said had Hardik Pandya … Read more
All-rounder Venkatesh Iyer made his debut for the Indian team in November 2021, against New Zealand. After having a remarkable run in the UAE leg of IPL 2021 for Kolkata Knight Riders, the Madhya Pradesh-born cricketer was called-in by the Indian management to fill-in the shoes of an injured Hardik Pandya. Iyer, who played nine … Read more
Pakistan played finals of Asia Cup 2022 and T20 World Cup 2022© AFP The country’s cricket board (PCB) will felicitate the members of the Pakistan team that finished runner-up at this year’s Asia Cup and T20 World Cup at a grand reception in Islamabad on Thursday. Members of the Pakistan Test squad have also been … Read more