INDIAN SEAMER ASHISH NEHRA has fought through poor form and injuries to once again break into the Indian team for limited overs cricket. At the moment, the Delhi pacer is the leader of the Indian attack in the T20s and has shown signs of great match temperament and control with the ball.
WEST INDIAN GIANT CHRIS GAYLE AND AUSTRALIAN ALL-ROUNDER SHANE WATSON have successfully buried their hatchet after both match-winning players found themselves in the same IPL team (RCB) for the IPL.
THE DEFEAT ON TUESDAY in the Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka brought the Indian players down to earth after the auction euphoria of the Indian Premier League (IPL) barely two days before the game.
INDIAN CRICKET TEAM was outclassed by a rookie Sri Lankan bowling attack, which also comprised of a few debutants. The celebrated Indian batting line-up had no answers to the splendid bowling by the visitors, owing to which the hosts are now one match down in the three-match T20 series.
FORMER ZIMBABWE CRICKETER HEATH STREAK is likely to be appointed as the bowling coach of the Gujarat Lions for IPL-9.
INDIAN BATTING GREAT VIRAT KOHLI is surely having a rocking time on the cricket field, but isn’t enjoying his time off the field. If reports are to be believed, the cricketer and his girl friend Anushka Sharma have broken their relationship.
OVER THE YEARS, quite a few Indian cricketers have made it to the national team after an impressive showing in the IPL. That said, the selectors have always denied claims that the cash-rich T20 tournament is not the yardstick to break into international cricket. And, today India’s limited-overs captain MS Dhoni too has echoed similar thoughts and said that the IPL is not the route to the Indian team.
KINGS XI PUNJAB, one of the eight competing franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL), on Tuesday appointed South African David Miller as their captain for Season 9 of the Twenty20 extravaganza.
UNTIL SATURDAY, Indian domestic cricketer Krunal Pandya was an absolute unknown to many cricket fans in our country. However, after the elder sibling of current Indian cricketer, Hardik Pandya was absorbed by the high-profile Mumbai Indians during the player auction, Krunal is on the verge of being exposed into the limelight like his younger brother.
INDIAN PACER JASPIRT BUMRAH who made a successful debut in the recently concluded series of Australia has been the talking point in Indian cricket lately. The Gujarat quickie, who operates with an awkward action, has managed to grab quite a few eyeballs for his ability to bowl some toe-crushing yorkers.