That Indian cricket team lost the crucial semi-final match to New Zealand on Wednesday have hurt millions of fans across the nation. Hard core admirers of the team, however, are relieved over the team putting up a brave fight till the last over. There was a time when lovers of the sport lost their hopes completely. But it was Dhoni and Jadeja’s ... Read More »

Long in the Australian summer of 2012, MS Dhoni had advocated the need of fresh legs on the field, above simply the skills with bat and ball or even the experience that comes with it. More than half a decade later, he has different ideas to take forward Chennai Super Kings’ legacy. And unlike the 50-over format in which he ... Read More »

Hyderabad: Magnificent death bowling saw Mumbai Indians snatch an incredible one-run victory from the jaws of defeat against Rising Pune Supergiant in a thrilling grand finale to win the IPL for the third time. This was more special for their skipper Rohit Sharma, who is the only captain to win the title three times. Rohit has in fact won four ... Read More »

There is no place that is more synonymous with cricketing carnage than the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. It was here that Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers scored 229 runs in 16 overs at last year’s IPL. It was here in 2013 that Chris Gayle scored a world record 175 not out from 66 balls. But before Wednesday’s match, there ... Read More »

In Indian cricket, captaincy changing hands used to be an arbitrary and big event. There used to be insider accounts of dissatisfaction and disappointment that competing cliques would leak to the press, which would soon be followed by the replacement of the captain. There were times when the captains were chopped and changed almost on a whim, so much so, ... Read More »

The script didn’t quite go according to plan even though Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed an unbeaten half-century in his final match as captain of an Indian side. Riding on Sam Billings’ brilliant 93, England defeated India A by three wickets in the first 50-over warm-up match at the Brabourne Stadium here on Tuesday. (Watch: Fan rushes out to touch MS ... Read More »

Picking an end-of-year team is a renowned December cliché, and most of them are ill conceived. Take the ICC selection for example – it flouted the basic concept of picking an annual team since the defined time frame didn’t follow the calendar year, instead going ahead with seasons (2015-16 in this case.) Perhaps they knew its demerits when they jotted ... Read More »

Highlights New Zealand beat India by 19 runs to level the series 2-2 Martin Guptill returned to form to score 72 off 84 deliveries James Neesham picked up two important wickets – that of Ajinkya Rahane and MS Dhoni NEW DELHI: A look at the major talking points from the fourth ODI between India and New Zealand played at Ranchi’s ... Read More »