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Mayank Yadav's rise from Sonnet Club to IPL 2024 & why an India cap should follow for the LSG pacer
Rise of Mayank Yadav: Two games for Lucknow Super Giants, two Player of the Match awards, a constant fascination for the 150 kmph mark and the ability to crank it up above 155 kmph single him out as a precious commodity in Indian cricket.
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DC vs KKR win prediction: More than batting pyrotechnics, bowling discipline will make all the difference
DC vs KKR win prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders' Sunil Narine and Andre Russell will have key roles to play in the clash against Delhi Capitals on April 3, while DC have the enviable alliance of Ricky Ponting (strategy) and Rishabh Pant (street smarts) to fall back on.
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Rajasthan Royals’ success recipe: Youthful exuberance of Riyan Parag meets calm businesslike approach of seasoned hands like Sanju Samson, Trent Boult
Rajasthan Royals have won all three IPL 2024 matches they've played so far. Their wins have been clinical and thoroughly deserved, but they haven’t been bereft of flair or flamboyance.
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Mumbai Indians captaincy swap: Hardik Pandya asked for the role, and got it
Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya's first IPL match as captain of Mumbai Indians has begun. He won the toss, and elected to field first.
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Why Indian cricket and Delhi Capitals missed Rishabh Pant
Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant is explosive in front of the stumps and efficient behind it, but it is the energy he brings to the team, any team, that is irreplaceable.
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Why Royal Challengers Bengaluru didn't win a single IPL title under Virat Kohli
RCB captaincy: Are the Royal Challengers Bengaluru more likely to win with Faf du Plessis as captain than Virat Kohli, under whose leadership India had a very high match win percentage but got no global titles from 2015-21?
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IND v ENG Test: From Yashasvi Jaiswal & Akash Deep to Kuldeep Yadav - how young India played to win
IND v ENG 2024 Test series win | No Virat Kohli. No KL Rahul after the first Test. 5 cricketers making their Test debut - the most debuts in a single series in 90 years of Indian cricket. And yet India won the series at home 4-1. A series analysis.
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R. Ashwin 100th Test: How Ashwin's career has mirrored that of Anil Kumble - his idol & role model
IND v ENG 5th Test in Dharamshala will be R. Ashwin's 100th Test for India. Ashwin made his Test debut in Delhi in November 2011. His six for 47 against West Indies in the second innings on debut earned him the first of numerous Player of the Match awards.
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IND v ENG 4th Test: Rohit Sharma gets easy 50; momentous series win for India
IND v ENG Test series report card: Rohit Sharma's famed game awareness was on display throughout. Even as seasoned players from Ravindra Jadeja to R. Ashwin dropped in and out of matches for personal reasons and injuries, Rohit Sharma led the team to three hard-fought victories.
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IND v ENG 4th Test: With 90 runs in first innings, Dhruv Jurel's career is on a good wicket
IND v ENG 4th Test Days 2-3: This was the opportunity of a lifetime. If Dhruv Jurel didn’t deliver, there would be disappointment, yes, but it wouldn’t have been held against him. If he did, it would do his career a world of good...
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IND v ENG Test: Can Yashasvi Jaiswal match & exceed Sunil Gavaskar’s record 774 runs in a single series?
Yashasvi Jaiswal double century: Jaiswal, 22, he has hammered 22 sixes in the three Tests against England so far; no one has smacked more sixes in a series in the history of the game.
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Ravindra Jadeja's century on home ground Rajkot: Reviving India from 33/3
IND v ENG 3rd Test: With two debutants on the team in Sarfaraz Khan and wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel, and 29 Test appearances between Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Rajat Patidar, there was added responsibility on senior players Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja - they delivered and how.
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Ravichandran Ashwin 500 Test wickets: IND v ENG third Test begins with great expectations
R. Ashwin is likely to get this 500th wicket this week at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot, in his 98th Test. That will make him the second fastest in history to 500 Test wickets, behind only Muttiah Muralitharan. R. Ashwin has another milestone coming up: if all goes to plan, he should be playing his 100th Test at HPCA in Dharmshala from March 7-11.
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IND v ENG: Unstoppable Jasprit Bumrah unleashed mayhem in three spells
Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Tom Hartley, James Anderson, Ben Foakes each lost their wickets to Jasprit Bumrah's reverse swing in the second of five Test matches between India and England.
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IND v ENG: Why Yashasvi Jaiswal's double century isn't unexpected
In just three innings, Yashasvi Jaiswal has showcased two vastly different styles of play. In Hyderabad, he was the unfettered enforcer. In IND v ENG Test 2 of 5 at Visakhapatnam, Jaiswal was selective in which strokes to play, which balls to attack, which bowlers to target.
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Curse of No. 3? Rahul Dravid & VVS Laxman thrived where Shubman Gill seems to be struggling
Shubman Gill asked to bat at No. 3. Since then, Gill has averaged under 20 across 10 innings, and scored a highest of 36. While Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman preferred to come in at No. 3, Rohit Sharma has said it is a poor slot for any cricketer.
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IND v ENG Test series: With no KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja or Virat Kohli in second Test, India faces uphill challenge in Visakhapatnam
KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja injuries: Quadricep and hamstring injuries can be tricky. Good news is, the third Test in Rajkot doesn’t start until February 15, giving the crack pair two full weeks for recovery and rehab.
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IND v ENG Test series 2024: Ollie Pope's 196 is a shot in the arm for Bazball
India vs England five Test series: England were well behind India, with the spin trio of R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel working in the giant shadow of Jasprit Bumrah. That is, until Ollie Pope came in at No. 3 to show how Bazball is played.
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IND v ENG Test series: Why it's a matchup of Rohit Sharma and Ben Stokes' captaincy, too
Rohit Sharma became Indian cricket captain across formats in February 2022, and Ben Stokes took over Test captaincy of England in April 2022. The two cricketers have more in common than meets the eye at first.
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South Africa Test series: What are the odds for India?
India will need to play like the No. 1 team in the world if they are to beard the Protean lion in its own den. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul will loom as central figures alongside Rohit Sharma in India’s batting line-up.
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IPL Auction 2024: Players each IPL franchise will likely target, and why
IPL Auction 2024: There are 77 slots to be filled across the 10 teams, including 30 for overseas cricketers.
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IPL auction 2024: Shahrukh Khan and 4 more uncapped Indians who could see big bidding
Most IPL franchises have their core team in place. But given that each team must have at least 7 Indian players, it's a great time for uncapped players who've caught the attention of team owners and scouts this year.
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Australia repeat India defeat with ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 win
On Sunday, two decades since his predecessor Ricky Ponting laid India asunder in 2003, Australia's Travis Head silenced a huge crowd and left a nation starved of global cricket success since 2013.
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India vs Australia ODI World Cup Final: Rohit Sharma has made a habit of getting the team off to cracking starts
Skill was pretty much the theme for the first half of the ODI World Cup final. Skill from Rohit Sharma, who reprised his heroics of the entire competition with another pulsating knock. And skill from his opposite number Pat Cummins whose field placings and bowling changes paid off.
