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The Mystery named Hardik Pandya

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Hardik Pandya has been a prolific cricketer. He has rare skills of being a top-notch batsman and can bowl consistently too. Hardik first broke into the scene with Mumbai Indians in the 2015 season. Mumbai Indians found him and developed him into the cricketer he is today. He first got entry into the Indian team before T20 World Cup in Australia. He was looked at as no.6 Batsman. Pandya was seen as that all-rounder Indian team was looking for years.   He became a prominent figure in the team due to his skills as an all-rounder. He played a major part in the Indian team. He played the crucial role of that all-rounder and was also a finisher in the team. His career was going all good but then that horrific injury during the Asia cup in 2018 where he had stretched off the field. Later we found that he had a lower back injury which ruled him out for months. But unfortunately, since he has returned from that injury he hasn’t been the same cricketer he was. His bowling completely diminish...

The Ranji Trophy is Back

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Ranji Trophy is an Iconic Completion in Indian Cricket. It has rich history and legacy in itself. This is the place where many greats of Indian cricket were born be it of past or present. This completion is played usually between the months of October to March. It is the Indian version of County cricket or Sheffield shield. This completion played between all the member associations of BCCI. From states to other associations like Railways ect.   The Ranji Trophy is played in a 4-day test match format. Teams are divided into groups and they play group stage then quarter-finals to finals. The most successive team has been Mumbai who was won this 41 times since its inception.   Since the start of the Pandemic, the completion was on hold. Last season happened in 2019 when the Saurashtra team won it. BCCI was struggling to host this completion since it involves many stakeholders especially keeping in mind the Covid 19 Pandemic situation in the nation. Finally, it was announced that ...

The Lucknow Super Giants

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Since the start of the year 2022, there has been a buzz around the upcoming IPL season 15. Many things have taken place behind the camera. IPL was expanded after many seasons and 2 new teams were added to this grand league. One of CVC capital the Ahmedabad team and another of RPGS group Lucknow.   Now in this article, we will be talking about the Lucknow team. The Goenka headed team announced their name a few days back as Lucknow Super Giants. After the announcement of the name, there were mixed reactions from cricket frantic. Many termed the name as a copy of the name of the previous IPL team owned by the same group in the year 2016 to 2018. Last time the name was Rising Pune Super Giants and now it's Lucknow Super Giants. But according to the owners of the team they had conducted an online completion for the name and an 8-year boy won it suggested them the name as Super Giants.   Now after the name launch, yesterday Lucknow Super Giants announced their logo. The logo was lau...

PSL : Pakistan Super League

PSL which is the Pakistan Super League started on the 27th of Jan 2022. PSL was started back in 2015. Since its inception PSL has been a great success for Pakistan cricket in general. PSL allowed cricket to return to Pakistan after what happened many back with the Sri Lankan team. PSL allowed Pakistan to open up and attract many good international talents. Players like Dale Steyn, Darren Sammy played in PSL and praised the league. Season 8 of PSL started on the 27th of January. These are early days in the league yet we see Multan Sultan one of the teams that have been dominated the league winning all their matches so far. Rest all teams just started to click. Now coming on to this match Karachi vs Lahore, the Karachi team is headed by Pakistan star player Babar Azam while Lahore is headed by their star bowler Shaheen Afridi. Karachi was batting first and they had a good opening stand with captain Babar playing an anchor role and Sharjeel Khan on the other end going all-out attack. Unfo...

India vs West Indies Series

The next is the West Indies for Team India. After coming back from disappointing series Team India will face might West Indies. The Indies will be coming to India with high confidence after their latest victory against might England side. The team led by Kieran Pollard just defeated England in thrilling series. The West Indies has been the team to watch out for in white-ball cricket especially T-20. The Windies are coming for a 3 match ODI and 3match T20 series to India.   The series is going to take place in 2 Corners of India. The ODI leg in west Ahmedabad and T20 league in East Kolkata. The Narendra Modi stadium will host 3 ODI and Iconic Eden Gardens to host T20.   West Indies have good strength for this Indian series the likes of Pollard, Jason Holder ect are all in for this leg. Now coming on to the Indian team they have got full-time White ball skipper Rohit Sharma. He has fully recovered from his hamstring injury and has returned to lead the side. There are many change...

Where will IPL 2022 Happen?

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IPL 2022 is arriving soon. Everybody is excited about it and looking forward to it. Since the buzz of IPL season 15 started there has been a lot of debates and discussions regarding it. This being the mega season, IPL started with the addition of 2 new teams and a brand new title Sponsor in Indian Company TATA. Now it will be called TATA IPL. Mega auction is on the horizon and teams are gearing up for it. Now another big question surrounding this upcoming Season 15 of this grand league is where is going to take place. Since the start of the Pandemic in 2020 IPL has been conducted out of India for obvious reasons. In 2020 IPL took place in UAE and in 2021 they tried to host it in India but they failed miserably which resulted in the suspension of the league in the month of May. The 2nd leg as it was called was conducted again in UAE. Thus IPL season 2021 finished in mid-October of 2021. This season since the addition of 2 new teams and also 8 existing teams all want clarity about where ...

Legends League Cricket Finals Review

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Yesterday was the finals of the First Edition of Legends League Cricket Tournament. It was played between Asian Lion and World Giants. The legends League Tournament was played in Oman for 10 days. During these 10 days, we witnessed many epic moments.   We saw many greats return to play the game which they loved the most. There were 3 teams in this Initial Edition of the tournament. The Indian Maharajas and 2 finalists are mentioned above.   Now talking about the 2 finalists, the Asian Lion consisted of players from Asian Nations such as Afghanistan Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. This team was headed by Misbah Ul - Haqq of Pakistan. While their opponents and eventually champions consisted of legends from the rest of the world barring Asia. This team was captained by the player who was known as Serial Winner as a captain he is none other than Darren Sammy.   Now talking about yesterday's finals, Asian Lions won the toss and they opted to field inviting World Giants to bat on a fl...

Indian Team for upcoming West Indies Tour

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India Cricket team is coming back from a grueling and disappointing tour of South Africa. This tour of SA was surrounded by excitement and off-the-field controversy. Now after coming back Team India has white ball series against West Indies where they will play 3 ODI and 3 T20.   The BCCI announced the team for the West Indies tour this Thursday which had some shocking omissions and some surprise inclusions.  Now let’s dive into the team selection.   Firstly good news for all Indian team fans white-ball captain Rohit Sharma is fit and is back to lead the squad for both T20 and the ODI.   After the recently concluded ODI series defeat against South Africa, many expected a lot of changes in the Squad. Shikar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, and Pant hold on to their places in the squad. Surprise omissions from the ODI team were of V.Iyer who was seen as Hardik Pandya's replacement just after 2 games. Out of the box and most controversial inclusion was of Deepak Hooda in the squad...

Top 5 Hot Indian Picks for IPL Mega Auction 2022

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 So Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls IPL 2022 is upon us. This year our very own IPL (Indian Premier League) is coming up in a brand new flavour and avatar. We got 2 new teams joining the league. One is owned by CVC as Ahmedabad and one by RPS group as Lucknow.  Also, IPL as recently announced has got a new Title Sponsor in the TATA group giving it a bit of desi flavour. Now the addition of two new teams means a mega auction. The IPL Mega Auction is slotted to take place in the city of Bengaluru on 12th and 13th February. Mega Auction means total revamp of the teams. All the players will be going under the hammer barring a few (which are retained by respective franchises)  Now in this article, we will be looking at the Top 5 Indian players who can get hefty pay-checks after this mega auction.  Shah Rukh Khan  He is cricketer Shahrukh khan and not King Khan. This Tamil Nadu Boy has earned himself good recognition. He is a lower-middle-order batsman who can be...