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Women World Cup : Squads

Cricket was primarily considered a game for Male gender. Cricket as it grew became gender neutral and women cricket started to rise up. Women cricket is not upto the level of men but slowly it is rising.   Many Cricket Pundits term women cricket as the next big thing in the world of sports. Women Cricket has fastrack by ICC in recent years and now they too will be having a world event year just like men from 2023 on wards.   The Women 's World Cup is set to begin from the 4th of March. Host New Zealand will take on West Indies in the opening match. The tournament will be hosted in six cities -- Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Tauranga, and Wellington. The tournament opener will be played at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, Tauranga on Friday, March 4.   The tournament will be played in a single league format with the eight qualified teams taking on each side once in the group stage. The top four teams on point’s table after the end of the league stage of the t...

IPL 2022 : Punjab Kings Announces their Captain

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Kings XI Punjab or known as Punjab Kings has been an instrumental part of Indian Premier League. Punjab was decent in the first few seasons. Punjab made it to the playoffs under Yuvraj Singh in the first season.   Punjab's best season came in 2014 under George Bailey where Glen Maxwell and David Miller single handedly took them into IPL finals. Unfortunately for them they lost the finals to KKR that year.  Since then, Punjab has been on a downfall. They kept finishing in the bottom half of the table. In 2018 Mega Auction Punjab went all clean, they retained only 2 players for the auction. They build a decent team for themselves. They got Ashwin and Kl Rahul, 2 big stars of Indian cricket. But again, lucky was not the Punjab side, they performed badly that season and eventually captain Ashwin had fallen out with management and he was traded to the Delhi team. KL Rahul was made captain then, under Rahul Punjab performed in bits and pieces. Sometimes they played exceptionally wel...

Is Rishabh Pant spot in Indian White Ball Team in Danger?

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Team India after disappointing SA had 2 small white ball tours of West Indies and Sri Lanka. India played 6 T20 and 3 ODI in the span of a month. West Indies tour started with an ODI series where India thrashed West Indies. Pant in this tour with bat was average and didn’t perform as it was expected from him.   Then came 6 T20 back-to-back. Pant played in 2 matches against the West Indies but then was rested for the remaining 4 T20I. Rishabh Pant again in the 2 matches he played was disappointing while others who got chances grabbed them with both hands. Surya Kumar Yadav was man of the match in WI series while we saw the rise of Venkatesh Iyer in that series. Both Iyer and Surya Kumar Yadav were the backbone of the Indian Team in that series.   Then came the Sri Lankan series, before the series Indian team was hit by an injury crisis, players like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Chahar were injured. The Sri Lankan series was a cakewalk for the Indian team, players like Shreyas Iyer, ...

Women World Cup : Schedule

Cricket was primarily considered a game for Male gender. Cricket as it grew became gender neutral and women cricket started to rise up. Women cricket is not upto the level of men but slowly it is rising. Many Cricket Pundits term women cricket as the next big thing in the world of sports. Women Cricket has fastrack by ICC in recent years and now they too will be having a world event year just like men from 2023 on wards. Rise of women cricket in India took place after 2017 WC. Indian Team performed brilliant and were finalist. Since then Women cricket has picked up pace in India and now everyone is talking about it. Women Cricketers like Smriti Manadana and Jemimah Rodrigues Deepti Sharma have become household names and everyone wants know and watch the women games. The true Pioneers of Women Cricket in India has to be Mithai Raj and Jhulan Goswami. These 2 have been playing since the 2000s and are still performing and winning matches for India on a consistent basis. Now from Next mon...

IPL 2022; Punjab Kings

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Kings XI Punjab or known as Punjab Kings has been an instrumental part of Indian Premier League. Punjab was decent in the first few seasons. Punjab made it to the playoffs under Yuvraj Singh in the first season. Punjab's best season came in 2014 under George Bailey where Glen Maxwell and David Miller single handedly took them into IPL finals. Unfortunately for them they lost the finals to KKR that year. Since then, Punjab has been on a downfall. They kept finishing in the bottom half of the table. In 2018 Mega Auction Punjab went all clean, they retained only 2 players for the auction. They build a decent team for themselves. They got Ashwin and Kl Rahul, 2 big stars of Indian cricket. But again, lucky was not the Punjab side, they performed badly that season and eventually captain Ashwin had fallen out with management and he was traded to the Delhi team. KL Rahul was made captain then, under Rahul Punjab performed in bits and pieces. Sometimes they played exceptionally well while...

Post-Match Review of India vs SL 2nd T20

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The Indian team just completed a white wash against the mighty West Indies. The Indian team is in high flying momentum right now. Within days after the WI series was concluded India had another small T20 series against their neighbours Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka are touring India for 3 T20 and 2 Tests. The 1 st T20 took place in Lucknow. Next 2 matches were slated to happen at Dharamshala Indian team had rested key players such as Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant while 2 key players returned from their respective breaks, Jadeja and Bumrah. India unfortunately hit a setback as 2 of key players in existing squad Deepak Chahar and Ruturaj Gaikwad suffered injuries and it looks like both will miss this tour. After a crushing defeat in 1 st T20 Sri Lanka was expected to show some fight. Sri Lanka made 2 changes in their Lineup. Meanwhile India went in with the same lineup. Indian Captain Rohit Sharma won the toss opted to field. India invited Sri Lanka to bat. Sri Lanka openers Nissanka and Gunathilak...

IPL 2022: Format and Scheduling

The Buzz and Crazy for the upcoming Indian Premier League started from the inception of 2 new teams itself back in 2021. Lucknow and Gujarat were added into the IPL. Now IPL has become a 10 team affair.   IPL Mega Auction took place in 2 nd Week of February and all teams now are shaped up and ready to go. Many teams will start putting out their respective pre ipl camps for their players to practice.   Next Challenge before the BCCI was the venue and format of the IPL. Since 2 new teams have been added it was obvious that the IPL will go through a format change and the duration of the league will extend.   Now after yesterday's IPL governing Council Meet, the official statement is out, this upcoming season of Indian Premier League will be conducted in the State of Maharashtra in the cities of Mumbai and Pune. Mumbai has 3 grounds: Wankhede, CCI Brabourne and DY Patil stadium while Pune has one ground, the MCA Stadium. City of Mumbai will host 55 matches while Pune will ho...

Women World Cup and Indian Team

Cricket was primarily considered a game for Male gender. Cricket as it grew became gender neutral and women cricket started to rise up. Women cricket is not upto the level of men but slowly it is rising.   Many Cricket Pundits term women cricket as the next big thing in the world of sports. Women Cricket has fastrack by ICC in recent years and now they too will be having a world event year just like men from 2023 on wards.   Rise of women cricket in India took place after 2017 WC. Indian Team performed brilliant and were finalist. Since then Women cricket has picked up pace in India and now everyone is talking about it. Women Cricketers like Smriti Manadana and Jemimah Rodrigues Deepti Sharma have become household names and everyone wants know and watch the women games.   The true Pioneers of Women Cricket in India has to be Mithai Raj and Jhulan Goswami. These 2 have been playing since the 2000s and are still performing and winning matches for India on a consistent basis...

Chennai Super Kings: News and Latest Updates

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Chennai Super Kings are the defending champions of the Indian Premier League. CSK is a fan favourite team. Chennai Super Kings has a great fan following. CSK has fans spread throughout India. CSK is always in buzz and talked about. Now coming on to Chennai Super Kings there are some updates. Chennai Super Kings have decided to move out of Chennai. Considering the IPL is Mumbai Pune, CSK have decided to shift their pre-IPL camp out of Chennai. CSK have decided to hold a pre-IPL camp in the City of Surat. CSK decided to hold a camp in Surat as it had somewhat similar conditions to Mumbai. Both grounds have red soil and have sea surrounding the ground meaning they get used to humidity and conditions in Mumbai.     Another news coming from CSK camp is 2 of their main players have got injuries. Deepak Chahar and Ruturaj Gaikwad both sustained injuries. Deepak Chahar suffered a hamstring injury in the WI series and it looks like the injury is serious and Deepak might take a lon...

Post-Match Review of India vs SL 1st T20

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The Indian team just completed a white wash against the mighty West Indies. The Indian team is in high flying momentum right now. Within days after the WI series was concluded India had another small T20 series against their neighbours Sri Lanka.   Sri Lanka are touring India for 3 T20 and 2 Tests. The 1 st T20 took place yesterday in Lucknow. Indian team had rested key players such as Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant while 2 key players returned from their respective breaks, Jadeja and Bumrah. India unfortunately hit a setback as 2 of key players in existing squad Deepak Chahar and Ruturaj Gaikwad suffered injuries and it looks like both will miss this tour.  Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first. Indian Batsmen especially openers started in full flow. Ishan Kishan went all out attacking and the Indian team in no time put on 100 runs. The 1st wicket fell at 10 over mark when Rohit Sharma departed for a well made 40. Shreyas Iyer joined Kishan and both started to smash SL b...

IPL 2022 Venues and Format

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The Buzz and Crazy for the upcoming Indian Premier League started from the inception of 2 new teams itself back in 2021. Lucknow and Gujarat were added into the IPL. Now IPL has become a 10 team affair.   IPL Mega Auction took place in 2 nd Week of February and all teams now are shaped up and ready to go. Many teams will start putting out their respective pre ipl camps for their players to practice.   Next Challenge before the BCCI was the venue and format of the IPL. Since 2 new teams have been added it was obvious that the IPL will go through a format change and the duration of the league will extend.   Now after yesterday IPL governing Council Meet, the official statement is out, this upcoming season of Indian Premier League will be conducted in the State of Maharashtra in the cities of Mumbai and Pune. Mumbai has 3 grounds: Wankhede, CCI Brabourne and DY Patil stadium while Pune has one ground, the MCA Stadium. City of Mumbai will host 55 matches while Pune will host...