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Match Day 5 : Srh vs RR

It has only been a few days since the IPL began. All the 10 teams are yet to play their first match. Till now what we have seen is teams are finding it difficult to adjust with the dew factory and it has deciding factory match outcomes.  Now coming on to today's match , we have a newly looked Hyderabad side under leadership of Kane Williamson up against the rejuvenated Rajasthan Royals. Hyderabad was under turmoil last year, they had issues off as well as on the field. The management had some major issues with star player and then captain David Warner and that went so far that Warner was reduced to mere cheerleader for the last part of IPL. So Sunrisers decided to go all fresh at the auction and got rid of their entire squad apart from Williamson and few others.  Meanwhile for Rajasthan last year was again not good ,they struggled a lot to finish games and eventually costed them playoff spot. This year they too went in a different approach during the auction and have a well ba...

Match 4 IPL 2022 : Hardik Pandya Gujarat Titans takes on KL Rahul Lucknow

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It has been just 2 days since The great Indian Fest known as the Indian Premier League began. Season started with a clash of defending Champions versus the last year finalist. Then Yesterday it was the first double header day of the tournament where in two capital cities one being the official capital and other being financial capital closed (Delhi vs Mumbai) Then 2nd Clash for the day was fan favourite RCB up against uplifted Punjab.  Now today is the day where two brand new teams will go up against each other. It will be debut in the IPL for both the Gujarat Titans and Lucknow SuperGiants. The Lucknow team is led by experienced captain KL Rahul while Gujarat team is led by first time captain Hardik Pandya.  Both new teams management did their best at the auction table to get the best team possible for themselves. Now talking about both teams, both have got enough firepower and also decent bowling attack. Since this their first ever in the Indian Premier League it would be to...

Match 1 CSK vs KKR : Preview

The most awaited Indian Premier league 2022 season begins today. This year the league has gone through a whole sale of changes. Be it its official sponsor from VIVO to Tata or be it the addition of 2 new teams. Lucknow and Gujarat will be making their ipl debut this season .  Now as we all know, this year will be conducted in the state of Maharashtra in cities of Mumbai and Pune. The IPL opener will take place at Wankhede Stadium between the last year finalist and the deafening champions of the Indian premier league.  It's Chennai Super Kings taking on the Kolkata Knight Riders. After the auction CSK lost some of its key players while they brought some new players. Also for this match CSK would be missing the services of their all rounder Moen Ali who is stuck in homeland due visa issue while Deepak Chahar their star bowler is injured and is set to miss majority of the ipl. Now coming onto CSK playing 11 , with the absence of Moen Devon Conway will certainly get started and he...

IPL 2022 Begins Match 1

The most awaited Indian Premier league 2022 season begins today. This year the league has gone through a whole sale of changes. Be it its official sponsor from VIVO to Tata or be it the addition of 2 new teams. Lucknow and Gujarat will be making their ipl debut this season .  Now as we all know, this year will be conducted in the state of Maharastra in cities of Mumbai and Pune. The IPL opener will take place at Wankhede Stadium between the last year finalist and the deafening champions of the Indian premier league.  It's Chennai Super Kings taking on the Kolkata Knight Riders. Both the teams have gone through changes , meanwhile CSK will be out the field for the first time without Thala coming out for the toss. It's Jadeja who will come out as the captain while KKR too has a new captain in Shreyas Iyer.  Both teams having changed leadership both will be coming out with completely different looks and an approach and it would be interesting to see who comes out on top betw...

IPL BEGINS TOMORROW

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 in the first season opener clash The mighty CSK will go up against the last year finalist KKR. The match is expected to set up a solid foundation for the month-long cricketing festival, which will bring the best out of top-notch cricketers worldwide. The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League will begin in less than a day’s time with defending champions Chennai Super Kin...

IPL 2022 : End of an ERA

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With just a few days remaining for the Indian Premier League, many news stories were floating regarding the league and teams. Many players pulled from the league and many teams had signed replacements for them. Meanwhile Many teams like Lucknow and Gujarat released their new jerseys for this year.  Another news relating to ipl which made headlines was ticket sales. IPLtickets recently went on sale and many mens were disappointed about the pricing of the ticket. Tickets started at the base price of 3000 which shocked many fans and twitter was flooded with emotionally and frustrated reactions from the fans.  Just when everyone thought no more big news was coming regarding the ipl , this afternoon broke the biggest news till now. The Legendary Indian Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni decided to step down from captaincy of his franchise team Chennai Super Kings.  MS Dhoni decided to hand over the captaincy of CSK to the charismatic allrounder R.Jadeja. CSK in the official statem...

India vs Australia : Women WC Review

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The Indian Women Team was full of confidence after winning their opening few matches on the trot in the world cup campaign.On other hand Australian team have won all the matches so far this world cup. Both teams are fighting for the top spot. The Indian team went with no changes Australia too went with their full strength squad. Both teams wanted to win the match. Australia won the toss and chose to bowl and invited India to bat. As India walked out to bat there was total chaos in the well settled Indian batting order.Indian openers were dismissed cheaply. The experience Mithali Raj and young Yastika Bhatia came together and stitched partnership. Both players went to get their fifties. Then came big hitter Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vaastrakar and both hit the ball around the park. India finished with a score of 277/7 on board.  With 278 with that mighty Australian Batting lineup Australia were always favourites. Australian Openers Haynes and Heelay both batted cautiously and gave ...

Bangladesh Tour of Might South Africa

After the mighty Indian team toured South Africa, it's time for another Asian team to tour South Africa. The neighbours of India , Bangladesh now going tour South Africa. The tour consist of 3 Odi and 2 Test matches.  The tour set to begin from 18 th March and will go till 13 th April. The tour will start with ODI leg and will end with Test matches. The Bangladeshi cricket superstar Shakib Al Hasan is also available to play for all the formats in the tour of South Africa. In terms of availability, South Africa are in some sort of trouble as the IPL is beginning on March 26 and there are a few players named in the test squad who are also a part of the IPL. Current Form South Africa: South Africa have beaten India by 3-0 in the recently conducted ODI series. At their home ground, South Africa are a very difficult side to beat. Their middle order including David Miller and Rassie Van der Dussen have been in sublime form along with the top order including Temba Bavuma and Quinton de ...

India vs England : Women WC Review

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The Indian Women Team was full of confidence after winning their 3 matches on the trot in the world cup campaign. On other hand the defending world champions England had a disastrous start to their title defence. England lost all 3 matches so far. Both teams had two different scenarios one were they were table toppers while other dwelling at the bottom of the table.  Indian team went with no changes England too went with their full strength squad. Both teams wanted to win the match. England won the toss and chose to bowl and invited India to bat. As India walked out to bat there was total chaos in the well settled Indian batting order. Indian wickets kept falling on regular intervals. India were rattled for 70/6. The only batsman who scored for the Indian top order was Smirti Mandhana. Then came the partnership between Richa Ghosh and Indian legend Jhulun Goswami. They took India 100 par but eventually Indian batting was crumbled for mere 134. Star of the bowling for England was th...

Hardik Pandya all set to miss IPL 2022 ?

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Hardik Pandya has been prolific cricketer. He has rare skills of being top notch batsman and can bowl consistent too. Hardik first broke into the scene with Mumbai Indians in 2015 season. Mumbai Indians found him and developed him into cricketer he is today. He first got an entry into the Indian team for the T20 World Cup in Australia. He was looked as no.6 Batsman. Pandya was seen as that all-rounder Indian team were looking for years.   He became a prominent figure in the team due his skills as an all-rounder. He played a major part in the Indian team. He played a crucial role as an all-rounder and 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 severe back injury which ruled him out for months. But unfortunately since he has returned from that injury he hasn’t been the same cricketer that he was. His bowling completely diminished and he was reduce...

India vs Sri Lanka : Review 2nd Test Match

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After a disappointing loss in the 1st test match , Sri Lankan came to Bangalore with high hopes of performing better. This test match was a day and night test match. It was a pink ball test match. Pink Ball test matches are always tricky as the ball does a bit extra.  The Sri Lankan team, who was already struggling, was expected to perform better by its fans. Both teams came to the venue expecting a good wicket to bat on but to their surprise they found the bangalore wicket to be dropping pitch, it means it was newly laid pitch will assist the bowlers.  Indian captain Rohit sharma won the toss and elected to bat first. Indian openers again started steadily and gave an opening stand of 50. But then the pitch started to show its colours meaning India lost wickets at regular intervals. It was Shreyas Iyer who batted his skin out and took India to the respective total. Shreyas Iyer fell 8 short of 3rd Test hundred but managed to take India to a total of 252.  With 252 Sri Lan...

Indian Premier League season 2022 is on its way

The 15th edition of Indian Premier League TATA IPL 2022 has been scheduled between 26 March 2022 and 29 May 2022 . IPL 2022 opening match is likely to be played on 26 March 2022 in Wankhede Stadium , Brabourne Stadium,   Mumbai and Sahara Stadium Pune. The BCCI added 2 new teams before the IPL 2022 event. BCCI successfully completed the bidding for two new franchises.  Waiting for IPL 2022! There are a total of 74 T20 matches to be played in IPL 2022 as we know that there are 10 teams in IPL 2022. Here is the IPL full schedule considering the current 8 and 2 new teams. Defending champion CSK will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening match on 26 March 2022 in Mumbai. The final match of the tournament is likely to be played on 29 May 2022.   IPL opening clash is going to take place between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. The next clash is Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals. Then on 28th two new teams will start their campaign by going head to h...

Cricket : Facts and Live Score

Cricket is a very fascinating game. Cricket's origin can be traced in the 18th century back in the UK. Cricket is a British game and was played mostly in British colonies. The game was played in countries where the British had colonies, and ruled those countries. Cricket developed with time. By 1975 cricket world cup began. From that moment cricket hasn’t looked back, and the game has developed a lot. Today cricket has 3 recognized formats, The Test match, The ODI and then newest and most exciting format the T20. Now the T20 format has made the rise of franchise cricket. Here every country has its own T20 league. This journey began in 2008 with the start of the Indian Premier League. With the launch and then success of the Indian Premier league, many countries started their own league which helped to boost their cricket inside the country. Now with the rise of so many leagues cricket has become a 365 day game. Everyday you go you find some or other match and for avid cricket fans i...

Royal Challengers Bangalore Captain for IPL 2022?

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After the conclusion of the grand auction of the Indian Premier League , the stage is set for IPL season 2022. All the teams are gearing for this mega league. Many teams have started calling their players so that they can start their pre- IPL camps by the first week of march. After the mega auction every team has a brand new look. Team owners and management are all busy in preparing for the league. According to reports CSK is set to start pre ipl camp from tomorrow. The 2 new franchises too announced  their team names and logos and are now working for other details. Now coming to on field , some IPL teams let go of their existing captains and were looking for captains in the auction. Slowly after auction teams started to announce their captains Gujarat and Lucknow named Hardik and KL Rahul while Punjab and KKR named Mayank and Shreyas Iyer as their captains while rest 4 teams MI , CSK , RR and SRH already had their captains in place. Now the only team remaining to announce its capt...

IPL 2022: Latest Updates , Venues , Format and Fantasy

The Buzz and Crazy for the upcoming of 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.   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 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 15 matches. Among 55 matches, 20 will be conducted on Wankhede while 20 on DY Patil stadium and remaining 15 in Brabourne.  IPL will start from 26 th of March and will conclude on 29 th of May. Now comi...

Royal Challengers Bangalore Captain Announced for IPL 2022

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After the conclusion of the grand auction of the Indian Premier League , the stage is set for IPL season 2022. All the teams are gearing for this mega league. Many teams have started calling their players so that they can start their pre- IPL camps by the first week of march. After the mega auction every team has a brand new look. Team owners and management are all busy in preparing for the league. According to reports CSK is set to start pre ipl camp from tomorrow. The 2 new franchises too received their team names and logos and are now working for other details. Now coming to on field , some IPL teams let go of their existing captains and were looking for captains in the auction. Slowly after auction teams started to announce their captains Gujarat and Lucknow named Hardik and KL Rahul while Punjab and KKR named Mayank and Shreyas Iyer as their captains while rest 4 teams MI , CSK , RR and SRH already had their captains in place. Now the only team remaining to announce its captain is...

AB De Villiers Back In IPL 2022

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AB De Villiers is a player who has earned respect from all over the world. The South African was a kind of player that any captain would love to have in their team. AB De Villiers throughout his career have given all the cricketer fans many iconic moments to cheer about. De Villiers has dominated world cricket. Be it the red ball format or the white ball format. AB De Villiers was regarded as the best player this world has ever seen. Since the start of the Indian Premier League , De Villiers has played a crucial part in it. For the first few seasons he was part of the Delhi team. But since 2012 onwards AB De Villiers has been a crucial part of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Last year after the ipl AB De Villiers announced that he will be retiring from all active forms of cricket. This news came as an shock to the entire world. All the RCB fans were disappointed as that meant they wouldn't be able to see their favourite player in the Bangalore colours anymore. This after the auction R...

IS Hardik Pandya Indian Team Career Over ?

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Hardik Pandya has been prolific cricketer. He has rare skills of being top notch batsman and can bowl consistent too. Hardik first broke into the scene with Mumbai Indians in 2015 season. Mumbai Indians found him and developed him into cricketer he is today. He first got an entry into the Indian team for the T20 World Cup in Australia. He was looked as no.6 Batsman. Pandya was seen as that all-rounder Indian team were looking for years.   He became a prominent figure in the team due his skills as an all-rounder. He played a major part in the Indian team. He played a crucial role as an all-rounder and 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 severe back injury which ruled him out for months. But unfortunately since he has returned from that injury he hasn’t been the same cricketer that he was. His bowling completely diminished and he was reduce...

Wriddhiman Saha Controversy

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Saha was recently dropped from the Indian team and was directly told by the coach Rahul Dravid that he isn’t in team management plans and they want to look at youngsters. Saha was then told they won’t play Ranji Trophy as he has no chance of getting into the Indian Team. Then on 19 th of February Saha put a post on twitter alleging that a fellow journalist asked him for an interview. But when Saha refused to give the interview the so called journalist threatened him and talked to him in a rude manner and indirectly threatened him of dire consequences and he said he won't take insults like this. When Saha alleged this in public , he got public support and everybody and there was huge public outcry and BCCI was compelled to make a committee and to look into this matter. Saha then said that he won’t take the name of the journalist as he doesn't want to ruin the career of that journalist. Then the BCCI enquiry committee called Wriddhiman Saha to come forward to represent his case ...

Women World Cup 2022:India vs Pakistan Review

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ICC women World Cup started on March 4 th . West Indies defeated the host in the opener in a last over drama. Other matches too were good enough and slowly the tempo for ICC Women World Cup 2022 is building up. This WC is played in league format where every team will play each other and top 4 teams will qualify for semis. India was slated to play their first match of this world cup against their Arch Rivalry Pakistan. India vs Pakistan be it any format or of any gender this clash always has significance and importance. Match started at 6:30am according to Indian time. India had won the toss and they chose to bat first. Indian openers Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma walked to open but Verma was dismissed on zero and then Deepti Sharma at no.3. Mandhana and Deepti Sharma had a good partnership and took India at 96/1 in 21 overs. Since then there was a mini collapse for the Indian team. Indian Middle order collapsed and India were reduced to 114/6. The big partnership of 2 Indian allrou...