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5 games lost in 6 and fighting for the last spot in the table, RCB have more or less become the first team to be eliminated from the 2024 IPL. They still have an outside chance of qualifying for the playoff but it is only that. An outside chance. Far too many things will have …
One more edition of the IPL will be underway in Chennai on the night of 22nd March 2024. This is the 17th edition of the tournament that has sprouted a lot of rival leagues throughout the cricketing world. The BBL in Australia was followed by Sri Lanka, Pakistan and West Indies with the latest entrants …
The most successful team in the history of IPL alongwith Mumbai Indians, starts their campaign against RCB on the 22nd. Two titles in three years is a massive achievement. They will be hoping to ascend heights that no team has ever done before. One more title win will put them ahead of Mumbai Indians in …
The Royal Challengers Bangalore will be under all sorts of pressure this season because of the success of their counterparts in the just concluded WPL. It has been 16 years since the inception of the IPL but RCB have never won the title even once though they reached the final on three occasions. This is …
I am here again, to laud BCCI for a wonderful initiative. After the diktat of representing their respective state teams to those players who are not part of the Indian team but are in their state teams, the board has come up with one more laudable decision. Awarding players who prefer Test cricket and thereby …
The contribution of the bowlers can be read here before proceeding with the contribution of the bowlers. The biggest plus for India was easily the bowling of Kuldeep Yadav. He is someone who despite talent, missed out on a lot of cricket. Some years ago, Ravi Shastri, the then Indian coach said that Kuldeep will …
Prior to the start of the series, if anyone had told Rohit Sharma that his team would lose one Test, he would have been satisfied. If the same person had told him that his team would win 4 Tests and thereby the series, he would have been ecstatic. With the withdrawal of Virat Kohli just …
On the eve of Ashwin’s 100th Test at Dharmshala, I would like to go back in memory to ascertain of the interesting thoughts that he has come up with. Ravichandran Ashwin and The Hundred. A few months ago, there was an interesting article in www.espncricinfo.com about Ashwin’s desire to disallow the non-striker from backing up. Other …
By taking effective and immediate action against Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan, BCCI has elevated the Ranji Trophy, the premier Indian first-class competition to its desired levels. It is important that the players be shown that they cannot mess around with the Ranji Trophy and hope to play in the IPL alone and thereby become …
It was an excellent series win. There are no two ways about it. Rohit Sharma, Rahul Dravid and the entire management must be thrilled to achieve this win. Perhaps, under Rohit and Dravid, this is their best performance. I do remember that India reached the ODI World Cup Final but did they win it? No. …