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It looks like the Indian captain, Virat Kohli is in legal trouble. A Chennai based advocate has filed a petition in the Madras High Court demanding action against Virat Kohli and another film personality, actress Tamannah. The reason being that they are promoting online gambling. The advocate has filed this case after a 19 year …
Jofra Archer what is cooking up with him? Jofra Archer is definitely an exciting cricketer. He belongs to the breed that is becoming rather rare. He is an express fast bowler who is capable of rattling even the best batsman. Witness his brute of a delivery to Steve Smith. Though it was unfortunate to observe …
It is now official that Ben Stokes, the magnificent cricketer, will not be part of the remainder of the series against Pakistan. He will have to attend to certain personal tasks and as such will be travelling to New Zealand where his wider family lives. This means that Pakistan have got an incredible opportunity not …
Pant vs Saha who is the preferred keeper? This is a topic that a lot of fans are debating about. Probably, this debate will go on forever until Saha retires. Both the players have their own merits and demerits to be in the team. One is quite aggressive whereas the other is somewhat circumspect. Let …
Vivo will not sponsor IPL. Now, when I read this header, I really felt quite pleased because our board has gone on and did the correct thing of banning a Chinese company from sponsoring an Indian event. I felt that the board which is the prime reason for all the ills the game faces in …
Lokesh Rahul, is he required for Tests? Merely to state that Lokesh Rahul is an unfulfilled talent is stating the obvious. He is someone with loads of talent capable of scoring at will. He does not have any glaring technical weakness against pace or spin. Rahul is perfectly capable of scoring against the greatest bowler …
There was a news item that was published recently about Sanjay Manjrekar and him wanting to be back into the commentary team for the IPL. If we can remember, Manjrekar was removed from the BCCI commentary team in the month of March. There were lot of comments that he aired during his stint as a …
After months of absolutely no action anywhere in the world, England vs West Indies series has come has a breadth of fresh air for cricket fans all over the world. World No. 8 taking on World No. 4 in their own country will from the outside not motivate everyone to follow the series. England, eventhough …
A day ago, there was an interesting article in www.espncricinfo.com about Ashwin’s desire to disallow the non-striker from backing up. Other news agencies would have also picked up this thread without a doubt. Ashwin’s desire of not allowing the non-striker to backup, does it make sense? Is it even possible? Let us discuss Batsmen are …
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T20 cricket. Let me at the very outset clarify that I am not a great fan of T20 cricket. Having said that, I will watch T20 if India is playing. Apart from that, I do not watch T20 regularly. This means that I certainly do not follow IPL or Big Bash or any of the …
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