By Vishal Roy on Wed Jan 06 2021

Fans attending the third test between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground, scheduled to commence from January 7. The five-day match will be played in front of a crowd of some 10,000 to allow social distancing in a ground that can hold 48,000 after an outbreak of COVID-19 in Australia’s largest city. Hazzard …

By Vishal Roy on Tue Jan 05 2021

Indian wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik feels that the best IPL season was in IPL 2013 and 2018. Dinesh Karthik won the title with the Mumbai Indians in 2013 before leading the Kolkata Knight Riders to the playoffs five years later. Dinesh Karthik recently participated in an ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Instagram, where his fans asked him …

By Vishal Roy on Mon Jan 04 2021

Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has now surpassed football legend Pele to climb second in the all-time goal-scoring charts. Ronaldo secured a brace for Juventus against Udinese to win the game for Andrea Pirlo’s men at the Allianz Stadium. His brace enabled him to net his 758th goal in his sterling career and moved him above …

By Vishal Roy on Fri Jan 01 2021

New Zealand have included Matt Henry in the squad for the second Test against Pakistan starting in Christchurch on Sunday, in place of the injured Neil Wagner. Wagner was hurt while batting in the first Test, despite which he bowled in both innings. He is expected to be sidelined for approximately six weeks, New Zealand …

By Vishal Roy on Wed Dec 30 2020

Captain Virat Kohli has the highest brand value among Indian cricketers based on social media engagement for the period August-October 2020. Kohli’s brand value in monetary terms based on engagement and followers stood at Rs.3.28 billion, followed by Sachin Tendulkar at Rs.1.67 billion, MS Dhoni at Rs.1.24 billion, and Rohit Sharma at Rs.0.96 billion. Kohli …

By Vishal Roy on Tue Dec 29 2020

India steadied its innings after losing two quick wickets to comfortable chase the small target of 70 runs from their second innings and level the Border-Gavaskar series after dismissing Australia for 200 in the boxing Test at the MCG. Struggling opener Mayank Agarwal fell for five before the dismissal of Cheteshwar Pujura (three) gave the …

By Vishal Roy on Mon Dec 28 2020

Indian pacer Umesh Yadav hobbled off the field after suffering an injury during the third day of boxing day Test against Australia at MCG. Umesh, 33, seemed to have injured his knee while bowling his fourth over and the Australian second innings’ eight. Having dismissed opener Joe Burns with a peach of delivery in only …

By Vishal Roy on Wed Dec 23 2020

Indian Pacer Ishant Sharma believes that Ajinkya Rahane’s captaincy to lead Indian team against Australia. Vice-Captain Rahane is going to lead the team in the remaining three Test as Virat Kohli returns home to be with his pregnant wife Anushka Sharma. Rahane will now have the responsibility of boosting the team’s morale and make them …

By Vishal Roy on Wed Dec 23 2020

Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal on Tuesday tied the know with Dhanashree Verma. The couple took to their social media handles to make the announcement about their wedding. Sharing photos from the wedding, Dhanashree wrote, “22.12.20 💍 We started at “Once upon a time” and found “Our happily ever after,” coz’ finally, #DhanaSaidYuz for infinity & …

By Vishal Roy on Tue Dec 22 2020

Rajeev Shukla, who is set to become the vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Monday said that president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah are working on improving the performance of the Indian side. Shukla’s remarks came as India stumbled to an eight-wicket loss in the first Test of …