Published January 16, 2023By Pawan Atri · 4 min readFormer India opener Gautam Gambhir launched a scathing attack on Rohit Sharma after the swashbuckling batter scripted an unwanted record in the third ODI against Sri Lanka on Sunday.Though the Men in Blue registered the biggest win in the history of ODI cricket by 317 runs … Read more
Virat Kohli is enjoying his second wind and he is blowing opponents away. Much like Part I, Kohli Part 2 is looking hungrier for big runs and has started producing those with consummate ease and effortless strokeplay. So, bowlers around the world better beware.The Greenfield stadium here in Thiruvananthapuram has a history of producing low-scoring … Read more
Former India player Robin Uthappa believes match-winner leaving Kuldeep Yadav out of the second Test against Bangladesh after his eight wickets in the opening game does not send the right message to players, and makes them insecure.Uthappa, currently playing for Dubai Capitals in ILT20 in the UAE, said selection decisions like these are the reason … Read more
A cricket club whose adult team were set to stop playing after complaints over balls breaching its boundary have raised the money needed for netting.Colehill Sports and Social Club decided it was not "viable" to continue due to the spiralling costs of insurance and repairs of neighbouring properties.The club's committee said it would reverse the … Read more
A true icon of modern cricket, Virat Kohli extended his soaring form with the bat, slamming an unbeaten 166 in the third ODI against Sri Lanka to help his team secure a historic win. In what was Kohli’s second century of the series, the superstar batter has made his intentions clear in a year that … Read more
Sunday, 15 Jan 2023 The committee chaired by retired High Court judge Kusala Sarojani Weerawardena to examine the influence of the ‘Born Again’ religious sect on the Sri Lankan Cricket Team, handed over its report to the Sports Minister recently.The committee’s report was released in the heat of Charith Senanayake’s controversial statement that he had … Read more
[1/6] An Afghan man plays cricket on the snow-covered ground at the Chaman-e-Huzori field in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Ali KharaKABUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Afghan cricketers playing on a stony, snowy pitch in Kabul on Friday said they were disappointed they would not be able to see a highly anticipated series against Australia, who … Read more
Babar Azam caught in a honey trap? Pakistan cricketer’s pictures, videos, and audios of alleged sexting with fellow cricketer’s girlfriend go viral OpIndiasource
Indian run-machine Virat Kohli has credited the team’s throwdown trio of D Raghvendra, Nuwan Seneviratne and Dayanand Garani for making a “big difference” to his batting.The throwdown specialists use a sidearm, a cricketing equipment in the shape of a long spoon, to hurl the ball at high speed (in the range of 140-150kmph) to test … Read more
Indians will forever remember Akram as the scary phenomenon with the soft smile, the man who rattled through the Indian batting order, but was rarely as hated as Waqar or Shoaib Akhtar, observes Vaibhav Raghunandan.Andre Agassi’s autobiography Open, written 12 years ago, single-handedly transformed the sports memoir world.Told in a disarmingly simple way, the book … Read more