Everyone thought Delhi Capitals star batsman Prithvi Shaw will score big runs in IPL 2023, especially after a phenomenal run in the domestic season. However, in six innings so far, Shaw has managed only 47 runs in 40 deliveries. On Monday, DC management dropped Prithvi from the line-up for the match against SRH in Hyderabad and replaced him with Sarfaraz Khan. “We know he is a very good player and he will be working to get back into the team. He is hungry and determined to get back and I have full confidence that he can do it,” explained David…
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MS Dhoni is among the most successful captains in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) – winning the title 4 times. Rohit Sharma, who led Mumbai Indians to the title five times, is the only captain to have won the IPL more often than Dhoni. Apart from being the most successful captains in the IPL, both Dhoni and Rohit are one of the most successful batsmen in the tournament too. While Dhoni is seventh on the list of highest run scorers in the IPL, Rohit is second. Harbhajan Singh, who has played with both the players, has said…
Arjun Tendulkar is featuring in Mumbai Indians’ playing 11 for the last few matches and has bowled quite well. However, days after making headlines with his outrageous statement against Arjun Tendulkar, former Pakistan skipper Rashid Latif has openly questioned his bowling style. Latif was asked to share his views on Arjun’s bowling by a Twitter user. “Former Pakistan player Rashid Latif & quite a few cricketers may be technically right in pointing fault in the run up & delivery stride that will affect speed of Arjun Tendulkar but none of them have offered any solution. What’s the solution coaches?,” the…
CSK bought Ben Stokes for a whopping ₹16.25 crore rupees in IPL 2023 auction. However, after featuring in the playing XI of two matches the player got ruled out for a couple of weeks due to an injury. While fans are eager to know when they will be able to witness the star all-rounder on the field once again, CSK coach Stephen Fleming has given a huge update on this matter. Fleming stated that Stokes has suffered another injury and would be taking another week to return. “Ben Stokes has suffered an injury setback and will be out for a…
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is celebrating his fiftieth birthday on April 24 (Today). Sachin Tendulkar is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, earning him the title – ‘God of Cricket’. On his birthday, Virender Sehwag performed ‘Shirshasana’, a Yoga posture, and greeted Sachin in a very unique way. Whereas, on the other hand, Yuvraj Singh recalled a few incidents involving him and Sachin Tendulkar. In the video Yuvraj rated Sachin’s match-winning knock against England in the 1st Test in Chennai back in 2008 as one of his favorite moments. Also read: Ajinkya Rahane reveals the…
The Royal Challengers Bangalore is in a brilliant form in IPL 2023. RCB, which has been led by Virat Kohli for the last 2 matches, has won 4 out of the 7 games they have played so far. RCB defeated RR in a close encounter on April 23. Batting first, RCB set a big target of 190 runs on the back of blistering knocks of 62 and 77 runs from Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell respectively. While Chasing, Devdutt Padikkal and Yashasvi Jaiswal played brilliant innings of 52 and 47 runs respectively to come close to the target, but…
It has been almost a month since IPL 2023 started, but the question that has remained constant throughout the last four weeks has been whether this is MS Dhoni’s final season in the IPL. Dhoni has yet not clearly mentioned whether this will be his last IPL season as a player or not and has kept the suspense alive. Recently, after CSK’s match against KKR, Dhoni made a mind-numbing remark on his retirement to send fans into overdrive. After the win, in the post-match presentation, Dhoni was asked about the invasion of CSK fans at the Eden Gardens which transformed…
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is celebrating his fiftieth birthday on April 24 (Today). Sachin Tendulkar is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, earning him the title – ‘God of Cricket’. In the book ‘Sachin@50’, Ajinkya Rahane opened up about how Tendulkar motivated him to continue putting in the work and not worry about the results which turned out to be a huge morale booster for Rahane. “We had decided to give Paaji (Sachin Tendulkar) some space, and I was astonished when he called me over. Paaji had seen me from very close and had this…
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is celebrating his fiftieth birthday on April 24 (Today). Sachin Tendulkar is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, earning him the title – ‘God of Cricket’. The legendary cricketer played for India for 24 years, playing 664 matches and scoring 34,357 runs across all formats. He is the only player in history to have scored 100 international centuries (51 in Tests and 49 in ODIs). He also holds the record for the most runs in Test cricket, with 15,921 runs in 200 matches. He also hit 264 sixes in his international…
The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is performing brilliantly in IPL 2023, winning 4 out of their 7 games. However, that has been possible only because of RCB’s top order, while its middle order continued to struggle. RCB’s middle order consisting of Mahipal Lomror, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Dinesh Karthik failed miserably. Speaking to Cricbuzz, Vaughan lashed out at RCB saying that their weak middle-order line-up was down to their poor auction strategy ahead of the 2022 season of the IPL, pointing to the fact that letting go of Yuzvendra Chahal was a bad call. They opined that they should have kept…