Author: Virat Verma

India registered a dominant victory against Zimbabwe in the first ODI by 10 wickets. The duo of Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill made a mockery of the small total of 189 set by Zimbabwe for the Indian team. Shikhar Dhawan remained unbeaten on 81* while his partner in crime Shubman Gill played a solid unbeaten knock of 82* off 72. The openers were never in trouble while chasing the target and easily cruised to the total with fine shot-making.  However, one opener became a topic of discussion among the netizens due to a bizarre incident. Ishan Kishan, who is also…

Asia Cup 2022 is all set to begin on Saturday 27th August 2022. The tournament returning after four years of a break due to coronavirus will be played in T20 format. A total of 6 teams, including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and one more team from Singapore, Kuwait, UAE and Hongkong, will take part in Asia Cup 2022. The tournament, which will be played in a round-robin format, will be special because India and Pakistan are going to face each other for the first time after T20I World Cup 2021 on 28th August 2022 at Dubai International Cricket…

India Women played the final of CWG 2022 against Australia Women at Edgbaston on 7th August 2022. The match was controlled by the India women for the most part of the game. However, Australia Women kept their nerves to pull off a massive victory at the end.  The Indian team had won the toss and opted to field first. Australia scored 161/8 in 20 overs. Beth Mooney was the top scorer for the Australian side with 61 runs off 41 balls. The Australian skipper Meg Lanning also played a crucial knock. She added 36 runs to the team’s total.  Ashleigh…

India Women defeated England Women by 4 runs in the semi-final at CWG 2022 to qualify for the finals at Commonwealth Games 2022. The match was a pretty close encounter in which both the teams showed grit to hang on until the final over of the game.  England required 14 runs off the last over to win the game. However, they could only muster up 9 runs and found themselves being thrown out of the race for the gold medal at CWG 2022. Earlier in the day, India Women had won the toss and opted to bat first.  Smriti Mandhana…

Cricket is a gentlemen’s game, but not all cricketers are quite gentlemen in the modern generation of cricketers. The playing style is becoming more aggressive, and players are willing to go to any length to bring down their opponents. These cricketers often find themselves in embarrassing situations due to their either on-field or social media antics. Here is a list of those cricketers who were embarrassed on social media 1- Imam-Ul-Haq In 2019 the Pakistani opener Imam-ul-Haq generated attention for all the wrong reasons. His sex chat with a few women on the messaging platform WhatsApp was revealed. He was…

Suryakumar Yadav was the star for India in the 3rd T20I of the five-match series. India has taken the lead by 2-1 in the ongoing tour to West Indies. In the 3rd T20I, Rohit Sharma had won the toss and invited the Caribbean side to bat first. West Indies had put 164/5 on the scoreboard in 20 overs. Kyle Mayers played a blazing knock of 73 off just 50. His inning included 8 glorious fours and 4 towering sixes. Shimron Hetmyer and Rovman Powell provided the finishing touch to West Indian batting by scoring quick 23 and 20 runs, respectively.…

India vs West Indies 2nd T20I of the five-match series will be played two hours later than the originally scheduled time. The match which was going to happen at 8 PM will now start at 10 PM as per the recent announcement made by CWI. The 2nd T20I between India and West Indies will be played at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts. According to the CWI, the luggage of the players arrived late from Trinidad to St Kitts, which made the board take the decision to postpone the match by 2 hours. “Cricket West Indies (CWI) confirmed there will be…

Women’s Cricket has been included for the first time in Commonwealth Games. A tournament in which 8 teams will participate will feature 9 matches to crown the first Commonwealth Champion. The Indian Women’s Cricket Team recently reached Birmingham where the action for CWG 2022 will take place. The Sports Authority of India posted a tweet for the same and asked the Indian fans to keep cheering for the team led by Harmanpreet Singh. Glimpses from Indian women’s cricket 🏏 team’s arrival in Birmingham for #CWG2022 Keep your #Cheer4India 🇮🇳 messages coming in 😁💯@PMOIndia @ianuragthakur@NisithPramanik @IndiaSports @BCCIWomen @CGI_Bghm @ImHarmanpreet pic.twitter.com/T3wOdOZ327 —…

The Indian middle-order batter Cheteshwar Pujara decided to stay back after India vs England 5th Test concluded to play for his county cricket team Sussex in the ongoing County Cricket Championship. Cheteshwar Pujara found his rhythm back before the Test against England by scoring two big doubled hundreds for Sussex in the County Championship Division Two. On 20th July 2022, Pujara added another double hundred to his name in County Cricket as he scored 231 runs off 403 balls against Middlesex. His rich form continues to impress the fans and cricketers alike. Recently he was also seen rolling his hand…

The England all-rounder often touted as the best multi-faceted player of this generation has announced that he will retire from the OneDay Internationals on Tuesday. Ben Stokes revealed in his retirement post on Instagram that he will don the blue jersey for England in the 50-over cricket for the last time against South Africa on 19th July 2022.  Ben Stokes was recently appointed the skipper of the English white-ball side, and his camaraderie with coach Brendon McCullum has transformed England’s team in Test cricket. The 2019 World Cup hero has shockingly decided to quit ODIs at the peak of his…