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India’s beginning to the World Test Championship comes in the Caribbean Islands with a two-match Test series against the West Indies. After wins in the limited-overs games, India and West Indies fight for 120 points in the two-match Test series. We take a glance at the players from India to …

The concept of wicket-keepers has changed a lot over the last couple of decades. While keeping used to be a primary skill during the earlier days of cricket, the last two decades in particular have seen it becoming a secondary skill. Batting has taken over as the primary skill and …

When it happened in Durban, it was dubbed a fluke. When it happened again at Port Elizabeth, it was historic but still deemed a one-off performance. At Galle, when Sri Lanka gunned down a target of 268 set by the Kiwis, there were monumental gasps. 100 or more had never …

In one of India’s biannual tours to Zimbabwe in 2015 to test young stars, Manish Pandey made his One Day International debut at no. 5 and made an 86-ball 71 only to be overshadowed by Kedar Jadhav’s century from no. 6.  It took him six months more to sport the …

After a farewell knock, a farewell hug, a guard of honour and other shenanigans including sporting a 301 jersey marking his 301st ODI game, Chris Gayle revealed he never announced his retirement. “I didn’t announce any retirement,” Gayle said according to an update on West Indies’ twitter handle. He further …

Indian skipper Virat Kohli was the star once again as he stole the limelight from Chris Gayle to help India clinch the third and final ODI by six wickets in a rain-affected game at Trinidad. Set a revised target of 255 after DLS calculations in 35 overs, the Indians were …

After an injury-stricken 2018, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has come into his own in 2019 and has 33 wickets in ODIs in 18 matches. He has played all but six matches India have played in the fifty-overs format this year and has been a pivotal figure for India after a lull period …

In 1888, Test cricket was only 11 years old. Only England and Australia used to play Test cricket in that era and England were maintaining a healthy lead over Australia. In the previous four years, England had won 10 Test matches and Australia had managed two. Even in February 1888, …

After making his ODI debut in 1999, the big West Indian opener has a career spanning two decades and has now completed 300 ODI caps. With the World Cup done and dusted, Gayle resumed his ODI career for the Windies, and completed his 300th ODI in the second match of …

Virat Kohli added another feather to his cap as he broke former Pakistani batsman Javed Miandad’s record for most runs in One-day Internationals (ODIs) against West Indies in the second match of the ongoing ODI series against West Indies at Antigua. Miandad had scored 1930 runs in 64 innings against …