Found 16 Articles for Cricket

The excessive popularity of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, best known as MS Dhoni, lies in those spectacular innings where the hope of millions and millions of Indians befell on him and he helped India sail through the tumult and brought smiles on the faces of the Indian fans back. No matter where is he playing, who is the opponent and how unfavorable the situation is, his 'never give up' attitude, cool-headed decisions and determination turn him one of the best match finishers in the world.Innings that Prove His ProwessBe it Karachi and Lahore (Pakistan), Aukland (New Zealand), Harare (Zimbabwe), Dhaka (Bangladesh), ... Read More

The show of Indian Premier League (IPL) aka Indian Paisa League, Indian Puppets League and what not, has been going on relentlessly for the past 10 Years and seems like there is no end to this fake cricket drama of BCCI because it gets a whopping amount from the Telecaster (Star Sport), the telecaster receives that amount from sponsors (Vivo), and the sponsors collect it from, obviously, us (Fools).You might thrash or troll me pitilessly for calling you fools, but this is what IPL up to with all its treacherous moves. Have you ever given a thought to the followings?Why ... Read More

Well, this is what the irony in India. Those who have expertise in a certain discipline are always kept away from it and those who have nothing to do with it are crowned, which eventually destroys the whole offshoot. This is the only reason we now see Kapil Dev and other efficient cricketers sitting in the commentary box and waste their energy rather than constructing new talent. Why go far, none of the current committee members and even the chairman have played more than 6 test matches. Can you believe it?Why These Cricketers Get Such Roles?You must have heard that ... Read More

Well, cricket has been played once at the modern Summer Olympic Games in 1900 and it was played the only time. In this contest, only men's cricket team played and Great Britain won the medal. Recently, the demand to include it in the Olympics surfaced and a big question mark emerges that why it’s not a part of it?Why Is It Not Played?We all know that BCCI and ECB (England Cricket Board) are two powerful cricket boards in the world and it was actually due to their opposition long ago, cricket could not make it to the world games. They ... Read More

Recently, Mitchel Starc fueled the debate over the use of the pink ball in a day/night tests. He said, “It's definitely not a red ball, " Starc said. "It doesn't react anything like the red ball, in terms of swing and the hardness of it anyway. It goes soft pretty quickly, I didn't see a huge amount of reverse swing in that game and I don't think it swung from memory too much until the artificial light took over. It definitely reacts very, very differently to the red ball.”On the contrary, the makers of the ball claim that they are ... Read More

Let me highlight that cricket was there in the first Olympics occurred in 1896, but due to the less number of participants, the whole competition was called off. In the next Olympics in 1900, four teams appeared in the tournament, but Belgium and Netherlands withdrew, and thus France and England faced off and England clinched the title. Keeping such low interest shown by the counties in cricket, the game was excluded from the biggest sports event in the world. Now, there is a news that in the Olympics of 2024 the T20 format of the game can be included. Fingers crossed.