Articles
1. David Warner David Warner was the Orange Cap winner in the IPL 2019 season, with 692 runs in 12 matches at an average of 69.20, helping Sunrisers Hyderabad to the playoffs. He had one ton and 8 fifties at a strike rate of 143.86, including 57 fours and 21 sixes. He made his […]
Rohit Sharma was born on 30 April 1987 in Nagpur, Maharashtra. The right-hander started to show glimpses of his talent since early childhood and was seen as someone who could carve his name in history among the legends of cricket. Since his teenage days, Rohit Sharma was often touted as the most talented player […]
The Qatar T10 League tournament is like a T20 league competition, except that it follows a 10-over format. The inaugural tournament played in December 2019 attracted 12 players from the associate ICC member countries as well as 24 international cricketers such as Hashim Amla and Andre Fletcher, among others. About Qatar T10 League The […]
Rohit Sharma, fondly known as the Hitman in cricket, is the only player to have more than one ODI double centuries. He holds the record for the highest score – 264 – in ODIs. Rohit Sharma also scored a double century in Tests. In all these double century innings, India ended up winning the […]
A triple hundred in Test cricket is a big milestone. However, it hasn’t been reached often. The first-ever triple ton was made 53 years after Test cricket had been introduced i.e. in 1930. It was Andy Sandham who scored 325 against the West Indies at the Sabina Park in Kingston. Since then, there have […]
The game of cricket has seen an exponential change since the start of the millennium. Batsmen have come up with new ways of scoring runs and the conventional shots have become too mainstream to be exhibited. With the new shots, evolved techniques and with a lot of changes to the ICC playing rules, the […]
The 200-run mark in ODIs remained insurmountable for over 35 years after this format had started. Many came near but were unable to score the final few important runs all until Sachin Tendulkar set the record for the first ODI double hundred in February 2010. After his path-breaking knock, ‘Mt. 200’ has been scaled […]
The record for the fastest half-century in ODI cricket was set by AB de Villiers who achieved the feat in 16 balls. The fastest 50 by an Indian batsman was accomplished by Ajit Agarkar in 21 balls. Top Five Half-Centuries for India in ODI Cricket Yuvraj Singh – 22 Balls Yuvraj Singh scored a […]
In a tournament that saw a deluge of runs, 10 bowlers proved that they were not deterred by the modern preference of ground curators for batting wickets for ODIs. Their ability to provide breakthroughs at crucial stages of games made the event an exciting contest, not least in the final that ended in a […]
Batsmen with Most Test runs in 2019 Marnus Labuschagne (AUS) Marnus Labuschagne led the pack with 1022 runs in 10 Tests at an average of 68.13 with 3 tons and 6 fifties. After 38 against the touring Indians in Sydney, he made a match-winning 81 against Sri Lanka at Brisbane. In the Ashes in […]
Very few sports have developed at the same breakneck speed one-day cricket has had over the past couple of years. Dating back to the 1990s and early 2000s, a 50-over innings was seen as an attritional game, where players got themselves in before teeing off in the last few overs to maximise their team’s […]
ODI World Cups hold a special place in cricketers’ careers. Players are keen to perform in World Cups and the ones who do are regarded as the best among the lot. It’s the pressure and excitement of playing a World Cup that the cricketers love the most. In this article, we are going to […]
After the departure of the likes of Inzamam ul Haq, Younis Khan, Mohd Yousuf and Misbah ul Haq, there was a vacuum in the Pakistan batting lineup, with no batsman capable of playing an anchor role and take charge in a crisis. In Babar Azam, Pakistan have finally found a batsman with a good […]
Test matches are set up by batsmen who score big runs and are finished by bowlers who can take wickets. In this article, we are going to talk about the Top 10 run-scorers in Test cricket. Sachin Tendulkar (India) Ricky Ponting (Australia) Jacques Kallis (South Africa) Rahul Dravid (India) Alastair Cook (England) Kumar Sangakkara […]
Virat Kohli has been a prolific run-getter and a leader for India in all three formats of the game. With more than 20 thousand runs across formats with 70 centuries so far, he is likely to get close to Sachin Tendulkar in terms of runs scored across formats. He is also likely to close […]