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The game of cricket has seen many changes in its international history. Tests began as endless matches which then became shortened to five days. Then, 60-over ODIs started, later being reduced to 50 overs. In the early 2000s, T20 cricket was introduced in England and has since become the most popular format in the […]
Over the course of the last decade and a half, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become a household name. In the last 15 years or so, every time a discussion on Indian cricket has come up, the Ranchi-born cricketer has hogged all spotlight. Before Dhoni’s arrival, India was trying a plethora of wicket-keeper-batsmen since 2000. […]
A total of 34 players have scored a century in the IPL history until 2019. Only 12 players have more than 1 century and only 2 of them have more or equal to 5 centuries. Virat Kohli is one of them with 5 centuries scored so far in the IPL whereas the “Universe Boss” […]
In the cricketing world, hitting a century (scoring 100 or more runs) is considered the best achievement for a batsman. Scoring a ton gets difficult when playing an ODI (one-day international) as you get 50 overs (300 balls). The job gets even more difficult if you are not an opening batsman as you don’t get […]
Back in 2003 when T20 cricket was first played, nobody knew what to expect from it. It was not like a Test match or a One-Day International. It came to be known as the slam-bang version of the game. And this slam-bang version of the game had slightly different rules. Unlike in Test cricket […]
In 224 ODI matches, Rohit Sharma has scored 9115 runs at an average of 49.27 with 29 centuries and 43 half-centuries. He is hot on the heels of Virat Kohli who has 43 ODI centuries and by the end of his career, could set a record for most ODI centuries, getting ahead of both Kohli […]
The European T10 League was begun in 2019 to help promote the game in the European continent. History of the T10 Cricket League Champion club teams from eight countries of Europe, namely Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy, Romania, Russia, Denmark and France, took part in the inaugural edition of the European T10 league on 30 […]
Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the highest number of international centuries in cricket with 51 Test centuries and 49 ODI tons. If there is any player who can break Tendulkar’s record, it is definitely Virat Kohli who has 70 already and, being of 30 years of age, has many more years of international […]
The advent of T20 cricket has made batsmen more aggressive in all formats. Though bowlers have learnt to smartly employ slower deliveries and yorkers, batsmen still rule the roost with their heavy bats. For this reason, 300+ scores have become very common in ODIs. In this article, we are going to list the top […]
The Ashes is a popular name given to a Test series held between England and Australia, a bilateral contest that began in the late nineteenth century. History of Ashes Series On 29 August 1882, Australia beat England in England for the first time, when they won a Test match at the Oval. A young […]
Virat Kohli made his Test debut in 2011 and until August 2020, he has scored 27 Test centuries. He has played 86 Tests so far and amassed 7,240 runs at an average of 53.62 with 22 fifties along with 27 hundreds. In this article, we are going to take a closer look at his […]
The Pakistan Super League is a professional Twenty20 cricket league introduced in September 2015 by the Pakistan Cricket Board with five teams participating in it. A sixth team was added two years later. The teams are represented by franchises that investors can own and control and players are drafted rather than bought in an […]
There are many deliveries in cricket that a batsman may find hard to deal with. A bouncer figures among such deliveries, as does an in-swinging ball or a googly that a batsman may not be able to read. However, there’s one ball most batsmen usually struggle to negotiate. That’s a yorker! What Is a […]
In cricket, as the current Laws specify, an over is defined as a set of six legitimate balls delivered by a bowler. A no-ball or a wide delivered by a bowler is considered illegitimate and is not considered in the six-ball count of an over with the bowler obliged to bowl another delivery instead. In […]
Be it any grade or form of cricket, school level or district level, zonal or divisional tournaments or even a domestic team taking part in the Ranji Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali and Vijay Hazare Trophy, there is something about Mumbai and its cricket. In fact, Mumbai cricket has always hogged quite a bit of […]