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Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah celebrates after taking wicket of Abhishek Sharma during the IPL match between MI and Sunrises Hyderabad at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on May 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Mumbai Indians have no plans to rest ace India pacer Jasprit Bumrah ahead of the T20 World Cup even though they…
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It is possible that even as you read this, the first score of 300-plus in an IPL innings might have been made already. Nepal’s 314 for three against Mongolia is the record in a T20International, but franchise cricket is of a higher standard. Already the 100-mark in the first PowerPlay has been crossed. Six-hitting, the…
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Former India star Yuvraj Singh feels that the batting of swashbuckling Suryakumar Yadav and bowling of pace ace Jasprit Bumrah to be key to the team’s prospects for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup. | Photo Credit: Ravi Choudhary Former India star Yuvraj Singh has identified the swashbuckling Suryakumar Yadav and pace ace Jasprit Bumrah as…
Punjab Kings’ Ashutosh Sharma plays a shot during their match against Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, in Chandigarh on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI Punjab Kings’ batting sensation Ashutosh Sharma said he lived a “dream” when he swept “world’s best fast bowler” Jasprit…
Jasprit Bumrah returns to the Indian squad for the fifth Test against England in Dharamsala. | Photo Credit: Gareth Copley Senior India batter KL Rahul will not feature in the fifth and final Test against England in Dharamsala owing to an injury while pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will return to the team, the BCCI said…
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Watch | How India became a pace-bowling superpower India’s success in Test cricket has always been associated with its batting prowess and its unique spin-bowling core, several generations of which have helped build India as a Test fortress. But in the past half a decade or so, a breed of fast bowlers have changed the…
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India’s Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer take a run during the second one-day international cricket match between India and South Africa, in Ranchi. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan, who were members of India’s ODI World Cup squad, have been stripped off the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI’s)…
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India’s Shubman Gill during a practice session at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. | Photo Credit: DEEPAK KR “It takes one day,” is the theme of the current World Cup. Across venues, these words leap from ICC banners. Perhaps it is the unspoken motto within the teams as fortunes get altered and a new dawn is…
Former New Zealand pacer Shane Bond has ended his nine-year association as Mumbai Indians bowling coach, the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise announced on October 18. | Photo Credit: C.V. Subrahmanyam Former New Zealand pacer Shane Bond has ended his nine-year association as Mumbai Indians bowling coach, the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise announced on…
Strike force: Siraj and Bumrah have combined well to deal timely blows. | Photo Credit: DEEPAK KR Traversing India’s geographical diversity is inevitable for the Men in Blue while they chase World Cup glory. Be it the humid Coromandel Coast, northern hinterland, Gujarat’s dusty plains or now the leap across the Western Ghats just in time…