'The winning shot was a great feeling, I wanted to finish the game and winning the game has been my motto. I'm blessed and grateful, I'm trying my best.'
Speaking on Rajasthan Royals' current form, the bowler said, "We have had some great games. I always believe it (T20) is a momentum game, it is time to flip that momentum."
When Kolkata Knight Riders surpassed the Mumbai Indians to register an emphatic win in the opening match of Indian Premier League, season 8, there was lots of cheering going on in the stands.
West Indies batting legend Chris Gayle and Australian opener David Warner have scored more than 600 runs in the IPL in three different seasons and are now second on the list.
Akash was standing near the boundary ropes having finished his spell during Bengal's Ranji Trophy match against Kerala in Thumba. Applause from his Bengal team-mates gave him the news he had been waiting for -- his maiden Test call-up.
His 24-run cameo against Pakistan was worth its weight in gold and Yuvraj Singh said that his "focus was on right things" while batting in front of the vociferous capacity crowd at the Eden Gardens.
This is the first time DRS will be implemented in a Ranji Trophy final and both teams will get three reviews in each innings. This comes after last season's final between Madhya Pradesh and Mumbai was mired in controversy.
England's David Willey took the decision to quit international cricket with "deep regret", the seamer said after his team's consolation victory over Pakistan at the World Cup on Saturday.
Kolkata Knight Riders' premier all-rounder Andre Russell is happy that Rinku Singh has become the team's latest heartthrob.
A place in the ICC ODI World Cup final once again eluded the South Africans as they went down to Australia by three wickets.
Excited about his much-anticipated T20 International debut in the upcoming tour of New Zealand, young opener Shubman Gill wants to show that he belongs at the top level.
Man of the match Virat Kohli has said that it is the challenge of playing on tough pitches like the one at Eden Gardens brings the best out of him.
India are set to play Pakistan in the Asia Cup and the World Cup in the coming two months, and legendary leg-spinner Anil Kumble said that the key will be to take it as just another game.
KKR's Indian pacers Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi and Prasidh Krishna stressed on how important the next few weeks were going to be for them to get back in the groove for the season.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Saturday said Kolkata and Ahmedabad will host the IPL 2022 play-off matches, while the three-team Women's challenger T20 tournament will be held in Lucknow from May 24th to 28th.
Akram had lambasted the team for being lethargic on the field after their loss to Afghanistan. In a post-match show on Pakistan based A Sports channel, Akram said it looks like the team has been eating kilos of meat every day.
KKR fielding coach Ryan Ten Doeschate, a member of their 2014 IPL title winning team under Gautam Gambhir, credited Narine's transformation to the former skipper who is now the mentor of the side.
The former India captain was the president from 2015 to 2019 before moving to the BCCI. The CAB polls are scheduled to be held on October 31.
'I think the situation was perfect and I just needed to raise my hand and bail the side out. It happened and I'm very happy to be on the winning side.'
Sachin Tendulkar took the centrestage at the Eden Gardens as the Mumbai Indians 'icon' was seen giving a pep talk to his team.
Siraj, who played a vital role in India's win in the opening ODI at Guwahati taking two wickets, said during the innings break on Thursday that Rahul noticed that the ball had stopped doing its bit after only the first over and that a new strategy would have to be employed against the experienced batting order.
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday headed to Kolkata Police Training School for a session in pistol shooting after the team's outdoor practice at the Eden Gardens was cancelled due to rain.
As for the home side, Kolkata Knight Riders' quality might appear thin on paper in absence of their captain Shreyas Iyer and Shakib Al Hasan, but coach Chandrakant Pandit firmly backed the team to do well.
Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan showered flying kisses to fans off the pitch as his team Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) battled it out against Kings XI Punjab(KXIP) at the Eden Gardens.
Mohammad Azharuddin revealed one of his dearest possessions -- the cricket bat with which he scored a world record three centuries in his first three Test matches.
South Africa have an aching relationship with World Cup semi-finals, dating back to 1992. AB de Villiers had a close encounter with heartbreak in 2015. Now, he is hopeful that the current team will finally absolve his country of all the past pain.
One stellar IPL season of 19 wickets in Kolkata Knight Riders' triumphant campaign brought pacer Harshit Rana into the national reckoning.
India skipper Virat Kohli and comeback man Gautam Gambhir seem to have moved on from their bitter Indian Premier League spat as the Delhi duo was seen sharing a few light moments on the eve of the second cricket Test against New Zealand.
Deepak Chahar, who was in fine rhythm and got two early wickets, was seen hobbling up in his run-up for the last delivery of his second over and limping off the field.
I am amazed Ben Stokes is still in the country, I don't see any point in him being there, said former England bowler Steve Harmison who added that England need to consider rehab time post surgery, if Stokes has to play the Test series vs India.
It took me 365 days to go from 49 to 50 earlier this year. I hope you go from 49 to 50 and break my record in the next few days. Congratulations!!'
KKR's decision to drop Kuldeep from the playing XI in the last two matches of KKR against Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians made many heads turn
KKR will start their campaign against Sunrisers Hyderabad on March 24 at the Eden Gardens.
The KKR think-tank might not be unduly worried as their campaign is still at a nascent stage, but they would like to see the first-choice pacer and spinner finding their range at the earliest.
Opener Mayank Agarwal has been added to the squad.
Having got the better of England in a T20I series at home, a confident West Indies team arrived in Ahmedabad on Wednesday morning for its upcoming limited overs series against India.
Kolkata floated 199 bunches of balloons in the air to greet batting great Sachin Tendulkar at the Eden Gardens, as he played the 199th and penultimate Test match of his career at the iconic ground.
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