Shane Warne's midas touch to minnows Rajasthan Royals in the inaugural IPL season may be a part of cricketing folklore but a new book reveals that the Australian spin legend was not the original choice for captaincy.
Shane Warne returned to Rajasthan Royals as team mentor, 10 years after he famously led the side to the Indian Premier League title in the inaugural edition.
The organisers of the much-anticipated Indian Premier League-style football league decided to defer the proposed tournament to September-November next year instead of early 2014.
There aren't too many better exponents of explosive batting in shortest version than Glenn Maxwell but on his own admission, the Australian all-rounder feels that he is lucky to be playing alongside Kings XI Punjab teammate Virender Sehwag in the Indian Premier League.
The South African legend will continue his association with the franchise in a different role -- that of mentor and batting consultant.
While Kings XI's biggest star Chris Gayle scored a 47-ball 79 in the Jaipur match, his Jamaican compatriot Andre Russell also looked in blistering touch for KKR in the match against Sunriserrs Hyderabad. Their rivalry will be one of the sub plots of Wednesday's clash in Kolkata.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur conceded on Monday that the void left by legends like Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami is not easy to fill, but asserted that her young side has grown substantially to be a top contender for this month's women's T20 World Cup.
Australia fast bowling great particularly impressed with Bumrah. 'The way he bowls his yorkers, and if there is some reverse swing, he is going to be dangerous.'
The Capitals, which finished third last year, will start their campaign against Kings XI Punjab on Sunday and both Ponting and skipper Shreyas Iyer agreed that R Ashwin and Rahane have been great additions to the young side with their experience.
The Little Master's new hairdo seems to be making more waves than his IPL performance.
West Indies legend Viv Richards, on Thursday, said India have a 'lot of ground to cover' in terms of winning series overseas but hoped they will have the last laugh in the ongoing duel in Australia.
Mumbai Indians will be keen to get their IPL campaign back on track when they face an upbeat Kings XI Punjab in a crucial away game, in Mohali on Tuesday.
Mumbai Indians' all-rounder Krunal Pandya is a big fan of swashbuckling cricketer Yuvraj Singh and idolises the Punjab all-rounder who is playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad this IPL season.
If Rahane's side can go 2-1 up and ensure the retention of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, it will be one of the finest hours in the history of Indian cricket
'I think it is great opportunity for every single country look into its own backyards and think the way they want to play cricket and for what we stand for, including the Australians. Otherwise this opportunity would go'
Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne, who will play his last Indian Premier League match against the Mumbai Indians on Friday, said it is only appropriate to end his IPL stint as a player against Tendulkar.
Domestic stalwart Ashok Malhotra, who is also the president of Indian Cricketers' Association (ICA), said that four months of Ranji Trophy in a bio-bubble was never going to be a sustainable idea.
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Former India skipper Mohammad Azharuddin on Monday slammed the Rising Pune Supergiants management for the manner in which Mahendra Singh Dhoni was removed from captaincy.
Warne wants India to experiment with their top-order in the upcoming home series against Australia, starting February 24 with the first T20.
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After registering a comprehensive victory over Kochi Tuskers Kerala to bring their IPL campaign back on track, a confident Rajasthan Royals team will be eyeing an upset win when they take on table-toppers Mumbai Indians in Jaipur on Friday.
Asked about his plan for David Warner, he said, "I was planning for him. I have seen the Delhi wicket; it was holding and keeping low. So I was trying to give him a single or two (and contain boundaries), mixing the pace and variation." "It has been very good. I have been working very hard since the domestic season. I have been working very hard with Adrian (Le Roux - KKR Trainer) and also on my bowling with Brad Hogg and some of the senior players. And if you can perform like this, you feel good," the 21-year old Chinaman spinner added. "They keep telling me about how to plan for various batsmen. During net sessions, they also keep telling me how to bowl to an attacking batsman or a defensive batsman. So that really helped me a lot," he said.
Keen to take the field after missing the first few Indian Premier League matches this season due to a knee injury, Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer Mitchell Starc expressed his desire to play against Chennai Super Kings, in Bangalore, on Wednesday.
As Shane Warne says a final goodbye to cricket, Manu Shankar salutes the Australian spin legend.
Inspired by former India captain Sourav Ganguly and Australia spin legend Shane Warne, 48-year-old Martin Crowe on Thursday announced his return to first-class cricket in a bid to score the 320 runs he needs to touch a tally of 20,000.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ravikant Chopra, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) PC Vaish, GM, Cricket Operations, Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) members Yashpal Sharma and Sunil Valson also took the charge on Monday after taking back their resignations.
Anil Kumble has decided to step down as the chief mentor of Mumbai Indians (MI) with immediate effect. The legendary spinner has been associated with Mumbai Indians since January 2013.
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Gilchrist made the comments after the IPL governing council proposed to have a dedicated "no-ball" umpire to reduce the number of howlers in the lucrative league.
Former Australian legend and Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne has strongly denied reports of involvement of a famous Australian cricketer in alleged fixing of Indian Premier League matches played in South Africa last year.
Kolkata Knight Riders, which finished at the bottom in the second edition of the Indian Premier League, named Dav Whatmore as its new coach, with Delhi Ranji coach Vijay Dahiya his deputy.
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'Good performance in any format is good because it is confidence.' 'The striking of the ball, when it hits the bat and creates that sound that to me is confidence.' 'So, that sound will give a lot of confidence and I feel if you are confident in any format that is what matters.'
Notwithstanding the dismal start to their campaign in IPL-9, Delhi Daredevils leg-spinner Amit Mishra has said his team remains "positive" and will employ an "aggressive" approach when it takes on Kings XI Punjab.
The cricketing fraternity has paid glorious tributes to just-retired Virender Sehwag with India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni leading from the front, comparing his destructive batting with that of legendary Viv Richards.
Dravid had defended himself saying he has taken leave of absence from India Cements and he has nothing to do with the Chennai Super Kings. As per Rule 38 (4) of BCCI constitution, no individual can hold more than one post at the same time.
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Former India captain Sourav Ganguly sees nothing wrong in Salman Khan bringing the glamour quotient to India's table for the upcoming Olympics.
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