Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable performances of IPL 2024
Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad said there are many 'laughable things' in Indian cricket and among them is the non-selection of Kerala spinner Jalaj Saxena.
Will Rahul Dravid, India's conservative coach, stay with the same eleven that defeated Pakistan?
Laxman accompanied Team India as its coach during its two T20I match series against Ireland,
Unlike the IPL, the wickets in the United States and the West Indies could be slow and could assist spinners. That could be why India went in for experience in their batting ahead of strike rates, points out Harish Kotian.
Both Jaiswal and du Plessis, the leading run-getters in IPL 2023 so far, are in scintillating form. While du Plessis is leading the scoring charts with 576 runs from 11 innings, including six half centuries and a best of 84, Jaiswal is a close second with 575 runs from 12 matches, which includes four fifties and a 124-run knock.
Did you enjoy Mayank Yadav's fiery spell against RCB?
IMAGES from the 2nd T20I played between India and Australia in Nagpur on Friday.
For his sheer 'dare and courage", Rishabh Pant should be a part of India's playing XI during the T20 World Cup, feels former Australian wicketkeeping great Adam Gilchrist.
RCB's openers gave the hosts the perfect start, before the middle order delivered once again to take the hosts to a defendable total. Cameos from Dinesh Karthik and Glenn Maxwell added the final flourish.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2024 after Game 37.
Images from the IPL 2024 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Table-toppers Rajasthan Royals need more from their fragile middle-order as they look to return to winning ways against an inconsistent but dangerous Royal Challengers Bangalore in Sunday's IPL match in Bengaluru.
'It is not that they are not good enough, but you want them for the other two formats, there is a World Cup coming next year, so you don't want to burden those players.'
Green pocketed just one wicket, but his tight overs put the necessary pressure on the DC scoreboard as the match slipped away from the visitors.
Chennai Super Kings will look to step up the pace in the middle overs and hope their inspirational skipper M S Dhoni takes the field despite a knee niggle against fierce rivals Royal Challengers Bangalore in the eagerly awaited Southern derby in the IPL, in Bengaluru, on Monday.
Can 2007 champions India finally end their 15-year title drought?
Left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz bowls a straight one, Jadeja wants to hit it out of the ground and level the scores.
'I am really sorry that it shouldn't happen again. I got a lot of stick from my wife and my mum for saying that'.
Virat Kohli was accused of 'fake fielding' by Bangladesh's wicketkeeper-batter Nurul Hasan.
India captain Rohit Sharma wants to give wicketkeeper batter Dinesh Karthik more time in the middle before the team heads Down Under for the T20 World Cup next month.
'Shahbaz is a small skinny guy, he can't hit it long but he can smash it a long way'
Shikhar Dhawan grooved with Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill to Farasat Anees's song BIBA, Je tu aankhiyan de saamne in a video posted on Tuesday.
The never-ending speculation surrounding Mahendra Singh Dhoni's retirement, Virat Kohli's 16-year-itch, the second chance that life has offered Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma's bleeding heart will make for intriguing sub-plots in the annual carnival called the Indian Premier League starting on Friday.
India were struggling at 81/4 in the 13th over when stand-in skipper Pant was dismissed for 17. It brought Karthik and Hardik together and the pair revived the Indian innings with a brisk partnership of 65 runs.
As the Indian think-tank ponders over its team combination ahead of the Pakistan clash, the legendary 73-year-old feels both could be accommodated.
Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson have been recalled to the squad while seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has not been included in the squad.
Hussain also lavished praise on Kohli after the maestro recorded his 48th ODI hundred in the seven-wicket win against Bangladesh.
Dinesh Karthik is enjoying the finisher's role, the 37-year-old said, after his breezy cameo helped secure India's 68-victory against West Indies in the first Twenty20 International on Friday.
Sachin Tendulkar, Sania, Mirza, Anil Kumble and Virat Kohli hailed Moon mission Chandrayaan-3's successful landing
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2024 after Game 31.
'If and when he gets an opportunity in these games, he has to do it with India colours on.' 'We know he has got the experience, so this becomes extremely vital.'
Hardik Pandya has quit Gujarat Titans to rejoin his former team Mumbai Indians, following a trade between the two franchises.
Australian batting great Ricky Ponting said Rishabh Pant's 'surprise' omission from India's playing XI in their Asia Cup opener against Pakistan shows the quality the team possesses heading into the World T20.
McCoy and Prasidh Krishna kept it tight at the death, Krishna in particular being being on the money with his yorkers and picking the important wickets of Dinesh Karthik and Wanindu Hasaranga in the same over.
'We celebrated Valentine's Day on this island of love by renewing the vows we took three years ago.'
Smriti Mandhana, on Tuesday received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
India's legend Sachin Tendulkar revealed his 'performance-based' best XI from IPL 2022, hailing Gujarat Titans' triumphant skipper Hardik Pandya as 'the standout captain this season'.
Dravid said that a call on DK's participation in the T20 World Cup match against Bangladesh will be taken on Wednesday,
Hardik led debutants Gujarat Titans to the IPL title and it is this leadership ability, which has propelled him to the captaincy of the Indian team for the two-match T20I series against Ireland later this month.
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