The concept of retiring a batter out is really starting to bed into T20 cricket with Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis contemplating walking off the field to allow the big-hitting Dinesh Karthik more time in the middle in their game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday. “If he [Karthik] keeps hitting sixes like that,
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Chennai Super Kings have finally played the perfect game, something they hadn’t done in a long time, but they are not going to get carried away about where this leaves their playoff chances. T20 bowling is more about knowing what not to bowl rather than what to bowl. We are entering a stage in this
Royal Challengers Bangalore 192 for 3 (du Plessis, 73*, Patidar 48, Suchith 2-30) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 125 (Tripathi 58, Hasaranga 5-18, Hazlewood 2-17) by 67 runs Virat Kohli bagged his third golden duck this IPL, but strong hands from Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar and Dinesh Karthik propelled Royal Challengers Bangalore to 192 for 3.
A question mark hangs over Sunday’s evening match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals after a member of the Capitals’ contingent has reportedly tested positive for Covid-19. ESPNcricnfo has learned that the entire team underwent a fresh round of PCR tests on Sunday morning and was asked by IPL authorities to stay in their
Ben Stokes, England’s new Test captain, has confirmed that Joe Root will move back to No. 4 in the order when the team returns to action against New Zealand next month. Root, Stokes’ predecessor who stood down after five years in the role, had moved up to No. 3 for England’s most-recent series, a 1-0
Bairstow, Rajapaksa keep the attack goingR Ashwin sent back Shikhar in the final over of the powerplay, with Buttler back-pedalling at mid-on, leaping high, and plucking the ball out of the air with his right hand. But Bairstow and Bhanuka Rajapaksa kept the attack on. Facing only his third ball, Rajapaksa smashed Yuzvendra Chahal for
Redemption is sweet. Exactly a month ago, Daniel Sams was crestfallen as Pat Cummins walloped him for 35 runs in an over enroute the joint-fastest IPL fifty (off 14 balls) to snatch a win away from the Mumbai Indians. The onslaught would consign Sams to the bench for the next two weeks. Now, in a
A belligerent century from Darren Stevens propelled Kent from 95 for 4 to 418 for 6 at stumps on the opening day of their four-day match against Sri Lanka’s Development XI in Canterbury. Stevens, the veteran allrounder who turned 46 on April 30, thumped 168 off just 142 balls – including 24 fours and five
Ben Stokes marked his first first-class innings since being appointed England captain with a breathtaking innings of 161 from 126 balls for Durham against Worcestershire at New Road, including five sixes in an over, and 17 all told – a new record for county cricket. Here’s how ESPNcricinfo recorded his return to action. 98.6Gibbon to
Mohammad Amir is back playing first-class cricket again. Two-and-a-half years after announcing the end of his Test career, the left-arm fast bowler is back in whites. Amir signed up with Gloucestershire county cricket club in England as a replacement for Naseem Shah and picked up his first wickets of the season on Thursday. Still only