Cricket 365

  The Indian Premier League is perhaps the biggest and the most extravagant T20 cricketing carnival in the world. Cricketing names from all over the world drop in their names every year to be a part of it in hopes of becoming a larger than life athlete whilst also earning a fortune in the process. Such an event of gigantic proportions calls for a yearly auction where the the players are bought by the interested franchises. This year, the IPL auctions will be held on the 18th of February.  With the list of the released players out, the teams would look forward to bolster their squad with the most suitable players according to their talent pools and financial capacity, so as to have a perfectly balanced squad with suffecient variety and quality.  Here is a list of 8 such foreign players who surely are in the "most-wanted" list of the aforementioned franchises. 1. MITCHELL STARC - What can I say about Mitch Starc that one doesn't know? He's perhaps the biggest name in th...

  Rarely do you see people gathering around watching test cricket with so much interest and hype. One could feel the nervousness in the air and cut the tension with a knife as each and every ball was bowled. The anticipation of billions of fans grew as the final match went down the wire. You could feel millions of silent prayers hoping India somehow, in some way, manages to pull out a miracle. Somehow, they manage to breach the Australian fortress, somehow they manage to overpower their pace attack and somehow, become immortal in the history books.  How did it all unfold? Read the full article to find out just how. Playing XI : India had to make several changes because of the ongoing injury crisis in the Indian camp with Jadeja, Bumrah, Ashwin and Vihari being unavailable. Mayank Agarwal and Shardul Thakur were back in the side as T Natarajan and Washington Sundar made their debuts. Australia was forced to replace Pucovski who was out with an injury with Marcus Harris.  A...

  Crores of cricket fans were glued to the edge of their seats till the very last ball of the 3rd Test Match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was bowled as this match really went down the wire. All 22 players gave it their absolute best for 5 complete days of enthrilling cricket, creating a historical test match in the process. How did it all unfold? Well read the entire article to know more. Playing XI : The hosts made two changes as previously injured David Warner was back in the playing XI ahead of Joe Burns and Will Pucovski was making his debut in place of Travis Head. The visitors had made a couple of changes as well. Rohit Sharma was back in action after missing out on 2 months of cricket, replacing Mayank Agarwal and Navdeep Saini was making his debut ahead of an injured Umesh Yadaav. 1st Innings : THE "BROTHERS OF DESTRUCTION" GIVE THE INDIAN BOWLERS A TOUGH TIME Opting to bat first after winning the toss, Australia had a decent start to their innings despite the early ...

  What Makes a Good Leader Great? Their ability to lead by example, back their side when they're underperforming, motivate and inspire them to give their best whilst also appreciating the collective and individual efforts put in.   India are currently very well settled with Virat Kohli leading the squad in all the three formats of the game, and Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane to back him up in ODIs/T20s and Tests respectively. All great things must come to an end and despite being one of the best captains of all time, Virat Kohli may someday have to step down as the captain. The 2023 Cricket World Cup may be the last mega event led by King Kohli or his companions as the BCCI would look forward to invest in players who can lead the team in the future events. Despite that, there are a few players in the current batch of cricketers who may have what it takes to be India's "Next Big Captain". Here's a list of 5 such players. 5. SHREYAS IYER - Shreyas Iyer was the ans...