Cricket 365

After yet another eventful week in the cricketing world, which saw some groundbreaking headlines, I’m here with another installment of the “This Week in Cricket” series; which from now on will be covering all major and minor headlines from the bygone week, all put into one. Here’s all you need to know to stay in touch with the cricketing world right now.   Virat Kohli to step down from iT20 and IPL captaincy: As previously speculated by the Times of India, Virat Kohli is indeed stepping down from captaincy from the shortest format of the game. The 32-year-old took to Instagram to reveal it himself and thanked the BCCI officials for giving him the opportunity to lead the side for almost 5 years. Virat disclosed that arriving to the decision was tough and it took quite some time but following a lot of contemplating and discussions with head coach Ravi Shastri and vice-captain Rohit Sharma, he decided to step down as India’s iT20 captain post the T20 World Cup which is to be held ...

While millions of fans await the arrival of the T20 bonanza, the world of cricket saw some monumental shifts. While it was difficult for me to write individually dedicated articles on all of those topics, I decided to write a separate article, clubbing all those major newsworthy events from the last week or so under one umbrella. Here’s all you need to know to stay in touch with the cricketing world. India’s 5 th Test Match against England gets canceled due to covid worries : While the fate of the enthralling red-ball series hung in the balance, fans and experts alike were greatly disappointed when news came out that India had ‘ forfeited’ the last test match as the team’s senior physiotherapist Yogesh Parmar had contracted the covid-19. The players, who were traveling with their families were greatly worried about their safety and thus the team management had to take the bold step of forfeiting the game and ending the series in a draw of 2-2. But in an interesting turn of events ...

After a humbling defeat in the third test, India needed a collective team performance in order to stay alive in the series. Questionable choices in the playing XI raised a lot of doubts in the minds of experts and fans alike, but the team replied to all those criticisms in the best way possible: on the field. Not many expected India to bounce back, let alone in such an emphatic way after the visitors were given a lead of 99-runs. Yet somehow, with their backs against the wall, they fought their way through adversity and scripted a historic win at the Oval in a match filled with drama, passion and high-quality cricket. How did it all unfold? Read the full article to find out just how.   Playing XI: India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Umesh Yadaav. England: Rory Burns, Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ollie Pope, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Mo...