Can Kohli And Rohit win it for India?  Welcome to part I, where we will discuss India's T20 batting lineup for the upcoming 2021 WT20. Disclaimer: These are my personal opinions. Feel free to drop your views in the comments section!  India now has an unbeaten streak of 10 games heading into the final T20i against Australia. With the World Cup coming up next year in India, the hosts - alongside England - will be one of the firm favorites to lift the cup. A squad of 15 will most likely be announced with eight spots up for grab in the batting department.   These are my eight pl ..read more

Welcome to part 2 of the Lockdown Series. Today, we will discuss the current best XI in ODI Cricket. Disclaimer: Only International statistics will be analyzed.   1) Rohit Sharma - A is a must include in the current ODI XI. Averaging 49.27 in 217 innings with 43 50s, 29 100s, and three 200s, Rohit Sharma enjoys mindblowing numbers any batsman would dream having. His most famous records include five centuries in a single World Cup edition, the most amount of double centuries in the format, and the highest score in the format (264).  2) Johnny Bairstow - Post the ..read more

Welcome to the Lockdown Series where we go through the all-time and current best playing XIs. Today is Part 1 where we go through the all-time T20 XI. Disclaimer: Both International and Domestic cricket statistics will be of equal importance. 1) Chris Gayle  Aka Universe Boss the GOAT. This man needs no introduction. He is the Bradman of T20 Cricket, an unparalleled six-hitter, and a century-maker. A powerful hitter at the top, Gayle is a force to reckon with once he settles in. He has a jaw-dropping record of 22 100s in T20 cricket, and the next best is only 8 by Micheal Klinger! H ..read more

Can the Delhi Capitals break the finals jinx? Let's see! Delhi, the capital of India, has been the most happening city in India in the past year. AAP swept the legislative elections, and the dangerous smog caused a lot of harm to the Delhites. Cricket too has its share of change amidst this chaos. While the Ranji Trophy team seems to be degrading in quality day by day, the franchise team, Delhi Capitals, appears to be moving up the ranks. It was way back in 2012 when the Delhi Capitals, then called "Delhi Daredevils", had topped the points table in the league stage only to crash out and ..read more

It has been long since KKR reached an IPL final ! Will they do it this time around?? "Korbo lorbo jeetbo re, korbo lorbo re jeetbo re, jeetbo re." This theme song won the Kolkata Knight Riders the title in 2012 and 2014, but those victories were more than five years ago. Then, it was Gautam Gambhir's invincible army that had clinched two titles within three seasons. Ever since the 2014 victory against the Kings XI Punjab in the finals, the unit has managed to reach the playoffs on three of the five occasions. However, KKR could never apply the finishing touches to a strong IPL campaign ..read more

The Defending Champions would like to make it 5 IPL victories in the last 8 seasons "He's done it! He has done it! Lasith Malinga, the hero! Mumbai Indians have done it again! Four-time champions of the Vivo IPL! Four victories over CSK this season!" This is what Ian Bishop had to say on-air as the defending champions clinched their fourth title in the most dramatic way possible. Vivo IPL 2019 witnessed a scintillating season for the Mumbai Indians. With even better changes made to the squad for the 2020 IPL season, we can all expect the Mumbai Paltan to defend its title.  Head ..read more

It might be the last season for MSD and many players in the Chennai franchise. They would like to end their IPL career on a good note.  The dad's army is what they call them: the Chennai Super Kings. The three-times champions, eight-times finalist, and ten-times semi-finalist did not have much to do this time around in the 2020 IPL auction. After the heartbreaking loss in the 2019 IPL finals, by one run, the Chennai franchise has released - Sam Billings, David Willey, Mohit Sharma, Dhruv Shorey and Chaitanya Bishnoi - 5 players in total. No structural changes took plac ..read more

Virat Kohli is still on the quest of a maiden IPL Trophy. Will he win it this time around? Let's see! "Yeah, very happy. To be fair, pretty much went according to plan." Mike Hesson, RCB's Director of Cricket Operations, made this statement after the auctions, conducted on the 19th of December in Kolkata, had concluded. Heading into the auction, the RCB management had as much as 27.1 crores in their pocket. With new structural changes made- Hesson as the Director Cricket Operations and Simon Katich as the Head Coach- and as many as 12 players released - including midseason replaceme ..read more

.       India recently beat West Indies in the t20i series 3-0. After an emotional exit from the World Cup semi-finals, Virat Kohli urges the team and the fans to move on. Kohli has made it very clear that his next objective is the WT20 in 2020. The preparations have already begun with youngsters being tried out in the ongoing series against West Indies. With the likes of Bumrah, Shami, Bhuvi, Chahal, Kuldeep, and Hardik, the bowling looks more or less sorted. They even have strong reserve players in speedster Navdeep Saini and the wicket-taking Khaleel Ahmed. It is the batt ..read more

After seven weeks and 48 matches, we finally know our winner of the ICC 2019 Cricket World Cup, in what was arguably the best ODI of all time. A super over was played, and even then the two teams couldn't be separated in the deciding over. Ultimately, England was declared the winner in the most bizarre manner, with more number of boundaries scored. We got to see some exceptional performances throughout the tournament, and in today's blog, I will give my best playing for the 2019 World Cup.  1# Rohit Sharma - I don't need to give any explanation to why he has kept in my playing XI. Wit ..read more