Rohit Sharma: A batting colossus among ODI openers
The century against South Africa in India’s ICC World Cup 2019 opener at Southampton was Rohit Sharma’s 23rd ODI century and 21st as an opener. It's quite astonishing how his fortunes...
World Cup 2019: Sri Lanka Beat Afghanistan By 34 Runs
Nuwan Pradeep and Lasith Malinga starred with the ball as Sri Lanka fought back to crush Afghanistan's hopes of a memorable World Cup victory on Tuesday. Afghanistan, bidding for just their second win...
ICC World Cup 2019: Indifferent Bhuvneshwar needs to make immediate impact for India
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has formed a terrific pace bowling pair with Jasprit Bumrah in the last couple of years they have played together for India. If you look at the numbers, a combined tally of 99...
ICC World Cup 2019: Pakistan bounce back from galling defeat to victory vs England
Pakistan could have surrendered to the pre-match hype. They didn’t. England too could have given up when they were 118 for 4 in the 22nd over – still 231 runs adrift with Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin...
World Cup 2019: Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer Star As England Thrash South Africa In Opener
World Cup 2019 hosts England defeated South Africa in the tournament opener by 104 runs. South Africa's chase took a hit when Hashim Amla had to retire hurt after being hit by a quick Jofra Archer's...
England have raised World Cup expectations, now it is time to meet them
Of course it rained. Of course, after weeks of dry weather, it started to rain the moment the World Cup launch party in the Mall was due to start. It didn't feel like the perfect omen. There is an...
ICC World Cup 2019: Can Shikhar Dhawan make his bat talk once again?
A batsman like Shikhar Dhawan is often underrated in a team that consists of two ODI batting stalwarts like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. What the duo has achieved over the last few years has changed...
ICC World Cup 2019: India’s debutants to watch out for
The ICC World Cup 2019 is going to be the first ever World Cup for all Indian players except the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni and Mohammad Shami, who have already...
KL Rahul’s century the biggest positive – Kohli
Regardless of it coming in a warm-up match, KL Rahul's century against Bangladesh has likely put him in the front of the queue for the No. 4 slot in the India middle order after captain Virat Kohli said...
ICC World Cup 2019: How important are Kuldeep and Chahal to India’s success?
With the tracks in England heavily skewed in favour of batsmen, bowlers are expected to have a pretty hard time while containing runs during the World Cup. So, it becomes pretty important for teams to...