Stay updated with the latest swing-bowling news, articles, and insights from trusted sources. Explore in-depth coverage and expert analysis on swing-bowling topics.
NEW DELHI: Two captains - Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer - will be eyeing their first points of IPL 2026 when Gujarat Titans take on Punjab Kings in Mullanpur on Tuesday.For Gill, India's Test and ODI skipper, the season presents a big opportunity to reassert his place in T20 cricket. Despite being named T20I vice-captain at one stage, a dip in form saw him miss out on the T20 World Cup squad - a tournament India eventually went on to win. As a result, the spotlight will firmly be on how he adapt ...Read More >
Guwahati, Mar 30: A day ahead of the Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings clash at the Assam Cricket Association (ACA) Stadium, doubts loomed over a rain-hit contest. Little changed on match day. On Monday, persistent rain continued to dampen hopes among Indian Premier League (IPL) fans as the countdown ticked towards the first of Guwahati's three scheduled matches this season. But once the first ball was bowled and the galleries roared, it was Rajasthan Royals all the way. Exhibiting excep ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former India left-arm fast bowler Irfan Pathan praised seam-bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur for his contributions playing a vital hand in Mumbai Indians beating Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets in IPL 2026, adding that he doesn't get intimidated, even when batters are attacking him. At the Wankhede Stadium, Thakur returned figures of 3-39 to be named player of the match as five-time champions MI got off to a winning start and broke their 14-year jinx ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Adelaide Strikers secured a thrilling three-wicket win over Sydney Sixers in the fourth match of the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL) 2025-26 season. Jamie Overton was named Player of the Match for his outstanding all-round performance.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!With this victory, the Strikers climb to third in the BBL standings with two points, while the Sixers, suffering consecutive defeats, remain at seventh.Batting first, Sydney Sixers posted 159/9 ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Shubman Gill's struggle against straight deliveries is an area of concern, former national batting coach Sanjay Bangar said on Wednesday. The opener has scored just 32 runs in three games in the ongoing T20I series against South Africa. However, what worries Bangar more than the total runs is Gill's strike rate, which dips noticeably against deliveries pitched on a straight line.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Speaking on Game Plan on JioStar, Bangar exp ...Read More >
Mumbai: With the Indian Premier League introducing a stricter rule for overseas players barring them from entering the following mini auction if they skipped the mega auction, only a limited set of international stars are available for Tuesday's auction at Abu Dhabi. The IPL introduced the rule to curb manipulation by overseas players i.e. getting a bigger purse at the mini auction because of the limited pool of players in the fray. As a consequence, at this mini auction there will be a lot of ...Read More >
Dimapur, Oct 26: Young Pradosh Ranjan Paul completed his maiden double-century while upcoming left-arm pacer Gurjapneet Singh took a hat-trick as Tamil Nadu took a firm grip of their Ranji Trophy Group A match against Nagaland, here Sunday. The 24-year-old left-handed Pradosh, batting at the overnight score of 156, resumed from where he left to score an unbeaten 201 off 314 deliveries. His knock was studded with 23 boundaries. Tamil Nadu skipper Sai Kishore declared the innings at 512 for 3 in ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: In the first ODI between Australia and India, Mitchell Starc made an immediate impact by dismissing Virat Kohli for an eight-ball duck. However, the most talked-about moment of his spell wasn't Kohli's dismissal, but a delivery to Rohit Sharma that sent social media into a frenzy. Starc's very first ball to the Indian captain was initially shown on the speed gun as 176.5 kmph, potentially the fastest ever recorded in ODI history.The figure, however, was a clear error. Other broadcaste ...Read More >
Kolkata: The return of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to international cricket lasted 22 balls in all as India endured a poor start to their white-ball tour of Australia. It was a seven-wicket defeat in the first ODI which had to be curtailed to a 26-over affair owing to four rain interruptions at Perth on Sunday. Both sides wanted to bowl first in damp conditions on a pitch that had very little grass. Mitchell Marsh won the toss to put India into bat and it turned out to be a grim outing for the ...Read More >
A superb six-wicket haul by Devendra Singh Bora and composed batting from Prashant Chopra and skipper Kunal Chandela helped Uttarakhand fight back strongly against Bengal on Day 3 of their Ranji Trophy Group C clash on Friday. Resuming at 274 for 6, Bengal were bowled out for 323, thanks largely to Bora's fiery spell that fetched him career-best figures of 6 for 79. The right-arm seamer struck twice in quick succession in the morning session, removing overnight batter Sumanta Gupta for 82, and ...Read More >
Mysuru/Bengaluru: Hours after IT-BT minister Priyank Kharge Wednesday shared a video of a phone call in which an unidentified man, claiming affiliation with RSS, allegedly abused him in Hindi, home minister G Parameshwara said the govt has ordered an investigation. "We will find out who threatened the minister. We will identify the source," Parameshwara said. "A minister has the right to share his opinions. Threatening him for this is unacceptable. Action will be taken. Though tracking callers i ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 15: Out-of-favour India pacer Mohammed Shami grabbed three wickets in four balls in the fag end of the day to help Bengal bundle out Uttarakhand for 213 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C fixture, here Wednesday. In reply, Bengal made a jittery start as captain and India Test hopeful Abhimanyu Easwaran was dismissed in the first ball. The hosts ended the day at 8 for 1 in five overs, with Sudip Chatterjee (1 batting) and Sudip Kumar Gharami (7 batting) seeing t ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 15 (PTI) Out-of-favour India pacer Mohammed Shami grabbing three wickets in four balls in the fag end of the day to help Bengal bundle out Uttarakhand for 213 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C fixture, here Wednesday. In reply, Bengal made a jittery start as captain and India Test hopeful Abhimanyu Easwaran was dismissed in the first ball. The hosts ended the day at 8 for 1 in five overs, with Sudip Chatterjee (1 batting) and Sudip Kumar Gharami (7 batting) se ...Read More >
Mumbai, October 14: India head coach Gautam Gambhir has said that there could have been a better pitch on offer at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, the venue for their seven-wicket win over the West Indies to complete a 2-0 series sweep. Gambhir also urged for pitches to be made which offer assistance to fast bowlers and carry through to the keeper, especially with India boasting a quality pace attack in Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, alongside Prasidh Krishna and Akash Deep being next in line. IND ...Read More >
Mumbai, October 6: The biggest concern heading into the India-Pakistan clash at the R Premadasa Stadium was the threat of rain, which had earlier washed out the Australia-Sri Lanka match. But the weather gods stayed kind, allowing a full contest in which India reaffirmed their dominance over Pakistan with a commanding 88-run victory in the 2025 Women's World Cup on Sunday. India Women Led By Harmanpreet Kaur Avoids Handshake With Pakistan Women Cricketers After IND-W vs PAK-W ICC Women's World C ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Fast bowlers Mohammed Siraj (4/38) and Jasprit Bumrah (3/41) led a clinical bowling display as India dismissed West Indies for 162 in 44.1 overs on day one of the first Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday. Electing to bat first on a green pitch West Indies were 90/5 at lunch, and are now bowled out by tea break taken early. Siraj set the tone for a dominating bowling performance from India as he picked three of the first four wickets to fall for the W ...Read More >
AHMEDABAD: India will switch back to Test cricket mode, after a dramatic Asia Cup Twenty20 triumph ended in bizarre circumstances, when they take on a depleted West Indies side in the opening match of their two-Test series starting on Thursday. India say they were denied the chance to lift the Asia Cup trophy after it was removed from the presentation ceremony over their refusal to accept it from Asian Cricket Council chairman and Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday. The players, ...Read More >
The skipper also acknowledged that some of the players, including him, got very little time to switch gears after a gruelling but title-winning Asia Cup T20 campaign that ended on Sunday in Dubai. India Test captain Shubman Gill on Wednesday indicated that the team is moving away from its preference for rank turners in home games and would looking to play on tracks that "offer assistance to both batters and bowlers". In a press conference on the eve of the Test series against West Indies, Gill ...Read More >
New Delhi: Veteran Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has confirmed his participation in the upcoming International League T20 (ILT20) season, registering for the inaugural player auction with the highest base price on offer. Ashwin, who recently announced his retirement from international cricket and the Indian Premier League, has set his base price at $120,000 (approximately ₹99 lakh). According to ESPNcricinfo, this is the top bracket for any player in the first-ever ILT20 auction, sche ...Read More >
Punjab bowling coach Gagandeep Singh has discussed Arshdeep Singh's impatience over missing India's Test XI. Punjab's bowling coach Gagandeep Singh has revealed that Arshdeep Singh was getting impatient as he couldn't find a place in India's playing XI in the recent Test series against England, as all other pacers managed at least one match, with Anshul Kamboj even flown in later. A Test debut for Arshdeep was not to be, as he warmed the bench for the entirety of the England tour. Ace India pa ...Read More >
IND vs ENG: India's Test squad faces a medical emergency! With the series hanging by a thread at 2-1, Team India has been forced to call up Anshul Kamboj as multiple injury concerns threaten their Manchester hopes. Arshdeep Singh's hand injury requiring 10 days recovery has triggered a selection reshuffle that could reshape India's bowling attack at Old Trafford. What happened? During a routine training session before the crucial 4th Test, Arshdeep Singh suffered a deep cut to his hand that req ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Indian middle-order batter Ajinkya Rahane shared some captaincy tips for t skipper Shubman Gill and backed left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav's inclusion in the fourth Test against England at Manchester, starting July 23. Rahane was speaking in a Q&A session on his YouTube channel. Also Read | WCL 2025 Points Table Updated With Net Run Rate: Check Latest Team Standings and Leaderboard of World Championship of Legends Season Two. Speaking on which ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 18 (UNI) In view of the ongoing heavy rains in Hyderabad, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed all concerned departments to stay on high alert and ensure swift response to public grievances. The Chief Minister instructed officials from GHMC, HMDA, Water Works, Electricity, and Police departments to work in close coordination to prevent any rain-related disruptions. He also emphasised the need for immediate action in areas facing waterlogging, power outages, or other rain- ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif has weighed in on finger taping after a costly dropped catch in the ongoing Test series against England. According to Kaif, excessive taping could be doing more harm than good -- dulling a fielder's natural grip. India's catching has been a major concern in the series. The hosts spilled as many as eight chances in the series opener which proved costly as they lost the match by 5 wickets. Ollie Pope was dropped on 60 and w ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Freida Pinto is all set to star in streaming giant Netflix's upcoming series "Unaccustomed Earth," an adaptation of the Jhumpa Lahiri short story collection. Pinto will play Parul Chaudhury in the series, which was originally announced in April. As previously reported, Netflix has commissioned eight episodes, reports variety.com. The official tagline for the show states that it is "an epic, soapy, and culturally vibrant drama about a tight-knit Indian A ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif has shared his assessment of Shubman Gill's captaincy during the ongoing Test series against England, highlighting how toss outcomes have influenced match results. He advised Gill to follow ex-skipper Virat Kohli's approach: "Win the toss and bat; put runs on the board." In the five-match series, Gill has lost all three tosses so far. India batted first in two of those matches and chased in one. Their only defeat came in t ...Read More >
Kannur (Kerala) | Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Tuesday said that the government would not allow the "blending of religion with education" and reiterated that there would be no change in the revised school timings. Under the revised timetable, high school students (classes 8 to 10) will spend an extra 15 minutes in the morning and another 15 minutes in the afternoon on each working day except Fridays to help schools reach the required 1,100 instructional hours per year. How ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 15: Mitchell Starc may have stolen the show with a fiery spell in Jamaica, but the veteran Australian pacer admitted that the Test match felt uncomfortable for him though certainly not when he had the ball in hand, as per ESPNcricinfo. Starc's performance gave plenty of reasons to talk, he claimed a triple-wicket opening over, reached the 400-wicket milestone, and bagged his career-best figures with the pink ball, 6/9. WI vs AUS 3rd Test 2025: Australia Pacer Mitchell Starc Smashes ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 14: Former India spinner Anil Kumble stressed that the partnership between KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant is really crucial to India's hopes of chasing down the target on a tricky fifth-day pitch at Lord's. After off-spin bowling all-rounder Washington Sundar used his drift and accuracy well to pick a brilliant 4-22 and end England's second innings at 192 in 62.1 overs, India embarked on a chase of 193 to go 2-1 up in the five-match series. Will It Rain in London During IND vs ENG 3rd Te ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 12 (PTI) KL Rahul was clinical in his approach and played a mature knock to thwart the challenge posed by the England bowlers, especially pacer Jofra Archer, on the second day of the third Test at Lord's, said former India captain Anil Kumble. Rahul, who scored a century in the first Test, struck his second fifty of the tour -- an unbeaten 53 off 113 balls -- to keep the England quicks at bay even as he lost partners regularly. Also Read | Dukes Balls Controversy: Here's What Crick ...Read More >
Stay updated with the latest None news, articles, and insights from trusted sources. Explore in-depth coverage and expert analysis on None topics.