Ajit Laxman Wadekar, the aggressive left-handed captain and former Indian cricket captain, passed away at the Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai on August 15 after suffering from prolonged illness. Because of his failing health, he was admitted in the hospital for several days. Some of the finest hours in Indian cricket happened when India secured its first overseas win over England back in 1971. It was Ajit Wadekar who captained the Indian cricket team in [...]
Third Test Match, Day4: India have come back strongly in the series in the third test match after losing the first two games. In the third test match after Joe Root inserted India after winning the toss, the Indian batsmen made the most of the batting conditions which surprisingly were good just after the opening hour of the test. This is what you get with the English weather, one session it can be cloudy and gloomy [...]
Indian Cricket has never failed to enthral the cricket fanatic nation, where the game of is in itself a religion. Indian cricket made its debut in 1932, during the colonial rule against England at the ‘Mecca of Cricket’ The Lord’s. Since then, Indian cricket has been on the rise and has come to dominate the game, slowly and steadily the game captivated millions of Indians. From India’s memorable first Test victory against England at Chepauk [...]
Cricket is more than just a sport in India, it’s a religion. And our cricketers are more than just players, they are Gods. So, there’s no reason the top brands would not strive to rope them in for grand-scale product endorsements and huge mass reach. It not only benefits the brand, but the cricketers also get a boost in their popularity. Here are the trending cricketers and the brands they are endorsing: 1. Virat Kohli [...]
The year 2017 didn’t have too many major sporting spectacles lined up but still it has been an exciting year for sports in India. From Indian Cricket team establishing its dominance, Indian Football scaling new heights, to individual athletes like P V Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, and many more making the country proud with their accolades at international level, thus keeping the tricolour flying high in the year 2017. India is slowly but steadily making the [...]
Afghanistan cricket team is set to create a history on June 14, as the war-torn country ventures into the world of Test Cricket as a full-fledged International Cricket Council (ICC) member against India at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Afghanistan Cricket has traversed a long way in a short span of time from the formation of Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in 1995 to becoming a full-fledged ICC member nation in June 2017. Now, the [...]
The two months of cricketing extravaganza finally came to a thrilling end after Chennai Super Kings triumphed over a clinical Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final in front of thousands of fans inside the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. IPL has fast become a tournament where the seven teams keep competing against each other to play CSK in the finals. Jokes apart, CSK over the years has dominated the star-studded cricket tournament since its inception in [...]
Indian Premier League commonly known as the IPL is one of the biggest cricketing carnivals of India. It is a thrilling, exciting and speculating sporting events. The whole experience of any IPL match in India is fantastically loud and elating. The amalgamation of business tycoons, Bollywood celebrities, and cricket stars in this event is engrossing which makes it one of the most-viewed sporting events in the country. In the eliminator clash held between Kolkata Knight [...]
Chennai Super Kings are the indisputable king of the multi-billion sporting event Indian Premier League. Chennai Super Kings or CSK as it fondly known amongst its supporters made a return to the domestic T-20 cricket league after an exodus of two-years. In a tense first Qualifier between SunRisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings, CSK edged past SRH in a thrilling run chase, as Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led his team to its 7th final in nine years [...]
Indian Premier League is all set to begin in the first week of April. The 11th season of cricket extravaganza is geared up to enthrall millions of cricket fans all over the world. This year’s IPL will have 8 teams contesting to win the tournament, as first IPL winners Rajasthan Royal and two-time winners Chennai Super Kings will replace Gujarat Lions and Pune Supergiant. The former champions of IPL are making their comeback to [...]
