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Overview Both these sides come into this match riding the crests of different waves. Punjab went to Chennai and stormed what is usually a fortress with a thrilling last-ball victory while chasing 200. Mumbai became the first team to successfully chase over 200 at the Wankhede Stadium, with their heavy hitters all contributing to ensure that Yashasvi Jasiwal’s magnificent 124 went in vain. But there’s a reason these teams are sixth and seventh in the table. Neither has been able to summon up any kind of consistency, and tremendous wins have been interspersed with insipid displays. Punjab have the sizeable…

Written by Vaibhav Tripathi Australia’s 15-month reign at the summit of the Men’s Test Rankings came to an end, as India ascended the throne in the latest ICC rankings update. According to the update, Australia slipped to the second position with 122 points, while India secured the top spot with 123 points. Incidentally, India had won the recent four-match Test series against Australia 2-1. This annual update of the rankings considers all completed series since May 2020, with series concluded prior to May 2022 given a weightage of 50%, while all subsequent series are weighed at 100%. The change in…



Written by Vaibhav Tripathi The Board of Control for Cricket in India, on Tuesday (May 2), invited applications for the position of India’s senior women’s team head coach. The deadline for receiving applications is May 10. The BCCI will subsequently shortlist the candidates and share it with the Ashok Malhotra-led Cricket Advisory Committee, which will conduct the interviews, as per the board’s constitution. As per the notice put up on the board’s website, the ideal candidate for the aforementioned position should have the following credentials: “Represented India or any other country at the international level, or should have a…

Before the Indian Premier League’s inaugural season, there was some disquiet about the possibility of heated, on-field skirmishes between Indian and Australian players. The Sydney Cricket Ground had been witness to Monkeygate just over three months earlier, and The Sydney Morning Herald, the country’s leading newspaper, had called Australia’s controversial victory “the ugliest performance put up by an Australian side for 20 years”. Peter Roebuck, their columnist, had gone further and accused Ricky Ponting, the Australian captain, of turning “a group of professional cricketers into wild dogs”. What happened in Sydney was hardly a one-off either. In 2003, Glenn McGrath…

In what ranks as a monumental achievement, Nepal secured a historic seven-wicket win against United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the final match of the ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2023 at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground on Tuesday. The victory earned them a place in the 2023 Asia Cup. Nepal will be in Group A, pitting them against India and Pakistan. Group B comprises Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Opting to bat first, UAE struggled to find their footing as they lost wickets regularly, eventually slumping to a below-par score of 117 in 33.1 overs. Asif Khan’s composed knock of…







Just a couple of months ago, when Australia and India were involved in a keenly-contested Test series, Cheteshwar Pujara and Steve Smith were on opposite sides. However, with Smith all set to join Sussex this week for a short County stint, the two cricketers will share the same dressing room. Although, in a few weeks time, the duo will again have to face each other when India take on Australia in the WTC final at Oval on June 7. Pujara, who is also the captain of Sussex, shared his thoughts on playing alongside Smith. “We have spoken, but most of…