By Prof. B.K. Viswanath Geoffrey Boycott was furious after England lost the second Test to India at Visakhapatnam on Monday Feb. 5th and he fused — “Bazball was a failure, a flop” and he lashed out at Brendon McCullum, the English coach and Ben Stokes, captain of the team. To cool down his outburst, one…
Chahal goes past Bumrah to become India’s leading wicket-taker in T20Is
March 13, 2021Yuzvendra Chahal yesterday became India’s leading wicket-taker in T20Is when he dismissed Jos Buttler during the first T20I against England in Ahmedabad. Chahal went past Jasprit Bumrah’s tally of 59 wickets and picked up his 60th, trapping Buttler LBW. Chahal now has 60 wickets from 46 T20Is at 24.75 and an economy rate of 8.34…
BCCI Annual Awards: Jasprit Bumrah honoured with Polly Umrigar and Dilip Sardesai Awards
January 13, 2020Indian pace ace Jasprit Bumrah was awarded the prestigious Polly Umrigar Award (2018-19) on Sunday at the BCCI Annual Awards in Mumbai. The Indian pacer, who had a fruitful 2018-19 season with Team India across all formats won the award for being the best international cricketer. Bumrah recently became the leading wicket-taker for India in…
ICC World Cup 2019: Bumrah, Shami bowl India to a thrilling 11-run win over Afghanistan
June 23, 2019Southampton: Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami held their nerves in crunch situation and executed their plans perfectly in the death overs to help see-off Afghanistan resistance and eventually beta them beat by 11 runs in a nail-biting encounter at The Rose Bowl Stadium in Southampton. Shami became the second Indian bowler in the history of…
Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah remain on top of ICC Rankings
February 5, 2019New Delhi: India’s stellar run in Australia and New Zealand is now reaping dividends. The Indian cricket team has now grabbed the second spot in the ICC One-Day International (ODI) rankings in which captain Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah have continued to top the respective charts for batsmen and bowlers. India have accumulated 122 points…
Jasprit shines as Mumbai beat Punjab
May 17, 2018Seamer Jasprit Bumrah snapped up three crucial wickets as defending champions Mumbai Indians kept their playoff hopes alive by notching up a thrilling three-run win over Kings XI Punjab in a crucial Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Wankhede last night. Chasing 187 to win, Rahul blasted 10 fours and three sixes in his…
Washington Sundar named in Indian T20 squad; Bumrah gets maiden Test call
December 5, 2017Indian skipper, Virat Kohli, who had been rested from the ODI series against Sri Lanka, has been rested for the T20 series too. In Kohli’s absence, Rohit Sharma will lead the Indian team in the limited-over format. For T20Is, three new faces – 18-year-old Tamil Nadu’s all-rounder Washington Sundar, Baroda batsman Deepak Hooda and Kerala…
Dr.(Capt.) K. Thimmappiah Memorial Cricket Tournament: Bumrah shines as Gujarat take control
August 4, 2017An excellent spell of fast bowling by pacer Jasprit Bumrah (four for 25) and ably assisted by Chintan Gaja (two for 36) and Aashav Panchal (two for 15), helped Gujarat CA to skittle out Punjab CA for a paltry 100 in 36.3 overs in their first innings and in reply had scored 137 for one…
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