McCullum

McCullum Proves a Point by Winning Headingley’s Second Investec Test Match

 June 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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New Zealand captain had to swallow his pride after holding an upper hand on first three days of first Investec Test match at Lords. When New-Zealand lost in dramatic circumstances over the last two days, McCullum was confident that his team could still win playing in the same manner. He was proved right in the […]

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McCullum New Zealand

Despite the Loss, Magnanimous McCullum Stands Tall at Mecca of Cricket

 May 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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New Zealand might have lost the first test at Lords but one man, who remained the focus of everyone’s attention, was Brendon McCullum. He flew into England after playing nearly 40 days of T20 cricket in the sweltering summer heat of tropical Indian cities and transformed himself to the needs of classical test cricket. It […]

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England test match

Ben Stokes emerges as the hero in England test match victory against New Zealand

 May 26, 2015   John Welsh

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When a team amasses a total of 523 in their first innings to lead by 134 runs, they should not expect to face defeat in a test match, but that’s exactly what happened to the New Zealand cricket team in the first test match at Lords when facing England. Kane Williamson had registered 132 of […]

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IPL Win

Magical Mumbai Transform Magnificent Turnaround into Their Second IPL Win

 May 25, 2015   R K Gupta

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In virtually a repeat of their qualifier performance against CSK on May 19, Mumbai Indians finished the mid-tournament gear-shift with an emphatic win over the powerful Chennai Super Kings. Before the start of the title game at Kolkata’s iconic Eden Gardens on Sunday, there were raised eyebrows, when CSK skipper chose to field against a […]

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IPL Title

After Crushing Royals in Eliminator, RCB Wilt Under CSK Pressure in Second Qualifier; Now Chennai Meet Mumbai for IPL Title on Sunday

 May 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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It was literally a case of blow-hot one day and blow-cold on another. Despite early stutter, RCB batted powerfully after winning the toss in Pune’s Eliminator match against a side, which recorded five consecutive victories to begin the 2015 IPL season. And when, no one doubted their place in play-offs, RR lost their way. Bangalore […]

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Final of IPL-8

Great All-Round Show from Mumbai Against CSK Take Them to the Final of IPL-8

 May 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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In what turned out to be a controlled all-round performance, Mumbai sailed into the IPL final by comprehensively beating Chennai Super Kings. Beginning with Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel’s solid opening partnership that followed Kieron Pollard’s sledgehammer batting, Mumbai finished with a challenging 187/6 at the end of 20 overs. When Chennai came on to […]

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Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Edge Out Bangalore for the Second Spot in the Points’ Table after Rains Forced Abandonment of RCB-DD Match and MI Steamrolled SRH

 May 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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Match nos. 55 and 56 on Sunday were crucial for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians for the second place in the Points’ Table. For yet another time, RCB suffered due to rains in Bangalore as their match against Delhi Daredevils had to be abandoned while Mumbai produced a forceful bowling performance to outclass Sunrisers […]

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Watson Rajasthan Royals

Watson’s All-Round Display Ejects KKR from Play-offs at Mumbai on Saturday

 May 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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It could have been a lot easier for Rajasthan Royals, if they had not yielded a bundle of extras after batting marvelously earlier on. There was a bug in their bowling performance as they allowed KKR to come within 9 runs after scoring 199. RR skipper Steven Smith won the toss and rightly elected to […]

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IPL CSK

Chennai Finish as Table Toppers with a Thumping Victory over the Hapless KXIP

 May 19, 2015   R K Gupta

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It wasn’t much of the contest at the end as CSK dictated terms to Kings XI Punjab in their last IPL fixture. KXIP must be more relieved than disappointed as they had already gone out of the play-off race. After a bombastic performance last year, when they had finished runners-up to Kolkata Knight Riders at […]

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IPL Match

RCB Got Two Lucky Points After 52nd IPL Match Could be Played at Hyderabad

 May 19, 2015   R K Gupta

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Royal Challengers Bangalore is the one IPL team, to whom the rains have given relentless chase, wherever they have gone this season. In the fixture against Rajasthan Royals, they lost the opportunity of defending 200 and two of their matches were reduced to 10 overs. On Friday, rain almost threw them out of the competition […]

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