Former England captain Michael Vaughan, usually a strong critic of India, has showered praise on Washington Sundar for his magnificent match-changing knock in the fourth and final Test against England at Motera in Ahmedabad.
Ahead of the upcoming T20 series against England, KL Rahul shared a charming photo of himself on social media.
Devdutt Padikkal pasted his name in the record books by becoming the first Indian batsman to record four consecutive centuries in List A cricket. The left-hander, playing for Karnataka, scored a magnificent 101 off 119 deliveries in the 2nd Quarter-Final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy against Kerala at the Palam A ground in Delhi.
We are asking our CricketNext readers to make their own Report Card from the series and rate the performances of the Indian players.
A rusty Indian women's cricket team will be seeking some rhythm in the second ODI against South Africa in Lucknow on Tuesday after being outplayed by the visitors in the series-opener.
Yuvraj Singh hammered Stuart Broad for six consecutive sixes in the 19th over of the Indian innings in their World T20 fixture against England in Durban on the 19th of September, 2007. It is one of the most destructive performances by an Indian batsman in T20I cricket.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday decided to close down offices at its headquarters in Lahore after a senior official tested positive for COVID-19. The PCB decided to adopt a safety first approach soon after the official tested positive and asked its employees to work from home.
In a big blow to England, pacer Jofra Archer might not be able to start for the T20I series against India, after suffering an elbow issue. Archer had missed the fourth Test against India due to the same issue. "Jofra's elbow did flare up a little bit and the medical staff are managing that at the moment. Obviously, we'll monitor his progress. The medical staff are talking about how we deal with this long term," Silverwood said during a virtual press conference.
While women's cricket was on the surge until last year, Covid- 19 took a big hit on it. Indian women's team played their first match in over a year on Sunday against South Africa. But on the occasion of International Women's Day, the ICC announced the expansion of women's cricket events post 2023 cycle.
R Ashwin and Axar Patel were the biggest match-winners for India in their 3-1 series triumph against England. Rohit Sharma showed his class at the top of the order scoring tough runs when most of the other batsmen failed while Rishabh Pant enhanced his reputation as a genuine match-winner with the bat in the lower-order.
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Dhawan, who was missing in the Test series, joined the team for the upcoming T20I and ODI series against England.
Sundar's innings was one of the chief reasons for India's emphatic win in Ahmedabad.
Regarded as one of the most successful captains in limited-overs cricket, Dhoni remains the only skipper to have won the ODI, T20I World Cup and a Champions Trophy.
As the world celebrates women's day, team India skipper Virat Kohli took out time to wish special women in his life, and all women in the world.
Harmanpreet Kaur is one of India's finest women cricketers and a legend in limited over's cricket. She has played 100 ODIs for the country and scored 2412 runs at an average of 34.95 and strike rate of 69.27 including three hundreds and 11 fifties.
Team India will fly to the UK in the first week of June for the ICC World Test Championship final, and will undergo a 14-day quarantine, similar to what they did in Australia, according to a report in the Times of India. With Lord's no longer in contention to host the match, the name that is cropping up is of the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, that has the Hilton Hotel in the stadium premises.
In the last two series against Australia and England, Rishabh Pant has earned himself a few fans and former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq is one of them. The latter feels that he is watching a left-handed version of Virender Sehwag bat, when Pant is at the crease.
In the aftermath of PSL getting cancelled, it has come to light that a non-playing member of one of the franchises, who tested positive for Covid-19 was allowed to exit the bio-bubble and fly back to Lahore, instead of quarantining. As per a report on ESPNCricinfo, the official departed from Karachi only on the second day of testing positive.
Pietersen cracked a quick fire 17-ball 42 to help England chase down Bangladesh’s 114-run target with 36 balls to spare.
What was a distraction ended up being an inspiration and a motivation. For the Indian team, getting to the final of the World Test Championship was a byproduct of playing the brand of cricket they have over the last few years. And yet, when the first Test against England was lost, the World Test Championship came into focus.
England skipper displayed great sportsmanship and congratulated Team India on Twitter.Before we say goodbye to the first week of March, let’s take a look back at everything new that arrived on Netflix over the past seven days. As per usual, the first day of the month brought a load of great licensed content, enough to keep you going throughout the week on its own. But the next few days then served up a lot of must-see original releases, too, including a couple of major movies and TV series.
Among the new addition on Monday, March 1st were two thirds of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy – Batman Begins and The Dark Knight – as well as a couple of Will Smith vehicles. Namely, post-apocalyptic thriller I Am Legend and moving drama The Pursuit of Happyness. Rom-com Crazy, Stupid, Love, Matt Damon sports biopic Invictus and horror sequel Jason X were also added that day.
For more, here’s a full recap of everything new that went up on Netflix over the past week:
Batman Begins (2005)
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Blanche Gardin: Bonne Nuit Blanche (2021)
Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
DC Super Hero Girls: Season 1
I Am Legend (2007)
Invictus (2009)
Jason X (2001)
Killing Gunther (2017)
LEGO Marvel Spider-Man: Vexed by Venom (2019)
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
Power Rangers Beast Morphers: S2
Rain Man (1988)
Step Up: Revolution (2012)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Training Day (2001)
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
Year One (2009)
Black or White (2014)
Word Party: Season 5 NETFLIX FAMILY
Moxie *NETFLIX FILM
Murder Among the Mormons *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Parker (2013)
Safe Haven (2013)
Pacific Rim: The Black *NETFLIX ANIME
City of Ghosts *NETFLIX FAMILY
Dogwashers *NETFLIX FILM
Nevenka: Breaking the Silence *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Pokémon Journeys: The Series: Part 4 *NETFLIX FAMILY
Sentinelle *NETFLIX FILM
As you can see, the 1st delivered Jack Black comedy Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, Dustin Hoffman Oscar-winner Rain Man and classic Denzel Washington flick Training Day. As for TV content, DC Super Hero Girls debuted as did new episodes of Power Rangers: Beast Morphers. Kevin Costner drama Black or White dropped on Tuesday, meanwhile.
Wednesday then brought Amy Poehler’s feminist high school movie Moxie, alongside romantic drama Safe Haven and actioner Parker, featuring Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez. The following day, meanwhile, saw the release of Pacific Rim: The Black, an anime spinoff of the film franchise which offers more kaiju vs. monster mayhem.
Towards the end of the week, Friday served up a bunch of originals, including family animated show City of Ghosts, Spanish crime drama Dogwashers and the fourth season of Pokemon Journeys: The Series. And if you haven’t already caught it, be sure to check out Sentinelle, a French action thriller starring former James Bond actress Olga Kurylenko that’s currently the most popular movie on the platform worldwide.
Tell us, though, what have you been watching on Netflix this week? Join the conversation in the comments section below.
