The young prodigy In 2014, Aiden Markram became the first South African captain to win an Under-19 Cricket World Cup. At the time, Ray Jennings had labelled him as “the future captain of South Africa”. In addition to his captaincy, he was also named player of the tournament – for his 370 runs at an […] READ MORE
A brief history of T20 Cricket In order to realise what makes a successful T20 team, we have to delve deeper into its history. Twenty20 Cricket has been around for almost two decades. Cricket South Africa claim to have invented the idea in the late 1990s. But it came to fruition in 2003, via the […] READ MORE
An Awry Subcontinental Sojourn: How Could South Africa Have Averted A Whitewash ? Sweeps, humidity,cramps, edges falling short, dust kicking up, loud LBW calls, reversed decision reviews and a dogged contender for the longest innings to draw the Test and perhaps save the team a few blushes….seems like a recipe for a Test in the […] READ MORE
The Fairy Tale Return Of The Chennai Super Kings The stocks reached a new high, the TRPs jumped to a new pinnacle and the crowd, as usual, went berserk as the biggest T20 league in the world welcomed back its most consistent franchise: the Chennai Super Kings. IPL 2018 almost had its original eight teams […] READ MORE
Who Replaces Kedar Jadhav In The CSK XI? The IPL has begun and it has its first in-tournament casualty: Kedar Jadhav, CSK’s most expensive buy at the auction at a price of INR 7.8 Crores, has been ruled out for the entire season with a hamstring injury. The franchise have brought in England all-rounder David […] READ MORE
Sport. It’s passionate, nervy, exhilarating, tense and a whole lot more. Two opponents trying to get one over the other. When skill is the difference between the two, you stand and up applaud the superiority. When it is controversy, you tend to forget the result and focus on what spoiled it. Cricket is a Gentleman’s […] READ MORE
India Create History In South Africa A lack of results overseas has plagued the Indian Cricket for a long period of time. Now, when they are scheduled to play the bulk of their cricket overseas, the start to their overseas campaign has been historic. Losing a well-fought Test series, India bounced back to sweep the […] READ MORE
South Africa vs India: ODI Series Preview With the test series a thing of the past, South Africa and India now turn their attention to the limited overs format. The hosts, fresh off of a series triumph in the tests, will look to do the double. The selected squad has a good blend of youth […] READ MORE
The Second Test between South Africa and India ended with the Hosts winning comprehensively by 135 runs in Centurion. The defeat means India have now lost the Test series with one Test to play and it also means that this is Virat Kohli’s first defeat in a Test series since taking over as Full-Time captain. […] READ MORE
The Freedom Series started off with an exhilarating Test match where ball ended up outperforming bat and South Africa ended up victorious by 72 runs. It was one of the most anticipated Test series for a while between the top two Test sides, the First South Africa vs India Test had its thrills. I look […] READ MORE