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    featurecricket11 hours ago

    IPL Retention 2021 | Talking points from KKR’s releases and retentions ft. Cummins-Narine and the Kuldeep puzzle 

    Kolkata Knight Riders, for all the galaxy of stars, have been quite poor in the last two seasons of the IPL. KKR were one of the luckier sides last season with few games completely bottled up by opposition yet not making it into the final four speaks a story itself for the franchise.
    Harshit Anand
    newscricket4 days ago

    IPL 2021 Retention | KKR release Tom Banton to free up purse; Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan retained

    Kolkata Knight Riders have made the decision of releasing Tom Banton, who they bought for 1 Crore last year, to the auction pool this year while Eoin Morgan and Dinesh Karthik have been retained by the franchise. They have also retained Pat Cummins who cost them 15.5 Crore in the last auction.
    SportsCafe Desk
    newscricketa month ago

    IPL 2020 | Changed my stance, technique and trigger movement to score runs in IPL, admits Andre Russell

    Andre Russell has admitted that he had changed his stance, technique and put on a new trigger movement after nothing was going his way just to score runs in the IPL. He also added that ‘country’ comes before anything for him and reasoned ‘not being in the right headspace’ for denying national duty.
    SportsCafe Desk
    newscricket2 months ago

    IPL 2020 | Virender Sehwag names Maxwell, Finch and Russell in his list of tournament flops

    Virender Sehwag, known to be witty and honest with his assessments, named his list of ‘Flops’ from IPL 2020 and included five players - Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Finch, Andre Russell, Dale Steyn and Shane Watson. Sehwag, in fact, went a step ahead and branded Maxwell a ‘10 cr cheerleader’.
    SportsCafe Desk
    newscricket2 months ago

    IPL 2020 Review | Narine-Russell-DK no show leaves too many holes in Captain Morgan's ship

    Kolkata finished with as many wins as RCB and SRH in the league phase which drew reactions like 'so close yet so far' for them. But, in reality, it was not close, KKR had things served to them on a platter and were too poor not to cash in despite that, and failed to make it to the playoffs.
    Harshit Anand
    featurecricket3 months ago

    Which triumphed this IPL, expectations or reality

    After weeks and months of anticipation - IPL was finally and finally on, where we could see all our hopes lived up to its expectations or wait for reality to slap it on our face. Several expectations later, the reality is contrasting and this IPL is the biggest example of that, so see it yourself!
    Aakash Sivasubramaniam
    featurecricket3 months ago

    IPL 2020 | Flop XI from the group stages ft. Misfiring Maxi, ‘scooter’ Jadhav and skipper Dhoni

    A wise man once said that the first round of no IPL season can be rendered complete without there being a certified ‘Flop XI’ so yes, here we are. We thought and thought, and after 46 days and 56 games, we finally zeroed in on the XI filled with usual suspects and a few catapulting debutants.
    Anirudh Suresh
    newscricket3 months ago

    IPL 2020 | Good to be back on the field ahead of estimated time, reveals Andre Russell

    On his return from a hamstring injury, Andre Russell has revealed that while it usually takes 8 weeks to heal, he feels good to be back on the field before time. He also admitted that it would take time for him to heal completely before he can start chipping in for KKR with his yorkers at the death.
    SportsCafe Desk
    featurecricket3 months ago

    Afterthoughts from the weekend ft Sandeep ‘GOAT’ Sharma, Kohli’s blame game and the DC misery

    A youngster carrying CSK, a choke for the ages, and the bottom-placed side chasing 196 with 10 balls to spare: just when you think the IPL cannot get better, it does. The penultimate weekend of IPL 2020 sprung many a surprise, and, as always, we’ve tried our best to cram in ‘the’ talking points.
    Anirudh Suresh
    featurecricket3 months ago

    Andre ‘No.4’ Russell stands as a giant between KKR and right team combination

    Let’s put it this way - the Andre Russell of 2019 would have featured in the best IPL side, hands down, as the first all-rounder option but the Russell of 2020, right now, is racing against time to keep his place, as Sunil Narine is ready and fit to return to KKR’s setup. So what has gone wrong?
    Aakash Sivasubramaniam