newscricket3 months ago

Ranji Trophy | Twitter pities Tamil Nadu's roaring chase featuring 13 sixes in 7 overs getting halted by umpire intervention

First-class cricket is usually known for its orthodox style of play as the batters take a cautious approach during four-day games. However, Tamil Nadu proved that desperate times need desperate measures as they scored 108 runs from seven overs in the second innings, before bad light stopped play.
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newscricket4 months ago

Vijay Hazare Trophy | Narayan Jagadeesan creates world record with highest individual score in List A cricket

Narayan Jagadeesan continued his red hot form in the Vijay Hazare trophy by becoming the highest individual scorer in a List A innings with a knock of 277 runs. Along with this, he also broke Virat Kohli’s record for most hundreds in a single season of the tournament, scoring his fifth.
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newscricket4 months ago

Vijay Hazare Trophy | Narayan Jagadeesan makes List A world record with fifth consecutive century

Tamil Nadu batter Narayan Jagadeesan has etched his name in the history books after recording a fifth-straight hundred in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy, thus breaking the record previously held by Kumar Sangakkara. Jagadeesan's latest ton came at a blistering strike rate against Arunachal Pradesh.
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newscricket9 months ago

WATCH | N Jagadeesan does obscene finger gesture to Baba Aparajith after getting 'mankaded', apologises later

Cricketers are often involved in a heated exchange of words during a live match on camera which generates a lot of attraction. One such incident took place on Thursday during a fixture in the ongoing Tamil Nadu Premier League when N Jagadeesan did an obscene finger gesture to Baba Aparajith.
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newscricket10 months ago

IPL 2022 | Batting first after winning the toss was not a good decision, admits MS Dhoni

Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni said that opting to bat first after winning the toss was not a very good idea against Gujarat Titans after suffering a seven-wicket defeat. Dhoni further added that the team will be looking forward to giving chances to the players on the bench in upcoming games.
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newscricket1 year ago

SMAT 2021-22 | Wasim Jaffer reacts as Odisha lose by one run after controversial boundary call in final over

Odisha coach and former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer pointed out an umpiring error after his team lost their Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021-22 match against Tamil Nadu by 1 run on Friday. The ball appeared to have touched the long-off boundary rope, but wasn't declared four by the umpires.
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featurecricket2 years ago

TNPL Watch | How stars and up-and-rising talents from the bottom four sides performed in the first week

While in the first part, we saw a star-studded line-up in the top four, with names such as Sai Sudarshan amidst the mix of Tamil Nadu's regulars - Ganga Sridhar Raju, J Kousik - the second part would be rather interesting, with household names. Who made the list from the bottom four?
Aakash Sivasubramaniam
featurecricket2 years ago

How every Indian player retained by CSK and MI fared in the 2021 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

A total of 20 CSK and MI players featured in the recently-concluded Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, and, unfortunately for the two clubs, it was a tournament to forget for a vast majority of those 20. So, who impressed? Who didn’t? Who is bound to get more game time in IPL 2021? Who might warm the bench?
Anirudh Suresh
newscricket2 years ago

Time spent with Mike Hussey during IPL has helped me improve as a batsman, reveals N Jagadeesan

Tamil Nadu opener N Jagadeesan, who is the second highest run-getter in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, revealed that spending time with Mike Hussey during the IPL helped him get clarity and fine-tune his batting. Jagadeesan further spoke of the surreal experience of playing alongside MS Dhoni.
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cricket2 years ago

Learnings from Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy’s quarter-final clashes ft Motera Stadium

After battling it across five venues, eight teams arrived in Ahmedabad to inaugurate the New Motera Stadium and they battled, there were plenty of sights on offer - good swing bowling, crazy power-hitting and incredible run-chases on the very last delivery of the game.
Aakash Sivasubramaniam