On October 3, 2007, South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher went past Australia’s Ian Healy’s 395 dismissals (366 catches, 29 stumpings). Sarang Bhalerao revisits the day at the National Stadium, Karachi, when Boucher reached the pinnacle of glory against Pakistan.
Trinidad and Tobago eased to a eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in the final Group B match of the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) 2013 at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on Wednesday. With this win Trinidad top the group B.
Trinidad and Tobago bowled out Chennai Super Kings to 118 in a Group B encounter of Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) 2013 at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on Wednesday. Trinidad have to score at least 113 (upto five runs less than the Chennia total) in order to qualify for the semi-final. If Trinidad chase the runs inside 17.4 overs they will top the group.
Alauddin Babu conceded the 39 runs in an over recently, which is a record in List A. The overall record for the most runs off one over is 77. Sarang Bhalerao revisits a few instances where more than 36 runs were scored off an over.
On October 2, 1997, Pakistan clinched a three-match One-Day International (ODI) series 2-1 over arch rivals Pakistan at the Gadaffi Stadium, Lahore. The wrecker-in-chief was Ijaz Ahmed, who with his belligerent hitting took the game away from India. Sarang Bhalerao revisits Ijaz’s best ODI knock.
Brad Hodge (52 off 23 balls), the iceman, orchestrated a fine four-wicket win for Rajasthan Royals against Otago Volts in the Group A match of the Champions League T20 (CLT20) 2013 at Sawain Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Tuesday.
Otago Volts scored 139 for 7 against Rajasthan Royals in a crucial Group A encounter of Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) 2013 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Tuesday. Rahul Shukla (three for 23) was star with the ball for Rajasthan.
Dinesh Karthik did nothing wrong to deserve the axe from the selectors before the One-Day International series against Australia. He made way for the in-form Yuvraj Singh and lost out to Ambati Rayudu, who the selectors wanted to give a proper chance. Sarang Bhalerao takes a look at Karthik’s chequered international career and finds out whether he is the fall guy of Indian cricket.
Trinidad and Tobago beat Titans by six runs courtesy of Duckworth-Lewis method in Group B encounter at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad on Monday.
Aggressive half-centuries from Evin Lewis (70 off 35 balls) and Darren Bravo (63 off 44 balls) powered Trinidad and Tobago to 188 for six against Titans in a Group B encounter at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad on Monday.