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The Afghanistan Cricket Board Is Committed Toward Supporting Women’s Cricket!

At a time where much of Afghanistan is concerned about one thing and one thing alone, the seven-letter phrase called Taliban, that can prompt one to use adjectives like horrendous, which is just the tip of the iceberg, there’s a…

Not A Great Race Result For Lewis Hamilton At Monza. But Who Does The Blame Rest With?

Call it a heartbreak. Call it a seriously low point in the ongoing 2021 world championship. Or, call it what you may, but Lewis Hamilton not finishing a Grand Prix, and instead crashing out of it wasn’t a good sight.…

How Monza This Weekend Will Be More Interesting Than One Thought?

When Pierre Gasly crossed the checkered flag the last time around Monza, the land of the brave and home to the daredevils of the Italian Grand Prix, controlling an accident-marred Grand Prix from the starting line to the finish upon…

What “Could” The ICC Have Done To Ensure A Smooth Ending To ENG-IND Series & The Coming Of The IPL?

Fast bowlers, there are many, but only a few make sense. This is not to suggest that they do so only on occasions. Pakistan’s greatest fast-bowler Wasim Akram, and one of the world’s foremost names that instantly strikes your mind…

Rashid Khan Steps Down As Captain Of Afghanistan!

He’s the world’s foremost exponent of leg-spin, at least, in this day an age of the game. Perhaps, Dane van Niekerk and Sune Luus can spin the ball more or maybe, Rangana Herath in his days had more authority over…

Jaskaran Malhotra: First US Cricketer To Hit Six Sixes!

In a sport to often and enthusiastically called the “batsman’s game,” it only makes sense to celebrate a rare achievement in the field of batting. Isn’t it? Although, with the remarkable quickness with which two different cricketers have accomplished this…

Soon In A Theatre, Or Who Knows, On An OTT Near You: A Biopic On Sourav Ganguly!

A son of the soil, among the greatest brand ambassadors of the state of West Bengal. An inspirer of people, a creator of records, a winner of matches, a doer of things, a scorer of many glorious runs and not…

Joe Root Confirms The Return Of Jos Buttler For The Final Test! Will It Be Impactful?

The momentum is with India, not England. The win in the last Test belonged to India, not England, the hosts. More importantly, the series advantage now rests with India not Joe Root and his vice captain Jos Buttler and their…

Shardul Thakur All Set To Make It To World T20I Squad!

In a piece of news that won’t divide-but please everyone- it appears, that Shardul Thakur is all set to make it to Team India’s T20 World Cup squad. In 2021 alone, the Maharashtra cricketing talent has scored 186 Test runs…

Is Pierre Gasly Unsung?

He is all of 25 but has already won a Formula 1 Grand Prix, and that too, at the fastest-track on the calendar, alongside Spa-Francorchamps: Monza. He’s actually only 77 race starts old in Formula 1 and has already been…

What According To Nico Rosberg Led To Lewis’ Defeat At Zandvoort?

There are races where you click, then there are those where nothing clicks. For Max Verstappen and his Red Bull team, the Dutch GP of 2021 was a contest where everything clicked for the right reasons. The driver’s race pace.…

Jenson Button: Nikita Mazepin Should Change His Attitude!

The 2021 Dutch GP belonged to Max Verstappen, his entire Red Bull contingent and the massive fan base. Yet, that wasn’t the only talking point about the returning race to the F1 calendar that marked a comeback after no fewer…

Trolling Nida Yasir For Her Lack Of Formula 1 Knowledge Doesn’t Make You A Hit!

“So have you made a Formula and now, you are going to test it,” asked the innocent but unaware voice about the vagaries and science of F1! “Okay, so how many people can get into this Formula car,” she further…

How Big A Chance There Is To See De Vries In F1 Soon?

The talent is surely there, but what about the backing. That is often the main question where it comes to the young drivers climbing up the ranks to reach the top flight of Formula 1. We have seen over the…

Australian Pacer Pat Cummins Is Ready For International Cricket Again!

It might not have been half a year since we last saw Pat Cummins on the cricket pitch, and that too, here in India for the famous T20 league- the Indian Premier League or the IPL, but it seems like…

Will Valtteri Bottas Get A Multi-Year Contract In Formula 1?

The Iceman Kimi Raikkonen’s announcement that he’s no longer going to continue in the sport has thrown the driver market into a high tide of sorts. There’s a vacant seat at Alfa Romeo where Kimi and Antonio are currently racing.…

Raikkonen Leaves, But Not Before Tickling Formula 1 With Mesmeric Speed And A Great World Title!

No great thing ever comes to an end. Is that right, Kimi Raikkonen? “Bwoah, I mean for me it makes no difference.” These may well be the words of Formula 1’s Iceman if you were to ask him about the…

Diligent, Outspoken, Gifted, Fair, Dedicated: Why Vernon Springer Is The Denzel Washington Of West Indies Cricket?

In the 2014 release The Equaliser, a ‘hard-as-nails’ triumph story of one man who fights for justice for a girl against her tyrant operating a girl-trafficking ring, Denzel Washington’s character is nearly- not explicitly- that of a man-monk. He’s a…

What Does Shahid Afridi Wish To Prove By Appreciating Taliban?

Usually speaking, Shahid Afridi, a cricket legend, not just a hero from Pakistan, makes news on divergent cricketing and non-cricketing subjects. Some of them range from being matters of his age, the takes on a one-time dressing room that had…

Will Fans Be A Bit More Respectful Of Stuart Binny Now?

A bits and pieces cricketer to some, an uncompromising and fit athlete to some. Then, according to many- a largely average player who should’ve actually thanked his stars for making it to the Indian team and yet, at the same…

Why Were Points Awarded In Rain-Swallowed Belgian GP?

In the course of the last twelve hours or so, there’ve been loud hues and cries about the stature of the recently-concluded Belgian GP. There’ve been talks as to whether the race should’ve gone ahead at all, in the first…

Rain Plays The Winner In Torrid, Unbearable Belgian GP, More Of A Wetland In 2021!

What was to have been a Red Bull charge to the checkered flag, was never meant to be. What was always meant to have been a show of resilience against an imposition of experience in the Russell vs Hamilton fight…

The Great Inzamam ul Haq Has Some Words Of Advice To Virat Kohli!

The third but not the final Test of the ongoing series between India and England saw a complete turnaround in the 2021 Series, arguably one of the most incredible contests of a year that’s been largely about IPL’s truncated season,…

Only Kohli Knows What He’s Doing!

He was a man they called the king. He was a batsmen bowlers feared, crowds cheered and the opposition tried to rile up. Not that it would ever yield any successful results. In playing cricket for a decade, Virat Kohli…

Joe Root- Thou Shall Never Ever Give Up!

Runs weren’t coming in India. The conditions, of course, were absolutely alien to what he finds at home, here in England. At the back of a poor series, the English captain managed no more than 368 runs, which according to…