Author: Anuj Prabhu

18th April 2008 marked the beginning of a sports carnival in India by the name Indian Premier League which went on to become one of the best T20 leagues in the world. The inaugural season saw many fantastic individual batting performances that single-handedly won the…

The inaugural edition of the Asia Cup was held in the United Arab Emirates in 1984 and the final saw India and Pakistan lock horns at Sharjah on the 13th of April. Those were the days when Pakistan had the wood over India and India…

India’s search for a genuine wicketkeeper-batsman continued as a 24-year-old MS Dhoni made his debut against Bangladesh in 2005. However, he had a very poor debut series and used to bat very low down the order. It was the series against Pakistan that made then…

The 2014 T20 World Cup took place in Bangladesh and naturally there were two Asian teams in the form of India and Sri Lanka in the final on 6th April. Both the teams had strength in both their batting as well as the spin department…

India locked horns with South Africa in the semifinal of the 2014 T20 World Cup on this very day. Both the teams had a good run in the league stages and they looked very even on paper. With the conditions favouring the spinners more, India…

“Carlos Brathwaite! Remember the name!” were the words of Ian Bishop, as the West Indies team came running on to the field to celebrate their second T20 World Cup triumph. On this day, 4 years ago, the T20 World Cup final witnessed a last-over thriller…

“Dhoni finishes it off in style! India lift the World Cup. After 28 years, the party starts in the dressing room, and it has been the Indian captain who has been absolutely magnificent in the night of the final.” These words of Ravi Shastri are…

Virat Kohli has arguably been the best ODI batsman in the past decade. His mind works like a high-speed calculator while chasing targets and thus he averages an outstanding 69.36, also holding the record for the most number of centuries while chasing – an unbelievable…

Cricket has always been a gentleman’s game, but there have been times when the credibility of the players and their character have come into the spotlight. On these occasions that players have not played the game in the right spirit and thus have been punished…

On this day four years ago, Australia took on India in Mohali in what was a Super 10 game but had become a virtual quarterfinal for both the teams. India after being defeated in the opening game by New Zealand had bounced back by wins…