Data Point | On the rise: Indian women cricketers are closing the gap with men in T20 cricket

Data Point | On the rise: Indian women cricketers are closing the gap with men in T20 cricket

The opening: Delhi Capitals’ captain Meg Lanning (L), Mumbai Indians’ captain Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Smriti Mandhana (2R), Gujarat Giants’ captain Beth Mooney (2L) and UP Warriorz captain Alyssa Healy (R) pose with the trophy during the opening ceremony of 2023 Women’s Premier League (WPL) at the DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai. | […]

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Data | Women’s Premier League is no stroke of luck but a hard-fought win

Data | Women’s Premier League is no stroke of luck but a hard-fought win

WPL begins: Delhi Capitals’ captain Meg Lanning (L), Mumbai Indians’ captain Harmanpreet Kaur (2L), Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Smriti Mandhana (C), Gujarat Giants’ captain Beth Mooney (2R) and UP Warriorz captain Alyssa Healy (R) gesture during the opening ceremony of 2023 Women’s Premier League (WPL) at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on March […]

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Women’s cricket | Andhra batter Meghana making her return count in style

Women’s cricket | Andhra batter Meghana making her return count in style

India’s S. Meghana during game three in the One-Day International series against New Zealand at the John Davies Oval on February 18, 2022, in Queenstown, New Zealand. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The wait had been long for S. Meghana. More than five years, actually. She was 20 when she made her India debut. After […]

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Suryakumar equals career-best second position in ICC T20I rankings

Suryakumar equals career-best second position in ICC T20I rankings

Suryakumar now has 801 rating points after smashing a match-winning 69 off 36 deliveries in the third match against Australia Suryakumar now has 801 rating points after smashing a match-winning 69 off 36 deliveries in the third match against Australia India batter Suryakumar Yadav jumped a place to reach a career-best-equalling second position in the […]

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Data | Virat Kohli’s century drought is no exception, most cricket legends had long hundred-less spells

Data | Virat Kohli’s century drought is no exception, most cricket legends had long hundred-less spells

Cricket’s greatest players have suffered agonisingly long dry spells, some longer than Kohli’s Cricket’s greatest players have suffered agonisingly long dry spells, some longer than Kohli’s On September 8, Virat Kohli scored a century against Afghanistan, 1,021 days after his previous hundred. The long dry spell was often used as an example by his critics […]

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India wilts under the Klaasen blitz on a tricky wicket

India wilts under the Klaasen blitz on a tricky wicket

The South African, in the company of Bavuma, resurrects the innings from a precarious 29 for three before launching into the host attack The South African, in the company of Bavuma, resurrects the innings from a precarious 29 for three before launching into the host attack Wicketkeeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen excelled on a tricky pitch in […]

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