Cricket News sort by Ishant Sharma

The Indian team for the two Tests against West Indies at home has been announced. As always, there have been some expected selections and some surprises.

Ishant Sharma’s one over completely overshadowed everything else that transpired in the match at Mohali. We look back at a few significant occurrences in the game that people might not remember because this match will pretty much be logged in the memory of Indian fans as the one Ishant Sharma gifted to Australia.

In one of the previous articles this writer had stated that ‘Ishant Sharma’s ineffectual bowling is a major headache for Dhoni’. The way the third ODI panned out on Saturday at Chandigarh, the words also sound prophetic.

Despite some ordinary bowling performances in the First three ODIs against Australia, the Selectors have retained the same squad for the remainder of the 7-match series.

India’s miraculous win over Australia at Jaipur overshadowed a major weakness in the Indian team, that of their constantly poor resources in the bowling tank. India cannot ignore this aspect because chases like the one pulled off at Jaipur won’t happen every day.

Winners of the Champions Trophy, India have never been this dominant in a tournament before. They stumbled at a few places even during the 2011 World Cup

The weather at Cardiff stayed alright for a long time to allow a full contest between India and Sri Lanka in the Second Semi Final. The defending World Champions India crushed the Lankans yet again to make it to the Finals of the Champions Trophy as expected.

Sunrisers Hyderabad eased to a 7-wicket win with two full overs to spare over a strong Mumbai Indians at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium this evening. It was a victory that was set up by the quality bowling attack for the hosts while Shikhar Dhawan has given a serious boost to its batting to guide them past the target comfortably.

Match 7 of IPL 6 between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore finished in an exciting tie at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Hosts Sunrisers pulled off a 5-run win in the eventual Super Over contest.