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Somshuvra Laha is a sports journalist with over 11 years' experience writing on cricket, football and other sports. He has covered the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, the 2016 ICC World Twenty20, cricket tours of South Africa, West Indies and Bangladesh and the 2010 Commonwealth Games for Hindustan Times.

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Shivam Dube finally stands tall to the short ball

Shivam Dube was always prolific against spin, but now the left-hander is upping his game against pacers as well in IPL 2024.

Chennai Super Kings' batter Shivam Dube plays a shot during IPL 2024 match vs Gujarat Titans, at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai(PTI)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 01:41 PM IST

Rachin Ravindra, Shivam Dube muscle CSK to handsome win over GT at IPL 2024

Left-handed marauders hit strike rates of over 200 in 63-run win over Gujarat Titans.

Chennai Super Kings' MS Dhoni tries to run out Gujarat Titans' David Miller (ANI)
Published on Mar 27, 2024 12:04 AM IST
By, Kolkata

Short balls catch Mumbai Indians off guard in tricky chase

Titans pacers make the most of new second bouncer rule at a venue with bigger boundaries

Players exchange handshakes after the match between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians.(ANI)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 03:11 PM IST
By, Kolkata

Gujarat Titans pull off an upset against former captain Hardik's MI

Rohit and Brevis add 77 but Umesh Yadav defends nine off four after being hit for six and four

Players exchange handshakes after the match between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians.(ANI)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 12:13 AM IST
By, Kolkata

IPL: A Sunil Narine act that never goes out of fashion

The one-franchise man is into his 13th season with KKR and has even slowed down a tad, but he still leaves batters in a spin

Sunil Narine in action for KKR.(AP)
Updated on Mar 24, 2024 06:30 PM IST
By, Kolkata

Russell trumps Klaasen in last-ball win for KKR

South African's 29-ball 63 not enough to pip Russell's 25-ball 64

Kolkata Knight Riders' Sunil Narine, centre, Andre Russell, left, celebrates the dismissal of Sunrisers Hyderabad's Rahul Tripathi.(AP)
Updated on Mar 24, 2024 12:16 AM IST
By, Kolkata

IPL 2024: Shreyas Iyer ready for big season, says he has ticked all boxes

The KKR captain wants to be in the present as much as possible as he returns after missing last year's IPL

Kolkata Knight Riders player Shreyas Iyer during a training session ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 cricket tournament, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Tuesday, March 19(PTI)
Published on Mar 23, 2024 12:05 AM IST
By, Kolkata

Pat Cummins latest addition to Sunrisers Hyderabad's revolving door policy

Four different coach-captain combinations in successive years make the 2016 IPL champions appear too desperate for instant success

Leave alone an IPL team, Cummins hasn’t even led a T20 side before this.(BCCI)
Published on Mar 22, 2024 01:59 AM IST

IPL 2024: Can Gautam Gambhir help spark a KKR renaissance?

IPL 2024: No one is more qualified to mentor KKR but also crucial is the working relationship Gautam Gambhir forges with coach Chandrakant Pandit

Gautam Gambhir with KKR's two IPL trophies(KKR)
Updated on Mar 15, 2024 06:06 PM IST

How Rishabh Pant bounced back from darkness and despair

A providential escape from the December 30, 2022 crash had raised serious doubts if he would ever play again. Those doubts have melted.

Rishabh Pant with Rohit Sharma in January(PTI)
Published on Mar 13, 2024 12:06 AM IST

Test affair: In 2024, draws have gone out of fashion

Draws have decreased to an all-time low, as has the average time span of Tests in 2024 where every match has yielded a result.

India's captain Rohit Sharma and England's captain Ben Stokes at the toss (PTI)
Updated on Mar 12, 2024 06:21 AM IST
By, Kolkata

Ashwin at 100, cue for another long haul?

With athletes world over pushing the age barrier, Ashwin breaching the 40-year mark isn’t a far fetched possibility

Ravichandran Ashwin joins the elite list in Dharamsala with his 100th Test.
Updated on Mar 09, 2024 06:25 AM IST

Endurance Test: The last of the Centurions?

Four players will soon join the 100-Test club but future additions could be few and far between.

Ravichandran Ashwin, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson and Tim Southee are set to join the 100 Test club
Published on Mar 06, 2024 11:19 PM IST

England's Bazball, less boom and more bust in India

It may have entertained, but England didn't win against Australia, New Zealand and now India.

England's Ben Stokes with coach Brendon McCullum before the match(REUTERS)
Published on Feb 27, 2024 11:41 PM IST
By, Ranchi

India vs England: Gabba to Ranchi, Shubman Gill slowly builds a reputation

The technique hasn’t always been top-class but there is no denying the temperament that has fuelled his rise.

India's Shubman Gill celebrates his half-century during Day 4 of the 4th Test match against England in Ranchi (ANI)
Updated on Feb 28, 2024 06:17 AM IST
By, Ranchi

Bazball falls as India’s gen next hold fort against Eng

India secured a victory in the fourth Test, exposing flaws in England's attacking approach. Young Indian players excelled, sealing a 3-1 series lead.

Shubman Gill (left) and Dhruv Jurel celebrate after their 52* and 39* helped India coast to a win against England. (AFP)
Updated on Feb 27, 2024 06:54 AM IST
By, Ranchi

Rohit Sharma sets record straight over India's Test selection principle

Rohit didn't mention Ishan Kishan or Shreyas Iyer -- both are under fire for missing Ranji Trophy -- but sent out a firm message after the Ranchi Test win

India's captain Rohit Sharma addresses a press conference after their win during the fourth Test against England (AFP)
Updated on Feb 26, 2024 10:05 PM IST

Winning it in singles, India’s gen next shows they too can

Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel showed maturity, squeezing in singles and doubles when hitting boundaries got tough.

Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel dug deep and showed fortitude that augurs well for the future of Indian cricket. (ANI)
Updated on Feb 27, 2024 06:32 AM IST
By, Ranchi

India’s young guns ace Bazball test to takes hosts to series win

This is England’s first Test series defeat after Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes came together as coach and captain in May 2022

A jubiliant Indian cricket team coach, Rahul Dravid, hugs batter Shubman Gill after the team’s victory over England. (Screengrab)
Updated on Feb 26, 2024 04:23 PM IST
BySomshuvra Laha

In Dhoni land, India unearth a Jurel

Scoring a stirring 90 shepherding India's lower order, Dhruv Jurel shows calm and poise MS Dhoni would have been proud of

Ranchi: India's Dhruv Jurel plays a shot during the third day of the fourth Test cricket match between India and England(PTI)
Published on Feb 25, 2024 10:01 PM IST

4th Test: Ashwin, Kuldeep and Jurel give India winning hand over England

Wicketkeeper helps trim first-innings lead with 90 before Ashwin and Kuldeep share nine wickets.

Rohit Sharma's India are 152 runs away from capturing the series against England. (PTI)
Updated on Feb 27, 2024 06:34 AM IST
By, Ranchi

Shoaib Bashir spins into Indian orbit

The England off-spinner's four wickets rattled India in the Ranchi Test. His swift rise to Test centre stage is as absorbing as his marathon spell on Saturday

England's Shoaib Bashir celebrates the wicket of India's Shubman Gill.(PTI)
Updated on Feb 25, 2024 06:09 AM IST
By, Ranchi

India bow to England spinners in battle of first innings

Off-spinner Shoaib Bashir runs through India’s batting order to put the visitors in control of the fourth Test at Ranchi on Day 2

England's Shoaib Bashir (L) celebrates with teammates after the dismissal of India's Rajat Patidar during the second day of the fourth Test(AFP)
Published on Feb 24, 2024 05:38 PM IST

Joe Root shows grace under fire as India keep chipping away

England’s most experienced batter shelves innovations to score 31st Test hundred to keep visitors in the game

Ranchi, Feb 23 (ANI): England's Joe Root celebrates his century on Day 1 of the 4th Test match against India, at JSCA International Stadium Complex
(ANI )
Updated on Feb 24, 2024 06:26 AM IST

Akash Deep makes his Test debut in style

The skiddy-off-the-deck pacer claimed three quick wickets in the first hour on Day 1 to give India a big lift

India's Akash Deep and skipper Rohit Sharma celebrate the wicket of England's Ben Duckett on Day 1 of the 4th Test (ANI )
Published on Feb 23, 2024 09:30 PM IST
By, Ranchi

India vs England: For Ben Stokes the innovator, it all boils down to this

The England skipper is going to stick to Bazball but for the tactic to work, his team needs to raise the game.

England's captain Ben Stokes during a practice session (PTI)
Updated on Feb 28, 2024 06:18 AM IST
By, Ranchi

India vs England: Surface tension adds another layer to gruelling series

On an odd looking Ranchi pitch, India aim to win series with their most inexperienced eleven so far.

India vs England 4th Test in Ranchi
Updated on Feb 23, 2024 06:34 AM IST

Outside noise didn’t bother me: Shubman Gill ahead of 4th Test vs England

India No 3 says Visakhapatnam innings felt “different” after spate of low scores.

India's Shubman Gill addresses a press conference ahead of the 4th Test match against England, at JSCA stadium in Ranchi on Wednesday(ANI)
Published on Feb 21, 2024 11:11 PM IST
By, Ranchi

With Bumrah rested, India's back-up pacers warm-up for Ranchi Test

Mukesh Kumar is likely to partner Siraj, unless India prefer Akash Deep’s extra pace, or even go with four spinners.

India's Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of Zak Crawley on Day 4 of the 3rd Test match against England(ICC - X )
Updated on Feb 22, 2024 07:54 AM IST

How Yashasvi Jaiswal is living up to his name in India vs England Test series

The conviction and effortlessness in his batting sets up the young India opener for bigger, brighter returns

India's Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrates his double century (AP)
Updated on Feb 21, 2024 11:48 AM IST
By, Kolkata
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