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Cuttack: As many as 125 players turned up at Odisha Cricket Academy here on Friday for the OCA talent hunt camp for spinners. The zonal venue (Cuttack) saw players’ participation from Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Paradeep, Jagatsinghpur and Dhenkanal districts. The Odisha senior men’s team head coach Dinesh Mongia along with senior and junior selectors of…
The Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) has received 975 entries for the talent hunt camp for spinners, which started this morning at Cuttack. In order to provide opportunity to each player, the camp has been spread across five different venues on different dates. Odisha senior men’s team head coach Dinesh Mongia along with senior and junior…
Rajasthan Royals needed a win to get back on track and they did so by defeating Chennai Super Kings by 32 runs in their first home game at Jaipur on Thursday. Opting to bat, Rajasthan put up 202 for 5 with Yashasvi Jaiswal slamming a 43-ball 77. He along with Jos Buttler (27) provided the…
After Royal Challengers Bangalore’s 21-run defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders at home, stand-in skipper Virat Kohli blamed the dropped chances on Wednesday. “To be honest we handed them the game. We did deserve to lose. We were certainly not up to standard. If you look at the game, we didn’t capitalize our chances. We dropped…
The talent hunt camp for spinners has been rescheduled and will now start on April 28 instead of April 27 as announced earlier, Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) informed on Tuesday. The camp will be held at multiple venues in order to give opportunity to maximum number of aspiring spinners throughout the state. OCA said it…
In Josh Hazlewood’s absence, Mohammed Siraj has done incredibly well to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore’s attack “He is bowling as well as I have ever seen. Running in with the new ball he shows that intent and the confidence,” Virat Kohli told the broadcaster after RCB’s seven-run win against Rajasthan Royals on Sunday. “He has…
Ajinkya Rahane has upped his T20 game in this edition of the IPL as he slammed a blazing 29-ball 71 not out in Chennai Super Kings’ match against Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday. His knock studded with six boundaries and five sixes helped CSK post 235 for 4 and then winning it by 49 runs….
A run-chase of 136 runs which Lucknow Super Giants had it in their pockets until something happened and they lost to Gujarat Titans by seven runs in an IPL match on Saturday. LSG were comfortably placed at 105 for 1 after 14 overs, requiring 31 off 36 balls. Noor Ahmad struck and things got a…
After leading Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in an IPL match on Friday, MS Dhoni said it is the last phase of his career and he wants to enjoy it. “I am definitely old, you know, you can’t really shy away from that. Whatever said and done, it’s the last…
Chennai and Ahmedabad will be the two venues for the Playoffs and final of IPL 2023, which was announced on Friday. The first Qualifier and Eliminator will be held on May 23 and May 24 respectively at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium. The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will host Qualifier 2 on May 26, followed…
