Dale Steyn, the veteran South Africa pacer, has been ruled out of the side’s opening match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 against England. Steyn, 35, had aggravated a long-standing right shoulder injury during his short stint in the Indian Premier League. He had been under observation and coach Ottis Gibson confirmed on Tuesday, 28 May, that he won’t be fully fit in time for the tournament opener at The Oval on Thursday. Steyn is also unlikely to feature in their second match, against Bangladesh at the same venue on Sunday, with the 5 June game against India…
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Gaurav Kadam
Computer engineer bit by the sports bug.
The Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders will be desperate to clinch the two points available for the taking in Match 56 in VIVO IPL 2019; two points from a win will guarantee the Mumbai Indians a top-two finish, while a win for the Knight Riders will see them sneak into the playoffs. Both teams will be confident coming into this match; the Mumbai Indians will be bustling with confidence following their Super Over win against Sunrisers Hyderabad, while the Knight Riders have some momentum behind them following wins over MI and Kings XI Punjab. Despite progressing to the next…
Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings will vie for two points – albeit for varying reasons – in Match 55 of IPL 2019. Even a massive win will not be enough to take KXIP to the playoffs; what a win will do though, is help them avoid the wooden spoon. KXIP have five wins from thirteen matches, and a win will definitely take them to the seventh position in the eight-team standings. The Super Kings will ideally want to register a win in this match because it will give the team some confidence heading into the business end and…
Royal Challengers Bangalore will fight another battle to keep their slim playoff aspirations alive when they take on the Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 35 of IPL 2019. While RCB lie at the floor of the eight-team table with a solitary win from eight matches, their opponents Knight Riders are part of the mid-table muddle with four wins from eight matches. The Knight Riders have slipped to number six from being table-toppers just over ten days ago. KKR started the season strongly registering four wins in their first five matches but have now lost three in a row – including…
Punjab made it through to their 15th Hero Santosh Trophy final on Friday at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana, beating traditional rivals Goa by a 2-1 margin. It will give some solace to Punjab, who had lost to Goa 0-1 in the 1983-84 Santosh Trophy Final. Harjinder Singh scored the winning goal on this occasion to put the home side into the final. Punjab started off the match with great gutso plunging into the attack from the get-go.The home side was heavily reliant on their wide players Sunny and Jaspreet Singh. Both the wide players toiled hard to generate…
Boost, one of GSK’s leading brands in the Health Food Drinks category, has appointed Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer as its brand ambassadors. With this alliance, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer join Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who have been associated with the brand for a long time. Boost, along with the 2 young champions, aims to inspire the new age kids to play a bigger game and help them on their journey of winning big. Through its strong association with sports over decades, Boost has always focused on enabling young children to build their skills, stamina along with…
Despite Goa being billed as the favourites to take home the crown, it was Chennaiyin, who started the game as the better of the two sides.
Hero I-League champions, Chennai City FC emerged 4-2 victors over Hero Indian Super League (Hero ISL) outfit, FC Pune City in a thrilling pre-quarter final encounter at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Sunday evening. They will, as a result, progress to the quarter-finals of the competition while the Stallions’ adventure ends here. The match was always going to be one to watch out for given both sides’ form off late, and the opening exchanges proved it. Both had a chance each within the first three minutes but neither could make the most of it. The Stallions midfield comprising of…
Mumbai Marines FC will be conducting open trials for the upcoming season of MDFA 2nd Division. After securing their qualification to the MDFA 2nd Division last year, Mumbai Marines FC are looking to build their squad for the upcoming season. Mumbai Marines FC were a part of the annual MDFA Republic Day Cup and finished as the quarterfinalists and the only MDFA 3rd Division club (at that point of time) to achieve this feat. Mumbai Marines also have two youth teams, in collaboration with Kenkre FC, which were a part of the MDFA U-13 and U-15 leagues. The trials are…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), today announced Dream11, India’s biggest sports game, as the Official Partner for the Indian Premier League. This four-year exclusive partnership will begin with the upcoming IPL 2019 season. Additionally, the ‘Official Fantasy Game’ of IPL will also be powered by Dream11. This collaboration between India’s biggest cricketing event, IPL, and India’s biggest sports game, Dream11, will provide a platform for millions of fans to create their own fantasy cricket teams thereby deepening their engagement with their favorite sport. There will also be several Dream11 brand integrations and on-ground activations at various touchpoints…