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3 weeks ago | 
espn.in | Shashank Kishore |Daya Sagar
Vipraj Nigam, 20, is pleasantly surprised at how much recognition he has received over the past two weeks at IPL 2025. An allrounder signed by Delhi Capitals (DC) primarily for his legspin, Nigam helped turn the tables on Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on IPL debut, when he smashed a 15-ball 39 after coming in to bat at 113 for 6 in a tall chase of 210. "I was nervous, but also excited," he tells ESPNcricinfo.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | Vishal Dikshit |S Sudarshanan |Daya Sagar
The league phase of WPL 2025 is over, and with the knockouts to come, we asked our correspondents to write about the players who have thrilled them, the 'wow' moments and surprises from the season so far, and to tell us the match-ups to watch in the knockouts. A moment that made you go 'wow'Hemant Brar: Gujarat Giants' Kashvee Gautam stepping out to Mumbai Indians' Shabnim Ismail, hitting her for a six, and celebrating it with multiple fist pumps.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | Mohammad Isam |Daya Sagar
Mahmudullah has called time on his international career after announcing his retirement from ODIs through a social media post on Wednesday. Mahmudullah, who turned 39 last month, had already retired from Tests in 2021 and T20Is in 2024. "All praises only for the Almighty Allah. I have decided to retire from international cricket," Mahmudullah wrote on his official Facebook page. "I would like to thank all of my team-mates, coaches and especially my fans who have always supported me.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | S Sudarshanan |Daya Sagar |Vishal Dikshit
Harmanpreet Kaur is among the few batters in the women's game who does not need a free hit to get going. When she got one in Mumbai Indians' (MI) opening match of WPL 2025, she took full toll. She waltzed down the track and smacked Radha Yadav over the long-off boundary for a 74m hit. It was just the ninth ball Harmanpreet had faced; little did we know it was a sign of things to come. Ever since Harmanpreet's international debut in 2009, her strokeplay has attracted attention.
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1 month ago | 
espn.in | Daya Sagar |Ashish Pant |Hemant Brar
In 2005, Sandeep Mishra came to Baljeet Nagar, a locality in West Delhi, from Allahabad (now Prayagraj). The neighbourhood is home to daily-wage labourers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. He was fed up with the unprofitable returns in farming and, having learnt the work of an electrician, had come to find some work in a big city.
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2 months ago | 
espn.in | Daya Sagar |Shashank Kishore
This story was first published in ESPNcricinfo Hindi. Below is a translated version. The Ranji Trophy match between Delhi and Railways was to start at 9.30am, but fans were lined up outside the Arun Jaitley Stadium from 5am itself. They were afraid they might not find a seat in the limited stands available for the game and, therefore, would miss a chance to see their favourite, Virat Kohli, in action.
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2 months ago | 
espn.in | Shashank Kishore |Vishal Dikshit |Daya Sagar
The last round of league matches in Ranji Trophy 2024-25 has begun. Here are the highlights from the opening day. Kohli frenzy sweeps Kotla More than 15,000 fans on a Thursday caused pandemonium at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in anticipation of watching Virat Kohli bat. They had to settle for simply being able to watch him on the field, but that didn't see to have dimmed their enthusiasm.
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2 months ago | 
espn.in | Vishal Dikshit |Shashank Kishore |Daya Sagar
Shardul Thakur has a tendency to surprise you. With his batting, his bowling, and sometimes even with his words. Ask Ian Bishop, who asked Thakur on live broadcast before a 2023 World Cup game how he bowled the wobble-seam delivery. Thakur answer was, "I don't know. I just hold it like this [seam-up] and bowl. [I] don't do much, whatever happens happens."In the last week or so, his all-round performances have surprised everyone yet again.
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2 months ago | 
espn.in | Shashank Kishore |Daya Sagar |Vishal Dikshit
The race to the Ranji Trophy knockouts seems tight going into the final round of matches. Vidarbha are through, but seven spots are still up for grabs. Group ATable toppers Jammu & Kashmir need just one point to qualify. They can achieve this with a drawn fixture against Baroda that will take them to 30 points. Baroda need at least a first-innings lead to go to 30 points. In which case Mumbai can't catch them even if they beat Meghalaya with a bonus point.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
espn.in | Shashank Kishore |Daya Sagar
Three-hundred-and-sixty days after he last played competitive cricket at last year's World Cup final in Ahmedabad, Mohammed Shami took the field for an official game on Wednesday, at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. On Thursday, the second day of the ongoing fifth round of the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy, Shami piqued significant interest, after going wicketless across ten overs on the opening day. Was he fully fit? Was his ankle troubling him? Was he bowling within himself?
