Deivarayan Muthu

Bangalore

Sub-Editor at ESPN Cricinfo

Chennai boy, Failed chemical engineer, Sub-editor at @ESPNcricinfo

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IPL: Bumrah-powered MI take on PBKS for a spot in final

6 days ago | risingnepaldaily.com | Deivarayan Muthu

By Deivarayan Muthu (ESPN Cricinfo), June 1: After 72 matches and two gruelling months of play-travel-play, with a break in between, only three teams are left standing in IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Mumbai Indians (MI). While RCB have already qualified for the final, MI will meet PBKS in another crunch game today to identify the other finalist. Five-time champions vs a team that is in quest for its first title. Hardik Pandya vs Shreyas Iyer.
Sherfane Rutherford relishes his bigger role at Gujarat Titans: 'Want to be a batter, not just a finisher'

1 week ago | espn.in | Deivarayan Muthu |S Sudarshanan

Sherfane Rutherford is a two-time IPL winner, but he didn't play any matches in those tournaments. He was a reserve with Mumbai Indians in 2020 and Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024.
What can CSK do to rise from rock bottom next season?

2 weeks ago | espn.in | Deivarayan Muthu

At around 8.45pm on April 11, there were unprecedented scenes at Chepauk. As MS Dhoni walked out to bat at No. 9, with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) 72 for 7 in the 15th over against Kolkata Knight Riders, several fans began to leave the stadium. CSK's devoted followers have sworn by their Thala but those exiting had realised that even he couldn't save this team this season.
Abhishek's over of fury: four sixes, one knockout blow

2 weeks ago | espn.in | Deivarayan Muthu

Abhishek Sharma is a six-hitting machine. Since the start of IPL 2024, he has cleared the boundary 114 times in 47 innings in T20 cricket. Only Nicholas Pooran (181) has hit more sixes than Abhishek during this period. In a chase of 206 against Lucknow Super Giants on Monday, Four of those Abhishek sixes came off Ravi Bishnoi in the seventh over and decisively swung the game towards Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Greatest Tests: Adams' St John's heist vs the latest Edgbaston epic

4 weeks ago | espn.in | Deivarayan Muthu

In the lead-up to the World Test Championship final between Australia and South Africa at Lord's on June 11, ESPNcricinfo, Star Sports and JioHotstar are inviting you to help us pick the greatest Test of the 21st century. There are 32 contenders, with two Tests pitted against each other until we identify the winner. Get voting now.
Nos. 16-14: Nicholas Pooran, Faf du Plessis, Suryakumar Yadav

1 month ago | thecricketmonthly.com | Karthik Krishnaswamy |Deivarayan Muthu |Shashank Kishore

Scream for me, Dallas: Pooran set the inaugural MLC final alight with a lightning-quick hundred No. 16, Nicholas Pooranby Deivarayan MuthuIf Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine are first-generation T20 legends from Trinidad and Tobago, Pooran is the next-generation short-format superstar from the region. Like his seniors, Pooran has been there and done that in every T20 league around the world.
Indian Premier League

1 month ago | espn.in | Deivarayan Muthu

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 213 for 5 (Kohli 62, Bethell 55, Shepherd 53*, Pathirana 3-36) beat Chennai Super Kings 211 for 5 (Mhatre 94, Jadeja 77*, Ngidi 3-30) by two runsRoyal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) outgunned Chennai Super Kings (CSK), defending 213 on a flat pitch in a wildly see-sawing Chinnaswamy classic. It came down to Yash Dayal vs MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja once again. In 2024, the left-arm seamer had bested Dhoni and put RCB in the playoffs.
Ponting: Shreyas 'understands game situations better than ever before'

1 month ago | espn.in | Deivarayan Muthu

Punjab Kings (PBKS) coach Ricky Ponting is impressed with Shreyas Iyer's evolution as a captain, saying that he is responding to pressure better after having led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to the IPL title last season. Ponting has seen that evolution from close quarters, having also worked with Iyer during his stint at Delhi Capitals (DC). Iyer and Ponting had led DC to the playoffs from 2019 to 2021, and even the final in 2020.
Yuzi Chahal - still tossing it up, still making batters look silly

1 month ago | espn.in | Deivarayan Muthu

MS Dhoni had just jumped out of his crease and launched a one-handed six off Yuzvendra Chahal over long-on in the 19th over. Ravindra Jadeja took the "catch" in front of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) dugout, with Chepauk going wild. They felt that CSK were onto something. Until Chahal stopped them in their tracks with his crafty legspin.
The evolution of Prabhsimran Singh: From powerplay basher to all-phase disruptor

1 month ago | espn.in | Deivarayan Muthu

It certainly takes something special to outdo Glenn Maxwell at his own game. On Sunday, Maxwell pulled off the switch-hit against Varun Chakravarthy, but it was Prabhsimran Singh's switch-hit off Sunil Narine that left our collective jaws on the floor. Prabhsimran is usually an intent machine in the powerplay, but on an Eden Gardens pitch that was described as "very, very slow", he tempered his natural instincts and didn't overhit the ball. He was on 34 off 32 balls.