Nagraj Gollapudi

6 days ago | risingnepaldaily.com | Matt Roller |Deivarayan Muthu |Sidharth Monga |Nagraj Gollapudi

By ESPNcricinfo staff, April 19: We are past the halfway mark of the league stage of IPL 2025. Here, some of our writers discuss the goings-on and the trends that have caught their eye. Perennial underachievers highlight benefits of mega auctionOnly 12 matches into IPL 2025, all ten teams had won at least once: clear proof that the mega-auction has done its job.

1 week ago | espn.in | Nagraj Gollapudi

Why has the IPL started measuring bats all of a sudden during IPL 2025? That has become a significant question ever since April 13, when match officials began using a gauge to measure bats. While the IPL has not put out an official statement on the reasons, ESPNcricinfo has learned the move has been made with an eye on maintaining the balance between bat and ball and ensuring that batters do not derive an undue advantage from using bigger bats.

1 week ago | espn.co.uk | Nagraj Gollapudi

The BCCI has terminated Abhishek Nayar's contract, less than a year after appointing him as assistant coach of the India men's national team. Nayar, who was appointed last July, is the first major casualty of the review carried out by the BCCI to assess India's miserable run in Test cricket late last year, beginning with the 3-0 whitewash at home against New Zealand followed by the 3-1 series defeat in Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

1 week ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy |Shashank Kishore |Nagraj Gollapudi

"Why don't they just bowl yorkers?"It's a refrain you might hear from a disgruntled uncle watching fast bowlers get walloped in the end overs of a T20 game. You even hear it from TV commentators sometimes. The yorker remains the hardest ball for most batters to hit, but it's one with a low margin for error. Err with your length a little bit, and you're delivering two of the easier lengths for batters to hit: full-tosses and half-volleys.

1 week ago | espn.in | Sidharth Monga |Nagraj Gollapudi

Anrich Nortje had to get his bat changed after he came out to bat for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their loss against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Mullanpur on Tuesday after it didn't fit the umpire's gauge. This was the first time a batter had to get his bat changed, after umpires started to check the dimensions of players' bats on the field from the two games on Sunday.