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Indian captain Kapil Dev lifting the Prudential Cup            Credits : ICC  25 th June, the day when Indian Cricket transformed completely! 25 th June 1983 , the day when India’s stature in cricket changed and the day when people in India started taking cricket seriously otherwise it was just a game before this day. So what’s special happened on this day, as in God of cricket Sachin Tendulkar’s words “a day that changed the Indian cricket history forever, a joy we felt and the pride on witnessing India win the world cup.” 39-years-ago on this day, Kapil Dev led India beat the mighty West Indies led by Sir Clive Llyod in the prudential cup final. India started as the underdogs in the tournament but in the end went on to take the cup back home, all thanks to the confidence and determination Kapil dev had. Beating that West Indies team wasn’t a cup of tea instead it took the heart and soul to overcome that team which had Sir Viv Richards, Sir Cli...

  11 Years of King Kohli. Have a look back on his journey. As Virat Kohli has completed his glorious 11 years in test cricket, lets recap some of the memories that has asserted him as “one of the greatest in this format.” A tweet by Sanjay Manjrekar in 2012 citing “Give Virat one more test…just to be sure he does not belong here” specified the status the Delhi-boy had in his initial years despite having his maiden test ton in Adelaide in 2012 where all the giants had bow down to the mighty Australian attack. That was 2012 and now it’s 2022, after a decade. Today no one can deny to the fact that if Virat wouldn’t have been here, Indian test cricket wouldn’t have achieved the heights it saw in last 6-7 years. Ranked no.7 on the ICC rankings, MS Dhoni ruled out from the first test; facing the most dangerous Aussie attack with some more firepower added to it as compared to the last time. Same old Adelaide Oval . Guess what, first innings as a test captain and a superb cen...

Ex-skipper pertains his peak run in the longest format as England gave a fitting reply with Ollie Pope’s 2 nd century on the batting paradise.  Joe Root can be regarded as the greatest gift to the Test Cricket in the coming years vis-à-vis his dream run in the longest format over couple of years. Giving another illustration of his golden patch, Root slammed another ton-his 27 th in an intense run carnival at the Trent Bridge Stadium, Nottingham.  Continuing the overnight score of 90 for 1, England opener Alex Lees scored his maiden half century in Test Cricket after some due start to his career. Pope continued his control and backed his strength to reach his 2 nd test career ton providing a boost to the hosts after Kiwis registered a score of 553 in the first innings riding on Daryl Mitchell’s 190.  Pope and Root’s resistance  Lees fall of Matt Henry’s patience giving an edge to the Mitchell at first slip. After that, Pope was joined by the 31-year-old Yorkshire s...