Eminent cricket writer Vijay Lokapally describes his experience of covering the iconic India vs Australia Test at Eden Gardens in 2001 for Sportstar and The Hindu.
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The legendary wicketkeeper-batter will miss Monday’s clash against Rajasthan Royals with a calf strain that will keep him out of the initial phases of the tournament.
While the threat of rain on matchday at the time of writing this piece remains minimal, CSK’s and RR’s practice session was cancelled on March 29 owing to rains
V. V. Krishnan covered the 2001 Eden Gardens Test for The Hindu and Sportstar.
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The trend that began in the closing stages of the T20 World Cup continued at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday night, where Mumbai Indians openers Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton took Varun Chakaravarthy apart in Kolkata Knight Riders’ season-opener.
For the first time, he was turning out for Mumbai Indians — his home franchise. And Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy captain made it a memorable outing, returning Player-of-the-Match figures of three for 39 in four overs against Kolkata Knight Riders, one of his former teams.
Suryakumar did not field for MI in its first match of the season against Kolkata Knight Riders and scored an 8-ball 16 during a brief stay in the middle as the hosts hammered KKR by 6 wickets to record its highest successful run chase in IPL history.
KKR, already marred with injuries to its frontline fast bowlers, was not able to fully use Green’s abilities. When quizzed about the same post the loss against Mumbai Indians, Ajinkya Rahane replied bluntly: “Ask Cricket Australia.”
