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Faf Du Plessis sitting on Bench in IPL

Faf Du Plessis probably for the first time is finding himself on the side-lines in the Indian Premier League.


Since the time Du Plessis started featuring in the IPL, he had been in the playing XI most of the time whenever he was available, be it at his previous franchise Chennai Super Kings or at the current one Rising Pune Super Giant.

But, after a change in leadership at RPS this season, the stylish right hander has lost his place in the XI.

Steve Smith, the new skipper who has taken over has not shown as much faith in Du Plessis as the previous skipper MS Dhoni used to show.

Smith has been rather interested in picking those overseas players who can offer something with the ball. (more…)

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PIETERSEN TO PLAY ROLE IN IPL 2017

England cricketer Kevin Pietersen is set to play a role in the new season of the Indian Premier League.


The ace cricketer would not be donning any club jersey in the money spinning league poised to start in Hyberabad.

The IPL is in its tenth year and it has been attracting the best players in the world. Pietersen would be making his debut in the commentary business after years of experience in India. The former Bangalore, Delhi and Pune cricketer would be sharing his opinionsin the first, fourth and final week of the eight-team league.

He took to Twitter to make the announcement. (more…)

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KEVIN PIETERSEN HIT OUTS AT ALASTAIR COOK

The fourth Test game which saw India vs. England go head on has come and gone with India thrashing England, and Virat Kohli, India’s Test Captain, carting away his third double century for the 2016-17 season.


Not just that, the game has also left a lot of tongues wagging, especially in the direction of Alastair Cook, who has been accused of spoiling the game and letting India have the dominance due to his poor captaincy and a few wrong decisions.

The first criticism came in the form of a tweet from Kevin Pietersen, former England captain who took to the popular social media network, Twitter to express his unhappiness with the choices Cook had made.

“Watching #INDvENG all morning. Cook’s captaincy?”

That wasn’t all as he sent in another one a few minutes later, taking a dig at the captain, (more…)

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Trevor Bayliss on Interview from Players on TV

Trevor Bayliss doesn’t think a player should ever barge into the box of TV ump to question him regardless of the fairness of any particular call made by him and so, Alex Hales can’t be defended for doing that.


Bayliss however denies that act of Hales can cause the ouster of the Nottinghamshire player from the national set up. The world famous coach who is from the rival nation Australia says if Hales is dismissed from the side, it would only be because he hasn’t done justice to himself as a test batsman. Nothing other than his runs would be the talking point in that regard.

Hales’ act during the London match was brought into the notice of the referee who summoned the right handed batter and slapped him a fine and then did the same to the pace man Stuart Broad too who on a social site seemed to be taking the side of his county colleague by suggesting through one of his remarks that the footages with so much blurriness couldn’t be taken as a base for a catch to be considered legal. (more…)

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Kevin Pietersen was bought by the new IPL franchise

Kevin Pietersen was bought by the new IPL franchise, the Rising Pune Super Giants in the recent players’ auction.

The Super Giants did not have to spend much for the audacious English batsman as they managed to seal his services for just five hundred thousand Dollars.

Pietersen had fetched an amount three times more than this in the auction a couple of years ago, but, as he has stopped playing international Cricket and is getting a bit older too, his brand value has decreased.

Pietersen has although been in superb nick for the last 3-4 months and has played a number of impact knocks in different Leagues for different Clubs. But, playing international Cricket is something which gives a player the maximum exposure and that’s what the big Englishman is away from at the moment.

Pietersen is a player who has got the game for the power-play. He has opened in limited-over Cricket with distinction in the past. So, Pune might think of slotting him right at the top of the order.

Although his preferred batting position in the other leagues is no. 3 as that is the position where he feels the most comfortable at and has scored the most number of runs at as far as Twenty 20 Cricket is concerned. But, he would not mind opening the batting either if asked to do so as in that case he would get a lot of deliveries to pace his innings at his own speed.

The Rising Pune Super Giants will be skippered by the Indian limited-over captain MS Dhoni. (more…)

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Kevin Pietersen believes England is a confident unit at the moment

Kevin Pietersen believes England is a confident unit at the moment having won against the arch rivals Australia, but, they must be wary of the fact that the conditions in the upcoming Pakistan series will be completely different to what they countered in the Ashes.

According to Pietersen, more than the batting, the worry for England is the spin bowling especially with the news coming in that the uncapped southpaw spinner Zafar Ansari will now not be able to play any part on the Emirates tour after sustaining an injury playing county Cricket.

Ansari was tipped to be handed his debut in the first test match.

He would probably have found himself batting at the top of the order alongside Alastair Cook and would also have performed the role of the third spinner.

But, with him ruled out now, it would be quite hard for England to play three spinners as in that scenario they would have to sacrifice a batsman which they would be reluctant to do.

However, Moeen Ali is someone whom the team management can consider putting at the top of the order, but, the thing to be noted is that he has never played as an opener in County Cricket. So, his credentials against the new ball are not proven.

In Emirates though, Moeen might not get challenged that much as the ball very rarely swings there.

With Moeen opening, England would find the space for an extra spinner, but, Pietersen is not quite sure that they would go for any such move. (more…)