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It's India vs Pakistan! Again! But is there enough buzz around the mother of all cricket rivalries returning after seven months? Or is it going to be a no-contest, considering an in-form India pitted against Pakistan, who lost to minnows USA earlier in the week. Will the T20 World Cup match in New York live up to its billing? Or will the lopsided conditions on a drop-down pitch emerge as the decis...

Siddharth Mhatre is naturally right-handed. His father is a big Brian Lara fan. So, when Siddharth started batting at 3, his father taught him how to bat left-handed. Now he is an elegant south-paw batter. Similarly, he is naturally an off-spinner. But one day when there were no left-arm spinners in his college nets, he tried his hand at bowling left-arm spin and bowled fairly well. Seeing his acc...

The United States of America and the West Indies are the co-hosts of the 2024 T20 World Cup. The USA will host only eight games out of 43 in this World Cup, but one can feel that the entire tournament is happening in the States. However, cricket needs the USA more than the other way around. What financial windfall will cricket see with those eight games and how do they compare to other ‘American s...

And just like that IPL 2024 is over. What are the highlights of this IPL? Who is the find of the tournament and who has failed miserably? Who makes it to the team of the tournament and who misses out. Let's discuss all the talking points

It may be touted as the big bucks battle, read Rs 20.50 crore vs Rs 24.75 crore. But more than Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc, the IPL 2024 final between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders - a repeat of top two teams yet again clashing twice in IPL Playoffs - will possibly be decided on the tactics employed by the captains. Will Shreyas Iyer lift his first IPL trophy? Or will Pat Cummin...

रॉयल चॅलेंजर्स बेंगळुरूची घोडदौड चालू राहिल उर्वरित चार सामन्यांमध्ये? कोण रोखेल कोलकाता नाईट रायडर्सचा विजयी वारू? सनरायझर्स हैदराबाद करेल २००९ ची पुनरावृत्ती? राजस्थान रॉयल्सची होणार का एलिमिनेटर मध्येच सुट्टी? IPL प्लेऑफ्स विशेष 'वीकली कट्टा' मध्ये मारत आहेत गप्पा अमोल गोखले, आदित्य जोशी व 'द हिंदू' वृत्तसमूहाचा क्रीडा पत्रकार अमोल कऱ्हाडकर               Can Royal Challengers Bengaluru continue...

  Pratik Athavale would refuse to go to bed as a kid because he always wanted to play a game of cricket with his father before sleeping. One day a game of Gully cricket resulted in a few broken window panes and his father sent him to a cricket ground. That’s how his cricketing journey started. He played for Nashik District Cricket Association in invitation matches of Maharashtra Cricket Associatio...

Hardik Pandya's return? Hardik Pandya's captaincy? Ego clashes between seniors? Rohit Sharma's form? Or lack of support for Jasprit Bumrah in the bowling department? What has led to Mumbai Indians exiting the Indian Premier League with almost two weeks remaining in the league stage? Aditya Joshi, Sports Katta's staunch MI supporter, and Amol Karhadkar, sports journalist with The Hindu group, disse...

Are you an athlete? If your answer is YES, this video is for you. If your answer is NO, this video is for you as well. Do you often feel a need to maintain your fitness but don’t know where to start? Are you a parent whose child plays a sport and you want to make sure he/she is ticking all the right boxes in terms of their progress? What are the do’s and don'ts and how should one look at fitness?...

The suspense over India's squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 is finally over, with the 15-member team and four standbys having been announced on April 30. Do you think this squad has the wherewithal to end India's cricket team's prolonged drought for a World title? Here's our take, thanks to Amol Gokhale and Amol Gokhale, The Hindu's seasoned sports journalist.

The curious case of Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA). The DDCA is frequently in the news for the wrong reasons rather than the right ones. However, DDCA has nurtured some generational talents, who have gone on to represent Indian cricket at the highest level. The culture of Delhi Cricket is something as revered as Mumbai Cricket. Virender Sehwag, Ashish Nehra, Virat Kohli, Ishant Sharma...

The selection committee meeting for Team India’s World Cup squad is always up for a huge debate. The deadline to submit the preliminary squad is May 1 and the team news could be out anytime soon. Only a handful of players are certain of their berth in the World Cup squad, but there could be some jostling for remaining positions. Against that backdrop, Sports Katta organised a selection committee m...

Sanjay Dhas knew that if he were blessed with a baby boy, he would name him after legendary India batter Sachin Tendulkar. He did name his son - Sachin. He probably had foreseen that Sachin Dhas would become a cricketer as well. Sachin remembers playing with only bat and ball, nothing else. He started playing cricket at four and played his first invitation match at six. Coming from a small village...

April 18, 2008. The first match of the IPL was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders. IPL is into its 17th season and has seen numerous players turn up for different franchises. Some players turned out to be only one-season wonders. The likes of MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik, who played in the inaugural IPL season, are still active. The talen...

As the IPL approaches midway mark, the debate for the who goes to the World Cup is gaining traction. Every week some new name in thrown into the mix. But what goes behind the selection process? What is team management's thinking about it? The hottest topic of discussion is who are the two wicketkeeper batters in the side? Has Shivam Dube confirmed his ticket to America?

The Indian Premier League (IPL) began in 2008 and in 16 seasons, the league has grown exponentially. The IPL has taken Indian cricket to the next level in every possible way. There have been moments on and off the field that will forever stay in people's memories. The IPL has seen the rise and fall of some superstars.  Some cricketers will always be remembered for their consistency over the years,...

Virat Kohli scored a 67-ball hundred against the Rajasthan Royals, the joint-slowest hundred in the IPL hundred. His strike rate in that innings was 156.94. However, Rajasthan Royals easily chased the target with Jos Buttler scoring 100* at a strike rate of 172.41. What does that say about their innings? Should strike rate be the only yardstick to judge a batter's performance?

Bablu Patil began his cricketing journey way back in 2004 at 19. However, he knew cricket could not be his only source of livelihood and joined the Maharashtra Police in 2006. However, his love for sports saw him participate in various tournaments as a sprinter with the police force. As part of the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF), he often had to visit the Naxalite area of Maharashtra -Gadchirol...

The Indian Premier League (IPL) began in 2008 and in 16 seasons, the league has grown exponentially. The IPL has taken Indian cricket to the next level in every possible way. There have been moments on and off the field that will forever stay in people's memories. The IPL has seen the rise and fall of some superstars.  Some cricketers will always be remembered for their consistency over the years,...

Rishab Pant dazzled with a scintillating half-century in Delhi Capitals' victory over Chennai Super Kings. Pant, who is back in action after a long lay-off, is getting sharper by the innings and is putting his name in the hat for the T20 World Cup selection. Despite their first loss of the season, Ruturaj Gaikwad has impressed as a skipper after taking over the reins from MS Dhoni. The Wankhede cr...

Sahil Godbole is a Sydney-based financial crime analyst working with a reputed bank. That’s his bread and butter. However, as a passionate cricket lover, he runs a side business of bat repairs. He started this venture out of his garage during the COVID-19 lockdown after he successfully repaired the broken bat of one of his housemates. In these last four years, he has repaired around 600 bats and i...

Ketan Mhatre started his cricket journey playing underarm cricket before being picked for his village’s tennis-ball cricket team. However, he didn’t get an opportunity right away. He had to be the 12th man for a considerable time but Ketan was clear about what he wanted to do. When the opportunity came, he grabbed it with both hands. His reward for taking his opportunity was a sports bike. First o...

Hardik Pandya moved back to Mumbai Indians from Gujarat Titans and was subsequently named the team's captain. The move and his appointment haven't gone down well with fans of both teams. He is getting trolled on social media platforms mercilessly. In Mumbai Indians' season opener against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad, fans of both teams jeered him constantly. Amol Karhadkar, Sports Journalist, The H...

When Tushar Deshpande made his Sports Katta debut in 2020, he was yet to earn an Indian Premier League cap. As he returns to Sports Katta for another conversation in our special series 'IPL Uwaach', he not only has an IPL title to his but has also been crowned Ranji Trophy champion. Add to that the fact that Deshpande was Chennai Super Kings' highest wicket-taker during its triumphant IPL 2023 cam...

The world of tennis-ball cricket is unearthed and beyond imagination. In the last few years, it has blossomed. The fan base of tennis-ball cricket is growing exponentially courtesy of live-streaming platforms. Players have made a decent career playing tennis-ball cricket as the sport became commercially viable. Krishna Satpute  @KrishnaSatputeOfficial  is the superstar of this ‘tennis-ball’ world....