The Guy in the Stands

India Vs England 4th Test Living by the sword and dying by it, is the mindset that Stokes and his Bazballers have always been promulgating as their very own discrete brand of cricket. A mantra that has always put them on the brink of eternal glory or a colossal collapse like the one we witnessed at Rajkot in the third test of the five-match series against India. The latter has prevailed in the last two tests as the team faced a scathing indictment for their lack of perseverance while batting. And England’s aggressive style of play which had received much applause after their win in Hyderabad, came back under the scanner after their humbling defeat in Rajkot.  The poms in the first three tests have averaged 48.3 runs per wicket for their first two wickets. While it drops to 20.6 for wicket number three, four, and five combined, positions occupied by Root and Bairstow - both of whom have consistently failed in their roles.  Part of the “Fab Four”, the ever-so-prolific Joe R...

Ajinkya Rahane hit 61 runs off 27 deliveries as Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by seven wickets. | Photo Credit: SPORTZPICS for IPL Chennai Super Kings 159 for 3 (Rahane 61, Gaikwad 40*, Kartikeya 1-24) beat Mumbai Indians 157 for 8 (Kishan 32, Jadeja 3-20, Santner 2-28) by seven wickets Chennai Super Kings were on song Saturday night, as Ajinkya Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja set up a seven-wicket victory over arch-rivals Mumbai Indians with 11 balls to spare in the 12th match of Indian Premier League 2023, here at the Wankhede Stadium. The pitch offered some grip and turn to the spinners and saw CSK's ace spinner Jadeja and Mitchel Santner making full use of it, restricting Mumbai to 157/8. The left-arm duo proved successful for the Chennai-based side as they combined to grab five wickets for 48 runs.  Mumbai had a bright start with Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan at the top, scoring at almost 10-per-over before local boy Tushar Deshpande skidded one past Sharma's defenc...

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Yes, you read that right. There indeed was a Knob of God , another cheating trick of the legendary football player Deigo Armando Maradona. The Argentine who died in November'2020 after suffering a heart attack at the age of 60, was famous for his incredible agility on the football pitch - and his notoriously bad behaviour off it. As he was heavily involved in the use of narcotics because of his close ties with the Camorra Drug Cartels back in Naples, Italy. He was a cocaine user, as early as 1982. The documentry ' Deigo Maradona: Rebel. Hero. Hustler. God.'  directed by British filmmaker Asif Kapadia had shed light on his links with the Italian mafia who supplied him with cocaine and prostitutes during his time in Napoli. The documentry explores Maradona's ties with the Camorra crime cartels who played a part in getting him hooked on the white powder. El Diego confirmed everything in an interview with Asif: 'Sunday to Wednesday I was partying on cocaine. I woul...