Is Gambhir the most talented yet underrated cricketer?

When I see Gautam Gambhir and his dedication towards cricket I get inspired. But everytime I feel like he is talented yet underrated cricketer.

Gautam is most prominently a big match player. Who survives pressure? Who tackles it intelligently?

Had it not been for the Gambhir's heroic inning in both 2007 T20 world cup and 2011 50 over world cup, the story might have been different. We may not have been the world champion. And I know many of you would agree to it.

In final of 2011 world cup when likes of Sachin and Sehwag failed to deliver this man stood like a solid rock on the pitch. His partnership with Virat and Dhoni steadied India's drowning ship. As a result of which we celebrated after 28 years.

Apart from these two innings if we research there are plenty other knocks to be talked about. If we look at the 10 years of IPL then he has been one of the greatest performers.

Alright, for once lets forget history. Lets focus on present. In the ongoing IPL of tenth edition he is the orange cap holder till now. Which says a story? This man is in fine touch. This man is a legend.

He seems focused and plays captains inning every time he walks out on field. And if he continues this form till the end of IPL then national selectors need to consider him too. And the intent he has shown gives a hint that he is surely going to make it big.

A very famous quote is doing rounds in social media, which reads

                 "There might not be a biopic on his life, but
                   He is the reason for others biopic"

And it is absolutely correct. Gautam Gambhir is a finest unrecognized Indian cricketer who deserves more than what he has got.

Hope time does justice with him and he gets another chance to play in Indian jersey. Keep going Gauti.

We are with you and pray for your long cricketing career.

Dhoni:Not a Captain in IPL but always a leader

9 Editions of IPL.
143 matches.
2 times IPL champions.
4 times reaching the finals in IPL.

And all of these editions and matches witnessed Dhoni as the captain.

Today will be the first instance when Dhoni will not be captaining his side RPS. He will play under Steve Smith, a really talented youngster from Australian Cricket Team. Dhoni was replaced as captain because franchise wanted a young captain looking at future perspective of the team.

The decision raised many eye brows as the person who was getting replaced was himself the master of the trade called captain. Many termed the decision as insult to the Indian legend captain. But as his nature is, he stepped down calmly without making any issue and respecting franchise decision.

But wait!

For the first time in so many years something will seem odd on the field. Isn't it?

There will be lots of talk about the same in commentry and on social media once the game starts(already started in social media).

Playing as a captain or just as a player, he will be valuable to RPS in all aspects. His batting performance could see new heights as he will not be thinking much about other things that he had to as a captain. Steve smith could as well seek his help in times of need. He can guide the captain to set field properly as a wicket keeper sees the placement perfectly.

But still fans would have loved to see him as the captain of the side.

Anyways, now all we will love to see is the same old Dhoni playing aggresively going over the bowlers. And that helicopter shots too.

A captain or a not a captain, Dhoni will always be a legend of cricket. Be it any format

Yuvraj lits up IPL opening match

Absolute Carnage!

This is what the commentators described his inning to be.

And why not?

From the very initial phase of his inning he picked up his inning at top-gear. Strike rate of above 200. And it never came down throughout his inning. It was Yuvraj whom we are habituated to see. Fearless. In fine tune. Playing in boundaries.

Yuvraj produced scintillating 62 in just 27 balls when his inning was put to full stop by Tymal Mills. His inning comprised of three sixes and seven fours.

With his valuable contribution along with Dhawan, Henriques, Hooda and Cutting's inning SRH posted a gigantic score of 207 at the loss of four wickets.

Now Yuvraj has sent a clear message to every team with this inning. Be ready for more such innings to come. So teams start preparing for the Yuvraj-havoc in this edition of IPL.

Yuvraj fans can have cheers on their face as this is just the trailer of the complete movie that is to come.

Keep performing Singh Saab.

IPL 2017 : The 10th edition starts today

IPL-'Bharat ka cricket' is all set to start today at 8:00 pm between Royal challenger Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Rajiv Gandhi International stadium, Hyderabad is the venue where the match will be played.

RCB is going to come out without Kohli for the first time since the inaugural season of IPL. Other impact player to miss out the game from the camp is the Mr. 360°, de villiers. Rahul is also going to miss todays game. So it might give opportunity to other players to showcase their talent and cement their position in case injury haunts RCB as IPL proceeds.

On the other side, the bowling spearhead Mustafizur Rahman who played significant role in SRH dream run in last edition is going to miss the game too. This will be a big vaccumm to fill.

Whatever be the case the evening and late night entertainment is going to shift towards cricket for now. And it will keep on entertaining cricket lovers for two months.


SRH

Shikhar Dhawan, David warner(c), Moises Henriques, Kane Willianson, Yuvraj Singh, Deepak Hooda, Naman Ojha, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Rashid khan, Barinder Sran, Ricky Bhui, Siddharth Kaul, Bipul Sharma, Ben Cutting, Abhimanyu Mithun, Vijay Shankar, Nabi, Eklavya Dwivedi, praveen Tambe, Ben Laughlin, Tanmay Agarwal, Md. siraj, Chris Jordan.

RCB

Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Shane Watson(c), Travis Head, Kedar Jadhav, Sachin Baby, Stuart Binny, Pawan Negi, Yuzvendra Chahal, Tymall Mills, Sreenath Arvind, Aniket Chaudhury, Harshal Patel, Adam Milne, Iqbal Abdullah, Samuel Badree,  Avesh Khan, Tabraiz Shamsee, Praveen Dubey, Billy Stanlake, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers


In news:

• Harsha Bhogle makes return to IPL after exile of year.
• Absence of Virat Kohli and AB de villiers may impact the response to the start of the IPL
• Rishi Kapoor questions - why no Pakistani players in IPL.
• Ishant Sharma's surprise inclusion in the Ipl after he was not bought by any franchise during bid.
• Grand opening ceremony of IPL-10th edition.