Saksham Mishra - Feature Writer
Saksham Mishra is a feature writer based in New Delhi, writing interesting looks at cricket and asking questions - before answering them in an insightful way.
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Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Steven Finn, youngest Englishman to 50 Test wickets, was born
April 4, 1989 - You tend to feel that Steven Finn has been playing forever, when the truth is that he turns 31 today, and not 38 as you might have thought.
Australian players who will be worst hit if IPL 2020 is cancelled
A total of 17 Australian players are supposed to be a part of IPL 13. The most expensive buy of the league's history is also an Australian, Pat Cummins, and understandably hopes for the IPL to happen at some stage.
Kohli opens up on RCB's fate, England nightmare, best batting partner and fitness
In an informal chat with Kevin Pietersen, Indian captain Virat Kohli was candid about RCB's chances of winning an IPL title, paradigm shift in Team India's fitness and the players he loves batting with the most.
CWC 2019 Recap: Malinga and Perera save Sri Lanka blushes against Afghanistan
A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Remember the name: Brathwaite stuns England to win 2016 World T20
April 3, 2016 - The images of an inconsolable Ben Stokes on his haunches, Carlos Braithwaite with his hands aloft, Gayle, Sammy and Samuels waving their jerseys. It was sheer madness, exactly four years ago.
Celebrating Player of the Tournament Yuvraj Singh on 9th anniversary of India's 2011 World Cup win
Yuvraj's all-round heroics in the World Cup move several notches up with the knowledge that he had been battling cancer, insomnia, irregular heartbeat and shortness of breath through the tournament.
Cricket Match Predictions: Giant slayers Ireland have West Indies on the chopping block
In our new feature series - Who would have predicted that? – we are looking back at matches where there were big upsets or extraordinary individual performances that turned matches on their head.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - India lift the World Cup after 28 years; the party begins in Mumbai
As Ravi Shastri spoke these iconic words on air over a pitch-perfect six by skipper MS Dhoni over long-on, India became only the third team to win the ODI World Cup twice and the first to win it at home.
England players who will be worst hit if IPL 2020 is cancelled
A total of 13 English players are scheduled to play in the 13th edition of the Indian Premiere League. Here are the players who run the risk of losing the most money if this edition of the league gets stalled due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
CWC 2019 Recap: Bangladesh beat South Africa, but it's no upset
A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Stephen Fleming, most successful Kiwi Test captain, was born
April 1, 1973 - A Test average of a tick over 40 doesn't have legend written all over it, but the fact that Stephen Fleming captained New Zealand from 1997 to 2006 in 80 matches, out of which he won 28 and lost 27...
CWC 2019 Recap: Finch and Cummins too good for flat Afghanistan
A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.