Rajat Patidar: Captain Cool who never aspired for the Hot Seat
Rajat Patidar's childhood friend says that the IPL champion skipper was never keen on captaincy at any level since childhood but there was in him the calmness of MS Dhoni that made him a great leadership potential
Take Ravindra Jadeja as a batting all-rounder overseas
Even though the southpaw from Saurashtra has improved leaps and bounds with the bat, as shown in the last four innings, his bowling has been ineffective in places like England
Pranav Rajvanshi builds on after advice from Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant
Pranav Rajvanshi made his debut against Tamil Nadu and played a game against Assam before making way for Anuj Rawat and Rishabh Pant. He finally returned to the side in the last game against Railways when Virat Kohli played a first-class game for Delhi after a gap of 12 years
We will finish DPL before Duleep Trophy: Rohan Jaitley
Following rain disruptions last year, the DDCA President is planning reserve days for backend of DPL and also looking forward to shifting DDCA T20 League ahead of 40-over league next season to ensure its performances are considered
Lakshay Thareja not picked in Delhi Premier League auction is a shocker
Thareja aggregated 786 in eight innings at a humungous average of 786 in the 40-over DDCA League in the 2023-24 season. His strike rate was over 126, quite good for 40-over one-day games
Simarjeet Singh and Digvesh Rathi top picks in DPL auction
Among other big grossers were Nitish Rana, who was bought by West Delhi Lions for Rs 34 lakh and Prince Yadav, who went to New Delhi Tigers, the new franchise, for Rs 33 lakh
Pranav Pant, Arnav Bugga, Aaryavir Sehwag, Agamjyot Singh, Aditya Bhandari, Kirit Kaushik, Joon brothers, Pradyuman Sanan, Aman Chaudhary and Shubham Dubey are the teenagers, that is, those 19 and below who should get picked in the auctions
Virat Kohli, God loving Aarush Malhotra scores record T20 double ton
The wicketkeeper-batsman hammered 201 off 79 balls for Anand Sports against Malviya Club at Chhawla; the century is the first ever in DDCA T20 League history