Top 5 billionaire flops of IPL 2021

 IPL being the biggest T20 league across the globe has many rags to riches stories of various players associated with it . While one season can make one a billionaire at the same time it can also end a player's career . Every year we get to see some huge success stories and also some unfortunate failures . Here's a list of  some huge buys of IPL 2021 who did not perform up to the price tag .

Jhye Richardson

With a whopping buy of 14 cr INR PBKS franchise had a lot of expectations from the Australian speed star . After a very successful season of BBL , it was expected to be similar with IPL but things did not work the same way as before . The PBKS management just gave him 3 matches out of their 7 matches of the 1st leg .

  Matches : 3

  Wickets : 3

  Economy: 10.64

  Average : 39.0

Kyle Jamieson

The Kiwi speed star was picked up for 15 cr INR by RCB especially based on his performance in the WTC circle . Certainly he could not carry his test match form in the limited overs cricket . His ability of bowling with the new ball was not that effective in the powerplay overs and he remained too expensive in the death overs . 

 Matches : 9

 Wickets : 9

 Economy : 9.61  

 Average : 29.89

K Gowtham

 

One of the most promising allrounder from the domestic circuit , Gowtham was picked by CSK for a whopping price of  9.25 cr INR . Though it's wrong to say that he is a flop in this season as he did not get any game but this also means a wastage of a billion . The worst part was that while fielding as a substitute fielder , he left an easy catch of Hetmeyer which costed CSK the match .

Hardik Pandya

He is one of the best all rounders of the current Indian team , but his injury limited his bowling capability as seen in the last season of IPL .He was retained by 11 cr INR , this year his form dipped further , he was unable to shine with his bat even after two consecutive successful series against Australia and England . He lost his finishing ability which also costed Mumbai Indians many matches .

Matches : 12

Runs : 127

Average : 14.11

Suresh Raina 

This year certainly it was not the year of Mr IPL . Though he started with a half century in the very first game of IPL 2021 but after that he could not play any big innings and later in turn got dropped from the CSK squad .

Matches : 12

Runs : 160

Average : 17. 77

 

 

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Did Ponting used a Spring bat in 2003 WC Final ? A rumor which shook the cricket world

 It was on March 23 , 2003 when a Young Indian side was going to face the defending Champions of the ICC world cup . Winning the toss Captain Sourav Ganguly invited the Aussies to bat first . This indeed the invitation of destruction of the Indian bowling lineup . After the opening partnership of 105 runs , a storm named Ricky Ponting entered the field . Ponting on that day was in a different level , he started hitting the Indian bowlers to each and every corner of the park . It was as if he was batting against the net bowlers and he outplayed the Indian bowling attack scoring an unbeaten 140 off just 121 deliveries with 8 sixes and 4 fours . In response of the mamoth chase of 360 , India fell down for just 234 . 

What became the point of discussion after the match was Ricky Ponting's Innings , many people conspired the fact that Ricky Ponting used a spring bat in that particular Innings . A spring bat is a special type of bat loaded with shock absorbers(dampers) and vibration reducing technology . These bats were used in many cases in practice sessions for high catch practice . A ball hit by a spring bat was said to travel much higher and further as compared to a normal bat .

Almost a week after the final match , an article came up in a eminent Indian daily in which it was mentioned that ICC announced a rematch of the final and Ponting is charged of using a spring bat . This made the day for Indian fans but this joy was a short lived one . Upon reading the entire article the hope was shattered by reading the last line - "April Fool" . 

 

Yes ! That was just a rumor  which was not true and till date it has been one of the biggest rumor of the cricket world . But yes it was in 2005 that some Australian cricketers were investigated by ICC for using a new design of Kookaburra bat which had a graphite lining at the back of the bat . That particular model was banned by ICC and the players were also released later .  

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How many series India lost without Virat in team?

 Virat Kohli has been an integral part of the Indian Cricket team since his debut in 2008 . Theres no need to mention that he has immensely contributed to the team as a player . His responsibility for the Indian cricket team doubled when he took over the limited overs captaincy from MS Dhoni in 2017 .

As a captain too he has many achievements like winning test series in Australia , winning limited overs in away nations etc , but the thing which comes in everybody's mind when one speaks about his captaincy is his ICC trophy drought . 

This led many cricket fans to demand for a new captain , and so lets have a look at the matches/series where Virat Kohli was rested and the vice captain of Indian team took over as the captain .

Without Kohli , India played 4 tests , 8 ODIs and 12 T20Is . 

On detailed analysis of these matches which India played under Rohit's Captaincy ,

Format	Matches played	Win	Loss	Win %
Test	4	3	0	75.00
ODI	8	6	1	75.00
T20	12	8	4	66.67

If we analyse each format series wise , 

India played 1 Test series , 1 ODI series (tournament) , and 3 T20 seies(including a tournament) without Virat Kohli .

Format	Series played	Result
Test	Border Gavaskar 2020-21	India won 2-1
ODI	Asia Cup 2018	India Won the title with 5 wins and 0 loss
T20	Nidahas trophy 2018	India won the title with 4 wins and 1 loss
T20	India tour of NZ 2019	India lost 2-1 after a unfortunate last match loss of 4 runs
T20	Ban tour of India 2019	India won by 2-1

* It shall be noted that Kohli played 1 match in Border Gavaskar 2020-21 , but this series have been because , that first match was the only match India lost and it has nothing to do with the result of the series .

Hence from the above data it can be seen , out of the 5 full series played by India without Kohli in different formats , India won 4 and lost just 1 . Now coming to the NewZeland series , India was very close in clinching a away series even with an inexperienced team but unfortunately India lost by 4 runs in the last Match .

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Quinton De Kock batting records in India

 Over the past few years Quiton de Kock has been one of the most consistent players of the Proteas cricket team . Coming to the matches against India , he has always shown his class be it in IPL or international matches . Cri tick brings up de Cock s match by match batting stats in India . 

He has played 5 ODIs , 3 Tests and 2 T20s against India .

ODI

SL No	Venue	Date	Runs	Balls Faced	Strike Rate
1	Kanpur	11 Oct 2015	29	33	87.87
2	Indore	14 Oct 2015	34	36	94.44
3	Rajkot	18 Oct 2015	103	118	87.29
4	Chennai	22 Oct 2015	43	35	122.85
5	Mumbai	25 Oct 2015	109	87	125.29

TEST

Sl No	Venue	Date	Innings	Runs	Balls Faced	Strike Rate
1	Vishakapattanam	2-6 Oct 2019	1st Innings	111	163	68.09
2			2nd Innings	0	2	0.00
3	Pune	14-18 Oct 2019	1st Innings	31	48	64.58
4			2nd Innings	5	9	55.55
5	Ranchi	19-23 Oct 2019	1st Innings	4	6	75.00
6			2nd Innings	5	6	83.33

T20

SL No	Venue	Date	Runs	Balls Faced	Strike Rate
1	Mohali	18 Sep 2019	52	37	140.54
2	Bengaluru	22 Sep 2019	79	52	151.92

OVERALL PERFORMANCE IN INDIA

Format	Innings	Runs	Ball Faced	Not Outs	Best	Strike Rate	Average	100/50
Test	6	156	234	0	111	66.67	26.00	1/0
ODI	5	318	309	0	109	102.91	63.60	2/0
T20	2	131	89	1	79*	147.19	131.00	0/2
IPL	54	1547	1187	3	108	130.33	30.33	1/11

NOTE :- The IPL stats are based on the IPL matches palyed in India , so the 2020 season and some matches of 2014 season are excluded

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Results of India vs Pakistan encounters under Ganguly's captaincy

Sourav Ganguly is considered as one of the best captains of the Indian Cricket team . His captaincy reigned from 2000-2005 and in this tenture he had captained the Indian side in 146 ODI matches and 49 test matches . 

Under Ganguly's captaincy India had played 17 ODIs and 4 tests against Pakistan . Let's look at the results of all these matches .  

Out of these 17 ODIs India had won 7 matches whereas Pakistan won 10 matches .

                                              ODI

No.	Venue	Date	Result
1.	Sharjah	Mar 23, 2000	India won by 5 wickets
2.	Sharjah	Mar 26, 2000	Pakistan won by 98 runs
3.	Dhaka	Jun 3, 2000	Pakistan won by 44 runs
4.	Centurion	Mar 1, 2003	India won by 6 wickets
5.	Karachi	Mar 13, 2004	India won by 5 runs
6.	Rawalpindi	Mar 16, 2004	Pakistan won by 12 runs
7.	Peshawar	Mar 19, 2004	Pakistan won by 4 wickets
8.	Lahore	Mar 21, 2004	India won by 5 wickets
9.	Lahore	Mar 24, 2004	India won by 40 runs
10.	Colombo(RPS)	Jul 25, 2004	Pakistan won by 59 runs
11.	Amstelveen	Aug 21, 2004	Pakistan won by 66 runs
12.	Birmingham	Sep 19, 2004	Pakistan won by 3 wickets
13.	Kolkata	Nov 13, 2004	Pakistan won by 6 wickets
14.	Kochi	Apr 2, 2005	India won by 87 runs
15.	Visakhapatnam	Apr 5, 2005	India won by 58 runs
16.	Jamshedpur	Apr 9, 2005	Pakistan won by 106 runs
17.	Ahmedabad	Apr 12, 2005	Pakistan won by 3 wickets

Among the 4 tests India won 2 , Pakistan won 1 and 1 match was drawn .

                                                 Test

No.	Venue	Date	Result
1	Rawalpindi	Apr 13-16 2004	India won by 1 innings and 191 runs
2	Mohali	Mar 8-12 2005	Match Drawn
3	Kolkata	Mar 16-20	India won by 195 runs
4	Bengaluru	Mar 24-28	Pakistan won by 168 runs

So on an overall analysis ,

Format	Matches	Won	Lost	Draw	Winning %
ODI	17	7	10	0	41.17%
Test	4	2	1	1	50%
Total	21	9	11	1	42.85%

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What's the reason behind India's bench strength ?

 In the Border-Gavaskar series 2020-21 , cricket fans all over the world witnessed the bench strength of the India team for the first time . This was the best ever set of benched players who went on to defeat Australia at the Gabba . Later on the Indian Selection board went on to the next level by announcing a series against the Sri Lankan national team  where the Second Playing 11 of India will play. the main question that arises here is that , How did India manage to get so many players capable of playing at the International level ? what's the reason behind the bench strength ?

There are several factors responsible for this , Let's look on the main 3 reasons : 

i) Population

 This is a trivial reason for the arrival of lots and lots of tallents in the Indian Cricket . India has a          population of nearly 1.3 billion and as per a survey conducted by the Government of India there are approximately 5,45,93,224 people playing cricket in India . This includes players of National team , Domestic cricket teams and as well as the people who aspire to become cricketers . Also the domestic and sub division players are guided by good coaches , support staffs and as well as the management .

ii) The Indian Premier League 

Agree or not but the IPL is majorly responsible for the rise of numerous cricketers not only from India but also from other countries in this decade . The IPL provides a much needed platform for the players to compete and play against best cricketers of the world . This is such a bowler where a domestic lad gets the privilege to hit a boundary of worlds best bowlers like Steyn , Boult , Warne , McGrath , Cummins and also to take the wickets of worlds eminent batsmen like Tendulkar , Ponting , Kohli , Pitersen , Dhoni .

iii) Rahul Dravid 

One of the biggest reason for the success of young Indian players is this man . He took over as the coach of India U 19 team as well as India A team in 2015 , from then there is no looking back . As a coach he is exceptionally successful as in the three editions of U19 WC , India finished as finalists twice in 2016,2020 and became the champions in 2018 . His exceptional mentoring skills and the excellent understanding of the game have led him to get the most out of the young players . Nearly all the young players who debuted in India since 2016 are mentored by him , some of the big names are :- Rishav Pant , Washington Sundar , Prithvi Shaw , Shuvman Gill , Ishan Kishan .

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Best ODI batsman from each Country

Cri Tick brings up the list of best ODI batsman from each of the 12 test playing nations . It's a really difficult task to compare between different players (especially from the different periods) so it might be  possible that your favourite batsman is not in the list . The main parameter of comparison is batting average along with number of matches played , which really proves the consistency of a player . 

India

Virat Kohli

Matches : 254

Innings : 245

Runs : 12169

Batting Average : 59.07

Strike Rate : 93.17

Australia

Michael Bevan

Matches : 232

Innings : 196

Runs : 6912

Batting Average : 53.17

Strike Rate : 74.16

New Zeland

Ross Taylor

Matches : 233

Innings : 217

Runs : 8576

Batting Average : 48.18

Strike Rate : 83.36

Pakistan

Babar Azam

Matches : 80

Innings : 78

Runs : 3808

Batting Average : 56.84

Strike Rate : 88.7

England

Joe Root

Matches : 149

Innings : 140

Runs : 5962

Batting Average : 50.1

Strike Rate : 86.91

South Africa

AB de Villiers

Matches : 228

Innings : 218

Runs : 9577

Batting Average : 53.5

Strike Rate : 101.1

West indies

Sir Vivian Richards

Matches : 187

Innings : 167

Runs : 6721

Batting Average : 47.0

Strike Rate : 90.2

Sri Lanka

Kumar Sangakkara

Matches : 404

Innings : 380

Runs : 14234

Batting Average : 41.99

Strike Rate : 78.86

Bangladesh

Shakib Al Hasan

Matches : 212

Innings : 200

Runs : 6455

Batting Average : 37.52

Strike Rate : 82.13

Zimbabwe

Brendon Taylor

Matches : 199

Innings : 198

Runs : 6530

Batting Average : 35.68

Strike Rate : 76.49

Afganistan

Rahmat Shah

Matches : 76

Innings : 72

Runs : 2467

Batting Average : 35.75

Strike Rate : 70.62

Ireland

Paul Stirling

Matches : 128

Innings : 125

Runs : 4823

Batting Average : 39.53

Strike Rate : 87.18

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