Karthik Krishnaswamy

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

Warner 90* leads Sunrisers to first win

An unbeaten 59-ball 90 from David Warner steered Sunrisers Hyderabad to their first win of the season after their bowlers had kept Mumbai Indians to 142

18-Apr-2016•The Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy

Tennis at both ends, and a football interception

Plays of the day from Kings XI Punjab's first victory of the season, against Rising Pune Supergiants in Mohali

17-Apr-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Vijay, Vohra fifties give Kings XI first win

Half-centuries from openers M Vijay and Manan Vohra gave Kings XI Punjab their first win of the IPL season after their bowlers had kept Rising Pune Supergiants to 152 in good batting conditions

17-Apr-2016•The Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy

When Ashwin bowled before Ashwin

Plays of the day from the opening match of IPL 2016 between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants

09-Apr-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Seamers, Rahane lift Supergiants to winning start

Rising Pune Supergiants made a sweet start to their life in the IPL, their seamers waylaying Mumbai Indians' top order to set up a breezy nine-wicket win over the defending champions

09-Apr-2016•The Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy

India need to rethink jaded T20 template

The team's "Indian brand of cricket" - not taking undue risks, and playing largely cricketing shots - was shown up against West Indies' lethal power-hitting

01-Apr-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Dhoni blames no-balls, dew factor for loss

India captain MS Dhoni said the two no-balls to reprieve Lendl Simmons were the only thing that disappointed him about India's performance on a pitch that he felt had been transformed between innings by the dew

01-Apr-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy in Mumbai

Big-hitting overpowers Kohli's scampering

Regardless of how wet the ball became, India's self-inflicted errors were crucial as they could not halt West Indies' power-packed line-up

31-Mar-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy in Mumbai

Yuvraj's injury leaves India with Pandey v Negi dilemma

Yuvraj Singh's injury will force India into changing their combination for the first time in the World T20. They will have to make a choice between batsman Manish Pandey and left-arm spinning allrounder Pawan Negi

30-Mar-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy in Mumbai

Raina and Yuvraj testing the faith

India have somehow reached the semi-finals of a major event with four of their top five misfiring at the same time. Change could be dangerous, but it could be needed

29-Mar-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy

We lost the game, they didn't win it - Sammy

A tetchy Darren Sammy said West Indies' batsmen did not take the responsibility to chase down a rather small target - 124 - against Afghanistan

27-Mar-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy in Nagpur

Winning will help Afghanistan progression - Inzamam

Having threatened to pull off a win over a big team in their first three matches of the Super 10 stage, Afghanistan finally went ahead and did it against the group-topping West Indies in Nagpur

27-Mar-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy in Nagpur

Afghanistan's show of selfie-belief

They don't want to be patronised or praised for potential. Afghanistan want to play Full Members and beat them, just like they did against West Indies

27-Mar-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy in Nagpur

Samiullah Shenwari, Afghanistan's all-time MVP?

In understated fashion, Samiullah Shenwari has been one of Afghanistan's most valued assets with both bat and ball for the past decade

27-Mar-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Will use spin to restrict WI - Stanikzai

A slow surface that makes strokeplay difficult and large outfields in Nagpur can be turned into Afghanistan's favour

26-Mar-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy in Nagpur

'No excuses' for being on brink of elimination - du Plessis

Captain Faf du Plessis was quite clear in his assessment that South Africa fell at least 10 runs short of a defendable total against West Indies at Nagpur

25-Mar-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy in Nagpur

'It's very good that we can keep our nerve' - Samuels

Winning a close-run, low-scoring game against South Africa on a difficult Nagpur pitch has shown West Indies that they can handle pressure, Marlon Samuels has said

25-Mar-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy in Nagpur

SA expect 'spinning deck' despite pitch change

Two days before Nagpur was set to host a World T20 match between South Africa and West Indies, the pitch for the game was switched

24-Mar-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy in Nagpur

Bumrah's calm expression belies a night of high drama

Jasprit Bumrah held his nerve on a stressful night and, although he went relatively unnoticed, that helped to pave the way to India's win

23-Mar-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy

I will just try to play as long as I can - Nehra

After yet another comeback, Ashish Nehra is relishing his role as a senior member of the bowling attack

22-Mar-2016•Karthik Krishnaswamy in Bangalore

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