Saurabh Somani

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

Bowlers keep it tight but India Red pull away on third day

Damage limitation was their only realistic option. It didn't work as well it might have, but it also didn't go as badly as it had threatened to

06-Sep-2019•Saurabh Somani in Bengaluru

Markande laughs off best friend Kishan's sledges to make career-best score

Markande had to find batting chops and guts it out against a trio of fast bowlers, but most crucially of all: weather a verbal barrage from his "best friend" Ishan Kishan

05-Sep-2019•Saurabh Somani in Bengaluru

Abhimanyu Easwaran: Building his case to move to the next level, one century at a time

While Abhimanyu's technique and playing style is impressive enough, his game awareness marks him out as someone with a bright future

05-Sep-2019•Saurabh Somani in Bengaluru

'Is the importance of playing Ranji finals zero?' - Sheldon Jackson lashes out

Saurashtra's middle-order mainstay questioned the absence of players from the successful Ranji Trophy team in the India A squads

04-Sep-2019•Saurabh Somani

'It's going to get better this season' - Jaydev Unadkat

Starting on the back of a successful season in 2018-19, Unadkat added four more wickets to his tally, bowling for India Red in the Duleep Trophy final

04-Sep-2019•Saurabh Somani in Bengaluru

India seal 2-0 series win with 257-run demolition of West Indies

Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each as India won by 257 runs

02-Sep-2019•The Report by Saurabh Somani

Latham, Watling, de Grandhomme power New Zealand's dominance

On yet another rain-affected day, New Zealand's batting held together to drive their advantage forward

25-Aug-2019•The Report by Saurabh Somani

Boult, Southee send Sri Lanka tumbling on rain-drenched day

Karunaratne's solidity offered the home side some hope, but New Zealand's strike bowlers swung the match around quickly

23-Aug-2019•The Report by Saurabh Somani

VB Chandrasekhar: Affable and daring, jovial and unorthodox

As batsman, coach, and the man who snagged MS Dhoni for CSK, VB Chandrasekhar possessed both daring and clear thinking

16-Aug-2019•Deivarayan Muthu and Saurabh Somani

Deepak Chahar, Rishabh Pant sparkle as India complete sweep

Seamer takes 3 for 4 before Pant and Virat Kohli hit half-centuries to steer the chase in third T20I

06-Aug-2019•The Report by Saurabh Somani

Series a testing ground for bigger campaigns

Both India and West Indies have new faces, a result of injury and absences, and this series may be the one where they start putting the pieces together for next year's T20 World Cup

02-Aug-2019•The Preview by Saurabh Somani

India's bowling brothers in arms

Deepak and Rahul Chahar, on the verge of playing together for the country, talk about coming up in the game together

02-Aug-2019•Interview by Saurabh Somani

Super Shakib knocks Afghanistan over with bat and ball

Allrounder smacks 51 and then returns 5-29 to help Bangladesh script a 62-run win and get in the top half of the points table

24-Jun-2019•The Report by Saurabh Somani

Live Report - Afghanistan v Bangladesh

24-Jun-2019•Saurabh Somani

Bangladesh, West Indies seek to turn campaign around

Bangladesh blanked West Indies three times in as many games during the recent tri-series in Ireland, but can they repeat a similar performance at the World Cup?

16-Jun-2019•The Preview by Saurabh Somani

England quicks, Root century brush West Indies aside

Fast bowlers Jofra Archer and Mark Wood took three wickets each to wrap-up West Indies for a below-par total

14-Jun-2019•The Report by Saurabh Somani

Live Report - England v West Indies

Chatter, analysis and some silliness from the World Cup 2019

14-Jun-2019•Saurabh Somani

Can Bangladesh go from dangerous underdogs to genuine contenders?

The two teams are meeting for the first time since Bangladesh's tour of New Zealand was tragically cut short by the Christchurch terror attacks

04-Jun-2019•The Preview by Saurabh Somani

England are 'favourites' for the World Cup - Glenn McGrath

McGrath is impressed by the way the World Cup hosts have gone about scoring runs in ODIs recently, and believes India and Australia are the other contenders for the Cup

27-May-2019•Saurabh Somani

'When I look in a batsman's eyes and see fear, it'll pump me up to bowl even faster'

It's been a long way to the World Cup from Race Course, Jamaica, but West Indies fast bowler Oshane Thomas is just getting started

21-May-2019•Saurabh Somani

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