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Virat Kohli becomes the highest earning cricketer during lockdown, See the Top 10 list

2020-06-06T02:54:00.001+05:30

India captain Virat Kohli has emerged as the only cricketer in the list of world's highest-grossing athletes through an Instagram post during the lockdown.

Earlier, Indian team captain Virat Kohli made it to the list of 100 players recently released by Forbes, who has earned the most money in the last year. In this list, captain Virat Kohli is the only Indian who has got a place.

Kohli became the bumper earning player even during a lockdown:

Virat Kohli has ranked sixth in the list of 'World's highest-grossing athletes through an Instagram post during the lockdown'. The data were collected during the period from March 12 to May 14 to make this list. People's earnings were severely adversely affected in the lockdown. However, the Indian captain earned some huge bucks by using this social media platform.

According to the list, Kohli earned a total of £379,294 (Rs 3,60,76,933.83) through his sponsor post, which is 126,431 pounds per post. Surprisingly, Kohli has posted only three such posts during this period.

Top 10 - World's highest-grossing athletes through an Instagram post during the lockdown:

Portuguese star football player Cristiano Ronaldo tops the list with estimated earnings of £1.8 million (Rs 17,96,10,995.49), while Argentina and FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi and PSG's Neymar are second and third with earnings of 1.2 million and 1.1 million.

Basketball great Shakeel O'Neill earned (583,628 pounds) and former England captain David Beckham mitted (405,359 pounds) are in top 5.

Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic (184,413 pounds), former NBA star Dwayne Wade (143,146), Brazilian footballer Dani Alves (133,694) and boxer Anthony Joshua (121,500) are the top-10 highest-grossing athletes worldwide during the lockdown period.

Virat Kohli charges huge money:

According to Delf & Phelps Celebrity Valuation Report 2019, Virat Kohli's brand value has increased by 39%, not only that he is very active on social media and also has a huge amount of fan followers.

Virat Kohli charges a substantial amount for a tweet or post made in promotion of products related to fashion, lifestyle products, sports and fitness.

According to the 2019 report, a tweet by Virat Kohli is worth 1.35 crores whereas a post on Instagram is worth 2.35 crores.

ENG vs WI: Windies team announced for England tour, 3 Players refused to travel due to fear of Corona

2020-06-03T23:54:00.000+05:30

On Wednesday, West Indies selection committee announced 14-member squad and 11 reserve players for their test series against England in England.

The 3-match Test series between England and West Indies will mark the comeback of international cricket during the lockdown. The most awaited series is scheduled to begin from 8 July.

Meanwhile, the Windies team members will go under COVID-19 test this week and will travel to England on 8 June.

Players will stay in the bio-safe environment:

The West Indies squad will resident in a "bio-safe" environment where they will train and practice there during the tour. The eleven reserve players will help to train the 14-member squad and provide back-up in case of any injury.

3 Windies players refused to travel due to fear of Corona:

These three players do not want to travel with the team because they are concerned about their health and Cricket West Indies has respected their decision.

Shimron Hetmyer, Darren Bravo and Keemo Paul have refused to accompany the team for this tour.

West Indies Test squad for England Tour:

Jason Holder (c), J Blackwood, Nakrama Bonner, K Brathwaite, S Brooks, J Campbell, R Chase, R Cornwall, S Dowrich (wk), C Holder, S Hope, A Joseph, R. Reifer, K. Roach

ENG vs WI: Cricket returns, ECB announces schedule for Test series against Windies

2020-06-02T22:01:00.001+05:30

Great news for cricket fans, for the last almost three months due to the lockdown there were no International matches around the world. But, now, the England Cricket Board (ECB) as confirmed that they have received permission from the government to play a 3-match Test series against the West Indies on Tuesday.

With this, the international cricket which was closed due to Covid-19 lockdown will return once again to the field. The special thing is that the ECB has also announced the schedule for the home series against the West Indies.

The test series between the two countries will start with the first Test match, which is scheduled on 8th July in Southampton. The second match of the series will be played in Manchester on 16th July and the final match of the series will also be played in Manchester on 24th July.

However, the West Indies staff members and the team will reach England on June 9 and all of them will be quarantined for a period of 14 days.

Full schedule of Test series against England and West Indies:

1st Test: 8 July, Aegis Bowles, Southhampton
2nd Test: 16 July, Old Trafford, Manchester
3rd Test: 24th July, Old Trafford, Manchester

Birthday Special: Dinesh Karthik, the player who struggled a lot in life

2020-06-01T13:41:00.000+05:30

Indian team star wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik is celebrating his 35th birthday today. Karthik was born on 1 June 1985 in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu.

Dinesh Karthik's Struggle:

The 35-years-old had to struggle a lot to get a permanent place in the Indian team. He made his International debut even before MS Dhoni. On 5 September 2004, he made his debut at Lords against England as a wicket-keeper batsman.

A few months later, Karthik was included in the Indian test team, but unfortunately, his performance was below average in the longer format as he scored just 1 half-century in 10 matches.

His frequent poor performance benefited Mahendra Singh Dhoni. As soon as Dhoni got his place in the Indian team, Karthik was excluded and had no option to make a comeback.

Dhoni cemented his place with his consistent performance and no other Indian player could replace him at that time. However, Karthik continued to struggle and selected as a backup wicketkeeper and a middle-order batsman in between.

Dinesh Karthik got cheated in personal life:

Dinesh Karthik's story is no less than a movie story where Karthik was constantly trying to gain a foothold in the Indian team, on the other hand, his wife Nikita betrayed him and settled in with his friend Murali Vijay.

In 2012, Nikita and Murali's relationship was revealed, they ended their 5-year marriage in 2012 and divorced Nikita. Murali and Karthik used to play for Tamil Nadu in Ranji and were good friends but after this incident, they both did not talk to each other.

In 2013, he married squash player Deepika Pallikal. However, Karthik had to work very hard to propose her. Karthik did not let all of this come in the way of his career despite such a difficult situation.

Dinesh Karthik's reward for his hard work:

Dinesh Karthik has always been bought at a higher bid in the IPL Auction. He was a part of Delhi, Punjab, Bangalore and Gujarat franchise. But, in 2018 his life changed when Kolkata Knight Riders dropped Gambhir and handed over the captaincy of the team to Dinesh Karthik.

He scored 498 runs as a captain and at the same time, Team India was looking for a middle-order batsman. Karthik capitalized on this opportunity and got a place in the team.

Making a return to the team, he proved his importance in the 2018 Nidahas Trophy, India needed 5 runs off the last ball in the final match against Bangladesh and gave the team victory by hitting a six. After this match, his career took a tremendous turn, after the 2007 World Cup, he was selected in the Indian team after a 12-year long gap in 2019.

Dinesh Karthik's rollercoaster cricket career:

The Tamil Nadu and KKR captain have scored 1025 runs in 26 Test matches. As a wicketkeeper, he has 51 catches, 5 stumps to his name. In ODIs, he has scored 1752 runs in 90 matches and took 53 catches and 7 stumpings. While in T20Is he has scored 399 runs in 32 matches and 3654 IPL runs in 182 matches.

When Australia lost the test match due to spectators, Historical match to remember

2020-05-06T06:17:00.000+05:30

There have been many strange incidents in the history of cricket. On many occasions, the players managed to take their team away for the defeat, many times the weather has saved them but in cricket history, there was a match in which the spectators present in the stadium postponed the team's defeat.

This incident took place on 3 May 1978, when Australia and West Indies were up against each other in Kingston, Jamaica. In this, match the visiting team Australian was very close to victory but the West Indies team survived the defeat due to spectators.

In the 5th and final Test match of the series, which started on 28 April 1978. Batting first, Australia scored 343 runs, Peter Toohey scored a brilliant knock of 122 runs, in response the home team just scored 280 runs with help of Larry Gomes's 115 innings

During that time there was also a rest day in the Test match which was on 1 May. The Australian team scored 305 for 3 in the second innings and declared the innings and gave the West Indies team a target of 369 runs.

The Windies team did not perform well again in the second innings and lost 8 wickets for 258 runs on the last session of the fourth day. West Indies captain Kalicharan scored 126 runs in the second innings but no other player supported him.

Australia's team was very close to victory but then something happened because of which Australia could not win. When Australia took their ninth wicket in the form of a Vanburn Holder, then the audience started throwing things on the ground.

In fact, Vanburn Holder was caught behind by Jim Hinges and the umpire gave him out, which was a correct decision. But, the audience thought the umpire has made a wrong decision and started throwing bottles, chairs and stones on the ground.

The match would have easily ended on the next day, but on the fourth day, an umpire, Raf Gosain, refused to stand on the ground due to spectators, after which the match had to be ended on a draw. However, the West Indies team won the test series by 3-1.

3 Great cricketers who did not select Sachin Tendulkar in their all-time playing XI

2020-05-06T05:56:00.002+05:30

Sachin Tendulkar is considered to be the legend of not only modern cricket but also for entire cricket history. Many cricketers of the current generation have grown up watching Sachin Tendulkar play and got the inspiration to learn cricket from him.

In such a situation, Sachin Tendulkar becomes an automatic pick in any playing XI team in the world but there are some cricketers who did not consider Sachin to be eligible for a place in their all-time playing XI.

Let's see who these 3 cricketers are:

1. Kumar Sangakkara's All-time World XI:

The Sri Lankan legendary player Kumar Sangakkara announced his all-time playing XI in October last year in which Sachin Tendulkar didn't find a place. Sangakkara chose Rahul Dravid as the opener along with Australian left-handed batsman Matthew Hayden in his team.

Surprisingly, Sangakkara has picked only one Indian in the list and excluded Sachin Tendulkar.

Sangakkara's All-time World XI:

Matthew Hayden (Australia), Rahul Dravid (India), Brian Lara (West Indies), Ricky Ponting (Australia), Arvinda de Silva (Sri Lanka), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Adam Gilchrist (Australia) (wk), Shane Warne (Australia), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka), Wasim Akram (Pakistan), Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka).

2. Dale Steyn's Best Playing XI

In the midst of the lockdown, the legendary South African fast bowler Dale Steyn picked his best playing XI, but surprisingly he did not include Sachin Tendulkar. What was more surprising is that not a single Indian player was included in this team.

He picked only 2 foreign players - Kumar Sangakkara and Brett Lee. Steyn selected the players with whom he had played with or against.

Steyn's Best Playing XI

Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Graeme Smith (South Africa), Dave Hacken (South Africa), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Jonty Rhodes (South Africa), Quinton de Cock (South Africa), Brett Burgiachi (South Africa), Peter Lombard (South Africa), Brett Lee (Australia), Paul Harris (South Africa), Alan Donald (South Africa).

3. Michael Vaughan World XI::

Michael Vaughan chose Virat Kohli in his All-Time World XI in place of Sachin Tendulkar, which included one player from every Test-playing country. Vaughan chose 11 players as well as the 12th man from twelve Test-playing countries with no more than one player from each country.

Michael Vaughan's World XI:

Andy Flower (Zimbabwe), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Virat Kohli (India), Vivian Richards (West Indies), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Ian Botham (England), Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh), Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan), Wasim Akram (Pakistan), Shane Warne (Australia), Richard Headley (New Zealand), Tim Murtagh (12th man)

How much money will Sponsors, Broadcasters and Players will lose if IPL 2020 is cancelled?

2020-05-05T20:28:00.002+05:30

The lockdown due to coronavirus has hit many countries economically, and the cases are constantly increasing. Due to the lockdown, many big sports events including the Olympics have to be postponed.

Due to COVID-19 epidemic, players are in lockdown and are not engaged in any cricket activities, because of which they are losing millions of money. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has postponed the world's most expensive T20 tournament, IPL, for an indefinite period.

If the IPL 2020 gets cancelled, the BCCI may have to bear the loss of several thousand crores. The title sponsor Vivo may incur a loss of about 400 crores, while the broadcaster Star India may suffer a loss of massive 3269.50 crores.

Vivo has bought the title sponsorship of IPL for a period of 5 years for Rs 2000 crore. While Star India has bought the IPL broadcast rights for whopping Rs 16,347.50 crore.

Not only the Broad, Sponsors and Broadcasters will lose the money, the Indian and foreign players who are sitting at home these days will also have to bear the loss of several million.

Star Indian Players who will lose millions due to COVID - 19:

Virat Kohli, the captain of the Indian team and captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL, is the highest-paid Indian player in the Indian Premier League. For 2020 season, RCB has paid 17 crores to Virat Kohli.

However, the BCCI has made it clear that if the IPL is not organized then no player will be paid under the No Play-No Money Policy. It is worth mentioning that in IPL players get 65 per cent of their contract money before the league, in such a situation, they will have to return this money to the franchisee if IPL is called off for this year.

Former captain MS Dhoni has a contract of Rs 15 crore with CSK for the year 2020. In such a situation, if there is no IPL, he will suffer a double loss. Along with returning the franchise money, he might also lose the chance of making a comeback in the Indian team for the upcoming T20 World Cup.

Rohit Sharma has a contact of Rs 15 crore with Mumbai Indians and was about to make a comeback after recovering from his injury in the IPL, which would have helped him a lot in preparing for the T20 World.

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Suresh Raina, who is known as Mr IPL was eagerly waiting for this season. Raina, who plays for Chennai Super Kings, had an annual contract of Rs 11 crore with the franchise. For the past few years, this is the only tournament in which he is seen playing.

Apart from these, many other domestic and international players will lose millions of money in case the tournament is cancelled going forward.

Dale Steyn selects his best playing XI, not a single Indian cricketer included

2020-05-04T00:39:00.000+05:30

Dale Steyn's All-Time XI: At the time of the lockdown, all the cricketers are sharing stories of which the fans were still unaware. The sports world has become deserted but the players have made close contact with the fans through social media.

Going live on Instagram, players are revealing the names of their favourite players, while many veterans are choosing their best XI. Meanwhile, South African cricket team's veteran fast bowler Dale Steyn also picked his all-time playing XI, but surprisingly he did not include a single Indian in his team.

The team selected by Steyn is based on with whom he has played with or against. Steyn has given this information on Twitter. Interestingly, his best XI also includes his 'school bowling partner', 'best friend' and his 'club captain'.

AB De Villiers was also not included:

Steyn has selected former South African captain Graeme Smith and former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara as openers. In addition, Jacques Kallis has been selected at number four and Jonty Rhodes at number five.

The current limited-overs captain Quinton de Kock has been selected as wicket-keeping batsmen at number six. Steyn included Brett Lee, Paul Harris and Alan Donald in the bowling line-up.

Surprisingly, the Veteran fast bowler has not picked his own teammate AB de Villiers, one of the world's explosive batsmen, with whom he has played a lot of cricket.

Dale Steyn's All-Time XI:

Kumar Sangakkara, Graeme Smith, Dave Hacken, Jacques Kallis, Jonty Rhodes, Quinton de Kock, Brett Lee, Peter Lombard, Brett Lee, Paul Harris, Alan Donald.

Michael Hussey selects his best Test XI, 3 Indian batsmen included, no place for MSD

2020-05-04T00:14:00.000+05:30

Former Australian player Mike Hussey selected his best Test XI. Mr Cricket picked the players on the basis of with whom he has played in his cricket career. Hussey played cricket for Australia from 2005 to 2013.

Hussey included 3 Indian cricketers in his team, but the surprising thing was that he did not pick MS Dhoni.

Mike Hussey's Test XI line-up:

Virender Sehwag and former South Africa captain Graeme Smith have been picked in the team as the openers. While in the middle order, Hussey has gone with Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Jacques Kallis and Kumar Sangakkara.

Strategically, Hussey has placed Tendulkar and Kohli at number four and five in the batting order. While, the bowling attack includes South Africa's Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, England's James Anderson and Sri Lankan legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.

Hussey selects Sangakkara over Dhoni:

Hussey said it was difficult to keep Dhoni out of the team. He, however, justified his decision as he preferred Sangakkara over Dhoni given the long format of the game. Hussey said, 'I believe that Dhoni and de Villiers have made more impact in T20 and ODIs. Sangakkara has made a great impact in Test cricket.

When asked about facing bowlers like Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Brett Lee on the nets, Hussey said it was very difficult. He said, 'If you faced the net session easily, then you can overcome any situation in Test cricket. Australia cricket was the strongest team when I played.

Michael Hussey's Best Test XI:

Virender Sehwag (India), Graeme Smith (South Africa), Brian Lara (West Indies), Sachin Tendulkar (India), Virat Kohli (India), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Dale Steyn (South Africa), Morne Morkel (South Africa), James Anderson (England), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka).

This player has a record of scoring 61,760 runs and 199 centuries, See the complete stats

2020-05-03T23:57:00.000+05:30

The whole world knows that Sachin Tendulkar has scored 100 international centuries and also recorded the most runs in Test and ODI formats.

But there is a batsman, who is known as 'The Master' in the cricketing world, he holds the record of highest runs in cricket 61,760 and also scored 199 centuries. Yes, we are talking about Jack Hobbs, however, he did not score this runs and centuries in international format but in first-class cricket.

Who is Jack Hobbs?

Jack Hobbs was a former England cricketer, who holds the record of scoring the most runs and centuries in first-class cricket. Mr.Hobbs was born on 16 December 1882 in Cambridge and rested on 21 December 1963.

In 1908, Hobbs made his International Test debut for England in which he scored 83 runs in the first innings. He scored three centuries against Australia in 1911–12. After this performance, he was considered the greatest batsman in the world.

Jack Hobby's breathtaking stats:

Jack Hobbs Stats: The legendary batsmen had played 61 international Test matches for England, during this time he scored 5410 runs in 102 innings at an average of 56.94, which also include 15 centuries and 28 half-centuries.

When we see his stats in first-class cricket, In 1325 innings of 834 first-class matches, he scored astonishing 61,760 runs at an average of 50.70 with the highest score of 316*. In 843 first-class matches, he scored 273 half-centuries and 199 centuries.

Jack Hobbs took 29 years to build the record:

Jack Hobbs Stats: Jack Hobbs played cricket for 29 years to make this record. In 29-years long career, he had played 834 first-class matches and stands fourth in the world to play the most first-class matches after W.G. Grace (870, Frank Woolley (978) and Wilfred Rhodes at first place with 1110 matches to his name.

Former Pakistan Star captain said goodbye to cricket, retired after playing for 15-years

2020-04-26T04:33:00.000+05:30

These days the world of sports is completely stalled due to the deadly coronavirus epidemic spread across the world. On the other hand, women's cricket veteran and former Pakistan captain Sana Mir has announced retirement from international cricket on Saturday.

Sana Mir represented Pakistan women's cricket team for 15 years and at the age of 34, she decided to say goodbye. She took social media to thank her fans, family and board and announced her retirement from the game.

She wrote, In the last few months I got a chance to think. I think this is the right time. I have given my best to the game and to my country. I'm thankful to all the support staff, the players, the field staff and all those who supported me from behind. I also thank my family and guardians who gave me unconditional support and fulfilled my dream of representing Pakistan.

She further added, During my career, I made many best friends in women's cricket, with whom I have very strong bonding. Listening to their experience and stories about life not only helped me become a stronger athlete, but I also learned many good things from them. All these things are above defeat or victory.

Sana Mir Career Record:
Sana Mir made her international ODI debut in 2005 against Sri Lanka in Karachi. At the same time, she played her last ODI against Bangladesh in November 2019 in Lahore. She took 151 wickets in 120 ODIs and scored 1630 runs.

She is jointly fourth in the list of women bowlers who have taken the most wickets in ODI cricket while occupying the third place among the batsmen who have scored the most runs.

Sana Mir made her T20I debut against Ireland in Dublin in 2009. The last T20 match she played was against Bangladesh in October 2019. In her T20 career, she had played 106 matches and took 89 wickets and also scored 802 runs.

This Island becomes first country to resume competitive cricket during lock-down

2020-04-26T03:10:00.003+05:30

Many tournaments have been postponed or cancelled altogether due to the COVID-19. Even rain last night could not stop 'Vanuatu' from conducting a 'live cricket match' amid the novel coronavirus epidemic.

On Saturday, The women's domestic cricket league final was played in Vanuatu, an island in the South Pacific, which is located 1,967 km away from Brisbane, Australia. This tropical french speaking island nation is probably the only place in the world where competitive cricket was conducted live at this time.

Vanuatu Cricket Association chief executive Shane Deitz was also invited to watch the match live and more than 3000 people watched the game at different times on Vanuatu Cricket's official Facebook page.

It featured a men's 10-over exhibition match and a women's T20 Super League final match in which the Mele Bulls crowned as the champions, they defeated Powerhouse Sharks by 7 wickets on April 25. Earlier, due to rain, the semi-final match between Taifa Blackbirds and Powerhouse Sharks could not be played.

Shane Deitz told the Associated Press, that this is the only sports tournament currently going on worldwide. We can show a little bit of cricket to all those who are in lockdown.

For this match, the officials put up four cameras and commentary was also done. The game was also halted for a couple of minutes as the children entered the grounds and there were not many security personnel present in the ground.

The lockdown took place at the end of last month as a precaution during the Coronavirus epidemic in Vanuatu and then there was a terrible storm on April 6.

IND vs NZ: ICC fined Indian team, KL Rahul made this big mistake

2020-02-03T18:16:00.000+05:30

India won the final match of the 5-match T20 series played at Bay Oval of Mount Mongunui on Sunday, but ICC had fined the Indian team heavily. Although Rohit Sharma was made the captain, this responsibility was handed over to Rahul during the New Zealand innings.

Captaining for the first time, KL Rahul could not complete 20 overs by the given time. Because of this reason ICC fined 20% of the match fees due to slow over-rate.

At the same time, the Indian team has been fined for the second consecutive match due to a slow over-rate. In the fourth match of the series, the Indian team was fined even more. Team India was fined 40% of the match fees for the match that went to Super over.

It is worth mentioning that Kohli was at rest for the final T20 match. In such a situation, the vice-captain Rohit Sharma had to take the responsibility of captaincy. However, he was injured while batting. For this reason, Rahul was appointed as the stand-in captain.

India created history by clean sweeping the Kiwi team in the 5 match series. India has become the first team ever to win 5-0 in a 5-match series. It was also India's first series win in New Zealand.

ICC T20 Rankings: KL Rahul moves up by 4 places, goes ahead of Kohli and Rohit

2020-02-03T18:03:00.001+05:30

The ICC has released the latest rankings after the conclusion of the 5-match T20 series between India and New Zealand. KL Rahul, who was seen in tremendous form with the bat has gained significant jump in the latest ICC T20 rankings.

Rahul scored 224 runs in the 5 matches with 2 half-centuries. With this performance, Rahul has moved up to second place by overtaking Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Rahul moved straight from the sixth position to the second position.

Now, Babar Azam of Pakistan is in the first place with 879 points while Rahul has 823 points. At the same time, Rohit Sharma is in 10th place and captain Virat Kohli is in 9th position. Before this series, Rohit was in the 13th position.

In the bowling rankings, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has made a long jump. Bumrah has climbed 26 places to 11th position. Earlier, Bumrah was ranked 37th. But, no Indian bowler is included in the top-10.

Afghanistan's star bowler Rashid Khan is still in first place with 749 points while his teammate Mujeeb ur Rehman is in second place with 743 points. Apart from this, Mohammed Nabi is in first place in the all-rounders ranking.

IND vs NZ: Bumrah created a big world record, becomes the most unplayable bowler in T20

2020-02-02T22:24:00.000+05:30

Jasprit Bumrah was heavily criticized in the third T20 match of the series against New Zealand. He not only gave too many runs in that match but also gave 17 runs in the super over. However, India won that match because of Rohit Sharma's brilliance in the super over.

In the 4th T20, Bumrah made a great comeback and bowled well in this match which once again reached the super over. And in the final T20 match of the series, Bumrah was seen in full rhythm and also won the 'Man of the Match' award.

Bumrah's superb bowling in the 5th T20:

In the fifth and final match of the series, Bumrah not only bowled well and picked 3 wickets for 12 runs but he also created a world record.

Actually, Bumrah has become the bowler with most maidens in the T20 Internationals and also the most unplayable bowler in T20s. He has bowled 7 maiden overs in 49 innings which is more than any bowler.

Before Bumrah, this record was in the name of Sri Lankan fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara who had bowled 6 maidens in 58 innings. At number three in this list is Harbhajan Singh, who had bowled 5 maidens overs in just 27 innings.

IND vs NZ: KL Rahul does something which even Dhoni has never done, created 2 big records together

2020-02-02T22:08:00.000+05:30

Indian cricket team went on to play without Virat Kohli in the fifth match of the T20 series against New Zealand at Mount Maunganui..in such situations Rohit Sharma step in has the Indian team captain.

Lokesh Rahul scored 45 off 33 balls, with this knock which he has created two big records to his name and even did something special which former Indian skipper MS Dhoni has never done in T20 cricket.

KL Rahul created two big records in this T20 series:

1. KL Rahul does something which even MS Dhoni never did before:

KL Rahul continued his excellent form in this series. He scored 224 runs in 5 innings with an astonishing average of 56 and scored his runs at the amazing strike rate of 144.52, this performance, helped KL Rahul won the 'Man of the Series' award.

Actually, KL Rahul has become the first Indian wicket-keeping batsmen to win the 'Man of the Series' award in T20 Internationals. No one as ever done this before, not even MS Dhoni.

2. Most runs in a bilateral T20 series for India:

KL Rahul (224) has become the highest run-scorer for India in any bilateral T20 Internationals series. Earlier, Virat Kohli had registered this record to his name, which he created in 2016 against Australia, where he scored 199 runs.

In this case, Kohli is also at number three, who scored 183 runs against the West Indies in 2019. But the thing to note here is that while Kohli scored these runs in the 3-match T20 series and Rahul did this in 5 match series.

IND vs NZ, 5th T20: India created history by winning the series 5-0, 8 Big records created

2020-02-02T18:53:00.000+05:30

Despite the absence of skipper Viral Kohli in the final T20 match of the series played at the Oval, Team India defeated the hosts New Zealand by 7 wickets and won the 5-match series by 5-0.

Jasprit Bumrah wad adjudged 'Man of the Match' for his match-winning spell of 3 for 12. While KL Rahul won the 'Man of the Series' award, he scored 224 runs at an average of 56 in 5 innings.

India's Batting Performance:

Earlier, India won the toss and elected to bat first. Batting first, Sanju Samson opened the innings along with Lokesh Rahul, but Sanju could not stay long and returned to the pavilion after scoring just 2 runs in 5 balls.

Captain Rohit Sharma came to bat at number 3 and scored brilliant 60 runs off 41 balls. While in-form KL Rahul played a knock of 45 runs in 33 balls, and Shreyas Iyer contributed important 33 runs in 31 balls and helped India to post a decent total of 163 runs in 20 overs.

New Zealand batting Performance:

In response, the Indian bowler started with a bang and picked 3 big wickets for just 17 runs with Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, and Tom Bruce all back to the pavilion.

Later, Tim Seifert and Ross Taylor then took over the innings and added 99 runs for the 4th wickets. Seifert and Ross Taylor scored a brilliant half-century, but could not take their team home and lost the match by 7 runs.

8 Big Record Broken During This Match:

1. KL Rahul became the first batsman to score 300 runs in T20 Internationals this year.

2. Rohit Sharma became the first Indian batsman to play 100 innings in T20 Internationals.

3. KL Rahul became the highest run-scorer in a bilateral series, he scored 224 runs in 5 innings.

4. Rohit Sharma completed 14,000 runs in international cricket and became the 8th Indian player to achieve this record.

5. India became the first team to clean sweep a test playing nation in the T20 Internationals by 5-0.

6. Most bilateral series wins as captain (after 15 T20I series)

10 - Virat Kohli
9 - Faf du Plessis
7 - Eoin Morgan
6 - Darren Sammy
5 - MS Dhoni

7. First Team to whitewash Opponent:

5-0 In Test - Australia
5-0 In Odi - Westindies
5-0 In T20I - India*

8. Most defeats at home (T20Is)

23 New Zealand (59th Match)*
23 Sri Lanka (40)
22 Bangladesh (37)
22 South Africa (57)
21 Zimbabwe (24)

IND vs NZ, 3rd T20: Virat Kohli is only 25 runs away from breaking Dhoni's big record

2020-01-28T17:54:00.000+05:30

Breaking records in any format of cricket for Virat Kohli is no longer a big deal and when he walks to bat against New Zealand in the third T20I match in Hamilton on Wednesday, he can break MS Dhoni's another big record.

The captain of the Indian cricket team is just 25 runs behind Dhoni in the list of highest run-scorers as captain in T20 Internationals. Kohli currently sits fourth behind MS Dhoni (1,112), New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (1148), and South Africa captain Faf du Plessis (1,273).

Apart from this, Virat Kohli stands just one half-century away from scoring the most fifty-plus scores in T20I as a captain. Kohli currently has scored eight 50 plus scores and on par with Du Plessis and Williamson.

The long list of records does not come to an end as Kohli can also become the second captain to score 50 sixes in T20Is. Before him, England's Eoin Morgan has achieved this feat for the first time. Kohli is currently seven sixes away from being included in that list.

The 'Men in Blue' have won the first two matches of the five-match T20I series which were played in Auckland. In the first match, India chased 204 runs in 19 overs, while the second match was a low-scoring affair.

KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, and Shreyas Iyer have starred with the bat. While Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja showed their talent with the ball. Now the third match of this series will be played in Hamilton on 29th January.

IND vs NZ: Indian team can make a major change in the 3rd T20, See the Probable XI

2020-01-28T17:40:00.000+05:30

The Indian team will face the struggling New Zealanders in the 3rd T20 match in Hamilton on Wednesday. Team India now need only 1 victory to win this 5-match T20 series and can take this momentum to clean sweep the series.

After their win in Auckland, Virat Kohli indicated that they would go with the same winning combination, but on Hamilton's flat track, India could make a major change in their bowling combination. So let's see what India's Probable XI might be for the 3rd T20.

Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul will open again for India, but Rohit has not done anything special in two matches and would like to make a comeback in this match. While Rahul is in fine form, he is scoring consistently at the top and becoming a match-winning contributor.

The Indian captain Virat Kohli has performed well in both the matches. Shreyas Iyer is establishing himself as India's number 4 batsmen in limited-overs cricket and this match will be another opportunity for him to improve his credibility.

Ravindra Jadeja was the star with the ball in the last match and he can be far more effective with his accuracy at Seddon Park. After a costly first match of the series, Shami made a comeback in the second match.

Yuzvendra Chahal has been very good in the middle overs and helps create a good rhythm for the team during this period.

Medium-pacer Shardul Thakur has not been best in this series. In such a situation, this is where India can go for the extra speed of Navdeep Saini. Saini can trouble New Zealand's batting order in the powerplay with his speed.

In the two matches of the series so far, Bumrah, who has given only two fours and a six in eight overs and give just 52 runs. Saini, Shami and Bumrah's combination can certainly create more problems for the hosts in the 3rd T20.

India's Probable Playing XI for 3rd T20:

Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul (wk), Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvender Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah.

IND vs NZ: India beat New Zealand in 2nd T20, Rahul scores brilliant half century, 3 records created

2020-01-26T16:43:00.001+05:30

In the second T20 International match which was between India and New Zealand in Auckland on 26 January. The Indian team once again trampled the hosts convincingly by 7 wickets.

After the stunning win in the first T20, the 'Men in Blue' tasted the victory again and took a 2-0 lead in the 5-match series. KL Rahul and Iyer continued from where they left from the last game for India and took the team to a comfortable win.

New Zealand Innings:

New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. The Kiwi innings faltered after a good start, they lost 4 wickets for 81 runs after losing the first wicket at 48.

After this, the Indian bowler kept the pressure on and restricted the host for 132/5 in the given 20 overs. For Jadeja picked 2 wickets, Shivam Dube, Jasprit Bumrah and Shardul Thakur took 1 wicket each.

India's innings:

In response to a modest target of 133 runs, India had a poor start. Rohit Sharma failed to play big innings again in the second T20 and scored just 8 runs. Indian captain Virat Kohli too could not do anything special and was dismissed for 11 runs.

While inform Rahul batted brilliantly at one end and scored his second consecutive half-century and remained unbeaten after scoring 57 off 50 balls. He was best supported by Shreyas Iyer, he scored 44 runs off 33 balls.

3 Big Record Broken During The Match:

1. Most catches for India in T20Is:

Rohit Sharma has become the third player from India to take the most catches in T20I. He has taken 40 catches in T20 Internationals so far.

42 - Suresh Raina
40 - Virat Kohli
40 - ROHIT SHARMA*

2. KL Rahul creates a special record:

Lokesh Rahul has become the first such wicketkeeper in T20I to score 2 consecutive half-centuries in his first two matches as a wicket-keeper.

3. Indian team is on a roar in New Zealand:

This is the first time India has defeated New Zealand in consecutive matches in T20 Internationals.

PAK vs BAN, 2nd T20: Pakistan thrashed Bangladesh by 9 wickets, becomes 1st team to achieve this record

2020-01-25T19:31:00.000+05:30

In the 2nd T20Is match of the 3-match series between Pakistan and Bangladesh which was played in Lahore's Gaddafi Cricket Stadium on 25 January.

In this match, the Pakistani team outplayed the visitors in all 3 departments and won the match one-sidedly by 9 wickets and pocketed the series by taking 2-0 lead. This is Pakistan's first T20I series victory since October 2018.

Pakistan's new skipper Babar Azam scored a fantastic half-century, he scored 66 runs off 44 balls and was adjudged 'Player of the Match' award for his match-winning knock.

Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first. Batting first, Bangladesh could not take much advantage and managed only 136/6 in 20 overs. Tamim Iqbal batted well and scored 65 off 53 balls. For Pakistan, Mohammed Hasnain took 2 wickets for 20 runs.

In response, Pakistan lost the earlier wicket of Ahsan Ali at the score of 6 in the second over. But Captain Babar Azam (66*) & Mohammed Hafeez (67*) added 131 runs for the second wicket and achieved the target with 20 balls to spare.

2 Big Record Created During The 2nd T20 Match:

1. Pakistan becomes the first team to achieve this record:

After taking 6 wickets in the Bangladesh innings, Team Pakistan completed 900 wickets in T20 Internationals. With this record, they have become the first team to take 900 wickets in T20 Internationals.

2. Hafeez becomes the first Pakistani player to achieve this record:

Veteran player Mohammed Hafeez scored 67 off 47 deliveries which also includes 9 fours and 1 six. With this knock, Hafeez completed 200 fours in T20 Internationals and became the first Pakistani player to achieve this milestone.

U19 CWC: India thrashed New Zealand by 44 runs, Qualified for the quarter-finals

2020-01-25T15:44:00.004+05:30

On Friday, India played their third match of the group stage against New Zealand at Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein. After winning the toss, the Black Caps asked the Men in Blue to bat first.

Batting first, The Priyam Garg-led team batted well and reached 100 runs without losing any wickets in 21 overs, but then it rained and it affected the match.

The match was reduced to 23 overs per over. The defending champions came back to bat again for just two overs and ended their innings at 115-0. Both the openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Divyansh Saxena remained unbeaten, after scoring 57 and 52 respectively.

In response, New Zealand was given a revised target of 192. During the chase, the Kiwi team got off to a great start, as they reached 90 runs in just nine overs. But then came the spin duo of Atharva Ankolekar and Ravi Bishnoi, who broke the Kiwi batting order.

The two spinners shared seven wickets and helped India qualify for the quarter-finals. Bishnoi received the 'Player of the Match' award for another outstanding performance.

Apart from India and New Zealand match, there were two more matches in the competition, they were also affected by the rain.

Afghanistan played against Canada and the match was abandoned without a single ball, and since Afghanistan won the first two matches, they qualified for the quarter-finals.

In another match, which was played between Pakistan and Bangladesh, this match also ended in no result due to rain. Both teams shared points and qualified for the quarter-finals.

3 Most Classic innings played by Pujara in Test Cricket, No.1 is most memorable

2020-01-25T15:14:00.001+05:30

India's most dependable batsmen in the longest format of the game and also known as ' The Modern Wall', Cheteshwar Pujara is celebrating his 32nd birthday today on 25 January.

Pujara made his International debut in England in 2010 and has established himself as an outstanding test batsman in the world. He has scored 5,740 runs in 75 Test matches so far, which includes 18 Test centuries and 24 half-centuries.U19 CWC: These 3 teams of Asia with India confirmed in quarter-finals.

On his 32nd birthday, let's take a look at the 3 top classical innings played by Cheteshwar Pujara in test cricket.

1. 193 vs Australia in Sydney:

Pujara was in tremendous form when India toured Australia in 2018-19. In the fourth and last Test. Pujara scored 193 runs and missed his double century by just 7 runs. With the help of Pujara's knock, India scored 622/7 in the first innings. The match was affected by rain and ended in a draw. While India won the series 2-1

2. 202 vs Australia in Ranchi:

In the third Test in 2017 against Australia in Ranchi. Batting first, Australia scored 451 runs which put India under some pressure but Pujara came and started doing what he is known for.

Pujara scored his third double century in Test cricket and faced 525 deliveries during his innings, the most for any Indian batsman. As a result, India scored 603 runs in the second innings and the match was drawn.

3. 101* vs New Zealand in Indore:

In the third Test in Indore against New Zealand in 2016. Pujara scored a stunning century and remained unbeaten on 101 and helped India to declare at 216/3 and played an important role in the victory of 321 runs.

Shane Watson selects his 2 favorite Indian captains, rejects Virat Kohli

2020-01-23T22:33:00.004+05:30

Indian team captain Virat Kohli is one of the successful captains in modern times. But when former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson was asked to choose his favorite captain, he did not select Virat Kohli.

Watson selected his 4 favorite captains whom he liked. This includes Ricky Ponting and Shane Warne from Australia and Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni from India.

Watson answered many questions related to his cricketing career during an interview. During this, he told that Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne, Rahul Dravid, and MS Dhoni are his favorite captains.

Watson has played under Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni in Indian Premier League. He played under Dravid for Rajasthan Royals in 2012 and 2013 and under Virat Kohli for Royal Challengers in 2016 and 2017.

Now Watson is playing for Chennai Super Kings under Dhoni's captaincy. He joined the franchise in 2018 and had scored an unbeaten 117 to help CSK take the 3rd IPL trophy in the 2018 IPL final.

IND vs NZ: India might go with this team for the 1st T20 in Auckland, See the Probable XI

2020-01-23T18:24:00.000+05:30

India's tour of New Zealand will begin on 24th January. This tour will start with the 5-match T20 series and the first match between the two teams will be played in Eden Park in Auckland on Friday at 12:20 PM IST.

Recently, the Indian team has replaced Sanju Samson in place of Shikhar Dhawan for the T20 series. This means the young players will be tested once again in the absence of Shikhar Dhawan and Hardik Pandya.

In the absence of regular opener Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul will open the innings. Captain Kohli will bat number three and Shreyas Iyer who was in good touch in the 3rd ODI will bat at number 4.

In bowling, India can go with the same combination which they had played against Australia. In such a situation, Kuldeep Yadav might be their first spinner. While, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Navdeep Saini can take the responsibility of the pace attack.

Virat Kohli went into ODIs with a combination of 6 batsmen and 5 bowlers. But in the T20 he might go with 5 batsmen, 2 all-rounders, and 4 bowlers. We have earlier seen that India has included Shivam Dube and Washington Sundar in the playing XI.

India's Probable Playing XI for 1st T20 against New Zealand:

Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini.