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BCCI reports Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur, and Smriti Mandhana as captains of the 3 teams in the Women’s T20 Challenge

12Oct

By Yash MehtaNo Comments

BCCI reports Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur, and Smriti Mandhana as captains of the 3 teams in the Women’s T20 Challenge

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has declared every one of the 3 partaking squads in the Women T20 Challenge, to be held in UAE, beginning on November. It will be a short T20 competition, traversing from November 4-November 9, will be the third edition of the Women's T20 Challenge that saw its debut year in 2018. The opening game will be held among Supernovas and Velocity on November 4. As BCCI has declared the squads for the three teams in the Women's T20 Challenge, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj have been named as captains of Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity respectively. The All-India Women's Selection Committee, that was formed on September 26 this year, named the three squads. Prior, the BCCI had delegated previous India Women's cricketer...

Kagiso Rabada breaks Vinay Kumar’s IPL record after Delhi Capitals’ clinical win over Rajasthan Royals

10Oct

By Vedika KulkarniNo Comments

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Kagiso Rabada breaks Vinay Kumar’s IPL record after Delhi Capitals’ clinical win over Rajasthan Royals

Kagiso Rabada broke Vinay Kumar's Indian Premier League record in Delhi Capitals' clinical success over Steve Smith-led Rajasthan Royals (RR) on matchday 23 of IPL 2020 in Sharjah. Kagiso Rabada, with at least one wicket in the last 20 continuous Indian Premier League matches, has become the second most reliable bowler throughout the entire existence of the money rich competition. Thusly, the Purple Cap holder has outperformed R Vinay Kumar's record in the marquee T20 league. Most no. of successive innings for a bowler bagging at least one wicket in IPL: 27 Dwayne Bravo (2012-15)20 Kagiso Rabada (2017-present)19 R Vinay Kumar (2012-13)17 Lasith Malinga (2015-17) Kagiso Rabada has been in heavenly form, having stowed 15 wickets in 6 IPL 2020 matches, including best figures of 4...

Mohamed Salah becomes a ‘real-life hero’ in the wake of halting maltreatment of a homeless man

8Oct

By Yash MehtaNo Comments

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Mohamed Salah becomes a ‘real-life hero’ in the wake of halting maltreatment of a homeless man

Mohamed Salah, who sparkles with the ball at his feet for Liverpool, demonstrated his sympathetic side in a recent video where he stepped in to stop the maltreatment of a homeless man in close to Anfield, Liverpool. In a recorded CCTV footage of a month ago, Salah was seen pulling up to a petrol station in the city and saw a homeless man, David Craig, being harassed by a group of individuals. The 28-year-old Egyptian mediated and cautioned the hecklers that they might one be able to day be in a comparable situation as the vagrant. He at that point proceeded to hand Craig some cash. “Mo was every bit as wonderful as he is for Liverpool on the pitch,” Craig was quoted by The Sun. “Mo had seen a couple of the lads hassling me. They were calling me names, asking why I was begging and...

Prithvi Raj Yarra set to substitute Bhuvneshwar Kumar for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2020

7Oct

By Parth SinhaNo Comments

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Prithvi Raj Yarra set to substitute Bhuvneshwar Kumar for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2020

Unheralded left-arm pacer Prithvi Raj Yarra was on Tuesday named as replacement for Sunrisers Hyderabad's senior pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who has been administered out of the continuous IPL because of a thigh muscle injury. Bhuvneshwar sustained the injury while bowling the 19th over of Chennai Super Kings' innings during their October 2 conflict in Dubai and stumbled out of the field after only one delivery. Sunrisers Hyderabad affirmed on Tuesday that the India pacer won't take further part in the competition and he will be supplanted by the 22-year-old Prithvi Raj. “Bhuvneshwar Kumar is ruled out of #Dream11IPL 2020 due to injury. We wish him a speedy recovery! Prithvi Raj Yarra will replace Bhuvi for the remainder of the season,” Sunrisers Hyderabad wrote on their twitter han...

Sanjay Manjrekar proposes new boundary rule for Sharjah Cricket Stadium in IPL 2020

5Oct

By Vedika KulkarniNo Comments

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Sanjay Manjrekar proposes new boundary rule for Sharjah Cricket Stadium in IPL 2020

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 has just observed probably the greatest totals being scored in UAE. The thirteenth edition, which is being played across three scenes, has been a bad dream for bowlers at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium – where batsmen have worn the pants and have profited by shorter boundaries to score a store of runs. A batsman's heaven and a bowler's graveyeard, as it has been coming down sixes at Sharjah, previous Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has thought of another standard so as to give some alleviation to the bowlers. Manjrekar took to online media to propose that a ball that movements over the ropes ought to be given as a 4 while just the ones which clear the arena ought to be considered as sixes. “Over the ropes is 4. Outside the stadium is 6. Those are ...

Virat Kohli off to his most exceedingly terrible beginning in IPL 2020

3Oct

By Gunjan SaxsenaNo Comments

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Virat Kohli off to his most exceedingly terrible beginning in IPL 2020

Captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Virat Kohli has unmistakably not had the best of starts in the Indian Premier League 2020. In three games, Kohli has scores of 14, 1 and 3 against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians respectively, taking his count to 18 runs in three games. Amazingly, these are his most noticeably awful numbers after initial three IPL games of a season since the time the competition began in 2008, which features his corrosion with the bat in the wake of being endlessly from cricket since March. After three matches, Kohli averages six (additionally his most exceedingly awful after three games) in the continuous IPL with a strike-rate of 62.07. Prior to this, his most noticeably awful beginning came in the first ever IPL in 2008, when his count ...

Ankita Raina withdraws from French Open qualifiers after defeat by Japan’s Kurumi Nara

25Sep

By Manas KhuranaNo Comments

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Ankita Raina withdraws from French Open qualifiers after defeat by Japan’s Kurumi Nara

Ankita Raina couldn't go past the second round at the French Open qualifiers, enduring a straight set defeat against Japan's Kurumi Nara, here on Thursday. Ankita, India's top singles player, lost the second round contest 3-6 2-6 in one hour and 21 minutes. "It (match) was not bad. I had chances in my service game but she returned very well today. If I had converted those games, then it would have been different. Also there were windy conditions today," Ankita said after her match. Ankita's defeat implies that no Indian will contend in the singles fundamental draw of the clay court Grand Slam. Sumit Nagal, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Prajnesh Gunneswaran have just quit the men's singles qualifiers. Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan will contend in the men's doubles with their respective...