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02 May

Rishabh Pant Picked MS Dhoni As One Of His Favourite Batting Partners.

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Calling MS Dhoni his mentor, wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant says the World Cup-winning skipper has his own way of helping the younger crop as he never provides a full solution to a problem, encouraging them to look for answers. Pant, was heir apparent to Dhoni until KL Rahul emerged as a wicket-keeper batsman in the limited overs format, making the southpaw no more a certainty in the playing eleven."He (Dhoni) has been like a mentor to me, on and off the field. I can approach him freely with any problem I may be facing, and he will never give me…

02 May

Sachin Tendulkar Took To Instagram To Wish “Fellow Taurean” Brian Lara On His Birthday.

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Sachin Tendulkar took to Instagram to wish his "fellow Taurean" and cricketer friend Brian Lara on his 51st birthday. The Indian batting great and the West Indies legend recently played together in the Road Safety World Series in March and Sachin Tendulkar recalled some memories of that meet in his heartfelt birthday wish. "Wishing my fellow Taurean a very happy birthday. It was great fun catching up with you recently. Have a great one, Prince! Look forward to seeing you soon. Take care," Sachin Tendulkar captioned the picture on Instagram

02 May

Ravi Shastri Took A Trip Down Memory Lane And Posted Nostalgic Pictures With Former West Indies Legends.

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Ravi Shastri, the head coach of Team India, took a trip down memory lane on Saturday as he posted a couple of nostalgic pictures of himself with his "brothers in arms". Ravi Shastri shared throwback pictures with former West Indies greats Malcolm Marshall and Viv Richards. "Brothers in arms. The best I played against. Privilege and honour Folded hands - with Malcolm Denzil Marshall and Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards @ivivianrichards," Ravi Shastri captioned the image on Twitter.

01 May

Using Saliva Or Sweat To Shine The Ball Will Not Be Allowed By Australia As A Safety Measure Against Covid-19.

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Australia will not allow the use of saliva or sweat to shine the ball once cricket training resumes in the post-COVID-19 world, says a framework released by the federal government regarding the staged return of sports amid the pandemic. There is speculation that use of saliva to shine the ball will be stopped to cut down the risk of the highly contagious infection with reports suggesting that the ICC is considering the possibility of allowing the use of artificial substances to polish the red ball under the supervision of umpires.According to ESPNcricinfo, Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in consultation with…

30 Apr

Umar Akmal Could Have A Part Of His Three Year Anti-Corruption Ban Suspended.

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Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal could have a part of his three-year anti-corruption ban suspended when the judge heading the Cricket Board's disciplinary Panel gives out his detailed judgement soon, a source in the PCB has said. After the hour-long hearing of the panel held on Monday in Lahore, where Umar appeared himself to plead his case, Justice Miran Chohan announced a three-year ban on the batsman for failing to report corrupt approaches. "People are jumping to conclusions about the three-year ban but the detailed order is yet to come out. Umar might eventually get a three-year ban with two years…

30 Apr

Michael Holding Said That The Pause Due To Covid-19 Should Be Used To Introspect On The Game.

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Looking to suck out every dollar available, cricket was suffering from an overkill and the coronavirus-forced break should be used to introspect whether the game is heading in the right direction, says West Indies fast bowling great Michael Holding. The 66-year-old cricketer-turned-commentator personally believes hitting the pause button for a while was necessary amid excessive commercialisation of the sport. "Just use the pause to look within the game, to look at what has been happening with the administrators, with the players, and think: Are we heading in the right direction? Is everything okay with our game? Personally, I don't think…

30 Apr

Brett Lee Seems To Be Giving Andrew Symonds A Very Close Haircut In A Picture Posted By ICC.

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ICC's official Instagram account shared a hilarious throwback picture of former Australian cricketers Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds to mark hair appreciation day. In the picture, Brett Lee can be seen giving a haircut to his former teammate Andrew Symonds. ICC captioned the post and wrote, "#HairstyleAppreciationDay Who is styling your hair during isolation". Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds are one of the very best to have played the game for their country. Andrew Symonds has been famous for sporting different hairstyles throughout his career.

27 Apr

BCCI Has Not Made Any Concrete Back-Up Plan For 2020-21 Domestic Season.

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The BCCI has not yet made any concrete back-up plan for the 2020-21 domestic season, which is due to start in August, but the man in charge, Saba Karim, says the priority will be to organise as many games as possible amid the challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The England and Wales Cricket Board has already announced suspension of all its activities till July, including the domestic season, in the wake of the fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic. All sporting activities around the world have come to a grinding halt. "There are no concrete back up plans as such. There is…

27 Apr

Ravichandran Ashwin Recalled How He Was Dropped By Chennai Super Kings.

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Two bad games in the IPL was all that it took for premier Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to realise that bowling in T20s was not as easy as he assumed it to be, the reality hitting him like a "hard slap" a decade back. During a podcast with cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar for ESPNCricinfo, Ashwin spoke about how the 2010 IPL with the Chennai Super Kings affected him, the challenges of bowling in hostile conditions of Australia and England, and why spin twin Ravindra Jadeja is a "natural athlete".Ashwin recalled the 2010 IPL when he was dropped from the CSK squad…

26 Apr

“One Coffee I Had, Mere Ko Bahut Mehengi Padi Vo,” Says Hardik Pandya.

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Dinesh Karthik caught up with Hardik Pandya in an Instagram Live session on Saturday where they talked about various topics, from the impact of coronavirus to the postponement of the Indian Premier League (IPL). During the chat, Hardik Pandya also opened up about the controversial 'Koffee With Karan' episode that led to a suspension from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Dinesh Karthik requested the fans not to ask any controversial questions because it had been a year since Hardik's appearance on the show. The all-rounder replied by saying that he was never a coffee drinker and…