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AB De Villiers has Been Selected as the Greatest IPL Batsman of all Time Over Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni

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AB De Villiers has been selected as the greatest IPL batsman of all time
AB De Villiers has been selected as the greatest IPL batsman of all time

Who do you think is the Indian Premier League‘s greatest batsman of all time? MS Dhoni? Virat Kohli? Suresh Raina?

Well, the prize for the greatest batsman of the world’s richest cricket league goes to none other than RCB southpaw AB de Villiers. The South African cricketer has been named as the greatest of all in IPL’s 12-year history by a panel of experts.

AB de’s intention for T20 world cup

De Villiers captained South Africa in all three formats, although after a series of injuries he stepped down from the Test captaincy. In 2017 he stepped down from captaining the national limited-overs teams and in May 2018 announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.

However, in January 2020 De Villiers expressed his intention to make an international comeback and play for South Africa in the 2020 T20 World Cup.

He gets his last chance to get in to the International team for the last time. South Africa’s head coach Mark Boucher has given AB De Villiers a deadline of June 1 to make himself available for the selection. Where he could make his international return for the Proteas lineup against Sri Lanka this year.

He expect to attend the “selection” after IPL 2020, but the BCCI postponed the cash rich tournament to the mid of April. Due to the rapid spread of corona virus BCCI took this decision.

Also read : South Africa’s AB De Villiers Makes an Update on his Return to International Squad If IPL 2020 Fails Amid COVID-19

Best batsman in IPL too

With his unorthodox technique and shot selections, De Villiers has been widely likened to be amongst the greatest batsmen of his generation.

Although he announced his international retirement in 2019, De Villiers continues to play franchise cricket across the world and remains an integral part of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) of IPL.

He has featured in every IPL season ever since its inception in 2008 and has gone on to represent two franchises. The South African superstar started his career with Delhi Daredevils before permanently shifting base to RCB.

In the 154 IPL matches that he has played, De Villiers has hit 4395 runs including 3 centuries and 33 half-centuries. He remains one of the main pillars in the batting department at RCB, where he has formed an explosive batting partnership with skipper Virat Kohli.

The duo has put up two 200+ and 5 100+ batting partnerships, turning RCB into among the most feared batting lineups.

AB de Villiers was selected by an experts’ panel on Star Sports’ Cricket Connected over the likes of Kohli, David Warner, Chris Gayle, MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Kieron Pollard, Suresh Raina, and Shane Watson.

Along with Graeme Smith, Tom Moody, Danny Morrison, Alan Wilkins, Ian Bishop, Mike Hesson and Darren Ganga voted for De Villiers or Mr. 360.

“Mr. 360. If I look at that list, I’m going to go with AB de Villiers. Mr. 360, because I have seen him score all around the park, all over the IPL,” said Danny Morrison.

The jury that elected De Villiers was made of 50 members including former cricketers (20), statisticians and analysts (10), senior sports journalists (10), broadcasters (7) and anchors (3).

 

Fans Begin Preparations for Thala MS Dhoni’s big day via #DhoniBirthdayIn77Days in Twitter

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Fans begin preparations for Thala MS Dhoni's birthday
Fans begin preparations for Thala MS Dhoni's birthday

Indian former skipper MS Dhoni played his last for India during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 against New Zealand. After that Dhoni missed the West Indies tour (and all subsequent series) last year due to his training for the parachute regiment of the Indian Army in Kashmir valley.

Dhoni’s name hit the media in January when his name wasn’t to be found in the list of annually contracted Indian players. It was widely anticipated that a stellar IPL season might open doors for Dhoni’s international comeback keeping eyes on the ICC T20 World Cup 2020.

With around 77 days remaining for the birthday of the ‘Thala’, netizens have already begun preparations for the same as they have started trending #DhoniBirthdayIn77Days on Twitter.

Also read : Gautam Gambhir Picks the Best IPL Captain Between Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni.

MS Dhoni – God Of Wicket Keeping

First Captain To Whitewash Aussies On Their Home

Dhoni is the only skipper in the history of the game to have won all three ICC trophies (World T20 in 2007, World Cup in 2011 and Champions Trophy in 2013). With the rout of the home team, Dhoni and his team became the first ever Indian side to whitewash the Australians on their grounds. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and the bowlers were the chief architects of the landmark victory

This was Dhoni’s second series win as a captain in Australia. In 2008, he had lifted the Commonwealth Bank Tri-series ODI trophy, beating the hosts 2-0 in the best-of-three finals.

First Captain To Whitewash Aussies On Their Home 🔥😎. #DhoniBirthdayIn77Days pic.twitter.com/eVin6GmefG

No of people waiting for his Comeback are Damn High 

Regards Indian former skipper MS Dhoni’s return many revealed their thoughts and plot the possibilities. Where Indian former player Sunil Gavaskar suggest Dhoni should retire silently and Sehwag advice team India to play with their current wicket keeper batsman.

Australian bowler Brad Hogg too predict the possibilities of MS Dhoni’s return to International squad if IPL 2020 cancelled.

 

Shoaib Akhtar :”I would have destroyed him or even kill him” If Wasim Akram Approached me for Match-fixing

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If Wasim Akram had asked me to do match-fixing, I would have killed him: Shoaib Akhtar

Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar spoke about the match-fixing era in the squad and how he would not have listened to Wasim Akram if he had approach him regarding the same. Earlier Shoaib Akhtar has named Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar as one of the “greatest batsman of all time”.

“I was watching few matches of the 1990s and I was amazed to see how Wasim Akram got Pakistan through impossible situations with his brilliant bowling,” Cricket Pakistan quoted the Rawalpindi Express as saying during a television show.

“I will say it very clearly that if Wasim Akram had asked me to do match-fixing, I would have destroyed him or even kill him. But he never said such a thing to me,” he added.

Akhtar went on to clarify that he was never approached by Akram or any other person with such proposals. The Rawalpindi Express has represented his country in 46 Tests and 163 ODIs and feels that Akram’s brilliant bowling rescued Pakistan through many tough situations.

“I played with him for seven to eight years and I can quote many instances where he gave me cover by taking the responsibility of picking up the top-order wickets while leaving the tail-enders for me,” said the 44-year-old.

“He even let me bowl from my preferred bowling even though he had a lot more wickets that I did,” he added.

READ : Former Pakistan Bowler Shoaib Akhtar Points Out How he would Dismiss Virat Kohli

“After watching these old matches, I called him and apologised to for not truly appreciating his greatness while playing with him,” Shoaib Akhtar concluded.

This is not the first instance when the bowler has voiced his opinion against the corruption allegations looming Pakistan cricket.

In an interview last year, Akhtar had said, “I was always of the belief that I can never cheat Pakistan, no match-fixing but I was surrounded by match-fixers. I was playing against 21 people (sic) — 11 theirs and 10 ours. Who knows who was the match-fixer.”

“MS Dhoni has expressed his interest to play Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy” : Report

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The former Indian captain Dhoni has reportedly expressed his interest to play the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in the next season

The former Indian skipper MS Dhoni was last seen in action against New Zealand in the ICC World Cup semifinal, a game India lost. He made himself unavailable for India’s international assignments post the WC exit and was eventually dropped from the BCCI’s list of centrally contracted players in January.

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and India head coach Ravi Shastri points out that, “Dhoni’s international future depends on his performances in IPL 2020 which comes in to consider him in T20 World Cup planned later this year in Australia”.

The most awaited moment for Dhoni’s fan scattered after BCCI announcement of IPL postpone. BCCI suspend IPL 2020 till further notice amid corona virus lockdown.

Also read : MS Dhoni’s Five Controversial Moments in His Cricket Carrier Since 2004

However, according to the recent report from Sportskeeda, Dhoni is eyeing to return to the T20 cricket.

The former Indian captain has reportedly expressed his interest to play the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in the next season. This means fans can see him play for Jharkhand. He is likely to take a decision after the lockdown period gets over.

A source said according to Sportskeeda said, “Dhoni has been training in the JSCA international complex now and then and has been in touch with JSCA officials.

Watch : Indian Cricketer Suresh Raina Talk about Selectors’ Ignorance, MS Dhoni’s future

“He has expressed his interest to play Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy next year, even JSCA put forward the proposal to him. He has always expressed his interest in giving back to state cricket. He will take a decision post lockdown about this, there is no hurry either. He wants to be match ready for the IPL, and will use the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as practice.”

MS Dhoni has participated in the domestic competition for only one season and it was during the Inter-State T20 Tournament in 2007.

“It was just hard to get Sachin out” : Monty Panesar Praised Indian Legendary Batsman Sachin Tendulkar

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Monty Panesar Says "Was Most Scared Of Sachin Tendulkar" As He "Had Different Gears"
Monty Panesar Says "Was Most Scared Of Sachin Tendulkar" As He "Had Different Gears"

Mudhsuden Singh Panesar (born 25 April 1982), known as Monty Panesar, is an English international cricketer who is currently without a county cricket side. A left-arm spinner, Panesar made his Test cricket debut in 2006 against India in Nagpur and One Day International debut for England in 2007.

In English county cricket, he last played for Northamptonshire in 2016, and has previously played for Northamptonshire until 2009, Sussex from 2010–2013 and Essex from 2013-2015, He has also played for the Lions in South Africa.

Monty Panesar praised Indian players

Monty Panesar dismissed Sachin Tendulkar four times in 11 Tests but says the Indian legend was the best batsman he played against alongside Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.

Virender Sehwag was the “most destructive” of that era, Rahul Dravid was “The Wall”, but the ability to change gears made Tendulkar the best. Panesar, who played 50 Tests, got the better of Tendulkar in his debut game in Nagpur in 2006 before dismissing him twice in the Mumbai Test of 2012 when England won a rare series in India.

“Sachin was just ruthless. Once he got in, he would look to score big. But like any other batsman, he was vulnerable. He was on a different wavelength once set,” the British-Indian cricketer told PTI from the UK.

“It was just hard to get Sachin out. With him, you were always like which gear he is going to take but you had to be competitive. Having said that, I backed myself to get him out.”

Panesar said Dravid and Sehwag were the other two Indians who stood out.

“Dravid was another great, like the wall they used to say. That was the period you had batters who would just bat long. Just ruthless. With him, you can kind of felt like his bat was wider than anyone else’s.

“And Sehwag was simply amazing, the most destructive batsman at that time,” said the left-armer, who took 167 wickets at 34.71.

Agrees with Yuvraj Singh’s comment

Yuvraj Singh recently triggered a controversy by saying that the current Indian team doesn’t have role models barring Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, unlike his playing days.

Panesar agreed with Yuvraj’s views. “The way these guys (Sachin, Dravid, Laxman) conducted themselves was a lesson for all of us on how we need to be off the field. It was like ‘this is how we need to behave’.

“You look at the talent and what you do on the field but the biggest thing that struck me about Sachin was the way he conducted himself as a human being. It was like ‘his family has taught him well’,” recollected Panesar.

Talking about some of his other contemporaries, Panesar picked Sangakkara and Jayawardene as the best players of spin bowling.

“They were simply too good. I could not get them out in Sri Lanka. I didn’t find Ricky Ponting that hard to be honest, Michael Clarke was harder. Ricky came hard at the ball against spin, so I felt I could get him out. But I was most scared of Sachin because he had different gears and could still bat long.”

Panesar in isolation amid COVID-19

Panesar, like everyone else in the world, has been isolating at his home in Luton.

He has started an online fundraising campaign for providing PPE kits to care homes in England.

For someone who has battled depression, Panesar said the outbreak of COVID-19 is a harsh yet timely reminder to the human race. It has not changed his perspective towards life but “many others who did not believe in god”.

“I have always believed in god. So for me the current situation has been about connecting to the faith and keep my mind off coronavirus.

“I think what has been happening is that the people who did not believe in good has started believing in god. Atheists are saying that there is a force at play, making this world go round. That has been the biggest impact on humanity at the moment,” Panesar concluded.

Gautam Gambhir Picks the Best IPL Captain Between Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni

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Gautam Gambhir picks Rohit Sharma as greatest IPL captain ahead of MS Dhoni

Former India batsman and current Member of Parliament from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir believes that the absence of the 13th season of the Indian Premier League will make it difficult for veteran wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni to stage an international comeback. Spells Out Replacement Wicket Keeper Batsman for MS Dhoni during Star Sports Cricket Connected.

Gautam Gambhir’s view on best captain in IPL

Former Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Gautam Gambhir expressed his thoughts on how might be the best captain in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

“I think it’s Rohit Sharma. He has won it four times. Captaincy is all about winning trophies.”

“He will end up being the most successful IPL captain of all time as well. He has 4 already, he may finish at 6-7 maybe under his belt,” Gautam Gambhir said at Star Sports’ Cricket Connected show.

Former Team India batting coach Sanjay Bangar was also on the show and he also lauded Sharma’s capabilities as a captain.

“The number of close matches that Mumbai Indians have won actually also show Rohit’s success as captain,” Bangar said.

“He has won some very close games. The choices that he makes under pressure are good,” he added.

Also read : ‘I have attitude towards liars & traitors’ : Gautam Gambhir Slammed on Afridi’s Statement

Rohit or Dhoni?

Sanjay then went on to add: “He is backed by the result, but even from a pure captaincy point of view, the smartness and decision making, I would say Rohit Sharma.”

Ex England international Kevin Pietersen also expressed his side of the argument and claimed that MS Dhoni is still the far superior pick for him when it comes to consistency. 

“It is very difficult to go against MS Dhoni because of what everyone expects from him. How he has lived his life. What he has been through. Captaining India and then captaining CSK,” Pietersen said.

“I love what Rohit Sharma does, I love what Mumbai Indians have done. But because of consistency and living up to the weight of expectation, MS Is my guy,” he added.

Morrison backs MS Dhoni

Cricketer-turn-commentator Danny Morrison also backed Kevin’s statement on Dhoni and said: “I am looking at the vibes and inspiration and that fellow brings in and he did the same when he was in blue.”

“I want to back that guy, I wanna be in his corner. And sometimes out of nowhere, he brings out the helicopter shot. MS takes pressure like no one else.”

 

Watch : Indian Cricketer Suresh Raina Talk about Selectors’ Ignorance, MS Dhoni’s future

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Suresh Raina talk about selectors’ ignorance, MS Dhoni’s future

After Yuvraj Singh, Indian batsman Suresh Raina has now criticized the national team selection process. In an interview with Aaj Tak, Raina said that the national selectors should have been more responsible in their treatment of the senior players.

“I think selectors should have taken more responsibility towards the senior players. No matter how big a player you are at the end of the day you always play for the team, you perform, you go home and if you don’t get to play the next morning, then you have to know the reason why I am not getting batting on the net,” Raina was quoted as saying by Aaj Tak’s Senior Editor Vikrant Gupta.

“Tell me if I have any deficiency then I will work hard. Someone will have to tell where to work hard. If he does not know, then there will be a doubt in his mind somewhere. When the cause is not known, how will he improve?” he added.

Suresh Raina underwent knee surgery in August 2019 and is getting better day-by-day. He hasn’t played for team India since July 2018. However, the CSK batsman is yet to give up on his ambitions to play in blue colours.

“When you play Ranji Trophy no one comes there to watch the match. Then you wait for IPL because you get the chance to face world-class bowlers. And if you are getting paid by the IPL franchise, then you have to perform in every game. Pressure is very high in IPL. A T20 game is not easy but tough. There is not even time to think. If you get hurt during IPL, you don’t get recovery time.”

Raina also added that he has learnt a lot from this experience and that if he ever becomes a selector in the future, he would make it a point to inform the player the reason for him being dropped.

Suresh Raina has insisted that MS Dhoni has been brilliant during his comeback in the practice nets with Chennai Super Kings. Raina said Dhoni has a good chance of making a comeback in the Indian team. He also spoke on how selectors ignored him before the World Cup last year. Raina felt if the IPL happens he will himself push hard for comeback into the Indian team for World Cup T20

Talking about MS Dhoni’s return, Raina said, “He still has a lot of cricket left in him. It would be best if he answers this question with his bat.”

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“Who was a better captain Sourav Ganguly or MS Dhoni?” : Indian Former Bowler Zaheer Khan Answers

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Sourav Ganguly or MS Dhoni: Who was a better captain? Zaheer Khan answers
Sourav Ganguly or MS Dhoni: Who was a better captain? Zaheer Khan answers

One of Indian cricket’s famous debates has been around two of it’s most successful skippers – Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni – and who was the better leader of the two. Indian former cricketer Zaheer Khan has played under the two captaincy, reveals who is best in his terms.

Zaheer’s favourite captain 

Former Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan, on Wednesday, kept his opinion forward in this matter, likening MS Dhoni’s captaincy as similar to Sourav Ganguly’s. He pointed out that the two shared a lot of similarities when it came to leadership, especially while guiding the team’s young players.

Zaheer Khan also pointed out that Ganguly and Dhoni both led India for considerably long periods of time. While he credited Ganguly for changing the Indian cricket’s landscape and turning youngsters into match-winners, he stated that Dhoni successfully took over and turned the team into world-beaters.

WATCH : Dwayne Bravo Posted a Sample Song Dedicated for his Brother “Thala” Dhoni

“Absolutely, that’s what you need at that stage of your career (push from Ganguly). When you’re starting your careers at the international level, you need all the support you can and then it will be up to you to shape your career. But that initial support is very vital,” Zaheer Khan was quoted as saying in a YouTube chat show by anchor Gaurav Kapur.

“Both of them have led India for a long time. With MS (Dhoni), I have seen that change as well.

Also read : “MS Dhoni or Salman Khan?” : Kedar Jadhav Reveals His Favourite Via Instagram Live

“When MS got the team, he had a lot of senior players who were experienced at the international level. So he didn’t have to do much in terms of getting them up to speed. But once all those guys started retiring, when the young batch came in, he played a similar kind of role, did similar kind of things to what Dada was doing with the young lot.”

“In Indian cricket, every decade the captain has passed the baton to the next in line and the person who has taken the baton has led to the team to the next level.”

MS Dhoni led India to World Cup glory after a gap of 28 years in 2011. He retired from Tests three years later in 2014 before giving up ODI captaincy in 2017.

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On This Day : Sourav Ganguly’s All-round Show Guided Pune Warriors to Victory vs DD in IPL 2012

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Sourav Ganguly’s All-round Show Guided Pune warriors to Victory vs Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2012
Sourav Ganguly’s All-round Show Guided Pune warriors to Victory vs Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2012

On this day in 2012, the then captain of Pune Warriors India in Sourav Ganguly had registered a match-winning all-round performance against Delhi Daredevils (now Capitals) during the 27th match of the sixth season of the Indian Premier League in Delhi.

After the then Delhi captain Virender Sehwag won the toss and invited the visitors in to bat, Pune Warriors scored a formidable 192/3 in their allotted quota of 20 overs on the back of opening batsman Jesse Ryder (86) and Ganguly’s 93-run partnership for the second wicket.

Sourav Ganguly’s Show with bat

Coming in to bat at No. 3 in the fourth over, Ganguly played second fiddle as Ryder put on display a career-best score in the form of his fourth IPL half-century. Ganguly, who hit his only six off Delhi’s Kevin Pietersen, ended up scoring 41 (35) with the help of five fours and a six before getting out to Delhi spearhead Morne Morkel in the 15th over.

Sourav Ganguly’s performance with ball

Chasing a 193-run target, Daredevils lost opening batsman Mahela Jayawardene (7) in the third over. However, a brisk 75-run partnership for the second wicket between Sehwag and Pietersen saw them scoring 87/1 in nine overs.

Known for his captaincy, Ganguly’s ploy of taking the matter in his own hands after the strategic timeout turned out to be a game-changing decision as he dismissed Pietersen (32) on the first delivery that he bowled after more than two years in the IPL.

In his next over, Ganguly’s gentle medium-pace sent back DD all-rounder Irfan Pathan (15) to the pavilion. Sehwag (57) getting out to Pune spinner Murali Kartik in the following over left a daunting task for the hosts.

Ganguly, who registered bowling figures of 4-0-27-2, led Pune to a 20-run victory as his team restricted Daredevils to 172/7 in 20 overs. Other than Ganguly, Pune fast bowler also bowled well with figures of 4-0-22-3.

“I have decided to donate my cricket pads, my gloves, helmets” : KL Rahul Steps Forward to Raise Funds for Vulnerable Children

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KL Rahul auctions 2019 World Cup bat and other memorabilia to raise funds for vulnerable children
KL Rahul auctions 2019 World Cup bat and other memorabilia to raise funds for vulnerable children

In order to control the spread and reduce the spread of novel corona virus the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extend the lock down till May 3rd. World Health Organization(WHO) announced this deadly coronavirus as pandemic.

This virus has put the whole world to halt and postponed the scheduled events. Many countries imposed a total lock down and even restricts foreigners to enter inside their country.

Due to the Indian government order, BCCI suspend the cash rich league till further notice. BCCI would lose huge amount if IPL went down.

KL Rahul takes steps to raise fund

India’s current wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul is auctioning his 2019 World Cup bat and other memorabilia to raise funds for vulnerable children.

The cricketer donated his personal cricketing equipment to the Bharat Army on his 28th birthday. The Bharat Army will auction the accessories to raise funds.

“I have decided to donate my cricket pads, my gloves, helmets and some of my jerseys to our collaboration partner Bharat Army. They are going to auction these things out and the funds will go towards the Aware Foundation,” Rahul said in a video posted by Bharat Army on Twitter.

All proceeds from the auction will go to the Aware Foundation, which works to provide dispossessed, disadvantaged and vulnerable children in India the right to education.

“It’s a foundation that looks towards helping children. It is very special and I couldn`t pick a better day to do this,” Rahul added.

The items up for auction include Rahul’s signed 2019 World Cup bat, Test, ODI and T20 jersey along with his helmet, batting gloves, and pads.

“Go on check out the auction and show some love for me and the children and let`s stay strong together during this difficult time and all of us will come out of this stronger,” Rahul said.

Jos Buttler Auction his favourite t-shirt

The 29-year-old England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler played a key role in England’s thrilling defeat of New Zealand at Lord’s in July. Buttler broke the stumps to run out Martin Guptill and seal a super-over win over New Zealand as England won the men’s World Cup for the first time. He has put the t-shirt on eBay to support two specialist heart and lung centres dealing with the coronavirus response.

Friendly Banter

KL Rahul responds via twitter for the “Rock, Paper, Scissors” game challenged by Kiwi’s all-rounder Jimmy Neesham. Jimmy Neesham tweet a picture with KL Rahul after the third One-day International in that Neesham challenged KL Rahul for a game of “Rock, Paper, Scissor”

Jimmy Neesham challenged KL Rahul for a game of “Rock, Paper, Scissor” after defeating India by five wickets in the 3rd ODI match. Which leads to a clean sweep in ODI format for India.

WATCH : Dwayne Bravo Posted a Sample Song Dedicated for his Brother “Thala” Dhoni

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Dwayne Bravo and Dhoni(Image: CSK)

The out break of corona virus made an huge impact globally. Where many peoples including leaders suffer from this deadly corona virus. In order to control the spread and to maintain the social distancing many government imposed lock down world wide.

.The majority of the scheduled events including sports event has been called off globally. Cash rich Indian Premier League too face the same fate where BCCI suspend the IPL till further notice.

Also read : CSK’s Harbhajan Singh ready to play IPL 2020 without spectators.

IPL uses CSK’s skipper to create awareness

To raise awareness, the Indian Premier League (IPL) official Twitter account on Tuesday (March 24) posted a photograph of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper MS Dhoni, urging everyone to stay at home.

CSK’s official Twitter handle posted a video of ‘DJ Bravo’, giving fans an early insight about his new track as the Windies allrounder ended up singing a few lines too.

WATCH : MS Dhoni Registers Century During CSK’s Practice Match Ahead of IPL 2020

Bravo’s song regards MS Dhoni

At the start of the video, Bravo also said that “this is a sample of a song” that he is working on and it is for my brother MSD.

In the clip, Bravo can be humming the lyrics, which go as follows: “MS Dhoni, number seven, MS Dhoni, number seven, all of Ranchi shouting Dhoni, all of India shouting Mahi, all of Chennai shouting Thala, MS Dhoni is a world-beater”.

“Champion @DJBravo47’s next song is for ‘his brudah, his brudah from anodah muddah’ – @msdhoni No.7,” CSK’s captioned the video on Twitter.

Dhoni’s slot in T20I world cup

Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni arrived to Chennai to start his practice session with team mates. The former Indian skipper was last seen in action against New Zealand in the ICC World Cup semifinal, a game India lost. He made himself unavailable for India’s international assignments post the WC exit and was eventually dropped from the BCCI’s list of centrally contracted players in January.

As pointed out by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and India head coach Ravi Shastri, Dhoni’s international future depends on his performances in IPL 2020 which comes in to consider him in T20 World Cup planned later this year in Australia.

“Throwback to 2011 How time changes” : Hardik Pandya Shares a Major Throwback Photo

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Hardik Pandya shares major throwback pic with brother Krunal Pandya from 2011
Hardik Pandya shares major throwback pic with brother Krunal Pandya from 2011

Team Indian cricket all rounder brothers Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya shared a throwback photo from 2011. The reporting case for corona virus infection has been increasing day by day thus many government suggest peoples to stay inside. In that list Indian government imposed a 21 day lock down to control the spread and extend the lock down till May 3 to reduce the spread of novel corona virus.

Indian cricketers move on COVID-19

Previously Indian skipper Virat Kohli along with Anushka Sharma posted a video tweet regarding the importance of self isolation. Indian former legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar donated 50 lack rupees to corona virus relief fund.

Pandya brothers advice

Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya will play for  Mumbai Indians in the upcoming IPL. Hardik Pandya first sustained a back injury during the Asia Cup 2018. He recovered to play in the IPL 2019 and the World Cup before the injury resurfaced.

Pandya required surgery to get back to his standard shape. The Mumbai Indians star underwent successful surgery in London in October.

Hardik Pandya has been away from international cricket for a few months. After being injured, he was resting and preparing to make a comeback again.

Pandya also missed the New Zealand tour as he failed to clear the fitness test and expected to play in IPL 2020  after clearing the fitness test.

Hardik Pandya’s comeback

He is now fully fit and made a spectacular comeback in the DY Patil T20 Cup 2020. Hardik Pandya smashed 158 off just 55 balls for Reliance 1 against BPCL the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Friday.

With 20 six and 6 fours Hardik took the match to the whole new level and paved the way for his team victory. He also took 5 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs.

Watch : Full video of Hardik Pandya’s performance in DY Patil T20 Cup 2020. 

Throwback photo

“Throwback to 2011 How time changes @krunalpandya_official Swag mera desi hai,” Hardik captioned his picture on Instagram with.

 

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Throwback to 2011 😅 How time changes @krunalpandya_official Swag mera desi hai

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