Rajasthan Royals All-Rounder Ben Stokes Took Only 4 Words to Shut His Critic
Due to the spread of corona virus the scheduled sports event has been cancelled globally. The cash rich Indian Premier League also face the same fate and postponed to last of April. BCCI took this decision after consulting with IPL owners and in keen to host the tournament. BCCI is in verge of losing a huge amount if IPL went down. Despite no clarity on the start date of IPL 2020, England and Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Ben Stokes has started preparing for the cash-rich league.
Stokes preparation for IPL
“At the moment my next competitive cricket is going to be the IPL, because that hasn’t changed yet. So I have to think that I’m going to be playing cricket on April 20.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes who plays for Rajasthan Royals is at home amid coronavirus pandemic. Earlier, he said that he wants to be ready for the 13th edition of IPL. But his words were not taken in a favourable manner and a ‘fact researcher’ criticized the cricketer for his comment.
“England all-rounder Ben Stokes says he is still preparing for a return to competitive cricket in the Indian Premier League next month. Get a grip; 1.3 billion are in lockdown. forget the money & limelight, think for everyone,” the user wrote.
England all-rounder @benstokes38 says he is still preparing for a return to competitive cricket in the Indian Premier League next month. Get a grip; 1.3 billion are in lockdown. forget the money & limelight, think for everyone. #coronavirus
The all-rounder took only 4 words to shut his critic. In reply, he attached an image of his full statement with a caption, “Read articles not headlines”.
At the moment my next competitive cricket is going to be in the IPL,” Stokes told BBC Radio 5 Live.
“I have to get my head round that I am playing even though in the back of my mind I know I am probably not. I have to build up and get myself physically in a position that if it does happen, I am good to go.
“I cannot take three weeks off and expect the body to be ready for 20 April because it doesn’t work like that. It might happen and if it does, I don’t want to be behind,” he further added.
Sakshi Dhoni's reply to false rumour on Dhoni's donation
The deadly corona virus has pushed the whole world to halt and to postpone the scheduled events. Many countries imposed a total lock down and even restricts foreigners to enter inside their country. There’s one on MS Dhoni Donation for corona relief fund.
Sachin Tendulkar’s contribution
In order to control the spread and reduce, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been put India under a complete lockdown from Tuesday midnight for the next 21 days. World Health Organization(WHO) announced this deadly coronavirus as pandemic.
The lockdown seems to make life harder for daily wage workers. But, on Thursday, the government announced a package worth Rs 170,000 crore for poor and daily wage workers. Indian former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has donated Rs 50 lack to the corona virus relief fund on March 27(Friday).
Rumors on MS Dhoni Donation for corona
Since then many celebrities came forward to donate and help the government in feeding the poor people. There were reports that MS Dhoni donated Rs 1 Lakh to support the 100 families of daily wage workers in Pune. But the former Indian skipper had faced a lot of criticism for donating such a low amount. His net worth is 800 crore and many people felt that he should have donated much more.
Now Sakshi Singh Dhoni, wife of MS Dhoni, has denied the rumours of MS Dhoni Donation for corona 1 Lakh to the public charitable trust in Pune. She posted a tweet to let everyone know about the false reports. “I request all media houses to stop carrying out false news at sensitive times like these ! Shame on You ! I wonder where responsible journalism has disappeared !”, she tweeted.
I request all media houses to stop carrying out false news at sensitive times like these ! Shame on You ! I wonder where responsible journalism has disappeared !
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”.
Indian former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has donated Rs 50 lack to the corona virus relief fund on March 27(Friday). The deadly disease starts to spread world wide from China and nearly killed 24000 with over 5,49,000 confirmed affected cases around 199 countries.
In order to control the spread and reduce the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been put India under a complete lockdown from Tuesday midnight for the next 21 days. 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 postponed the cash rich league. BCCI would lose huge amount if IPL went down. In order to avoid that BCCI after discussing with IPL owners decide to start the tournament at the end of April or at the beginning of May.
Sachin Tendulkar’s contribution
“Sachin Tendulkar decided to contribute Rs 25 lakh each to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund and Chief Minister’s Relief Fund in his bid to join the fight against COVID-19. It was his decision that he wanted to contribute to both funds,” PTI quoted a source closed to the development.
On March 25, Tendulkar took to Twitter and wrote: “Our government and health experts have requested us to stay at home & not venture out. Yet many people are doing so. My family & I are at home, will not be stepping out for the next 21 days. I request you all to do the same.”
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Virat Kohli registered his 15th T20I half-century against Australia in ICC World Twenty20 2016
On this day(March 27) in 2016 Current Indian skipper Virat Kohli executes his master class performance and leads India to a glorious win against Australia. During the 31st match of the ICC World Twenty20 2016 between India and Australia in Mohali, the then India vice-captain Virat Kohli’s 15th T20I half-century had propelled India to a 6-wicket victory.
Virat Kohli’s Glorious strike
Coming in to bat at No. 3 in the fourth over of a 161-run chase, Kohli ended up scoring 82* (51) with the help of nine fours and two sixes to win the match for India in the last over.
Requiring 59 runs in the last five overs with Kohli and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on strike, India made a daunting task look simple as Kohli scored 45* (19) from this point in time to leave the Australian bowlers clueless.
Needing 39 runs in the last three overs, Kohli took the onus on himself by scoring two fours and a six off Australia all-rounder James Faulkner. To make matters worse for the opposition, Kohli smashes four fours off Nathan Coulter-Nile in the following to bring down the equation to India needing four runs in the last over.
Kohli not needing much assistance from Dhoni in sealing such a chase spoke highly about his knock. With India losing their group match against New Zealand, their last group match was a must-win encounter for them.
Despite the others not contributing at a pace they should ideally have, Kohli made it a point to carry India to the semi-finals of the tournament.
This is arguably one of the most celebrated knocks in T20 history. It’s virtually a World Cup quarter final, India are playing at home against their arch-rivals Australia & Kohli—with a collection of cover drives & wristy swats—takes India across the line. Iconic. #T20WorldCuphttps://t.co/D7YdXd8SYx
Due to the spread of deadly corona virus almost all the sports event has been called off. One of the major upcoming event Men’s T20 world cup too is in oscillation. The huge event has been planned to start later this year in Australia. Due to the coronavirus pandemic Cricket Australia postponed all in and out matches. Earlier the ICC decide to have a conference call regarding this as the hosts have postponed all sort of tournaments.
The total lock down made cricketers to spend time in social media. Cricketers starts to entertain their fans through this medium. Earlier IPL board used CSK skipper MS Dhoni’s photo to mention the importance of self isolation.
Dean Jones Prediction
Fans are also enjoying this un expected break and chance to interact with their most loved sports personalities. Now, as all cricket lovers look forward to ICC Men’s World Cup 2020 for their entertainment. Recently, an Indian cricket fan took to his Twitter handle to post his query. The fan questioned cricket experts to pick four semi-finalists in the upcoming World T20 in Australia.
In no time, Dean Jones, the former Australian international came out with a reply to the fan. According to the Jones, India, Australia, England are sureties and one of West Indies or Pakistan will also make to the semi-finals of the mega tournament.
The cricketer turned commentator was also quick to emphasise the role of bowlers in the upcoming World T20 as he added the team with better bowling arsenal will make to the semi-finals of the show-piece event. Dean Jones wrote, “India, Australia, England, WI or Pak… depends on teams bowlers.”
While India, Australia and England are going to be the forces in the upcoming World T20, no one can underestimate the West Indies firepower and the uncertainty that Pakistan brings in the ICC events.
The world stand still due to the spread of corona virus. Many governments advice and even force peoples to stay isolate. Indian government imposed 21 day lock down in order to control the spread of deadly corona virus. BCCI postponed all the in and out matches including the cash rich Indian Premier League.
In that series India Women’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur conducted a Q&A session on her Twitter handle yesterday in which she answered numerous questions which came her way.
Hey guys as we are staying at home and taking precautions by social distancing . I thought of doing a Q&A session with you. Let’s make the most of the digital world. Send in your questions with #AskHarman and I will answer as many as I can 🙌💯
From revealing that she started her career as a medium-pacer to telling her fans about her cheat meal, favourite singer and best fielding drill, Kaur opened up on various facets of her life and game.
Kaur, who led Supernovas in the T20 Women’s Challenge last year and has also represented Sydney Thunder and Lancashire Thunder in the Women’s Big Bash League and Kia Super League respectively, was also asked about her favourite team in the Indian Premier League.
Harmanpreet Kaur in Lancashire Thunder’s dugout.
While Kaur took the name of Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore, her answer received acknowledgment from England spinner Alexandra Heartley.
Ben Stokes preparing for IPL 2020 amidst coronavirus scare
In order to prevent the corona virus spread Indian government imposed 21 day lock down through out the country. The spread of deadly virus seems increasing day by day in a rapid speed. Due to this disaster many scheduled events has been postponed including the cash rich Indian Premier League.
In an interaction with IANS, BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) President Sourav Ganguly had laid emphasis on things not changing making it difficult for him to take a call on the future of IPL 2020.
Dada offers #EdenGardens to the government for COVID-19 Quarantine if needed 🏥
If another BCCI source is to be believed, first week of May is expected to be the deadline to start the tournament. Despite no clarity on the start date of IPL 2020, England and Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Ben Stokes has started preparing for the cash-rich league.
“At the moment my next competitive cricket is going to be the IPL, because that hasn’t changed yet. So I have to think that I’m going to be playing cricket on April 20.
Ben Strokes
“I have to get my head around that I am playing, even though in the back of my mind I know I’m probably not. I still have to build up and get myself physically in a position that if it does happen, I’m good to go, because I can’t just take three weeks off and expect everything body-wise to get going again for April 20. It doesn’t work like that,” Stokes was quoted as saying by BBC Radio 5live.
Being asked about the travel advice which overseas cricketers will receive before coming to India, Stokes hinted at making the “sensible choice”.
“I don’t know. There would be a lot of advice thrown around and given to us if it was an option to go, and I would have to make the sensible [choice].
“But as I say, taken everything else aside, I just have to think that I’m playing cricket on April 20 because it potentially might happen, and if it does, I don’t want to be behind,” Stokes added.
Aakash Chopra (born 19 September 1977) is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer who played for the Indian cricket team from late 2003 until late 2004 as a defensive opening batsman and close catcher in Test matches.
In that list former cricketer Aakash Chopra list the top six captains of Indian cricket.
6. Ajit Laxman Wadekar
Ajit Laxman Wadekar (1 April 1941 – 15 August 2018) was an Indian international cricketer who played for the Indian national team between 1966 and 1974. Described as an “aggressive batsman”, Wadekar made his first-class debut in 1958, before making his foray into international cricket in 1966. He batted at number three and was considered to be one of the finest slip fielders. Wadekar also captained the Indian cricket team which won series in the West Indies and England in 1971(first victory of Indian team in test cricket outside of India was recorded in 1968 under the captaincy of Tiger Pataudi against New Zealand)
“Under Ajit Wadekar, we won for the first time in West Indies and England- both in 1971. He may have captained in only 18 matches, in which we didn’t win a lot of Test matches, but then we are talking of the 1970s here. Under Wadekar, India started winning and the seeds of them becoming a superpower were laid under his leadership” Chopra said.
Ajit Wadekar
5. Rahul Dravid
At No. 5 appeared Rahul Dravid who saw a lot of ups and downs during his captaincy. Chopra praised the former wicket-keeper’s winning percentage record.
Rahul Sharad Dravid is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian national team. He is the Director of Cricket Operations at National Cricket Academy, Bengaluru, India. He also monitors the progress of India A and India under-19 cricket teams. In 2004, after completing his century against Bangladesh in Chittagong, he became the first and the only player till date to score a century in all the ten Test-playing countries.
“He also didn’t captain for a long time, he actually relinquished the leadership [post winning the Test series in England in 2007]. He saw a few highs but he also saw a very bad low which was the 2007 World Cup in West Indies where the team was knocked out in th3 first round. But then, under his leadership, we went on to beat England in England, a place where we haven’t managed to win post that. His win percentage is also outstanding” Chopra further added.
Rahul Dravid
4. Virat Kohli
Chopra named the current Indian skipper Virat Kohli at No. 4. The current skipper has failed to prove himself at ICC tournaments but under his leadership, India is at No. 1 in Test ranking for the past 3 years.
Virat Kohli is an Indian cricketer who currently captains the India national team. A right-handed top-order batsman, Kohli is regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world. He plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and has been the team’s captain since 2013.
“Virat has a good team, he is steadily becoming a better captain. He may not have won an ICC trophy but under his leadership, but from the past three years the team has been at the numero-uno spot in the Test rankings. He will also play the final of Test championship and may possibly also win it. As far as ICC events are concerned, the team has always made its way to the semis or even the finals.
Virat Kohli
3. Sourav Ganguly
Chopra listed Sourav Ganguly at No. 3 of his list. The former Indian captain, known as Dada, changed the face of Indian cricket after the 2000 match-fixing scandal. Under his leadership, precious talents of Indian cricket like Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, etc were developed.
Sourav Chandidas Ganguly , affectionately known as Dada (meaning “elder brother” in Bengali), is an Indian cricket administrator, commentator and former national cricket team captain who is the 39th and current president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. As a cricketer he played as a left-handed opening batsman and was captain of the Indian national team.
Ganguly
2. Kapil Dev
The hero of 1983 famous India’s world cup win Kapil Dev has found himself at No. 2. He is considered as the best all-rounder the country has ever produced.
He was a fast bowler and a hard hitting middle order batsman. Regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders to play the game, he is also regarded as one of the greatest captains in the history of cricket. He was named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002.
Dev captained the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He was India’s national cricket coach between October 1999 and August 2000. He retired in 1994, holding the world record for the greatest number of wickets taken in Test cricket, a record subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh in 2000.
Kapil Dev
1. MS Dhoni
At No. 1, it is none other than Mahendra Singh Dhoni who is the only captain in the world to win all 3 ICC trophies. He also took men in blue to the first spot in Test ranking back in 2009.
MS Dhoni captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2010 and 2016 Asia Cups, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. A right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, Dhoni is one of the highest run scorers in One Day Internationals (ODIs) with more than 10,000 runs scored and is considered an effective “finisher” in limited-overs formats.
Due to the corona outbreak many sports event have been called off to reduce the spread. Many government advice and even force peoples to stay isolate in order to prevent the social spreading. The famous IPL has been postponed and in oscillation for its execution. Recently IPL owners after a conference call states that they are ready to bear the losses as was no other choice but to bear what’s happening.
Previously New Zealand all-rounder James Neesham, who is known off-the-field for his amusing activities across social media platforms, put on display another hilarious comments on social media platform Instagram. Neesham recently made a hilarious comment on Ben Cutting’s beard.
Recently former England skipper Kevin Pietersen trolled Indian spinner, Yuzvendra Chahal, for his bowling. The incident took place when Pietersen was doing an Instagram live with batsman Rohit Sharma. Chahal posted a comment on the chat, saying, “KP, you are my first test wicket”.
The statement is funny as Chahal is yet to play his first Test for the country, however, Pietersen replied: “Chahal, I would have closed my eyes batting against you brother”.
As for the Live, Sharma revealed the lowest point in his career. “Not getting picked for the 2011 World Cup squad, that was the saddest moment as it was happening in our own backyard, the final was played at my home ground,” Sharma told Pietersen.
However, the swashbuckling Indian batsman admitted that it was due to his own mistakes. “It was due to my performances, I was not at my best,” said Sharma. The Mumbai Indians skipper also said that the IPL might go ahead if the situation related to COVID-19 settles down.
The out break of corona virus made the whole world to pause their work. The spread of deadly corona virus is in a rapid rate. This deadly virus made the scheduled events to postpone. The cash-rich Indian Premier League too face the same. BCCI seeks every possible way to host the tournament in order to avoid the huge loss.
Finally BCCI comes up with a decision to host the tournament at the end of April or at the beginning of May. BCCI took this decision after having the conference call with the IPL owners on March 24.
The chances for hosting
With the chances of IPL 2020 looking very grim, “We are not even discussing IPL right now. It will be premature to say anything but hosting the IPL this year looks a bit difficult,” a top franchise official told Hindustan Times.
Delhi and District Cricket Association Announcements
A Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) official, also confirmed the same and said “All IPL related work was stopped in mid-March. Only the construction of VIP boxes was underway when this coronavirus pandemic forced us to go on a work-from-home. We were already told not to hold IPL-related work till April 15.”
The official also confirmed that even if the government lifts the ban after 14th April, it will take at least two weeks to get the conditions match ready. Currently, the Indian government have cancelled all the visas and domestic flights all across the country. The Delhi government havealso imposed a ban on hosting any sports event in the city till the situation becomes favourable again.
“The IMGR (Delhi Capitals) guys came here last week and they were told about the developments. Even they looked less hopeful of the IPL taking place this year. Generally, it takes about two weeks for the pitch and construction work to complete before every IPL that means till the end of April it is highly unlikely,” the official added.
Rahul Dravid reveals the reason behind CSK’s success and RCB’s failure in IPL
Rahul Dravid’s IPL carrier
Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid is well known for his good behaviour on and off the field. He is known as one of the gentlemen of the sport. Since his retirement, he has been engaged with training the young guns of the nation. He also went on to win India U-19 world cup in 2018 as a coach Currently, he is the director of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.
Dravid played for Rajasthan Royals in the cash rich Indian Premier League from 2008-2013. He maintains an average of 28.23 through out his entire carrier in IPL.
Recently, Dravid analysed and talked about reasons why Royal Challengers Bangalore haven’t been successful in IPL yet. The former Indian captain compared the franchise with Chennai Super Kings, who have been the most successful team in IPL. His analyzation was published in a book titled ‘Cricket 2.0- Inside the T20 revolution’ written by Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde.
Dravid stated that the owners of CSK already had an experience of managing a cricket team before IPL. “When they got into the IPL, Chennai probably had an advantage over a lot of other franchises because their owners, India Cements, were already in the business of running cricket teams,” Dravid said quoted by Hindustan Times.
“CSK was just the most high-profile team that they ran. So in a sense, they’ve always had people on the ground and their scouting system was probably better right at the start than any other team,” he added.”
Dravid stated that the owners of CSK already had an experience of managing a cricket team before IPL
Dravid also pointed out that RCB has never been good at picking players at auctions and maintaining a balanced side. “Bangalore have never balanced their team very well. They had their best year when they had a bowler like Mitchell Starc who was able to close out games for them. But they kept going out and picking gun batsmen.”
“For RCB, you always felt they will be chasing a gun death bowler,” said Dravid. “Then the first thing you realise is they’ve spent 15 crores on Yuvraj Singh and you think, ‘Oh, sh!t! They aren’t in the market for that!’” and by the time a death bowler comes round they won’t be able to spend any money so we can outbid them.”
Dravid also believes that the core players of the yellow army have been solid all these years. He also said that CSK has a better bowling unit than RCB leading to their success.
“There are a lot of foreign players available for four slots. But there are a limited number of quality Indian players available, and the fact that CSK have been able to get some of the best guys has meant that they have always had that core. That’s where Chennai have always been successful because they’ve often had stronger bowling than Bangalore,” said Dravid.
As said cricket is a gentle man game India Pakistan players once again proved it. Not in the game but in the real life where Indian player Harbhajan Singh praised Pakistan former cricketer Shahid Afridi on twitter. Afridi post a pic of helping peoples amid of lock down due to corona virus.
The deadly corona virus has been spread world wide in a rapid speed thus every government advice peoples to stay behind doors in order to maintain self quarantine.
Afridi helps people amid corona virus
Due to this, many peoples suffer without food and basic needs. Considering that many helps to feed the poor, in that line Pakistan player Shahid Afridi helps Pakistan peoples with basic needs.
Harbhajan took to social media and in a Twitter, post wrote: “Great work for humanity @SAfridiOfficial. May God bless us all. More power to you. Praying for the world’s well-being. Nanak Naam chardikala tere bhaane sarbat da bhala“.
To this, Afridi replied: “Humanity is bigger than anything. Thank you Bhajji for your king words. The world needs to unite. It is our collective responsibility to help the poor and needy in every way possible in the global fight against Covid-19.”
Humanity is bigger than anything! Thank you Bhajji for your kind words. The world needs to unite, it is our collective responsibility to help the poor and needy in every way possible in the global fight against #COVID2019https://t.co/QasLBJ9kXk
