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    “Matches to be Played Behind Closed Doors” : Road Safety World Series

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    Road Safety World Series

    Corona virus has its impact on the scheduled cricket matches in India. Recently a match have been cancelled in the ongoing Road Safety World Series. As there is an increase in  spread of corona, cricket committee plan to avoid the crowd gathering.

    Previously Bangladesh Cricket Board postponed the match between Asia X1 and World X1 International T20 matches scheduled to play on March 21 and 22. The match has been planned to mark the birth centenary of the Bangladesh’s father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The schedule match has been postponed due to the outbreak of corona virus.

    Indian Government recently imposed fresh visa restriction due to the corona virus out-break. According to the visa restriction involvement of foreign players in IPL becomes doubtful. In addition to this many insist the postpone of IPL due to the increase in corona infection. Regarding the announcement of IPL postpone BCCI request two days of time as they will gather a meeting on March 14.

    On behalf of the Indian Government visa restriction announcement BCCI confirms that foreign players will not involve in the IPL matches till April 15 were the postpone of IPL is not yet confirmed they added.

    “The foreign players who play in the IPL come under the Business Visa category. As per the government’s directive, they can’t come till April 15,” a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

    Sachin and Sehwag
    Sachin and Sehwag

    Apart from this, some changes has been imposed in the ongoing Road Safety World Series. The decision has been taken as the most responsible course of action, to protect the health and safety of the players, staff and spectators. The numbers of cases in Maharashtra are escalating and as a result, the organising committee unanimously agreed that the third leg of the series, which was scheduled to be held in Pune from March 14 to 20, be relocated to DY Patil Stadium and played behind closed doors along with the remaining games at the same venue and the final.

    Earlier on Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic and expressed deep concern both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction.

    Foreign Players Will Not Involve in IPL 2020 Matches till April 15 Due to the Visa Restriction

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    IPL may cancelled due to corona virus

    Ahead of the 13th edition IPL, Indian Government imposed fresh visa restriction due to the corona virus out-break. According to the visa restriction involvement of foreign players in IPL becomes doubtful. In addition to this many insist the postpone of IPL due to the increase in corona infection. Regarding the announcement of IPL postpone BCCI request two days of time as they will gather a meeting on March 14.

    Foreign players restricted 

    On behalf of the Indian Government visa restriction announcement BCCI confirms that foreign players will not come into India till April 15. But the postpone of IPL is not yet confirmed they added

    “The foreign players who play in the IPL come under the Business Visa category. As per the government’s directive, they can’t come till April 15,” a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

    Though BCCI not yet announced any updates regarding the postpone, Karnataka state Government denies to host the IPL matches. Earlier, the Maharashtra government also raised its concerns regarding the scheduling of the IPL. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope had revealed that he believes that the IPL can be organised later.

    “There is always a possible danger of spread (of contagious diseases) when large numbers of people gather in one place… Such (IPL) events can always be organised later,” Tope had earlier said.

    Foreign players restricted from IPL 2020
    Foreign players restricted from IPL 2020

    Bangladesh postponed T20 match

    Bangladesh Cricket Board has planned two T20 match between Asia XI and World XI on March 21 and 22. The match has been planned to mark the birth centenary of the Bangladesh’s father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The schedule match has been postponed due to the outbreak of corona virus. As the threat of infection grows day by day Bangladesh Cricket Board took this decision in order to avoid the spread of virus.Due to the adverse effect of the corona, all related celebrations have been postponed until further notice, including an AR Rahman concert that was due to take place on March 18.

     

     

    “Please give us two days” : BCCI Regards IPL Postpone After the Impose of Visa Restriction by Indian government

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    IPL may postpone due to corona
    IPL may postpone due to corona

    Due to the out break of corona virus in India, the scheduled IPL may get postponed. Previously Bangladesh Cricket Board(BCB) postponed the Asia X1 vs World X1 International T20 matches scheduled to play on March 21 and 22. BCB announced the squad after confirming with the players regards their participation.

    In addition to the IPL controversy Indian government ordered fresh visa restrictions to contain the spread of novel coronavirus even as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decided to adopt a wait and watch policy for now. Government issued fresh advisory with a ban on all existing foreign visas, except a few categories like diplomatic and employment. Thus it makes BCCI to wait for the next couple of days to make the decision regarding the IPL postpone.

    “Please give us two days. It’s not possible to give you concrete details at the moment,” a senior Board office bearer told PTI on Wednesday.

    The BCCI seems jittery about the 60-odd foreign cricketers, who travel to India for the IPL. The board said it is not yet clear on whether visas to these players also stand cancelled.

    “All existing visas, except diplomatic, official, UN/International organisations, employment and project visas, stand suspended till 15th April 2020. This will come into effect from 12:00GMT on 13th March 2020 at the port of departure,” the statement from the government said.

    Ganguly regards IPL
    Ganguly regards IPL

    The BCCI is under pressure about their decision over IPL postpone as the Legends T20 meet games between India Legends and West Indies Legends has been cancelled. All time favourite Sachin Tendulkar and Brain Lara is set to face each other in this match.

    In addition to this Karnataka state Government denies to host IPL matches in order to prevent the spread of corona. Karnataka state government has written a letter to the central government requesting for the postponement of the IPL. Earlier, the Maharashtra government also raised its concerns regarding the scheduling of the IPL. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope had revealed that he believes that the IPL can be organised later.

    BCB postpones World XI vs Asia XI T20I Matches Due to COVID-19 Outbreak

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    Asia X1 vs World X1 Postponed
    Asia X1 vs World X1 Postponed
    Bangladesh Cricket Board has planned two T20 match between Asia XI and World XI on March 21 and 22. The match has been planned to mark the birth centenary of the Bangladesh’s father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The schedule match has been postponed due to the outbreak of corona virus. As the threat of infection grows day by day Bangladesh Cricket Board took this decision in order to avoid the spread of virus.Due to the adverse effect of the corona, all related celebrations have been postponed until further notice, including an AR Rahman concert that was due to take place on March 18.

    Bangladesh Cricket Board
    Bangladesh Cricket Board

    “We have postponed those two matches for the time being,” BCB president Nazmul Hasan said on Wednesday (March 11). “We are having problem hosting the matches on 21 and 22 and so we have deferred it. There is no guarantee that everyone can come and play here so we have decided that both the concert and the two matches are deferred. Lot of restrictions are coming in from different quarters. We will host it after few months when the time is appropriate,” he added.

    The BCB had already announced to separate squads for Asia XI and World XI after confirming participation from some leading cricketers.

    Not only Bangladesh Cricket Board, BCCI too gets in discussion about the execution of IPL. Cash-rich Indian Premier League has been scheduled to start from March 29 with its opening match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai.

    In advance to prevent the spread of Corona virus, Karnataka Government has also denied hosting the IPL matches. And also written a letter to the central government requesting for the postponement of the IPL. Earlier, the Maharashtra government also raised its concerns regarding the scheduling of the IPL.  Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope had revealed that he believes that the IPL can be organised later.

     

    Bowlers May not use Saliva to Shine Ball Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Aiming Corona’s Scare

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    Bhuvneshwar Kumar

    Inspite of the corona virus threat India scheduled to play ODI series against South Africa starts from March 12. India lose couple of series to the New Zealand led by Kane Williamson. India lost the ODI series as well as test match series in a whitewash manner to the New Zealand. On the other hand South Africa whitewashed Australia in the 3 match ODI series.

    In this ODI series Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneswar Kumar will both be making a comeback after their long injury lay-offs. Hardik Pandya recently showed his massive performance by smashing 158* runs from just 55 balls in DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Friday.

    India keen to play this match with precautions as the spread of corona is bit high in range. Experts advised Indian team how to safeguard them self from the infection.

    “We are taking every precaution we can. We have a team of doctors with us, who are advising us on dos and don’ts,” Bhuvneshwar told reporters during the pre-match press conference on Wednesday (March 11).

    “We have a meeting with our doctors. If they advise us to not use saliva on the ball, then we will follow it. So, it all depends upon the instructions given by the doctor,” he added.

    The first match of the series is set to take place on March 12 at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium.

    Squad

    India: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Virat Kohli (c), K.L. Rahul, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill

    South Africa: Quinton de Kock (c), Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis, Kyle Verreynne, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Jon-Jon Smuts, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lundi Ngidi, Lutho Sipamla, Beuran Hendricks, Anrich Nortje, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj

    Virat Kohli Just need 133 runs to Break Sachin Tendulkar’s ODI Record

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    Sachin and Kohli

    Indian captain Virat Kohli is just a few steps away from breaking Indian former player Sachin Tendulkar’s record. Tendulkar scored 12000 runs in ODI matches which took 300 innings for him to achieve this. Australian former player Ricky Ponting holds the second position in the list where it took 314 innings to reach this high. While former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara did so in 336 innings.

    Kohli-will be the fastest cricket to score 12000 runs?

    The run-machine Virat Kohli is just 133 runs away from reaching 12000 runs in ODI. Kohli has 239 innings under his belt in his carrier which means if he crossed 12000 runs in this series he will break Sachin Tendulkar’s record and become the fastest to achieve this.

    Virat Kohli
    Virat Kohli

    In the recent tour of South Africa, Kohli failed to show his performance and scored few runs in the ODI as well as in test match. In the ODI series against New Zealand Kohli scored a highest of 51 and he scored 15 and 9 in the remaining two matches. In the subsequent two match test series, Kohli only scored 2,19,3,14 runs where India lost the series as 2-0 against New Zealand.

    South Africa’s tour of India 

    In the South Africa’s tour of India the first ODI match will be played at Dharamsala. The consecutive ODI matche will be played on March 15 in Lucknow and the last match on March 18 in Kolkata.

    Virat Kohli who recently lost the No.1 position in the ICC Test batsman ranking is expect to make his return through this ODI series. Ahead of the T20 World cup series which planned later this year India expect to get back to its form. Indian opener Rohit Sharma is still under recovery from his calf injury that leads him to miss the South African series.

    Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneswar Kumar will both be making a comeback after their long injury lay-offs. Hardik Pandya recently showed his massive performance by smashing 158* runs from just 55 balls in DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Friday.

    Team India’s Update on 1st ODI Match against South Africa, India in Keen to recover from loss against NZ

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    Indian team ahead of 1st ODI
    Indian team ahead of 1st ODI

    South Africa planned to play 3 ODI matches against India from March 12, in spite of the corona virus fear. India lose couple of series to the New Zealand led by Kane Williamson. India lost the ODI series as well as test match series in a whitewash manner to the New Zealand. On the other hand South Africa whitewashed Australia in the 3 match ODI series.

    After the successful victory South Africa registered their first win in seven series across formats since the 2019 World Cup. India set to play without their hit-man Rohit Sharma as he ruled out due to the calf injury occurred during the match against New Zealand. India’s other opener Shikhar Dhawan missed the entire New Zealand series due to the shoulder injury. Dhawan want to perform well in order to make sure he make his case stronger for the T20 World Cup later in the year. In Rohit’s absence, Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill will fight it out to join Shikhar Dhawan at the top of the order.

    Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneswar Kumar will both be making a comeback after their long injury lay-offs. Hardik Pandya recently showed his massive performance by smashing 158* runs from just 55 balls in DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Friday.

    The Proteas, on the other hand, would be feeling a lot more confident, especially considering the performances of Janneman Malan, Heinrich Klaasen and Jon Jon Smuts who scored big in the home triumph against Australia. However, what the visitors would desperately want is that their experienced duo of skipper Quinton de Kock and Faf du Plessis perform well.

    “We have just beaten a very good team now. We needed confidence and it will certainly give us a lot of confidence. India is going to be a tough test. Lot of guys haven’t played a lot of cricket in India. What’s impressive is guys have responded to the messages we have sent out to them on batting and bowling perspective,” said South Africa head coach Mark Boucher and he would want his troops to replicate their Australia performance against the Men in Blue.

    Squad

    India: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Virat Kohli (c), K.L. Rahul, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill

    South Africa: Quinton de Kock (c), Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis, Kyle Verreynne, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Jon-Jon Smuts, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lundi Ngidi, Lutho Sipamla, Beuran Hendricks, Anrich Nortje, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj

    WATCH : Raina Worshipped Dhoni’s Bat after this Incident during Practice Session

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    Dhoni and Raina

    Ahead of the 13th edition IPL, every team players started practising for their appearance in the matches on their home ground. IPL Schedule has been announced and it is about to get started from March 29, 2020. Even though there are lot of talks about postponing the IPL due to CORONA, the players and their practise session doesn’t get stopped at any time.

    One of the famous IPL team Chennai Super Kings starts their practice from March 1 at Chepauk. Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni arrived Chennai to start his practice where he received roaring reception from Chennai team as well as from fans.

    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.

    This IPL set as a major event for his comeback to International matches that too in the upcoming T20I world cup set to begin later this year. On behalf of his return BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and India head coach Ravi Shastri points out”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”.

    As per the schedule CSK skipper MS Dhoni starts his practice session in Chennai along with the other players. The three times champion Chennai Super Kings gets into hard core training keen to win the 2020 IPL trophy. In the previous year IPL finals CSK’s fight against Mumbai Indians gets to failure. The same teams locks their horn for the opening match of the IPL 2020.

    During the practice session at Chepauk Dhoni hits five consecutive sixes that make fans to get mad. CSK’s another famous player and all-rounder Suresh Raina too practice aggressively to make a slot in the T20 world cup.

    Raina’s Devotion towards Cricket

    The CSK squad is currently prepping for their first match by taking part in intense practice matches at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium.

    During one such training session, Suresh Raina was spotted discussing something with Dhoni in the middle of the crease while the duo was batting. Raina accidentally hit Dhoni’s bat by mistake with his foot and suddenly worshipped the bat with heartwarming gesture. This attitude shows how he respect cricket and also the cricket materials.

     

     

    “CSK turns Chepauk into Colourful” – HOLI Celebration from Players

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    CSK – Chennai Super Kings, the team of legends and a friendly crew that everyone knows it well. No other IPL have such a crazy fan base other than Chennai Super Kings. Now, it’s HOLI and the celebration begins as expected.

    CSK Fans Always Make it Special

    Recently, all the IPL team players started practising for their appearance on the matches on their home ground. IPL Schedule has been announced and it is about to get started from March 29, 2020. Even though there are lot of talks about postponing the IPL due to CORONA, the players and their practise session doesn’t get stopped at any time.

    When CSK kings, (THALA) Dhoni & (CHINNA THALA) Raina came into the ground to start practising, the stadium seats was sold almost. Nothing else is needed to show up the great support for the players. Even the players doesn’t stop with it. CSK Key Players started practising to make the ball fly out of the ground.

    Head of CSK, Proud Member & a Finisher – MS Dhoni made it so good and the video went viral. During the practise session, MS Dhoni hits five consecutive sixes and that left the crowd in delight. People said “we are waiting for the IPL Match nothing else to see his excellent form with his bat again”.

    HOLI HOLI – Colourful Celebration

    Every years the team celebrates the special days in a very special way and now it is HOLI time. The CSK players took it to a whole new level, players express their love and affection towards the crew members through their celebration. Fun starts when Murali Vijay induced the holi celebration later Suresh Raina joined in.https://youtu.be/Y0dItNOPEi0

    CSK players turned Chepauk into Sowcarpet with their colourful celebration.

    Karnataka government denies to host IPL matches due to Increase in Corona virus infection

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    Karnataka state denies to Host IPL
    Karnataka state denies to Host IPL

    According to a report, after three more people were identified with having the coronavirus in Karnataka, the state is considering suspension or postponement of the IPL. The identification of the new victims was tweeted by the state’s health minister B Sriramulu on Tuesday, March 10.

    Indian Premier League set to begin from March 29 with its opening match against Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. This IPL set to be a huge platform for many Indian senior players to return to the International squad especially for MS Dhoni.

    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”.

    In this situation the out-break of corona virus create fear among peoples particularly for IPL fans. As the result of corona virus the fear of postpone in IPL arises among the peoples. But BCCI President Sourav Ganguly clarifies the doubt regarding the IPL postpone.

    BCCI also announced the change in prize money, which has been slashed 50 percent compared to the previous year. BCCI also announced a lot of changes in cost management for this IPL session.

    Ganguly changes IPL prize money
    Ganguly changes IPL prize money

    Karnataka Government denied hosting IPL matches 

    With this lot of changes and expectations IPL set to begin from March 29. But due to the increasing in corona virus infection, Karnataka state government has written a letter to the central government requesting for the postponement of the IPL.

    Further on, reportedly, the Karnataka Government has also denied hosting the IPL matches. Earlier, the Maharashtra government also raised its concerns regarding the scheduling of the IPL. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope had revealed that he believes that the IPL can be organised later.

    “There is always a possible danger of spread (of contagious diseases) when large numbers of people gather in one place… Such (IPL) events can always be organised later,” Tope had earlier said.

    Corona virus and IPL
    Corona virus and IPL

    Irfan Pathan Guides India legends to a Thrilling win against Sri Lanka legends: Road Safety World Series

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    Irfan Pathan

    Irfan Pathan’s unbelievable performance leads India Legends to win the match against Sri lanka Legends. Pathan shines in batting by scoring crucial 57 runs from just 31 balls with three 6’s and six 4’s. He also uproot the important wicket of Sri Lanka legends by dismissing Romesh Kaluwitharana.

    Pathan took a special liking to Farveez Maharoof as he slammed the medium pacer for two sixes and a boundary while a boundary and a six off Tillakaratne Dilshan was enough to finish the game for India legends.

    India legends failed openers

    Chasing 139, India Legends got off to the worst possible start as the side lost Sachin Tendulkar (0) in the very first over of the innings. Soon after, Virender Sehwag (3) and Yuvraj Singh (1) were sent back to the pavilion, reducing India to 19/3 in the fifth over.

    After Indian legends team opener Sachin and Sehwag failed to score the pressure builds over the middle order players. Indian legends star players Sachin,Sehwag and Yuvaraj returned pavilion without scoring even 5 runs. Thus the responsibility lies over the remaining players.

    Sachin Tendulkar dismissed
    Sachin Tendulkar dismissed

    Kaif and Pathan took the responsibility

    Indian all-rounder Mohammad Kaif and Irfan Pathan took that responsibility and start to show them-self with some good shots. At the starting Kaif and Sanjay Bangar starts to gather some runs where this duo added 43 runs for the fourth wicket. At the end of 10th over Rangana Herath dismissed Bangar (18).

    With a need of 58 runs from 34 balls for the victory, Kaif (46) also gave away his wicket. Irfan Pathan then joins hand with Manpreet Gony and expect to show some glorious shots for the victory. Without any disappointment Pathan starts to show off in the final overs.

    Irfan Pathan scored 57 runs in just 31 balls with six 4’s and three 6’s in total. Pathan and Gony’s 58 run partnership takes India to a victory by five wickets and with eight balls to spare.

    Man of the match

    Irfan Pathan(India Legends)

    Irfan Pathan : I’m getting better with age, isn’t it? It’s wonderful to be back playing in front of a full house. Master’s managing everything, and that’s helping us, he knows everything about the other teams. When I came in to bat, we needed 12 runs an over. I needed only one ball to find the middle of the bat and that Maharoof’s over (where 26 runs were scored) helped us.

     

    “MS Dhoni is a Master of it”: Justin Langer on ‘White-ball finisher’ role

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    Dhoni and Justin Langer

    Australia’s head coach Justin Langer said that they are in need of a finisher like MS Dhoni in the limited-overs match. MS Dhoni still considered one of the best finishers in world cricket.

    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.

    Justin Langer on MS Dhoni

    “We’ve been fortunate in the past with a Mike Hussey or a Michael Bevan who are masters at it. MS Dhoni is a master of it, Jos Buttler has been brilliant at it for England,” Langer was quoted as saying by the ICC.

    Dhoni- best finisher
    Dhoni- best finisher

    “What I’ve learned is everyone in the world is looking for it,” he added.

    Australia lost their ODI match in a whitewash(3-0) format on their South Africa tour. In the last two matches Mitchell Marsh batted at number six, Langer believes it could serve as a good platform to show his batting talents in the upcoming series.

    “So it’s a role that’s there for someone to grab hold of,” said Langer.

    “No one at this stage has absolutely secured it, have they? But there are good opportunities there for someone to do that,” he added.

    Over the last year, as many as 13 batsmen have occupied positions 4-7 for Australia in ODIs, with nine different batsmen tried out at No.6.

    Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis occupied the spot in five matches each, but Stoinis, particularly, misfired in the role, scoring just 27 runs in four innings.

    MS Dhoni’s Future

    The upcoming edition of IPL will also mark MS Dhoni’s return to competitive cricket after close to 8 months of absence. As pointed out by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and India’s 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.
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