After this defeat Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar again took a tweet to console Indian women’s team on behalf of their defeat in finals.
Tendulkar took to Twitter to write: “Congratulations to Australia for winning the @T20WorldCup. It was a tough day for #TeamIndia. Our team is young and will grow into a solid unit. You have inspired many across the globe. We are proud of you. Keep working hard and never lose hope. It will happen one day.#INDvsAUS.”
Congratulations to Australia for winning the @T20WorldCup. It was a tough day for #TeamIndia. Our team is young and will grow into a solid unit. You have inspired many across the globe. We are proud of you. Keep working hard and never lose hope. It will happen one day.#INDvsAUSpic.twitter.com/RrH1dLqkBW
On the other hand, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly wrote: “Well done the Women’s team @bcci @JayShah .. Two back to back World Cup finals .. but we lost .. u we’re super .. we will get there someday .. love the team and players.”
Well done the Women’s team @bcci@JayShah .. Two back to back World Cup finals .. but we lost .. u we’re super .. we will get there someday .. love the team and players
Safali Verma’s poor performance in finals pushed her to 3rd position from her No.1 position in T20 batting ranking. Beth Mooney from Australia crowns the top position after the finals.
The 13th edition of IPL is set to begin from March 29 with opening match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. The four time IPL champions Mumbai Indians faces three times IPL champion Chennai Super Kings for the first match at Mumbai.
Message from BCCI
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”.
Dhoni’s return
As T20I world cup set to begin later this year everyone expect Dhoni to get in to the squad. MS Dhoni keen to get slot in the International squad for the T20 world cup so he started his practice from March 2 at Chepauk-Chennai. Dhoni’s name was not included in the upcoming ODI match against South Africa,planned before IPL.
“It was a pretty straightforward selection meeting and since Dhoni was obviously not in the reckoning this time (for South Africa series), there was no formal talk about his future,” a BCCI source was quoted as saying by PTI.
Officials confirms that only Dhoni’s performance in IPL would bring him back in squad. Not only for Dhoni other senior players who proves their form would get a chance to return to the International squad.
“He will be back in the reckoning only if he has a good IPL. And why only him, there are so many senior and young players who will play in the IPL. If they do well, they are ought to be considered too. So, you could see some surprise inclusions,” he added.
“But the performance in the IPL could be the clincher,” the source further claimed.
The upcoming edition of IPL will also mark MS Dhoni’s return to competitive cricket after close to 8 months of absence. Dhoni who keeps changing his hair style have come with a new style for this year IPL. Celebration begins when he reach Chennai airport and heads to the team hotel.
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.
Dhoni breaks his silence through a advertisement. In the clip, the CSK skipper can be seen inside an aeroplane when two fellow passengers start saying that Dhoni and his side won’t be able to replicate their past glory in this year’s IPL.
However, after they spotted MSD sitting right next to them, one of them started apologizing while the plane made the announcement: “Seat belt baandh lijiye sir. Plane aur helicopter dono take-off karenge.”
Toss : Australia Women won the toss and opt to bat.
Captain’s view
Harmanpreet Kaur: My mom’s sitting somewhere in the stands. It’s a pressure game and we also wanted to bat first. We are quite confident while chasing, hopefully the bowlers restrict them. We did some indoor practice. We are trying to staying together, because you are not getting games it tends to affect your focus. We want to treat this like any other game and give our best shot.
Meg Lanning: We are going to have a bat, looks a good wicket. Crowd’s amazing, looking forward to it. Every game has been close, it’s been cut-throat, but we need to be at our best today. India are a great side, hopefully it’s a great game. We are going in with the same team tonight.
Squad
India Women (Playing XI): Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Taniya Bhatia(w), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Veda Krishnamurthy, Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad.
Australia Women (Playing XI): Alyssa Healy(w), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning(c), Rachael Haynes, Ashleigh Gardner, Sophie Molineux, Nicola Carey, Jess Jonassen, Georgia Wareham, Delissa Kimmince, Megan Schutt.
Australia batting
Massive opening partnership
Defending champion Australia gets into ground in order to register their fifth victory in the T20I women’s world cup. Healy and Mooney gets in the crease, Healy is on strike. Deepti Sharma opens the attack against Aussies. Healy strike the first ball towards boundary and starts aggressively.
An early catch dropped by Shafali at covers which would cost India. Australia hits 14 runs in the first over of the match bowled by Deepti Sharma. Australian players starts to strike aggressively that Indian bowlers can’t face them. Both openers have got a life each due to the poor fielding set up. At the end of power play Australia scored 49 runs without a wicket loss.
50-run stand
Poonam Yadav to Mooney, 50-run stand up, their 10th one in this format. Openers stand strong and seems settled in the ground with form. Healy in the 7th over bowled by Gayakwad hit back to back six and boost the score to 70 by scoring 16 runs of that over.
With a boundary Healy scored her half century. she has set the stage on fire. Raises her bat to acknowledge the huge crowd support. Gets to the milestone with a loft down the ground, played that straight as an arrow.
Healy scored 75 runs
Strike hat-trick six
Healy seems unstoppable as she strike hat-trick sixes in Shikha Pandey’s over and brings a 100-run stand up between Healy and Mooney. Indian bowlers get in pressure to break this partnership as Aussies crossed 100 runs at their 11th over.
Indian fans breathe again
Finally India got the break through as expected by uprooting Healy for 75 runs. Indian fans breathe again, but Healy has gotten Australia off to a superb start. The hosts couldn’t have asked for anything more from her. Nothing stops Aussies from scoring as their other players continued their strike without any second chance.
Mooney reached her 9th T20I fifty after a single from Poonam Yadav’s over. Two fifties from two openers, Australia stands tall with this strong base.
Radha Yadav dismissed Healy
Deepti Sharma’s two wicket
Deepti Sharma dismissed Lanning(16) and Gardner(2) in the same over and slow down their run rate. But Aussies already crossed 150 runs and placed them self in a comfortable zone.
Mooney stands un defeated
Mooney’s boundary kept Aussies alive in the match and dragged towards scoring big. Australia scored 184 runs in 20 overs, Aussies players exposed their aggressive strike and dragged Australia towards this massive score. Mooney stands un-defeated in ground with a score of 78 runs.
Beth scored her 9th half century
Over-view
Those are massive runs. India will feel they have restricted a bit, especially with Healy going berserk. Australia were 114/0 in 11 overs. Healy was unbelievable with her powerhitting. Hubby Starc was all smiles in the hospitality zone. India began with spin. Deepti Sharma started the game with three full tosses and that was the momentum Healy needed. Clean hitting and then Shafali helped by dropping her fifth ball of the game. India were poor with their bowling – either overpitching or too short. Basically they hardly bowled to the field. Their bodylanguage was so down and Kaur’s look when Healy smashed a hat-trick of sixes said it all
India’s batting
Shafali Verma dismissed at the beginning
With an dream to achieve their maiden world cup trophy, Indian women’s team gets in ground in their special day. The Aussies greatest fear Shafali Verma is in strike, Schutt who mentioned about Shafali Verma earlier gets in attack. Soon Shafali Verma dismissed by Schutt at an very early stage and give a lightning attack to India.
Scutt after dismissing Shafali
Struggled India
After Shafali Verma’s wicket India seems to be in very bad situation but except other players to show their ability in order to win the trophy. In the very next over India got two major blow as Bhatia return pavilion with retired hurt as missed a sweep and get hit on the helmet. In the last ball of the over India lose their belief as Rodrigues departures without scoring any.
With a couple of boundaries from Mandhana, fans expect India would get in the game. But soon Molineux scatters every Indian dream by dismissing Mandhana for 11 runs. Indian skipper Kaur too return pavilion for 4 runs without showing any massive strikes. At the end of 10 overs India scored 51 runs for 4 wicket loss and seems this women’s day won’t be a special day for them.
India starts losing wicket in a regular interval of time and struggled to drag towards a descent defeat. Though India seems strong in their league matches, finals show them the real cricket. At the end of 15th over India scored 81 runs for 5 wicket loss.
Kaur return pavilion
Without reaching 100
India’s struggled to beat Australia buts ends without scoring 100 runs in total. India scored 99 runs for 10 wicket lose and will return home without the trophy. Australia beats India by 85 runs and bags their trophy. This women’s day seems to be a great day for Australia as they registered their 5th win in the ICC Women’s T20 World cup.
Australia women’s bowling
Over view
It was a dominating performance from the top-ranked side. Australia bullying their opponents in a World Cup final, that’s become a routine hasn’t it! Everything went right for them on the big night. They out-batted, out-bowled and out-fielded India. Healy set the stage on fire with an entertaining innings at the top and Beth Mooney complemented her well. The reactions when Healy smashed hat-trick of sixes said it all. Kaur was shell-shocked and the two Australian openers had bright smiles on their faces.
Shafali gets in tears
Australian players talk
Ashleigh Gardner: Having a home crowd was amazing. It’s an honour to play for my country and represent my culture as well. I never thought I’d play in front of 86000 people. It was incredible to see the Mexican wave.
Jess Jonassen: Feels absolutely incredible at the moment. How good was that (the Mexican wave). We had a massive 12 months leading to this and we didn’t have the smoothest of the tournaments, but we had our best game today.
Megan Schutt: I am absolutely overwhelmed, the atmosphere couldn’t have been any better. I was excited and ready to go, been waiting for this since a long time. They came out with so much confidence, the openers. We all are happy to be here and be a part of this event. We just want to enjoy every moment.
Rachael Haynes: It’s incredible (feeling), hard to put it in words. To come out today and put out that sort of a performance today was so special. The support for the game was great and it was great to be part of this experience.
Player of the match
Alyssa Healy(Australia)
Batting : 75 runs from 39 balls
Alyssa Healy: It was unbelievable, thank you everyone. You can’t wipe out the smile out of my face. It’s the nature of how I play, just needed a little bit of luck. Just went out there and enjoyed my time. Mooney is sensational. She got off strike and let me do my thing. We are having a lot of fun together.
Player of the series
Beth Mooney(Australia)
Beth Mooney: The crowd has been amazing right throughout the tournament, I’m lost for words. I think we stuck to our processes, if it wasn’t your day someone else chipped in. We sort of knew what went wrong against India in the first game and we worked on our plans accordingly. Everyone did pretty well, and we had the support of 87000 people. I like to challenge myself and find new ways to be the best in the world. We have great support around us and I’ve been very fortunate. I’ll keep going along as long as I can. I’d love to take the gloves, but I’m not that bad in the outfield either.
Captain’s view
Meg Lanning: I’m just proud of this group. We have had ups and downs. To put this kind of performance on the biggest day is outstanding. There was a lot of expectations from us. We were hoping to be there. To get here was a significant achievement. We had to change our tactics quickly, had to execute on the big stage. I knew she’s (Schutt) going to perform well. I’d like to thank all the support staff, to family and friends. And, also to the fans, I’m happy to play in front of you.
Harmanpreet Kaur: The way we played in the league stages, it was outstanding. It was unfortunate to drop those catches today. Upcoming one and half years is important. The future is good for us, we need to trust ourselves. You have to keep learning. The first game was very good, it gave us a lot of confidence. We spent a lot of time together, unfortunate for us not to win today. We have to keep working hard. We are in the right line, every year we are improving. We need to play with more focus. Sometimes, we are not able to give our best. This year we are hoping for some more games in the Women’s T20 Challenge. That tournament is very important. Hopefully, we do get more players.
Finals of the Women’s T20I world cup finals set to begin in few minutes where the squad has been announced for the two teams.
Birthday Skipper | Harmanpreet Haur | India : My mom’s sitting somewhere in the stands. It’s a pressure game and we also wanted to bat first. We are quite confident while chasing, hopefully the bowlers restrict them. We did some indoor practice. We are trying to staying together, because you are not getting games it tends to affect your focus. We want to treat this like any other game and give our best shot.
Meg Lanning | Australia : We are going to have a bat, looks a good wicket. Crowd’s amazing, looking forward to it. Every game has been close, it’s been cut-throat, but we need to be at our best today. India are a great side, hopefully it’s a great game. We are going in with the same team tonight.
Alyssa Healy: I’m a bit emotional, it’s such an incredible day. This is all about so much more than just a game of cricket. To see all these beautiful people come together and celebrate International Women’s Day, pretty special. To play cricket out in the middle is fun. Both sides are well suited to this wicket, it’ll come on nicely. It’ll be a beautiful batting wicket. It’s time for our batting group to step up and get the job done. It’s quite windy, I’m excited to get out there and get some runs. Not one bit at all, no matter the conditions, no matter what the game is, we are going go out there, take the game on and obviously make it exciting for everyone who have come out to watch.
India Women (Playing XI): Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Taniya Bhatia(w), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Veda Krishnamurthy, Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad
Australia Women (Playing XI): Alyssa Healy(w), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning(c), Rachael Haynes, Ashleigh Gardner, Sophie Molineux, Nicola Carey, Jess Jonassen, Georgia Wareham, Delissa Kimmince, Megan Schutt
On the occasion of Women’s T20I world cup finals on March 8 which coincide with International women’s day Melbourne starts to fill with celebration. Match starts with pop star Katy Perry’s performance. With an another coincide where Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur celebrates her birthday along with this special day.
Ahead of the final, American pop star Katy Perry visited the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), where she will be performing live before and after the summit clash between the two sides. During her interaction with the Indian women’s cricket team, Katy Perry was curious to know about the composition of the Indian team that will take the field tomorrow. While Veda Krishnamurthy said that the rules don’t allow them to reveal the playing XI before the toss, it was Jemimah Rodrigues’ reply that left everyone in splits. Replying to Katy Perry’s query, Jemimah Rodrigues asked the singer to call her and she will reveal the XI.
“You can call me tomorrow, I can tell you,” Jemimah said.
Mithali Raj
Former Indian women’s player Mithalil Raj arrive in style to see the mighty battle between Indian women’s and the host team.
The 31-year-old’s first leadership stint came in a stand-in capacity. Mithali Raj had suffered an injury before the 2012 Asia Cup final and this enabled Harman to become the youngest India women captain (23 years and 237 days), lead the side to the title.
Harmanpreet is the first Indian cricketer (male or female) to play 100 T20Is. In the 113 T20Is for far, she has managed to score 2,182 runs at an average of 27.27. In the ongoing tournament, India goes into the finals being the only undefeated side. The side triumphed in all their group-stage matches and progressed to the summit clash as their semi-final against England got abandoned due to rain.
It is the first time, that India has managed to reach the finals of the tournament, and the side would be playing in front of more than 80,000 people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Defeating them in the group-stage was one task, but outclassing them in the finals would be a totally different thing. Katy Perry starts her rehearsal for the performance in the Melbourne.
Indian domestic cricket legend Wasim Jaffer has announced his retirement from all forms of game(international and first-class cricket) on Saturday (March -7). Jaffer, who had made his first-class debut in 1996-97, played 31 Tests, 2 ODIs for India. Wasim Jaffer holds the record of highest run scorer in the history of Ranji Trophy.
Jaffer’s record in first-class games
Jaffer played 260 first-class games, amassing 19,410 runs at a staggering average of 50.67. In his first-class career, Jaffer scored 57 hundreds and 91 fifties with 314 being his highest score.
“Thank you to the BCCI, Mumbai Cricket Association and Vidarbha Cricket Association for giving me the opportunity to represent them,” Jaffer said in a statement.
“Among moments I will cherish the most is getting my India Test cap, scoring 202 vs Pakistan, 212 vs West Indies and winning Test series in West Indies and England 2006-07. I am honoured to have shared the dressing room with the likes of Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag and MS Dhoni to name a few.
“A heartfelt thanks to the selectors who showed faith in me. My gratitude to all the captains I played under and all my colleagues from whom I learnt so much about the game and shared some lifelong memories. I would also like to thank all the support staff who were a constant pillar of support in my long journey. Thank you to the BCCI, Mumbai Cricket Association and Vidarbha Cricket Association for giving me the opportunity to represent them,” he said.
Most runs in Ranji Trophy ✅
Most capped player in Ranji Trophy ✅
We wish Wasim Jaffer well as he announces his retirement from all formats of the game.
“My longest association was with the Mumbai team and it’s here that I learned about the khadoos nature of cricket that Mumbai players are known for,” said Jaffer, who also captained Mumbai to two title wins in the Ranji Trophy.
“Represented the 41-time Ranji champions from my under-16 days till 2014. Sanjay Manjrekar was my first captain. I feel privileged to have shared the Mumbai dressing room with Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli, Zaheer Khan, Amol Muzumdar, Nilesh Kulkarni to name few. After becoming the captain in 2008, I hope I passed on some legacy to Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Suryakumar Yadav, Aditya Tare and others,” he said.
“He [Sachin Tendulkar] was my role model. Feel really blessed to have watched him play from close quarters. In my opinion, he was one of the best players of that era along with Brian Lara.
“I would also like to thank Chandrakant Pandit for showing faith in me when no team showed any interest to have me as a professional for 2017-18 season. It is because of him I got a chance to play for Vidarbha again and create history of winning a Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup twice.
His second innings
Jaffer also states that he looks forward to involve in cricket other than playing “My father wanted one of his sons to represent India and I feel proud to have fulfilled his dream. After all these years in cricket, it is time to move on. But just like the red ball format which is very dear to me, it’s the end of only the first innings. I am looking forward to the second innings in any capacity, be it in coaching, commentary etc.As long as I stay involved with the game as this game has given me so much,” he said.
Wasim Jaffer led Mumbai to its 38th and 39th Ranji title. Last year, he became the first player in Indian cricket to feature in 150 Ranji matches.
Ahead of the final, American pop star Katy Perry visited the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), where she will be performing live before and after the summit clash between the two sides. During her interaction with the Indian women’s cricket team, Katy Perry was curious to know about the composition of the Indian team that will take the field tomorrow. While Veda Krishnamurthy said that the rules don’t allow them to reveal the playing XI before the toss, it was Jemimah Rodrigues’ reply that left everyone in splits. Replying to Katy Perry’s query, Jemimah Rodrigues asked the singer to call her and she will reveal the XI.
“You can call me tomorrow, I can tell you,” Jemimah said.
“Not even @katyperry is allowed to know the India team for tomorrow,” the video was captioned.
In the on-going women’s T20I world cup Indian women’s made their slot in finals after semi finals against England has abandoned due to rain. India who crowned the top position in the women’s T20I world cup points table of group A is set to face second positioned team England from group B. But the rain abandoned the semi-final match and favors India by leading them to finals.
In an another semi-final Australia women’s qualified for finals after beating South Africa women’s by DLS method.
Previous clash between these two
India and Australia already faced each other in the Australian women’s T20I finals. Where the host Aussies took the trophy. In the opening match of the women’s T20I world cup these two teams faced each other where India beats defending champion Aussies. Again this two team lock their horns for the women’s T20I world cup.
The women’s T20I world cup leading wicket taker Poonam Yadav gave credits to Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur. As Poonam Yadav had a finger fracture, the participation of her in the T20I world cup remains doubtful. But Harmanpreet Kaur gave her lot of support in the ongoing T20I world cup.
“Harmanpreet has been of immense support. When I got hit for a six in the first over, she came to me and said, ‘Poonam, you’re one of the most experienced players in the team, and we expect better of you’,” Poonam said.
Leading wicket taker of the Women’s T20I WC 2020
The 28-year-old experienced bowler has played 68 shortest format games for India and taken 94 wickets at an average of 22.66. And in the T20I women’s world cup Poonam Yadav crowns the leading wicket taker position as she picked 9 wickets in 4 matches with 96 balls bowled.
The spinner has been in devastating form throughout the tournament and has bagged nine wickets so far. “So, that kind of stirred something within me. I told myself if my captain has that much faith in me, I should be able to make a comeback,” she said.
“I took a wicket in the very next ball and didn’t look back since. Now when I look back at that moment, it means so much in the context of my individual performance and runs to the final,” she added.
Poonam Yadav plays with fracture finger
India’s way to finals
Indian women’s head to T20I finals after the rain abandoned the India vs England semi-finals. In the second semi-finals Australia beat South Africa by DLS method and qualified for the finals. Women’s T20I world cup set to play on March 8 which coincide with the International women’s day.
Indian former player Sachin Tendulkar wishes the Indian women’s team for their maiden entry in the finals of the Women’s T20I world cup. Every one expect Indian women’s to bring the trophy home after beating the defending champion Australia in finals.
But ahead of the World Cup final, scheduled to take place on Sunday, the Aussie pacer recalled the drubbing she received in the tournament opener when she was struck for four boundaries in the opening over by Shafali Verma.
Schutt
India in finals
In the on-going women’s T20I world cup Indian women’s made their slot in finals after semi finals against England has abandoned. India who crowned the top position in the women’s T20I world cup points table of group A is set to face second positioned team England from group B. But the rain abandoned the semi-final match and favors India by leading them to finals.
“I just hate playing India – they’ve got the wood over me,” Schutt was quoted as saying by the official website of the ICC.
“Smriti and Shafali have got me covered. That six Shafali hit me for in the tri-series was probably the biggest one I’ve ever been hit for.
“There are obviously some plans we’re going to revisit as bowlers. (But) clearly, I’m not the best match-up to those two in the Powerplay. They find me quite easy to play,” she added.
“There are obviously some plans we’re going to revisit as bowlers. (But) clearly, I’m not the best match-up to those two in the Powerplay. They find me quite easy to play,” she added.
“We’re at that final we’ve been talking about for so long and against India, which is super fitting considering the tri-series we had. It couldn’t really be a bigger challenge for us,” Schutt said.
“It’s not really a bad thing, it’s good we’re going up against a team we’ve played a lot recently and it’s the same for them as well.”
Smriti and Verma
Finals
India made their maiden entrance in finals of the women’s T20I world cup. India face the defending champion Australia at Melbourne on March 8 which coincides with International Women’s Day.
Indian cricket god Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar wishes the Indian women’s team ahead of their finals in T20I world cup. The former Indian player Sachin recently recieved Laureus World Sports Award for Laureus Sporting Moment 2000-2020.
“Just live in the moment and play the finals. I was there next to the trophy when I was in Australia and few members of our women’s team were there with me. I told them that it would be nice to see you with the trophy back in India,” he said.
“My message to them would be to go out and give your best. I would tell them to not take any pressure. They don’t need to spend time with the outside world. I have watched their performances and they have inspired so many youngsters,” the Master Blaster added.
He further added: “It is about bringing laurels to our nation, so many athletes in different fields have brought laurels to our nation, this would be another one. Go and enjoy yourself.”
India women’s team made their maiden entry in the T20I world cup, thus everyone along with Sachin expect team India to bring the trophy home.
India in finals
In the on-going women’s T20I world cup Indian women’s made their slot in finals after semi finals against England has abandoned due to rain. India who crowned the top position in the women’s T20I world cup points table of group A is set to face second positioned team England from group B. But the rain abandoned the semi-final match and favors India by leading them to finals.
The Indian Premier League has been set to begin from March 29. Indian former captain MS Dhoni starts his practice session on March 2. CSK fans gone crazy after their skipper arrived to Chennai. MS Dhoni received a warm welcome from the CSK officials and fans flooded the twitter with their “Thala” Dhoni’s training videos and photos.
Chennai celebrates on Dhoni’s arrival
Dhoni’s last chance to return to International matches
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.
This IPL plays a crucial role for Dhoni’s return to International matches that too for the upcoming T20I world cup. Dhoni is in knee to show his all time best performance in this IPL as that would book him a slot in the International tour.
Team India misses Dhoni
Not only fans expect Dhoni to be in International team other team members too want him in squad. Recently Kuldeep Yadav states that team India misses MS Dhoni’s experience. As the upcoming T20I world cup takes place in Australia, young Indians need MS Dhoni’s guidance to win their trophy.
As everyone expects his return to International squad, Dhoni is in hard core training at Chepauk cricket stadium. Without any doubt fans starts to rush to the stadium to see their “Thala” after 8 months of his break in cricket.
Dhoni hits 5 sixes in training
During the net practice Dhoni aggressively strike 5 sixes of five consecutive balls. This made fans to get in joy as they see their “Thala” in an glorious form. Check out the video below
BALL 1⃣ – SIX
BALL 2⃣ – SIX
BALL 3⃣ – SIX
BALL 4⃣ – SIX
BALL 5⃣ – SIX
ஐந்து பந்துகளில் ஐந்து சிக்ஸர்களை பறக்கவிட்ட தல தோனி!
— Star Sports Tamil (@StarSportsTamil) March 6, 2020
Along with Dhoni, CSK’s another all time favorite star “China Thala” Suresh Raina too is in keen to get place in International squad. Suresh Raina who has not been in Indian squad for a very long time hopes to get in with this IPL performance. Fans goes mad after seeing their two favorite stars practice for their IPL matches. Chennai Super Kings face Mumbai Indians in their opening match of the IPL 2020, after losing the 2019 trophy to them.
