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    India Loses its Core players in the Test series:Says Ravi Shastri

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    Ravi Shastri with team India

    Eye for Eye

    After an “eye for eye” whitewash series against New Zealand, India set to play two test matches. India whitewashed New Zealand in T20I(0-5) for which New Zealand whitewashed India in ODI(3-0) format.

    Ravi Shastri on speaking to TOI from Hamilton,”We need 100 points to be in contention to play at Lord’s (in the World Test Championship final). Two overseas wins out of six Tests will keep us in good stead. We play six Tests overseas this year (two in NZ and four in Australia). So, that’s one objective. The other is to play like the world’s No. 1 Test team – because that’s what this team believes in more than anything else. On the Test front, that’s what we’re looking at.”

    Sky remains the limit

    Ravi Shastri(Head coach of India) is excited to drag in some new faces and makes themselves count. Prithvi Shaw who returned to test match is expected to perform better to lock his position in the squad. Shubman Gill is expected to debut in the first test match at Hamilton. He also added “Both are supremely exciting talents. Regardless of who gets into the XI in Wellington, the fact of the matter is they’re here, part of India’s national squad, and from here on they should know that the sky remains the limit”.

    When Shastri speak about Shubman Gill he says that Gill has been watching closely for the past two years by him along with the Indian captain Kohli and other senior members. “He’s phenomenally talented. His approach to batting is very clear and he exhibits a very positive mindset. That’s very exciting for a boy who’s just 20 going on 21,” says Shastri.

    Either Shubman or Prithvi one will get into crease as opener along with Mayank Agarwal,  he added “They’re all from the same school, you know. They love facing the new ball, enjoy a challenge. Rohit is unfortunately out (with a calf muscle injury) so that puts Shubman and Prithvi in contention to open with Mayank. That competition is necessary and that’s what makes a bunch of 15 look strong and stable”.

    Prithvi Shaw and Agarwal
    Prithvi Shaw and Agarwal

    Team lose its core

    When the topic move towards the ruled out players as Rohit Sharma is out of New Zealand tour due to his calf muscle injury. Also the absent of Shikhar Dhawan, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ishant Sharma cause a heavy levy as his team lose its core players. “Around four to five of our core are missing. Bhuvi could’ve been extremely useful in the conditions here, but never mind. That’s why I said, having options available are always in the best interests of the team,” says the head coach.

    The responsibility has been loaded upon  Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami as Ishant Sharma is not back with full fitness meanwhile Bhuvneshwar has not been fully recovered from injury. “That’s precisely how they’ve been managing their workload right now. The T20s were important because that’s the format that’s important this year and the next (because of the T20 World Cups). Test cricket is always paramount. We can only hope the rest of the boys return fully fit at the earliest,” he added.

    According to Shastri “That 5-0 win could’ve been 3-2, 4-1. As we might acknowledge, the eventual result is what counts. The series was ours no doubt but the 5-0 sweep was like an icing. Now, the thing is how convincingly we can pull off matches like that. Bilaterals are the perfect space to try new things, mix things up, get in some new faces. That’s what we’ve been doing. Around four to five guys in the team right now are less than 22 years of age. It’s up to them how they take advantage of these opportunities coming their way.”

    Shastri on KL Rahul

    He also mentioned about KL Rahul who execute a glorious performance in the 3rd ODI against New Zealand.“It’s almost like he finds himself all the more involved because of the added responsibility. He’s in a great space and some rest will do him a world of good,” said Shastri.

    “Hanuma Vihari” the New Opener for India in Test Matches?

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    Vihari saved India in practice test match against New Zealand

    India’s top order failed

    In the ongoing 1st practice test match between New Zealand and India at Hamilton, India started batting in first innings. Where the opener Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal return to pavilion without performing as expected. As India is in the number one position in test matches the performance from this duo scatters everyone belief. Prithvi Shaw lose his wicket when India not even scored a single run, followed by Agarwal(1) and the most expected Shubman Gill also lost his wicket in the very first ball.

    Ajinkya Rahane return to pavilion when he scored just 18 off 30 balls, India now lose 4 wickets from scoring 38 runs in total. India now need a quick comeback from losing the wicket which is provided by the Vihari and Cheteshwar Pujara.  This duo involved in 195 run stand off and provoked India from sinking. Pujara gone for 93 and Vihari who made a ton in the practice match return pavilion(retd out) for 101. After his wicket India got cleaned for 263 runs.

    Idea of opening

    Vihari made an impressive performance and proved his presence that guides India towards a descent score. He comes up with an idea of opening the innings in the upcoming Tests against New Zealand, although he’s “not been informed anything” by the team management.

    Vihari states : “You have to understand what shots to avoid on these pitches – initially at least,” Vihari said. “Then if you can control it in your mind then I feel it’s not so difficult to adjust. But once you have a certain gameplan and if you can stick to it, then I feel it’s easy enough to adjust.

    “In international level, you have to be thinking on your feet. And I was quick enough to adjust my games according to the conditions so whenever I bat next, New Zealand or Australia, wherever it is, it is up to me what I want to do with my game and how quickly I adjust and I’m happy that I could do it.”

    “Sometimes you have to understand the team combination as well,” Vihari explained. “You can’t get disheartened by it. I understood as well when you are playing at home, we play 5 bowlers. It’s obvious that one batter has to miss out. So I took it in my stride. And I thought when I bat next for my team, I’ll just go out there and follow my process and not try too much or not try to prove anyone but do my basics right and stick to my processes.”

    Versatile Vihari

    He also opened for India before, at the MCG in 2018 after their regular openers went into a rut. In the last year’s West Indies tour he scored one hundred and two fifties in four innings. So Vihari can play in his own game or as per the team’s needs.

    “We experienced that against New Zealand A as well. When the wicket flattens out, they try to experiment with the short balls and I’m sure even Neil Wagner will come up with the same ploy., We’ve seen it before in the Australian series and the home series for them. We are prepared for it. We’ve got that good experience in India A as well. They did come up with short balls when we played against New Zealand A. Today as well they bowled quite a number of short balls. It’s good exposure for us,” Vihari said.

    Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal pose in New RCB’s Jersey

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    RCB updated jersey

    Wait is over

    Earlier this week post from Royal Challengers Bangalore’s social media accounts were removed by the officials. This made the fans to get confused and also make excite for the updates from RCB. Not only fans even players starts to tweet about their excitement towards the surprise updates. This event increase the hype over the RCB even before the IPL 2020 starts.

    #PlayBold #NewDecadeNewRCB

    Earlier today Bangalore-franchise also had launched its new logo. Having Muthoot India as title sponsor and also in their front jersey RCB tweeted as #PlayBold #NewDecadeNewRCB”.The new logo is bolder with a golden lion,a red backdropand team’s name in black.

    RCB updated jersey
    RCB updated jersey

    Still lot to come!!!

    They also mentioned there’s more updates on behalf of the team which excites the fans even more. May be they have a name change as mentioned in tweet as “Bengaluru”.

    Chairman discourse

    RCB’s chairman, Sanjeev Churiwala, while addressing the media said: “The elements in the logo is a commitment to continuously entertain and engage with fans who are the force behind Royal Challengers Bangalore.”

    “We believe a change in identity for the club was necessary to effectively live and breathe this vision and celebrate the passion for cricket and playing bold,” he added.

    Speaking on the new RCB’s new logo, skipper Virat Kohli said: “LOGO ka kaam hai kehna. Thrilled to see our new @rcbtweets logo. It embodies the Bold pride and challenger spirit that our players bring to the field. Can’t wait for IPL 2020.”

    ‘Every bowler in the world is nervous about bowling to Healy’: Lanning

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    Australia womens T20I World cup team
    Australia womens T20I World cup team

    Healy had a stellar 2019 and won the top awards for both ODIs and T20Is in the Australian Cricket Awards earlier this week. Australia captain Meg Lanning has backed star opener Alyssa Healy to put behind poor form and come good at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020.

    Healy’s poor form

    In the Australia women’s tri-series Healy failed to show off her performance. Though Australia won the trophy by beating India in finals Healy just scored 15 runs in five matches. In the tri-series against India and England, she returns pavilion with a sequence of 9, 1, 0, 1 and 4.

    Lanning’s beleif

    Despite of her poor performance Lanning believes that Healy would come back to World cup in perfect form. Lanning states “It hasn’t been ideal for Midge [Healy], but I along with the rest of the team are half expecting her to come out and whack it around in the first World Cup game”.

    “I’m sure every bowler in the world is nervous about bowling to her because she’s definitely due. She’s fine, you go through patches in your career where you don’t make runs, and she takes the game on for us, so she’s going to take risks and sometimes that doesn’t come off.

    “I’ve got full confidence she’ll play a big role for us in the World Cup and if it’s not her day, then it’s got to be someone else’s, we can’t rely on one player to win it for us. Midge’ll come around really quickly, she’s got a good attitude and she’s ‘keeping really well, which is great for the side, so we’re not too worried.”

    Chance to shake off the rust

    Before the initial match against India on 21st February in World cup Australia plays two warm-up games against West Indies in Brisbane and South Africa in Adelaide. Which have a chance to Healy to show her performance and make a come back in perfect form in World cup.

    Women’s T20I World Cup Indian Squad Announced-Harmanpreet Kaur Leads

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    Womens T20 World cup

    As the ICC women’s World cup set to start from February 21 in Australia, India announced the squad.

    India faces quadruple champion Aussies as kick start

    Indian women team kick start their World cup match by facing the 4 times champions Australia, to whome India lose the Tri series trophy. Though India lose tri-series trophy it expose the players to play in Australian ground that set base for the T20I world cup.

    As in the Tri-series Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the 15-member India squad at the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup while the left-handed opener Smriti Mandhana has been appointed as the vice-captain of the side.

    Indian women's team
    Indian women’s team

    Verma drafted “in”

    The 15 year old Shafali Verma who shined in Australia women’s Tri-series has made her slot in the World cup squad which will also mark her first appearance in an ICC event. The Bengal batter Richa Ghosh, who impressed in the recently concluded Women’s T20 Challenger Trophy in India, also dragged into the squad. Jemimah Rodrigues who was a part of the previous edition of the T20 World Cup in 2018 and featured in five matches get part in squad.

    Participants in Women’s World cup 

    Australia, India, West Indies, Thailand, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England, South Africa, Bangladesh and Pakistan – will feature in the seventh edition of the marquee event at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

    Group A consist of hosts”Australia”, New Zealand, Sri Lanka,India and Bangladesh.

    Group B consist of England, South Africa, West Indies, Pakistan and Thailand.

    Clash in practice 

    The Indian women’s team are scheduled to play two warm-up clashes against Pakistan (February 16) and West Indies (February 18) before the World cup.

    Squad

    Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodriguez, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Veda Krishnamurthy, Richa Ghosh, Tania Bhatia, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy.

    The complete schedule of India matches:

    February 21: India vs Australia (1: 30 p.m) at Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney

    February 24: India vs Bangladesh (4: 30 p.m) at W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth

    February 27: India vs New Zealand  (8:30 a.m) at Junction Oval, Melbourne

    February 29: India vs Sri Lanka (1:30 p.m) at Junction Oval, Melbourne

    March 5: Semifinal 1 (8:30 a.m) and Semifinal 2 (1:30 p.m) at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

    March 8: Final (1:30 p.m) at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

    BCCI to take action on U19 Players For Ugly scenario?-Kapil Dev Suggest

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    The final match between India and Bangladesh in U19 2020 didn’t end as expected. As the young players are out of their emotions and starts clash in the ground that creates an ugly scenario. After the U19 finals clash Legendary Kapil Dev comment the incident as “horrible”, saying cricket is no more a “gentleman’s game”. Kapil Dev who lead the Indian team that won the 1983 world cup comment on this incident and felt very bad for this.

    ALSO READ : Maiden World Cup for Bangladesh, Young Champs lost their Sportsmanship – U19 World Cup 2020

    Kapil Dev craved BCCI

    The ICC took action against  players who primarily induced the arguments. Two from India-Akash Singh and Ravi Bishnoiand three from Bangladesh-Md Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain and Rakibul Hasan found guilty for breaching the Code of Conduct. Though ICC took actions on the players, Kapil Dev craved BCCI to take strong action on players to set an example.

    Kapil Dev crave BCCI to take action
    Kapil Dev crave BCCI to take action

    ALSO READ : U19 World Cup:Three players from Bangladesh and Two from India found guility for the Ugly scenario in Finals

    Kapil Dev’s emotion

    Kapil Dev said “Who’s saying cricket is a gentleman’s game? It’s not the gentleman’s game, it was!”.

    “What happened between those young people I think it was horrible. The cricket boards should take hard steps today so that tomorrow these type of mistakes do not happen,” included it in an event.

    He added : “You lost the match, you have no right to go back to the ground and fight with anybody. Come back. You should give more blame to the captain, manager and the people who were sitting outside. Sometimes, if you are an 18-year-old boy, he doesn’t understand. But if you’re a manager, that’s your responsibility to take care of the situation”.

    Captain’s view

    The U19 Bangladesh captain Akbar Ali said, “As a youngster, it shouldn’t happen. In any position, in any manner, we have to show respect to the opponent, we should have respect for the game”.

    The U19 India captain Priyam Garg said,”We were easy. We think it’s part and parcel of the game – you win some and you lose some. But their reaction was dirty. I think it shouldn’t have happened. But it’s okay”.

     

    South Africa vs England T20I Match-2:Highlights

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    South Africa vs England
    South Africa vs England

    Preview

    After the South Africa’s trilling win in 1st T20I against England, South Africa steps into second T20I which is considered as series winning match for South Africa. England after the loss by one run, needs to win this match to stop South Africa from claiming their series win. Ngidi who plays a crusial role in the last over of 1st T20I paved the way towards the victory for South Africa.

    Possible swap

    South Africa may have a change for JJ Smuts who bowled one over of spin to Jason Roy  which cost 22 runs in the first match.

    In case of England Tom Curran who gave 41 runs in 3 overs could be replaced by brother Sam who would offer a left-arm angle as well as some added strength to the batting.

    Probable XI

    South Africa : Quinton de Kock, Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, JJ Smuts, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Beuran Hendricks, Dale Steyn, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi

    England : Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan, Joe Denly, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood.

    Player’s View

    Eoin Morgan(England) : “It was a great game to play in because you get a feel for where guys are at, what skill level they can produce, and how their temperament is. So in terms of actually improving, I think it’s great for us”.

    Temba Bavuma : “These type of wins, we want to be able to scrape them in the big events”.

    Venue : Kingsmead, Durban.

    Match starts at Friday 14 February, 2020. 18:00pm Local Time

    Playing XI

    South Africa  : Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock (c & wk), Rassie van der Dussen, JJ Smuts, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Andile Phehlukwayo, Bjorn Fortuin, Beuran Hendricks, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi.

    England : Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk), Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan (c), Joe Denly, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.

    Toss : South Africa won the toss and opt to bowl.

    England’s 200

    Roy and Buttler are at the crease Roy who aggressively played in 1st T20I set in strike who smashed a six in the first over from Fortuin. Ngidi in his first over uproot the Buttler’s wicket with his length ball that’s a good start from South Africa. But the dangerous man ROY is still in strike who joins hands with Jonny Bairstow. This duo added 52 runs for the second wicket down. Bairstow got bowled out for 35 from 17 that includes 2×4 3×6.

    Moeen’s play

    Roy lost his wicket to Shamsi and walked back to dressing room when he is 10 runs away for the half century. After Jason Roy’s wicket England struggled to make a partnership and lose wickets sequentially. All rounder Ben Strokes joins with Moeen Ali and sums up 50 runs for the next wicket where England scored 176 when Moeen Ali lose his wicket for 39 from 11 delivery. Stroke played aggressively and added 15 runs in Nigid’s last over. Thus England ended up with 204 runs in the allotted over.

    De Kock’s aggressive strike

    To win the match and to lead the series South Africa need to chase down the 204 target. With a surprise Bavuma to take strike against Moeen, with the captain at the non-striker’s end. Both played aggressively and scored 69 runs at the end of the power play. Bavuma retains his wicket through DRS when umpire signaled him out in Adil Rashid’s over. De Kock remains unstoppable and scored aggressively until he lose his wicket to Mark Wood. South Africa are left in the cold, High and dry an incredible knock by him. He deserved to be on the winning side today he scored 65 runs in 22 balls [4s-2 6s-8]. He script his name in top of the list of fastest fifty for South Africa in T20I’s.

    dekock aggressive play
    dekock aggressive play

    Fastest fifty for South Africa in T20Is:

    17 Quinton de Kock v ENG Durban 2020*
    21 AB de Villiers v ENG Johannesburg 2016
    21 Quinton de Kock v ENG Mumbai 2016
    23 AB de Villiers v ENG Chittagong 2014

    Jordan’s back to back wickets

    South Africa starts losing wicket after their captain’s knock when all rounder Ben Stokes (right-arm fast medium) comes into the attack. As expected with a low full-toss outside off, he picked Miller’s wicket and left South Africa to concern. Though South Africa remains in safe side everything got upside down when Jordan plucked back to back wickets in 16th over. With a continuous yorker Jordan uproot the Smuts(13) and Phehlukwayo who gone for duck. In 17th over when Mark Wood released 19 runs added benefits for South Africa. Here comes the last over where South Africa is in need of 15 runs, Tom Curran in attack.

    Tom Curran the Saviour

    When Pretorius strike a six and four in back to back ball South Africa move close towards  the victory. But everything scatters when Tom Curran uprrot the Pretorius’s wicket, where there is still hope as only three required from the last ball. But Curran took the last ball as slower ball down leg and claimed the Fortuin wicket and saved England from the series loss. Tom Curran’s unbelievable bowling strategy make England to win by 2 runs and kept alive in the series.

    Tom Currans
    Tom Curran’s last over spell saved England

    Narrowest defeats for SA in T20Is (runs):
    1 run v IND, Colombo 2012
    1 run v ENG, Jo’burg 2009
    2 runs v ENG, Durban 2020*
    5 runs v SL, Chattogram 2014

    Narrowest victories for ENG in T20I (runs):
    1 run v SA, Jo’burg 2009
    2 runs v NZ, Hamilton 2018
    2 runs v SA, Durban 2020*

    Captain’s view

    Quinton de Kock | South Africa : Great cricket played by both teams. They came out and fought till the end. They bowled really well at the death. I am sure the bowlers will come out and do better next time. Rassie thrives in such situations. He handled the pressure really well and happy for him. Disappointed that we didn’t get over the line.

    Eoin Morgan | England captain : We would have liked to win both but we came out on the winning side today. The level of intensity was a considerable improvement in today’s game compared to East London. South Africa had the better of the batting conditions, the ball was skidding on, and our bowlers came up trumps. Quinny played extremely well, and the bowling performance was extremely good. Moeen was the standout with the bat, it was a match-winning innings looking at the way SA played and the way things turned out in the end. Jordan is one of our more experienced bowlers. He’s very calm and delivers when it matters, so he’s one you really want in your side. It’s a tough ground to bowl on and the wicket’s really good. About Tom Curran, it takes courage to bowl a gamble ball like the one out of the back of the hand, and a good catch by Rashid. This sets it up really well for the third game on Sunday.

    Player of the match

    Moeen Ali(England)

    Batting : 39 from 11 balls(3×4,4×6)

    Was nice to go out and middle a few. Tried to put pressure back on the bowlers. We bat deep and that helps. It has been a reason why he have been successful over the years. When you are playing well, you need to keep it simple. Was glad to contribute to an England win.

    Moeen Ali player of the match
    Moeen Ali player of the match

     

     

     

    Ish Sodhi Plays Dual role for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2020

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    Ish Sodhi in IPL 2020
    Ish Sodhi in IPL 2020

    Sodhi’s return to IPL with dual role to play

    Sodhi(leg spinner) who played 8 IPL matches for Rajasthan Royals picked up 9 wickets with an economy of 6.69.  He was released by the Rajasthan Royals’s franchise before the IPL 2020 Auction but returns to Rajasthan Royals with a dual roles to do. The 27 year old spinner takes part in Rajasthan Royals as a spin consultant and also as operation executives in the upcoming IPL season.

    Ish Sodhi
    Ish Sodhi

                  Innings         wickets

    Test  :      31                 41

    ODI  :      31                 40

    T20I :      44                 53

                                                  IPL   :       8                   9

    Sodhi said : “I am delighted to be taking on this new challenge at Rajasthan Royals with this dual role. Having played for two seasons for the Royals, I have formed a great level of understanding with all the people involved with the franchise, and they have always been very supportive of me. Therefore, I did not have to think twice when this opportunity was offered to me by the Royals’ management. I love this franchise and want to help us win the IPL this year”.

    “It is a fascinating opportunity for me, to be involved in the coaching staff at such a young age, while also supporting and learning about the operations of the business. I am very much looking forward to developing my coaching skills alongside Sairaj and learning from Jake on business operations”.

    Zubin Bharucha-Director of team

    Rajasthan Royals director of cricket  Zubin Bharucha said : “We are very happy to welcome back Ish to the Royals family in his new role. The induction of Ish in this dual role demonstrates the Royals’ commitment to recognise and reward young talent to develop into masters in their field of work. I congratulate Ish on his new stint and wish every cricket fan across the globe gets behind the team when Rajasthan Royals kicks off its new season this summer.”

     Shreyas Gopal’s Ex-team mate

    All-rounder Shreyas Gopal welcomes Sodhi, who is a team mate in previous IPL matches said : “I am so excited that Ish is joining the Royals’ support staff this year. I love chatting to him in the nets about the strategy for upcoming matches, developing new deliveries and learning from his international experiences. I think him and Sairaj will be a great combination for me and the other spinners this year. Ish has actually already been a great mentor to me and really helps my preparation for matches. He is such a good guy to have in the camp, so I’m delighted he is coming back”.

    U19 World Cup Jaiswal’s “Player of the tournament trophy breaks into two pieces”

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    U19 World cup 2020 New Zealand vs Bangladesh

    In World cup finals India lost their trophy to Bangladesh. After the winning the young champs of both the team get into ugly clash. Though Bangladesh captain Akbar Ali apologize for the actions from his team,five players have been found guilty for breaching ICC Code Of Conduct.

    ICC’s sanction of suspension points

    ICC’s sanction of suspension points : Md Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain and Rakibul Hasan from Bangladesh were found guilty of breaching Article 2.21. Two from India respectively Akash Singh and Ravi Bishnoi(leading wicket taker of the tournament) were charged for breaching Article 2.5.

    The raising star Jaiswal who registered his name into record book by exhibiting consistent performance in the whole tournament receives the player of the tournament award. Jaiswal scored 400 runs in six innings that includes a century and four half century.

    U19 worldcup India vs Bangladesh player of the tournament
    U19 worldcup India vs Bangladesh player of the tournament received by Yashasvi Jaiswal

    Trophy into two pieces

    When Jaiswal came back from South Africa he found trophy was lying in the table as broken into two pieces. The 18 year old Jaiswal was not upset on seeing the broken trophy which the most player would preserve for the entire life. Jaiswal’s coach Jwala Singh stated that the teenager doesn’t care about trophies and his main objective is to only score runs.

    Jaiswal’s coach said : “This isn’t the first time! He cares more about runs, doesn’t fuss too much about trophies”.

    Jaiswal said : “I played a bad shot, it wasn’t needed at that time. The ball came much faster than I expected. I had got a slower ball just before that,” he added “I was a bit nervous and he told me that I am doing well, and just take time in the middle. But it didn’t go our way. Nothing has changed for me, of course, it would have been great if we had won it but it’s not the end of the world”.

    RCB Fans and Players react as ‘Posts disappear in Social Media’-Virat Kohli too!

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    RCB name change update

    Fans Flustered

    Royal Challengers Banglore(RCB) led by Virat Kohli has a huge fan base in-spite of their performance in IPL. Recently RCB have removed their profile pictures and also various posts from social media accounts. At first fan thought the page may get hacked until the remaining social medias also shows the same. That leads fan to fluster as they haven’t gave any updates previously regarding this.

    RCB Players too get shocked

    Not only fans comment on this, very own RCB players including Virat Kohli tweet that “Posts disappear and the captain isn’t informed” that makes fans to get puzzled as they are out of the new updates. Not only Kohli, earlier  AB de Villiers and Yuzvendra Chahal too express their excitement for the updates

    Virat kohli unaware of RCB update
    Virat kohli unaware of RCB update

    Yuzvendra Chahal  : “Arey @rcbtweets, what googly is this? Where did your profile pic and Instagram posts go?” Chahal tweeted on his way back from New Zealand.

    AB de Villiers  : “Folks at @rcbtweets, what’s happened to our social media accounts? ?? I hope it’s just a strategy break. ????” de Villiers wrote

    New Partner- Muthoot Fincorp

    The famous photo sharing platform Instagram shows ‘nil’ posts as they have deleted photos in that. This calamity day comes after they signed Muthoot Fincorp as their title sponsor for IPL 2020. RCB on Tuesday announced a three-year partnership with Muthoot Fincorp Ltd, a part of the Muthoot Pappachan Group, popularly known as Muthoot Blue.

    Excitement for change!

    As the name from “Royal Challengers Banglore” to “Royal Challengers” in social medias it seems they initially start with a name change. This creates a hype on RCB even before the IPL starts. A statement had said : As per the partnership, there will be a “jersey-front” logo placement, which will be prominent on the playing and training jersey, in-stadium integration at home matches, digital and other highly visible media platforms.

    “It takes a lot out of your mental side”-Lungi Ngidi

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    Lungi Ngidi in his short international career, which has just turned two years old. He has already recoved from a stress fracture, a side strain and a slew of hamstring niggles, the latest of which kept him out of this summer’s Test series against England.

    Previously in 3rd ODI, after his first five over which costs 52 runs, he came up with a final spell of 3 for 11 runs in four overs. In the first T20I against England at Buffalo park he scatters England batsmen hope by picking three wickets in the last over and paved the way for victory. He proved his ability to play in big moments by a death bowling spell that costs England three wickets in 1st ODI.

    Lungi Ngidi in 1st T20I against England
    Lungi Ngidi in 1st T20I against England

    Ngidi(Player of the match) said : “It wasn’t a great day at Johannesburg, but here it’s not over until the last ball is bowled. Run in hard as you can. hit your length, and all of a sudden their team was on the back foot. Very fast-paced game, but it’s about how you bounce back. I didn’t panic under pressure, they seemed to be cruising but my job was to get wickets.”

    Lungi Ngidi player of the match
    Lungi Ngidi player of the match

     Ngidi credited Langeveldt

    He credited Langeveldt for his mental strength,”He has had a massive impact in terms of the mental side having watched him and the way he used to bowl, he has given me a lot of confidence as a young player, knowing someone like that is now on my journey. He has made sure I back the skills that I am good at. Something like that on the back end, where maybe someone would say maybe a change of ball was needed or maybe a yorker, stick to what’s working and it worked out just well.”

    Ngidi’s yorker at best

    When he bowled out Moeen Ali with an yorker in the last one where an LBW missed in the previous ball made an positive impact for South Africa. England lost 7 wickets for 44 runs in just 5.4 overs, where Hendricks who had chance to bowl in the 15th over started to build pressure before Ngidi.

    He added : “We know that there are a lot of fast bowlers fighting for a spot so you’ve got to be on your A game, If you’re not quite there, someone else is going to come in and do the job you’re supposed to be doing. I don’t plan on letting anyone take my spot so I am just going to keep playing as best as I can.”

    Nearest victory margins for SA in T20Is (runs):
    1 run v NZ, Lord’s 2009
    1 run v WI, North Sound 2010
    1 run v ENG, East London 2020*
    2 runs v AUS, Jo’burg 2006
    2 runs v NZ, Chattogram 2014

     

    England’s Disorganized performance, Victory slips by single run

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    South Africa win 1st T20I
    South Africa win 1st T20I

    South Africa vs England 1st T20I in East London, where England lose the victory in a close call. England won the toss and decide to bowl, South Africa struggled at first after losing de Kock wicket. But Bavuma and Dussen paired and provided a much needed partnership and sums up 63 runs for the second wicket. Bavuma missed a half century by seven runs and return to pavilion when he scored 43 runs off 27 balls. Jordan took three wickets in last over but missed a hat-trick.

    Jardon took 3 wickets in last over
    Jardon took 3 wickets in last over

    England’s messy performance

    England get down to the ground with a target of 178 to chase. Steyn, who returned to game after eleven months took Jos Buttler’s wicket and gains the position of leading wicket taker for South Africa in T20I formats.

    England’s Jason Roy remains unstoppable from scoring and it seems everything under control. Jason Roy scored 22 runs in Smuts over and starts brutalising South African bowlers who had been deceived by a slower ball bouncer from Hendricks.

    Jason Roy brutalised South African bowlers
    Jason Roy brutalised South African bowlers

    Both Morgan and Tom Curran were caught on the boundary needlessly. Lungi Ngidi’s final over was impressive but England’s failure to get over the line was more down to batsmen error than bowler induced. Pressure made the England batsmen to deviate from focusing in game, as they were in a need of only 7 from the last over.

    In truth, things had started to go wrong earlier than the last seven deliveries. The confusion and poor game management of the middle order dogged the entire final third of England’s innings. The approach suggested a lack of clarity in what batsman were trying to do either to get a single or to for a big shots. when Moeen finally did get on strike, he advanced down the wicket and yorked himself and that added benefits for South Africa. Finally Ngidi controls the England from scoring and seized the victory with a difference of single run. This makes England to move up in their list of nearest margin defeat and also makes third against South Africa.

    Nearest margins of defeat for ENG in T20Is (runs):
    1 run v SA, East London 2020*
    2 runs v SL, Southampton 2006
    3 runs v SA, Chattogram 2014
    3 runs v SA, Taunton 2017
    4 runs v AUS, Melbourne 2011

    Eoin Morgan | England captain: Outstanding game of cricket. Experiences like these are valuable with a World Cup around the corner. Both teams left everything on the field. Losing a game by one run, you can try and make it up at some point, somewhere along the line. We didn’t take advantage of being in a commanding position. Ngidi really changed the game. Hopefully we will learn more and head to Durban on a positive note. He (Roy) is probably one of the top three batsmen in white-ball cricket we have ever produced. With the experience I have, I should have seen it through, and I’ll continue to use the method that I use, and hopefully win England more games. We’re learning a HUGE amount from each other and it’s been a very enjoyable experience in the dressing room.

    Morgan told Sky Sports : “Even in a position of needing seven off the last over, with new guys coming in, we expected to win that game. But it’s a great game to play in because you get a feel for where guys are at, what skill level they can produce, and how their temperament is. So in terms of actually improving, I think it’s great for us.”

    After all, it is the main area of concern for Morgan as he looks ahead to the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year

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