Raina has been one of key performers in white-ball cricket: Sourav Ganguly

The BCCI also confirmed that Raina conveyed his decision to retire to the board on Sunday

Sports News: “Suresh Raina has been one of the key performers for India in white-ball cricket,” said Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly on Sunday as the left-handed batter Raina decided to call time on his international career. Raina had announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday, just minutes after Dhoni’s announcement of retirement.

The BCCI also confirmed that Raina conveyed his decision to retire to the board on Sunday. “Suresh Raina has been one of the key performers in limited-overs cricket for India. Coming lower down the order and playing some of the match-winning knocks requires a lot of skill and talent,” Ganguly said in a release issued by BCCI.

“He along with Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni formed a solid middle order for India in ODIs. I wish him and his family all the very best,” he added. Jay Shah, the secretary of the BCCI congratulated Raina on a remarkable career and labelled the left-handed batter as one of the finest to play the shortest format.

“Suresh Raina has been arguably one of the finest T20 batsmen. A live wire on the field, Raina’s prowess as a left-handed batsman was exhibited throughout his cricketing career,” Jay Shah said. “A big match player, Raina’s cameo against Australia in the quarterfinal in the 2011 World Cup was a testimony to his glittering career that followed. I wish him all the very best in the second innings of his career,” he added..Read More

Gavaskar questions Dhoni’s absence in Team India since ICC World Cup 2019

Gavaskar questions Dhoni’s absence in Team India since ICC World Cup 2019

Does anybody keep himself inaccessible for playing for India for whatever length of time that M S Dhoni has is the genuine inquiry, as indicated by previous India commander and cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar. Dhoni has not played for India since the group’s semi-last exit from the 2019 ICC World Cup.

Talking in the wake of giving the 26th Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial address, Gavaskar said that he can’t talk on Dhoni’s wellness. “I can’t reveal to you anything about wellness. In any case, I think the inquiry that should be posed is of Mahendra Singh Dhoni himself,” Gavaskar told columnists. “He has not made himself accessible to play for India since July 10. That is the significant point. Does anybody get himself far from playing for India for that long? That is the issue and in that lies the appropriate response,” he said.

Dhoni has been on a vacation from all types of cricket since the apocalypse Cup in which time Rishabh Pant has been pushed as India’s primary man behind the stumps going into the up and coming 2020 T20 World Cup. (Sports News) Sanju Samson has likewise been reliably part of the squad following amazing exhibitions in residential cricket and played for India instead of Pant during their third T20I against Sri Lanka in Pune on Friday.

Gavaskar said that he trusts compensation for uncapped players in the Ranji Trophy is additionally expanded to overcome any issues in that regard with the Indian Premier League (IPL). “IPL rules Ranji Trophy. Except if coordinate expenses are expanded considerably, it (Ranji Trophy) will be viewed as a vagrant and poor cousin of Indian cricket,” he said…

Australian ‘megablaze’ under control, wet weather promises further respite

New South Wales firefighters said they finally had the upper hand in the fight against the vast Gospers Mountain fire on Sydney’s northwestern outskirts

Exhausted firefighters said they had finally brought Australia’s largest “megablaze” under control on Monday, as wet weather promised to deliver much-needed respite for countryside ravaged by bushfires.

New South Wales firefighters said they finally had the upper hand in the fight against the vast Gospers Mountain fire on Sydney’s northwestern outskirts, which has been burning out of control for almost three months. Visiting the area on Monday, New South Wales Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said there was a “small area of burning still to complete” but the “containment prognosis looks promising.” The Australia Bushfire seared an area of national park three times the size of Greater London and lit several connected blazes totalling over 800,000 hectares — an area larger than Austria.

As residents and authorities continued to come to grips with the sheer scale of the devastation, the Bureau of Meteorology forecast some firegrounds could get up to 50 millimetres (two inches) of rain in the next week, a relief after a prolonged drought. If that forecast bears out, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service said, “then this will be all of our Christmas, birthday, engagement, anniversary, wedding and graduation presents rolled into one. Fingers crossed.” Dozens of other fires are yet to be controlled…

IPL 2019 CSK vs RR: When ‘captain cool’ Dhoni lost his cool on the umpire

Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was seen angrily gesturing at umpire Ulhas Gandhe for backtracking after initially signalling a no ball

Chennai Super Kings chief Mahendra Singh Dhoni got away from a boycott and was let off with a 50 percent fine on his match expense for an uncommon showdown with the on-field umpire amid the IPL experience against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur. In an uncommon example, Dhoni, who was not intended to be on the field of play, lost his cool and surged out of the uncovered to challenge umpire Ulhas Gandhe after he flip-tumbled on a no ball on Thursday night.

“MS Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings commander, was fined 50 percent of his match charges for rupturing the VIVO Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Code of Conduct amid his group’s match against Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur,” the BCCI expressed. Gandhe had attempted to govern a midsection high full hurl as no ball by RR all-rounder Ben Stokes. Yet, he turned around his choice after square leg umpire Bruce Oxenford did not motion for it. “Dhoni admitted to the Level 2 offense 2.20 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct and acknowledged the authorization,” it further expressed.

Likewise READ: Week 2 of IPL sees 21% expansion in TV viewership, indicates BARC information As it is the situation with IPL groups, the establishment will pay the fine for the player’s sake. Dhoni was seen indignantly motioning at Gandhe for backtracking after at first flagging a no ball. It took some persuading from Oxenford for Dhoni to make a beeline for the burrow despite the fact that he appeared to be a long way from persuaded.

 Be that as it may, the disarray and the resulting encounter did not have a course on CSK’s fortunes. Feeds bombed in the last finished and Mitchell Santner completed the match with a six to take his group to a four-wicket win in a pursuit of 152. As per the ICC Code of Conduct, which administers the IPL, demonstrating genuine contradiction at an umpire’s choice by words or activity can prompt a most extreme discipline of one-Test or two-ODI boycott.

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Asia Cup 2018: Rashid, Shahzad help Afghanistan stun India with a tie

More than the result, Afghanistan’s performance was reiteration that they are ready to take on any team in shorter formats of the game

                             Afghanistan cricket Team. Photo: @ICC

Afghanistan’s unheralded bunch made the biggest impact in their nascent international careers by pulling off a thrilling tie which in fact was a moral victory against India in one of the most memorable encounters in the history of Asia Cup.

Twenty20 cricket’s global superstar Rashid Khan showed a big heart as he defended only seven runs that a second string India required in order to chase down a target of 253 in the final Super Four encounter on Wednesday.

With the dangerous Ravindra Jadeja almost clinching the victory with a boundary and then No 11 Khaleel Ahmed scampering home for his life to tie the scores, only a single was all that was required off two deliveries.| Asia Cup 2018

If inexperience cost them dearly in the two games against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, the rub of the green went their way as Rashid bowled a rank half-tracker, a delivery that Jadeja would have dispatched in the Dubai International Stadium gallery.

But to the Indian team’s horror, he didn’t get the timing right and the resultant catch was taken by Najibullah Zadran, who covered some distance to take a fine running catch at deep mid-wicket region.

More (Sports) than the result, Afghanistan’s performance was reiteration that they are ready to take on any team in shorter formats of the game.

India’s support was vociferous but the bravehearts from the war-torn nation became sentimental favourites as the tournament progressed as they won hearts with their raw talent and cent per cent commitment.

Opener Mohammad Shahzad had set up the game for Afghanistan with a whirlwind 124 off 116, the most significant hundred of his career, to take his team to 252 for eight.

The 253-run target was a tricky one for India. India, who have already qualified for the final on Friday, remained unbeaten in the competition though they were left disappointed with the tie. Afghanistan players, on the other hand, can go back home with their heads held high, having competed hard in the tournament.

India made as many as five changes in the eleven to give an opportunity to the reserves and rest key players including captain Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal.

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