Showing posts with label Indian cricket team. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian cricket team. Show all posts

Sunday, 12 January 2020

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
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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
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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…

Thursday, 25 July 2019

Byju’s to replace Oppo on Team India jersey after West Indies tour

BCCI will continue to receive the same amount from Byju’s and will be at no loss for the entire duration of the deal
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From September onwards, Team India will have another brand name on their shirts. Chinese portable producer Oppo will be supplanted by Byju’s, the Bangalore-based instructive innovation and online instructional exercise firm.
Group India will brandish Oppo logo on their shirts till the West Indies visit which starts from August 3 and finishes on September 2. Once, South Africa voyage through India starts from September 15, Byju’s will takeover the pullover. In March 2017, Oppo had won the Indian group sponsorship rights for a five-year time frame, for example till March 2022 for an incredible measure of Rs 1079 crores, outbidding Vivo mobiles’ Rs 768 crore offer..(Click Here for Companies News)
Be that as it may, as per a Times of India report, Oppo has now chosen to leave the space since it finds the incentive at which it obtained the rights in 2017 to be “amazingly high” and “unsustainable”. The report further says that BCCI will keep on getting a similar sum from Byju’s and will be at no misfortune for the whole length of the arrangement which keeps running till March 31, 2022.
Oppo was paying BCCI Rs 4.61 crore per respective match and Rs 1.56 crore for an ICC occasion coordinate. Prior to that, STAR India used to pay Rs 1.92 crore per reciprocal match and Rs 61 lakh for an ICC coordinate…

Thursday, 11 July 2019

Legends say sending Dhoni at number seven was ‘tactical blunder’

Previous skipper Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman said India submitted a “strategic goof” by downgrading Mahendra Singh Dhoni to number seven in the World Cup elimination round against New Zealand, a move that left them perplexed.
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Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik were sent in front of Dhoni after India were decreased to five for three and after that 24 for four. In the long run, it turned into an assignment too intense to even think about completing, as India missed the mark by 18 runs.
“Dhoni ought to have come in front of Pandya. It was a strategic screw up. Dhoni ought to have strolled in front of Dinesh Karthik. Stage was set for Dhoni. In 2011 last likewise, he elevated himself fixing to make something happen at number four in front of Yuvraj Singh and won the World Cup,” mourned Laxman.
Ganguly said it’s about Mahindra Singh Dhoni‘s batting as well as his quieting impact on the youthful batsmen at the opposite end. Gasp was set yet lost his wicket when he assaulted spinner Mitchell Santener, the expulsion inciting captain Virat Kohli to have an energized visit with mentor Ravi Shatsri.
“India required involvement with that organize. On the off chance that Dhoni was there when Pant was batting, he would not have enabled Pant to play that shot against the breeze. In England, it’s a major factor. He would have instructed him to follow pacer, when mid-off and mid-on is up, in light of the fact that he is great at that.
“Dhoni ought to have batted up. You need that self-restraint and not simply his batting. He would not have enabled wickets to fall in bunch. Dhoni was there when Jadeja batted. Correspondence is quality. You can’t have Dhoni at number seven,” Ganguly told authority telecaster Star Sports.”

Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Seven things Team India must do to be ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 champs

India are viewed as one of the top picks to win the World Cup this time, however to have the option to do, they should address a couple of issues in time and guarantee that they put their best foot forward
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With the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 practically around the bend, the 10 taking an interest groups are perspiring it out on the field and investigating every possibility. From conceiving the correct methodologies to making a minute ago changes to their squads, the groups are doing everything with the particular spotlight on the pined for trophy. Furthermore, which is all well and good, the world glass is the greatest universal occasion for 50-over cricket and each group needs to be the boss of heroes.
Such is the significance of the competition that numerous players even passed up the worthwhile Indian Premier League (IPL) this year to give themselves sufficient opportunity to get ready for the World Cup…
1.The number 4 problem
While India’s opening and number 3 space are ostensibly the best on the planet today, the number 4 space is precarious, best case scenario. Unexpectedly, there is an extensive rundown of contenders in the group for this space however none has performed all around ok to be trustworthy. Veteran MS Dhoni couldn’t be advanced up the request all the time as that would weight the lower-center request. Whoever from among K L Rahul, Kedar Jadhav or Dinesh Karthik is picked for the opening should happen for his skin to ensure the number 4 space does not turn into India’s Achilles heel at the World Cup.
2. Set greater targets
Generally, India have been an ace at pursuing solid targets. In any case, it won’t be all the time that they would get the chance to pursue. In the as of late closed arrangement among Pakistan and England, we have seen that 300+ scores are never again a phenomenal score. India have a decent bowling assault, so the onus will be on batsmen to score enormous and give the bowlers a tolerable focus to safeguard.
3. Be careful about fun tracks
Frequently, batsmen are believed to get shaken out of their fixation by bouncers, particularly on England tracks. The one thing Indian batsmen should maintain a strategic distance from is falling into this device. Indian batsmen should adjust themselves to English surfaces in the run-up to the competition to check their energy, so they don’t discard their wickets to bouncers while attempting to raise the stakes.
4. Tying down innings versus appearances
The group needs somebody to grapple the innings together and take it as far as possible. Appearances and substitutes are constantly welcome, however hard-hitting ought not be done from the two finishes of the wicket. In the 50-over configuration of the game, taking it profound and playing the full share of overs will matter a great deal…

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Who are favourites to win ICC World Cup 2019? Here are Laxman’s predictions

The World Cup kicks off in England from May 30 with India taking on South Africa in their opening game on June 5 in Southampton
File photo: VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid against Australia at the Eden Gardens in 2001, a match that the hosts won after following on
Sports News: Putting India and England as favourites to win the ICC World Cup 2019, batting great VVS Laxman on Wednesday said Virat Kohli and company are peaking at the right time after their historic ODI series triumphs in Australia and New Zealand.
“It’s all about peaking at the right time which is so important. The World Cup is a long format so every player should be at his best physically and mentally if India has to win the World Cup 2019. They start as favourites. For me, India and England start as favourites,” Laxman told reporters on the sidelines of Bengal’s Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament preparations here.
The 44-year old is a batting consultant of the Bengal team as a part of Cricket Association of Bengal’s Vision 2020 programme. The World Cup kicks off in England from May 30 with India taking on South Africa in their opening game on June 5 in Southampton. The Indian team edged Australia 2-1 in the three-match series and then went on to thump New Zealand by a healthy margin of 4-1 in the 50-over format.
India will now take on Australia at home in five ODIs and two T20s starting February 24.”I think brilliant. The way they played, I would like to congratulate the entire team,” Laxman said. “The way they played right from the Australia series to the New Zealand series… and it’s not only one or two players who have put their hand up. Everyone has contributed. So it’s great to see bowling and batting departments contribute,” he added…
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14th BRICS summit to review current global issues, reach key agreements

  At the   14th BRICS summit   which is to be hosted by China in a virtual mode on 23-24 June, the member nations will review the current gl...