Category: Amazing facts in cricket
This category contains posts with amazing facts in the field of cricket world wide
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After Messi’s Retirement, Twitterati Asks Shahid Afridi when Will You Go?
Shahid Afridi started trending on twitter within hours of Lionel Messi announcing his international retirement. Social media started mocking at the former Pakistani captain who continues to remain in contention for a spot in the national team in T20 cricket. Afridi has hardly shown any remorse after Pakistan’s repeated debacles in T20 series and world tournaments.…
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BCCI considers a change in its name
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, the most powerful cricket board across the globe. It generates the most amount of funds for the ICC. Reports say that the BCCI that is the “Board of Control for Cricket in India” is now thinking of a change in it’s name. The newly elected president, Anurag Thakur has proposed…
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Why Rahul Dravid rejected the Team India coaching offer ?
Anil Kumble was named as the Team India head coach on Thursday (23rd July) evening. 57 candidates had applied for this high profile job job, which was later trimmed down to 21 and interviewed in Kolkata. Shastri and Kumble were the front runners for the post and eventually Kumble was chosen by the committee. But,…
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Nick Compton to take immediate time off from Cricket
Going through the poor form since the start of the year England batsman, Nick Compton has decided to take an immediate break from cricket. The grandson of English batting great Denis Compton, will take a leave from Cricket for an unspecified length of time after an awful season for both England and Middlesex. Since his comeback knock of…
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Champions Trophy 2017 may turn out to be the last ever
The International Cricket Council may scrap the Champions Trophy from it’s calendar after the 2017 or 2021 edition as per the reports on ESPNcricinfo. The tournament was to be terminated in 2013 itself but since the inaugural ICC Test championship couldn’t take place, ICC decided to stage another one in 2017 in England. If the…
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Anushka Sharma hits back at trolls for abuse over Virat Kohli
Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma again hits out at the social media trolls after she received abusive messages over her reported on-off relationship with Indian Test cricket captain Virat Kohli. “It’s one thing to be abused for a film I did or to be trolled if I did something wrong. But to be abused for something I…
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Getting dropped from the team motivated me to train harder: Glenn Maxwell
The swashbuckling Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell confessed that he has been hurt when dropped from the playing XI for two games during the ongoing Tri-nation One-Day International series in West Indies. On Tuesday against the West Indies Maxwell made his way to back in form with a blistering 46* off just 26 deliveries to guide Australia…
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Shane Warne’s 100 greatest cricketers
Shane Keith Warne who himself is one of the legends of the game of Cricket and certainly the greatest leg-spinner in the history of Cricket, but do you know who are the top 100 greatest cricketers whom Shane Warne consider as the best he has played with or against? The veteran leg-spinner, in his book…
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350 dismissals for MS Dhoni as a wicketkeeper in ODIs
350 dismissals for MS Dhoni as a wicketkeeper in ODIs MS DHONI has achieved yet another milestone in his already glorious Cricketing career, this time behind the wicket though during the third and final ODI between India and Zimbabwe at Harare on Wednesday. His catch to dismiss Elton Chigumbura off Jasprit Bumrah was his 350th dismissal in…
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VIRAT KOHLI IS THE BEST BATSMAN IN THE WORLD SAYS MOHAMMAD AMIR
VIRAT KOHLI IS THE BEST BATSMAN IN THE WORLD SAYS MOHAMMAD AMIR Pakistan Left-arm sensation Mohammad Amir in an interview to Times of India on Tuesday piled on praise for India’s Master Batsman Virat Kohli. The talented left arm pacer, who made a cracking comeback to international cricket against India in Asia Cup 2016, has said that…
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