Tag: Cricket
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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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Naman Ojha to lead India A on the tour of Australia
Naman Ojha, the wicket-keeper batsman was named the captain of India A team on Saturday for the tour of Australia. India A team is to play two four-day matches and a four-nation one-day tournament in Australia, starting on August 14. Highest run-scorer in domestic season Mumbai’s Shreyas Iyer, who was ignored for the West Indies tour,…
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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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Brian Lara’s batting clips – The catalyst behind Darren Bravo’s ton
Darren Bravo, who scored a magnificent century against the Proteas that helped them to storm into the Tri-series final, has said that he was inspired by watching clips of his legendary cousin Brian Lara before the match. Bravo, who has often been compared to the legendary ‘Prince of Trinidad’ because of his batting style said, “I…
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Improving overseas record will be our main focus: Anil Kumble
Anil Kumble, the newly appointed Indian coach has clearly stated that during his tenure the focus of the team would be to improve its overseas record. In an interview with bcci.tv Kumble was quoted saying “The focus will be on our overseas record. The mindset … I believe, we need to start looking to address that…
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Virat Kohli Dances his heart out to AR Rahman’s composed tunes for Premier Futsal League
India Test skipper Virat Kohli sang and danced for the official anthem of the Premier Futsal League with Rahman, who composed the song. The video is out and has already become viral on various social networking platforms. The anthem is named as ‘Naam hai Futsal’. Just like the Indian Premier League, Premier Futsal League is…
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Hales and Roy power England to crushing win
An England record opening partnership of 256 between Alex Hales and Jason Roy led their side to a crushing 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second one-day international in Birmingham on Friday. Both made centuries, with Hales 133 not out and Roy 112 not out as England stormed past Sri Lanka’s 254-7 in 34.1…
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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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Mini Version of IPL could take place in September: BCCI
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is considering to start a mini version of the Indian Premier League in September this year. The tournament will be held overseas. The President of BCCI Anurag Thakur said the dates and format of the mini IPL will be announced later. All eight IPL teams are expected to…
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