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Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has called time on his Test match career.
Cricket icon Sourav Ganguly's wife Dona Ganguly lodged a police complaint about a fake Facebook page in her name, an officer said on Wednesday.Several photographs of the BCCI president along with his wife and their daughter Sana were shared by the fake account, he said.
There is something about unknown spinners with unorthodox actions that has captured the imagination of IPL franchises, strategists and owners. From Varun Chakravarthy to Murugan Ashwin, from Shivil Kaushik to Mahipal Lomror - it is an interesting list. We look at some mystery spinners from the past who have started bidding wars and some who might attract big prices in the IPL 2021 Auctions tomorrow.
There was no mention of Mohammed Shami or Ravindra Jadeja in the BCCI statement, which likely means they're yet to be fully fit.
He has led the Pretorian side in 32 Test matches, with 17 victories and boasts a success rate of more than 50 percent.
Kings XI Punjab played well under KL Rahul last year, but just failed to close matches in crucial moments. That also brought to the fore, the failure of some of the key players in the side. With the IPL 2021 auction around the corner, former Team India batsman Gautam Gambhir named a few players on Star Sports, that the Punjab team should aim to buy.
The 36-year-old played in 69 Tests for his country scoring over 4000 runs. He played his debut match in 2021 against Australia in Adelaide, while his last came against Pakistan in Rawalpindi last month.
After a stellar performance in the second Test against England in Chennai, Indian players have made rapid gains in the lastest ICC Test Player Rankings. Rohit’s first innings score of 161, which set the platform for a win that kept India in contention for the ICC World Test Championship final, has helped him gain nine places to reach 14th position, his best since November 2019. The Mumbai batsman’s career-best position was attained in October 2019, when he was ranked 10th after notching a double century against South Africa in Ranchi.
He was named the ICC ODI Player of the Year three times during his 15-year international career and was also one of the five Wisden cricketers of the decade at the end of 2019. As he celebrates his 37th birthday, we take a look at his top 5 innings.
M Chinnaswamy Stadium has always been the favourite cricket ground of de Villiers owing to his stint with Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) gets underway in India from early April. Ahead of the mega tournament the big auctions will take place in Chennai on Thursday, the 18th of February. There have been some big buys at the auctions over the years - some expected and a few surprises. We look at the 10 Most Expensive Buys in the history of IPL Auctions.
The upcoming Indian Premier (IPL) 2021 mini auction is scheduled to take place in Chennai on Thursday, February 18. Ahead of the cash rich league’s player auction, the Board of Controller for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the IPL governing council has reportedly confirmed close to 292 players to be part of the auction pool for the upcoming tournament.
Former KKR skipper and IPL-winning captain Gautam Gambhir has said that Royal Challengers Bengaluru will have to focus on acquiring 'quality players' ahead of the IPL 2021 Auctions to be held on February 18.
AB de Villiers is one of the greatest batsmen in the history of the game. He had an outstanding record in Test cricket and ODIs and was also a very destructive batsman in the shortest version of the game. AB scored 8765 runs in 114 Tests at an average of 50.66. His exploits included 22 hundreds. He also aggregated 9577 runs in 228 ODIs at a stunning average of 53.5 and strike rate of 101.09 including 25 hundreds.
In a surprise move, former South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis announced retirement from Test cricket on Wednesday. He made the announcement on Instagram and wrote on the post, "My heart is clear and the time is right to walk into a new chapter. Swipe to read the full statement."
Rishabh Pant was just phenomenal as he took a superb catch in the first innings off Mohammad Siraj and then he affected a brilliant stumping in the second innings to dismiss Dan Lawrence. Now, after the game has ended, former Australia wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist has come out and lauded Foakes and Pant for their show at Chepauk.
Axar Patel and R Ashwin were the pick of the Indian bowlers and returned with five and three wickets each to rout the visitors in just under 55 overs shortly after Lunch on Day 4.
In the latest blow to England, some of their multi-format players including the likes of Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Jos Buttler, could miss the two-Test series against New Zealand in June due to a clash with the knock-out phases of the IPL. Other players who could be missing in action for the series will be Chris Woakes (Delhi Capitals), Sam Curran (Chennai Super Kings) and Jonny Bairstow, according to a report in ESPNcricinfo.
The second Test in Chennai between India and England has divided opinions about what constitutes a good pitch. Some experts, mostly the former English cricketers, called the strip used for the 2nd Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai poor, while for others it was a challenging one, where only the best could survive. Was it an ideal pitch? Maybe not, but what’s an ideal pitch anyway? If England host a Test series, they play to their strengthens and prepare a seaming wicket, Australia aim at track with bounce and zip while New Zealand pitches are always without exception green tops.
After 2010, India has played 100 Test matches and leg spinners have played only in 14 matches. Further, after 2010, 33 Indian players have debuted in Test Cricket and Karn Sharma is the only leg spinner among them.
Rohit Sharma produced one of the most brilliant hundreds at home by an Indian batsman in tough conditions for batting on a sharp turning and bouncing wicket in the second Test against England in Chennai. He stood out in India's first innings and was in a different zone even as others failed around him. We look at 5 great performances by Indian batsmen in difficult conditions at home where either the wicket has played tricks or the quality of the opposition attack has been top-notch or both.Warner Bros.’ Mortal Kombat reboot headed to theaters and HBO Max this April and as the marketing campaign enters the home stretch now, we’re beginning to see more and more from it.
Of course, many people still hold Paul W.S. Anderson’s 1995 Mortal Kombat in high regard, although that’s likely due to the entertaining cheese factor rather than its merits as a movie. It remains to be seen how this new take will stack up to Anderson’s effort, but as long as it doesn’t go too far down the ‘dark and gritty reboot’ path and can still have some fun with the premise, there’s every chance Warner Bros. will have a hit on their hands.
In any case, we should have a much better idea of what’s coming soon enough, as the first trailer is set to be here on Thursday and to tease it, the studio has released a new motion poster for Mortal Kombat which features Joe Taslim’s Sub-Zero, and you can check it out for yourself down below.
Joe Taslim is Sub-Zero. #MortalKombatMovie trailer Thursday. pic.twitter.com/63Rv7Kwahs
— Mortal Kombat Movie (@MKMovie) February 17, 2021
So far, all the signs are definitely pointing to this being one of the year’s most exciting releases and the hype has been steadily building for a while now. Whether it can continue the recent trend of solid video game adaptations remains to be seen, but at this point, we’re certainly feeling optimistic about its chances of success.
Mortal Kombat hits theaters and HBO Max on April 16th and with the first trailer now only days away, it won’t be too long before we get to see just what director Simon McQuoid has cooked up for us with his take on the beloved fighting game franchise.
England skipper Joe Root has apologised to all-rounder Moeen Ali after calling his pre-agreed departure from India tour, a 'choice', and leaving him open to criticism. Moeen had contributed with the bat and the ball, in England's defeat against hosts in second Test. “Moeen has chosen to go home,” said Root originally. “It’s obviously been a very tricky tour for him. “Of course we wanted as many players available for as long as possible, but you also want them to be very comfortable here.