Team India is currently facing Australia in the 2nd Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. Batting first, Australian openers David Warner and Usman Khwaja gave Australia a good start. However, after Mohammad Shami dismissed Warner at a score of 15 (44), Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith also got dismissed at the deliveries of Ravichandran Ashwin at scores of 18(25) and 0(2). It seemed Australia’s batting order would collapse. However, Usman Khwaja and Peter Handscomb didn’t let that happen and played firmly to build a partnership. It was when Team India really needed a breakthrough,…
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Chetan Sharma has resigned from the post of BCCI Chief Selector. The former cricketer, who was retained as the chairman of selectors, has sent his resignation to the BCCI secretary Jay Shah, who reportedly accepted it as well. Just a few days back ZEE NEWS conducted a sting operation on him in which he revealed some of the secret information which included the relationship between the former BCCI President, Sourav Ganguly, and the former Team India Captain, Virat Kohli. It also included topics like doping in the Indian Cricket Team. It was clear after that the BCCI will take some…
One of the greatest batsmen of all time, AB de Villiers is celebrating his 39th birthday today on February 17, 2023. AB de Villiers has a huge fan base. Fans call him with various names like: ‘Mr 360’, ‘Superman’, ‘Alien’, etc. Here’s how the fans wished the legendary AB de Villiers on Twitter: The fact that AB de Villiers is good not only in Cricket but in other sports too, is not unknown. As a kid, AB de Villiers used to participate in several sports like Rugby, Tennis, Football, etc. and even excelled in them. Here is a very rare…
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