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Virat Kohli may not have scored a century in any format for more than last two years but he is certainly one of the greatest of all times. Many records have been broken by the former skipper of the Indian cricket team and he is considered to be the best candidate to break Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 100 international centuries. Virat Kohli came into limelight after India’s under-19 team won the ICC Under-19 World Cup under his leadership in the year 2008, he was the second Indian skipper to achieve this feat. Soon he became an integral part of the Indian cricket squad and he was also made the skipper of the team in all the three formats. Though India never won any major ICC tournament under Kohli’s leadership, he is still one of the most successful skippers of the country because his winning percentage is more than that of any other captain. While Virat Kohli has tasted success in his career and he is an important part of the Indian team even now, there are some players who debuted...

The Indian Premier League is one of the most popular sporting events of the world and it won’t be wrong to say that it is watched all across the globe because of the fact that almost all the big names of the cricket world participate in this contest. This cash-rich league provides great earning opportunity for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the board has invited bids for the broadcasting rights for the next five years as its contract with Star Sports is coming to an end in 2022. The IPL will have 10 teams from this year onwards and the total number of matches played in the tournament will be 74. The BCCI has set a huge amount of Rs. 33000 crore approx. for the IPL media rights starting for the period ranging from 2023-2027. The invitation which will be sent out by the BCCI will be divided in four bundles, bundle A is for the television rights for broadcasting in the Indian sub-continent region and in this bundle, the base price for each match has been fixed at ...

Royal Challengers Bangalore has registered its first win in the ongoing IPL 2022 as yesterday it defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 3 wickets in a match which was played at Dr. D Y Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai. KKR was considered as stronger team of the two before the match started because it came after defeating the defending champions Chennai Super Kings in its first match but situation was completely different as the RCB bowlers wreaked havoc in the KKR batting line up after RCB won the toss and invited the Kolkata franchise to bat first. KKR kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and despite the fact that its eight batsmen touched the double digit mark, the whole team still got out for just 128 runs in 18.5 overs. Considering the fact that RCB has a very strong batting line-up and even though it lost its first match to Punjab Kings yet in that match, it scored 205 runs, everyone thought that this run-chase will be pretty easy for the Bangalore franchise. However, the KKR bowl...

Mika Singh, the singer who is very famous for his work in the Punjabi music industry and Bollywood, has given us many musical hits over the years and has also earned many awards and recognitions for his superb singing. He is still single at the age of 44 and many think that it is because of his love for partying and hanging out with girls. Recently during an interview with a leading daily, the singer revealed that he received around 150 marriage proposals in the last 20 years but he was not ready for them as his work holds a lot of importance in his life. He adds that it is a presumption that his lifestyle is the main reason behind him not tying the knot but it is not the case in reality. He said that he never had the courage to introduce his girlfriends to his family, especially to his elder brother Daler Mehendi. He goes on to say that his family members also talk like the aunties of colony and ask him to tell if there is someone in his life but when he refuses, they don’t agree wi...

Ravichandran Ashwin is one of the most famous cricketers of the present times but it is also true that he is one of the most controversial cricketers as well. He attracted a lot of slamming when he mankaded the English cricketer Jos Buttler during an IPL match between Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings). Mankading is the term which is used for dismissing a batsman who is at the non-striker’s end by hitting the stumps even before the ball is being thrown by the bowler if the batsman is out of the crease. While many criticized Ashwin for going against the spirit of the game, the Indian spinner made it clear that whatever he did was correct as it is within the laws of the game and at one fell swoop, he also added that he would do it again on getting a chance. This controversy took place in the IPL 2019 and at that time, Jos Buttler used to play for Rajasthan Royals (he still plays for the same franchise) while R Ashwin was the skipper of Kings XI Punjab. However, the...

The two new IPL teams Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans contested against each other in their first IPL match and while Hardik Pandya must be on cloud nine as his team won the match, KL Rahul needs to analyze and learn from his mistakes as his captaincy seems to be a matter of concern to Lucknow fans. The match was played on March 28 at Mumbai’s Wankhede stadium, the toss was won by Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants was told to bat first. The GT pacer Mohammed Shami was literally on fire as he dismissed the LSG skipper KL Rahul for a golden duck and then he also sent Quinton de Kock (7) and Manish Pandey (5) back to the dug-out quite early. There was a time when LSG had lost its four top-order batsmen at the score of 29 runs and it appeared as if the new IPL team would not be able to cross the three digit mark in its first match. However, the two young cricketers Deepak Hooda (55 runs, 41 balls, 6 fours & 2 sixes) and Ayush Badoni (54 runs, 41 balls, 4 fours & 3 ...

Rajasthan Royals started its campaign for the IPL 2022 with a smashing win as it defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 61 runs in its first match which was played at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. The toss was won by Kane Williamson led SRH which put in RR to bat first. The team from Rajasthan was given a good start by its openers as Jos Buttler (35) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (20) scored 58 runs for the first wicket partnership. RR skipper Sanju Samson thrashed the SRH bowlers to all the corners of the stadium as he scored 55 runs in just 27 balls. His innings included 3 fours and 5 sixes and he was given Player of the Match award for his amazing performance. Devdutt Padikkal (41) and Shimron Hetmyer (32) also played useful knocks and helped their team in putting up a good total of 210/6 in their stipulated 20 overs. On the other hand, SRH had a very bad start as it lost its skipper Kane Williamson for a score of only 2 and another opener Abhishek Sharma also departed soon afte...

Yuzvendra Chahal, the Indian spinner, used to be an integral part of Royal Challengers Bangalore till the IPL 2021 and RCB fans were quite sure that Chahal would be one of the retentions but it didn’t happen. However, the biggest shock came when RCB didn’t even bid for Yuzi in the mega auction for the IPL 2022 and the spinner was bought by Rajasthan Royals for a price of Rs. 6.5 crore. Yuzi is quite active on the social media networks and many fans have asked him what happened because of which he was neither retained nor purchased by RCB. Till now, Chahal refrained from speaking on this issue but recently during an interview with a leading daily, he spilled the beans and revealed his side of the story. He says that he is very much emotionally attached with RCB and he never thought that he would ever play for any other franchise in his career. He adds that till date, many fans ask him as to why he has asked for so much money from the franchise because of which he is not a part of the...

MS Dhoni, the legendary Indian wicketkeeper-batsman who is already retired from the international cricket will soon be saying goodbye to the IPL, however there is nothing known about his timing of taking the decision. Fans of Mahi were quite happy when Chennai Super Kings retained MSD before the mega-auction for the IPL 2022 as it gave them hope that they would get to see their favourite cricketer play at least for three more years. However, Dhoni surprised everyone when he announced the decision of leaving the captaincy of CSK just couple of days before the IPL 2022 started and Ravindra Jadeja was appointed as the new skipper of the team. While it is being said that MSD will play for CSK for 2 years more, fans are in doubt after seeing Dhoni using orange color wicket-keeping gloves in place of his usual camouflage gloves that have Indian army insignia. Fans were quick to recall that this type of orange gloves was worn by the former CSK skipper when he started his international care...