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The T20Is may be getting more popular in the modern day cricket but there is no denying the fact that test cricket is the purest form of the game and playing test cricket is still a dream of many cricketers. On the contrary, in the present times, there are a number of players who are giving up their test career in order to focus more on their T20I career. However in this article, we will let you know about 5 famous T20 players about whom you may not know that they have also played test cricket. 1. Lockie Ferguson: The New Zealand pacer is currently a part of the squad which is playing in the ongoing 3-match T20I series against India. Lockie Ferguson made his international debut in ODIs in 2016 and in T20Is in 2017 and till now, he has played 53 ODIs and 30 T20Is for his country but very few people know that he has played 1 test match for New Zealand too in the year 2019 against Australia. 2. Andre Russell: The former West Indian cricketer is no less than a legend when it comes to...

Cricket is one of the most entertaining and loved sports of the world and there have been many instances when more than one person from a family has represented the country on the international level. We have seen two brothers playing for the country such as Mark Waugh-Steve Waugh, Mohinder Amarnath – Surinder Amarnath, Irfan Pathan – Yusuf Pathan, etc. but there have been few instances in which a son has followed the footsteps of his father and played for the country such as Vijay Manjrekar-Sanjay Manjrekar and Sunil Gavaskar – Rohan Gavaskar. However, today we will let you know about three bowlers who have achieved a unique feat of dismissing both father and son in their career: 1. Ian Botham – Lance Cairns & Chris Cairns: Lance Cairns and Chris Cairns, the father-son duo represented New Zealand at the international level and they both played as all-rounders for the country. The former England cricketer Ian Botham dismissed Lance Cairns in both ODIs and test matches as they b...

The Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid often get slammed for changing the batting order of the team as many former cricketers feel that changing the batting order frequently can have an adverse effect on the form of batters. In the last few months, many batters have been tried at different positions and this hasn’t gone well with a number of former cricketers. Recently, the senior Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik gave his opinion on the change in batting position of Indian cricketer Deepak Hooda who is mainly a top-order batter. Deepak Hooda made his international T20I debut in the year 2022 and since then in 19 innings, he has batted at six different positions. His T20I half-century came at no. 3 but he has batted the most at no. 6 in which he has scored 73 runs in 6 innings. During an interview, Dinesh Karthik says that it is really hard to bat consistently at number 5, 6 and 7, especially at 6 and 7. He further takes a dig at the Indian team management by sayi...

Hardik Pandya led Indian team has now taken an unassailable lead in the 3-match T20I series against New Zealand by winning the low-scoring second T20I which was played yesterday at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Earlier the Indian cricket squad whitewashed the visitors in the 3-match ODI series under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy and these results have certainly made Indian cricket fans very happy. However, there is one section of Indian cricket lovers who is critical of team India as they feel that the current team performs well in the bilateral series but when it comes to multi-nation events, this team fails to perform especially in crucial matches. One reason behind such negative attitude of Indian fans is constant failure of team India to win ICC tournaments whether it is the ODI World Cup, the T20I World Cup or the World Test Championship. The ICC Champions Trophy 2013 was the last ICC tournament which was won by the Indian team...

SS Rajamouli directed “RRR” (Rise, Roar, Revolt) has broken many records on the box-office, not just in India but overseas as well, and many moviemakers from the west are also praising the flick, the director and the actors too. The music of the film was also loved by everyone and recently, history was scripted as a song from “RRR” entitled “Naatu Naatu” won the Golden Globes Award in the Best Original Song category. This was the first time that an Indian song won this prestigious award which was received by the music composer M.M. Keeravani. M.M. Keeravani who is also a singer mainly works in the Telugu Cinema but he has worked in quite a few Hindi and Tamil movies as well. Keeravani who is SS Rajamouli’s cousin and is 12 yrs elder to the filmmaker has given music in all the 12 movies of the filmmaker. Though M.M. Keeravani has given few Hindi superhits, not many people know about them and one reason behind it is that he is also known as M.M. Kreem which creates confusion. Today...

There is no doubt that test cricket is the purest form of the game and it not just tests a cricketer on the basis of his talent and skills but it also tests his ability as a player. There is no denying the fact that the test cricket has undergone many changes over the years but still patience, consistency and temperament hold a lot of importance in the longest format of the game. Nowadays teams are focusing on playing aggressive cricket in test format as well but there have been instances when a batter has batted for long hours either for making a big score or for saving his team from defeat and today we will let you know about such cricketers who have batted for more than 600 hours in their test career. 1. Sir Alastair Cook (England) – 622 Hours: The former skipper of the England cricket team has played many big knocks for his team and has batted for nearly 622 hours in test cricket. He is one of those few English cricketers who have received knighthood by the Queen for their imme...

Being the captain of a cricket team is a very tough job as it is the captain who has to take the important decisions related to the team as well as a match and if anything goes wrong, he is held responsible for everything. A good skipper is the one who knows how to utilize his resources properly; he should be aware of the strengths and weaknesses of his players and must have the wisdom to use them in a manner which gives the best results. The capability of a captain is judged by the number of matches and tournaments won by his team and today we are going to tell you about 5 skippers who have won 50 or more than 50 matches out of their first 75 matches. Here is the list of those captains: 1. Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 59 Matches The former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting made his international debut in the year 1995 and played for the country till 2012. He led the Australian team from 2002 to 2011 in ODIs and from 2004 to 2011 in test matches and he is the most successful captain...

The young Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw has been called back in the Indian team after a long time as it became very difficult for the selectors to ignore his performances in the domestic cricket. Recently, the Mumbai batter made a record by scoring 379 runs in a Ranji Trophy match against Assam. It is the second highest individual score made by any batter in the history of the Ranji Trophy and it is the highest by any Mumbai cricketer. Prithvi Shaw had a great start to his test career, he got to play his first test against West Indies in Oct 2018 when he was not even 19 yrs old. He impressed everyone by scoring a century in his debut match and with this hundred, he became the second youngest Indian cricketer to score a century in a test match. However, things went downhill soon and after he failed to deliver against Australia in the first test match, he was dropped from the team and currently, there seems no chance of him getting to play in the Indian test team. Many former cricketer...

The King of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan has made a great comeback on the big screen as his latest release “Pathaan” has broken many records on the box-office and we are quite sure that numerous other records will be broken soon as the craze for the flick doesn’t seem to end any soon. However, the “Don” actor is also trending online for one more reason as an online user was not happy with a comment which was made by the King of Romance on the photo of his daughter Suhana. Suhana Khan, the young actress is going to make her acting debut with Zoya Akhtar directed “The Archies” which is slated to release in 2023. The beautiful girl is already a star and enjoys a huge fan following on social media platforms. Few days ago, she posted an image of herself from an event which she attended in a beautiful black dress. First of all, take a look at her pic: Here is the post: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Suhana Khan (@suhanakhan2) ...