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The year 2023 is a very important one for the Indian cricket team as it is going to play the finals of the World Test Championship 2021-23 in June and in October-November, India will be hosting the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. Last time, India hosted the ODI World Cup in 2011 and it also won it under the leadership of MS Dhoni and this time also, the Indian team management doesn’t want to leave any stone unturned in ensuring that India wins the World Cup as it will already have the home advantage. One of the biggest sports events of the world, the IPL 2023 is all set to start from 31 March 2023 and the BCCI and the team management are very particular about the workload management of the players who will be playing in the WTC finals and the ODI World Cup as they don’t want any player to get injured. The Indian star player Jasprit Bumrah is already out of action for a long time and Shreyas Iyer has also got injured so now the Indian team management doesn’t want any more injuries. As per som...

SS Rajamouli directed movie “RRR” has scripted history by winning not just the hearts but also many international awards including the Oscars for the song “Naatu Naatu”. The song was composed by MM Keeravani and it won the Oscars in the best original song category. While the “RRR” team made the country proud, there were some who claimed that the team has spent a huge amount of around Rs. 80 crore on their Oscar campaign and they have not won it but instead, they have bought it. If this is not enough, then there are few who feel that MM Keeravani has given far better compositions than “Naatu Naatu” and it didn’t deserve the Oscars. RRR’s Oscar campaign was headed by Rajamouli’s son SS Karthikeya and in a recent interview, he responded on the allegations. As per him, if someone says that the Oscars can be bought, then it is no less than a big joke. Karthikeya further talks about the Oscars as he says that it is an institution which has a history of 95 years and everything is done as pe...

The Indian cricket team may have lost the 3-match ODI series to Australia by 1-2 but it managed to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the consecutive fourth time as it defeated Australia in the 4-match test series by 2-1. Before the start of the series, there were many former Australian cricketers who were of the opinion that Pat Cummins-led side was fully capable of defeating the Indian team and winning its first series in India in the last 19 years but that didn’t happen as India defeated the visitors in the first two test matches. The Australian media houses and some former Aussie cricketers unnecessarily made an issue of the Indian pitches as obviously these pitches were spin friendly and India was playing as per its strength. However, the Aussies made a great comeback in the series as they defeated India in the third test match which was played at Holkar Stadium, Indore. The BCCI and the team management got heavily slammed because of the pitch as 30 wickets fell on the first...

The former South African cricketer AB de Villiers is certainly one of the best cricketers of all times and he enjoys a huge fan following in India as well because he played for the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore for a very long time. RCB may not have won even a single IPL trophy till now but many great players have been a part of the Bengaluru franchise including the Universe Boss Chris Gayle. The presence of AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli in RCB used to give nightmares to the bowlers of opposition. Recently two greats ABD and Gayle came together for a candid chat and the video of this chat was posted on the YouTube channel of the franchise. In response to a question asked by Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers stated that his first impression about Virat Kohli was not a good one. ABD says that he has said this earlier as well, when he first met Virat Kohli, he found him a bit cocky and arrogant and felt that Virat Kohli needed to come down to Earth a little. AB de Villie...

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is certainly the richest cricket board of the country and it pays the Indian cricketers in a handsome manner. Recently the Indian cricket board announced the list of the Indian cricketers who have been awarded with the annual contracts for the 2022/23 season. While the Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja who has played an important role in India’s win in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 has got promoted and KL Rahul who has been stripped of vice-captaincy has been demoted. Sanju Samson, the skipper of the IPL team Rajasthan Royals has got the annual contract for the first time and this is certainly good news for his fans who are constantly demanding his inclusion in the Indian team. The players who are included in the A+ category are – Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja; these cricketers will be paid Rs. 7 crore per year. The players who are included in the A category are – Hardik Pandya, Ravic...

The South African cricket team is a force to reckon with in the cricket world despite the fact that they haven’t won any ICC tournament and they are even known as chokers as they have got close to winning the trophies quite a few times. However, they are clearly the leaders when it comes to chasing big targets, if you remember in 2006, South Africa chased the big total of 434 against Australia and yesterday, the Proteas once again surprised everyone by chasing the huge target of 259 in a T20I match against West Indies and that too with 7 balls left in their innings. The match was played at Supersport Park Cricket Stadium, Centurion, South Africa, and after winning the toss, South Africa chose to bowl first. The Caribbean team put up a great show as they scored 258/5 in their 20 overs with the help of brilliant knocks of Johnson Charles (118 runs, 46 balls, 10 fours & 11 sixes) and Kyle Mayers (51 runs, 27 balls, 5 fours & 4 fours). There were many who were sure that South A...

The matches between India and Pakistan are highly hyped and they are watched by cricket lovers of not just both these countries but other nations as well because of the excitement and thrill that they offer. Though both these nations don’t play bilateral series or tournaments due to political tensions between them, they do face each other in multi-nation events and ICC tournaments. The final match of the 2007 T20 World Cup is one of the most popular matches which have been played between both the nations, the inaugural edition of the tournament was played in South Africa and India won the 2007 T20 World Cup under the leadership of MS Dhoni. The match was played on 24 th September 2007 at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, and after winning the toss, India decided to bat first. The Indian team put up a competitive total of 157/5 in its 20 overs with the help of Gautam Gambhir’s knock of 75 runs (54 balls, 8 fours & 2 sixes) and India won by 5 runs in this nail-biting encounter...