DTVHINDIT20 World Cup 2024: “Backup bowler to Hardik Pandya…”- Sunil Gavaskar gave a big suggestion to Rohit-Dravid
In the T20 World Cup 2024, Team India will play its first match against Ireland on June 5. Hardik Pandya and Sunil Gavaskar (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Sunil Gavaskar Picks Perfect Bowling Combination For India: The ICC T20 World Cup 2024 has started on June 1 under the joint hosting of West Indies and America. Before the start of the tournament, Team India is going to play a warm-up match against Bangladesh in New York today (June 1). At the same time, the team will play its first match against Ireland on June 5. Everyone wants to know what will be the playing 11 combination of Team India in the T20 World Cup. Former Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar has given a big suggestion to Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid to choose the right bowling attack. Team India should go with three spinners- Sunil Gavaskar Sunil Gavaskar has suggested to Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid that they should go with 3 spinners in the playing 11. Jasprit Bumrah will be the main fast bowler, while the vice-captain has chosen Hardik Pandya as the fifth bowling option. Talking in an interview given to Dainik Jagran, Gavaskar said, ‘Balanced bowling attack is most important in West Indies, so India can go with three spinners and two fast bowlers, with Hardik Pandya as the backup fast bowler. I think this will maintain the balance of the team. Sunil Gavaskar was asked about the Indian T20 World Cup 2024 squad, to which he replied, ‘I believe this is a team that has a good mix of experience and youth. Along with Rohit, Virat, Surya, Bumrah, there are young players like Yashasvi, Rishabh, Shivam, who strengthen the team. Gavaskar was also asked which teams will make it to the semi-finals of the tournament. Answering this, he said, ‘It cannot be said who the four semi-finalists will be because in my view all the teams look balanced. Indian team for T20 World Cup 2024 Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah Traveling Reserves- Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan
Only Bumrah bowls accurate yorkers in death overs, former Australian fast bowler makes a big claim
Bumrah’s main weapon is the yorker, which he uses cleverly in the last overs Jasprit Bumrah. (Image Source: Getty Images) Former Australian fast bowler Brett Lee believes that apart from Jasprit Bumrah, most of the pacers are struggling to bowl effective yorkers in the death overs. Talking about the importance of the yorker, Brett Lee said that Bumrah is currently one of the most complete bowlers in world cricket. Bumrah (Jasprit Bumrah) can bowl a wicket-taking delivery without giving away any runs. But the yorker is his main weapon, which he uses cleverly in the last overs. “As a general rule, apart from Bumrah we haven’t seen enough fast bowlers bowl yorkers lately. I would like to see fast bowlers bowl more yorkers. I still don’t think they bowl enough yorkers in the death overs,” Brett Lee said at the launch of the Legends Intercontinental T20 League recently. I am all for batsmen, but… The former fast bowler further said that, if you look at the 17 seasons of IPL, on average a yorker has a strike rate of less than 100. Which indicates that there is one run or less per ball. Now, when you bowl a yorker, the batsman can hit a shot through the scoop. This puts pressure on the bowler. Then you have to set the right field. Have to keep two people at the back, third man and fine leg and then bowl. He concluded by saying, I am all for the batsmen, but there should be something for the bowlers as well. I am not asking for a green top where teams get bowled out for 110 runs because that is not good for cricket either. I think you want a good score. A score of around 185 to 230 is a good score. We have seen scores of 265, 270, 277 now. These are really difficult because most bowlers concede 45 to 50 runs in a four-over spell.
“Yuvraj Paaji told me that I can become a better bowler than him”- SRH player’s big statement before IPL 2024 Final
Abhishek Sharma performed brilliantly with the ball in Qualifier 2 against RR. Yuvraj Singh and Abhishek Sharma (Photo Source: X/Twitter) The final of IPL 2024 will be played today between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The Sunrisers team confirmed their place in the final by defeating Rajasthan Royals in the second qualifier match. Hyderabad’s performance was excellent throughout this season. Although many players gave match-winning performances for them this season, but the player who impressed the most was Abhishek Sharma. Travis Head along with Abhishek Sharma gave the team a fast and aggressive start in every match. While Abhishek failed with the bat against Rajasthan Royals in the last match, he performed brilliantly with the ball. The part-time spinner took two wickets in his four-over spell, conceding 24 runs at an economy rate of six. He dismissed Sanju Samson in the ninth over. After this, in the 14th over, Abhishek dismissed Rajasthan’s explosive batsman Shimron Hetmyer. Abhishek Sharma gave a big statement about Yuvraj Singh In the press conference held after this match, Abhishek Sharma said that former all-rounder Yuvraj Singh influenced him to bowl. He told that Yuvi told him that he can become a better bowler than him. Actually, Yuvraj is his mentor. Abhishek further said, “Whenever I have talked to Yuvi paaji (Yuvraj Singh) about bowling, he has always said that I can become a better bowler than him. This was always in my mind. I think he will also be happy that I contributed.” Along with this, Abhishek told that his father would be very happy. The 23-year-old bowler said, “I think my father would be very happy because he was a left-arm spinner and he was working very hard on my bowling. Somehow I knew that if I kept working on my bowling, I could do something for my team. Since junior cricket, I have been bowling a lot and taking wickets and I was waiting for this opportunity.”
T20 World Cup 2024: Fast bowler Shaheen Afridi rejects the responsibility of vice-captaincy of Pak team
T20 World Cup is starting from 2 June Shaheen Shah Afridi (Image Credit- Twitter X) Recently, some media reports have claimed that Pakistan cricket team’s fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has turned down the offer of vice-captaincy of the team before the upcoming T20 World Cup. So after Afridi turned down the captaincy of the national team, reports of soured relations between Shaheen and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have also started gaining momentum. If ESPN Cricinfo reports are to be believed, PCB wanted to make Shaheen an assistant to Babar Azam in the upcoming T20 World Cup, but now the 24-year-old bowler has directly refused to take this role in the Pakistani team. It is worth noting that recently Shaheen Afridi was removed from the captaincy of the T20 team of the Pakistan cricket team and Bazam Azam was given the captaincy of all three formats. However, after this incident, once again an attempt was made by the PCB to bring Shaheen into the team’s leadership group, but now the cricketer has refused to take this role. So after Shaheen rejected the offer of vice-captaincy, PCB can appoint Shadab Khan or Mohammad Rizwan as the vice-captain of the Pakistani team in the upcoming T20 World Cup. On the other hand, if we give you information about the upcoming T20 World Cup, then this time this multinational tournament is going to start from June 2 under the joint hosting of West Indies and USA. On the other hand, Pakistan will start its title campaign with a match against USA on June 6. This match between the two teams will be played at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas. Pakistan Cricket Team for Upcoming T20 World Cup: Babar Azam (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan.
Watch Video: A fan was misbehaving with Shaheen Afridi, then the bowler did such a thing…
A video of Shaheen Afridi is making headlines on social media, in which he is seen arguing with a fan. Shaheen Afridi (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Pakistan cricket team is currently busy in the three-match T20 series against Ireland. In the second match of the series, Babar Azam and Company won by 7 wickets, after which the series is tied at 1-1. Shaheen Shah Afridi took 3 wickets in the second T20 match, and played a key role in the victory. Meanwhile, a video of the fast bowler is making headlines on social media, in which he is seen arguing with a fan. This incident happened between fan and Shaheen Afridi In the video, when Shaheen Afridi was meeting his fans, an Afghanistan fan started misbehaving with the player. After which Shaheen was seen arguing with that fan. Shaheen Afridi then informed the security personnel about this action of the fan, then they took the fan out of the ground. Watch that video of Shaheen Afridi here- breaking news Shaheen Afridi’s bitter words to the Afghan fans while going to the ground from the dressing room. Shaheen Afridi informed the security head about the matter. After the incident, the Pakistani security head kicked the suspect out of the ground. pic.twitter.com/c7k6TsoeVu — Imran Yousafzai (@DailyNewsmart) May 13, 2024 Talking about the T20 series being played between Pakistan and Ireland, Pakistan had to face defeat by 5 wickets in the first match. Then the team came back in the second T20 match and registered a spectacular victory by 7 wickets. In the second match played in Dublin, Ireland, batting first, scored 193 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. Lorcan Tucker played the highest innings of 51 runs. Whereas Shaheen Shah Afridi took 3 wickets for 49 runs in 4 overs. While chasing the target, Pakistan registered victory due to the brilliant innings of Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman. Fakhar Zaman played an inning of 78 runs in 40 balls. Mohammad Rizwan had scored unbeaten 75 runs in 46 balls, while Azam Khan had played an unbeaten inning of 30 runs in 10 balls. The last match of the series between the two teams will be played on 14 May.
“If you can’t respect the bowler then at least respect the balls”- Sehwag gave a lesson to Rohit and SKY
Following Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav’s poor performance at the Eden Gardens during Mumbai Indians’ 18-run defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday, May 11, Virender Sehwag came down heavily on both the batsmen. In this 16 over match due to rain, Knight Riders batted first and scored 157/7. In reply, the visiting team got off to a bright start in the powerplay, with Ishan Kishan scoring a blistering 40 runs in 22 balls. However, his opening partner Rohit was seen struggling to score runs in this match and was eventually dismissed after scoring 19 runs in 24 balls. He tried to play a sweep shot to Varun Chakraborty, but here he was out. Apart from Rohit, Suryakumar’s bat also remained calm in this match and after scoring 11 runs in 14 balls, he was out on the ball of Andre Russell. He tried to play a shot on the slow short ball from outside the off-stump but could not time it properly and was caught out at deep square. Both the experienced Indian batsmen were out after playing a slow innings with a strike rate of less than 100. Former India opener Sehwag criticized the manner of dismissal of both the players, especially Rohit. He said it is important to keep the ego off the field and respect good balls in difficult situations. Sehwag was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz that, “Whoever bowls well, just play him. If two wickets had not fallen, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav could have finished the match an over earlier. Vaibhav Arora, Mitchell Starc, Andre Russell and Harshit Rana were to bowl anyway; If they had played the spinners and not lost wickets, they would have won the match easily.” The former Indian cricketer also said, “You cannot be arrogant when you come to bat. You play them or punish weak balls. Naman Dheer came in at the very end and hit two sixes and a four; If Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav had set out on it, he would have hit a boundary in 5 balls. You may be Rohit Sharma or Suryakumar Yadav, but if you cannot respect the bowler then at least respect the balls. The ball on which Rohit Sharma got out was not a weak ball, there is no doubt that Rohit and Suryakumar are great players, but it does not mean that you should hit good balls also.”
New bowler entered Gujarat Titans at the end of IPL 2024, replaced Sushant Mishra.
Gurnoor Sing Brar (Photo Source: Punjab Cricket) Gujarat Titans have included Gurnoor Singh Brar in the squad in place of left-arm fast bowler Sushant Mishra for the remaining matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Gurnoor is a right-arm fast bowler who is known for his pace bowling. He has played five first-class matches and one List-A match for Punjab in domestic cricket. Gujarat Titans signed him for IPL 2024 at his base price of Rs 20 lakh. He played one match for Punjab Kings in 2023, when he was included in the team as a replacement for injured all-rounder Raj Angad Bawa. Meanwhile, Sushant, who played for India in the 2020 Men’s U19 World Cup and represented Jharkhand in domestic cricket, has suffered a side injury. The Ranchi-born cricketer was signed by Gujarat Titans for Rs 2.20 crore. But this season he did not get a chance to play in even a single match. Sushant Mishra impressed everyone in first class cricket The 22-year-old cricketer started his cricketing career under the guidance of late Shashikant Pathak at Argora Cricket Academy in Ranchi. With hard work and perseverance, he made it to the Jharkhand state team in age group cricket. In his first-class career, he impressed everyone by taking 20 wickets in seven matches. Creating a stir in List A cricket, Sushant caught everyone’s attention by taking 15 wickets in 10 matches. After that he represented India in the Under-19 World Cup in 2020. He represented Royal Challengers Bangalore for two years before moving to Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2022 IPL season.
LSG vs KKR, Shot of the Day: Sunil Narayan showed his swag in Ekana with this shot, the bowler was stunned
Sunil Narayan played an inning of 81 runs in 39 balls against Lucknow. Sunil Narine & Yash Thakur (Photo Source: IPL 2024: LSG vs KKR, Shot of the Day: The second match of IPL 2024 on May 5 is being played between Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders at Ekana Cricket Stadium. In the points table, KKR is at second place with 14 points and LSG is at fourth place with 12 points. After losing the toss and coming to bat first, Kolkata team has put 235 runs on the board at the loss of 6 wickets. Sunil Narayan once again played a brilliant half-century for the team. During the innings, the batsman had hit a brilliant six on the ball of Yash Thakur, which remains a topic of discussion. Sunil Narayan created ruckus in Ekana Yash Thakur bowled the 9th over of Kolkata Knight Riders’ innings. On the second ball of this over, Angkrish Raghuvanshi hit a brilliant six on the short ball towards deep square leg. Raghuvanshi ran for one run on the third ball, then Sunil Narayan came to the crease. Sunil Narayan hit a brilliant six towards deep mid-wicket while pulling the fourth ball, the ball fell straight into the middle of the audience. SAILING AWAY ⛵️ Sunil Narine’s fabulous run continues with another stroke full FIFTY 💥 He also crosses the 4️⃣0️⃣0️⃣- run mark for the first time in #TATAIPL Watch the match LIVE on @JioCinema and @StarSportsIndia #LSGvKKR , @KKRiders pic.twitter.com/Iw1aeFz9nQ — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 5, 2024 Sunil Narayan lost his wicket against Ravi Bishnoi in the 12th over of the innings. He played a brilliant inning of 81 runs in 39 balls with the help of 6 fours and 7 sixes. Ramandeep Singh also hit some brilliant shots in the death overs. Ramandeep Singh, facing his second ball in the 19th over of the innings, hit an amazing six towards deep mid-wicket. Then he hit another six towards long-on on the last ball of the over. A total of 17 runs were scored in this over bowled by Lucknow bowler Yudhveer Singh. Batting at a strike rate of 416.67, Ramandeep Singh played an unbeaten inning of 25 runs with the help of 3 sixes and one four in 6 balls. 𝗞𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗠 💥 Ramandeep Singh adding merry to #KKR‘s total 😊 Watch the match LIVE on @JioCinema and @StarSportsIndia #TATAIPL , #LSGvKKR , @KKRiders pic.twitter.com/U3nxM2vuOx — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 5, 2024
‘I had decided to settle in Canada a few years ago’, this Punjab Kings bowler made a big revelation
In the current season of IPL, Harpreet Brar has taken six wickets in 10 matches at an average of 39.67. Harpreet Brar (Photo Source: Punjab Kings spinner Harpreet Brar has bowled very economically in this IPL 2024 season and has impressed everyone with his bowling. Meanwhile, the spin bowler has made a big revelation. He told that a few years ago he had decided to give up his dream of playing cricket in India. Not only this, he had also planned to settle in Canada. Let us tell you that Brar made his debut for Punjab Kings in IPL 2019. Since then he has been with the franchise and is an important part of the team’s bowling lineup. Talking about his IPL career, Brar, who has played 38 matches so far, has taken 24 wickets at an average of 34.58 and strike rate of 27.04. In the current season of IPL, Harpreet Brar has taken six wickets in 10 matches at an average of 39.67. He has been the most economical bowler of his team and his economy is 7.21. Entire Punjab wants to go to Canada – Harpreet Brar Meanwhile, Brar said in an interview with The Indian Express, “Paji, the whole of Punjab wants to go to Canada. I was very disappointed. But I think destiny had something else written for me.” Harpreet Brar further said, those things gave him hope. Everyone was impressed and even surprised that I had not yet made my first-class debut. Two years have passed, but I am optimistic that next time I will go into that dressing room as a player and not as a net bowler. Was a net bowler of Indian cricket team Let us tell you that even after playing Under-16 cricket for Punjab, Brar was ignored by the junior selectors. However, he ultimately decided to stay in India and it paid off in 2017. When he was selected for the Under-23 Punjab team. He took 57 wickets in the Colonel CK Nayudu Trophy winning campaign for Punjab. The player hasn’t played much cricket for Punjab since then, but his two stints as a net bowler with Team India have given him a lot of encouragement. Head coach Rahul Dravid praised his talent during the Asia Cup 2022 and India’s tour of West Indies in the same year.
“I was confident that he will do the job for us…” – This young bowler praised Bhuvi
SRH (Pic Source-X) Sunrisers Hyderabad youngster Nitish Kumar Reddy praised his teammate, experienced fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar for his match-winning spell against Rajasthan Royals in the 50th game of IPL 2024. After SRH scored a total of 201 runs, the team’s bowlers performed brilliantly and helped the team win by 1 run. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was adjudged Player of the Match for his brilliant spell. Bhuvi took three wickets for 41 runs in his four-over spell and played a key role in SRH winning the match. The experienced fast bowler also defended two runs by dismissing Rovman Powell on the last ball. after the match Reddy said that he had an idea that Bhuvneshwar Kumar would successfully defend the runs in the last over. Nitish Kumar Reddy praised Bhuvneshwar Kumar fiercely. In the press conference after the match, Nitish Reddy said, “I was seeing who would bowl. When I saw that Bhuvneshwar was going to bowl, I was confident that he would do the job for us. He did this several times during his tenure. I didn’t think we would win, I thought we would either lose or tie. But I was very happy to get a wicket on the last ball.” Apart from this, Nitish srh Considered his role in the lineup. The youngster talked about how the team was losing early wickets in their recent matches. However, him being able to last until the 13th or 14th over gave Heinrich Klaasen the freedom to play his natural game. Nitish said, “For the last two matches, we have been losing wickets quickly and I had to go out to bat early. My role is to play till the 13th and 14th overs so that Klaasen gets the license to play freely. It doesn’t make sense that Klaasen and Samad are coming early, but are not able to score freely.”
