MLC 2024: Travis Head’s bat broke due to Andre Russell’s lethal bowling, video goes viral
This incident was seen in the 11th match of Major League Cricket MLC (Image Credit- Twitter/X) A strange incident has been seen in match number 11 of the ongoing Major League Cricket (MLC) 2024. Let us tell you that in this match, Australian opener Travis Head’s bat broke on the bowling of Caribbean all-rounder Andre Russell, the video of which went viral on social media in no time. This 11th match of the tournament was played between Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) and Washington Freedom (WSF) at Church Street Park Stadium in Mooresville. During Washington’s innings in this match, Russell bowled a short length ball, on which Head’s bat broke while playing a pull shot and fell in the mid-on region. Also, as soon as Head’s bat broke, his reaction was also worth watching. Watch this viral video of Travis Head’s bat breaking Washington Freedom (WSF) won the match by 8 wickets On the other hand, if we tell you the status of the match, Washington Freedom has won by 8 wickets against Los Angeles Knight Riders. Losing the toss and batting first, Los Angeles was all out on a total score of 129 runs in 18.4 overs. Saif Badar was the only one who could play the best innings of 35 runs for the team, while Andre Russell contributed 20 runs. Apart from this, no other player could score more runs. Talking about Washington’s bowling, Saurabh Netravalkar got the maximum 4 wickets, Glenn Maxwell got 3, Lockie Ferguson got 2 and Rachin Ravindra got 1 wicket. After this, Washington Freedom came out to chase the target of 130 runs given by Los Angeles, and achieved it in just 16 overs on the basis of Travis Head’s brilliant innings of 54 runs. Apart from Head, captain Steve Smith remained unbeaten on 42 and Andries Goos remained unbeaten on 15*. From Los Angeles’ side, only Spencer Johnson and Shadley van Schalkwyk got 1-1 wickets.
Virat Kohli made a big revelation about James Anderson’s bowling action, here is the video
In international cricket, there has always been a fierce clash between bat and ball between these two players. James Anderson and Virat Kohli (Photo Source: Getty Images) England’s legendary fast bowler James Anderson has recently retired from international cricket. James Anderson played his last international match against West Indies at Lord’s Cricket Ground. Let us tell you, a three-match Test series is currently being played between England and West Indies. James Anderson has retired from international cricket after the first Test of this series. After James Anderson retired from international cricket, Star Sports shared a video on their social media account and they paid tribute to the English fast bowler in a special way. They also shared a clip of Virat Kohli in which the Indian batsman praised Anderson a lot. Let us tell you, in international cricket, there has always been a fierce clash between these two players between bat and ball. Both the players have always dominated each other. Virat Kohli also revealed that when he started playing cricket, he used to copy James Anderson’s bowling action. Virat Kohli told Star Sports, ‘During the English tour, we were playing a Test match in Southampton and James Anderson was bowling. After the match was over, I told him that I used to copy his bowling action when I was in the cricket academy.’ Here is the video: Let us tell you, James Anderson took a total of 704 wickets in his international Test career. James Anderson and Virat Kohli faced each other 36 times in Test cricket in which the Indian batsman scored 305 runs with the help of 39 boundaries while the English fast bowler took Kohli’s wicket seven times. James Anderson told Sky Sports, ‘Sometimes you get to see ups and downs. In some series you feel very good but in the next you are not able to perform well at all. In the early days against Virat Kohli, you felt that the Indian batsman could be dismissed on every ball but now it is very difficult to dismiss him.’ 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Zaheer Khan may become the bowling coach of Team India: Reports
Gautam Gambhir has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian cricket team replacing Rahul Dravid. Dravid parted ways with Team India after the victory in the T20 World Cup 2024. The BCCI has handed Gambhir a five-year contract where the former KKR captain will lead the team in five ICC tournaments including ICC Champions Trophy 2025, T20 World Cup 2026, ODI World Cup 2027 and WTC 2025-2027. Meanwhile, Gambhir has reportedly asked the BCCI to sign Abhishek Nayar as assistant coach, while he has named Vinay Kumar for bowling coach. While the BCCI reportedly has no objection to Abhishek Nayar joining Team India’s support staff, Vinay Kumar is unlikely to be included. BCCI wants to appoint Zaheer Khan as bowling coach “The BCCI is discussing the names of Zaheer Khan and Lakshmipathy Balaji for the position of bowling coach. The BCCI is not interested in Vinay Kumar,” a BCCI official was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times. Meanwhile, Jonty Rhodes is the favourite to take up the role of fielding coach. However, a Cricbuzz report also states that T Dilip’s contract may be renewed. The board will soon invite applications and a decision will be taken within the next 10 days as all the support staff will be part of the upcoming series against Sri Lanka. Let us tell you that in the absence of senior players, Team India is currently on a tour of Zimbabwe. Where it is playing a five-match T20 series. So far two matches have been played and the series is tied at 1-1. Zimbabwe surprised everyone by defeating India in the first match. But in the second T20 match, the Men in Blue made a comeback and won a spectacular victory. VVS Laxman is the coach of Team India on this tour.
IND-W vs SA-W 3rd T20I: Reema Malhotra said this big thing while praising Pooja Vastrakar’s brilliant bowling spell
The T20 series between India and South Africa has ended in a 1-1 draw. Reema Malhotra and Pooja Vastrakar (Image Credit- Twitter X) South Africa’s women’s cricket team is currently on an Indian tour. The last match of the three-match T20 series on this tour was played on 9 July at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Former Indian player Reema Malhotra was seen praising the excellent performance of Indian fast bowler Pooja Vastrakar in this match. Let us tell you that in this third T20 match, Vastrakar took 4 big wickets giving only 13 runs in 3.1 overs. Due to this performance of Pooja, the South African team batting first was reduced to just 84 runs in 17.1 overs. Reema Malhotra praised Pooja Vastrakar Let us tell you that while talking to Sports 18 after the India vs South Africa third T20 match, Reema said – The Indian team has invested a lot in her, they have given her enough time to prepare. Initially she was struggling a bit with injuries, but now a new Pooja Vastrakar is being seen. She has gained experience and has worked a lot on her fitness, which is clearly visible. Reema further said- If we talk about bowling, if the bowler knows what length to hit on a particular wicket, then you can cause headaches for the batsmen and I think this is what was seen today. We saw a change in speed, they bowled length balls, and when you bowl a higher percentage of good balls, your control will look better, and this was seen in the bowling of Pooja Vastrakar. On the other hand, after winning this match, the Indian cricket team ended the three-match T20 series at 1-1. Pooja was awarded the Player of the Match and Player of the Series awards respectively for her excellent performance during the series.
‘Don’t think too much about Indian bowling’ Morne Morkel’s big statement before IND vs SA T20 World Cup final match
The final match between the two teams will be played in Barbados Morne Morkel (Image Credit- Twitter X) Before South Africa’s final match against India, a big statement has come from former South African fast bowler Morne Morkel. Morkel says that the African team does not need to think too much about the Indian bowling. It is worth noting that the final match of the T20 World Cup 2024 being played in West Indies and USA will be played today on 29 June, Saturday between India and South Africa (IND vs SA) at Kingston Oval ground in Bridgetown, Barbados. Morkel’s big statement came out before the IND vs SA final match Let us tell you that in a discussion with ESPN Cricinfo ahead of the final match of India vs South Africa ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, Morne Morkel said – I think South Africa just needs to play at this time. However, the team knows that Jasprit Bumrah can take wickets later in the match, and his two overs in the death overs will play an important role. To be honest, they should not think too much about it (bowling). However, India has Kuldeep Yadav in the middle order, who is capable of taking wickets, he can put pressure on you. But South Africa have to get over the nervousness, and just focus on every ball. India eyes on ending 11 years of drought On the other hand, when the Indian team will face South Africa in the final match of the ongoing T20 World Cup, its eyes will be on ending the 11-year drought of not winning an ICC tournament. It is worth noting that Team India last won the Champions Trophy in the year 2013. Since then, Team India has not won any ICC tournament.
‘Bowling at the toss is a…’ Michael Vaughan after T20 World Cup semi-final loss to India
India has won against England by 68 runs. Michael Vaughan (Image Credit- Twitter X) The second semi-final match of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 was played yesterday on 27 June between India and England (IND vs ENG) at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. Let us tell you that in this match, Team India defeated England by 68 runs in a one-sided match. Batting first, the Indian team gave England a target of 172 runs. When the English team came out to chase this target given by India, they were all out for just 103 runs in 16.4 overs in front of the brilliant bowling of the Indian team. So now after England’s crushing defeat in the semi-final match, a big statement has come from the team’s former captain Michael Vaughan. He has scolded the English team and said that bowling at the time of the toss was a strange decision. Michael Vaughan lashed out at England team Let us tell you that on England’s crushing defeat against India, Michael Vaughan, in one of his columns written in The Telegraph, said – I believe that in these circumstances, England’s issues are deeper than just the coach and captain. They made some mistakes in the match, the decision to bowl after winning the toss was a strange decision. I am sure that bad weather played an important role in the match. Vaughan further said- But on a dry pitch you might have preferred to bat first against India’s spin bowlers. Perhaps England got stuck in their own plan, as they had defeated India while chasing the target on the Adelaide Oval ground two years ago. Also, let us tell you that after defeating England, now Team India is going to face South Africa in the T20 World Cup final match on June 29. This match between the two teams will be played at Kingston Oval ground in Barbados.
Will Mohammed Shami now do spin bowling due to injury? This video surprised everyone
Shami has shared his new reel video from NCA with fans. Shami (Image Credit- Instagram) Mohammed Shami has once again started preparing to return to the field, where this player is practicing bowling along with his fitness. Meanwhile, Shami has shared a new reel video with fans, where fans have got to see a different avatar of him in this video. Mohammed Shami will return soon These days Mohammed Shami is bowling with a short run up, and he is also working on his fitness at the NCA. Gradually, his bowling run up is also increasing, which suggests that he will soon return to Team India. Team India has to play Test series against Bangladesh and New Zealand at home grounds, Shami can return to the team through any one of these two series. Mohammed Shami will now bowl spin *Mohammed Shami has shared his new reel video from NCA with fans.*In this video, Shami is first seen working on his fitness on the field.*After that suddenly this player started bowling spin in the nets with full action.*He also bowled fast, but during this time Shami kept his run-up short. In this video Mohammed Shami is seen doing spin bowling Shared a special post for Team India Team India has reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, as soon as Rohit and company defeated Australia. Shami shared a special post for Team India on social media, in the caption of which this bowler wrote that revenge has been accomplished. By the way, in this World Cup, in the absence of Shami, Bumrah, Arshdeep and Hardik are bowling strongly and spinner Kuldeep Yadav is supporting them in the 22 yards. But Dubey is not being made to bowl and he is only batting. Let’s take a look at that post
I have never seen a bowler like him before: Sir Curtly Ambrose has also become a big fan of Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling
Talking about Jasprit Bumrah, he has so far taken 8 wickets in four matches at an average of 6.50. Jasprit Bumrah and Curtly Ambrose (Pic Source-X) In the currently being played ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Jasprit Bumrah has performed very well for the Indian team and has left his mark. Let us tell you, the Indian team has won all its matches of this important tournament so far. Talking about Jaspreet Bumrah, he has taken 8 wickets in four matches so far at an average of 6.50. Jaspreet Bumrah is considered one of the best fast bowlers in the world and has created a stir in international cricket in a short time. His fan following is very high all over the world. Recently, former West Indies fast bowler Sir Curtly Ambrose has also praised Jaspreet Bumrah’s bowling. ICC shared a video on its official social media account in which it can be seen that Jasprit Bumrah has taken eight wickets so far in this important tournament. Regarding his bowling, West Indies’ legendary fast bowler Sir Curtly Ambrose said, ‘I am a big fan of him. I have never seen a bowler like him before. He has speed and his line and length are also accurate. I don’t know how he does it. He walks slowly in the beginning and then throws the ball. I really don’t understand how he does it all?’ India now has to play its next match against Bangladesh In its first match of Super 8, India defeated Afghanistan by 47 runs. In this match, all the players from the Indian team performed very well and played a major role in their team’s victory. Now India has to play its next match today i.e. on 22 June against Bangladesh. If India wins the match against Bangladesh, they will almost secure their place in the semi-finals of this tournament. Jasprit Bumrah will definitely want to leave his mark in the upcoming match as well. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
SA vs USA: Saurabh Netravalkar once again stole the show with his bowling, bowled an amazing spell against South Africa
Saurabh Netravalkar took two wickets in the match against South Africa. Saurabh Netravalkar (Photo Source: Getty Images) T20 World Cup 2024: SA vs USA: The first match of the Super-8 round in the T20 World Cup 2024 was played between South Africa and America in Antigua. In this match, after losing the toss, the African team batted first and scored 194 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. In response, America failed to chase the target. Indian-origin player Saurabh Netravalkar once again performed brilliantly for his team. He bowled an economical spell against South Africa and took two important wickets. Saurabh Netravalkar gave only 21 runs in his spell Saurabh Netravalkar gave his team the first breakthrough in the match against South Africa. He sent Reeza Hendricks (11) to the pavilion in the third over. Saurabh bowled the ball with the right length, Reeza Hendricks wanted to hit an aggressive shot towards mid-off. But Corey Anderson took a brilliant catch. Saurabh then took the wicket of Aiden Markram on the last ball of the 15th over of South Africa’s innings. Short third man fielder Ali Khan took a brilliant catch. African captain Aiden Markram scored 46 runs in 32 balls with the help of 4 fours and a six. Saurabh Netravalkar took two wickets for 21 runs in his 4 over spell against South Africa.
Smriti Mandhana’s bowling action is quite similar to Virat Kohli, took her first ODI wicket, watch video
Batting first against South Africa in the second ODI, the Indian women’s team scored 325 runs for the loss of three wickets in 50 overs. Smriti Mandhana (Pic Source-X) Currently, the Indian women’s team is playing the second ODI against South Africa at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In this match, the experienced Indian team opener Smriti Mandhana batted very well and scored an important century for her team. Let us tell you, Smriti Mandhana scored back to back centuries in two ODIs against South Africa. She played an important innings for her team in the first ODI as well. Not only this, Smriti Mandhana also took her first ODI wicket during the second match. She took the wicket of Sune Luus at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. As soon as Smriti took this wicket, she was seen being very happy. Smriti Mandhana came to bowl the 15th over of South Africa’s innings. Her bowling action was quite similar to that of Virat Kohli. On the second ball of this over, Sune Luus was trying to play a big shot but the ball hit her bat and went to wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh who completed the catch quite well. Here is the video: Amen to your health! A breakthrough that will be memorable for both @mandhana_smriti and the Bengaluru crowd 😃 WATCH 🎥🔽 #TeamIndia , #INDvSA , @IDFCFIRSTBank — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) June 19, 2024 Batting first against South Africa in the second ODI, the Indian women’s team scored 3 wickets in 50 oversScored 325 runs. Smriti Mandhana batted brilliantly for India and played an aggressive innings of 136 runs in 120 balls with the help of 18 fours and 2 sixes. She did not spare any bowler of South Africa and hit hard against everyone. Apart from Smriti Mandhana, captain Harmanpreet Kaur also batted very well and played an explosive innings of 103* runs with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes in 88 balls. Richa Ghosh contributed 25* runs while Shefali Verma scored 20 runs. South Africa women’s team, which came out to chase the target, is in a very good position at the moment. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024