MS Dhoni wanted to retire after his first Test century, VVS Laxman made a big revelation

MS Dhoni played 90 Test matches for India in his career, in which he scored 4876 runs with the help of 6 centuries and 33 half-centuries. MS Dhoni (Photo Source: Getty Images) Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) is considered one of the legendary players of the cricket world. India has won three ICC trophies under Dhoni’s captaincy, he is the only captain in the world to do such a feat. MS Dhoni made his international cricket debut for India in 2004. Dhoni first led India in the T20 format. Then he got the captaincy of the team in ODI and Test formats. Just two years after becoming the Test captain, Dhoni wanted to retire from the longest format of the game. Let us tell you the whole story behind this- VVS Laxman had revealed this about MS Dhoni Former Indian veteran player VVS Laxman had told during an interview given to Star Sports a few years ago that, after scoring his first Test century of his career against Pakistan in Faisalabad in 2006, MS Dhoni had talked about retiring from the format and all the players in the dressing room were shocked to hear this joke. VVS Laxman said, I remember when Dhoni came back to the dressing room after scoring a century and he shouted loudly, “Now I will announce my retirement. I have hit a century in Test cricket, that’s it, friend. I don’t want anything from Test cricket anymore.” We were all shocked to hear this but this is what makes him Dhoni. The match was drawn due to Dhoni’s innings Talking about that Test match between Pakistan and India, Pakistan scored 588 runs in the first innings. Inzamam-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi scored centuries in that match. MS Dhoni scored his first Test century while making a great partnership for the sixth wicket with Irfan Pathan. Dhoni scored 148 runs and due to his innings, India was successful in drawing the match. MS Dhoni played 90 Test matches for India in his career, in which he scored 4876 runs with the help of 6 centuries and 33 half-centuries. At the same time, under his captaincy, he has made India win 27 out of 60 Test matches.

Ishan Kishan, angry at not being selected in the Indian team, created a stir in the Buchi Babu Cricket Tournament, hit 10 sixes and scored a century for Jharkhand

Ishan Kishan completed his century in 86 balls in the match being played against Madhya Pradesh. Ishan Kishan (Pic Source-X) Indian team’s best wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan scored a stormy century while playing for Jharkhand in a Group A match against Madhya Pradesh in the ongoing Buchi Babu tournament. Ishan Kishan completed his century in 86 balls in the match being played against Madhya Pradesh. During his innings, he did not spare any bowler from Madhya Pradesh and continuously attacked them. He hit 10 sixes in his innings. Not only this, the brilliant player completed his century with a six. Many people are praising his innings. Let us tell you, Ishan Kishan has not been seen participating in international cricket for India for a long time. Ishan Kishan refused to participate in Ranji Trophy 2024, after which he has also been dropped from the BCCI central contract. In the match being played against Madhya Pradesh, Ishan Kishan came to bat at number 6 for Jharkhand. As soon as he came, he started playing aggressive cricket. Kishan scored the most runs against Ramveer Gurjar, Adhir Pratap Singh and Akash Rajawat. He hit 8 sixes against these three bowlers. Apart from this, he hit a six off Parush Mandal. You can guess how great Ishan’s innings was from the fact that he scored 71 percent of his century runs from sixes and fours. Ishaan Kishan was seen in his old rhythm Ishan Kishan himself decided that he wanted to participate in the Buchi Babu Cricket Tournament and Jharkhand appointed him as the captain of their team. The tournament has started quite well for Kishan and the experienced player will look to bat in the same manner in the future as well. Kishan did not get a place in the Indian team of the recently concluded ICC T20 World Cup 2024. However, the Champions Trophy 2025 is to be played next year and Ishan Kishan would definitely like to participate in it. Not only this, before this tournament, the Indian team has to play Test series against Bangladesh and Australia. Ishan Kishan will definitely have his eyes on both these series. Highest wicket taker for India in Test series against Bangladesh- There will be no Impact Player rule in IPL 2025..! Jay Shah gave a big statement Yuvraj Singh had a heart attack because of Sourav Ganguly…! This is the real status of Pakistan..! Match tickets are being sold for peanuts This player has won the most “Player of the Series” awards The coach had caught hold of Sehwag’s collar, Veeru got furious and then… Anjali’s mother considered Sachin Tendulkar a ‘PLAYBOY’ and then… Top 5 batsmen who scored the most runs for India since 2020 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped

Gaby Lewis created history by scoring a century against Sri Lanka, becoming the first Irish female cricketer to do so

Lewis became the 11th batsman to score two or more centuries in the shortest format of the game. Gaby Lewis. (Photo Source: The Ireland women’s team defeated Sri Lanka by seven runs in the second T20 match on Tuesday. With this, Ireland leveled the 2-match T20 series 1-1. In this match, Ireland’s Gaby Lewis achieved a major feat by scoring a century. She has joined the list of players who have scored two or more centuries in T20 International. She is the first Irish female cricketer to achieve this record. Talking about the match, Ireland batted first and scored 173 runs in 20 overs losing three wickets, in reply, Sri Lanka’s team could only score 166 runs in 20 overs losing seven wickets. This was Gabby Lewis’s second T20 International century. Earlier, she had scored an unbeaten 105 against Germany. According to the ICC, this right-handed player is now one of the 11 female players to score two or more centuries in the T20 format. Gaby Lewis played a historic innings against Sri Lanka Gabby Lewis hit 17 fours and two sixes in her century against Sri Lanka. She shared a 119-run partnership with Orla Prendergast (38) to help Ireland post a big score. According to the ICC, this was Ireland’s first win over Sri Lanka in women’s cricket and helped the European team level the T20 series 1-1, after which the three-match ODI series will start in Belfast on Friday. Talking about the players who have scored the most centuries in women’s T20Is, Tanzania’s Fatuma Kibasu and Sri Lanka captain Chamari Atapattu both have scored three T20 centuries each, while Lewis and West Indies pair Deandra Dottin-Hayley Matthews have scored two centuries in the format. She joins England’s Danni Wyatt, Australia’s Meg Lanning and Beth Mooney, Uganda’s Proscovia Alako, Romania’s Rebecca Blake and UAE’s Isha Ojha in scoring two centuries each.

On This Day In 2021: On this day KL Rahul scored an iconic century at Lord’s, fans still remember it

On this day in the year 2021, KL Rahul played a brilliant innings of 129 runs against England at the Lord’s Cricket Ground. KL Rahul (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Indian player KL Rahul was recently seen playing in the ODI series of the Sri Lanka tour. Rahul’s performance in the first two matches was not very good, due to which the management dropped him in the third ODI and included Rishabh Pant in the playing 11. Team India will now be seen playing the Test series against Bangladesh directly from September 19. Meanwhile, the cricket world is remembering the brilliant century played by KL Rahul against England at Lord’s Cricket Ground on this day, 12 August 2021. This innings of Rahul is considered to be one of the best innings played by an Indian batsman on England soil in Tests. KL Rahul has got his name registered on the honour board of Lord’s Stadium The second match of the five-match Test series between England and India in the year 2021 was played at Lord’s Cricket Ground from 12-16 August. In the first innings of this match, the opening pair of KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma gave Team India a great start, with a partnership of 126 runs for the first wicket between the two batsmen. KL Rahul faced 250 balls and scored 129 runs with the help of 12 fours and a six. It was on the basis of this brilliant century that India scored 364 runs in the first innings. Let us tell you, KL Rahul got his name registered on the honor board of Lord’s Cricket Stadium by scoring a century. THE KL RAHUL SPECIAL AT LORD’S…!!!! – Rahul smashed an iconic hundred “OTD in 2021” to help India win a famous victory at the Home of Cricket. pic.twitter.com/6RTFgjosiH — Johns (@CricCrazyJohns) August 12, 2024 Rahul also won the Player of the Match title Host England also played brilliantly in the first innings of the Lord’s Test, the team scored 391 runs on the basis of Joe Root’s innings of 180 runs. India then declared the second innings at 298 runs, Ajinkya Rahane scored the highest score of 61 runs. At the same time, Mohammad Shami scored an unbeaten 56 runs. England’s team was all out for 120 runs while chasing a target of 272 runs and India registered a historic victory of 151 runs at Lord’s. Mohammad Siraj took 4 wickets and Jasprit Bumrah took 3 wickets. KL Rahul won the Player of the Match title by making the biggest contribution in this victory.

SL vs IND: Avishka Fernando missed a century in the third ODI, but won the POTM award

In the third ODI, Avishka Fernando played a match-winning inning of 96 runs in 102 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes for Sri Lanka. Avishka Fernando (Pic Source-X) Today, on 7th August, Sri Lanka defeated India by 110 runs in the third ODI match played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. With this victory, Sri Lanka won the three-match ODI series 2-0. The performance of India’s batsmen was quite disappointing in this entire series. If we talk about Sri Lanka’s spinners, they left their mark in the ODI series. In the third ODI, Avishka Fernando played a match-winning innings of 96 runs in 102 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes from Sri Lanka. He played a brilliant innings for his team by batting brilliantly against the Indian bowlers. Due to this innings, the Sri Lankan player was given the Player of the Match award. While Avishka Fernando won the Player of the Match award in the third ODI, Dunith Wellalage won the Player of the Series award. Dunith Wellalage put pressure on the Indian team players not only with his batting but also with his bowling in this entire series. Let us tell you, Sri Lanka has defeated India in a bilateral series after 27 years. Apart from Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis scored 59 runs for the hosts while Pathum Nissanka contributed 45 runs. Sri Lanka won the ODI series 2-0 The Indian team, which came out to chase the target, was all out for 138 runs. For the Indian team, captain Rohit Sharma played an aggressive innings of 35 runs with the help of 6 fours and 1 six in 20 balls. Apart from Rohit Sharma, Washington Sundar contributed 30 runs. Virat Kohli scored 20 runs while Riyan Parag returned to the pavilion after scoring 15 runs. Apart from these four batsmen, no other player could cross the 10-run mark. For Sri Lanka, Dunith Wellalage took 5 wickets for 27 runs in 5.1 overs while Jeffrey Vandersay and Mahesh Theekshana took 2 wickets each. Asitha Fernando took one wicket. 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

SL vs IND, 3rd ODI: Fernando missed a century, debutant Riyan Parag took 3 wickets, India will have to score 249 runs to win

Batting first against India, Sri Lanka has put 248 runs on the board. SL vs IND, Riyan Parag (Photo Source: Getty Images) SL vs IND, 3rd ODI: 1st Innings Highlights: The last match of the three-match ODI series between Sri Lanka and India is being played on 7 August at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. The host team won the toss and batted first and scored 248 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Avishka Fernando scored the highest 96 runs, while debutant Riyan Parag took the maximum 3 wickets for India. SL vs IND: Sri Lanka scored 41 runs in the powerplay without losing any wicket Sri Lanka’s performance in the powerplay of the third ODI against India was good. The team scored 41 runs without losing any wicket. Pathum Nissanka scored 19 runs in 34 balls and Avishka Fernando scored 21 runs in 26 balls in the powerplay. India got its first success in the 20th over In the third ODI, Indian bowlers had to struggle for a long time to take wickets. Axar Patel gave the team its first success by dismissing Pathum Nissanka on the last ball of the 20th over. Pathum Nissanka and Avishka Fernando had an 89-run partnership for the first wicket. Nissanka tried to play a slog-sweep shot, but got a top-edge and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant took a good catch at cover. Pathum Nissanka scored 45 runs in 65 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes. Avishka Fernando missed the century After losing the first wicket at a score of 89, Kusal Mendis and Avishka Fernando took charge. Both batsmen played an important partnership of 82 runs for the second wicket. Avishka Fernando missed out on scoring a century due to the brilliant bowling of debutant Riyan Parag. Parag gave the team another big success by dismissing Fernando in the 36th over of the innings. Avishka Fernando faced 102 balls and scored 96 runs with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes. SL vs IND: The performance of Sri Lanka’s middle order was shameful Sri Lanka’s middle order batsmen – captain Charith Asalanka (10), Sadeera Samarawickrama (0), and Janith Leyanage (8) – all three batsmen failed to make a respectable score. Charith Asalanka was dismissed by Riyan Parag in the 38th over of the innings. Sadeera Samarawickrama lost his wicket to Mohammad Siraj in the 39th over and Janith Leyanage lost his wicket to Washington Sundar in the 43rd over. Kusal Mendis played a half century innings Kusal Mendis played an innings of 59 runs with the help of 4 fours in 81 balls. He lost his wicket against Kuldeep Yadav on the fourth ball of the 49th over of the innings. Kamindu Mendis played an unbeaten innings of 23 runs in 19 balls for the team. Debutant Riyan Parag performed brilliantly with the ball Riyan Parag took 3 wickets for 54 runs in a spell of 9 overs against Sri Lanka. Parag dismissed Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka and Dunith Welalage. Mohammad Siraj, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Washington…

Sri Lankan player created history, became the first player to score a century in Women’s Asia Cup

Chamari Atapattu becomes the first player to score a century in Women’s T20 Asia Cup Chamari Athapaththu (Pic Source-X) Today, a match is being played between Sri Lanka and Malaysia in the Women’s Asia Cup 2024. Where Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu has created a new record. She scored a century with brilliant batting, which no one could do before. She has become the first player to score a century in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup. Let us tell you that Sri Lanka won the toss against Malaysia and decided to bat first and scored 184 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Chamari Atapattu created history against Malaysia. She scored an unbeaten 119 runs in 69 balls, which included 14 fours and 7 sixes. During this, her strike rate was 172.46. With this, Chamari is the first batsman to score a century in the history of Women’s T20 Asia Cup. While Chamari scored a century, other Sri Lankan batsmen could not score a half-century. Anushka Sanjeevani’s second highest score was 31 runs. Harshita Madvi contributed 26 runs. Take a look at the current points table Talking about the points table of Women’s Asia Cup 2024, the Indian team is at the top of Group A by winning two consecutive matches. At the same time, Pakistan and Nepal have won one match each. Pakistan is at second and Nepal is at third place. Apart from this, Thailand’s team is at the top in Group B with two points. Sri Lanka also has two points, if it wins the match today, it will reach the top. The Indian team led by Harmanpreet Kaur is leading its group by winning two matches so far and it seems certain to reach the semi-finals. Pakistan is also likely to reach the semi-finals from Group A. Sri Lanka seems certain to reach the semi-finals from Group B.

Abhishek Sharma’s first international T20 century was celebrated in a grand manner by his family, you can also watch the video

India defeated Zimbabwe by 100 runs in the second T20 match played in Harare. Abhishek Sharma (Pic Source-X) India defeated Zimbabwe by 100 runs in the second T20 match played in Harare. Let us tell you, in this match, young opener Abhishek Sharma from the Indian team played aggressive batting and played a match winning innings of 100 runs in 47 balls with the help of 7 fours and 8 sixes. Abhishek Sharma did not spare any bowler of Zimbabwe and hit hard against everyone. All the cricket fans became fans of Abhishek’s innings and praised it a lot. Not only this, Abhishek Sharma’s parents and sister enjoyed this century sitting at home. Abhishek Sharma’s sister Komal has shared a video on her social media account in which she and her parents can be seen celebrating the young batsman’s century. Komal Sharma shared this video on her social media account and wrote in its caption, ‘From dream to reality. Celebration of Abhishek Sharma’s first century for India. It is an honour for us.’ Here is the video: Dream to reality 🥹❤️Abhishek Sharma’s first century celebrations for India 🇮🇳 The most proud moment for us.#AbhishekSharma #ZIMvIND pic.twitter.com/cFqewd1BJO — Dr. Komal Sharma (@KomalSharma_20) July 7, 2024 Let us tell you, in the first match played between these two teams, Abhishek Sharma was out without opening his account. However, he made a great comeback in the second T20 and scored an important century for his team. After scoring a century, this young player was seen talking to former Indian player and his mentor Yuvraj Singh on a video call. Yuvraj Singh was also very happy with Abhishek Sharma’s century. Talking about the match, India batted first and scored 234 runs for the loss of two wickets in 20 overs thanks to Abhishek Sharma’s century. Apart from Abhishek Sharma, Rituraj Gaikwad played an innings of 77* runs while Rinku Singh contributed 48 runs. In response, the hosts were all out for 134 runs. For India, Avesh Khan took three wickets for 15 runs in three overs while Ravi Bishnoi took two wickets for 11 runs in four overs. Mukesh Kumar also took three wickets. 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

ZIM vs IND: Abhishek Sharma won the POTM award in the second T20 match, he scored a stormy century

Abhishek Sharma played a stormy century innings ABHISHEK SHARMA (Image Credit- Twitter X) A five-match T20 series is currently going on between Zimbabwe and India (ZIM vs IND). The second match of the series was played between the two teams today on Sunday, July 7 at Harare Sports Club in Harare. Let us tell you that in this match, Team India defeated the host team by 100 runs and tied the T20 series 1-1. So before this match, Team India had to face defeat by 13 runs in the first T20 match. So taking lessons from this defeat, Team India made a great comeback and won by 100 runs. Talking about the match, batting first, the Indian team set a strong target of 235 runs for Zimbabwe to win, while chasing which they could score only 134 runs and had to face a huge defeat of 100 runs in the match. Abhishek Sharma won the POTM Award Playing only his second T20 match, young all-rounder Abhishek Sharma played a vital role in helping Team India reach the score of 235 runs. Abhishek completed his century in 46 balls and became the 9th player from India to score a century in T20 International cricket. In the match, he scored a total of 100 runs in 47 balls with the help of 7 fours and 8 towering sixes. While playing a big shot on the last ball of the 14th over, he got out on the ball of Wellington Masakadza. So after the match was over, Abhishek Sharma was given the Player of the Match award for this amazing batting. A spectacular century earned Abhishek Sharma the Player of the Match award in the second T20I clash with Zimbabwe.#ZIMvsIND #AbhishekSharma #POTM pic.twitter.com/Z5x7EaFqUR — CricTracker (@Cricketracker) July 7, 2024 With this win, India has leveled the five-match T20 series 1-1. Now the third match of the series between the two teams will be played on July 10 at the same ground in Harare.

ZIM vs IND 2nd T20: India won the match by 100 runs, Abhishek Sharma played a century innings

Abhishek Sharma played a match-winning century for India Zimbabwe vs India, 2nd T20I (Image Credit- Twitter X) A five-match T20 series is currently going on between Zimbabwe and India. The second match of this series was played today on 7 July at Harare Sports Club. Let us tell you that in this match, Team India has won by 100 runs. With this win, India has also avenged its 13-run defeat in the first T20 match. After winning this match, Team India has leveled the T20 series 1-1. At the same time, the batsmen played an important role in helping Team India win this match. Abhishek Sharma, playing his second match, played a brilliant innings of 100 runs, while Gaikwad scored 77 runs. Zimbabwe vs India 2nd T20 match status If we tell you about the match in detail, then captain Shubman Gill won the toss and decided to bat first, but he could not show anything special in batting. Gill was caught out against Blessing Mujarbani after scoring 2 runs. But Abhishek Sharma, playing his second T20 match, scored a stormy century of 100 runs, while Rituraj Gaikwad remained unbeaten on 77* and Rinku Singh on 48*. Team India scored 234 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 20 overs. Talking about Zimbabwe’s bowling, apart from Muzarabani, Wellington Masakadza got another wicket. After this, when Zimbabwe came out to chase the strong target of 235 runs given by the Indian team, they were all out for 134 runs in 18.4 overs due to the excellent bowling of Team India. For Zimbabwe, Wessly Madhevere played the best innings of 43 runs, while Brian Bennett played an innings of 26 runs. Apart from this, no other player could score more runs. Talking about India’s bowling, Mukesh Kumar and Avesh Khan got 3-3 wickets. Apart from this, Ravi Bishnoi got 2 and Washington Sundar got 1 wicket.