DTVHINDI“It’s a joke…” Why was KL Rahul dropped from the team for the third ODI? Former cricketer demands an answer
Dodda Ganesh has criticised the Indian management for their decision to leave out an experienced player like KL Rahul for this do-or-die encounter. KL Rahul (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Former India fast bowler Dodda Ganesh has questioned the decision to drop KL Rahul and replace him with Shivam Dubey in the ODI match against Sri Lanka. Ganesh called the move ridiculous and said that KL Rahul had captained India in this format only a short time ago. Sri Lanka won the series 2-0 by defeating India by 110 runs in the third and final ODI played at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday, 7 August. Batting first, the host team scored 248 runs. After this, Dunith Welalage took 5 wickets for 27 runs in 5.1 overs and the Indian team collapsed for 138 runs in 26.1 overs. The Men in Blue made two changes to their playing XI for this do-or-die encounter. Rishabh Pant replaced KL Rahul, while Riyan Parag replaced Arshdeep Singh. Ganesh on his X handle has criticised the Indian management for the decision to leave out an experienced player like KL Rahul for this do-or-die encounter. Ganesh wrote in his post “Only a crazy person would replace KL Rahul with Shivam Dube and Riyan Parag for such an important match. Can’t understand what is happening. He was leading India just 3 ODIs ago and suddenly, after a flop performance, he is out of the playing XI. What a joke. Only in a crazy universe will u have Dube and Riyan Parag playing ahead of KL Rahul, in a decider ODI. Don’t understand what’s happening. He was leading India just 3 ODIs ago and all of a sudden, one failure & he is out of the playing XI. Ridiculous is an understatement. #SLvIND — Dodda Ganesh दौद्ग गानेश (@doddaganesha) August 7, 2024 The 51-year-old former Karnataka fast bowler also warned that dropping players after one or two failures could create a sense of insecurity in them. He wrote in the next post- “If a player who had great success last year can be dropped on a technicality after one failure, it creates a sense of insecurity among the players. Well, you can’t build a cricket team like that. Who would have thought that India would lose so easily to Sri Lanka?” If a player who’s had great success in the last year can be dropped after technically one failure, it creates a sense of insecurity amongst players. Well, you can’t build cricket teams like this. Who would’ve thought that India would lose to SL so convincingly? #SLvIND — Dodda Ganesh दौद्ग गानेश (@doddaganesha) August 7, 2024 What is your opinion? Was it the right move to keep KL Rahul out of the team in the last decisive match?
“Ban the players, retain 7-8 players…”- Kavya Maran made these three big demands before IPL 2025
Kavya Maran is the owner of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Poetry Maran. (Photo Source: Twitter) Many important issues were discussed in the meeting held yesterday at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. During this meeting, opinions were divided on issues ranging from the mega auction to the impact player rule. Among the team owners or co-owners who attended this meeting were Shahrukh Khan from Kolkata Knight Riders, Kavya Maran from Sunrisers Hyderabad, Ness Wadia from Punjab Kings, Sanjeev Goenka from Lucknow Super Giants along with his son Shashwat. Along with this, Parth Jindal of Delhi Capitals was also present. Manoj Badale and Ranjit Barthakur from Rajasthan Royals, Prathamesh Mishra from Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kashi Vishwanathan and Rupa Gurunath from Chennai Super Kings, Amit Soni from Gujarat Titans while the owner of Mumbai Indians participated in it online. In this meeting, the owner of Sunrisers Hyderabad has put forward some big demands before the upcoming season. SRH owner Kavya Maran made this demand in the meeting of BCCI and Owners According to a Cricbuzz report, SRH owner Kavya Maran has said, “It takes a lot of time to build a team and as discussed, grooming young players also takes a lot of time and investment. It took Abhishek Sharma 3 years to bring stability in his performance. You will agree that other teams have many such examples. She prefers mini auctions every year instead of mega auctions. Kavya Maran further said, “After being bought in the auction, if a player does not play the entire season for any reason other than injury, he should be banned. The franchise puts a lot of effort in the auction, if a player goes for a low amount and he does not come. So it affects the team combination.” Along with this, SRH owner has demanded to remove the restriction on the number of foreign players, because last time BCCI allowed to retain maximum 2 foreign players only, since every team is formed in different way which includes Indian players, foreign players and uncapped players.
‘Please give me a photo sir’, fan stops MS Dhoni’s car worth crores and demands a selfie
Dhoni never disappoints his fans MS Dhoni with his fans (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Even after the retirement of former Indian team captain MS Dhoni from international cricket, his popularity has not decreased. During the IPL, fans are desperate to get a glimpse of him. Dhoni also never disappoints his fans. Recently, a video of him has surfaced, in which a fan stops his car and asks for a selfie. In the video, a young fan can be heard saying, “Give me one photo, just one photo. Give me one photo sir, one photo please, it will take just one second. One minute, please roll down the window sir please.” After this, Dhoni rolls down the window of his car and gets a picture clicked with the fan. This video is becoming viral very fast on social media and many reactions of fans are also being seen. Let us tell you that recently a video of MS Dhoni went viral, in which he was seen enjoying holidays at his farm house with his family. Watch the viral video here MS Dhoni making his fans happy 💛 – Thala is an emotion…!!!!!pic.twitter.com/SARgLiOxm6 — Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 17, 2024 MS Dhoni was recently seen playing in the 2024 edition of the IPL. Before the start of the season, he handed over the captaincy of Chennai Super Kings to Rituraj Gaikwad. CSK had a mixed performance under Gaikwad’s captaincy. The team won 7 and lost 7 out of 14 matches. CSK’s team finished fifth with 14 points. RCB also had 14 points, but due to better net run rate, it was able to qualify for the playoffs. Whereas Chennai Super Kings failed to qualify for the playoffs.
‘Babar should play at number 3’ Shahid Afridi demands major changes in Pakistan’s batting order
Pakistan has lost two consecutive matches in the ongoing T20 World Cup Shahid Afridi and Babar Azam (Image Credit- Twitter X) The start of the Pakistan cricket team in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 in West Indies and USA has not been very good. The team has played two matches so far, in which it has faced defeat. Pakistan was defeated by USA in the first super over match. After this, Pakistan was defeated by the Indian team by 6 runs in a close match. The team also disappointed in batting. On the other hand, now after this performance of the Pakistan cricket team in the T20 World Cup, a big statement of former legendary all-rounder Shahid Afridi has come out. Afridi says that Babar should play at number 3 in the Pakistani team. Shahid Afridi made a big statement about the Pakistani batting order Let us tell you that during the ongoing T20 World Cup, Shahid Afridi said in a discussion with the ICC – I think now the time has come to make some changes for Gary Kirsten and Babar Azam. I would like Salman Ali Agha to replace Usman Khan in batting and Abrar Ahmed to replace Shadab Khan. Babar further said- Also, I believe that Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Rizwan should start the innings. Apart from this, Babar Azam himself should bat at number 3. Some tough talks have to be done with the team and try to bring some options. Pakistan is still not out of the tournament. Also, Afridi said about Pakistan’s defeat against India- the main difference between the two teams was India’s consistency, confidence, discipline and attitude on the field. Pakistan’s batting order is not doing well and what we saw was the weak performance of the team’s power hitting. On the other hand, if we give you information about the Pakistan cricket team, then it is going to face Canada on June 11 in its upcoming match. Let us tell you that if Pakistan has to remain in the Super 8 in the ongoing T20 World Cup, then it will have to win this match at all costs.
