July-21 Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the world of cricket till this evening
This news gives a brief description of the events that made headlines in the cricket world today. (Image Credit- Twitter/X) 1. Shamar Joseph Six Video: The roof tiles broke due to the West Indies batsman’s six and fell directly on the heads of the fans In the ongoing England vs West Indies second Test match at Trent Bridge, West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph hit such a massive six that some tiles in the stadium broke. Not only this, the tiles also fell on the fans sitting in the stands below. 2. “There will not be a hybrid model, India will be called for the Champions Trophy… BCCI is in tension due to this statement of PCB head Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi has reportedly said that the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will not be played on a hybrid model. The mega tournament is to be hosted exclusively by Pakistan but India’s participation is still hanging in the balance. According to reports, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is reluctant to send its team to Pakistan to play the Champions Trophy. Some reports have also suggested that they are keen to play their matches in Sri Lanka or Dubai. 3. KL Rahul may leave LSG before IPL 2025, may get captaincy offer from old franchise Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul is reportedly planning to leave his current franchise Lucknow Super Giants before the start of the 2025 Indian Premier League season (IPL). According to the report, there was a three-year contract between KL Rahul and the franchise, which is now over. It is believed that KL Rahul can join his old team Royal Challengers Bangalore. Rahul started his IPL career with this team. 4. Team India suffered a major setback in Women’s Asia Cup 2024, star all-rounder Shreyanka Patil out of the tournament The Indian women’s team has suffered a major setback ahead of the match against UAE in the Asia Cup 2024. The team’s star all-rounder Shreyanka Patil has been ruled out of the tournament due to injury. Shreyanka suffered a finger injury during India’s first match against Pakistan at the Dambulla Stadium on Friday. Defending champions India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan by seven wickets on Saturday. 5. BCCI will hold a meeting with franchise owners for IPL 2025 mega auction, these two issues will be discussed A mega auction will be organized before IPL 2025. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has already started preparing for that auction. The BCCI is going to hold an important meeting with the IPL team owners soon. This meeting can be held at the end of July. Before the mega auction, the BCCI has to discuss two major issues like the number of retained players and the salary cap, which are likely to be discussed in the meeting. 6. Former cricketer got angry after Rituraj was ignored, gave a controversial statement Indian team batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad has not got a place in Team India for the Sri Lanka tour. On which former…
‘He is a very good leader’, Dinesh Karthik’s big statement on Gautam Gambhir’s appointment in Team India
Both the players have played cricket together for a long time. Dinesh Karthik and Gautam Gambhir (Image Credit- Twitter After the end of T20 World Cup 2024, Rahul Dravid’s journey as the head coach with the Indian cricket team came to an end. So, replacing Dravid, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir as the new head coach of Team India. After Gambhir’s appointment, there was a lot of rhetoric in the cricket world. Many fans and former cricketers considered Gambhir’s appointment right, while some considered it wrong. On the other hand, now former Indian wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has made a big statement on Gambhir becoming the new head coach of Team India. Karthik says that Gambhir is a very good leader. It is worth noting that Gambhir and Karthik have played cricket together for Team India for a long time. Dinesh Karthik gave a big statement Let us tell you that on Gautam Gambhir becoming the new coach of the Indian cricket team, Dinesh Karthik said as per Cricbuzz- He is a very good leader and I think he will bring two things to the Indian team. One thing is that he is a complete man of his players. He backs his players, and that is important in international cricket because when performances don’t go your way you can feel lonely and demotivated, but Gambhir won’t let that happen. Karthik further said- Secondly, he will bring a smart mind to this Indian team. He is a very sharp and fiery person. He always loved to play for the team and did whatever it took to win a game of cricket. So Gambhir’s journey as head coach with Team India is going to start with India’s tour of Sri Lanka. On this tour, the Indian team will be seen playing a three-match T20 and a three-match ODI series. India’s tour will start from July 27.
“He is more valuable than the Kohinoor diamond”- Former legendary cricketer said a big thing in praise of Bumrah
In the ongoing T20 World Cup, Bumrah played a key role in India’s victory by taking 15 wickets in eight matches at an impressive average of 8.26 and an excellent economy of 4.17, which eventually earned him the Player of the Tournament award. The Ahmedabad-born also rescued his team in the final of this World Cup, playing a crucial role in his last two overs, giving away just six runs and taking the crucial wicket of Marco Jansen, which was a key part of India’s victory. Dinesh Karthik praised Jasprit Bumrah a lot Meanwhile, former Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik recalled his on-air commentary and compared Bumrah to the Kohinoor diamond (the most precious piece of diamond). He described Bumrah as a premier bowler across all formats and said that the way he performs under pressure time and again makes him one of the best bowlers. Speaking on Cricbuzz, Dinesh Karthik said, “When I was on air, I said that he is more valuable than the Kohinoor diamond. In fact, he is the greatest all-format bowler in world cricket right now. It is very difficult to come back again and again and keep performing under pressure, not many people can do that.”
Bad news for DK fans, now the experienced wicketkeeper batsman has also retired from international cricket
Experienced Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Dinesh Karthik (Pic Source-X) Indian team’s experienced wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has announced his retirement from all formats of cricket. Let us tell you, Dinesh Karthik was seen playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League 2024. However, as soon as RCB faced defeat against Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator match, Dinesh Karthik announced his retirement from this wonderful tournament. Dinesh Karthik’s performance was very good in the Indian Premier League 2024 and many people believed that the experienced player should also be included in the Indian team for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024. However, this did not happen and the team management gave place to Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson as wicketkeeper. Today i.e. on June 1, Dinesh Karthik announced on his official social media account that he is now going to retire from international cricket as well. Dinesh Karthik has shared a letter and a video on his official social media account. In this letter, he has told that he is now going to retire from international cricket and he also thanked many people for his cricketing journey. Here is Dinesh Karthik’s tweet: It’s official 💖 Thanks DK 🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/NGVnxAJMQ3 — DK (@DineshKarthik) June 1, 2024 Dinesh Karthik’s performance has been very good in international cricket as well. Let us tell you, Dinesh Karthik has played 26 Test matches for the Indian team in which he scored 1025 runs at an average of 25 and a strike rate of 49.28. He has 7 half-centuries and a century in this format. In 94 ODI matches, Dinesh Karthik has scored 1752 runs at an average of over 30 and a strike rate of 73.24. He has scored 9 half-centuries in ODIs. In the T20 format, the brilliant wicketkeeper batsman from the Indian team has scored 686 runs in 60 matches at a strike rate of 142.65. Many cricket fans will be very disappointed that Dinesh Karthik will not be seen playing cricket again. However, now Dinesh Karthik can be seen doing commentary in important matches. 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
Janhvi Kapoor took training from KKR’s coach to become a cricketer in ‘Mr. and Mrs. Mahi’
Janhvi Kapoor told during an interview that she has taken training from Abhishek Nair to become a cricketer in the film. Janhvi Kapoor and Abhishek Nayar (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Janhvi Kapoor and Rajkumar Rao’s film ‘Mr. and Mrs. Mahi’ has been released in theatres on 31 May. In this film, a husband fulfills his dream of becoming a cricketer through his wife. Fans are liking this heart-touching story a lot. The film has earned 6.85 crores on its first day. Critics and fans are praising Janhvi Kapoor’s character in the movie. Janhvi has worked very hard behind the scenes for this character. Recently, Janhvi told during an interview that she has taken training from Abhishek Nair and was also a part of the training camp with Dinesh Karthik. My training program was similar to Kartik’s- Janhvi Kapoor Abhishek Nair is the assistant coach of IPL 2024 champions Kolkata Knight Riders. Janhvi Kapoor has taken cricket training from him. Abhishek Nair trained Janhvi in the same way as he trains Kolkata players. Janhvi Kapoor told during an interview given to the media, “My coach is KKR’s (assistant) coach, Abhishek Nayar. In his training camp, he was training me the same way he does with KKR players for the IPL season. I went to this training camp with Dinesh Karthik. And my training program was similar to Karthik’s. We know a lot about street cricket, but the kind of technical knowledge that is required in professional cricket – understanding the timing of the ball, is what makes it very difficult. Janhvi Kapoor said, “My coach was Abhishek Nayar, the assistant coach of KKR. He trained me just like they train a KKR player. I was in the camp with Dinesh Karthik.” – We’ve got a player for the WPL. Who’s in? pic.twitter.com/am5Z4xhR9o — Vipin Tiwari (@Vipintiwari952_) May 31, 2024 In IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders have shown excellent performance under mentor Gautam Gambhir, coach Chandrakant Pandit and assistant coach Abhishek Nair. Abhishek Nair has made a lot of headlines after Kolkata became the champion. Many KKR players say that Abhishek Nair has a big hand in the team becoming the champion.
Know why Dinesh Karthik took retirement, he himself made a big revelation
After IPL 2024, Karthik has put a stop to his career. Dinesh Karthik (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Just after Royal Challengers Bangalore were knocked out of IPL 2024, veteran Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik decided to retire. However, everyone was shocked by this sudden decision taken by the cricketer. Looking at Karthik’s performance and fitness in the last season of IPL, it seemed that he still had a few more years of cricket left in him, but he suddenly decided to retire from cricket. Because of this, Karthik had decided to retire early Let us tell you that in a recent discussion with Cricbuzz, Karthik said- I think I was physically ready to play cricket for the next three years. After the impact player rule, it became even easier. I think I could have gone ahead for another IPL cycle. Apart from this, there are not many issues in my life. Karthik further said- I have never missed a match in my cricket career due to injury. I got this as a blessing. I was never worried about my body and fitness. It was all about the mental aspect whether I would be able to put in as much effort as is needed before the tournament. If I don’t play enough matches, will I not have a problem with it? It was just a mental aspect. From this statement given by Karthik, you can guess that he decided to retire from cricket due to mentality. On the other hand, if we give you information about DK’s performance in the last season of RCB, he scored 326 runs in a rapid style at an excellent strike rate of 187.36 and an average of 36.22. Along with this, the fans also got to see two half-centuries from his bat.
When Hardik Pandya took on Dinesh Karthik in IPL 2024, the experienced player made a big revelation about his retirement
Dinesh Karthik’s performance has always been very good in IPL. Dinesh Karthik (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Veteran Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has revealed how Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya hinted at his retirement during the Indian Premier League 2024 match. Let us tell you, recently the Indian Premier League 2024 has ended and Dinesh Karthik has retired from IPL after the end of this important tournament. He is considered one of the best wicketkeeper-batsmen in the world. In an interview with Cricbuzz, Dinesh Karthik told that when the match was being played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians, Hardik Pandya had sledged him. Not only this, Virat Kohli also made fun of me about this. Dinesh Karthik has participated in IPL for a total of 6 teams. He has scored almost 5000 runs in this tournament. Dinesh Karthik said, ‘Whenever I used to play against RCB and Virat Kohli used to catch my catch, the word ‘Ben Stokes’ would definitely come out of his mouth but it was a send off. Hardik Pandya used to tease me that the leg spinner has just come and that’s why I am thankful for that. After that, when I used to play some shots, he used to say, ‘Okay, it seems it has become a little better.’ Rohit Sharma was also troubling me this year: Dinesh Karthik Dinesh Karthik further said, ‘He is my good friend. He also said that he is doing some work as a commentator. Rohit Sharma was also troubling me this year and giving me false hopes.’ Dinesh Karthik was seen playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2024. The team made it to the playoffs this season but had to face defeat against Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator match. Only after this Dinesh Karthik decided to retire. Dinesh Karthik’s performance has always been very good in IPL. He also scored important runs for RCB in the 2024 season. 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
DK is going to make a career in this sport after cricket! Watch the viral video
After IPL 2024, Karthik has put an end to his cricket career. Dinesh Karthik and Neeraj Chopra (Image Credit- Twitter X) Former Indian cricket team wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik had decided to retire from cricket after the recently concluded IPL 2024. But now it seems that Karthik is keen to make a career in some other sport after cricket. Let us tell you that these days a video of Karthik is becoming very viral on the internet, in which he is seen with track and field athlete and Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra. In this video, Karthik is seen practicing javelin with Neeraj. So after watching this video of Dinesh Karthik, many fans have started speculating. Some fans say that it seems that DK is now going to make a career in javelin after cricket. Also in this video, Neeraj is seen saying to Karthik, ‘It will be done Dinesh Bhai’ Watch this video of Dinesh Karthik which is viral on the internet Neeraj Chopra trained Dinesh Karthik to be his partner at the 2024 Olympics.#Neerajchopra #Dineshkarthik pic.twitter.com/zOLswEDjW8 — scOut Op (@ScOutoppp69) May 29, 2024 On the other hand, if we give you information about Dinesh Karthik, then he had decided to end his cricket career of about 20 years after the recently concluded IPL 2024. In the last season of IPL, he was seen playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Karthik’s team had made it to the playoffs. However, he was eliminated from the tournament after losing in the eliminator match. If we give you information about Karthik’s performance in the tournament, he scored a total of 326 runs in 15 matches played at an average of 36.22 and an excellent strike rate of 187.36. Last season, Karthik’s best score was 83 runs. Apart from this, Karthik is the joint second player to play the most matches (257) in IPL.
Virat Kohli said to Dinesh Karthik for this help, “Thank you … otherwise I would have”
Former RCB captain Virat Kohli expressed his gratitude to Dinesh Karthik for motivating him when he was low on confidence during IPL 2022. Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) Dinesh Karthik has decided to retire after playing his last match of IPL 2024 with RCB. Karthik played his last international match for the Indian team on 2 November 2022 against Bangladesh in the last T20 World Cup. After this, he played his last match against Rajasthan Royals on 22 May in IPL this year. After RCB’s defeat at the hands of RR in the eliminator match of IPL 2024, a sweat-soaked Dinesh Karthik accepted defeat with a heavy heart and after that he took off the cap from his head and gloves from his hands. Then every RCB player ran towards Karthik. Former India captain Virat Kohli also ran towards him and hugged him tightly. Rajasthan Royals players also greeted him. The entire stadium started chanting ‘MISS YOU DK’, meanwhile Kartik bowed to the fans with tears in his eyes and returned to the pavilion, ending his career of two decades. After Dinesh Karthik’s retirement, Virat Kohli has talked about some of the moments spent with him. Along with this, he also told how Dinesh Karthik helped Kohli during his bad times. Let’s read what Kohli said in the video shared by RCB- “The first time I met DK, I remember we were in South Africa and if I am not wrong, it was the Champions Trophy 2009 tournament. This was the first time I shared a dressing room with Dinesh. I found him to be an entertaining, hyperactive, and confused guy. Most of the time he was moving around and not stopping.” “Dinesh Karthik is full of talent, he is a great batsman. There hasn’t been much change between the first time I saw him bat and what I see now. Yes, now he has just developed the quality of generosity and patience.” Kohli also shared a story recalling IPL 2022 when he got out for a duck 3 times in a row. Kohli told that Karthik sat with him and boosted his confidence. “Off the field, I have had some very good and interesting conversations with him. He is an intelligent person, he has a great knowledge about many things, not just cricket. I have thoroughly enjoyed my conversations with him. Even at that stage of 2022 when I did not have a good IPL season, I was really struggling for confidence. Then he sat me down and told me a lot about how he was looking at things that I might not be able to see.” “So, I like his honesty and courage to go up to someone and talk about things that he feels strongly about. And I think that is the most special thing for me when it comes to Dinesh and it is something that I have always remembered about him. That is why we get along so well.”
Shikhar Dhawan reacts to Dinesh Karthik’s retirement ‘From our Under-19 days till now’
Karthik has decided to call time on his cricketing career after IPL 2024. Dinesh Karthik and Shikhar Dhawan (Image Credit- Twitter X) Indian cricket team’s experienced wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has recently announced his retirement from cricket. Cricket fraternity as well as fellow cricketers are seen congratulating Karthik on his 20-year long cricketing career. So now a new name has been added to this list, that of experienced batsman Shikhar Dhawan. Karthik played his last international match for Team India on 2 November 2022 against Bangladesh in the last T20 World Cup. So in the ongoing IPL, he was seen playing his last match for RCB against Rajasthan Royals on 22 May. Shikhar Dhawan reacted on Dinesh Karthik’s retirement Let us tell you that reacting to Dinesh Karthik’s retirement, Shikhar Dhawan has shared a post from his official Instagram account. In this post, Dhawan wrote – Brother, from our Under-19 days to now, it has been an incredible journey of Dinesh Karthik full of hard work and achievements. Your dedication has always been inspiring. I love the energy you bring, and the way you make people smile. Now that you have retired I wish you nothing but the best for your future. May your next chapter be as rewarding as your cricket career. See this social media post of Shikhar Dhawan On the other hand, if we give you information about Dinesh Karthik’s cricket career, then in his 20-year cricket career, he was able to play 26 Tests, 94 ODIs and 60 T20 matches for the Indian team, in which he has scored 1025 Test, 1752 ODI and 686 T20 runs. Also, if we give information about Karthik’s IPL career, then he has scored a total of 4842 runs in 257 matches at a strike rate of 26.32 and 135.36.