DTVHINDI“With the inclusion of cricket in the Olympics, players…”- USA Cricket Board President Venu Pisike said a big thing
There are still four years left for the Olympics, I am sure by that time we will have much better facilities – Venu Pisike Venu Pisike (Photo Source: USA Cricket) The USA cricket team performed brilliantly in the T20 World Cup 2024. USA made it to the Super-8 by defeating Pakistan and Canada in the group stage round, and the team also gave a tough fight to a team like India. Let us tell you, cricket will also be a part of the next Olympic Games, regarding which USA Cricket Board President Venu Pisike says that this will make the country’s future even brighter. We will have better facilities before Olympics 2028- Venu Pisike According to the Times of India, Venu Pisike said, A lot of tools are needed to grow cricket in America. The Olympics and the recent World Cup are a step towards making cricket a professional sport. The inclusion of cricket in the Olympics will give a right path to any new player. Venu Pisike also said that the US state of California has included cricket in its school system and in the future other states will also start doing so. He also stressed that before the next Olympics start, the USA will have much better facilities for cricket. California has incorporated cricket in its school system, other states will follow suit. We have challenges in providing facilities. But the Olympics are still four years away, I am sure by that time we will have much better facilities. Everyone in the USA is talking about cricket- Venu Pisike USA Cricket Board President Venu Pisike said that after the team’s performance in the T20 World Cup 2024, cricket has become a big topic in the whole country. Everyone including the USA media and government officials are talking about the game. Our performance in reaching the Super-8 in the T20 World Cup and beating Pakistan in the league match really helped. People in the whole community want to know about the game. Most of the media, even government officials, everyone is talking about cricket.
T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma and Ajit Agarkar were against the inclusion of Hardik Pandya in the team, on whose advice was given the place?
Rohit Sharma and Ajit Agarkar (Photo Source: Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai Indians has become the first team to be eliminated from the qualification race in this season of IPL. Mumbai Indians team looked unstable after Rohit Sharma was removed from the captaincy before the start of IPL. Interestingly, Mumbai Indians have four players in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup to be held in June. Rohit Sharma will be the captain of the Indian team, while Hardik Pandya will be the vice-captain, Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah will also be included in the team. But should Hardik Pandya be included in the Indian team or not? Now information is coming to light that there was confusion regarding this. According to the news of Dainik Jagran, after Hardik Pandya was given the captaincy of Mumbai Indians, there was a possibility that the team would gradually stabilize, but that did not happen. According to a report in Jagran, Indian team captain Rohit Sharma, some members of the selection committee and chairman of the selection committee Ajit Agarkar were not keen on including Hardik Pandya in the final 15. There has been a lot of discussion about Hardik Pandya during this year’s IPL season, questions were also raised on his form. Pandya has so far scored only 200 runs in 13 matches at a strike rate of 144.93. He has taken 11 wickets in bowling in 13 matches. His bowling average is 10.59 runs per over. After half a season of IPL, Pandya was successful in catching the rhythm of bowling. It was also said in the news that Hardik Pandya was included in the World Cup squad under pressure. It is also being said that after the T20 World Cup, Rohit Sharma will retire from T20 cricket. Captain Rohit Sharma and selection committee chairman Ajit Agarkar had announced the Indian team for the T20 World Cup in a press conference. At that time Ajit Agarkar was asked about the inclusion of Hardik in the team. What is the reason for including Hardik Pandya in the team despite his poor form? When asked, Ajit Agarkar said that the selection committee has no other option for Hardik Pandya.
BCCI Central contracts: Understand in simple language the complete mathematics of Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel’s inclusion in the central contract.
BCCI has today released the list of players included in the central contract. Sarfaraz khan and dhruv jurel (Image Credit- Twitter) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has released the list of its central players today on 28th February. Let us tell you that many new players in this list have got contracts, while some players have been seen demotion along with promotion. Let us tell you that the central contracts of players like Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer have not been renewed, whereas in fast bowling, the rising stars of domestic cricket Vijay Kumar Vaishak, Vidwat Kevirappa, Yash Dayal and Umran Malik are also expected to get central contracts soon. Also, Yuvvendra Chahal and Shikhar Dhawan have been thrown out of the contract. However, amidst all this, a question may be coming in your mind that why Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel, who were part of the Indian team in the Test series against England, have not got a place in this contract. So let us tell you that there is a technical reason behind this due to which both of them have not been able to get the central contract yet, but they will get it soon. This is how Sarfaraz and Jurel will get BCCI’s central contract. Let us tell you that for any Indian player to get the central contract of BCCI, it is mandatory to have experience of at least 3 Test, 8 ODI or 10 T20 matches. If a player has this experience then he automatically gets BCCI Grade C contract. So, Sarfaraz and Jurel have played only two test matches for India, hence they have not been included in this contract. However, if he is successful in playing the test match to be held in Dharamshala then he will get this contract. The list of players included in BCCI’s central contract is as follows List of Grade A Plus players Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja. List of Grade A players R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya. List of Grade B players Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Yashasvi Jaiswal. List of Grade C players Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaiwad, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Vishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan and Rajat Patidar.
