DTVHINDI“There is no truth in such baseless news”- Ness Wadia said on the news of fight with Shahrukh Khan
Ness Wadia and Shahrukh Khan had rushed to the BCCI and Honours meeting. Ness Wadiya Shahrukh Khan (Photo Source: X) On July 31, a meeting was held between the officials and the owners of all the teams regarding IPL 2025 at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. After this meeting, a news came out in the media, in which it was told that in the meeting between the owners and the officials, Punjab Kings co-owner Ness Wadia and Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shahrukh Khan got into a fight. This news spread rapidly on social media, but after this clarifications have started coming on it. Ness Wadia said that there is no truth in the matter of argument between me and Shahrukh. The report claims that Ness Wadia wants a mega auction and he had a heated argument with Shahrukh regarding this. But Ness Wadia has now rejected all these reports. Ness Wadia clarified about his fight with Shahrukh Khan Ness Wadia was quoted by Sportstar as saying, “I have known Shah Rukh long before the IPL started. I have great respect for him and his family. We are very old friends and I know his family and there is no truth in such baseless news.” The matter is that, regarding IPL 2025, many teams want that maximum number of players should be allowed to be retained and the mega auction should be held once in five years, but some franchises were not in favor of this. They said that at least players should be allowed to be retained and RTM i.e. Right to Match card should be used. However, most teams seemed to agree that 4-5 players should be retained and one or two uncapped players should be allowed to be retained separately. Now it remains to be seen what decision BCCI will take in this regard.
“Have you lost your sight? Ask me a question in English”- Harbhajan Singh showed his place to Pakistani fans
Harbhajan gave a befitting reply to the fans trolling Irfan Pathan. Harbhajan Singh (Photo Source: These days, former Indian veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh is not missing a single opportunity to troll Pakistani fans and the media there. Whenever Bhajji sees absurd posts from fans of the neighboring country on social media, he gives them a befitting reply. Recently, when a Pakistani journalist compared MS Dhoni to Mohammad Rizwan, Bhajji took him to task, now he has taken on a Pakistani fan who was trolling Irfan Pathan. Harbhajan gave a befitting reply to Pakistani fans on social media Harbhajan has given such a reply to this fan that after reading it, hardly any Pakistani fan will try to troll any Indian cricketer again. Actually, a video was posted from an ‘X’ account named Babar Azam World in which Babar Azam is seen going to the dressing room after the match. It is written with this video that, ‘When Irfan Pathan requested Babar Azam for an interview and he refused.’ However, Irfan Pathan is nowhere to be seen in this video. Harbhajan Singh replied to this post and wrote, ‘Where is Irfan Pathan in this video?? You people already did not have the manners to speak. Have you lost your eyesight now? By the way, if you ask a question in English, you will get into trouble.’ where is it @IrfanPathan in this video ?? You people did not have the tameness to speak earlier. Now have you stopped seeing with your eyes? In any case, if you ask the question in English, you will get into trouble. — Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) August 1, 2024 Many people are supporting this comment of Harbhajan Singh, while many fans believe that big players like him should not have replied in this manner. Often fans of India and Pakistan come face to face on social media. Cricket lovers often keep arguing about their favorite players. Something similar was seen this time as well.
IND vs SL: Pant or Rahul, who will get a chance in the first ODI match? Know what Captain Hitman said
KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant are part of Team India for the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: Getty Images) After winning the T20 series against Sri Lanka 3-0, Team India will now be eyeing to win the upcoming ODI series. The first match of the three-match ODI series will be played tomorrow (2 August) at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Before this match, the biggest headache for captain Rohit Sharma will be whether Rishabh Pant should be selected in the playing eleven as a wicketkeeper or should he stick with KL Rahul? Meanwhile, before the match, captain Rohit Sharma has given a statement on this. He has said that it is a good thing to have such a problem. He also told who he would choose as wicketkeeper batsman for this match. Rohit Sharma gave this answer on the selection of Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul Captain Rohit Sharma, while answering this question in the press conference before the match, said how would he choose between KL Rahul and Rishabh? He said, “It is a difficult decision. Both of them are excellent players. You know the capabilities of both the players. When you have such quality, it is not easy to choose a team or player. Both these players are like that. They are match winners on their day. They have won many matches for us in the past.” Captain Rohit further said, “It is always good to have problems in selecting a team like this. You know, when you discuss a lot about who to choose and who not to, it means that there is quality in the team. So I think it is a good thing to have such problems and I wait for such problems as long as I am the captain.” From these statements of Rohit Sharma, it seems that Rishabh Pant may have to wait for now, because KL Rahul has been performing well as a wicketkeeper batsman for a long time. Rahul last played the ODI series in South Africa. At the same time, Pant played his last ODI international match in November 2022. He had a car accident in December.
“It takes some time but…”- MS Dhoni gave a big statement about the defeat in World Cup 2019
After the run out in the semi-final of ODI World Cup 2019, every cricket fan including Dhoni had tears in their eyes. MS Dhoni (Twitter) Former Indian team captain and cricketer MS Dhoni was recently asked a question about the semi-final match of the 2019 ODI World Cup. It has been 5 years since the World Cup 2019, but the fans still remember MS Dhoni’s run out due to which India was out of the semi-finals. Recently, during an event, when a fan asked Dhoni that after the defeat in the 2019 World Cup, we were all heartbroken, how did Dhoni deal with it personally? MS Dhoni gave a big statement regarding the 2019 World Cup defeat MS Dhoni replied, “It was difficult because I knew this would be my last World Cup, so it would have been nice to be in the winning team. It was a heartbreaking moment, so we accepted the result and tried to move on. It takes some time and you get some time after the World Cup. I haven’t played international cricket since then so I’ve had a lot of time. So, yes, it was heartbreaking but at the same time you have to get over it. So you just accept that you tried your best, but you couldn’t win it.” MS Dhoni On 2019 World Cup Semi Final#MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/HAiXWBivef — Chakri Dhoni (@ChakriDhonii) July 31, 2024 Talking about that match, India got a target of 240 runs in the semi-final match played against New Zealand on 10 July in Manchester. India’s top order flopped badly in that match. After this, Jadeja played a brilliant innings of 77 runs in 59 balls and raised hopes of victory. At the other end, Dhoni was batting cautiously. India needed 31 runs to win in the last 12 balls. Dhoni hit a six on the first ball, but while trying to run two runs on the third ball, he was run out. Martin Guptill’s throw hit the wicket directly and Dhoni fell short of reaching the crease by a few inches. After that run out, every cricket fan including Dhoni had tears in their eyes and millions of fans’ hearts were broken that day. In that match, Dhoni was out after scoring 50 runs in 72 balls. That was also the last match of Dhoni’s international career.
VIDEO: Fans outside the dressing room chanted Chokli-Chokli, Virat Kohli turned red with anger
Virat Kohli (Photo Source: X) India’s legendary batsman Virat Kohli was trolled by fans during his first training in Colombo before the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. Actually, Kohli was doing shadow practice with his teammates in the dressing room, when some fans were heard shouting ‘Chokli, Chokli’ from behind. Obviously, Virat did not like this sloganeering of the fans and he looked very unhappy with this. Let us tell you that this word was first used after the 2019 World Cup exit, when Kohli was out after scoring just one run. This was the third time Kohli was out after scoring one run in an ICC knockout match. Earlier, the same thing happened against Australia in the 2015 World Cup semi-final and against Pakistan in the 2017 Champions Trophy final. Someone called Virat Kohli a chokli in front of him in the dressing room of Colombo ground in Sri Lanka, after which Virat got angry.😭😭 No way now Lankan fan’s also owning Virat Kohli 🙏😹😹😹 pic.twitter.com/ru4KbRUfBX — 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐢𝐢⁴⁵ (@rushiii_12) July 31, 2024 Virat Kohli will be seen playing in the ODI series against Sri Lanka In fact, Kohli is currently in Sri Lanka for the ODI series against Sri Lanka starting on August 2. The players included in the ODI team, including Rohit, Kohli and Harshit Rana, who was included in the team for the first time, arrived here on Sunday. Rohit, Kohli and Kuldeep Yadav will take the field for the first time after India’s victory in the T20 World Cup. Shreyas Iyer will also return to the team from the ODI series against Sri Lanka. He played his last limited overs match for India against South Africa in December last year. Iyer was out of Team India since then. The Indian team will play only 6 ODIs before the Champions Trophy 2025. Three ODIs against Sri Lanka and three ODIs against England will be played in January next year. All the matches of the ODI series against Sri Lanka will be played at the R Premadasa Stadium. The first match will be played on August 2, the second on August 4 and the third on August 7.
Joe Root became the number one batsman in ICC Test Ranking, these three Indian players are in the top 10
Joe Root (Pic Source-Twitter) England batsman Joe Root has regained the number one spot in the ICC Men’s Test batting rankings after scoring 87 runs in the first innings of the third and final match of the ICC World Test Championship series against the West Indies in Birmingham. His team won this match by 10 wickets and with this won the series 3-0. With this, Joe Root has ended Kane Williamson’s reign. New Zealand’s legendary batsman Kane Williamson was the number one batsman in the Test rankings for a long time. At the same time, Yashasvi Jaiswal has benefited in the T20I rankings. Suryakumar Yadav is still at number two in the T20I rankings. He has not been able to snatch the number one position from Australian opener Travis Head. Rohit Sharma reached sixth position in ICC Test Ranking Talking about the Test rankings, Joe Root has reached number one. He was at number two after the second match of the England vs West Indies Test series. Joe Root has 872 points, while Kane Williamson has 859 rating points. Babar Azam is at number three and Daryl Mitchell is at number four. Steve Smith is at number five. At the same time, Rohit Sharma has gained one position. He has reached the sixth position. England batsman Harry Brook has dropped four places in the Test rankings. He has slipped from fourth to seventh position. Yashasvi Jaiswal is at number 8 and Dimuth Karunaratne is at number 9 and Virat Kohli is at number 10. Talking about T20 rankings, Travis Head is at the top with 844 rating points. Suryakumar Yadav is at number two. He has 805 points in his account. Phil Salt has reached number three. At the same time, Yashasvi Jaiswal has managed to reach the fourth position from sixth. Babar Azam has slipped one place. Mohammad Rizwan has come to the sixth position, who was at number five. Jos Buttler is currently at number seven. Rituraj Gaikwad is at number 8. Brandon King is at the 9th and Johnson Charles is at the 10th position.
India made a unique record against Sri Lanka
India has won 21 out of 31 matches against Sri Lanka in the T20 format. Indian team (Pic Source-X) India defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the second T20 match played on 28 July. In this match, all the players from the Indian team performed very well and played an important role in their team’s victory. Not only this, with this victory, India has achieved a great feat. India has registered the record of registering the most wins against the opposing team in T20. Let us tell you, India has won 21 out of 31 matches against Sri Lanka in T20 format. India has registered the most wins against Sri Lanka in T20 format. Australia is at the second place in this list against whom India has won 20 out of 32 matches. India has won 19 out of 30 matches against West Indies while they have won 15 out of 27 matches against West Indies. India has won 13 out of 14 matches against Bangladesh while they have won 13 out of 24 matches against England. India won the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka Let us tell you, India won the first T20. In that match too, all the players from India performed very well. In the second T20 played on 28 July, Sri Lanka batted first and scored 161 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Kusal Perera contributed 53 runs from the host side while Pathum Nissanka scored 32 runs. For India, Ravi Bishnoi took three wickets for 26 runs in four overs while Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel and Hardik Pandya took two wickets each. In reply, due to rain, India got a target of 78 runs in eight overs. India won this match by losing three wickets. Young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal played an innings of 30 runs for the team while Suryakumar Yadav contributed 26 runs. Hardik Pandya played an aggressive innings of 22* runs. Now the third and final T20 match between these two teams will be played on July 30 in Pallekele. 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
MS Dhoni may be seen playing in IPL 2025, but BCCI will have to agree to this condition
A big news related to IPL 2025 is coming out. Some media reports have revealed that, if the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) allows 5-6 retentions before the mega auction, then former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain MS Dhoni may be seen playing in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season. After winning the IPL 2023 title as CSK captain, Dhoni underwent knee surgery. The same legendary wicket-keeper batsman surprised everyone as always by taking a bold decision ahead of the 2024 edition where he handed over the captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad. MS Dhoni can be seen playing in IPL 2025 MS Dhoni was also seen struggling with a knee injury in IPL 2024. He played all the matches with a knee injury and also did wicketkeeping. However, despite the pain, he batted and also won matches for his team. He scored 25 runs off 13 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore in his last IPL match. But with the season ending, the question in everyone’s mind was whether Dhoni will play in the upcoming season or not. Whether Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni), who has won 5 trophies for Chennai Super Kings, will play in the upcoming season or not, the decision is in Mahi’s hands. However, a report has come out in Cricbuzz regarding this, which has surprised everyone. If the report is to be believed, Chennai Super Kings will retain Dhoni only if they get permission to retain 5-6 players in IPL. In such a situation, if MS Dhoni decides to play, then obviously CSK would want to include him in their team at any cost. However, Dhoni himself has not given any update so far on whether he will play in the upcoming season or not.
“He should play whatever T20 cricket there is”- Ravi Shastri gives important advice to Hardik Pandya to improve his fitness
Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has advised Hardik Pandya to improve his fitness. He has asked Pandya to focus especially on bowling fitness. 30-year-old Hardik has had to struggle with injuries many times in his 8-year career. Last year, Hardik had to be out of the ODI World Cup midway due to an ankle injury. At the same time, Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar also cited Hardik’s fitness as the reason behind removing him from the T20 captaincy. In a conversation with ICC, Ravi Shastri has advised Hardik Pandya that he should play as many T20s as possible to make a comeback in the ODI team. Shastri said, “In my opinion, it is very important that he continues to play. I believe that match fitness is important. So he should play as much T20 cricket as possible. And if he is fit and feeling better, then he should also come in the ODI team.” Meanwhile, Shastri also stressed on Pandya bowling his full quota of overs in ODI cricket. He said, “If you have a player who is bowling only 3-4 overs instead of 10 overs in ODIs, it disturbs the balance of the team. If you bowl 7-8 overs in most of the matches and the way Pandya bats, it becomes a bonus for the team.” Hardik was sidelined from Test cricket in 2018 due to a back injury. He recovered without surgery and was included in the 2019 ODI World Cup squad, but the injury resurfaced later that year and he had to undergo surgery that year. He later returned to the field in 2021, but was included in the T20 World Cup squad only as a batsman, which cost the Indian team dearly. More recently, Hardik suffered an ankle injury during India’s fourth game in the ODI World Cup last year, which kept him away from cricket for a long time. He then returned as captain in IPL 2024 but his performance this season was very poor. He made a brilliant comeback in the T20 World Cup last month with a brilliant all-round performance, including the final match, where he dismissed the dangerous Heinrich Klaasen and then David Miller in the death overs to guide the team to victory.
“This is the template we want to play with”- Suryakumar explains India’s approach in the T20 format
India’s newly appointed T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav stressed the importance of maintaining a positive mindset and fearless approach after his team’s consecutive victories against Sri Lanka. Let us tell you that under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, India has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the T20 series against Sri Lanka. Suryakumar has performed brilliantly with the bat on both days. The Indian team started the T20 series with a 43-run win on Saturday. They then won the second T20I by seven wickets at Pallekele on Sunday. Meanwhile, in the press conference after the match, Surya talked about the team’s future strategy in the shortest format and how Team India will approach the format in the upcoming matches. This is the ‘template’ we want to move forward with – Suryakumar Yadav Suryakumar Yadav said after the match, “We talked about what kind of cricket we want to play before the start of the tournament. This is the ‘template’ we want to move forward with.” He further said, “A score of less than 160 would have been good in bad weather. The rain helped us. The way the boys batted was fantastic.” Now the result of the last match of the series will not matter, so when Suryakumar was asked if there is a possibility of some players from the ‘reserve bench’ getting a chance, he said, “We will sit and decide. I am very happy for the boys. They performed very well in difficult circumstances.” India’s googly specialist Ravi Bishnoi was happy that his ‘wrong on’ ball is proving to be effective for him. Ravi Bishnoi, who became the player of the match in the second T20 against Sri Lanka, said after the match, “The pitch was a little different from yesterday. Today in the first innings it helped the spinners. I stuck to my plan. I like to bowl the ‘wrong on’ ball. It is a good responsibility because it means that the captain and management trust me.”
