DTVHINDITamil Nadu announced 18-member team for the upcoming season of Ranji Trophy, see which players got the place?
R Sai Kishore will take command of the team Tamil Nadu (Image Credit- Twitter X) Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) has announced the 18-member squad for the upcoming Ranji Trophy season today, Wednesday, October 2. In the upcoming tournament, Tamil Nadu is going to face Saurashtra in its first match from 11 to 14 October. It is noteworthy that in the last season of Ranji Trophy, Tamil Nadu reached the semi-finals, but had to exit the tournament after losing against Mumbai. Apart from this, the command of the team in the upcoming season has been handed over to R Sai Kishore, who was the captain of the team last season also. Under Kishore’s captaincy, Tamil Nadu reached the semi-finals for the first time since the 2016–17 season. Also, to help Kishore, wicketkeeper batsman N Jagadishan has been made his deputy. Last season, Jagadishan’s bat was very powerful, he scored a total of 816 runs in the tournament. Also, C. Andre Siddharth has been included in the team for the first time because of his excellent performance in the Buchi Babu Tournament. However, regarding Sandeep Warrier and Baba Aparajit, who are returning from injury in this team, TNCA Selection Committee Chairman Vasudeva Das quoted Sportstar as saying – At present, they (Warrier and Aparajit) are completing their rehab at the TNCA Academy (in Chepauk). Have been. He is being monitored by our physios, and he is also being monitored by the National Cricket Academy (NCA). So, they are doing whatever necessary protocols they have to follow to rehab and get ready. Tamil Nadu’s 18-member squad for the upcoming season of Ranji Trophy R Sai Kishore (captain), N Jagadeesan (vice-captain), Baba Inderjit, Sai Sudarshan, Vijay Shankar, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Shahrukh Khan, Bupathi Vaishna Kumar, S. Mohammed Ali, C. Andre Siddharth, S. Ajit Ram, S. Lokeshwar, S. Lakshya Jain, Sandeep Warrier, Gurjapaneet Singh, M. Mohammed, R. Sonu Yadav, M. Siddharth.
“I think I am one of the best spinners in the country”- This Tamil Nadu cricketer created a sensation with his statement
R Sai Kishore has played three T20 matches for India. Sulakshan Kulkarni and R Sai Kishore. (Image Source: SportsStar) Left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore, who plays domestic cricket for Tamil Nadu, has made a surprising statement. He says that he is one of the best spinners currently in the country. After leading his team to the final of the Ranji Trophy, Sai Kishore played in IPL 2024, but he suffered a neck injury in the middle of the tournament and was away from cricket for a long time. After this, Sai Kishore appeared in the Tamil Nadu Premier League and performed well. After this, he got some break and he trained in it. Now he has made a lot of headlines on social media with his statement. Let us tell you that Sai Kishore will now be seen playing in the Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament. R Sai Kishore gave a surprising statement Speaking to The New Indian Express, Sai Kishore said, “I feel very confident because I have never trained like this before. Maybe I would have trained like this before coming to the IPL. Waking up at 4 am, training and then bowling. I have not put in so many hours in the last four-five years as I have put in this pre-season. During the IPL, you don’t get time, you focus on recovery. After the TNPL, I got a 15-20 day break and I used it in the best way.” R Sai Kishore will be seen captaining the TNCA XI in the Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament. He is going to play with players like Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar and Rahul Chahar in the Duleep Trophy. Sai Kishore, who has played three T20 Internationals, said, “I think I am one of the best spinners in the country. Put me in a Test match, I am ready. So, I am not too worried. Jadeja is there, I have never played with him. I have been with him at CSK but never played with him in the red ball format. It will be a good learning experience in terms of what he does. In saying that, I feel confident. So, I am more prepared than ever.”
Baba Aparajith left the Tamil Nadu team before the upcoming season, now the experienced all-rounder will be seen playing for this team
Baba Aparajith was dropped from the Tamil Nadu squad for last year’s Ranji Trophy tournament and this is why the brilliant all-rounder has decided to leave his state team. Baba Aparajith. (Photo Source: TNPL) After playing for Tamil Nadu for a long time, Baba Aparajith will now be seen playing for Kerala in the upcoming domestic season. Let us tell you, after the departure of Shreyas Gopal, Kerala Cricket Association was in dire need of a brilliant all-rounder. However, now Baba Aparajith will play for Kerala in the upcoming domestic season. Let us tell you, Shreyas Gopal has joined the Karnataka Cricket Association before the upcoming domestic season. Baba Aparajith was dropped from the Tamil Nadu team in the Ranji Trophy tournament last year and this is the reason why the brilliant all-rounder has decided to leave his state team. Baba Aparajith dreams of playing alongside Sanju Samson in the upcoming season and in his unavailability, this dashing all-rounder can also be seen captaining the Kerala team. Kuldeep Sen has also left the Tamil Nadu team. Kuldeep Sen joined the Tamil Nadu team last year but before the upcoming season, the young fast bowler has returned to the Madhya Pradesh team. This excellent fast bowler played three first class matches for Tamil Nadu in which he took three wickets. Mandeep Singh will be seen playing for Tripura in the upcoming season Let us tell you, experienced batsman Mandeep Singh will be seen playing for Tripura in the upcoming domestic season. Not only this, wicketkeeper-batsman Writman Saha has also returned to the Bengal team. Mandeep Singh captained the Punjab team in the last season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Under the captaincy of Mandeep Singh, the Punjab team won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. However, despite good performance, no team included him in their squad in the Indian Premier League. Tripura has also signed Jivanjot Singh for the upcoming season. Jivanjot Singh was seen playing for Uttarakhand in the 2023-24 season and before that the young player participated for Chhattisgarh. He has scored 5451 runs in 92 first class matches at an average of 38.11. 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 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?
Tamil Nadu government made a big announcement, the country’s largest cricket stadium will be built in Coimbatore
The Tamil Nadu state government has announced to build the country’s largest cricket stadium in Coimbatore. Tamil Nadu Cricket Stadium (Photo Source: X/Twitter) The Tamil Nadu state government has announced to build the country’s largest cricket stadium in Coimbatore. This is the second international cricket stadium in Tamil Nadu after Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium, which is the home ground of five-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings. Let us tell you, Chepauk Stadium is also the second oldest stadium in the country. The Chief Minister had made the announcement during the parliamentary elections The announcement to build a stadium in Coimbatore was made by Chief Minister MK Stalin during the parliamentary elections. State Industries Minister TRB Raja and Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development Udhayanidhi Stalin have been at the forefront of this project. They have worked hard to promote local talent and raise the sporting profile of Tamil Nadu. While sharing a special post on social media, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu wrote, We will strive to establish a state-of-the-art cricket stadium in Coimbatore, with the active participation of the sports loving people of Coimbatore. The stadium aims to become Tamil Nadu’s second international-standard cricket venue after the iconic MAC Stadium in Chennai. Our government and Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin are committed to enhancing talent and sports infrastructure in Tamil Nadu. As a sports and cricket enthusiast, I would like to add one more promise to our election manifesto for #Elections2024, 🏏🏟️ We will take efforts to establish a state-of-the-art cricket stadium in Coimbatore, with the active participation of the sports loving people of… — MKStalin (@mkstalin) April 7, 2024 These facilities will be in the new stadium The new cricket stadium to be built in Tamil Nadu will have many facilities including VIP and corporate facilities, players lounge, a media center, public cafeteria, restaurant, gallery, cricket museum, etc. Apart from this, there will also be indoor practice areas, specialist fielding zones and high-performance centers. Let us tell you, this stadium will be built keeping in mind the famous stadiums like Lord’s Cricket Ground in London as well as MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
IPL 2024: 12 illegal ticket sellers arrested by Tamil Nadu Police after CSK vs LSG match
Appropriate legal action has been taken against the 12 people arrested. CSK vs LSG (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) The fan following of Indian Premier League is very high all over the world. The Indian Premier League 2024 has also started and till now many important matches have been played in this fantastic tournament. All the fans want is to sit in the stadium and cheer loudly for their favorite team. Talking about Chennai Super Kings, they have won the trophy of this great tournament five times. On 23 April 2024, a great match was played between Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Lucknow Super Giants won this match. However, after the match ended, Tamil Nadu Police arrested 12 illegal ticket sellers. As per the orders of Chennai Police Commissioner Sandeep Rai Rathore, the police had maintained strict vigil to arrest ticket sellers in the black market and areas around the stadium. Police arrested T. Elumalai (38) of Andhra Pradesh, Hayatbasha Noor Mohammed (38) of Triplicane, S. of T. Nagar. Shyam (20), S. Kishore (27) and eight others have been arrested for illegally selling tickets at inflated prices. 56 tickets worth Rs 1,40,396 were seized from them. Appropriate legal action has been taken against the 12 people arrested. Lucknow defeated CSK in their own home. In the match played on 23 April, Chennai Super Kings, batting first against Lucknow, scored 210 runs losing four wickets in 20 overs. On behalf of the team, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad played an unbeaten inning of 108 runs in 60 balls with the help of 12 fours and three sixes. Rituraj Gaikwad did not spare any bowler of Lucknow Super Giants and hit hard against all of them. Lucknow team, which came to chase the target, had a very bad start. The team had lost two important wickets within five overs. Quinton de Kock was out without opening the account while KL Rahul scored 16 runs. However, Marcus Stoinis batted brilliantly for Lucknow and played a match-winning inning of 124* runs in 63 balls with the help of 13 fours and 6 sixes. He played an important role in giving a spectacular victory to the Lucknow team. Apart from Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran contributed 34 runs while Deepak Hooda scored 17* runs. For Chennai, Deepak Chahar and Mustafizur Rahman took one wicket each while Matheesha Pathirana took two wickets. 5 Australian players who scored half century in 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 the 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy? IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are creating havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Captains of which teams were changed before the start of IPL 2024
Ranji Trophy 2024: Sulakshan Kulkarni leaves the post of head coach of Tamil Nadu after the controversy in the semi-finals: Reports
In the semi-final match, Tamil Nadu was defeated by Mumbai, who later became the champion of the season. Sulakshan Kulkarni (Image Credit- Twitter Tamil Nadu cricket team head coach Sulakshan Kulkarni has left his post. It is noteworthy that some time ago, Kulkarni had blamed team captain R Sai Kishore for Tamil Nadu’s defeat in the semi-final match of Ranji Trophy 2024. Let us tell you that it was not easy for Kulkarni to leave the coaching post of Tamil Nadu cricket team, because he had signed a coaching deal for several years with Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA). Also, it was the result of the coaching of this former Mumbai cricketer that Tamil Nadu was successful in reaching the semi-finals after the 2016-17 Ranji season. Sulakshan Kulkarni has terminated his contract with Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. But let us tell you that after the defeat in the semi-final match, some players of the team had said that Sai Kishore’s decision was against the team plan. So, after Tamil Nadu’s defeat in the semi-final match of Ranji Trophy, Kulkarni said – I always talk straight, we lost the match at 9 o’clock on the very first day of the match. Everything was set, we won the toss, as a coach, as a Mumbaikar, I know the conditions very well. We should have bowled but the captain had different ideas. After all he is the leader of the team. I can give my feedback and input as to what kind of wickets there are. On the other hand, let us tell you that Tamil Nadu was defeated by Mumbai by a margin of innings and 70 runs in the semi-final match. So, by defeating Tamil Nadu in this match, Mumbai also became the champion of the Ranji season. Also, let us tell you that after Kulkarni left the post of head coach, former Indian cricketer Lakshmipathy Balaji has become the new coach of the Tamil Nadu team.
‘Don’t recruit such a coach’ Krishnamachari Srikkanth criticizing Tamil Nadu coach Sulakshan Kulkarni
Kulkarni held Tamil Nadu captain Sai Kishore responsible for the defeat against Mumbai in the ongoing Ranji semi-finals. Kris Srikkanth (Photo Source: Twitter) The second semi-final match of the ongoing Ranji Trophy was played between Mumbai and Tamil Nadu. In the match, Tamil Nadu, which won the toss and batted first, had to face defeat. Regarding Tamil Nadu’s defeat in the match, team coach Sulakshan Kulkarni had said that Tamil Nadu had to face defeat in the match because of the decision making of captain R Sai Kishore. On the other hand, Sulakshan Kulkarni also received a lot of criticism in the cricket world for the coach blaming the captain for the team’s defeat. Players like Dinesh Karthik and Hemang Badani were seen supporting Sai Kishore. All of them say that it is not logical to hold any one player responsible for the defeat. On the other hand, now former Indian cricketer and former BCCI selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth has given a big statement on this issue. Srikanth says that such coaches should not be recruited. Srikanth gave a big statement Let us tell you that while defending R Sai Kishore, Chris Srikanth said through his YouTube channel – This is not right at all. Dear Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA), please do not recruit such coaches from outside states. After the defeat in the semi-final match of Ranji Trophy against Mumbai, the coach of Tamil Nadu was quoted by Times of India as saying – I told him (Sai Kishore) that if we win the toss, we will bowl first. This was my last conversation with the captain before the toss and it happened about five to seven minutes before he went on the field for the toss. He won the toss and suddenly decided to bat first and everyone in the dressing room was shocked. The opposing team was also surprised.
Tamil Nadu coach held captain R Sai Kishore responsible for the defeat, Dinesh Karthik came in support of the player.
Dinesh Karthik and R Sai Kishore. (Photo Source: X(Twitter) Dinesh Karthik has come out in support of Tamil Nadu captain Sai Kishore, who faced criticism for batting in bowler-friendly conditions during the Ranji Trophy semi-final against Mumbai. Tamil Nadu coach Sulakshan Kulkarni was unhappy with the move and believed that the team had lost the match at the time of the toss. Tamil Nadu team had reached the semi-finals after a long time. However, the team lost to the hosts in the knockout match played at the BKC Ground in Mumbai. The coach of Tamil Nadu team has blamed captain Sai Kishore for this defeat. Coach Sulakshan Kulkarni has told that the captain did not listen to him and because of this they had to face defeat. Dinesh Karthik’s tweet in support of Tamil Nadu captain Sai Kishore Meanwhile, Dinesh Karthik has made a tweet on social media in support of Sai Kishore. Posting on Things are just beginning to happen, the coach has completely dismissed his captain and the team.” Coach Kulkarni, while giving a statement after losing the match, had said that, we lost the semi-final at 9 am on the first day itself, because team captain Sai Kishore had decided to bat first after winning the toss. Tamil Nadu team collapsed after scoring 146 runs in the first innings. After this, Mumbai team came out to bat and lost 7 wickets for around 100 runs. However, Shardul Thakur scored a century and took the team to 378. In this way, Mumbai got a lead of 232 runs on the basis of first innings, but Tamil Nadu team collapsed after scoring 162 runs in the second innings and lost the match by a margin of innings and 70 runs. With that win, Mumbai managed to make it to the Ranji Trophy final for the 48th time.
Ranji Trophy 2024: Mumbai made it to the final by defeating Tamil Nadu by an innings and 70 runs in the second semi-final.
Mumbai reached the final of Ranji Trophy for the 47th time Mumbai vs Tamil Nadu, 2nd Semi Final (Image Credit- Twitter The second semi-final match of the ongoing season of Ranji Trophy was played between Mumbai and Tamil Nadu at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, BKC. Let us tell you that in this match, Mumbai has made it to the final of Ranji Trophy for the 47th time by defeating Tamil Nadu in a one-sided manner by an innings and 70 runs. All-rounder Shardul Thakur was awarded the Player of the Match award for his excellent performance in the match. Shardul played a brilliant inning of 109 runs for Mumbai in the first innings, then gave two early blows to Tamil Nadu in the second innings in bowling, pushing the team on the backfoot. Mumbai vs Tamil Nadu, status of second semi-final match So if we tell you about the match in detail, Tamil Nadu won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved to be completely wrong for them. Tamil Nadu’s first innings was reduced to just 146 runs in 64.1 overs in front of Mumbai’s excellent bowling. Vijay Shankar 44 and Washington Sundar 43 were the top scorers for the team in the first innings. So from Mumbai side, Tushar Deshpande took 3 wickets, Musheer Khan, Tanush Kotian and Shardul Thakur took 2 wickets each. Apart from this, Mohit Awasthi also got 1 wicket. After this, when Mumbai came to bat in the first innings, its batting faltered at one time, but in the end, thanks to the brilliant innings of 109 runs by Shardul Thakur and 89* runs by Tanush Kotian, the team scored 378 runs and won over Tamil Nadu on the basis of first innings. Took a strong lead of 232 runs. After this, when Tamil Nadu came to bat in the second innings, apart from Baba Indrajit’s 70 runs, no other player could score more runs. And the entire team was all out for 162 runs and lost the match by an innings and 70 runs. Players like Sai Sudarshan (5), N Jagadees (0) and Washington Sundar (4) proved to be unsuccessful in the second innings of Tamil Nadu.
Ranji Trophy 2024: After a brilliant performance with the bat against Tamil Nadu, Shardul Thakur wreaked havoc with the ball, watch video
The second semi-final match of the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2024 is being played between Tamil Nadu and Mumbai. Mumbai vs Tamil Nadu, 2nd Semi Final (Image Credit- Twitter Domestic tournament continues. The second semi-final match of Ranji Trophy is being played between Mumbai and Tamil Nadu at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, BKC. Let us tell you that in this match, Indian all-rounder player Shardul Thakur has performed amazingly with bat as well as bowling. Let us tell you that today on Monday, March 4, when Tamil Nadu came to bat in its second innings, Shardul gave a great start to Mumbai in the match by showing both the openers of the team the way to the pavilion. Shardul trapped wicketkeeper Narayan Jagadishan (0) LBW in the third over, then got Sai Sudarshan caught out by Hardik Teymor in the sixth over. Watch the video of 2 brilliant blows given by Shardul Thakur to Tamil Nadu. Fantastic Start 😊 Shardul Thakur dismisses N Jagadeesan and Sai Sudharsan early to give Mumbai the perfect start in the 2nd innings.@imShard , @IDFCFIRSTBank , #RanjiTrophy , #MUMvTN , #SF2 Scorecard ▶️ pic.twitter.com/IzNR1irHZt — BCCI Domestic (@BCCIDomestic) March 4, 2024 Also, let us tell you that in this match, Shardul Thakur played a brilliant inning of 109 runs in the first innings of Mumbai, due to which Mumbai was successful in reaching the strong target of 378 runs in the first innings against Tamil Nadu. Shardul hit 13 fours and 4 sixes during his innings. Apart from this, Tanush Kotian also played a brilliant inning of 89* runs. On the other hand, if we tell you the condition of this match, till the time of writing the news, Tamil Nadu has scored 108 runs at the loss of 4 wickets after 37 overs in the second innings. Tamil Nadu still trails Mumbai by 124 runs on first innings basis. At present Baba Inderjeet is present at the crease with 61 runs and Vijay Shankar with 11 runs. So for Mumbai, till now Shardul Thakur has got 2 wickets and Mohit Awasthi and Tanush Kotian have got one wicket each. It is noteworthy that in reply to Mumbai’s 378 runs, Tamil Nadu’s first innings was reduced to only 146 runs.
