DTVHINDINZ vs AUS 2024: Usman Khawaja forced to remove banned sticker from his bat on the third day of Wellington Test
New Zealand was given a target of 369 runs to win the first Test against Australia. Usman Khawaja. (Image Source: X) Australia’s tour of New Zealand 2024, NZ vs AUS: Australia’s experienced opening batsman Usman Khawaja (usman khawaja) was forced to remove the pigeon logo from his bat on the third day of the first Test being played against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. The incident occurred in the 19th over of the second innings of the Australian cricket team, when Usman Khawaja asked for a new bat as his bat was broken. After which Australia’s 12th player Matthew Renshaw came out of the dugout with some bats, and Khawaja chose one bat. Usman Khawaja forced to remove pigeon sticker from his bat But the bat the Australian opener chose had a pigeon logo on it, and he had to remove it. Usman Khawaja immediately removed the human rights sticker of a dove holding an olive branch. In fact, the International Cricket Council (ICC) had rejected Khawaja’s request to display the human rights logo of a dove holding an olive branch during the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan last year. As a result, even before getting involved in any controversy, Usman Khawaja removed that sticker in Wellington, the pictures and videos of which are going viral on social media. The 37-year-old batsman wanted to put up this sticker to raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. See that viral picture here: Usman Khawaja was forced to remove a dove sticker from his bat on day three of the Wellington Test. #NZvAUS pic.twitter.com/qiveyDmNOd — Ops Sports (@SportsFunFan) March 2, 2024 Usman Khawaja was forced to remove a dove sticker from his bat on day three of the Wellington Test. #NZVAUS pic.twitter.com/yE5Y8FlWFk — Nibraz Ramzan (@nibraz88cricket) March 2, 2024 Meanwhile, Glenn Phillips dismissed Khawaja for 28 runs in the morning session on the third day in Wellington. Australia were all out for 164 runs in their second innings, and New Zealand were set a target of 369 runs to win. Let us tell you, Khawaja was earlier also stopped from wearing shoes displaying the messages “All lives are equal” and “Freedom is a human right”. The Australia batsman was also reprimanded for using the black stripe during the match.
Adam Gilchrist gives big reaction to MS Dhoni putting sticker of old friend’s shop on his bat
Dhoni has started preparations for the 17th season of IPL. MS Dhoni (Image Credit- Twitter X) Preparations for the upcoming season of IPL are going on in full swing and the countdown for the 17th season of the tournament has started. In the upcoming season, all 10 teams would like to increase their title count by performing brilliantly, while some teams will try to win the tournament for the first time. Taking this trend forward, former Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni has also started implementing his preparations. It is noteworthy that under the captaincy of Dhoni, Chennai Super Kings won the IPL title for a record fifth time by defeating Gujarat Titans in the final of IPL 2023. Along with this, Chennai had also equaled the five-time champion Mumbai Indians in terms of winning the IPL title the most number of times. On the other hand, recently before the start of IPL 2024, a video of Dhoni went viral in which he was seen playing in practice with a sticker of his old friend’s shop on his bat. It is noteworthy that his childhood friend Paramjit Singh has played an important role in Dhoni’s cricket journey. Dhoni also got his first sponsorship for his cricket bat by Paramjit Singh. The friendship between Dhoni and his friend has been shown brilliantly in the Bollywood film ‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’. On the other hand, now former Australian cricket team veteran and wicketkeeper batsman Adam Gilchrist has given a big reaction to Dhoni’s gesture towards his friend. While Dhoni’s cricket fans are constantly praising this gesture, Gilchrist has taken it in a very simple manner. Gilchrist has termed Dhoni’s friend’s shop named Prime Sports as just a ‘local store’. See how Adam Gilchrist reacted Mark: MS Dhoni is Back! Hussey: Dhoni is Back, Might be hitting in nets! Gilly mentions Dhoni is using his Friend’s Shop Sticker in his bat. pic.twitter.com/IYASS9iWLG — Abhi⚒️ (@abhi_backup07) February 11, 2024 5 teams that have won the Under 19 World Cup the most number of times 3 Australian players who have won POTM awards the most number of times in T20I 5 players who made the biggest scores in ODI cricket for Sri Lanka Five best innings played by Indian captains in Under-19 World Cup 4 Indian bowlers who became number 1 bowler in test cricket List of batsmen who remained not out most number of times in IPL Top 4 Indian bowlers who took 150 wickets in least number of test matches List of foreign players earning big from IPL 2024 5 bowlers who have dismissed Joe Root the most number of times in Test cricket Fast bowlers who have taken more than 150 wickets for India in Test cricket
