DTVHINDIMakhaya Ntini struggled with racism in the South African team for years, son tells sad story
Makhaya Ntini played international cricket for South Africa for about 13 years. Makhaya Ntini and Thando Ntini (Image Credit- Twitter) A big statement by Thando Ntini, son of former South African cricket team fast bowler Makhaya Ntini, has shaken the cricket world. Thando has said that his father was a victim of racism in the South African team for years. It is noteworthy that Makhaya Ntini played cricket for South Africa for about 13 years and he was the first black cricketer of South Africa, who is remembered in the names of some of the best fast bowlers of the Proteas team. However, now a statement given by his son has created a stir. Thando Ntini’s statement created panic in the cricket world Let us tell you that while talking on The Load Shed podcast, Thando Ntini said about Makhaya Ntini – He (Makhaya) was fighting for his life in the team every day. Being the only (black) player on the team, it was quite disheartening to hear this from him. How many times had he been invited to dinner with those gentlemen. So in the year 2020, when Lungi Ngidi had appealed to the cricket world to stand against racism, in an interview given to the South African Broadcasting Cooperation, Makhaya Ntini had said- I was always alone at that time. No one knocked at my door for dinner. Teammates used to make plans in front of me, but did not include me in it. No one would come to sit with me in the breakfast room. We used to wear the same uniform and sing the same national anthem, but I had to overcome that period. I used to give my kit bag to the bus driver and then run towards the ground. I had to do the same while coming back also. Fast bowlers who have taken more than 150 wickets for India in Test cricket Which player has scored the most runs for his franchise, see the complete list Top-5 bowlers who took most wickets against India in test format 4 Indian players who scored a double century in test cricket at the youngest age These batsmen have scored more runs in IPL than MS Dhoni. Australia Cricket Awards 2024: Know which player won which award? Those 5 legendary batsmen who could never score a century in IPL 5 Indian batsmen who have made the highest score in Test cricket against England IND vs ENG: See Team India’s playing XI for the second test match IPL 2024: These franchises got a big blow, these star players were out..!
Shoaib Bashir Test debut Story: Ben Stokes became crazy about Bashir after watching a video, then clipped coach McCullum forward
20 year old Shoaib Bashir made his debut in international cricket Shoaib Bashir. (Image Source: Getty Images) India The second Test match between India and England is being played from today at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. In the match, Team India won the toss and decided to bat first. Rajat Patidar got a chance to debut for India. Whereas 20-year-old Shoaib Bashir made his debut in international cricket for England. Let us tell you that just a few months ago, Shoaib Bashir made his first-class debut for Somerset in the English County Championship match against Essex. However, despite poor performances in his initial matches, Bashir managed to impress England captain Ben Stokes. Actually, Somerset had released the video of Bashir bowling against the brilliant spin player Alastair Cook from the social media platform ‘X’. In that video, Bashir, who was 19 years old at that time, had completely dodged the legendary batsman. After watching the video clip, Stokes immediately forwarded it to a WhatsApp group in which head coach Brendon McCullum and ECB managing director Rob Key were connected. I forwarded that clip: Stokes Talking about that moment, the England Test captain said, “To be honest, the first live glimpse I got was at the bash in Abu Dhabi, the first time I saw him was on Twitter. The County Championship had posted a short clip of his bowling against Sir Alistair. I’m in a WhatsApp group with Kessie and Baz. I actually forwarded that clip and said, take a look at this, this is something we can work with on our India tour. I saw some. The height from which he bowled, it was very clear that there was a lot of action, a lot of spin on the ball. This was something that I saw and thought, this could be very good for India. I have played a lot of games here. As a batsman, you know what is difficult to face, especially from a spin perspective.
Kevin Pietersen also indulged in devotion to Ram, his Instagram story went viral
Even Kevin Pietersen could not stop himself from getting absorbed in the devotion of Ram. Kevin Pietersen (Photo Source: Instagram) On January 22, Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha ceremony was organized in Ayodhya, in which many stalwarts from the cricket world participated. After the grand Pran Pratistha ceremony, lakhs of people are arriving in Ayodhya to have darshan of Lord Ram. Apart from this, people from all over the world are joining it. In this series, former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen also could not stop himself from getting engrossed in the devotion of Ram. He took to social media and posted in Hindi on his Instagram story, writing, ‘Jai Shri Ram’. This post of his has gone viral in no time. Fans also made various comments on this. Apart from him, many cricketers including David Warner and Keshav Maharaj reacted to the Ram Mandir Pran Pratistha. Kevin Pietersen’s Instagram story. Indian veterans attended the life consecration ceremony Indian cricket greats Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur and Ravichandran Ashwin, among others, had received invitations for the Ram Mandir Pran Pratistha ceremony and some of these players attended the event. Neither Dhoni, nor Virat Kohli, nor Ashwin attended the Ram Mandir Pran Pratistha ceremony. Let us tell you that after the consecration of Ramlal, visitors from all over the country are coming for darshan. More than 5 lakh devotees had darshan of Ramlala on the very first day. Talking about the Indian team, it is ready to play the first test match against England in Hyderabad from January 25. Whereas Virat Kohli has withdrawn his name from the first two test matches due to personal reasons. Meanwhile, England has announced its playing eleven for the first test. England’s playing XI for the first test match against India: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes, Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, Jack Leach read this also- VIDEO: Before the Ram Mandir Pran Pratistha program, South African cricketer Keshav Maharaj wished the Indian community, watch video.
“No one knows why he is not in the team, it is a different story”- Aakash Chopra said about Ishan Kishan
Ishan Kishan had withdrawn his name from the Test series against South Africa. Ishan Kishan Aakash Chopra (Photo Source: Twitter) Former Team India cricketer Aakash Chopra believes that Sanju Samson and Jitesh Sharma have been selected ahead of Ishan Kishan in the Indian team for the T20 series against Afghanistan because they can play wicketkeeper-batsman in the middle order. Can play in. Mohali will host the first match of the three-match T20 series between the Men in Blue and Afghanistan on Thursday (January 11), while the other matches will be played in Indore and Bengaluru. The selectors on Sunday named a 16-man squad for the series, with Samson and Jitesh selected as wicketkeeping options. No one knows why Ishaan Kishan is not there – Aakash Chopra In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said that there was no explanation for why Samson was selected in place of Kishan as the wicketkeeper-batsman option. He elaborated, “Jitesh Sharma and Sanju Samson are the two wicketkeepers, although Samson was not kept as the keeper in the last two series. Ishan Kishan was going as the keeper but now he is no more. No one knows why Ishan Kishan is not there. This is a different story.” The former India opener said that the lack of vacancies in the top order might have forced the selectors to pick Samson and Jitesh. He said, “You have suddenly filled the opening slot. Virat Kohli plays at number 3, he does not play at number 4. Therefore the keeper will have to bat lower in the order. You have only two keeping options who can bat lower down the order, one is Jitesh Sharma and the other is Sanju Samson.” It is noteworthy that Ishan Kishan was out of the recent Test series against South Africa due to personal reasons. There is no clarity whether he has been ignored for the Afghanistan T20I series or he is still not available for selection. Also read: What problem has BCCI faced with KL Rahul now?
