DTVHINDI“The best in death overs…”, Aakash Chopra gave a big statement regarding the bowling unit of Delhi Capitals.
Aakash Chopra says that Delhi has the best bowling attack in death overs. Mitchell Starc & Aakash Chopra (Photo Source: Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, Delhi Capitals had retained Axar Patel (16.50 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (13.25 crore), Tristan Stubbs (10 crore), and Abhishek Porel (4 crore). The franchise had entered the auction with a purse of Rs 73 crore and bought great players like KL Rahul, Mitchell Starc, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Harry Brook, Ashutosh Sharma, T Natarajan and Mohit Sharma. The bowling unit of Delhi Capitals is looking great for the upcoming season of IPL, regarding which cricket commentator Akash Chopra has given a big statement. He said that the bowling attack of Gujarat and Mumbai is excellent. But Delhi has the best bowling attack in the death overs. Aakash Chopra said this about the fast bowling of Delhi Capitals Delhi Capitals has bowlers like T Natarajan and Mukesh Kumar, who have the power to turn the game in the last overs. Aakash Chopra praised Natarajan’s consistency, saying that his figures were among the best among Indian bowlers. On the other hand, Mukesh has become a death-bowling specialist for Delhi. At the same time, the team also has Starc and Mohit Sharma. While talking on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said, No one has had a better bowler than him for more than 15 to 20 years. If you look at T Natarajan’s numbers and compare them with all the other Indian players, you will find that he is very, very good, and last year was also good. Mukesh Kumar’s stature has increased a lot. He has death bowling for this franchise and has performed very well. They have bought Mitchell Starc, and it has proved to be a big steal. His fees have been reduced by 50 percent compared to last time. This time he had to come in a big auction. As soon as you get into a big auction, your price gets cut in half. They also have Mohit Sharma. Delhi has the best spin bowling of this tournament- Chopra At the same time, due to the presence of Akshar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, the spin bowling of Delhi Capitals is strong. Both the players can prove fatal for the opposing teams in the middle order. Delhi has the best spin bowling of this tournament and interestingly, they did not need an auction because they have Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav. No team has eight overs of this kind of spin and that is why both were retained. He was given a lot of money and asked to stay. On the small ground and flat pitch of Delhi, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, a lot of sixes are hit. If you don’t have quality there you get exposed. Quality is the only thing that sets you apart from others, and the two spinners here shine like gold.
IPL 2025, RCB Playing XI: Kohli-salt opener, Australian finisher and powerful bowling unit
Royal Challengers Bangalore have bought players like Tim David, Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the mega auction. RCB (Photo Source: Getty Images) IPL 2025: RCB Predicted Playing XI: The IPL 2025 mega auction took place on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Royal Challengers Bangalore had entered the auction with a purse of Rs 83 crore. The team has prepared a strong squad by purchasing players like Phil Salt, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Tim David and Jitesh Sharma. Royal Challengers Bangalore is one of the popular franchises of IPL, but the team has not been able to win a single title so far. Last season, the team reached the playoffs by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the last match of the league stage. But then the team was eliminated after losing against Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator. In IPL 2025, the new team of Royal Challengers Bangalore will be seen giving their best to win the first title. What could be the possible playing 11 of RCB in the upcoming season, let us tell you- IPL 2025, RCB Playing XI: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s playing 11 could be like this opener- Virat Kohli and Phil Salt can be seen opening for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2025. English wicketkeeper Phil Salt has been bought by the franchise in the mega auction for Rs 11.50 crore. Last season, Salt played brilliantly for Kolkata Knight Riders. Phil Salt scored 435 runs in 12 matches at an average of 39.55 and strike rate of 182.01, his highest score was 89* runs. Along with opening, Salt can also play the role of wicketkeeper. Talking about Virat’s performance, he won the Orange Cap by scoring 741 runs in 15 matches at an average of 61.75 and strike rate of 154.70. Middle order- For RCB, Devdutt Padikkal can be seen batting at number-3, Rajat Patidar at number-4 and Liam Livingstone at number-5. Patidar was retained by the franchise. At the same time, Devdutt was bought for base price Rs 2 crore and Livingstone was bought for Rs 8.75 crore. Rajat Patidar scored 395 runs in 15 matches last season at an average of 30.38 and strike rate of 177.13. Devdutt scored 38 runs in 7 matches at a poor average of 5.43. And Liam Livingstone took 111 runs and 3 wickets in 7 matches at an average of 22.20. Finisher- Jitesh Sharma and Tim David can be seen playing the role of finishers for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the upcoming season. Jitesh Sharma scored 187 runs in 14 matches for Punjab Kings in the last IPL season at an average of 17 and a strike rate of 131.69. At the same time, Tim David scored 241 runs for Mumbai Indians in 13 matches at an average of 30.13. Bowling Unit- Royal Challengers Bangalore have an excellent fast bowling unit in the form of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood and Yash Dayal. Hazlewood did not play last season due to personal reasons. At the same time, Bhuvi took 11 wickets in 16 matches at an…
ICC appoints Sumati Dharmavardhan as new chairperson of Anti-Corruption Unit
Sumati Dharamvardhan will take charge from November 1 ICC Logo (Photo Source: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed Sumati Dharmavardhan as the new chairman of the Anti-Corruption Unit. Sumati Dharmavardhan will replace Sir Ronnie Flanagan, who is retiring after 14 years in the post. Sumati Dharamvardhan will take charge from November 1 While releasing the official statement ICC wrote, The Chairman of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit is entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing and leading the ACU, which is managed at the executive level by the General Manager-Integrity. Shri Dharam Vardhan will take charge of this post from November 1, 2024.” Talking about the previous role of Sumathi Dharmawardhana, she has worked as Additional Solicitor General in the Attorney General Department of Sri Lanka. As a part of this, he has represented the government and its sports ministry in several legal issues. Dharmavardhan has also worked with Interpol and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. As a component of this, he has been part of the investigation panel related to corruption in sports and has also overseen the prosecution under the Prevention of Offenses in Sports Act. The tenure of ACU head Alex Marshall is also ending in November. ACU chief Alex Marshall is also due to end his seven-year term at the end of November. His role was primarily to monitor initiatives to reduce the presence of corruption in cricket. This included investigating suspicious activities, enforcing anti-corruption regulations, as well as educating players and officials regarding the topic of integrity in cricket. Marshall has previously been a senior police officer in the United Kingdom. His main purpose in joining the ICC’s ACU was to use his background in law enforcement, and it has been quite successful in protecting the interests of cricket on the global stage.
ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit chairman Sir Ronnie Flanagan is going to retire in October
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T20 World Cup 2024: I was fortunate to get the opportunity to captain this unit, says Rohit Sharma
Rohit has thanked the fans for their support during the T20 World Cup. Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: Instagram) Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma has thanked the fans for the support they received during the T20 World Cup 2024. Also, Rohit has said that he is very lucky to have got the opportunity to captain this champion unit. It is worth noting that under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India won the T20 World Cup title after 17 years. Before Rohit, India won the first season of the T20 World Cup under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. So after winning the T20 World Cup, the Indian team reached India on 4th July. After reaching India, the first thing that Team India did was to meet PM Narendra Modi in Delhi and after that in the evening, along with the felicitation ceremony at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, a victory parade was also seen on Marine Drive. Also, now a big statement from Captain Rohit has come out regarding this victory. I was fortunate to get the opportunity to captain this unit: Rohit Sharma Let us tell you that India has won the T20 World Cup for the second time by defeating South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup. Rohit said after the felicitation ceremony in Mumbai, as quoted by The Hindu- I want to thank the Indian cricket fans on behalf of my team and BCCI. Rohit further said- Ever since we reached India, we have seen how much this World Cup means to them. For the last 11 years, they have wanted the trophy back in India. The fans were more eager to win the trophy than we were. This team is special and I am fortunate to have got the opportunity to captain this unit.
After the defeat of Lucknow Super Giants, assistant coach Lance Klusener held this entire unit responsible.
LSG bowlers lacked execution, couldn’t put the ball in the right place: Lance Klusener KL Rahul (Photo Source: Getty Images) In the 44th match of IPL, Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants faced each other at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. In this match, Rajasthan Royals easily won against Lucknow Super Giants by 7 wickets. Batting first, Lucknow Super Giants scored 196 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Rajasthan Royals achieved this target in 19 overs by losing only 3 wickets. Assistant coach Lance Klusener gave statement on Lucknow’s defeat After their disappointing performance by Lucknow Supergiants against Rajasthan in Ekana, assistant coach Lance Klusener expressed concern about this. He was certain about the kind of performance they needed to deliver if they were to go on to win the IPL. He said that LSG bowlers lacked execution, who could not put the ball in the right place. He also suggested that the team was 10-15 runs short. In the post-match press conference, Klusener was the first to point out that Akana has never seen big scores, so it is not fair to compare conditions and stadiums, as it has become common for teams to score big this year. Klusener said, ‘I think we just need to be a little more clinical. I think winning the IPL means teams have to ensure that they are on top in everything – batting, bowling, fielding. Klusener further said, ‘We have to make sure we put all those little things together to go deep into the playoff battle later this month. We can neither bat well nor bowl well or field well. So, we just need to make sure we put it all together.’ When will Mayank Yadav return to the team? Klusener also gave a small update on Mayank Yadav’s absence and said, ‘You will see Mayank in the team soon.’
