DTVHINDISourav Ganguly defends Gautam Gambhir’s sharp comment on panting, know what Dada said?
The market of rhetoric is hot before the start of BGT between India and Australia. Sourav Ganguly and Gautam Gambhir (Image Credit- Twitter X) Cricket fans around the world are eagerly waiting for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series between India and Australia (IND vs AUS) starting from 22nd November. On the other hand, statements are being made continuously by former cricketers before the start of this much-awaited series. In this sequence, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting had expressed concern about former captain and Virat Kohli, who is out of form in Test cricket these days. On this statement of Ponting, the current head coach of the Indian team and former opener Gautam Gambhir had said that he should stop worrying about Kohli’s form and focus on the Australian team. On the other hand, Gambhir has now got the support of former Indian captain and Sourav Ganguly, popularly known as Dada, on this statement. Ganguly says that there is nothing wrong in whatever Gambhir said. Sourav Ganguly defended Gautam Gambhir’s statement Let us tell you that in a recent discussion with Revzsports, Ganguly said – I would just say that let him be. I saw some criticism on what he said in the press conference. He (Gambhir) is like that, let him remain like that. When he won the IPL, it was just like that, you were rooting for him. Just because he has lost three Test matches and one ODI series, the straight thing has not been viewed well. But that’s just the way it is. Ganguly further said- Ever since I have watched cricket, Australians have been difficult for you. He has played his cricket like this, be it (Steve) Waugh, Ponting or (Matthew) Hayden. Therefore, there is nothing wrong in what Gambhir has said. That’s just the way he is, and he fights, he competes. So let’s give him a chance. He has been in coaching only for two-three months and you are passing judgment on him.
“Whatever questions people want to ask…”, Shan Masood gave such statement on Rameez Raja’s controversial comment.
Shan Masood has given a big statement regarding the answer given to Rameez Raja after winning the series. Shan Masood & Rameez Raja (Photo Source: Getty Images) Pakistan cricket team recently won the Test series against England 2-1 at home. This is the team’s first win in a Test series at home since 2021 and also the first win under the captaincy of Shan Masood. Before this he had not won a single Test series and questions were constantly being raised on his captaincy. Shan Masood had lost 6 Tests and two series under captaincy before winning the series against England. When Shan Masood was giving an interview after the win against England, Rameez Raja took a dig at Shan Masood. Rameez Raja had said that, “How did you achieve 6 consecutive defeats?Having said this, he started laughing. Shan Masood then replied to him and said, “Rameez Bhai, we needed this victory. The country needed this win and I am really happy for Pakistan.” Meanwhile, Shan Masood has given a big statement regarding the reply given to Rameez Raja after winning the series. Masood says that he is not angry with what Rameez Raja said. There is no bitterness from my side – Shan Masood Pakistan’s Test captain Shan Masood while talking on BBC Stumped said, There is no bitterness from my side. I have always been like an open book in front of the media and I have tried to present myself in the best possible light. People have every right to ask whatever questions they want. I want to represent the best of me and make my character reflect who I am. I’m good at accepting constructive criticism and I’m also good at filtering things. Shan Masood said this about Babar Azam being out of the team After the defeat in the first match of the series against England, Pakistan made major changes in the squad for the last two matches. The selectors had dropped players like Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah. Spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan got a place in the team, due to which the team captured the series. At the same time, Kamran Ghulam was included in the squad in place of Babar. On this, Shaan Masood says that there is no harm in going out and taking rest sometimes. Babar is a big player and knows how to make a comeback.
“Mumbai lobby is a reality” – Fans trolled Sanjay Manjrekar fiercely for his controversial comment.
Sanjay Manjrekar said that he does not pay much attention to the players of the North. Sanjay Manjrekar (Photo Source: Indian team and former Mumbai cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has once again come under attack from fans for his comments during live telecast. The famous commentator said something in the India vs New Zealand match of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, which has now created an uproar on social media. Manjrekar said that he does not pay much attention to the players of the North. Many people felt bad about his words. After this, Sanjay Manjrekar had to face the ‘Mumbai lobby’ jibe on social media. Manjrekar made this controversial comment in the 11th over of the Indian innings. Actually, Manjrekar’s commentary partner was discussing Indian team’s fielding coach Munish Bali. He told Manjrekar that the fielding coach is a former cricketer from Punjab. After this, Manjrekar said, “Sorry, I did not recognize him.” I don’t pay much attention to the players from the North.” Fans trolled Sanjay Manjrekar Fans probably did not like his comment because Indian women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur is also from Punjab. After hearing his comment, fans have started giving their reactions on social media. One fan wrote, “Mumbai lobby is a reality.” Another said, “Experts say that Mumbai lobby does not exist. This is a product of people’s imagination. But now see for yourself.” Let us tell you that Munish Bali, resident of Patiala, is one of the most experienced coaches of the Indian cricket circuit. He started off as the head coach of Punjab’s age-group level teams. He has considerable experience in international setup. He has been the assistant coach of the team that won the Under-19 World Cup in 2008, which had great fielders like Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja and Manish Pandey. Team India did not have a good start in the T20 World Cup 2024. In this match, New Zealand has defeated India by 58 runs. Batting first, New Zealand set a target of 161 runs for India. So when India set out to chase this target, it was all out for just 102 runs in 19 overs. In the match, no Indian batsman could play an innings bigger than 15 runs.
“Plays IPL for 10 years despite saying no…no…”- SRK’s comment on MS Dhoni
Shah Rukh Khan and MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Twitter) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently announced the retention rules for the IPL 2025 mega auction. With the arrival of that rule, it was decided that MS Dhoni can also play IPL. As an uncapped Indian, he can be retained before the mega auction of IPL and Chennai Super Kings can retain him for Rs 4 crore. Amidst the ongoing discussions about Dhoni’s future in IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders’ Honor Shahrukh Khan has made a funny comment on him and said that he is also a legend like him, who is playing IPL despite saying no. . In fact, recently at an award show, Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan made fun of filmmaker Karan Johar and advised him to retire. On this Karan Johar replied and asked when are you taking retirement. Shahrukh Khan gave a big statement regarding MS Dhoni Responding to this, Shahrukh Khan has said that he and Dhoni are a different kind of legends, who play IPL for 10 years despite saying no. Shahrukh Khan said, “The biggest specialty of legends is that legends know when to stop and when to take retirement. Such as the great Sachin Tendulkar, footballer Sunil Chhetri and legendary tennis player Roger Federer. They all know when to retire and I think it’s time for you to do the same. So please go back. thank you so much.”
“Hopefully they will change it to fielding coach”- T Dilip on Ashwin’s internet personality comment
In a video shared by BCCI on Instagram, T Dilip says, “It was great for Ash (Ashwin) to know the subject, but if you ask me, a month ago, I was also a bit surprised when a friend of mine showed me something. I was typing my name in Google and it showed me internet personalities. I was wondering what is this internet personality. Glad that Ashwin raised the issue and hopefully they will change it to fielding coach.” Let us tell you that, after this, T Dilip talked about some catches taken by Team India in the Chennai Test match and also said that fielding is not only judged by catching catches, but it is also judged by how you show intent. T Dilip praised Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jaspreet Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj, who fielded well and took some brilliant catches in the first Test match against Bangladesh.
Sunil Gavaskar lashed out at Michael Vaughan for his comment ‘Joe Root will surpass Sachin’, know what he said?
Root recently became the cricketer with the most number of centuries (34) in Tests for England. Sunil Gavaskar (Image Credit- Twitter X) Recently, former England cricket team captain Michael Vaughan said in the Club Priory Fire podcast that the time is not far when Joe Root will surpass Sachin Tendulkar to become the highest run-scorer in Test cricket. It is worth noting that Joe Root recently performed brilliantly in the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka. And now he has become the first player from England to score the most centuries (34) in Test cricket. Now former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar’s reaction has come to light on this comment of Michael Vaughan. Sunil Gavaskar gave a big response Let us tell you that recently Gavaskar said in one of his columns written in Sports Star – Recently, I heard someone saying that it would be good for Test cricket if Joe Root surpasses Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most runs and centuries in Test match cricket. Gavaskar further said- Please tell us what is wrong with Test cricket at present, when Tendulkar has this record and how will Test cricket be better if an English player holds this record. How will it be better? Someone please tell me. This is a funny notion, because India plays more than half a dozen Test matches every season, be it at home or away. Just because the IPL is a massive success doesn’t mean the BCCI has no interest in promoting Test cricket, but the narrative is one that is being propagated by the West media.
Wasim Jaffer made fun of England team, made a funny comment on Michael Vaughan’s tweet!
There was a funny debate between Sim Jaffer and Michael Vaughan on social media. Jaffer took a dig at the WTC rankings by giving a funny reply to Vaughan’s tweet. Wasim Jaffer & Michael Vaughan. (Photo Source: Instagram/Getty Images) Wasim Jaffer and Michael Vaughan Social Media Banter: The ongoing debate on social media between former Indian batsman Wasim Jaffer and former England captain Michael Vaughan has taken a new and interesting turn. It all started when Michael Vaughan posted a tweet demanding the creation of two divisions in Test cricket and equal distribution of wealth among Test playing nations. Wasim Jaffer responded to this tweet of Michael Vaughan in his funny style. He made a funny comment drawing attention to England being at the bottom of the points table of WTC 2024-25. Jaffer wrote- “Timing is everything. And Michael is a smart guy who understands that. That’s why he didn’t tweet this a month ago when the WTC table looked like this (England were bottom then).” Timing is everything. And Michael is a wise man who understands that. That’s why he didn’t tweet this a month ago when WTC table looked like this 😉 #WTC25 #ENGvSL pic.twitter.com/tfzmQbYGwn — Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) September 3, 2024 The England team toured India earlier this year, where their performance was disappointing. The England team led by Ben Stokes was defeated 1-4 by the Indian team led by Rohit Sharma. After this defeat, the England team slipped very low in the WTC points table. However, England won two Test matches each against West Indies and Sri Lanka at home, which improved the team’s position in the points table to some extent. Now the England team is preparing for the final Test match against Sri Lanka, which will be played at the Oval in London from September 6. Meanwhile, India is also preparing for the two-Test series against Bangladesh, which will be played in Chennai and Kanpur respectively. The series will start from September 19 and the Indian team is committed to perform well in it.
‘So I will use my full potential now’, Suryakumar made a funny comment on a statement made by Gambhir
The first match of the T20 series will be played between India and Sri Lanka today Suryakumar Yadav and Gautam Gambhir (Image Credit- X) The three-match T20 series between India and Sri Lanka is starting from today. Suryakumar Yadav will captain the Indian team and Shubman Gill will be the vice-captain of the team. Gautam Gambhir is going to start his tenure as the head coach from the Sri Lanka tour. In this way Surya and coach Gambhir will start a new phase together. Let us tell you that Suryakumar Yadav has played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL under the captaincy of Gambhir. During a recent discussion, Gautam Gambhir talked about the ideal role of a leader and also spoke about his seven-year tenure as KKR captain. Gambhir lamented that neither he nor the team fully utilized Suryakumar Yadav’s potential during his tenure with the franchise. Gambhir told Sportskeeda, the role of a leader is to identify the best potential and showcase it to the world. If I have any regret in my seven years of captaincy, it is that I and we as a team never managed to make the best use of Suryakumar Yadav. The reason for this was the combination. Suryakumar gave a funny answer in the press conference During the pre-match press conference on the eve of today’s T20 match, Surya, while discussing his deep relationship with Gambhir, jokingly responded to Gambhir’s previous comments. He said that there is nothing to worry about, as now the potential will be fully utilized and stressed that no laxity will be tolerated in this. “So, I will utilise my full potential now,” Suryakumar said smilingly, as quoted by NDTV Sports. Suryakumar further said in the conversation, the same train will move forward, only the engine has changed, while the bogies will remain unchanged. Nothing has changed, it is the same brand of cricket. This (captaincy role) does not change anything. It has given me an additional responsibility. It is good that now I can negotiate.
Mohammed Shami gave a befitting reply to Inzamam-ul-Haq’s ball tampering comment against Arshdeep Singh
Inzamam-ul-Haq had accused Arshdeep Singh of ball tampering during the T20 World Cup. Mohammed Shami and Inzamam-Ul-Haq (Image Credit- Twitter Indian cricket team’s star fast bowler Mohammed Shami has given a befitting reply to the statement of former Pakistan player and captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, when he accused Arshdeep Singh of ball tampering during the T20 World Cup 2024. Let us tell you that in the ICC T20 World Cup, Indian bowler Arshdeep Singh was bowling a lot of swing in the match against Australia on June 24, then Inzamam had made this allegation on a Pakistani cricket talk show. But now through an interview, Shami has given a befitting reply to Inzamam. Mohammad Shami gave a befitting reply to Inzamam-ul-Haq Let us tell you that recently while talking on Shubhankar Mishra’s YouTube channel, Mohammed Shami said- Obviously I got a different kind of ball in the World Cup, I even said in an interview that I will cut the ball one day. Actually, the Player of the Match (POTM) ball is still with me. Another person commented on how Arshdeep has managed to reverse swing the ball. Shami further said- I have only one thing to say to Inzamam-ul-Haq, if you can do this, then you are a magician, but when others do it, you call it ball tampering. It is unexpected and when a player of his stature makes such a comment, he should not make this cartoon comment for anyone. There is no magic needed to reverse swing the ball. You just need to bowl with the right technique. It is worth noting that when Inzamam made this allegation on the Indian bowlers, captain Rohit Sharma had said that there is a need to open the mind a little about how the ball swings. So after this Inzamam had said that don’t teach us how the ball swings.
AUS vs IND 2024-25: Umpire Simon Taufel made special comment on KL Rahul’s controversial DRS out in Perth Test
There is a special discussion in the cricket world regarding Rahul’s dismissal. Australia vs India, 1st Test (Image Credit- Twitter X) India is facing Australia in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series from November 22 at the Optus Stadium in Perth. In the match, stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah has won the toss and decided to bat first, which has not proved right for the team. However, there is a lot of discussion in the cricket world about the way experienced batsman KL Rahul was out in the match. After defending a lot of the ball, Rahul was slowly building his innings, but he was unfortunately given out in the 23rd over of the Indian innings. Mitchell Starc came to bowl this over of the Indian innings for Australia and in this over, he bowled the second ball of length to Rahul, which went very close to the bat. During this, other players including the bowler appealed, but the onfield umpire did not give the player out. But during this, captain Pat Cummins took DRS review and the third umpire gave Rahul out. But in UltraEdge it was clearly seen that the ball had hit the pad saved from the bat. On the other hand, now experienced umpire Simon Taufel has reacted to Rahul’s DRS out. Simon Taufel reacts to Rahul’s DRS out Let us tell you that Simon Taufel, while discussing with 7 Cricket about Rahul’s dismissal in the Perth Test, said – We saw in that side on shot that there was a spike on the RTS and the bat was away from the pad, in other words the bat. The lower part did not reach the pad. So rotating it in its natural course, you would have seen the second spike (on the sneako, to indicate the bat hitting the pad) come in more than if it had been rotated all the way. So former cricketer Matthew Hayden, who was commenting during this time, said – We are assuming that (Snikko) could be the outer edge of the bat, but it cannot be so. Well, the umpire’s decision is the final decision, and the player cannot protest against it. Due to this decision of the umpire, Rahul had to return to the pavilion after being out on the score of 26 runs in 74 balls.