BCCI heard Anshuman Gaikwad’s plea, Jay Shah decided to donate Rs 1 crore for the treatment of the former player suffering from blood cancer
Jai Shah has directed to immediately release Rs 1 crore to provide financial assistance to former player Anshuman Gaekwad who is currently battling blood cancer. Jay Shah and Anshuman Gaikwad (Pic Source-X) The Board of Control for Cricket in India has recently come forward to support one of its former players. Let us tell you, Secretary Jai Shah of the Board of Control for Cricket in India has directed to immediately release Rs 1 crore to provide financial assistance to former player Anshuman Gaikwad who is currently battling blood cancer. Anshuman Gaikwad has been battling blood cancer for the last few years without telling anyone. Recently, former Indian player Sandeep Patil had revealed in his column in Mid Day about Anshuman Gaikwad’s condition that he had met Gaikwad at King’s College Hospital in London. Sandeep Patil said that the board should definitely help those players whose health is not good. Sandeep Patil had made a special appeal to the BCCI regarding Anshuman Gaikwad’s medical expenses. Not only this, the captain of the 1983 World Cup winning team Kapil Dev has also taken this step that he will donate his pension for Gaikwad’s treatment. According to Kapil Dev, the players of today have every kind of solution and they also have no shortage of money, but the earlier players did not have anything like this. According to Gaurav Gupta of Times of India, BCCI secretary Jay Shah spoke to Anshuman Gaikwad’s family and asked them about the former player’s health. Anshuman Gaikwad’s performance has always been very good in domestic cricket. Anshuman Gaekwad has also been a part of India’s World Cup team Let us tell you, Anshuman Gaikwad played a total of 40 Test matches in his cricketing career and also participated in the World Cup. Gaikwad scored 1959 runs at an average of 32.08 in which his best score was 201 runs. Not only this, the former player has also served as the head coach of the Indian cricket team in 2000 and 2001, while he coached the Kenya team in the 1999 World Cup. 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? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Yashasvi Jaiswal shone with the bat in Harare, won the Player of the Match award with his explosive batting
India beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the fourth T20 match Yashasvi Jaiswal (Pic Source-X) The fourth T20 match was played between India and Zimbabwe at Harare Cricket Stadium, where Shubman Gill and company won by 10 wickets. With this, the visiting team has won the series by taking a 3-1 lead. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who batted explosively in the match, was chosen as the Player of the Match. Let us tell you that in the match, Team India won the toss and invited Zimbabwe to bat first. Openers Madhevere and Marumani batted strongly and added 63 runs for the first wicket. However, both were out after scoring 25 and 32 runs respectively. After this, no one could do anything special except captain Sikandar Raza. He played a quick innings of 46 runs in 28 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. Yashasvi Jaiswal played an incredible innings In this way, Zimbabwe’s team scored 152 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Khalil Ahmed took the maximum of 2 wickets from India’s side. In response, Indian team’s openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill batted brilliantly while chasing the target. Both of them took the team to the target of 153 runs without losing any wicket. The most important contribution in this was of Yashasvi Jaiswal. He played an unbeaten innings of 93 runs in 53 balls, which included 13 fours and 2 sixes. However, he remained away from the century. Still, he was awarded the Player of the Match award for his incredible batting. Apart from this, Shubman Gill also played a captaincy innings and returned unbeaten by scoring 58 runs in 39 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. With this victory, India has taken a 3-1 lead in the five-match T20 series. The last and fifth match of the series will be played in Harare tomorrow on 14 July.
James Anderson retires from international cricket, MCC President Mark Nicholas gives a special gift to the veteran player
James Anderson took 704 wickets in 188 innings. James Anderson (Pic Source-X) England’s experienced fast bowler James Anderson has retired from international cricketing career today i.e. on 12th July. He had many great achievements to his name in the cricket field. He bowled very well in the final match as well and took a total of 4 wickets. After the match, Marylebone Cricket Club awarded James Anderson with lifetime membership to end his excellent cricketing career. Let us tell you, James Anderson took 704 wickets in 188 innings. After the match, MCC President Mark Nicholas gave James Anderson a lifetime membership and all the fans clapped for him. Not only this, the English players also gave a guard of honour to the experienced bowler. Here is the video: James Anderson has been granted an MCC honorary life membership. pic.twitter.com/nxWHcCNDR3 — Vipin Tiwari (@Vipintiwari952) July 12, 2024 In the first Test, England won the toss and invited West Indies to bat first. West Indies batted first and scored 121 runs in their first innings after losing all wickets. For the team, Mikyle Lewis scored 27 runs in the first innings while Kavem Hodge contributed 24 runs. Alick Athanaze played an innings of 23 runs while Alzari Joseph scored 14 runs. England scored 371 runs after losing all wickets in their first innings. Wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith scored 70 runs for the team while experienced batsman Joe Root scored 68 runs. Zak Crawley contributed 76 runs while Ollie Pope scored 57 runs. Harry Brook contributed 50 runs. Jaden Searles took four wickets in the first innings for West Indies. The West Indies team failed to bat well in the second innings as well and was all out for 136 runs. In the second innings, Gudakesh Moti scored the highest 31* runs for the team. Apart from Moti, Alick Athanaze contributed 22 runs while Jason Holder scored 20 runs. 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? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Who will be the next mentor of KKR after Gautam Gambhir?? This player is leading in the race
Gautam Gambhir’s appointment as India’s new head coach means that Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be without a mentor for the next season. Gambhir’s tenure has led them to three Indian Premier League titles, two as captain and one as mentor. Meanwhile, some media reports have revealed that the KKR management is already looking for Gambhir’s replacement. According to a report in The Telegraph, South African great and former franchise coach Jacques Kallis is the frontrunner to replace Gambhir as KKR mentor. Although Chandrakant Pandit is set to continue as the head coach of the team, the appointment of Kallis might force him to play a role similar to Gambhir. Jacques Kallis can become KKR’s mentor for IPL 2025 The report added, “The franchise is also looking for a replacement for Gambhir, who was crucial to their third IPL title this year. The name of South African great all-rounder Jacques Kallis, who coached KKR in 2019, is also doing the rounds.” Interestingly, Kallis was part of the 2012 and 2014 IPL title-winning Kolkata team when Gambhir was the captain of the team. After his retirement in 2014, Kallis joined KKR as batting consultant in 2015, followed by his appointment as the team’s coach after Trevor Bayliss’ departure. He stayed with KKR till 2019 and then joined the South African team as batting consultant. Apart from a mentor, KKR may also need a batting coach. According to reports, KKR batting consultant Abhishek Nair is also in the race to join Gambhir’s support staff as an assistant coach in Team India. Meanwhile, Gambhir will start his tenure as India’s head coach with the Sri Lanka tour. The former India opener replaced Rahul Dravid in this position.
ZIM vs IND: India defeated Zimbabwe, Washington Sundar performed brilliantly and became the player of the match
ZIM vs IND: The third T20 match against India in Zimbabwe was played on July 10. The match was played at Harare Sports Club. India won the toss and decided to bat first and won the third T20 match against Zimbabwe by 23 runs. With this win, Team India led by Shubman Gill has taken a 2-1 lead. Chasing the target of 183 runs given by India, Zimbabwe’s team could score only 159 runs in the stipulated overs. 3 consecutive wickets by Indian bowlers in the powerplay put Zimbabwe on the backfoot. Dion Mayers played a brilliant innings of 65 runs for Zimbabwe and played an important role in taking the team to a good score. But his efforts were not enough to give the team victory. Zimbabwe’s team could score 159 runs for six wickets in 20 overs. Washington Sundar took 3 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs and bowled at an excellent economy of 3.80. Sundar took the wickets of Sikandar Raza, Campbell and Madande. His bowling made India’s position very strong. Zimbabwe started the match with a jolt and after that the wickets kept falling. Within seven overs, Zimbabwe lost five wickets. In this match, Marumani got out after scoring 13 runs, Bennett four, Raza 15, Campbell one run. After this, Myers and Madande took over the charge. There was a partnership of 77 runs between the two for the sixth wicket, which was broken by Washington Sundar. He dismissed Madande, who was out after scoring 37 runs in 26 balls. At the same time, Myers remained unbeaten after scoring 65 runs in 49 balls and he scored his first T20 international half-century in 45 balls. Apart from this, Masakadza remained unbeaten after scoring 18 runs. For India, Washington Sundar took three wickets and Avesh took two wickets. At the same time, Khalil took one wicket.
James Anderson chose this player, not Virat Kohli, as the best batsman before his farewell Test match, read the big news
The first match between West Indies and England to be held from July 10 is going to be the last match of Anderson’s career. James Anderson and Virat Kohli (Image Credit- Twitter X) The first match of the three-match Test series between England and West Indies has started today on 10 July at the historic Lord’s ground. Let us tell you that this match is going to be the last match of the cricket career of James Anderson, one of the best fast bowlers in the world. So, now there is hardly any bowler who will be able to match Anderson’s cricket career which has lasted for more than 2 decades. The retirement of Anderson, who made his England cricket team debut in 2002, marks the end of an era in English cricket. Anderson has closely witnessed the dominant play in Test cricket and the growth of T20 cricket. So now before the last match of his career, James Anderson has named the best batsman he has faced in his cricket career. However, you will be surprised to know that the batsman Anderson has chosen is not Virat Kohli or Steve Smith. According to Anderson, this player is the best batsman Let us tell you that in an interview with Sky Sports before the first match against West Indies, Anderson said – I must say that the best batsman is Sachin Tendulkar. Along with this, he also named the bowler whom he had trouble facing. Anderson named Glenn McGrath and Dale Steyn. On the other hand, James Anderson has played a total of 39 Test matches against India, in which he has taken 149 wickets. During this period, Anderson took Sachin Tendulkar’s wicket 9 times. Well, now it will be interesting to see what kind of magic Anderson is going to show with the ball in his last Test match?
On this day in 1949, legendary player Sunil Gavaskar was born in Mumbai
Sunil Gavaskar played international cricket for 16 years and scored 10122 runs in 125 Test matches at an average of 51.12. Sunil Gavaskar (Photo Source: Twitter) On this day, i.e. 10 July 1949, Indian team’s legendary player Sunil Gavaskar was born to Manohar and Meenal in Mumbai. Today, i.e. on 10 July, Sunil Gavaskar is celebrating his 75th birthday. Sunil Gavaskar made his international debut against West Indies at Queen’s Park Oval in March 1971. Sunil Gavaskar missed the first test match but in this series he scored 774 runs in eight innings at an average of 154.80. Sunil Gavaskar batted explosively in this entire series and won the hearts of many fans. The most special thing about this series was that no team could play the West Indies fast bowling attack of that time.It was not so easy for the West Indies but Sunil Gavaskar consistently attacked all these bowlers and put pressure on the West Indies bowlers. Sunil Gavaskar played international cricket for 16 years and scored 10,122 runs in 125 Test matches at an average of 51.12. Not only this, he scored 3,092 runs in 108 ODI matches at an average of over 35. Sunil Gavaskar has 45 half-centuries and 34 centuries in the Test format. His record was later broken by Sachin. Talking about ODIs, the best batsman has 27 half-centuries and one century. Not only this, Sunil Gavaskar also captained the Indian team in the 1980s. However, his record in captaincy is not so good. Under the captaincy of Sunil Gavaskar, the team won 9 matches while the team had to face defeat in eight. 30 matches ended in a draw. Sunil Gavaskar played his last match for India in the 1987 World Cup Let us tell you, Sunil Gavaskar played his last match for India in the 1987 World Cup. In this important tournament, he scored 300 runs at an average of 50. In his last match, Sunil Gavaskar was out on four runs in the semi-finals. He is still considered one of the best batsmen in the world. After retiring from cricket, Sunil Gavaskar is now also seen doing commentary and he has left his mark in this work as well. There are many players who consider Sunil Gavaskar as their idol. 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? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Mohammad Siraj was given a warm welcome at his home, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy honored the Indian player
Indian team’s best fast bowler Mohammed Siraj was honored by Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy today i.e. on 9th July. Mohammad Siraj (Pic Source-X) Indian team’s best fast bowler Mohammed Siraj was honored by Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy today i.e. on 9th July. Let us tell you, Mohammed Siraj was part of the Indian team in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 who defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the final match. The performance of the Indian team was very good in this entire tournament and they did not have to face defeat in even a single match. Mohammed Siraj also left his mark in this tournament. During this felicitation ceremony, Mohammed Siraj also gave the Indian team jersey to Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy. Minister Komatireddy Venkatreddy, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and senior Congress leader Azharuddin participated in this program. Even though Mohammed Siraj did not participate in all the matches of this tournament, the brilliant fast bowler left his mark in whatever matches he played. Telangana CM felicitated Mohammad Siraj. pic.twitter.com/5tCywVdfTz — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 9, 2024 Indian team got a grand welcome in their country Let us tell you, the Indian team returned to their country from Barbados on July 4. They first met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also gave best wishes to the players of the Indian team and also felicitated them. After this, the team reached Mumbai where their victory bus parade took place. The Indian team was given a grand welcome by all the fans. At the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, all the fans went crazy with joy after seeing the team players with the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 trophy. Currently, the experienced players of the Indian team have been rested and the young players are on the Zimbabwe tour. Mohammad Siraj is also enjoying his holidays at this time and very soon he will be seen back on the cricket field again. Shubman Gill is captaining the Indian team in the Zimbabwe tour. 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? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024