DTVHINDISA20 2025: Kumar Sangakkara reveals why Paarl Royals signed Dinesh Karthik and Joe Root?
SA20 2025: Kumar Sangakkara also revealed that while he has already worked with Root in the IPL, this will be the first time he will share the same dressing room with Dinesh Karthik. Kumar Sangakkara. (Photo source: Twitter/Rajasthan Royals) With Jos Buttler out of the SA20 2025 season, Paarl Royals needed an attacking batsman to replace him. For this, the team has selected former Indian wicketkeeper as an excellent player. Dinesh Karthik who will be one of their star foreign players ahead of the auction. Former Sri Lankan captain and currently Director of Cricket of Rajasthan Royals Kumar Sangakkara Talked about the importance of this selection of Karthik. He explained in detail why he feels Dinesh Karthik will prove to be vital for the team in the SA 20 League. Sangakkara has India Today Said in a statement to, “Dinesh Karthik is a fantastic finisher. He is very aggressive and capable in the last part of the innings. His finishing skills in T20 cricket are excellent. His experience will be important for the team. In place of Jos Buttler, we have divided the responsibilities between two different players, and I think this time our team is more balanced than last season.” Who is the other player who is worth the diamond for Paarl Royals in SA20? The second player whom Sangakkara talked about here is the England batsman. Joe Root Were. He also discussed in detail about the qualities of this former English captain. Sangakkara said, “Joe Root is not only an extremely experienced and capable player, but the way he contributes to the team and connects with other players is fantastic. I have watched him closely in the IPL and his experience will be of great benefit to the team.” The team is better balanced this year: Sangakkara Sangakkara also said that Paarl Royals This year is better balanced than the last two seasons. Apart from technical skills, he also emphasized on other aspects which help the team win at crucial times. He said, “It’s a matter of recognizing the important moments and getting them right. With the South African players and our captain David Miller, who has always performed brilliantly for the team, the key is for the players to apply their skills at the right time under pressure. Skill is one part, but when the tournament is at stake, mental strength and adaptability are also required. Last season we were not able to capitalize on those decisive moments, but I am confident that this time we have come better prepared.” Sangakkara also revealed that while he has already worked with Root in the IPL, this will be the first time he will share the same dressing room with Dinesh Karthik.
‘I was shocked’, recalls sledging by Joe Root in Ranchi Test: Dhruv Jurel
India won the Ranchi Test by five wickets. Dhruv Jurel (Image Credit- Twitter Earlier this year, the England cricket team toured India for a five-match Test series. The fourth match of this Test series was played between India and England (IND vs ENG) at the JSCA International Cricket Stadium in Ranchi. So remembering this match, Indian wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel has recently made a big statement. Jurel has said that he was surprised to see former English captain Joe Root sledging in this match. Dhruv Jurel gave a big statement Let us tell you that recently Dhruv Jurel was seen doing an interview with sports presenter Jatin Sapru on his YouTube channel. In this interview, Jurel recalled the fourth Test match played in Ranchi and said- I couldn’t sleep that night, I was not out on 30. I was planning for the next day, wondering if I should try to score a half-century with the old ball, as there were still a few overs left, or against the new ball. But in the end I managed to score 36 before they took the new ball and Anderson came back to bowl. Jurel further said- He (Joe Root) had become completely aggressive by then and was continuously sledging. Listening to the English accent, I could not understand half of his words. After this Jonny Bairstow also joined in this sledging. I was surprised, because I asked Joe Root that you play with me in IPL, then why are you sledging. So he replied- We all are playing for our country now. On the other hand, if we tell you about the situation of this match, India won the match by five wickets. Dhruv Jurel played a brilliant innings of 90 runs in 149 balls in the first innings and 39* runs in the second innings, helping India win the match. Jurel was given the Player of the Match award for this brilliant performance.
ICC Test Batting Rankings: Rohit Sharma enters top-5 before Test series against Bangladesh, Root still number-1
Indian captain Rohit Sharma has moved to fifth position in the latest ICC Test rankings with 751 points. Rohit Sharma & Joe Root (Photo Source: Latest ICC Test Batting Ranking: Team India is going to play a two-match Test series against Bangladesh from September 19. Before the upcoming series, Indian captain Rohit Sharma has entered the top-5 in the latest ICC Test batting rankings. Rohit Sharma is the only Indian batsman in the top-5 rankings. Let us tell you, for the first time since September 2021, Hitman has made it to the top-5 in the Test rankings. At the same time, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli are in the top-10. Rohit Sharma is at fifth position with 751 rating points Indian captain Rohit Sharma has come to the fifth position with 751 points in the latest ICC Test rankings. Yashasvi Jaiswal is at the sixth position with 740 rating points. Both the batsmen had shown excellent performance in the last Test series against England. Rohit Sharma scored 400 runs with the help of 2 centuries. On the other hand, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 712 runs with the help of two centuries and three half-centuries. Former Indian captain Virat Kohli is at the seventh position with 737 rating points. At the same time, former England captain Joe Root is still at the first position in the Test batting rankings. But after failing with the bat in the third Test match against England, he has lost some rating points. He has dropped from 922 rating points to 899. New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson (859) is in second place. New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell (768 points) is in third place and Australian veteran batsman Steve Smith (757 points) is in fourth place. Mohammad Rizwan is at 9th position Mohammad Rizwan is the only Pakistani player in the top-10 in the latest ICC Test batting rankings. He is in 9th place with 720 points. ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings (Latest) 1. Joe Root (England) – 899 points 2. Kane Williamson (New Zealand) – 859 points 3. Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) – 768 points 4. Steve Smith (Australia) – 757 points 5. Rohit Sharma (India) – 751 points 6. Yashasvi Jaiswal (India) – 740 points 7. Virat Kohli (India) – 737 points 8. Usman Khawaja (India) – 728 points 9. Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)- 720 points 10. Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) – 720 points
Kane Williamson was impressed by Joe Root, praising him and said- I am a big fan of him
Joe Root is currently busy playing the Test series against Sri Lanka. Joe Root and Kane Williamson (Source X) Joe Root is currently busy playing the Test series against Sri Lanka. He has batted brilliantly so far. Joe Root scored a century in both innings of the second Test match of the series and completed his 34 centuries in Test cricket. Let us tell you that since 2021, the former England captain has participated in 49 Test matches and has scored 4567 runs at an average of 56.38. During this, he has also scored 17 centuries. Meanwhile, New Zealand’s legendary batsman Kane Williamson said that he is a big fan of this English cricketer. He praised Joe Root’s performance and consistency in red ball cricket. I have been a big fan of his- Kane Williamson “You mentioned Joe Root. He’s been something else for a long time. There’s a lot of focus on what he might be able to achieve over a number of years and it’s incredible that he’s been able to do that,” Williamson told reporters in Greater Noida while praising Root. Convert He can do it too. He has been phenomenal. I have been a huge fan of his. Not just him, but the other guys (Virat Kohli and Steve Smith) as well. It’s amazing how he has taken the game forward in a big way. Let us tell you that New Zealand is currently on a tour of India, where it has to play a single Test match against Afghanistan in Greater Noida. After this, it will play a three-match series against India. Regarding this, Williamson said that they will face many challenges in the subcontinent and the match against Afghanistan is an opportunity to prepare well for the battle of prestige against India. He said, I mean, we are going to be challenged in many ways. But, it is an opportunity for us as a team to have a block here, the kind of experience we are going to get over the next two and a half months and they will be better for it. It is an exciting opportunity. It is good to be here, preparing for the first Test. We are trying to take those small steps and get familiar with those conditions.
Big upset in ICC Test rankings, Babar Azam out of top-10, Root is still number-1
Babar Azam (Photo Source: Getty Images) After the end of the Pakistan vs Bangladesh Test series, ICC has released the latest rankings. England’s veteran player and former captain Joe Root has dominated the latest rankings of batsmen. Root scored a century in both innings of the second Test match against Sri Lanka. After this, he has reached 922 rating points and now he has a chance to break his personal best rating record. Root achieved a rating of 923 after scoring a century against India at Edgbaston last year. Root is 63 points ahead of New Zealand’s Kane Williamson, who is in second place in the ICC Men’s Test Rankings. On the other hand, Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam flopped with the bat in both the Test matches of the Bangladesh series, due to which he suffered a lot in the rankings and has dropped out of the top-10. Babar Azam out of top-10 of ICC Test rankings Pakistan’s experienced batsman Babar Azam has dropped out of the top-10 of the ICC Test rankings released today. 29-year-old Babar Azam has lost three places and has reached 12th position with 712 points, while Mohammad Rizwan is now Pakistan’s best Test batsman at 10th position. Joe Root has scored two centuries and a half-century in the Test series against Sri Lanka and is just one point away from his career best rating points. Root has a chance to surpass Don Bradman’s all-time rating of 961. The experienced England batsman has to play one Test match against Sri Lanka and three against Pakistan in the coming days and with the kind of form Root is in right now, he can break this record of Don Bradman. Talking about Indian batsmen in this ranking, three batsmen of Team India are present in the top-10 ranking. Indian captain Rohit Sharma is in sixth place with 751 rating points. Yashasvi Jaiswal is in seventh place and the team’s experienced batsman Virat Kohli is in eighth place.
Sri Lankans should be careful, after Root and Atkinson, now Ollie Pope is fully prepared to make a mark with his bat in the Oval Test
The final match of the three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka is starting from September 6 at the Kennington Oval. Ollie Pope (Photo Source: X/Twitter) England defeated Sri Lanka by 190 runs in the second Test match played at Lord’s Stadium in London and took a 2-0 lead in the three-match Test series. So far, the performance of all the England players has been very good in this series. However, England’s stand-in captain Ollie Pope has so far failed to make a mark in this series. Let us tell you, Ollie Pope has scored 6 runs, 6 runs, 1 run and 17 runs in the Test series being played against Sri Lanka so far. Ollie Pope’s captaincy may have been excellent in this Test series, but the pressure of it has been seen on him in batting. However, Ollie Pope believes that he will definitely look to score big in the third Test between these two teams starting on September 6. Ollie Pope said, ‘I would not like to hide anything about the fact that both my matches with the bat have been very bad. However, cricket is like this. Sometimes the form is in your favor and sometimes you are going through a bad time. But good players are those who forget it and make a fresh start from the next week. I hope that I will be able to score big in the upcoming match. I have learned a lot in the last two matches and I will try to improve my game even more. Especially at the beginning of my innings. Whatever opportunities I get, I will use them in a great way. Ben Stokes told me a lot about criticism before the series: Ollie Pope Pope further said, ‘I am not at all surprised that people are criticizing me. Ben Stokes told me this before the series that you are the captain and you will have to face a lot of criticism. There are many voices that you hear and people say a lot of wrong things about you. However, I do not care about all these things at all. For me, I would like to spend as much time as possible with people who believe in me and recognise my ability. When I went to the West Indies and scored runs in that series, people were still saying things about me. I really don’t care about anyone.’ The final match of the three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka is starting from September 6 at the Kennington Oval. List of captains who have won the toss the most number of times in Test cricket- Know who is Rishabh Pant’s girlfriend Isha Negi? Babar Azam’s bat is rusty, Shan Masood will be thrown out of the playing XI Batsmen who have scored the most centuries in Tests for England- Bowlers with most five-wicket hauls for India in WTC- These 10 famous cricketers have gone to jail, one is Dhoni’s disciple Dhoni ruined the career of these 5 star players India got another…
“I just want to play and try” – Root said on breaking Sachin’s record of most runs
Joe Root has scored 12,377 runs in Test cricket. Joe Root Sachin Tendulkar (Photo Source:: X/Twitter) England’s star batsman Joe Root is in excellent form these days. Looking at the way he is scoring runs, it would not be wrong to say that he will soon come close to Sachin Tendulkar’s world record of scoring the most runs in Test cricket. After scoring centuries in consecutive innings in the Lord’s Test, Root has reached the 7th position in this list with 12,377 runs. There is now only a difference of 3544 runs between him and Sachin Tendulkar (15,921) who is at number one in the list. Looking at the way Root has been batting for some time now, it can be said that in the coming three to four years he can come close to this record of Sachin Tendulkar and if he continues to play like this, then he can break this record of Sachin Tendulkar in terms of making runs. Joe Root gave a big statement on breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record Meanwhile, when Root was asked if he has his eyes on Sachin Tendulkar’s world record of most Test runs, he replied that he just wants to play and contribute as much as possible to the team’s victory. In a video posted on social media by England Cricket, Joe Root is seen saying, “I just want to play and try and contribute to the team and score as many runs as I can and see where we reach.” He further said, “But there is no better feeling than this, I mean, it is obviously amazing when you know you have scored a century and you are lying if you say it is not a big deal. But there is no better feeling than winning a Test match. So the more it can impact games and the more you can contribute to the team, the better it is. So that will be the main focus. And hopefully more days like this will come with that mindset.” 1️⃣ Sachin Tendulkar – 15921 runs⬆️ Joe Root – 12377 runs Half an eye on Sachin’s record, Joe? — England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 31, 2024
Alastair Cook is also a big fan of Joe Root, the former captain praised the veteran batsman after he scored his 34th century in Test cricket
Joe Root scored 143 runs in the first innings of the second Test being played against Sri Lanka, while he scored 103 runs in the second innings. Joe Root and Alastair Cook. (Image Source: X) Recently, Joe Root has broken former England captain Alastair Cook’s record of scoring the most centuries for England in international Test cricket. During the second Test being played against Sri Lanka at Lord’s, Joe Root broke this record by scoring centuries in both innings. Not only this, former captain Alastair Cook also praised Joe Root and gave him the tag of England’s best batsman. Let us tell you, Joe Root scored 143 runs in the first innings of the second Test being played against Sri Lanka while he scored 103 runs in the second innings. In both the innings, Joe Root did not spare any bowler of Sri Lanka and put his team in a strong position. According to Alastair Cook, when Joe Root made his debut in international cricket, he was fully hopeful that the experienced batsman could score more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket. Alastair Cook said on BBC, ‘Joe Root is one of the best players in England and I think he has made this record on his own. We are watching a genius playing. The way Joe Root scores runs is truly unbelievable. Joe Root is in tremendous form at the moment and it is great to watch him play. When Joe Root made his debut in international cricket, I knew about his ability. I don’t remember who I told this to but my words were that this player will score 10,000 runs. England are in a strong position at the end of the third day’s play England scored 427 runs in their first innings after losing all wickets, in response to which Sri Lanka scored 196 runs in their first innings. England’s second innings ended at 251 runs and by the end of the third day of the second Test match, Sri Lanka has scored 53 runs in their second innings after losing two wickets. Sri Lanka still has to score 430 runs to win this match. At present, Sri Lanka is far behind in this match but the team will definitely want to make a comeback on the fourth day of the game. Batsmen who have scored the most centuries in Tests for England- Bowlers with most five-wicket hauls for India in WTC- These 10 famous cricketers have gone to jail, one is Dhoni’s disciple Dhoni ruined the career of these 5 star players India got another Yuvraj Singh, he created a ruckus by hitting 6 sixes in an over List of Indian captains who scored the highest in WTC- KL Rahul and Athiya Shetty trolled for their poor dressing sense Top-5 batsmen who scored the most centuries in WTC 10 HOT pictures of Ishan Kishan’s girlfriend Highest wicket taker for India in International Cricket
ENG vs SL 2024: Joe Root created history in Test cricket, became the first player to do so for England, leaving behind Alastair Cook
Joe Root scored the 34th century of his Test career against Sri Lanka Joe Root (Image Credit- Twitter X) Former England cricket team captain and one of the best batsmen in the world, Joe Root has created history in Test cricket. He has now reached the number one spot in terms of scoring the most centuries (34) for England. Root has achieved this feat on the third day of the ongoing second test match against Sri Lanka. It is worth noting that Cook was on the top in terms of scoring the most centuries (33) for England, but now Root has left him behind. It was not easy for Root to do this, but due to his amazing batting and consistency, he has been successful in making this special record of Test cricket in his name. Apart from this, he has reached the 10th position in terms of scoring the most centuries in Test cricket history. On the other hand, 33-year-old Root’s 34th Test century was seen in a very entertaining manner at Lord’s ground. England had lost 8 wickets for 196 runs at one time in the second innings of the match. But during this time Root continued his partnership with tailender Ollie Stone and completed his 34th century by hitting a brilliant cover drive against Lahiru Kumara. Also, let us tell you that when Root overtook Cook in terms of this record, Cook was present in the stadium. See how Joe Root completed his century The perfect angle of Joe Root’s record-breaking century doesn’t exist- pic.twitter.com/zXeojPXpF0 — England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 31, 2024 Apart from this, Joe Root also scored 143 runs in the first innings of this match. With this, he has become the fourth player in the world to score a century in both innings at Lord’s ground. Before Root, George Hadlee, Graham Cooch and Michael Vaughan have achieved the feat of scoring a century in both innings at Lord’s.
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.