Ben Stokes got very angry on the journalist’s accusation, tweeted this on social media
Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka due to injury. Ben Stokes (Photo Source: X/Twitter) England Test captain Ben Stokes suffered a hamstring injury while batting during the match between Manchester Originals and Northern Superchargers in The Hundred. Due to this injury, Stokes has been ruled out of the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, recently a sports journalist has accused Ben Stokes of prioritizing The Hundred over county cricket through social media. Stokes has become very angry with the behavior of the journalist and has reprimanded him by tweeting. I have played 3 Championship games for Durham this year- Ben Stokes Sports journalist Scott Wilson wrote about Ben Stokes on social media, So Ben Stokes isn’t allowed to play any county cricket for Durham during the summer, but he could still mess around in the circus that is The Hundred, where he injured his hamstring and is now out of action for the entire summer season. Ben Stokes gave a strong reply to Wilson and reminded him that he had played three championship games for Durham. Stokes tweeted, Chief Sports Writer???I played in 3 championship games for Durham this year. Chief Sports Writer???I played 3 Championship games for Durham this year — Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) August 14, 2024 Stokes played matches against Lancashire, Somerset and Worcestershire in May and June this year. While bowling, he took 18 wickets in these three matches, including one five-wicket haul and two four-wicket hauls. At the same time, Ben played innings of 2.18, 0, 56, and 26 runs with the bat. Ollie Pope will captain the Test series against Sri Lanka Ollie Pope has been appointed captain of England for the upcoming three-match Test series against Sri Lanka, following Ben Stokes’ injury. England Squad- Ollie Pope (captain), Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood The first match of the Test series between England and Sri Lanka will be played in Manchester from August 21. After this, the second Test will be played at Lord’s from August 29 and then the third match will be played at the Oval from September 6.
Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh won bronze medal, cricket world tweeted in their praise
With this medal, Bhaker’s name has been recorded in the history of Indian Olympics. She has become the first athlete from the country to win two medals in the same Olympic edition in 124 years. India has won two Olympic medals in shooting for the first time since the London Olympics-2012. Manu and Sarabjot had made it to the bronze medal match by scoring 580 in the qualification round. However, India did not get a good start in this match. In the first round, the Korean team scored 20.5 and India scored 18.8. But after this, both Manu and Sarabjot shot strongly. In the next round, India scored 21.2 and Korea scored 19.9. In the third round, India again won and scored 20.8 while Korea could score only 19.8. The Korean team asked for a time out before the sixth series but it was of no use. Manu and Sarabjot again did not give any chance to the Korean team and created history by winning the bronze. After winning the medal, Manu Bhaker was quoted by Jio Cinema as saying, “I am really feeling proud. I am very grateful that I was able to do this. Thanks for all the blessings. We cannot control (everything). We only want to control what is in our hands. Our plan was to keep fighting till the last shot.” The success of these two has created a buzz in the Indian cricket fraternity and they congratulated them on winning bronze medals at the Paris Olympics. Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir praised both the athletes and posted this in their praise. Indian cricket world congratulated Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh Superb performance @realmanubhaker and #SarabjotSingh! 🇮🇳’s second medal! pic.twitter.com/ZN1DAuwfx4 — Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) July 30, 2024
IPL 2024: “Losing hurts, I trust the boys…” – AB de Villiers tweeted this after RCB’s defeat in the Eliminator
As a fan, I am proud of the boys for giving us confidence – AB de Villiers AB de Villiers and RCB Team (Photo Source: X/BCCI/IPL) Even in this season of IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s dream of winning the trophy has been shattered. The team reached the playoffs with 14 points after winning 6 out of the last 6 matches of the league stage round. But then in the eliminator, the team had to face defeat by 4 wickets against Rajasthan Royals. Batting first in this match, RCB was able to score only 172 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. Rajasthan chased the target with one over remaining. Former player AB de Villiers has given a big statement regarding the team’s performance after the defeat. I am proud of the boys- AB de Villiers After Royal Challengers Bangalore’s defeat in the eliminator, AB de Villiers said that the team will definitely come back next season and win the trophy. De Villiers tweeted on social media, ‘Losing always hurts. But as a fan, I’m proud of the boys for keeping us believing, even when all hope seemed lost in early May. I am sure RCB will come back stronger next year and bring home the title. It’s always painful to lose. But as a fan, I’m proud of the boys for making us believe, even when all hope seemed lost at the start of May. i’m sure #RCB will come back stronger next year and bring home that elusive title. #IPL2024 — AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) May 22, 2024 Veteran South African player AB de Villiers was commentating on GeoCinema yesterday (22 May). AB de Villiers was very disappointed when Rovman Powell hit the winning shot to take Rajasthan Royals to Qualifier-2. Whose pictures are becoming quite viral. AB De Villiers was heartbroken when RCB lost in the Eliminator 💔 pic.twitter.com/rCw0jJOPl4 —Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) May 23, 2024 in ahmedabad RCB players gave guard of honour to Dinesh Karthik Dinesh Karthik had said even before the start of IPL 2024 that this is his last season. After the defeat in the eliminator, Karthik thanked the fans by raising his gloves, after which the RCB players also gave him a guard of honor. During this, Dinesh Karthik became very emotional. Karthik can now be seen entertaining the fans from the commentary panel next season.
Star Sports Rohit Sharma angry, raised voice regarding players’ privacy, tweeted this on social media
Rohit Sharma’s performance in IPL 2024 was very ordinary. Rohit Sharma (Pic Source-X) In IPL 2024, former Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma remained in the headlines for many reasons. He remained in the news due to his good performance in the initial matches of the season. As the season came to an end, Rohit started coming into the headlines due to his poor performance and some viral videos. Now Rohit Sharma has come into limelight because of a tweet. In fact, despite the Indian captain saying no, Star Sports had shared a video of him on social media. He has expressed his anger on this. Rohit expressed his anger x But wrote, ‘The lives of cricketers have become so intrusive that cameras are now recording our every move and conversation.’ He wrote, ‘We cannot communicate with our friends and colleagues during training or in matches. Despite asking Star Sports not to record my conversation, it was played on air, which is a violation of privacy. See that tweet of Rohit Sharma here The lives of cricketers have become so intrusive that cameras are now recording every step and conversation we are having in privacy with our friends and colleagues, at training or on match days. Despite asking Star Sports to not record my conversation, it was and was also then… — Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) May 19, 2024 You will also remember that before the match against Kolkata Knight Riders, a video of Rohit Sharma went viral very fast. In that video, Rohit was seen saying many things to KKR assistant coach Abhishek Nair. In that conversation, Rohit had also said that I don’t know if this is my last one. This thing touched the fans the most and after that many speculations were being made that perhaps this is Rohit’s last season with Mumbai. However, the KKR franchise immediately deleted that video. After this, another video of Rohit went viral in which he had forbidden the cameraman to record audio. But still the broadcasters recorded the audio and the video quickly went viral.