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In the current ongoing 5-match ODI series of India vs West Indies, Rohit Sharma performed amazingly in first and the fourth ODI. In the first ODI at Guwahati, the match was won by India by 8 wickets. Rohit Sharma remains unbeaten and scored 152 runs off 117 balls. The Second One Day International against West Indies at Visakhapatnam ended in a thrilling tie. The Third One Day International against West Indies was held at Pune and India lost the match by 43 runs. In the fourth One Day International, Rohit Sharma scored 162 runs against West Indies and India beat West Indies by 224 runs. Rohit Sharma was declared as the ‘Man of the Match’ and Team India took the lead by 2-1. Rohit Sharma in first ODI as well in Fourth ODI broke many records. Rohit Sharma broke the Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar ’s record too. The fourth ODI was held at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. The venue and Rohit Sharma shares a special bond. At the same Stadium, Rohit became the first Indian to sco...

Christopher or Chris Gayle is a Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies. He was West Indies Team Captain for Test from 2007 to 2010. Chris Gayle holds many records across all three formats of the game. Chris Gayle is one of the greatest batsmen in limited-overs cricket and is regarded as the best T20 batsman. He is widely known as one of the most destructive batsmen in the history of the game, particularly in Twenty20. Gayle became the first player to hit a six off the first ball of a Test match. He is well known for hitting sixes. In the history of Test cricket, no cricketer has ever hit a six off the first ball of a Test match. He achieved this feat against Bangladesh in 2012 off debutant Sohag Gazi. Chris is one of only four players who has scored two triple centuries at Test level. Chris Gayle scored 317 against South Africa in 2005 and 333 against Sri Lanka in 2010. Apart from him Brian Lara of the West Indies, Donald Bradman of Austral...

Indian international cricketer Ravindra Jadeja is an all-rounder, who plays as a left-handed middle-order batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Ravindra Jadeja was born in a humble family where his father was a security guard. His father wanted him to study in army school and his passion drove him towards cricket. His mother supported him in pursuing his passion but unfortunately, he lost his mother in an accident when he was a teen in 2005. He was almost about to surrender cricket but his sister supported him in achieving his dream. Ravindra Jadeja was the vice-captain of the U-19 cricket team that won the U-19 World Cup 2008 in Malaysia under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. On 8 February 2009 Jadeja made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka and scored an unbeaten 60 off 77 balls in that match. On 13 December 2012, almost four years later, he made his Test debut against England at Nagpur. In 2012, Jadeja became the eighth player and the first Indian player, to score three...

After the remarkable victory of India in the 50-over cricket in the fourth One Day International. India beats West Indies by 224 runs and took the lead by 2-1. Hitman Rohit Sharma scored 162 runs off 137 balls and Ambati Rayudu who batted at No.4 scored 100 runs off 81 balls in the fourth ODI match against West Indies. Captain Virat Kohli praised Ambati Rayudu for his amazing century. He said that Ambati Rayudu is a confident man and he has taken his chance with both hands. They need to back him till the 2019 World Cup. Rayudu reads the game well, so Virat is happy that someone intelligent is batting at number four. Virat Kohli on the match told that it was a very clinical game in all three departments. Something that they are very proud of and happy with the fact that they got back into rhythm. Being put under pressure by Windies in the last game but they are known to bounce back and it was another example of that. Skipper Virat told that Khaleel Ahmed was good with p...

The first One Day International against West Indies out of the five-match ODI series was held at Guwahati. Virat and Rohit performed brightly. India won the match by 8 wickets. India took the lead by 1-0 and India chased the target of 323 runs against West Indies. Virat Kohli made 140 Runs off 107 balls and Rohit Sharma remains unbeaten and scored 152 runs off 117 balls. The second One Day International against Windies was held at Visakhapatnam. India scored 321 runs at a loss of 6 wickets off 50 overs. Virat Kohli scored 157 runs from 129 balls for India. West Indies too scored 321 runs at a loss of 7 wickets. The match ended in a tie and India still leads the 5-match ODI series after the second game. The third One Day International against West Indies was held at Pune. Unfortunately, India lost the match by 43 runs but the Indian skipper Virat Kohli scored 107 runs against the West Indies and became the first Indian cricketer as well as the first captain in the world t...

In the Asia Cup 2018, India vs Pakistan match, Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya got injured and is carried on the stretcher off the field. He is striving to restore his full fitness. As Hardik Pandya is on road to recovery, his brother Krunal Pandya has been named in the T20I squad for both Windies and Australia series. Though Krunal Pandya has been picked in the Indian squad for the shortest formats earlier but now as Hardik is suffering from injury and is not recovered completely provided a chance to his brother to feature in the playing XI. On Twitter, Hardik Pandya tweeted and congratulated his brother on being picked in the national team. His tweet read as, “Congratulations on making it to the Indian team bro! Proud of you and love you, @krunalpandya24!”. Krunal Pandya will act as the direct replacement of his brother Hardik Pandya in the team as Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav will remain the initial spin-bowling options in the team. Krunal Pandya made his first-cla...

In the Asia Cup 2018, India vs Pakistan match, Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya got injured and is carried on the stretcher off the field. He is striving to restore his full fitness. As Hardik Pandya is on road to recovery, his brother Krunal Pandya has been named in the T20I squad for both Windies and Australia series. Though Krunal Pandya has been picked in the Indian squad for the shortest formats earlier but now as Hardik is suffering from injury and is not recovered completely provided a chance to his brother to feature in the playing XI. On Twitter, Hardik Pandya tweeted and congratulated his brother on being picked in the national team. His tweet read as, “Congratulations on making it to the Indian team bro! Proud of you and love you, @krunalpandya24!”. Krunal Pandya will act as the direct replacement of his brother Hardik Pandya in the team as Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav will remain the initial spin-bowling options in the team. Krunal Pandya made h...

On 27th October 2018, Deodar Trophy final match between India B and India C was held at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground in Delhi. The final match was won by India C by 29 runs. Openers Ajinkya Rahane and Ishan Kishan hit centuries. BCCI posted a video of scoreboard error at the Feroz Shah Kotla that convinced Ajinkya Rahane to celebrate his century. He thought he had completed his century and raised his bat to acknowledge the support of the crowd. But in reality, there were still three runs to go. Even Delhi viewers too looked applauding Rahane on his century. Suresh Raina who was watching the match from the dressing room quickly realized the scoreboard mistake and told Rahane to stop celebrating as he needs three more runs to reach the century. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared a video Twitter that read as "What happened there? @ajinkyarahane88 felt he got to a 100, @ImRaina was quick to rectify there were 3 more runs to go." India C Skipper...

India’s Tour of Australia is one of the great competition in cricket. The tour will begin from November 21 in Brisbane with its first T20I and it will continue till January 18 with it’s last and third ODI in Melbourne. India vs Australia Series will consist of 3 Twenty20 Internationals, 4 Test matches, and 3 One Day Internationals. As we look at the Australia Team Squad, the team will be without the services of premier batsmen Steve Smith and David Warner who are serving a year-long suspension for their involvement in ball-tampering. The Indian Squad for the Australia Tour 2018-19 includes a powerful 18-player squad for their Test series. The surprising news for MSD fans is that he won’t be seen during the Twenty20 series against the Aussies. Yes, the former Indian Captain MS Dhoni has been dropped from the squad announced for T20I and Test Series. India’s T20I squad as announced includes Virat Kohli as Captain, Rohit Sharma as Vice Captain, Rishabh Pant , Shikhar ...

Indian international cricketers like Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, and Suresh Raina are the ones about whom their fans wish to know. Yuvraj Singh plays in all formats of cricket. He is an all-rounder and bats left-handed in the middle order. He bowls slow left-arm orthodox. Yuvraj Singh gave his first autograph at the age of 17. He is the first player to pick 5 wickets and hit a half-century in the same match in World cup history. Do you know that Yuvraj Singh ’s has an unbeaten partnership of 163 runs with Sachin Tendulkar against England at Chennai in 2008? Team India need to chase 387 which is the 5th highest test run chase overall and the highest in India. Hardik Pandya is also an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast-medium. He also plays for Baroda in domestic cricket and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. Hardik Pandya is fond of tattoos and has multiple tattoos on his arm and upper body. The all-rounder has been compared to former India ...

The T10 Sports Management launch and own T10 League. It is a professional ten-over cricket league. The T10 league is approved by the Emirates Cricket Board. The T10 League is the first ever internationally approved ten-over league. Cricket Matches are of 10-over-a-side and the duration of a match is 90 minutes. This tournament in a round robin followed by semifinals and the final. Recently in August 2018, the International Cricket Council officially sanctioned the league. In the upcoming season of T10 League that will be played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium from 23rd day of November to 2nd day December 2018. Total of eight Indian cricketers will be a part of the T10 League Season 2. This season the number of teams has increased from six to eight and the upcoming season will have 29 matches as compared to a four-day event in 2017. Teams include- Kerala Kings, Punjab Legends, Maratha Arabians, Bengal Tigers, The Karachians, Rajputs, Northern Warriors and Pa...

After the beautiful partnership of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the first One Day International against West Indies out of the five-match ODI series which was held at Guwahati, Virat-Rohit left everyone amazed. In the second One Day International at Visakhapatnam, Virat scored the 37th ODI hundred of his career and the 5th ODI century of 2018. Virat also completed his 10000 ODI Runs and became the 13th overall and fifth Indian batsmen to enter in the elite 10k Runs group. Virat also broke Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s record and became the fastest to 10000 ODI runs. Virat took 205 Innings to reach this landmark while Sachin Tendulkar achieved this in 259 innings. Though the match was ended in a tie as West Indies responded with 321/7 to India’s 321/6 but the match was very special for Captain Virat Kohli. On this Sourav Ganguly said that he is at a loss of words to describe Virat Kohli's performance. He told that the wicket was different that day, conditions ...

Ravichandran Ashwin, Murali Vijay, and Dinesh Karthik have been named in Tamil Nadu's squad for Ranji Trophy 2018. The trio will be playing for their state team in team’s opening match of the season against Madhya Pradesh that starts on November 1. The Tamil Nadu Cricket Team is led by Baba Indrajith and includes all-rounder Washington Sundar and Vijay Shankar. The new face in the Ranji Tamil Nadu Squad is Medium-pacer Abhishek Tanwar. He had a good outing for Madurai Panthers in the third edition of Tamil Nadu Premier League held recently. The team will be without the services of left-arm paceman T Natarajan and right-arm medium-pacer K Vignesh because of their injury. The fast bowlers M Mohammed, Jagatheesan Kousik, Abhishek Tanwar, and Ramalingam Rohit will form the part of the team. Ravichandran Ashwin will lead a spin department that also includes the experienced Rahil Shah and the young Ravi Srinivasan Sai Kishore and also Washington Sundar. As per State s...

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma performed brilliantly in the First One Day International against West Indies which was held at Guwahati. India took the lead in the 5-match ODI series by 1-0 as the match was won by India by 8 wickets. Team India in first ODI chased the target of 323 runs against West Indies. Rohit Sharma remains unbeaten and scored 152 runs and Virat Kohli made 140 Runs. In the second One Day International against West Indies which was as held at Visakhapatnam. India score was 321/6 and West Indies score was 321/7. Thus the match ended in a thrilling tie but India still leads the 5-match ODI series 1-0 after the second game. Virat Kohli scored 157 runs for India in the 2nd match of ODI and Shai Hope remained unbeaten and scored 123 runs for Windies in the same match. Now, the third ODI is to be held on October 27 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. The selectors announced the 15-member India squad for the final three One-day internatio...

The second One Day International of the five-match series between India vs West Indies in Vizag, Visakhapatnam will be the 950th ODI for India. In this match, Indian Team captain Virat Kohli will once again get an opportunity to break records. Virat Kohli who became the fastest batsman to complete 60 international hundreds in the first ODI in Guwahati is yet to complete another landmark in second ODI at Visakhapatnam. Virat Kohli is just 81 runs away from entering the 10,000 ODI Runs club. If Virat achieves the required runs in the match then he will become the 13th player to enter the Elite club of 10k Runs in One Day Internationals. He will also become the fastest to achieve the feat in the history of 50-overs cricket. Virat will become the fourth Indian cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar who scored 18426 runs,Sourav Ganguly who scored 11221 runs and Rahul Dravid who scored 10768 runs to reach the 10,000 runs mark in ODIs. Sachin took 259 innings to get there, holding the record f...

The rising and emerging player of Afghanistan Cricket Team Rashid Khan performed very well in Asia Cup 2018. The 20-year old Afghan Cricketer, Rashid Khan had a passion for cricket since when he was a child. Rashid Khan grew up idolizing the former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi. Rashid emulates Shahid Afridi in bowling. The bowling styles of Rashid and Afridi are similar. Rashid Khan belongs to a large family and he has 10 siblings. His family had lived in Pakistan for some time after fleeing from the Afghan War but then returned to Afghanistan. Rashid Khan Biography depicts his early life and his challenging career. Read about his hard work that turned him to be the best bowler in the world as said by Australian all-rounder Ben Cutting. The former South African batsman, Colin Ingram feels that Rashid Khan can lead the Afghanistan cricket team in times to come. Colin Ingram believes that the Rashid Khan will make for an absolutely fantastic leader for the Afghanistan Na...

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After the phenomenal performance of India in First One Day International against West Indies, India is all set for its Second One Day International at Visakhapatnam. Yes, you read it right, Visakhapatnam where MSD began his journey. Dhoni is very near to complete his 14 years in international cricket. He had made his ODI debut against Bangladesh in December 2004. India won the match and since then, Dhoni’s graph went upwards. The 37-year old and the two times World Cup-winning former Skipper walked in and inspecting the pitch alongside Ambati Rayudu and talked with groundsmen on the eve of the second One-day International between India and West Indies. BCCI tweeted pictures of him talking to the curator and getting the feel of the venue again. The BCCI tweeted: “ The KING is here! This ground and the city of Visakhapatnam has a special bond. Memories aplenty. Let's create plenty more tomorrow. #TeamIndia #INDvWI” MS Dhoni longevity is proven by the fact that none o...

<b><br><br>MS Dhoni’s clean judgment on a Decision Review System has led to the system being renamed as Dhoni Review System by his fans.<br><br> <br><br>During 2018 Asia Cup, India’s Clash against Pakistan, an incident occurred when Yuzvendra Chahal struck the pads of Pakistani opener Imam-ul-Haq on the last ball of his first over. <br><br> <br><br>The Pakistan opener went for a sweep shot but he failed to connect and was struck in front of the stumps.<br><br> <br><br>On this, when India’s captain Rohit Sharma who was leading the team in absence of Virat Kohli asked <a href="https://www.cricadium.com/ms-dhoni-biography-know-captain-cool/" >MS Dhoni</a> if the review should be taken or not, the former Indian captain gave a nod. <br><br> <br><br>The umpire’s decision seemed to be a good as the batsman had taken a huge stride forward and his ...

In every four years, Cricket World Cup is organized by International Cricket Council (ICC). Different cricket loving nations host the World Cup. The forthcoming cricket world cup tournament will be held in England next year. As per the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 schedule which is already out, the cricket tournament will start from 30 May 2019 and World cup final will be on 14 July 2019. Billions and Millions of people all over the globe who love cricket and live cricket are eagerly waiting for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. There is a long schedule of two months for the World Cup and its excitement could be seen by ICC. Many interesting matches are scheduled. One of the most popular and interesting matches is that of India and Pakistan which is scheduled on 16th June 2019 at Old Trafford, Manchester. ICC had received enough applications for the match. ICC revealed that over one Million people had applied for the tickets for this epic India-Pakistan match in the World Cup 20...

Hosting its first ODI, the Assam Cricket Association invited Sourav Ganguly as the guest of honor. He was felicitated with traditional Assamese gamcha and xorai, an offering pot with a stand at the bottom, a decorative symbol of Assam used for offering tamul pan (betel nut and leaves). Former India captain Sourav Ganguly backed the struggling Mahendra Singh Dhoni to do well in the World Cup. MS Dhoni batted four times in Asia Cup scoring 77 runs with an average of 19.25 and a strike rate of 62.09. In the year 2018, Dhoni has batted 10 times in 15 matches, for an average of 28.12 and a strike rate of 67.36. Dhoni has an unimpressive record in England. Sourav Ganguly said the ongoing series against West Indies would be important and critical for Dhoni who is looking forward for ICC World Cup 2019. India has 18-odd matches left for the World Cup, starting with the five-match ODI series against West Indies. Sourav Ganguly while watching the ODI at the Barsapara Cricket Stadiu...

During the first One Day International in Guwahati of the 5 ODI matches that are scheduled between India and West Indies, the partnership between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli was wonderful. The match was won by India by 8 wickets and India took the lead by 1-0. India chased the 323 runs target against West Indies easily. Rohit Sharma remains unbeaten. He scored 152 runs off 117 balls and Virat Kohli made 140 Runs off 107 balls. They together put on 246 runs for India. The current Indian Captain Virat Kohli and the Vice Captain Rohit Sharma’s partnership is amongst the greatest in the history of ODI cricket. The two hit sparkling centuries in first ODI at Guwahati. The partnership between Indian batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh was also the best in the history of ODI cricket. Most double century in ODI goes to Rohit-Virat. They did it 5 times in One day Cricket. Apart from that, Virat Kohli - Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendu...

India’s Tour of Australia is one of the Intense rivalries in cricket. Unlike the previous tour, this time the tour will have series across all the three formats of the game. The tour will begin from November 21 in Brisbane with its first T20I and will end on January 18 in Melbourne with its last and the third ODI. India vs Australia will have 3 Twenty20 Internationals, 4 Test matches, and 3 One Day Internationals. The special thing about this tour is that it will start from Twenty20 Internationals and not the Test series. Usually, any tour starts with the Test series like the current ongoing tour of India vs West Indies. Former India’s tour of Australia consisted of only limited overs series. The biggest question of this time is with the absence of Australia’s premier batsmen Steve Smith and David Warner due to their year-long suspensions for their involvement in ball-tampering, will this tour will be challenging for India or not. Many great cricketers of past time had gi...

Cricket Lovers and the die heart Cricket fans want to know everything in advance. They love reading cricket match prediction and some bet too. Cricket is one the sport that is watched and played by many. We Indians are passionate about cricket and often think how to predict upcoming matches. Some factors that actually determine the match prediction are- Conditions at Home, Strength of the teams, Key players of the team and the toss. These factors are easy to analyze and predict who will be the winner of the match. Home Conditions is one of the factors that will define the Winner in the match. Crowd Support is also important for players on the ground. Home Conditions like the Pitch Nature- Flat/ Damp Wickets, Climatic factors and above all the Home Crowd. Home Conditions is not the only factor for Cricket but also for other Sports like Football, Hockey etc. Home Team gets better Motivation. Team Strength is the key factor for prediction. Team Strength should be balanced for wi...

There are many statements given by great players of past time on India vs Australia tour. This time Australia will be without the services of David Warner and Steve Smith. Both of them are serving a one-year ban for ball-tampering during the team’s previous visit to South Africa. On this, Spinner Harbhajan Singh feels that in the absence of Australian star players Steve Smith and David Warner, India will have the advantage in the four-match Test series. Harbhajan also said that the responsibility to perform well will be on Indian batsmen as the Indian bowlers have already shown their capability to pick 20 wickets in foreign conditions. As per IANS, Harbhajan said that “If we bat well there, we have got the bowling to get them out. Without Smith and Warner, this is our best chance to win a series there,”. The India spinner also praised Kuldeep Yadav , who has been performing consistently since breaking into the side. Harbhajan said that Kuldeep has the potential to become ...

In the Asia Cup encounter against Pakistan, Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya got injured and is striving to reclaim full fitness. In his absence from the Indian Cricket Team, Ravindra Jadeja seemed to have filled his role in both ODI and Test cricket. Although Hardik Pandya is exceptionally talented, the cricketer has often been harshly criticized for wasting himself by Sunil Gavaskar and Michael Holding. In the post-match show with the broadcaster of India vs England series, Sunil Gavaskar angrily asked that Do you want to call Hardik Pandya an all-rounder? and whoever wants to call him an all-rounder, they may call! But he doesn't think so. To ESPNCricinfo Michael Holding said, "Apparently they are playing Hardik Pandya as an allrounder to help out with the bowling. When he bowls he isn't as effective as he should be. If he was a good batsman, if he was getting runs - 60s, 70s, not even regular hundreds - at the number at which he bats and then...

The Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar feels that in upcoming India vs Australia tour will be challenging even though the star players of Australian Cricket Team David Warner & Steve Smith are absent. Bhuvneshwar Kumar also feels that no overseas tour is easy. He said that the Australian tour will be challenging and no tour is easy. This tour will be challenging because when you play outside your home country you need to adapt to certain conditions. It won't be easy for bowlers as there is hardly any movement these days. Australia will be without the services of David Warner and Steve Smith as both are serving a one-year ban for ball-tampering during the team’s previous visit to South Africa. The absence of David Warner and Steve Smith will affect Australia on this Bhuvneshwar said that he cannot say that we will overcome them. They don't have the two batsman: Smith and Warner, who have done well over the years but there are other batsmen in their place and it is not ...

Indian National cricket team played brilliantly against West Indies in the Test series. After winning the first Test by an innings and 272 runs, Men in Blue continued their good run by winning the next match by ten wickets. Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly selected a young player who according to him will be a massive game changer for India in the coming years. In the Test series against West Indies, two players who impressed everybody with their fearless approach were Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant. Rishabh Pant had scored his debut ton against England earlier this year and Prithvi Shaw smashed a century on debut during the opening Test against West Indies at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot. Prithvi Shaw was declared as Man of the Series as he amassed 237 runs in the series with a brilliant average of 118.5. Sourav Ganguly on his Official Twitter account tweeted that the Rishabh Pant will become one of India's massive game changers. His tw...