SRK interfered with team selections: Sourav Ganguly
Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly is an outspoken man. He is someone who is always direct and brutally honest about his answers and opinions.
On a jovial note, in a recent conversation at a Bengali talk show, Ganguly gave only 6 on 10 to SRK as a team manager. He reasoned out that SRK interfered a lot with the team selections of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL.
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Australia in India 2017
Team Australia are in total command of the second Test against India at Bengaluru. India were bowled out for a mere 189 in the first innings kudos to figures of 8/50 by Nathan Lyon.
Australia in response finished the day on 40/0. Earlier, KL Rahul had top-scored for India with a gritty 90.
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South Africa in New Zealand 2017
South Africa clinched the series 3-2 by beating New Zealand by 6 wickets in the final ODI at the Eden Park. Kagiso Rabada bagged 3/25 as the hosts bundled out for 149.
South Africa got over the line with 6 wickets in hand as Faf du Plessis scored an unbeaten fifty.
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Nathan Lyon admits watching R Ashwin videos
Nathan Lyon emerged as the hero of day one of the second Test between India and Australia as he picked up 8 wickets to bundle out the hosts for a mere 189 in the first innings.
After the innings, he admitted that he had watched a lot of R Ashwin tapes coming into the match.
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Peshawar Zalmi overseas players ready to play PSL finals
Ahead of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) final Peshawar Zalmi team owner Javed Afridi has said that all their foreign players including their skipper Darren Sammy has agreed to participate in the PSL finals scheduled to be played at Lahore.
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Najam Sethi confirms increase in PSL TV ratings
The second season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) has been a fairly successful one for the teams, players as well as for the Pakistan Cricket Board.
In a recent interaction, the PSL Chief Najam Sethi revealed that there has been a significant increase in the TV ratings for the PSL matches this season.
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Rohit Sharma makes a poor comeback
Mumbai batsman Rohit Sharma made a comeback to cricket when he turned up for Mumbai against Andhra in a Vijay Hazare Trophy fixture.
He had a poor outing with the bat and could score just 16 on his comeback before being caught in the slips.
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South Africa back to top of ICC ODI rankings
South Africa has retained their numero uno status in the ICC ODI Rankings after winning the 5 match ODI series against New Zealand by 6 wickets.
Earlier, when they had lost the 4th ODI of the series, they had slipped to the second spot in the rankings.
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Sreesanth donates money to India’s blind team
S Sreesanth was handed a life ban for the spot-fixing allegations four years ago. Although he has been cleared of all the charges, he is yet to make a comeback.
Recently, he made the news again by donating money to the Indian blind cricket team that recently won the Blind World T20.
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KSCA plans to skip BCCI Annual Awards
The BCCI Annual Awards Ceremony and the 5th edition of the Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi lecture scheduled to take place on March 8 have not been welcomed by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA).
Apparently, the state association is planning to boycott the two mega events conducted by the BCCI.
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Shahid Afridi unlikely for PSL finals
In what might come as a huge setback for the Peshawar Zalmi, former Pakistan captain and flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi might miss the final of the PSL this year to be held at Lahore.
Afridi recently had 12 stitches due to which it is expected that he might not be able to recover before the finals.
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