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Mumbai Indians Wish Ritika Sajdeh On Birthday. But Fans’ Reaction Is Only On Rohit Sharma’s Captaincy | Cricket News
21Dec By adminNo Comments
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Mumbai Indians Wish Ritika Sajdeh On Birthday. But Fans’ Reaction Is Only On Rohit Sharma’s Captaincy | Cricket News

[ad_1] Rohit Sharma and Ritika Sajdeh© InstagramIndia skipper Rohit Sharma's wife, Ritika Sajdeh is celebrating her 36th birthday today. To wish their former skipper's wife, IPL franchise Mumbai Indians took to Instagram and shared a birthday post for her. However, the post did not go down well with MI supporters as they bombarded the comment section, expressing their anger at the removal of Rohit as the captain for the upcoming season. Rohit, who led Mumbai Indians to the IPL title five times, was replaced by all-rounder Hardik Pandya as the captain.Taking to Instagram, MI shared a picture of Rohit and Ritika and wished the latter on her birthday. MI wrote, "Always our Number 1 supporter. Happy Birthday, Ritika! Have a good one."However, many fans showed solidarity towards Rohit and exp...
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“It Was Tough, Emotional”: Mahela Jayawardene On Decision To Replace Rohit Sharma As Captain | Cricket News
20Dec By adminNo Comments
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“It Was Tough, Emotional”: Mahela Jayawardene On Decision To Replace Rohit Sharma As Captain | Cricket News

[ad_1] Mahela Jayawardene, Mumbai Indians' Global Head of Cricket, admitted that replacing Rohit Sharma with Hardik Pandya as the team's captain was a tough decision but termed it a necessary call with future in mind. Pandya's return to MI as captain had evoked sharp responses from the teams' fan base, but Jayawardene asserted that Rohit will remain an integral part of the side. "It was a tough decision. It was emotional, to be honest. It's fair on the fans as well (to react). I think everyone is emotional and we have to respect that as well. But at the same time, as a franchise, you have to make those decisions," Jayawardene told Jio Cinema.The former Sri Lanka captain said the decision was made after meaningful conversations."The legacy is something we want to build on and make sure we...
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“You Asked Us To…”: Mumbai Indians’ Message To Rohit Sharma After Naming Hardik Pandya As Captain | Cricket News
15Dec By adminNo Comments
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“You Asked Us To…”: Mumbai Indians’ Message To Rohit Sharma After Naming Hardik Pandya As Captain | Cricket News

[ad_1] Mumbai Indians (MI) on Friday named Hardik Pandya as their captain ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Hardik replaced a highly-successful Rohit Sharma, who led the IPL giants to five trophies. The announcement from Mumbai Indians came after Hardik made a return to the franchise last month, following a high-profile trade from Gujarat Titans, whom he led in the past two seasons. After announcing the news of the captaincy change, MI put a heartfelt post on social media for Rohit."Ro,In 2013 you took over as captain of MI. You asked us to Believe. In victories & defeats, you asked us to Smile. 10 years & 6 trophies later, here we are. Our forever captain your legacy will be etched in Blue & Gold. Thank you, Captain RO," wrote MI on X, formerly Twitter.Ro,In 201...
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Virat Kohli Shatters Sachin Tendulkar’s Record, Achieves Massive Feat With Cricket World Cup 2023 Century | Cricket News
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Virat Kohli Shatters Sachin Tendulkar’s Record, Achieves Massive Feat With Cricket World Cup 2023 Century | Cricket News

[ad_1] Indian cricket team star batter Virat Kohli had a historic outing in the Cricket World Cup 2023 match against Bangladesh at Pune on Thursday. Virat smashed his match-winning century, 48th in ODIs and 78th at international level. He scored 103 runs in 97 balls with six fours and four sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of over 106. With this, he is just one away from levelling Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 ODI centuries. Also, with his 78th international ton, just 23 centuries are left for him to overtake Sachin's record of 100 international centuries. Virat also brought up his 26,000 international runs, becoming the fastest to do so, in just 567 innings, leaving behind Sachin (600 innings).In 511 matches and 567 innings, Virat has scored 26,026 runs at an average of 53.99 and ...
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Virat Kohli Equals New Zealand Great In Elite List, Eyes Ex-India Skipper’s Huge Feat | Cricket News
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Virat Kohli Equals New Zealand Great In Elite List, Eyes Ex-India Skipper’s Huge Feat | Cricket News

[ad_1] Virat Kohli (C) celebrates after taking a catch against West Indies© TwitterVirat Kohli did not bat in India's five-wicket victory over West Indies in the first ODI match in Barbados but that did not stop him from adding another major accolade to his already illustrious career. Kohli pulled off a stunning catch at second slip off the bowling of Ravindra Jadeja to dismiss Romario Shepherd and it was his 142nd catch in ODI cricket. He is currently tied in the fourth spot with New Zealand's Ross Taylor when it comes to cricketers with most ODI catches. Sri Lanka legend Mahela Jayawardene tops the list with 218 while Australia's Ricky Ponting is second with 160. Kohli will be looking to become the highest-placed Indian cricketer in the list by surpassing Mohammed Azharuddin who is thi...
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Rohit Sharma First Batter Ever To Achieve This Fascinating Feat, Beats Sri Lanka Great | Cricket News
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Rohit Sharma First Batter Ever To Achieve This Fascinating Feat, Beats Sri Lanka Great | Cricket News

[ad_1] Rohit Sharma became the first batter in the history of Test cricket to register 30 consecutive double-digit figures. The record previously belonged to Sri Lanka great Mahela Jayawardene who had 29 double-digit scores to his name but Rohit surpassed him during Day 4 of the second Test match against West Indies in Port of Spain. Often regarded as a specialist in white-ball cricket, Rohit has truly shown over the last couple of years that he is as good a batter in Test cricket, as he is in limited-overs formats.A look at the last 30 Test innings of Rohit Sharma - 12, 161, 26, 66, 25*, 49, 34, 30, 36, 12*, 83, 21, 19, 59, 11, 127, 29, 15, 46, 120, 32, 31, 12, 12, 35, 15, 43, 103, 80, 57. Rohit looked in tremendous form once again as he slammed a brilliant half-century and stitched tog...
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Angelo Mathews surpasses Sanath Jayasuriya, Claims Massive Feat Against New Zealand | Cricket News
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Angelo Mathews surpasses Sanath Jayasuriya, Claims Massive Feat Against New Zealand | Cricket News

[ad_1] Angelo Matthews in action for Sri Lanka against New Zealand© AFPVeteran batter Angelo Mathews overtook former skipper Sanath Jayasuriya and became just the third Sri Lankan player to have scored 7000 Test runs as the island nation made a good start to the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch. Mathews scored a valuable 47 on the opening day at Basin Reserve, with Sri Lanka reaching 305/6 at stumps to keep their slim hopes alive of reaching June's ICC World Test Championship final against Australia. Sri Lanka need to clinch a 2-0 series sweep over the Kiwis in New Zealand and rely on India not defeating Australia in the concurrent Test in Ahmedabad to reach the World Test Championship decider and they gave themselves every chance of doing so on Thursday after they were sen...
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“Probably 2-1 Win For…” Mahela Jayawardena’s Bold Prediction For India-Australia Test Series | Cricket News
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“Probably 2-1 Win For…” Mahela Jayawardena’s Bold Prediction For India-Australia Test Series | Cricket News

[ad_1] Legendary Sri Lanka batter Mahela Jayawardene feels Australia have a chance of defeating India in the upcoming four-match Border Gavaskar Trophy series which begins on Thursday in Nagpur. Australia and India, currently ranked No.1 and 2 respectively in both the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings and the ongoing ICC World Test Championship 2023 cycle, will meet in a four-match Test series in India.India are the current holder of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, having won the series held in Australia in 2020-21.While Australia hasn't won a Test series in India since 2004, Jayawardena believes Pat Cummins-led Australia will break their duck during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which begins on February 9 in Nagpur."I think it's always going to be a great series. I think Indian conditions and how ...
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Virat Kohli 67 Runs Away From Surpassing Sri Lanka Great In This Elite ODI List | Cricket News
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Virat Kohli 67 Runs Away From Surpassing Sri Lanka Great In This Elite ODI List | Cricket News

[ad_1] IND vs SL, 2nd ODI: So far, Virat Kohli has scored 12,584 runs in 257 ODI innings.© AFPAll eyes will be on Virat Kohli as India get ready to take on Sri Lanka in the second ODI at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. Kohli, who survived two dropped catches on 52 and 81, hammered 113 off 87 balls to drive India to 373-7 after they were invited to bat first. It was Kohli's 45th century in ODI cricket, and is now only four such knocks away from equalling Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 tons in the format. Ahead of the second ODI, Kohli eyes yet another huge milestone. He is now only 67 runs away from surpassing former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene as the fifth all-time leading run-scorer in ODIs.So far, Kohli has scored 12,584 runs in 257 ODI innings, while Jayawardene end...
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Mahela Jayawardena Gives Classy Response As Virat Kohli Shatters His T20 World Cup Record | Cricket News
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Mahela Jayawardena Gives Classy Response As Virat Kohli Shatters His T20 World Cup Record | Cricket News

[ad_1] Mahela Jayawardene congratulated Virat Kohli for breaking his record© InstagramBack to his absolute best, India superstar Virat Kohli registered a huge new record to his name, surpassing Sri Lankan cricket legend Mahela Jayawardena. It was Jayawardena who had held the record of being the top-scoring batter in T20 World Cup history but Kohli shattered his record in the Super 12 match against Bangladesh on Wednesday. In a video that was shared by the ICC on social media, Jayawardena sent a classy message to Kohli after the latter achieved the historic milestone.Kohli has been in sublime form throughout the T20 World Cup 2022, scoring 3 half-centuries in 4 matches. First, he set up India's thrilling victory over Pakistan with an unbeaten 82. He then scored his second fifty against th...
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