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retires from international cricket. What an amazing journey he has had! Someone who came from a small-town & went on to become a Legend! Only captain to win all ICC tournaments. Gave people the power to believe in their abilities. Here's his journey - A Thread
First IPL wicket — Virat Kohli
First Test wicket — AB de Villiers
First ODI wicket — Steve Smith
First T20I wicket — David Warner
First WC wicket — Hashim Amla
Happy birthday, Jasprit Bumrah
Sachin Tendulkar’s 141 Indian teammates.
Wrote all of this out of memory.
1-120 took around 10 minutes.
121-135 took another 15 minutes.
The remaining six names took the most time.
@sachin_rt
In the 2003 World Cup
Australia won 10 matches on the trot before the final
India won 8 matches on the trot before the final
In the 2023 World Cup
India won 10 matches on the trot before the final
Australia have won 8 matches on the trot before the final
Australia won their
January 11, 2022: Virat Kohli likely to play his 100th Test at Cape Town. It'll also be his daughter Vamika's first birthday.
It is also coach Rahul Dravid's birthday on January 11 😊
Players who played at least 1 game in each IPL edition & will be part of IPL 2021
MS Dhoni
Virat Kohli
Rohit Sharma
Dinesh Karthik
Piyush Chawla
Amit Mishra
Ajinkya Rahane
Robin Uthappa
Manish Pandey
Shikhar Dhawan
Wriddhiman Saha
Dhawal Kulkarni
AB de Villiers (only foreigner)
MS Dhoni turns 40. What a fantastic career MSD has had. A true leader who gave people the power to believe in their abilities. Here's his journey & some unheard stories
#HappyBirthdayDhoni
Rohit Sharma made his India debut when Rahul Dravid was the captain in 2007
Rohit Sharma will now be full-time India captain in T20Is under coach Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar won his first World Cup in his 6th attempt. Mithali Raj is playing her 6th World Cup. Both Sachin & Mithali made their India debut at 16 years 205 days!
#coincidence
The last time RCB beat CSK at Chepauk:
1)Virat Kohli had not played for India
2)Anil Kumble was India’s Test captain
3)Sachin had 81 international tons
4)MS Dhoni had captained India in 32 international games
5)There was no Whatsapp
It was May 21, 2008
#IPL2019
#CSKvRCB
Vishnu Solanki lost his daughter a day after she was born. During the game v Chandigarh he lost his father. Solanki didn't leave his team Baroda & watched the final rites of his father on a video call in one corner of dressing room. Scored a ton in that game. More power to you
Axar Patel took a 10-wicket haul in Ishant's 100th Test in Ahmedabad in 2021
Harbhajan Singh had taken a 10-wicket haul in a match in Kumble's 100th Test in Ahmedabad in 2005
Dinesh Karthik made his Test debut under captaincy of Rahul Dravid in Mumbai.ODI debut was under Ganguly at Lord's.T20I debut was under Sehwag at J'burg in 2006.Other int captains DK has played under Kumble,MSD,Kohli, Raina,Rohit,Rahane,Pant & Afridi. Will play under Hardik soon
As a 4-yr-old Cheteshwar Pujara was playing with a rubber ball and a toy bat. His family took photo of that moment. His father Arvind later noticed how his son was watching the ball closely & thought he could learn cricket. His wife Reena said: “You must teach him then.”
Big players in IPL 2022 auction: Rashid Khan, Hardik, Shreyas, Rahul, Warner, Archer,Chahal, Deepak, Stokes, Shardul, Ashwin, Rabada, Dhawan, Ishan Kishan, Bhuvi, Bairstow,Kuldeep, Lockie, Dinesh Karthik, Raina, Shami and many more.Interesting to see who are picked by new teams
Dinesh Karthik- India's first ever Player of the Match in T20Is in 2006 - is still going strong and steers his team in a run-chase in 2022. Congratulations
@RCBTweets
Last ODI when Virat Kohli was neither a captain or vice-captain of the Indian team was back in 2012. This was a tri-series game v SL at Hobart. Kohli scored 133*(86) & helped India reach the target of 321 in under 40 overs (36.4) to get the bonus point
Most wins in T20s:
105 - Mumbai Indians
100 - Chennai Super Kings
Only the second team to win 100 T20 matches
And CSK were out of action for 2 years
CSK have reached the playoffs every year in the IPL
@ChennaiIPL
#CSKvDD
#OnThisDay
in 2012: Virat Kohli scored 133* off 86 as India chased 321 in 36.4 overs (needed to chase under 40 overs to get the bonus point). Scored 44 off 15 v Malinga.
After this knock he became the ODI vice captain for the Asia Cup
Warner 36 as a tribute to India's 36 allout in D/N Test. Test No.1 ranked Marnus 0 as a tribute to the number of wickets lost by Pakistan in fantastic 152/0 v India & World's best allformat batsman Smith scored 72 as a tribute to Kohli's 72 inns without an Int'l century.
#Cricket
-This is KL Rahul's 1st match as List A captain
-R Ashwin & Y Chahal have never played together for India
-India played their last ODI in July 2021 led by Shikhar Dhawan
-Last time Virat Kohli was neither a captain/vice-captain of ODI team:v SL at Hobart in 2012.Scored 133*(86)
Watching India v Australia highlights of the Gabba Test. To win the Test when almost all front line bowlers were injured (Bumrah, Shami, Umesh, Ashwin & Jadeja) especially at Australia's fortress is an unprecedented feat. One of India's finest Test wins
First IPL wicket — Virat Kohli
First Test wicket — AB de Villiers
First ODI wicket — Steve Smith
First T20I wicket — David Warner
First WC wicket — Hashim Amla
Happy birthday, Jasprit Bumrah
@Jaspritbumrah93
This is from one of the wedding receptions. Cricket took the centre stage. Check out the celebrations in the end.
Top commentary
@cricketaakash
@MohammadKaif
#MIvCSK
#IPLFinal
P.S: Received as Whatsapp Forward
KS Bharat should be in the XI for BGT. But why do I get the feeling that Ishan Kishan may get a Test call-up. Do you reckon Kishan will be part of the playing XI for the Test series?
The batch of 1996 who made their Test debut & their current roles in Indian cricket
Sourav Ganguly: BCCI President
Rahul Dravid: Head Coach
VVS Laxman: NCA Chief
Vikram Rathour: Batting Coach
Paras Mhambrey: Bowling Coach
Sunil Joshi: National Selector
Very early days but WC squad will possibly look like this:
Openers: Rohit, Dhawan, Ruturaj
Middle order:Kohli,KL Rahul,SKY/Iyer
WK: Pant,Ishan
Finishers:Hardik,Jadeja
Spinners: Chahal
AR: Shardul,D Chahar,V Iyer
Pacers:Bumrah,Shami,Prasidh,Siraj
What will India look for?(1/n)
In future I would love to see a one-off Test match between WTC champions & Rest of the World. It'll be an amazing viewing experience for cricket fans
#wishlist
People used to switch off their TVs when Sachin got out. The roads were empty when he batted. And FYI, Sachin suggested Dhoni's name for captaincy in 2007.
Also Sachin was Dhoni's cricketing idol growing up. The 1998 innings in Sharjah inspired Kohli to take up cricket.
If MI beat RCB
KKR beat CSK
KXIP beat RR
DC beat MI
SRH beat RCB
KXIP beat CSK
KKR beat RR
RCB beat DC
SRH beat MI
MI, RCB, KKR, KXIP & DC will be on 16 points each. So even after tomorrow’s game we won’t have any team qualifying yet for the playoffs
Alireza Beiranvand-Iran Goalkeeper
-Was a shepherd
-Worked at a pizza shop
-Used to wash SUVs for money & clean the streets
-Started as a striker & accidentally became a goalkeeper
-Left home to become a footballer
-Saved Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty kick
Amazing journey
#IRNPOR
In the lead up to the series, Hanuma Vihari scored 3 fifties in 5 inns for India A v SA A.Marco Jansen picked 6 wickets in 3 matches of that series. SA picked him & he took 19 wkts in 3-match Test series.Vihari didn't start, played well in Johannesburg & was dropped in Cape Town
Jasprit Bumrah will lead the Indian team in the 5th Test. Rishabh Pant will be his deputy. Interestingly last time Indian pacer led Test team in away series was Kapil Dev at Edgbaston in 1986
Players of the Match in IPL 2022 for
GT: Shami, Ferguson, Gill, Hardik, Miller, Rashid, Tewatia, Gill, Saha
RR: Samson, Buttler, Chahal, Chahal, Buttler, Parag, Yashasvi, Boult, Ashwin
Now that KL Rahul has confirmed that he'll be opening India XI could look like this:
KL Rahul (c), Dhawan, Kohli, S Iyer, Pant (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Shardul Thakur/D Chahar, R Ashwin, Y Chahal, Bumrah, Bhuvi/Siraj
India may go in with V Iyer as 6th bowling option & finisher
How was Shreyas not the Player of the Series? Came in at 112/4 in the 1st Test, scored 86. In the 2nd Test, came in at 94/4 then added 159 runs with Pant; scored 87. In the 2nd innings, added 71 with Ashwin. Played a changeless innings & saw India home. Deserved the POTS award
Ollie Robinson is bowling off-spin. A few bowlers who bowled pace & spin in international cricket: Sir Garfield Sobers, Karsan Ghavri, Colin Miller, Andrew Symonds, Sachin Tendulkar, Jayasuriya, Mark Waugh, Prabhakar, Sohail Tanvir, Shane Thomson, Kapil Dev
What more can Sarfaraz do to get into the Indian Test team? Gets a ton on a tough pitch in Rajkot in the Irani Cup. Sarfaraz has scored hundreds under pressure in FC cricket. Extremely consistent
5. MS Dhoni made his List A & FC debut v Assam at Jamshedpur in 2000. On his FC debut, MSD's first victim as a 'keeper was Parag Das who was stumped. 19 years later, MSD caught Parag Das' son Riyan Parag in the IPL game in Jaipur!
#MSDhoni
Different Players of the Match for DC in
#IPL2020
(7 wins)
v KXIP: Marcus Stoinis
v CSK: Prithvi Shaw
v KKR: Shreyas Iyer
v RCB: Axar Patel
v RR: R Ashwin
v RR: Anrich Nortje
v CSK: Shikhar Dhawan
And Kagiso Rabada has the Purple Cap with 19 wickets
#DCvCSK
It may not happen soon but I feel Rishabh Pant has the ability to be a successful opener in LOIs. He can have a huge impact at the top of the order & win matches. May happen in 3-4 years. Any thoughts?
Here is a thread on some interesting cricketing facts.
1) Sunil Gavaskar is the only cricketer to score double hundreds in all 4 innings of a Test.
205 v WI (1978)—1st inns
236 v WI (1983) — 2nd inns
220 v WI (1971)—3rd inns
221 v ENG (1979) — 4th inns
#CricketTwitter
No Pujara & Rahane in India's Test squad. No Saha & Ishant too. Bumrah appointed as Rohit's deputy. Left-arm spinner from UP Saurabh Kumar has been picked. Shubman Gill, Jadeja return post injury. Ashwin is included subject to fitness.
No soft signals in the IPL. 3rd umpire can now overturn the no-ball (line-call given by the on-field umpire).3rd umpire can also overturn the short-run call given by the on-field umpires.Super Overs can be played till one hour from the actual finished time of the tied matches
MS Dhoni:
Only captain to win all three ICC Trophies [WT20, CWC and CT]
Under MSD’s leadership India became World No.1 in Tests for the first time (2009)
His rise in international cricket has been phenomenal.
#HappyBirthdayMSD
#HappyBirthdayDHONI
Sachin Tendulkar, who was just 16, is carried off the field by Vivek Razdan in the 1990 Rothmans Cup Triangular Series game at the Basin Reserve, Wellington. Sachin had pulled his calf muscle in the field
#ThrowBackMemories
#nostalgia