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12 May

Arjuna- Award winning India TT player V Chandrasekhar dies this morning

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Indian table tennis player V Chandrasekhar Arjuna-award winner died at a private hospital on Wednesday due to COVID-19 related complications. He was 64 and lived with his wife and a son. He was popularly known a three-time national champion. Born in Chennai, this player had reached the semifinals of the Commonwealth Games in 1982, he was also a successful coach. His playing career was cut short in 1984 following a botched knee surgery at a hospital which led to him losing mobility, speech and vision. He fought back to recover and served the game as a coach. He also fought…

06 May

IPL’s Australian players have been transported to the Maldives

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The Indian Premier League’s Australian cohort has been transported to the Maldives after the tournament’s abrupt suspension over the coronavirus crisis in India. In a joint statement, Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association confirmed their players, coaching staff and match officials were safely transported to the Maldives. “We can confirm that Australian players, coaches, match officials and commentators have been safely transported from India and are en route to the Maldives,” the statement read. International cricketers started heading home on Wednesday after the previous day’s halt of the Twenty20 competition, as India grapples with a sweeping second wave of infections. The…

06 May

Sourav Ganguly says that “It is very difficult to say” how the IPL bio-bubble was breached

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he BCCI asserts that organising the Indian Premier League (IPL) in India this year was not a mistake. BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly spoke about the thought process behind organising it at home, why the Board chose six cities as venues, and that Indian domestic players will be compensated irrespective of the fate of the 2021 IPL season. Excerpts: In hindsight, do you think it was a mistake to organise the IPL in India this year? No. When we decided, the number was not even close to this. We did the England tour successfully. Was there a discussion to hold it…

06 May

Dhoni informs his teammates that he will be the last person to board the flight back home.

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Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has informed his Chennai Super Kings (CSK) teammates that he will be the last person to board the flight back home. Dhoni has said that he will wait for the foreigners to leave first and the other Indian players next before he goes home from Delhi, where the team is based. In a virtual meeting with his teammates, Dhoni said that since the IPL is happening in India, the foreign players and support staff should get the preference to travel first to reach their homes abroad. And the Indian team players will later depart for home.…

05 May

Deepika Padukone’s father hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19

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Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who is currently in Bangalore with her family, has tested positive for COVID-19. Her father and legendary Indian badminton player Prakash Padukone has tested positive for COVID-19 and is recovering from the infection at a hospital in Bengaluru. The 65-year-old, who is the first Indian to win the prestigious All England Championships title in 1980, is likely to be discharged later this week. A close friend of the legendary shuttler and director at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, Vimal Kumar told in a recent interview, 'Around 10 days back, Prakash, his wife (Ujjala) and second daughter…

04 May

IPL chairman says the BCCI will “find a way” to arrange for the return of foreign players

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IPL chairman Brijesh Patel on Tuesday said the BCCI will “find a way” to arrange for the return of foreign players after the league was suspended indefinitely due to a COVID-19 outbreak in its bio-bubble. The suspension of the league was announced after Sunrisers Hyderabad’s wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha tested positive for COVID-19 along with Delhi Capitals’ veteran spinner Amit Mishra. “We need to send them home and we will find a way to do that,” Brijesh told PTI when asked how will the foreigners return home but did not elaborate beyond that. The foreigners involved in the lucrative league are concerned about returning to their…

04 May

BCCI suspends the 2021 IPL as four players test positive.

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The BCCI has decided to suspend the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) for the time being. The cricket board office bearers went into a huddle on Monday evening after the IPL bubble was breached. They decided to postpone the tournament. “The BCCI does not want to compromise on the safety of the players, support staff and the other participants involved in organising the IPL. This decision was taken keeping the safety, health and well-being of all the stakeholders in mind. The BCCI will do everything in its powers to arrange for the secure and safe passage of all the participants…

29 Apr

David Warner is now the fourth player to record 10,000 runs in T20 cricket.

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David Warner became the fourth player to record 10,000 runs in T20 cricket during the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings in Delhi on Wednesday. The SRH skipper also became only the eighth batsman to score 200 or more sixes in IPL history. Passing 10000 T20 runs with a brace off Lungi Ngidi in the 15th over, the Australian became the fourth cricketer to join the elite club after Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, and Shoaib Malik. He made both these staggering records in the space of just two deliveries. SRH rode on half-centuries from Warner and Manish…

07 Apr

RCB all-rounder Daniel Sams tests COVID-19 positive; currently asymptomatic

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Merely a day before Royal Challengers Bangalore's opening game of the season against defending champions Mumbai Indians, the franchise faced a setback as all-rounder Daniel Sams has tested positive for COVID-19. "Daniel Sams checked into the team hotel in Chennai on April 3rd, with a negative COVID report on arrival. His report from the 2nd test on 7th April came positive. Sams is currently asymptomatic and he is currently in isolation at a designated medical facility," the RCB wrote on their official Twitter profile. Sams had joined the RCB base at April 3 with a negative report, but has since…

02 Apr

India’s 2011 World Cup Winning Members Celebrate The 10th Anniversary Of The Memorable Heist

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“Dhoniiiiiii finishes off in style. A magnificent hit into the crowd, India lift the World Cup after 28 years and it’s an Indian captain who has been absolutely magnificent on the night of the final” As Ravi Shastri thundered these immortal words on-air, an entire nation went into a frenzy as the heartbreaks of previous years were finally exorcised. It is exactly ten years to the day when 11 Indian cricketers, players on the bench, and the Gary Kirsten-led support staff fulfilled the dream of the entire nation on that historic night against Sri Lanka at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The World…