The cricketers don’t have the option of working from home so most of the cricketers are getting pretty active on social media networks nowadays as majority of the nations of the world are under lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Kevin Pietersen, the former England cricket player, is carrying out Instagram live sessions with various cricketers such as Dale Steyn, Ahmed Shehzad, Rohit Sharma ,etc. Recently, Kevin went live with the Indian skipper Virat Kohli and they talked on lot of topics including IPL 2020, Virat’s stint as a captain and also how Virat’s nickname Cheeku got famous.

Virat disclosed that it all happened because former skipper MS Dhoni started addressing him with this name on the field and it was heard by everyone because of the stump’s mic. He also talked about the time when his coach in the Ranji Trophy started calling him Cheeku.

Virat got this nickname in 2007 when he thought that he is losing hair so he got his hair cut short because of which his ears and cheeks started looking big. That was the time when his coach started calling him Cheeku which was the name of a rabbit in a comic book.

Virat is a fitness freak and he is one of the most athletic cricketers of the world. He loves to bat with those who are good in running between the wickets and also understand his calls. Virat called MS Dhoni as his favourite batting partner as he is one of the fastest runners between the wickets and they both have a good understanding. Another batsman with whom Virat loves to bat is AB de Villiers, his Royal Challenger Bangalore’s teammate. Virat says that with AB, they both don’t even need to talk, the partnership just goes on and it’s really wonderful.

Virat had a pretty bad tour in New Zealand and he would have loved to gain his form in IPL before the T20 World Cup 2020 but IPL 2020 has been postponed till April 15 and there are pretty good chances of it getting cancelled or delayed further. However, there has been no official statement by BCCI on this matter.

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There is no denying the fact that the popular controversial television reality show Bigg Boss has the potential to change lives and it did the same for many including former contestants Priyank Sharma and Benafsha Soonawalla who were already in a relationship with different persons before entering the show. While the name of Priyank’s girlfriend was Divya Agarwal, Benafsha was in a relationship with Varun Sood.

Priyank and Benafsha made headlines with their antics inside the house of Bigg Boss 11 and needless to say, their sizzling chemistry irked their partners outside the house which resulted in their break-up. Nevertheless, Priyank and Ben never accepted to date each other and always maintained that they are just good friends; no wonder, celebrity couples hardly admit their relationships in front of media and public.

Well, wait of fans is finally over as the duo has at last made their relationship official by making sweet posts on social media networks. Priyank took to Twitter and Instagram to share a beautiful pic with Ben and wrote, “Confirmation” with the heart emoji.

In the photo, Priyank can be seen pecking a kiss on Benafsha’s cheek.

Check out Priyank’s tweet:

Confirmation @BenafshaSoona pic.twitter.com/ln9OWQxQHR

— Priyank Sharma (@ipriyanksharmaa) April 4, 2020

Benafsha also shared the same pic on Twitter with caption, “Hello lover ”

Hello lover pic.twitter.com/rc7J8MXNQ2

— Benafsha Soonawalla (@BenafshaSoona) April 4, 2020

On Instagram, Ben captioned the same image as,

“Can’t nobody keep me like you

Call it unconventional

My love is habitual”

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Can’t nobody keep me like you Call it unconventional My love is habitual

A post shared by Benafsha Soonawalla (@benafshasoonawalla) on Apr 4, 2020 at 11:00am PDT

These posts from the couple made their fans excited and best wishes started pouring in. We must admit that Priyank and Benafsha look adorable together and we wish, Inke Pyaar Ki Kisi Ki Nazar Na Lage!

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Gautam Gambhir, the former Indian cricketer, is still hitting fours and sixes but this time in the field of politics and social service. In the tough phase when the nation is fighting life-taking coronavirus, Gambhir has once again set an example by donating Rs. 1 crore to the relief funds. If that was not enough, on the ninth anniversary of India’s World Cup win in 2011, he announced that he would be donating his 2 years’ salary in the PM-CARES fund.

Social media was flooded with messages applauding Gautam Gambhir for his remarkable gesture and the contribution that he has made. The official Twitter handle of IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) also talked about Gambhir’s contribution and praised him for supporting country and its citizens in the time of crisis. In fact, RCB posted an article on their official portal in this regard and when they shared the article on their official Twitter handle, it was noticed by the BJP MP from East Delhi who gave a sweet response to the IPL franchise.

RCB shared the article with caption, “Former India batsman Gambhir donates two years’ salary as an MP to fight coronavirus!”

Former India batsman Gambhir donates two years' salary as an MP to fight coronavirus! Read more now. https://t.co/6P0eQNEhPs

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 3, 2020

In his response, Gautam wrote that he hated losing against RCB but now they won him by acknowledging his contribution. Gambhir’s tweet read, “@RCBTweets I hated losing to you guys, but today you have won me over by this acknowledgment. Thanks a lot.”

@RCBTweets I hated losing to you guys, but today you have won me over by this acknowledgment. Thanks a lot.

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) April 3, 2020

The number of coronavirus patients is increasing at an alarming rate. As of now, more than 12 lakh people have been found infected with coronavirus while over 64K have succumbed to the disease. If we talk about India, more than 3000 people have been infected while 77 have lost their lives.

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The whole nation is under a complete lockdown for 21 days starting March 25 and it won’t be incorrect to say that India is still in a better position than rest of the world as far as the COVID-19 outbreak is concerned.

Please remain indoors to stay safe!

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The coronavirus pandemic has compelled the people of the whole world to stay at home as it is the best way to save themselves from the contagious virus. The Indian cricketers are also sitting inside their houses and spending time with their families. While some cricketers are using social media platforms for spreading awareness about coronavirus, Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is busy making TikTok videos which are indeed a source of entertainment for his fans and followers at the time of quarantine.

Yuzi is pretty much active on social media and keeps on posting videos on TikTok on a regular basis. Some days ago, he posted a video in which he was seen with his father and that comedy video was liked by many but some also made fun of him and his father. Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma also made a comment about that video during the live Instagram session that he had with Jasprit Bumrah.

Rohit and Jasprit play from the same IPL franchisee Mumbai Indians and during that live session, they talked about many things including their teammates, IPL, etc. In the same chat, Yuzi also expressed his desire to play for MI but the skipper of MI, Rohit Sharma rejected his wish by saying that MI is already winning so they are not missing him and they don’t even need him. Rohit further told Yuzi that he should sit in Bangalore as it is ideal for him.

During the same live session when Rohit Sharma got disturbed by Yuzi while talking to Jasprit, the Hitman asked Chahal whether he doesn’t feel ashamed as he is making his father dance.

Rohit said, “Chahal tu apne pitaji ko nacha rha hai. Tujhe sharam aa rahi hai ki nahi?” (Chahal, you are making your father dance. Aren’t you ashamed of yourself?)

Here is the video:

@ImRo45 to Yuzi … @yuzi_chahal funny as always .. @Jaspritbumrah93 pic.twitter.com/rQgfLXrnIq

— Rohit Sharma FC (@Rohit45Official) April 1, 2020

Click to watch this video directly on Twitter

This is not the first time that Yuzi and Rohit Sharma have got engaged in a funny banter and earlier also on many occasions, they have made their fans laugh. In fact, Rohit’s wife Ritika Sajdeh also had some hilarious conversations with Chahal on social media networks in the past.

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The Indian cricketers are leaving no stone unturned in reaching out to their fans and followers and asking them to follow the instructions given by the government and medical authorities to save them from lethal coronavirus. As of now, the number of infected persons in India is more than 3,000 while the number of lives lost is close to 80. The country is under complete lockdown till April 14 and PM Modi is also addressing the nation regularly, asking the citizens to remain strong and support the government in coming out of this critical situation.

Recently, the Indian Prime Minister asked everyone to switch off the lights of their houses and come out or in balcony on April 5 at 9pm and illuminate the surroundings by lighting diyas, candles or by using flash lights of their smartphones or torches for 9 minutes. He urges every citizen to do this for showing support to the corona warriors.

The Indian skipper Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma have also urged their fans to support the initiative taken by PM Modi. In a tweet, Virat Kohli writes that the spirit of India is in its citizens, let us show the world that we are united and let us also support our health warriors.

Virat’s tweet read,

“The power of the stadium is in its fans.

The spirit of India is in its people.

Tonight 9pm for 9min

Let’s show the world, we stand as ONE.

Let’s show our Health Warriors,

We stand behind them.

Team India – IGNITED.

@narendramodi @PMOIndia”

The power of the stadium is in its fans.
The spirit of India is in its people.

Tonight 9pm for 9min

Let’s show the world, we stand as ONE.
Let’s show our Health Warriors,
We stand behind them.
Team India – IGNITED.@narendramodi @PMOIndia

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) April 5, 2020

Rohit Sharma has also tweeted in support of the Prime Minister Modi and written that our lives depend on winning this test match. He calls the exercise as “The Great Team India Huddle” and gives the tagline, “Light to Fight”.

Rohit Sharma tweeted:

“Team India, we can’t get this prescription wrong. Our life depends on winning this test match.

Show your solidarity, join us in “The Great Team India Huddle” today 5th April 9pm for 9min.

Light to Fight.

Are you with me?

@narendramodi”

Team India, we cant get this prescription wrong. Our life depends on winning this test match.

Show your solidarity, join us in “The Great Team India Huddle” today 5th April 9pm for 9min.

Light to Fight.

Are you with me?@narendramodi

— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) April 5, 2020

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are also among those cricketers who have made monetary contributions in order to help the country in difficult times. While Rohit has donated Rs. 80 lakh under various heads, Virat and his wife Anushka Sharma have reportedly contributed Rs. 3 crore.

Are you going to light diya and candles tonight (5 April 2020)?

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The coronavirus pandemic has affected the whole world in an adverse manner as more than 12 lakh people have been found infected with it while over 64,000 have lost their lives all over the world. The condition in Pakistan is also not so good as more than 2800 people have been found infected with COVID-19 and the number of lives lost is 41.

The Pakistan government, celebs, cricketers, etc. are also using social media to spread awareness about this virus in their country and are asking people to remain indoors, go out only very necessary and maintain social distancing. Recently, a franchise of Pakistan Super League (PSL) tried to spread awareness through its official Twitter handle but that didn’t go well with the Indian cricket fans. The PSL franchise Islamabad United posted the photo of Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah overstepping the line during his bowling in the final of Champions Trophy 2017 which was won by Pakistan.

What happened was that Pakistani opener Fakhar Zaman edged the ball to the keeper on the bowling of Jasprit Bumrah but the third umpire gave Fakhar Zaman not out as Jasprit overstepped the line and the ball was declared as no-ball. It was the turning point of the match as Fakhar Zaman scored a century and helped Pakistan in winning the match in a big manner.

The caption that was written by Islamabad United was, “Don’t cross the line. It can be costly. Don’t leave your homes unnecessarily, MAINTAIN PHYSICAL DISTANCE but make sure your hearts remain close. #UnitedAgainstCovid19”

Don't cross the line. It can be costly

Don't leave your homes unnecessarily, MAINTAIN PHYSICAL DISTANCE but make sure your hearts remain close. #UnitedAgainstCovid19 pic.twitter.com/LjmX1ZhXyz

— Islamabad United (@IsbUnited) April 2, 2020

This tweet was not liked by Indian cricket fans and one Twitter user gave a savage reply to the franchise.

The online user replied with a photo of Pakistani pacer Mohammed Amir overstepping the line while bowling in the test match which was played against England in Lord’s in the year 2010. Doubts were raised over this no-ball as it was pretty huge and after the inquiry, it was revealed that Amir was involved in spot-fixing and he bowled no-ball because he was asked for it by the bookies.

The fan wrote, “Stay Inside, Stay Safe or face 5 year prison” with a wink emoji while sharing the pic.

Stay Inside, Stay Safe or face 5 year prison pic.twitter.com/qJklBbqEw9

— Mr Cricket Expert (@MrCricketExper1) April 2, 2020

Mohammed Amir was not only suspended from international cricket for 5 years but he was sent to prison for some time as well.

We also request our readers to stay at home to remain safe from coronavirus.

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Ashish Nehra, the former Indian cricketer, had a long career of 18 years and during this period, he saw many ups and downs but he never lost his sense of humour and other than his bowling, he is still remembered by the cricket fans for his smile. Nehra is one of those rare cricketers who made a comeback in the team during the last phase of the career and nowadays, a video is going viral on the Internet which he will definitely not like to watch.

This video is from the match against Pakistan which was played in Ahmedabad in 2005. Let us tell you in detail what happened – in that match, India batted first and put a big total of 315 on the board and in response, Pakistan had a good start. In the fourth over of the innings, Nehra bowled to Shahid Afridi who edged the ball but the ball went past between Dhoni and Rahul Dravid and it aggravated Nehra. As the opportunity was missed, Nehra was highly upset and started abusing Dhoni.

Here is the video:

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The match was won by the Pakistanis, Ashish Nehra was not even able to take a single wicket in the match and he proved costly as he gave 75 runs in 9 overs.

Ashish Nehra has opened up about the incident, saying that most of the people think this video is from the match in Vizag but it is from the fourth ODI which was played in Ahmedabad. He said that India-Pakistan match is already a pressure match and he was under more pressure as Shahid Afridi had hit him for a six on the previous delivery.

He further said that suddenly there was a chance to get a wicket but that was missed; however, this was not the first time when a player got so upset and reacted in such a manner. But Nehra also accepted that he is not proud of the manner in which he behaved despite the fact that Mahi and Rahul Dravid were absolutely fine with him after the match.

Nehra also showed his humorous side as he said that the video is going viral because MS Dhoni is in the video and not because of him in the same way the old photo of Nehra giving prize to young Virat Kohli went viral because of Kohli. Ashish Nehra also added that in the future, he may have to explain his kids about his rude behaviour whenever they will see the video.

Presently, all the cricketing events have been cancelled or postponed due to the 21 days lockdown in order to stop the spread of coronavirus. Stay at home to stay safe!

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