The suspense surrounding the new skipper of Royal Challengers Bangalore came to an end on Saturday when the franchise announced that the former South African skipper Faf du Plessis whom RCB purchased for Rs. 7 crore in the mega-auction will be its new captain. He has been one of the most important players of Chennai Super Kings as he played for the Chennai franchise in 9 seasons from 2011-2021 and had an important role in its title wins. He played under MS Dhoni’s captaincy in 9 seasons while playing for CSK and then playing for Rising Pune Supergiants as well, the franchise that played only in 2016 and 2017 when CSK and RR were banned from the league.

During an interview with RCB, Faf du Plessis opened up about his initial days in the IPL and the captaincy style of MS Dhoni. He stated that it was a little different for him when he joined CSK in 2011 in terms of culture as he came from the South African culture. Just to inform, Faf du Plessis has also captained the South African team at the international level.

He further stated that by that time he knew what captaincy was but he was left surprised as MS Dhoni was completely opposite of what he expected him to be. According to him, he has learnt that different skippers have different styles but it is important to have their own style because this is what really matters in pressure situations. He adds that he will never try to be Virat Kohli or MS Dhoni but he will try to implement those things which he has learnt in his journey as they will be helpful in making him grow as a leader.

RCB will be playing its first match in the IPL 2022 against Punjab Kings on 27^th March and fans are really hoping that Faf will bring some CSK luck with him and RCB will win its maiden title in the tournament this year. Despite the fact that RCB has always been a strong squad comprising of players like Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, etc., the disappointing reality is that it has not won a single IPL title till date.

Has RCB made the correct decision by appointing Faf du Plessis as its new skipper? What is your opinion in this regard? Share with us.

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The second test match between India and Sri Lanka is at an interesting position as first the Sri Lankan team bowled out the Indian team for just 252 runs but then the batters of the visiting team also found it difficult to stay on the crease and by the end of the day 1, Sri Lanka was 86/6.

Though Virat Kohli once again failed to end his century drought, he did entertain cricket fans with his humorous behavior. The former cricketer may have got slammed many times because of his aggressive attitude but it is also true that he is a very fun loving cricketer. During the Sri Lankan innings, Virat Kohli was seen copying the bowling action of the Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah.

Here is the video of the hilarious act:

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— Anmol Narang (@Anmol_Narang25) March 12, 2022

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The test match is being played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and India chose to bat first after winning the toss. However, the Indian team didn’t get a good start and it lost both the openers Mayank Agarwal (4) and Rohit Sharma (15) quite early. Hanuma Vihari also got out early when he was on the score of 31. While Rishabh Pant played a useful innings of 39, Shreyas Iyer played a brilliant innings of 92 runs which helped the Indian team in reaching the score of 252 runs and after that, no other batsman was able to give resistance to the Indian bowlers.

Lasith Embuldeniya and Praveen Jayawickrama took 3-3 wickets each, while Dhananjaya de Silva took 2 wickets and Suranga Lakmal got only 1 wicket.

However, the Sri Lankan batters also struggled as till the time the article was written, the complete Sri Lankan team got out for merely 109 runs and currently they are trailing by 143 runs. The most successful Indian bowler is Jasprit Bumrah who took 5 wickets and gave away only 24 runs, while Mohammed Shami and Ravichandran Ashwin managed to take 2-2 wickets each, Axar Patel was able to dismiss only one batsman.

Virat Kohli knows how to keep the environment lively and cheerful! Agree?

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Prabhas, the actor who has become a household name after the splendid success of the Baahubali series is presently busy in the promotions of his movie “Radhe Shyam” which released yesterday. In the Radha Krishna Kumar directorial, Prabhas is playing the role of a palmist who is an expert is telling the future of other people while the female lead in the movie has been played by Pooja Hegde.

During a promotional event, Prabhas was asked about the possibility of “Baahubali 3” and in response, he said that “Baahubali” is very close to his heart as the impact that it had on his career can’t be matched but as far as the question regarding the third part of the series is concerned, it will happen only if director SS Rajamouli wants to make it.

In “Baahubali”, Prabhas played the double roles of Amarendra Baahubali and his son Shivudu (Mahendra in the Hindi dubbed version) and though the villain of the movie Bhallaladeva (played by Rana Daggubati) was killed in the second part, fans are still expecting a third part of the franchise. Anushka Shetty and Tamannah Bhatia played the female leads in the series which broke all the records on the box-office and was a blockbuster worldwide.

The legendary Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan is also associated with the movie “Radhe Shyam” as a narrator and when the director Radha Krishna Kumar was asked about Amitabh’s involvement, he said that the film is based in the period of 1970 and it is being made on a very big scale so they needed a voice which is not only given attention by everyone but it is respected and loved as well by all. Radha Krishna Kumar adds that they all are very happy that Amitabh Bachchan is associated with their flick which has been released in three languages – Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

Are you also waiting for the third part of the “Baahubali” series?

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The Indian cricket team is leading in the 2-match test series by 1-0 against Sri Lanka and it will certainly like to win the series by attaining victory in the second test match which is being played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. The second test match of the series is a day-night Pink ball test match and it is also India’s second Pink ball test match at home. India’s first Pink ball test match at home was played against Bangladesh at Eden Gardens in the year 2019 and it was the same test match in which Virat Kohli scored a century and since then, he has not scored a ton in any format of the game.

The Indian team registered a thumping victory of an innings and 222 runs in the first test match against Sri Lanka which was played at Mohali and it won’t be wrong to say that the Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja played a very important role in this triumph.

Ravindra Jadeja remained not-out at 175 runs and he also picked total 9 wickets in the match which includes his 10^th fifer as well. Jadeja’s innings of 175 runs is now the highest score made by any Indian batsman at number 7 and with this, he has also become the first ever cricketer to score more than 150 runs and take 9 wickets.

Before the second test match, the pre-match press conference was attended by the Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah and he gave a wonderful reply when a reporter asked him whether Jadeja would be given rest in the second test match in order to manage his workload. Bumrah laughs and says that he doesn’t think any player will like to sit out after such a superb performance, instead he would certainly like to repeat the performance and contribute more.

Ravindra Jadeja made a dream comeback with this test match as he was out of the squad since December because of the injury.

As far as the second test match is concerned, by the time this article was written, India scored 76/3 after winning the toss and decided to bat first. Virat Kohli (23) and Rishabh Pant (0) are on the crease and it is another good opportunity for the former Indian skipper to end his century drought.

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David Warner is undoubtedly one of the best batsmen of the present times and he has been in a tremendous form since ICC T20 World Cup 2021 in which he played an important role and helped his team win its first ever T20 World Cup trophy. He is also very popular in India as he used to lead the IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad and it was under his leadership that SRH won its first title in the year 2016. However, he was released by the Hyderabad franchise ahead of the mega-auction for the IPL 2022 because of his poor performance in the last season. In the mega-auction, Delhi Capitals bought David Warner for a good amount of Rs. 6.25 crore.

Presently, the Australian cricketer is in Pakistan as the Australian cricket team is touring the Asian country almost after 24 years. The first test match between Australia and Pakistan which was played at Rawalpindi was very boring and it ended in a draw as the pitch was below average and it supported neither the pacers nor the spinners. In the five days of the game, only 14 wickets were taken and the cricket lovers slammed not only the pitch curator but the Pakistan Cricket Board also for this fiasco as it further decreases the interest of people in the purest form of the game.

The second test match is underway at Karachi and before the match, Warner attended a press conference in which he answered many questions including the one related to his absence in the Pakistan Super League 2022. David Warner said that it was very difficult for him to play in the PSL 2022 because at that time, he was playing international cricket for his country.

As far as the second test match is concerned, the visitors won the toss and chose to bat first. Till the time this article was written, Australia was 127/2 with Usman Khawaja (61*) and Steve Smith (24*) at the crease. David Warner got out for 36 runs for which he played 48 balls and his innings included 3 fours and 2 sixes.

The Indian cricket fans are hoping to see David Warner in the IPL 2022 which is starting on March 26 but he may miss the few beginning matches of the tournament as he may be attending Shane Warne’s state memorial service which will take place on March 30 at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

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Bollywood is one such industry which gives an impression that everything is just awesome inside it as the actors always try to put their best look forward but there are times when these actors also lose their cool and do things which nobody expects from them.

Here are five such incidents which prove that the A-list Bollywood actors also fight like common people and they too hold grudges against other people from their industry.

1. Govinda – Neeraj Vora

It’s an open secret that this industry always stands with those who are successful and once a superstar starts giving flops, he is ignored by the same productions which used to request him for dates. Something of this sort happened with Govinda, his friends in B-Town also ignored him once his flicks began getting flopped and then he had to work in lower level movies just to survive in the industry.

Govinda created a lot of controversy after he slapped an onlooker during the shooting of a film “Money Hai Toh Honey Hai”. However later on during the shooting of another movie, he slapped the director Neeraj Vora. It all happened because in a scene actor Aryan Vaid was required to slap Govinda but he mistimed and hit the “Hero No. 1” star pretty hard which made Govinda angry. Govinda pushed Aryan Vaid, went to Neeraj Vora and slapped him citing that he intentionally included such scenes to make a fun of him. However, both Govinda and Neeraj Vora denied any such incident.

2. Shah Rukh Khan – Shirish Kunder

This is known as one of the ugliest brawls of Bollywood which happened in a party organized by actor Sanjay Dutt. Earlier, Farah Khan’s director husband Shirish Kunder had taken a dig on Shah Rukh Khan’s flop movie “Ra.One” on Twitter which made SRK upset as Farah Khan is his close friend and Shah Rukh wouldn’t have expected this from her husband.

As per the eye witnesses, Shirish Kunder was following SRK all the time in the party but the superstar kept on avoiding him, in fact Shirish even followed SRK to the washroom. However when Sanjay Dutt was escorting SRK for meeting someone, Shirish came and said something in Shah Rukh’s ear which made him lose his cool completely and he pulled Shirish Kunder with his hair and slapped him. Things turned so ugly that Sanjay Dutt had to interfere in order to stop it.

3. Shah Rukh Khan – Salman Khan

The two superstars of Bollywood may have become friends again but there was a time when they were not on talking terms. Salman Khan was not happy with SRK for refusing to do a guest appearance in “Main Aur Mrs. Khanna”.

During Katrina Kaif’s birthday party, Salman made a sarcastic comment regarding it which did not go well with Shah Rukh and it resulted it one of the biggest fights of B-Town. However, things have been sorted out now and both the actors are doing cameos in movies of each other.

4. Esha Deol – Amrita Rao

Catfights are pretty normal in Bollywood and there have been many instances when two actresses haven’t talked to each other while working in the same movie but physical fights are pretty rare. In an old interview, actress Esha Deol accepted that during the shooting of “Pyare Mohan” in the year 2006, she slapped Amrita Rao because one evening after the pack-up, the “Ishq Vishk” actress abused her in front of her director and other crew members.

Esha said that in order to protect her dignity, she slapped Amrita and she doesn’t have any regrets about it. However, things didn’t turn ugly as Amrita Rao soon apologized to Esha Deol and the matter got sorted out.

5. Salman Khan – Subhash Ghai

Almost two decades ago, this big fight took place and Salman Khan himself revealed it in an interview. It is known to everyone that Salman has faced problems because of his anger issues but when he was asked about hitting his ex-girlfriend Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, he said that he hurt himself only by banging his head on wall but he never hit anyone except Subhash Ghai and he apologized to him the next day.

Salman further stated that he was hit by spoon, that person almost broke a plate on his face, peed on his shoes and also grabbed him by neck. In response, Salman slapped Subhash Ghai but after Salman’s father Salim Khan came to know about it, he sent Salman to apologize to Ghai the very next day.

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The Indian film industry especially Bollywood is going through a massive change as audiences are falling in love with the dubbed versions of southern language movies and success of the “Baahubali” franchise and “Pushpa: The Rise” is enough to prove this statement to be completely true. The popularity of the southern actors is also increasing at a very high rate and many experts feel that it is an alarming sign for the Bollywood actors.

It is an open secret that many Bollywood movies are either inspired or copied from the southern flicks and nowadays some Bollywood filmmakers prefer to make the remake of a southern hit movie rather than making efforts in writing or finding a good story. Many movie experts are of the opinion that the Bollywood makers should now seriously work on their creative skills because if the southern flicks will get so popular among the Hindi audiences, who will like to see the remakes of those movies.

The Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar is currently very busy in promoting his upcoming film “Bachchan Pandey” in which he is playing the lead role and the flick also stars Kriti Sanon, Arshad Warsi, Jacqueline Fernandez and Pankaj Tripathi in important roles. During a promotional event when Akshay Kumar was asked about the increasing competition from southern language movies and southern actors, he stated that it is wrong to take it as a competition; it should be taken as collaboration.

The Khiladi Kumar of Bollywood further says that all of us want to make big movies in order to come on the silver screen and earn huge money so it should be taken as collaboration rather than competition. He adds that this collaboration should continue further with Hollywood, French movie industry and artists, etc. and it should increase further.

“Bachchan Pandey” which is directed by Farhad Samji is releasing on March 18 and its trailer has already received much praise and love from movie buffs.

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