The Indian cricket was mainly known for producing some great spinners in the past barring some exceptions such as Kapil Dev but from 1990s, India has also started producing some good pacers such as Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, Jasprit Bumrah etc. However, there were some who weren’t able to make their mark at the highest level despite getting a chance to play for the country and one of them was Mumbai cricketer Salil Ankola.
Salil Ankola made his debut in 1989 in the same match in which Sachin Tendulkar also debuted but his career was pretty short-lived and he was able to play only one test match and 20 ODIs. Recently, Salil Ankola gave an interview in which he talked about the dark phase of his life. He stated that he was dropped from the national team only to get selected for India A but over there he just used to carry drinks.
He added that from the year 2001, he was completely off-cricket and one of the biggest mistakes that he made was to refuse a job in cricket which was offered to him by Sony in 2001. He further said that he has no idea as to why he took such a stupid decision, may be because he got too much dejected from cricket because of which he stopped even watching the game.
Salil Ankola’s personal life went for a toss in the year 2010 when he resorted to alcohol after getting separated from his wife and kids. However after ten years of rehabilitation and in a bid to get his life back, he returned to the game as he became the chief selector of Mumbai last year. He said that he was around 52 yrs of age at that time and once a person turns 50, his perception changes a lot. He realized that he was stubborn about many things at that time but now it does not make sense to him. He goes on to say that in the end such things trouble, for example in his case, he didn’t want to go back to cricket but in reality, he was missing the game.
Salil Ankola further added that he wanted to make a comeback as a coach but when he looked at the scenario in detail, he realized many changes have come in terms of coaching. He said that coaching in the present scenario is very different from coaching in 90s and he even enrolled for level 2 coach in NCA but then he wrote a letter to Rahul Dravid saying that he won’t be coming as he doesn’t see himself as coach. He wrote that coaching is not his cup of tea as he doesn’t have much patience and gets angry quickly.
We wish all the best to Salil Ankola for his second innings!
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Rishabh Pant, the Indian cricketer who is currently leading team India in the 5-match T20I series against South Africa is going through a rough phase as he is not able to perform well with the bat in the series till now. He was appointed as the skipper of the team just one day before the series started as KL Rahul who was originally appointed the captain got injured and was ruled out of the series.
Earlier in the IPL 2022 also, Rishabh Pant was not able to perform well with the bat and even his captaincy came under radar because of a couple of controversial decisions. Some former cricketers even go on to say that Rishabh Pant doesn’t have the right attitude to lead the team. However at the moment, the wicketkeeper-batsman must be a little relieved as the series against South Africa got leveled by 2-2 after India defeated the visitors by 82 runs in the fourth T20I which was played at the Saurashtra Cricket Association stadium, Rajkot, Gujarat.
The cricketer who stole the limelight was Dinesh Karthik as he not only took his team out of a problematic situation but also helped India in posting a competitive total of 169/6 on the scoreboard. DK scored 55 runs for which he played only 27 deliveries and his innings included 9 fours and 2 sixes. He was well supported by Hardik Pandya who played a brilliant knock of 46 runs in 31 balls and he smashed 3 fours and the same number of maximums as well. The Indian bowlers also did a good job as they sent the whole SA team back in the dugout at just 87 runs and India won the match by 82 runs.
The stand-in skipper Rishabh Pant failed to make an impact as he got out for 17 runs and wasn’t able to play a big innings when his team needed the most. If we talk about this series, Pant has scored 29, 5, 6 and 17 and critics are constantly targeting him for his poor performance. What is more worrisome is the fact that he got out after trying to play a delivery which could have been wide and it once again raised questions on his shot selection and rash style of batting.
While speaking in the press conference after the match, Rishabh Pant was full of praises for DK and Hardik Pandya as he stated that he is really glad Hardik Pandya took the stand and DK went for the bounty because it was then the opposition bowlers came under pressure. It was straight fourth loss for Rishabh Pant as far as the toss was concerned and speaking about it, he said that they can only talk about the toss but finally it is the team usually which plays well and wins the match.
Talking about his own batting, he confesses that there are some areas in which he needs to improve; however there is nothing much serious. He adds that he is looking at the positives and hopefully he will be able to give 100 percent in Bangalore.
Which team do you think will win the final T20I as well as the series?
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The Indian team succeeded in leveling the 5-match T20I series against South Africa by 2-2 after defeating the visitors in the fourth T20I which was played yesterday at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium.
The Indian top-order crumbled after the South African skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss and asked team India to bat first as the openers Ruturaj Gaikwad (5) and Ishan Kishan (27) got out soon. The skipper Rishabh Pant (17) and Shreyas Iyer (4) also failed in making a big score. In fact, there was a time when the Indian squad was 84/1 and it seemed as if it won’t be able to touch even the 150-mark but Dinesh Karthik and Hardik Pandya played superb innings of 55 runs (27 balls, 9 fours & 2 sixes) and 46 runs (31 balls, 3 fours & 3 sixes), respectively and helped their team in putting up a competitive total of 169/6 on the score board.
In response, the South African side was not able to put up a good fight as the whole team got wrapped up by the Indian bowlers at the score of 87/9 and India won the match by 82 runs. Avesh Khan picked 4 wickets, Yuzvendra Chahal dismissed 2 batsmen and both the Patel’s (Harshal and Axar) took 1-1 wicket each.
The Player of the Match award was given to Dinesh Karthik, the cricketer who is in sublime form of his career. DK managed to make a comeback in team India after a long gap of 3 years on the basis of his pretty good performances that he played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2022.
The crowd at Rajkot went crazy for DK as he tore apart the South African bowling, 73 runs were scored in the last 5 overs and out of this 73, 49 runs were scored by DK. This was the first half-century of Dinesh Karthik in the shortest format and with this fifty, he surpassed MS Dhoni in terms of the oldest Indian to score a fifty in the T20Is.
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The fifth and the final T20I will be played tomorrow at M. Chinnaswamy stadium, Bengaluru, and it will be the decider as the winner of this match will also be the winner of the series.
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Akshay Kumar starrer “Samrat Prithviraj” turned out to be a disaster at the box-office as the movie was made on a huge budget of Rs. 200 crore but after two weeks of its release, its run will be ending under Rs. 70 crore. What has surprised everyone is the fact that the film got a good opening of Rs. 10.70 crore but as the time progressed, the earnings kept on reducing because viewers rejected the movie in an outright manner. The flick which has been produced by Yash Raj Films and directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi also marks the Bollywood debut of Manushi Chillar, the Miss World 2017.
Recently, the director of the movie Chandraprakash Dwivedi opens up on the failure of “Samrat Prithviraj” and states that he is not able to understand why the film has failed in impressing audiences. He stated that though the movie was made on a big scale yet it failed in creating a connect with viewers and he couldn’t get what went wrong because the writers did their work with complete honesty and no liberty had been taken with the history. The director further said that this was the first historical movie by YRF and if it had succeeded, they would have thought of making some more but now they would keep on doing what there were doing earlier.
Chandraprakash Dwivedi also revealed that he wrote the story keeping in mind Bollywood actor Sunny Deol in the lead role 18 years ago but he didn’t get the support of producers because of which his flick got delayed. Talking about Akshay Kumar, Dwivedi said that Khiladi Kumar told him personally that he was making “Rowdy Rathore” and “Housefull”; “Samrat Prithviraj” is an experiment and if it doesn’t work, he will go back to what he was doing. Dwivedi further said that Akshay Kumar told him people prefer to watch movies which have no controversies and he will keep on doing that type of movies as it makes him earn more as well.
Chandraprakash Dwivedi was also upset because he felt that his flick was politically targeted. He said that he would have been happy if questions and objections had been raised on his film rather than rejecting it completely.
As far as the failure of “Samrat Prithviraj” is concerned, the trade experts are of the opinion that the movie may have flopped because the trailer failed in creating excitement among audiences. Akshay Kumar was a mismatch as he looked like Akshay Kumar and not as Samrat Prithviraj and the music of the film is also not good. Some trade experts were also of the opinion that the scale of the movie was not high enough and heroism was also missing in the movie despite the fact that Samrat Prithviraj was a very brave and a great king.
Have you watched “Samrat Prithviraj”? What is your review?
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The fourth T20I between India and South Africa will be played today and many cricket fans are hoping to see Umran Malik making his debut in today’s match. The young pacer from Jammu made headlines as he bowled regularly at around 150 km/hr in the IPL 2022 in which he played for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He took 22 wickets in the league which certainly helped him in getting the call for national duty despite the fact that some former cricketers have expressed their concern over his economy rate which was around 9 in the tournament.
Recently, South Africa’s Anrich Nortje who is also one of the fastest pacers of the world spoke on many issues including who will be the fastest and whether he is really bothered about the speed. Earlier, record of the second fastest (156.20 km/h) and the third fastest (155.21 km/h) delivery in the IPL was in the name of Anrich Nortje but in the IPL 2022, Umran Malik broke his record of the second fastest delivery by bowling at the speed of 157 km/hr in an IPL match and then he went on to bowl the fourth fastest delivery of the IPL in the same over.
Talking in the pre-match conference, Anrich Nortje states that at this level, he is not really concerned as to who the fastest is because what matters the most is how much you contribute towards the team. He adds that when he is not playing but training, at that time he thinks about how he can bowl faster but it is not the case when he is playing on the field. He further says that Umran Malik is a really good fast bowler and if he bowls faster than him (Anrich Nortje), it will be great for him and if the things are vice-versa, then too it will be great for him. However at the end of the day, it will be about winning matches and contributing in the team’s success.
The Proteas pacer played in the IPL 2022 for Delhi Capitals and took 12 wickets in the 8 matches that he played for the team and his economy rate was just a little over than 6.
The 4th match will be played at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, and both the teams will like to win this match. If the visitors win it, they will win the series whereas on the other hand, India needs to attain victory in this match in order to keep themselves alive in the series as the visitors are already ahead by 2-1.
Do you think Umran Malik will get to debut today?
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The fourth T20I match of the 5-match series will be played today at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, Gujarat, and it is a must win match for the hosts as the Proteas are already leading by 2-1 in the series. The South African cricket team played some wonderful cricket in the first two matches and won them but team India made a comeback in the third match with the help of superb performances of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan and Yuzvendra Chahal.
While the openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan played superb innings of 57 runs (35 balls, 7 fours & 2 sixes) and 54 runs (35 balls, 5 fours & 2 sixes), respectively and helped their team in putting up a total of 179/5 on the score board, the spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took important wickets of Dwaine Pretorius, Rassie van der Dussen and Heinrich Klaasen. The Proteas got all out for 131, India won the match by 48 runs and Chahal was honoured with the Player of the Match award for his superb figures of 3/20 in 4 overs.
We all know that Yuzi also manages Chahal TV which is aired on the BCCI’s website and this time, it was Ruturaj Gaikwad who appeared as the guest on the show. During the chat, Yuzi asked Gaikwad about the athleticism which was showed by him when Anrich Nortje bowled a beautiful bouncer to him after the Indian batter scored 20 runs in his over.
Ruturaj Gaikwad replies in a funny manner as he thanks his trainers first for using core strength of the players in a good manner and then said to Chahal that when people like him go to gym, it keeps them motivated. Both the cricketers laughed out loud after Chahal asked Gaikwad what he means by people like him.
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Both Ruturaj Gaikwad and Yuzvendra Chahal were not able to make much impact in the first two matches but they both got their touch back in the third match and it won’t be wrong to say that they got it at the correct time, when team needed it the most.
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Many times we have heard discussions about superstardom enjoyed by the senior actors such as Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan or late Dilip Kumar and whether there will be any star or actor of the future generation who will enjoy such stardom. While some actors of the present generation are brilliant as far as their craft is concerned yet the big question is whether they have that aura as these big names of Bollywood have.
Well, the famous producer-director Karan Johar opened up on this matter in a recent interview. He says that he doesn’t feel there will any other actor who will enjoy such superstardom and it has nothing to do with performances of their movies in the recent past. KJo goes on to say that he doesn’t think this generation has that aura, magnetism or mystery surrounding them which used to be with Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan. He added that earlier when these people used to walk in the party, heads used to turn and a person could feel their presence even without seeing them as that was the power of their glory, aura and stardom.
Talking about his 50th birthday party, Karan Johar said that when SRK came to his party it was pretty easy to feel the thumping energy of young generation of actors and SRK can evoke such type of response because he has a kingdom. Karan Johar added that only Shah Rukh came from the other side in his party while others walked the red carpet and everyone from the young actors to his peers felt his aura.
As per Karan Johar, no other actor will enjoy such superstardom because now everyone is so casual and accessible and almost each detail – which gym they go, what they eat, whom they meet, etc. is known to public so there is no mystery. He further says that he is not getting into the right or wrong discussion, he is just saying that it doesn’t exist and he is not sure but he feels that the young generation actors don’t have that magic or aura.
Do you agree with Karan Johar? Share your views in this regard.
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