The Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is known for his aggressive and expressive behaviour on the field and because of this, he has also faced criticism on many occasions. Currently, he is on the radar of the former England cricketers and English media for his antics in the recently concluded fifth rescheduled test match against England which was played at Edgbaston.

Virat Kohli has been going through a rough patch, he hasn’t scored a century in any format for the last two years and this is definitely giving more ammunition to his haters for slamming him. He is one of very few Indian cricketers who don’t mind sledging the opposition players because he is a very competitive cricketer and leaves no stone unturned in winning the match.

Recently, an English journalist George Dobell shared a photo from Edgbaston test match on Twitter in which Virat Kohli is seen near the danger area of the pitch with the caption, “An interesting place to celebrate the wicket of Alex Lees… Pic credit: @dudleyplatypus”

An interesting place to celebrate the wicket of Alex Lees… Pic credit: @dudleyplatypus pic.twitter.com/KvmgjVtsDY

— George Dobell (@GeorgeDobell1) July 6, 2022

With this tweet, George Dobell wanted to imply that Virat Kohli was trying to ruin the pitch in order to make it difficult for the batters to bat. However soon George Dobell got a perfect answer from Tino Best, the former West Indian pacer who came heavily upon the journalist and the English press as well.

Tino Best wrote, “Bro y’all Reaching Now FFS , …… anyone who’s BOLD and brown or black y’all always got a Dammmm problem with anyone who challenges y’all its an issue, I’m tired  of reading the English press talk crap about Virat or any player who isn’t English .”

Bro y’all Reaching Now FFS , …… anyone who’s BOLD and brown or black y’all always got a Dammmm problem with anyone who challenges y’all its an issue, I’m tired of reading the English press talk crap about Virat or any player who isn’t English .

— Tino95 (@tinobest) July 6, 2022

Tino Best is pretty much straight forward when he says that English journalists have problem with anyone who is bold and brown or black and this certainly makes George Dobell a little upset who tells Tino that he is not like that. Later on Tino makes it clear that he has said this in a general manner about English media and asked George Dobell to tell his mate that Virat Kohli is not a thug, he is modern day icon.

Tino Best wrote, “For sure George you’re a real one but the others alway reaching from the English commentators etc etc , tell your mate that Virat isn’t a thug he’s a modern day Icon simple……. But then again he isn’t English so we would get these types of Articles make them Grovel”.

For sure George you’re a real one but the others alway reaching from the English commentators etc etc , tell your mate that Virat isn’t a thug he’s a modern day Icon simple ……. But then again he isn’t English so we would get these types of Articles make them Grovel

— Tino95 (@tinobest) July 6, 2022

The Indians may have lost the fifth test match but they started the T20I series with a bang by winning the first T20I of the three match series by 50 runs. Virat Kohli didn’t play the first T20I but he will be back in the team from the second T20I and his fans are really hoping to see him perform well.

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The England cricket team outplayed the Indians in the fifth rescheduled test match which was played at Edgbaston and won the test match to level the Pataudi series by 2-2 and also retained the trophy. It won’t be wrong to say that the English cricketers have started playing fearless cricket under the leadership of Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum and it is certainly the start of a new era in the English cricket.

While the fifth rescheduled test match will be remembered for quality cricket played by both the sides, it will also be remembered for the unfortunate incidents that took place in the stadium during the test. Many Indian fans reported that they and their families faced racial abuse by some of the English spectators and no action was taken against them even after making repeated complaints.

Although the England and Wales Cricket Board took notice of it after the victims took to the micro-blogging site Twitter to express their annoyance and assured proper investigation into the matter yet we can’t ignore the essential fact that it definitely spoiled the fun of test match for many Indian cricket fans.

The English test skipper Ben Stokes was also unhappy with the racist incidents during the Edgbaston test match and he expressed his disappointment over the same. He took to Twitter and wrote that though he had an amazing week on the pitch, he is really very disappointed after hearing the incidents of racist abuse. He adds that there is no place for such things in cricket and hopefully fans will create a party atmosphere during the short format games because this is what cricket is all about.

Ben Stokes’ tweet read, “Amazing week on the pitch but really disappointed to hear reports of racist abuse at Edgbaston. Absolutely no place for it in the game. Hope all the fans at the white-ball series have a brilliant time and create a party atmosphere. That’s what cricket’s about!!”

Amazing week on the pitch but really disappointed to hear reports of racist abuse at Edgbaston. Absolutely no place for it in the game. Hope all the fans at the white-ball series have a brilliant time and create a party atmosphere. That's what cricket's about!!

— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) July 7, 2022

The 3-match T20I series between India and England started yesterday with India winning the first T20I match by 50 runs. The second T20I game will be played tomorrow while the third will be played on Sunday. India and England will also play 3-match ODI series starting from July 12, while the India team is being led by Rohit Sharma as he is back after recovering from COVID-19, the English team is being led by Jos Buttler in the short format.

Hopefully, the unfortunate incidents of the Edgbaston test won’t be repeated in the remaining matches.

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The Indian cricket team has won the first T20I of the 3-match series against England comfortably by 50 runs and with this, Rohit Sharma has become the first skipper to register 13 consecutive wins in the T20Is. It was the first international match of Hitman after the IPL 2022 because he wasn’t available for the South Africa and Ireland series and he also didn’t play the fifth rescheduled test match against England as he was tested COVID-19 positive.

In the last 10 months, the Indian cricket has witnessed many changes in terms of captains especially because 7 cricketers have played as skippers in this duration – KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik and Jasprit Bumrah. Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan will be the eighth skipper since he has been announced as the captain of the Indian squad which will be touring West Indies for 3 match ODI series and 5-match T20I series starting from July 22.

The reason behind Shikhar Dhawan being appointed as the captain is that Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant have been rested.

During the toss when Rohit Sharma was asked about these changes, he justified it by saying that it is something that has been prepared by him and coach Rahul Dravid because they know the scheduling and understand pretty well that the players will get swapped every now and then. Rohit Sharma says that in the process, they will create bench strength and it will also give ample chances to the guys to come and play as they have done it in Ireland and here also they will play couple of games.

Here’s a video in this regard:

#TeamIndia have won the toss & elected to bat #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/U6rgjOWr2i

— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) July 7, 2022

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The first T20I was played at Rose Bowl Cricket Ground, Hampshire, and India won it by 50 runs. The visitors won the toss and chose to bat first, the decision was proved correct by the Indian batters as they put up a good total of 198/8 on the score board. Hardik Pandya gave an all-round performance as he smashed 51 runs (33 balls, 6 fours & 1 six) and also took four wickets while bowling. Deepak Hooda (33 runs, 17 balls, 3 fours & 2 sixes) and Suryakumar Yadav (39 runs, 19 balls, 4 fours & 2 sixes) also made useful contributions and Hardik Pandya was adjudged as the Player of the Match for his superb performance.

While speaking about his team’s performance in the post-match presentation ceremony, Rohit Sharma praised his cricketers as he said that the team performed well from the first ball. He added that the pitch was good and the batters used the conditions well by playing good shots especially in the powerplay. He further said that each batter needs to understand well the direction in which team wants to go and all the batters were perfectly spot on today.

Rohit Sharma also lauds Hardik Pandya for his bowling and batting and says that he wants to do a lot more in the coming days.

The second T20I will be played on Saturday at Birmingham.

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Sini Shetty, the beautiful 21 years old girl from Karnataka is the new Miss India World 2022 as she won the VLCC Femina Miss India competition which was held on Sunday night at Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai.

The contest was judged by Dino Morea, Malaika Arora, Neha Dhupia, former cricketer Mithali Raj, choreographer Shiamak Davar and designers Rohit Gadhi and Rahul Khanna. There were some other Bollywood celebs who were present at the occasion such as Kriti Sanon, Rajkummar Rao, etc. Sini Shetty was crowned by Manasa Varanasi, the Femina Miss India 2021.

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The second position went to Rubal Shekhawat (Rajasthan) while Shinata Chauhan from Uttar Pradesh came third in the competition.

Sini Shetty will be representing the country at the 71st Miss World pageant so let us tell you some facts about the diva:

1. Sadanand Shetty and Hema Shetty are the parents of this beautiful girl who basically is from Bengaluru but was born in Mumbai in the year 2000.

2. Sini completed her schooling from St. Dominic Savio Vidyalaya, Mumbai, after which she graduated from SK Somaiya College.

3. During her graduation, she participated in many extra-curricular activities such as dancing and singing and she also started trying her luck in modeling.

4. Soon she modeled for various good brands such as Pantaloons, Airtel, Free Fire, etc. and also walked the ramp for many fashion designers.

5. After graduation, she got herself enrolled in Chartered Financial Analyst course as she wished to make a career in accountancy and finance.

6. Sini is also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer who started learning from the age of 4 and her training got completed when she was 14 yrs old.

7. Sini Shetty has now joined the club of some very gorgeous ladies such as Lara Dutta, Sarah Jane Dias, Sandhya Chib, Nafisa Joseph and Rekha Hande who have made Karnataka proud by winning the beauty pageant.

Congratulations Sini Shetty!

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In 2018, the whole cricket world got shocked after people came to know about the sandpapergate scandal which took place during the third test match between Australia and South Africa. The match was played at Newlands, Cape Town, and in the 43^rd over of the second innings of South Africa, the Australian bowler Cameron Bancroft was found rubbing the ball using a foreign object which was small in size and yellow in color for the purpose of making the ball swing in the flight.

After investigation it was found that Cameron Bancroft was using sandpaper and because of it, this scandal is known as sandpapergate scandal. Two other persons were found responsible for this unfortunate act – skipper Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner.

While Cameron Bancroft was banned for 9 months by the Cricket Australia, Steve Smith and David Warner were banned for one year each. While Steve Smith was barred from getting leadership roles for 12 months after the period of suspension got over, David Warner had been barred from getting leadership roles for lifetime because it was he who devised the plan and also taught Cameron Bancroft how to implement it.

However, David Warner’s wife Candice Warner is not happy with the fact that her hubby is banned from getting leadership roles for lifetime and recently in an interview to a commercial Australian radio network, she has called the lifetime ban as unfair judgment by the Cricket Australia.

While referring to the IPL and other T20 leagues, Candice states that her husband may become a captain in India and UAE where fans admire his leadership skills more than in Australia. Undoubtedly, David Warner has a great track record when it comes to the IPL as Sunrisers Hyderabad won its only IPL title under his leadership in the year 2016. Candice Warner feels that the T20 franchises, not just from India and UAE but from Caribbean Islands and Canada may also offer such opportunities to David Warner.

In response to the allegations that David Warner is not appearing in the domestic circuits, she says that her hubby needs to give time to his family also as the international cricket schedules are already very hectic.

Do you think that Candice Warner is correct when she says that the Cricket Australia has been unfair to her husband? What are your views in this connection? Share with us.

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The Indian cricket team will be playing 3 T20Is against England starting today after losing the fifth rescheduled test match which was played at Edgbaston by 7 wickets. As the Patuadi Trophy series ended in a tie, i.e., 2-2, the trophy was retained by England and now it is turn of the visitors to make an impact in the shortest format. India will play 3 T20Is and the same number of ODIs against England after which the Indian squad will be touring West Indies where it will play 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is starting from July 22.

The veteran Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan will be leading the team as the Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI) has rested the skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, pacer Jasprit Bumrah, all-rounder Hardik Pandya and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant. Ravindra Jadeja has been named as the vice-captain of the team and the selection committee has also selected Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan for the West Indies tour.

Rohit Sharma didn’t play the fifth rescheduled test match as he was suffering from COVID-19 but he will be back in the first T20I against England which will be played today at Rose Bowl (Ageas Bowl) Cricket Ground, Hampshire. The Indian team which will play in the first T20I will be the same which played the second T20I against Ireland but the squad will change from the second T20 as Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, etc. will be back in the team.

Resting Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma hasn’t gone well with few former cricketers as they both are out of the form for a long time and in their opinions, resting these two won’t be of any benefit to them. The former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan took to the micro-blogging site Twitter and made a cryptic tweet as he wrote, “No one comes back to form while resting…”

No one comes back to form while resting…

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) July 6, 2022

Though Irfan Pathan did not take anybody’s name but it was very easy to understand about whom he was talking.

Rohit Sharma was completely out of form in the IPL 2022, then he was rested for the South Africa series and he also missed out of the fifth rescheduled test match. Only time will tell whether Hitman will regain his lost touch in the short format series against England or not.

As far as Virat Kohli is concerned, though he played a couple of good innings in the IPL 2022 yet we can’t ignore that he also got out for golden duck three times in the tournament and in the fifth rescheduled test match, he once again failed to make an impact with bat. In fact, Virat Kohli was also slammed for his on-field behaviour by many cricketing experts and former cricketers.

What is your opinion in this regard? Do you agree with Irfan Pathan?

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The famous producer-director Karan Johar will be back with his talk show Koffee with Karan season 7 from tomorrow (July 7) and this time not just Bollywood celebs but south Indian superstars such as Vijay Deverakonda, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, etc. will also grace the show.

The guests who will appear in the first episode of the talk show are none other than Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh who have worked together in “Gully Boy” and they will be seen together once again in “Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani” which is being directed by Karan Johar.

As we all know the gift hampers of Koffee with Karan are quite special, we have often seen celebrities competing against each other in a fierce manner and in this episode as well, Ranveer and Alia are leaving no stone unturned in answering questions in a perfect way to win the hamper but in this process, Alia makes a mistake which leaves both KJo and Ranveer in splits.

Karan Johar asks Alia to talk about her marriage in 30 seconds but she starts speaking without even understanding the question as she says, “When Karan Johar will get married…”. She is soon interrupted by KJo who tells her to speak about her marriage. Both Karan Johar and Ranveer Singh laugh and the latter calls Alia Bhatt, “Genius of the Year”.

Here is the video of the trailer:

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This is not the first time that Alia Bhatt has goofed up; in one of the episodes of Koffee with Karan, Alia appeared with Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra and during the rapid fire round when she was asked to name the President of India, she replied with Prithviraj Chauhan. She got trolled a lot for it but with time, she has established herself as one of the most successful actresses of the present times.

Are you excited for the show?

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