What Shikhar Dhawan Did After His Post-Match Speech Will Cheer Up Fans, See Viral Video

The Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan is getting praised a lot for his superb captaincy in the 3-match ODI series against West Indies as India not only won the series but it is the first time that any Indian team has whitewashed a series in Caribbean Islands.

Shikhar Dhawan made a comeback in the side in the England ODI series which India won by 2-1, however the left-handed batsman wasn’t able to make any impact with his bat. But in the series against West Indies, Gabbar as his fans call him scored two fifties. Shikhar Dhawan led the side because the regular skipper Rohit Sharma was rested for the ODI series and his deputy KL Rahul is not a part of the squad because of injury.

After the Indian squad defeated West Indies in the rain affected third ODI, the coach Rahul Dravid and skipper Shikhar Dhawan addressed the teammates and the support staff but what caught everyone’s attention the most was Dhawan’s act in the end.

Shikhar Dhawan certainly knows how to lighten the mood; if you remember, he started the tour with #heytrend and in the end of the series, he made the whole unit shout, “Who are we? Champions”. What made the end special was the manner in which Shikhar Dhawan requested the whole unit to come together including Rohit Sharma who has joined the squad for the T20I series as Dhawan can be heard saying, “Rohit aa naa” (Come Rohit..).

Earlier Rahul Dravid lauded the team for the terrific performances especially under pressure and he was happy more because this was a young side, relatively less experienced and many players who played in England didn’t play in West Indies. Rahul Dravid said that the manner in which this young team performed is a great sign for the Indian cricket and he also appreciated Shikhar Dhawan for his good captaincy.

After the speech of Rahul Dravid, it was Shikhar Dhawan’s turn to address the team and he started by thanking the support staff and team members for helping them and he admired the batting unit and the bowling unit as well for their performances. He added that the guys played as per the plan was discussed in the beginning and ensured that this is a process-oriented team. Shikhar Dhawan tells the cricketers that they are young, they have started taking big steps and he is sure that they will go a long way.

Here is the video:

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The Indian team will be playing 5-match T20I series against West Indies starting today under the leadership of Rohit Sharma and some players such as Shikhar Dhawan, Sanju Samson, Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna and Ruturaj Gaikwad will be returning to India as they are not a part of India’s T20 team.

What do you think of Shikhar Dhawan’s act? Cheerful and encouraging, isn’t it?

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Adam Gilchrist Says You Can’t Blame David Warner If He Plays For Indian Franchise Over Australia

The Indian Premier League is certainly one of the biggest sporting events of the world and in the last 15 years, the franchises have also learned the art of efficiently managing the teams and how to run business in the best possible manner. Now they are using their knowledge and skills in an optimum manner by buying teams in league contests of other nations but recently something happened which has made some former foreign cricketers a little worried.

South Africa is starting its own franchise league and to everyone’s surprise, all the six teams of the contest are owned by the IPL franchises; this is a sign of India’s expansion and dominance in the global cricket world. Three IPL teams (Kolkata, Rajasthan and Punjab) also own franchises in Caribbean Premier League and KKR also owns a team in USA’s T20 League.

Recently, there have been some reports that the Australian cricketer David Warner will opt out of his own country’s Big Bash League in order to play for more attractive T20 League in UAE. The former legendary Aussie wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist opened up on this matter in a radio show. He says that nobody can force David Warner to play in BBL against his wishes but it’s not just Warner, there may be some more players and all this is just a part of global dominance which is being created by the IPL franchises considering the fact that they own a good number of teams in Caribbean Premier League. The former Aussie cricketer issues a warning as he says that it is getting a little risky as these franchises may use this power in order to monopolise not just the ownership but talent of the cricketers as well and may also decide where they will play and where they won’t.

Adam Gilchrist further says that the Cricket Australia should give proper attention to this matter before other players also take the path of David Warner. Gilly further says that David Warner can’t be blamed if he decides to say goodbye to the Australian cricket and chooses to play for any Indian franchise because it is his decision and he has worked hard to get that profile and market value as well but the situation will get challenging when youngsters will also start making the same noise.

Adam Gilchrist has played in the IPL for Deccan Chargers (now defunct) and Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), he was the skipper of DC when it won its maiden IPL title. While Gilly has played 80 matches in the IPL, he has represented his country in 96 test matches, 287 ODIs and 13 T20Is.

Is Adam Gilchrist overreacting or is he saying the correct thing? Do let us know your opinion in this regard.

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RCB Makes A Mistake While Congratulating Shubman Gill For His Innings, Deletes Tweet Later

The Indian cricket squad under the leadership of Shikhar Dhawan has scripted history as it has won the 3-match ODI series by 3-0. This is not the first time that team India has won a bilateral series in West Indies but this is the first time that any Indian team has whitewashed the series.

The third and final match of the series which was played at Queen’s Park Oval was rain-affected but the Indian team didn’t let the strings go loose and kept complete control on the match. The man of the moment is certainly Indian cricketer Shubman Gill who made a great comeback in this format as he won not only the Player of the Match award but also the Player of the Series award for his consistent performances.

The Indian openers Shubman Gill (98* runs, 98 balls, 7 fours & 2 sixes) and Shikhar Dhawan (58 runs, 74 balls, 7 fours) gave a great start as they produced a partnership of 113 runs for the first wicket and team India managed to put up a total of 225/3 in 36 overs. Shreyas Iyer also played a brilliant knock of 44 runs (34 balls, 4 fours & 1 six) and supported Shubman Gill in a good manner after Shikhar Dhawan got out.

The hosts could manage only 137 runs and India won the match by 119 runs as per the Duckworth Lewis method.

The former cricketers and cricket fans took to social media to praise the Indian batter Shubman Gill who missed his century just by 2 runs because of rains which kept on intervening on a regular basis. When Shubman Gill reached his nineties, he started playing slower in order to ensure that he completed his century and it was then the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore made a tweet praising him for his maiden international century even before the cricketer touched the three digit mark. It started raining again when Shubman Gill was on 98 and his century looked confirm but the umpires and match officials took the decision of bringing the Indian innings to an end because of which Shubman Gill wasn’t able to complete his century.

Though RCB deleted its tweet after Indian innings ended, many had taken the screenshot which was shared on Twitter and it soon went viral.

Here is the screenshot of RCB’s tweet:

The Indian team will now play 5-match T20I series against West Indies starting July 29 but in this series, Rohit Sharma will lead the team as he has reached the Caribbean islands.

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Ravi Shastri Calls IPL An Industry, Says There Can Be Two IPLs In A Year As Demand Is Big

The former Indian cricketer Ravi Shastri who has also served as the head coach of the Indian cricket team is a big supporter of franchise cricket and he has also suggested that the bilateral series should be curbed in order to encourage franchise cricket.

Recently while speaking in a podcast, Ravi Shastri suggests that there should be two IPLs in a year. He goes on to say that he won’t be surprised if bilateral cricket is decreased and there may be a shorter format of IPL in the later part of the year which can be based on the World Cup format and the winner gets decided by knockout.

As per Ravi Shastri, two more new teams can be added to IPL, making the total number of teams participating to 12 from 10 and time period of the tournament will also increase to two months from one month and a half. He feels that such changes are possible because IPL is controlled by the forces of money and demand and supply and there is no denying the fact that demand for this format is huge. Ravi Shastri thinks that IPL may go in that direction and it will be great not just for the game but also for the cricketers, broadcasters and everyone else associated with the league. He further strengthens his point by saying that IPL is an industry now.

Ravi Shastri is of the opinion that bilateral series should be curbed down which will give World Cups more importance and cricket lovers will look forward to them eagerly. He also adds that franchise cricket should be encouraged irrespective of where it is being played whether India, Pakistan or West Indies.

The league cricket is steadily catching up after IPL as now almost each cricketing nation has its own league tournament. In fact recently South Africa pulled out of the ODI series against Australia which was scheduled to take place next year because SA had to launch its own franchise league and it wants its international cricketers to be available for the tournament.

This clearly shows that franchise cricket is getting more importance than bilateral series but don’t you think that having two IPLs in a year will be more than enough for cricket lovers and it will decrease their interest in the game? Do let us know your views in this connection.

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This Is What Virat Kohli Said About Sachin’s ODI Record When He Was 24 Yrs Old & Scored 9 Tons

Whenever we will talk about the greatest batsmen of the cricket world of all times, two names – Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli will definitely appear in that list and nobody can deny the fact that they both are the true ambassadors of the Indian cricket.

Sachin Tendulkar has numerous cricket records in his name including the record of the most number of international centuries and if there is anyone who can break his record in the present scenario, it is Virat Kohli only. Sachin has scored total 100 international centuries (49 in ODIs and 51 in test matches) and the second batsman in this list is Australia’s Ricky Ponting with 71 centuries. If we talk about Virat Kohli, he is at the third sport with 70 international centuries (43 centuries in ODIs & 27 in test matches).

Virat Kohli made his debut at the international level in 2008 after he led the Under-19 team in the World Cup and played an instrumental role in winning the trophy. Soon he became a big name in the world of cricket as he started dominating the bowlers and scoring centuries on a regular basis.

Recently Ashwin Krishnan, head of Sports Marketing at Oakley, narrated a very interesting story involving Virat Kohli which clearly displayed the amount of confidence and self-belief that the young cricketer had when he was just 24 yrs old.

While speaking on a talk show, Ashwin Krishnan states that calling Virat Kohli’s ODI record phenomenal is certainly an understatement because he is getting closer to Sachin’s record slowly, whether he reaches there is a different thing. He adds that in 2013, he met Virat in LA for the purpose of signing him for Oakley, Virat was accompanied by his manager Bunty while Ashwin flew from Mumbai for the meeting.

Ashwin Krishnan further said that he was there to sign Kohli for the Champions League and the 24 yrs old cricketer with 9 hundreds was so confident that he said, “One-Day mein toh main paaji (Sachin) ko pakad loonga. Paaji had 49 hundreds” (I would surely catch Sachin Paaji in ODIs, he had 49 hundreds).

Talking about Virat Kohli’s lean phase, Ashwin Krishnan said that the level of confidence that the boy had can be understood by the fact that he was sure of scoring 40 odd centuries plus how we can forget to talk about the success that he achieved in test cricket. According to Ashwin, this is why when anyone says to him that Virat Kohli is out of form, he simply tells that person that a batsman of Virat Kohli’s caliber can never go out of form, it is just his mind which is not on the right track.

Virat Kohli hasn’t scored a century in the last three years, 79 innings across all the three formats and many former Indian cricketers are demanding that he should be dropped from the team because the Indian bench strength is pretty good and young guys should be given chance to play for the country. However, the amount of support that the former RCB skipper is getting, both from India and other countries, is also phenomenal and the coach Rahul Dravid, skipper Rohit Sharma and team management are in no mood to drop him.

Will Virat Kohli be able to break Sachin Tendulkar’s record? What do you think?

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Netizens Shares Hilarious Memes As Playboy Dan Bilzerian’s Wedding Photo Goes Viral

Marriage is an institution which is based on the principles of loyalty, trust, love and respect and it requires a commitment for life from both the persons towards their partner. A person should not get married until and unless he is sure that he is ready to commit for the whole life. While there are some who want to get married but they are afraid of commitment, there are some who are pretty sure that they can’t live their whole life with one woman.

Dan Bilzerian, the Armenian-American poker player, entrepreneur and social media influencer is very famous for his flashy and extravagant lifestyle and also for a number of women in his life. However, recently he shocked everyone when he made a cryptic post on Instagram which made people feel that he got married. He posted a photo of himself in which he looks dapper (dressed in a black suit) and he is seen walking the wedding aisle with his current girlfriend who is dressed as a bride and holding a bouquet. He captioned the image as, “I finally did it”.

Here is the photo:

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Many online users were not able to believe that Dan Bilzerian who changes girlfriend on a regular basis can get married and soon the micro-blogging site Twitter was ablaze with reactions, check out some of the selected ones:

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Though some online users accepted the fact that the playboy Dan Bilzerian got married but there is a big twist. As per the reports, the pic that was posted by Dan Bilzerian was from his friend’s Bill Perkin’s wedding and Dan’s girlfriend was one of the bridesmaids.

Dan Bilzerian certainly confused the online community for some time!!!

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Rohit Hilariously Asks Pant To Remove Chahal From Instagram Live Session, Video Goes Viral

The Indian cricket team is presently playing the 3-match ODI series against West Indies under the leadership of Shikhar Dhawan and it has already taken the invincible lead of 2-0 in the series. The third ODI of the series will be played today at the Queen’s park Oval, Port of Spain and while the hosts will look forward to save some respect by winning the last ODI, the visitors will try their best to whitewash the series.

The Indian team will also play 5-match T20I series against West Indies starting July 29 and all the players who were rested from the ODI series such as skipper Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, etc. have reached West Indies and are having some good time over there.

Recently, the Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant made up mind to have some fun with his fans and teammates, so he conducted an Instagram Live session in which he chatted with many players such as Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal and the one and only MS Dhoni. Fans also enjoyed the live session a lot, while having interaction with fans, Pant added Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav in the live session but the skipper was in a completely different mood as he was pulling leg of fans.  After some time, Pant added Yuzvendra Chahal in the live session but after a little bit of interaction, Rohit Sharma who was in playful mood asked Pant to remove Yuzi as he said, “Yuzi ko delete maar na yaar”.

The fan who was live when Rohit Sharma joined the live session was not in the mood to leave while Rohit Sharma was bidding farewell to him so Pant had to take him off. When another fan from Indore tells the cricketers that he will watch the India vs South Africa match, Rohit Sharma makes fun of him by telling him not to purchase the ticket in black. Hitman also gives an idea to the fan for getting tickets as he offers Pant’s number to the fan so that he doesn’t need to pay more but he says that the manner in which Rishabh Pant is adding people, the list can be very long.

Here is the complete Live session:

However, the biggest treat for fans was the cameo of MS Dhoni, Pant added Mahi in the session, Sakshi Dhoni was heard saying hi to the players and as the camera went towards Dhoni, he waved at all the players. While Pant asked Sakshi to keep Mahi in session for a while, Dhoni instantly pulled the phone and ended the session.

Here is the clip of Dhoni’s cameo:

The cricketers are certainly having a great time in Caribbean Islands.

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