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Melbourne, March 7 (IANS) Global music superstar Katy Perry on Saturday met the Indian cricket team at the Melbourne Cricket Ground where they would face Australia in the much-anticipated final of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup on Sunday -- International Women's Day.## Perry met another famous Perry, injured Australian star Ellyse Perry who presented the pop icon with a 'Perry' Australian shirt and also met Australian fast bowler Tayla Vlaeminck and the full Indian squad, led by captain Harmanpreet Kaur.## Perry, who is expecting her first child with fiance and Hollywood actor Orland Bloom, will on Sunday perform two songs to get the final underway followed by a one-hour post-match concert, with her full band.## Speaking to reporters a day before her performance, Perry said: "It's gonna be female-centric. There's gonna be a lot of female symbolism. It's going to be the first show that I will be playing while I am pregnant, that's going to have its own female-centric vibe about it. There's going to be lots of strong messages and music through the show.## "In an event like this that's so big, there are so many different people of age-ranges that are watching and listening, from 8 to 80 maybe, and lots of international people. So I'm going to give them what they know. I am not going to shoot myself in the foot. You came for Roar you came for Firework and that is what I am going to give you."## More than 75,000 seats have been sold so far for the showpiece at the MCG. Also, the final presents an opportunity to set a new record for attendance at a women's sporting fixture, bidding to beat the 90,185 set at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final in the USA.## For more and latest news about Cricket, stay tuned with us.

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England's all-rounder Ben Stokes to receive Sir Garfield Sobers award for the 'Cricketer of the year 2019'. After his remarkable performances throughout the year, he was the unanimous choice for the biggest ICC Award. He had an unbelievable year where he led England to the ODI World Cup triumph for the first time. ## Rohit Sharma on the other hand, named indisputable 'ODI Cricketer of the year 2019'. He has had an unforgettable in white-ball cricket in which he scored 1490 runs in 27 innings at an average of 57.30 with 7 hundred. He showed remarkable consistency during the world cup where he scored 648 runs including record-breaking 5 centuries.## Australia's Pat Cummins, who was very close to being named Cricketer of the year, settles with Test cricketer of the year. He is only 4th specialist bowler to receive this award after Dale Steyn (2008), Mitchell Johnson (2014) & Ravichandaran Ashwin (2016). he had a brilliant year with the ball where he took 59 wickets in just 12 Test averaging only 20.13 in those matches. ## Here is the complete list of Award winners of 2019 -## ICC Cricketer Of The Year - Ben Stokes (England) ## ICC Test Cricketer Of The Year - Pat Cummins (Austrtalia) ## ICC ODI Cricketer Of The Year - Rohit Sharma (India) ## ICC Spirit Of Cricket Award - Virat Kohli (India) ## ICC Emerging Cricketer Of The Year - Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) ## ICC Best Umpire Of The Year - Richard Illingworth (England) ## ICC Associate Cricketer Of The Year - Kyle Coetzer (Scotland) ## T20I Performance Of The Year - Deepak Chahar (India, 6/7 vs Bangladesh) ## ICC ODI XI of 2019: Rohit Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Virat Kohli (c), Joe Root, Jos Buttler, Ross Taylor, Ben Stokes, Mustafizur Rahman, Rashid Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah ## ICC Test XI of 2019: Mayank Agarwal, Tom Latham, Marnus Labuschagne, Virat Kohli (c), Steven Smith, Ben Stokes, BJ Watling, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Neil Wagner, Nathan Lyon ## Follow for more...

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One of India 'Fab Fours' during the golden era of Indian cricket and India's favorite number 3, Rahul Dravid turns 47 today (January 11). His determination and accomplishments on the cricket field have rewarded him with the title of 'The Wall' who never broken. There is no doubt that Rahul Dravid has been one of the finest players world cricket has ever seen. ## Rahul Dravid was like a shield for the Indian team for all the years he played. His grace and humility on and off the field make him favorite across the globe. His dedication to the game was second to none. ## Today on his birthday, we bring you 15 famous Quotes by the stalwarts of the game on Rahul Dravid that prove Rahul Dravid is a genius. Read on. ## -----------------------------------## 1. "He has set a great example for all of us to follow and we all are struggling to follow that path"## - Legendary Sachin Tendulkar ## -----------------------------------## 2. "Rahul Dravid is a player who would walk on broken glass if his team asks him to do"## - Navjot Singh Sidhu## -----------------------------------## 3. "All this going around is not aggression. If you want to see aggression on the cricket field, look into Rahul Dravid's eyes"## - Matthew Hayden ## -----------------------------------## 4. "Ask any bowler and he will tell you that all the greats will give you a half-chance early in their innings, except Dravid"## - Gaurav Kapoor ## -----------------------------------## 5. "I have also not seen him lose his temper. He has that uncanny skill of keeping his frustrations to himself. He hates to get out though and you can the restlessness in him till he gets his acts together in the next outing. He is the most hard-working guy in the side"## - Javagal Srinath ## -----------------------------------## 6. "Rahul has always been in the shadow of Sachin. If you take his record it is as good as Sachin's but can not compare both as they are different kinds of players. Rahul is a complete cricketer"## - Muttiah Muralitharan## -----------------------------------## 7. "Dravid has been a class player for a long time now and we know his ability better than anyone. He is not like the other guys who love scoring off every ball, and there is no real weakness in his game either"## - Glenn McGrath## -----------------------------------## 8. "Even though Sachin is great, I have always found Rahul more solid and hard to get out. He has a solid defense and plays less shots than others. When a batsman plays less shots then it is tough to get him as he makes less mistakes"## - Shoaib Akhtar## -----------------------------------## 9. "If I packed only two sets of informal clothes, he would rotate them through an entire tour if he had to and not think about it. He doesn't care for gadgets, and barely registers brand of watches cologne or cars. But if the weight of his bat was off by a gram, he would notice it in an instant and get the problem fixed"## - Vijeta Dravid ## -----------------------------------## 10. "Rahul Dravid being known as 'The Wall' is pretty much spot on. 'The Fortress' could also describe Rahul. Because once, Rahul was set, you needed the bowling equivalent of a dozen cannon firing all at once to blast him down"## - Shane Warne ## -----------------------------------## 11. "On a different note, I can't help commenting that when it comes to style, I find Rahul Dravid most stylish. In boxing parlance, he gets his punches without anyone noticing it. At the end of it, his opponent bruised!"## - Sir Vivian Richards## -----------------------------------## 12. "If you can't get alone with Dravid, you are struggling in life"## - Brett Lee ## -----------------------------------## 13. "If I have to put anyone to bat for my life, then it will be Kallis or Dravid"## - Brian Lara ## -----------------------------------## 14. "Everyone praises Sachin Tendulkar. He may be a genius but in my book, Rahul Dravid is the artist. Dravid's defense tactics, his strokes, his cuts, his grace, are truly amazing. I would like to meet the champ sometime and take my hat off to him"## - Peter O’ Toole, Legendary Hollywood Actor## -----------------------------------## 15. "He brings serenity to the crease that is so good for the nerves in the dressing room. He also helps ease the tension away by the way he plays. He then proceeds to make the fastest of bowlers look easy to bat against. His economy of movement and the preciseness of his footwork gets him into position quickly, and so, the bowlers look quite clueless. The fastest of deliveries is played as if it’s done every day and with minimum fuss"## - Sunil Gavaskar ## -----------------------------------## The greatest team man that Indian cricket has ever seen, the one who did all the dirty work, working hard for each run, the one who stood like a wall no matter what was thrown at him, Rahul Dravid embodied resilience and passion to win.## Post his retirement, his willingness to learn and share his knowledge with the youngsters is something every person on and off the field should follow.## Follow for more...

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The player auction for the Indian Premier League took place in Kolkata, West Bengal on December 19 (Thursday). Australian fast bowler and ranked 1st in ICC Test Ranking Pat Cummins becomes the most expensive player in the auction 2019 and second most expensive in the history of the IPL as he bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in INR 15.50 Cr. ## Here is the list of the top picks in Auction (Team-wise) & team squad - ## Kolkata Knight Riders PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Pat Cummins Australia Bowler 15.50 Eoin Morgan England Batsman 5.25 Rahul Tripathi India Batsman 0.60 Varun Chakravarthy India Bowler 4.00 Manimaran Siddharth India Bowler 0.20 Tom Banton England WK-Batsman 1.00 Chris Green Australia Bowler 0.20 Pravin Tambe India Bowler 0.20 Nikhil Naik India WK-Batsman 0.20 ## Full Squad - Shubman Gill, Siddesh Lad, Rahul Tripathi, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (C, WK), Rinku Singh, Eoin Morgan, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Harry Gurney, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Pravin Tambe, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Pat Cummins, Manimaran Siddharth, Tom Banton, Chris Green, Nikhil Naik ## ---------------------------------------- ## Royal Challengers Bangalore PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Chris Morris South Africa All-Rounder 10.00 Aaron Finch Australia Batsman 4.40 Joshua Philippe Australia WK-Batsman 0.20 Kane Richardson Australia Bowler 4.00 Pavan Deshpande India All-Rounder 0.20 Dale Steyn South Africa Bowler 2.00 Isuru Udana Sri Lanka All-Rounder 0.50 Shahbaz Ahmed India WK-Batsman 0.20 ## Full Squad - Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Parthiv Patel (wk), Aaron Finch, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Joshua Philippe, Kane Richardson, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn ## ---------------------------------------- ## Delhi Capitals PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Jason Roy England Batsman 1.50 Alex Carey Australia WK-Batsman 2.40 Chris Woakes England All-Rounder 1.50 Shimron Hetmyer West Indies Batsman 7.75 Mohit Sharma India Bowler 0.50 Marcus Stoinis Australia All-Rounder 4.80 Tushar Deshpande India All-Rounder 0.20 Lalit Yadav India All-Rounder 0.20 ## Full Squad - Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Rishabh Pant (wk), Alex Carey (wk), Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Keemo Paul, Avesh Khan, Shimron Hetmyer, Mohit Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, Tushar Deshpande, Lalit Yadav## ---------------------------------------- ## Rajasthan Royals PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Robin Uthappa India Batsman 3.00 David Miller South Africa Batsman 0.75 Yashasvi Jaiswal India All-Rounder 2.40 Anuj Rawat India WK-Batsman 0.80 Jaydev Unadkat India Bowler 3.00 Akash Singh India Bowler 0.20 Kartik Tyagi India Bowler 1.30 Anirudha Joshi India Batsman 0.20 Oshane Thomas West Indies Bowler 0.50 Andrew Tye Australia Bowler 1.00 Tom Curran England All-Rounder 1.00 ## Full Squad - Jos Buttler (wk), Steve Smith, Sanju Samson (wk), Manan Vohra, Robin Uthappa, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat (wk), Riyan Parag, Ben Stokes, Mahipal Lomror, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Ankit Rajpoot, Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Anirudha Joshi, Oshane Thomas, Tom Curran, Andrew Tye ## ---------------------------------------- ## Chennai Super Kings PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Piyush Chawla India Bolwer 6.75 Sam Curran England All-Rounder 5.50 Josh Hazlewood Australia Bowler 2.00 R Sai Kishore India Bowler 0.20 ## Full Squad - MS Dhoni (wk), Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, N Jagadeesan (wk), M Vijay, Rituraj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Mitchell Santner, Monu Singh, Sam Curran, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, KM Asif, Josh Hazlewood, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore ## ---------------------------------------- ## Mumbai Indians PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Nathan Coulter-Nile Australia Bowler 8.00 Chris Lynn Australia Batsman 2.00 Saurabh Tiwary India Batsman 0.50 Digvijay Deshmukh India Bowler 0.20 Mohsin Khan India Bowler 0.20 ## Full Squad - Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Quinton de Kock (wk), Aditya Tare (wk), Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Kieron Pollard, Ishan Kishan, Sherfane Rutherford, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Saurabh Tiwary, Digvijay Deshmukh, Mohsin Khan, Chris Lynn ## ---------------------------------------- ## Kings XI Punjab PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Glenn Maxwell Australia All-Rounder 10.75 Sheldon Cottrell West Indies Bowler 8.50 James Neesham New Zealand All-Rounder 0.50 Deepak Hooda India Batsman 0.50 Ravi Bishnoi India Bowler 2.00 Ishan Porel India Bowler 0.20 Chris Jordan England Bowler 3.00 Tajinder Dhillon India All-Rounder 0.20 Prabhsimran Singh India WK-Batsman 0.55 ## Full Squad - KL Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, K. Gowtham, J. Suchith, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Hardus Viljoen, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Sheldon Cottrell, Ravi Bishnoi, Ishan Porel, James Neesham, Chris Jordan, Tajinder Dhillon, Prabhsimran Singh ## ---------------------------------------- ## Sunrisers Hyderabad PlayerCountryRoleRs (Crore) Virat Singh India Batsman 1.90 Priyam Garg India Batsman 1.90 Mitchell Marsh Australia All-Rounder 2.00 Sanjay Yadav India Batsman 0.20 Sandeep Bavanaka India All-Rounder 0.20 Abdul Samad India All-Rounder 0.20 Fabian Allen West Indies All-Rounder 0.50 ## Full Squad - David Warner, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi, Mitchell Marsh, T. Natarajan, Billy Stanlake, Sanjay Yadav, Sandeep Bavanaka, Abdul Samad, Fabian Allen ## Follow for more...

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Team India captain Virat Kohli becomes the first male cricketer to score 3000 runs in T20Is. He also holds the record of most fifty-plus scores in this format with 26 scores over 50 runs.## Here is the list of Top 10 batsmen with most runs in T20Is SNBatsmanMatchesRunsH.S.10050SR 1. Virat Kohli (IND) 90 3159 94* 0 28 139.04 2. Rohit Sharma (IND) 111 2864 118 4 22 138.96 3. Martin Guptill (NZ) 99 2839 105 2 17 136.22 4. Aaron Finch (AUS) 71 2346 172 2 14 152.14 5. Shoaib Malik (PAK/ICC) 116 2335 75 0 8 124.20 6. Mohammad Hafeez (PAK) 99 2323 99* 0 14 121.30 7. Eoin Morgan (ENG) 102 2311 91 0 14 138.46 8. David Warner (AUS) 81 2265 100* 1 18 139.72 9. Brandon McCullam (NZ) 71 2140 123 2 13 136.21 10. Paul Stirling (IRE) 78 2124 95 0 18 139.27 ## As of 20 March 2021* ## Follow for more...

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Check out the World Test Championship's points table. The top two teams, who will play the final at the Lord's will be decided according to the percentage of points won by a team. ## Final Standings: SNTeamsSeries PlayedPts ContestedPts WonPts % 1. India 6 720 520 72.20 2. New Zealand 5 600 420 70.00 3. Australia 4 480 332 69.20 4. England 6 720 442 61.38 5. Pakistan 5.5 660 286 43.30 6. West Indies 5 600 200 33.33 7. South Africa 4 480 144 30.00 8. Sri Lanka 6 720 200 27.80 9. Bangladesh 3.5 420 20 4.80 ## * indicates ongoing series ## WTC Points Distribution Explained ## In the WTC format, each team will play six series (3 Home, 3 Away). Each series will carry 120 points which will be distributed evenly depending on the number of matches. In the case of Tie, the points will be distributed evenly while in a draw situation, points will be distributed in a 3:1 ratio.## 2-match series - Win/Tie/Draw - 60/30/20 ## 3-match series - Win/Tie/Draw - 40/20/13 ## 4-match series - Win/Tie/Draw - 30/15/10 ## 5-match series - Win/Tie/Draw - 24/12/8 ## Click here for FAQs about WTC## Follow for more...

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2019 has undoubtedly been the best year for the bowlers in terms of taking hat-tricks in T20 internationals with Deepak Chahar is the latest inductee in the list of T20I hat-trick takers. In the 3rd T20I between India and Bangladesh on 10 November, Deepak Chahar had not only claimed a hat-trick but also registered the best T20I figures by any bowler as he took 6 wickets for 7 runs and helped India to win the series 2-1. ## Former Australian and one of the finest pacers in the world Brett Lee was the first to take a hat-trick in the shortest format of the game. He dismissed Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza, and Alok Kapali in three successive deliveries to claim a hat-trick in the inaugural T20 World Cup held in South Africa in 2007. ## Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga and Afghanistan's Rashid Khan shares the record of taking 4 wickets in 4 balls in T20Is. While Lasith Malinga is the only bowler to take more than one hat-trick in T20Is, there are 11 bowlers who have a hat-trick to their name. Here is the list of the T20I hat-tricks: SNBowlerAgainstWicketsVenueDate & YearFinal Figure 1. Brett Lee (AUS) Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza, Alok Kapali Cape Town 16 September 2007 3/27 2. Jacob Oram (NZ) Sri Lanka Angelo Mathews, Malinga Bandara, Nuwan Kulasekara Colombo 2 September 2009 3/33 3. Tim Southee (NZ) Pakistan Younis Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Akmal Auckland 26 December 2010 5/18 4. Thisara Perera (SL) India Hardik Pandya, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh Ranchi 12 February 2016 3/33 5. Lasith Malinga (SL) Bangladesh Mushfiqur Rahim, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mehedi Hasan Colombo 6 April 2017 3/34 6. Faheem Ashraf (PAK) Sri Lanka Isuru Udana, Mahela Udawatte, Dasun Shanaka Abu Dhabi 27 October 2017 3/16 7. Rashid Khan (AFG) Ireland Kevin O'Brien, George Dockrell, Shane Getkate Dehradun 24 February 2019 5/27 8. Lasith Malinga (SL) New Zealand Colin Munro, Hamish Rutherford, Colin de Grandhomme Kandy 6 September 2019 5/6 9. Mohammad Hasnain (PAK) Sri Lanka Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka, Shehan Jayasuriya Lahore 5 October 2019 3/37 10. Khawar Ali (Oman) Netherlands Antonius Staal, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe Muscat 9 October 2019 4/16 11. Norman Vanua (PNG) Bermuda Dion Stovell, Kamau Leverock, Deunte Darrell Dubai 19 October 2019 3/14 12. Deepak Chahar (IND) Bangladesh Shafiul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Aminul Islam Nagpur 10 November 2019 6/7 ## Note - Rashid Khan (7), Lasith Malinga (8) Took 4 wickets in 4 consecutive balls. ## Data as of 10 November 2019 ## Follow for more...

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When Virat Kohli started his international career, he was young, immature, and was a loudmouth that his accomplishments were often overshadowed by his unnecessary aggression. However, after the ten years, the captain of the Indian team has become the face of Indian cricket. Now young cricketers look up to him as a role model. ## Over the years, Virat Kohli has not only changed as a person but also has emerged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time especially in the one-day cricket, in which he is probably the in the world at the moment. He chases like no-one else and has mastered all three formats of cricket. ## The number one ODI batsman, Virat Kohli deserves the platform where he stands today in international cricket and below famous lines about him proves that he is one of the greatest of all-time. ## ------------------------- ## 1. "I Love Watching Virat Kohli Bat. I Love His Aggression And Serious Passion That I Used To Have. He Reminds Me Of Myself" ## - Sir Vivian Richards, Former West Indies Player ## ------------------------- ## 2. "If I Have To Pick The Best Batsman In The World Cricket Right Now, Only Two Names Come To My Mind. One Is Ab De Villiers And Other Virat Kohli"## - Nasir Hussain, Former England Player ## ------------------------- ## 3. "To Become A Good Player, You Need Talent. To Became A Great Player You Need An Attitude Like Kohli"## - Sunil Gavaskar, Former India Player## ------------------------- ## 4. "Virat is one of the world’s greatest batsmen, combining an unmatched ability to dispatch the ball with pin-point accuracy with exceptional running between the wickets"## - AB de Villiers, Former South Africa Player ## ------------------------- ## 5. "Virat Kohli is the best shorter version batsman that I have ever seen. He’s been an absolute genius"## - Kumar Sangakkara, Former Sri Lanka Player ## ------------------------- ## 6. "Watching Kohli Bat, Reminds Me Of Tendulkar"## - Michael Clarke, Former Australia Player## ------------------------- ## 7. "Virat Is A Rare Talent. I Was Fortunate To Be Part Of That Process Of Seeing Him Grow And That Gives Me Immense Pleasure"## - Gary Kristen, Former South Africa Player## ------------------------- ## 8. "The Kind Of Form He Is In, He (Virat Kohli) Picked This Ball Yesterday Afternoon"## - Harsha Bhogle, Commentator ## ------------------------- ## 9. "There Is No Shame In Being Beaten By A Genius. Virat Kohli Is A Freak"## - Michael Vaughan, Former England Player## ------------------------- ## 10. "The Sandstorm From Sachin (Tendulkar) At Sharjah And The Hailstorm From Kohli In Mohali Should Be Written In The Same Paragraph" ## - Ravichandran Ashwin, Current India Player ## ------------------------- ## 11. "He (Virat Kohli) Score Runs In His Sleep. He Can Even Score Runs If He Forgot To Carry His Bat" ## - Harsha Bhogle, Commentator ## ------------------------- ## 12. "When I Picked Virat Kohli For The RCB U-19 Team, I Didn't Realize I Was Picking The Best Batsman In The World" ## - Vijay Mallya, RCB Team Owner## ------------------------- ## 13. "This Guy (Virat Kohli) Is Abusing The Form He Is In. The Kookaburra Can't Take Any More Punishment"## - Darren Sammy, Former West Indies Player## ------------------------- ## 14. "He Is Just An Unbelievable Batman. No Need To Say More"## - Brian Lara, Former West Indies Player## ------------------------- ## 15. "Virat Kohli's Success Does Not Surprise You, His Failures Do"## - Sanjay Manjrekar, Former India Player## ------------------------- ## Virat Kohli has been the hope of billions of people countless times and seldom has he disappointed. like so many great people before him, like the Little Master himself, there will be rare occasions when he won't perform. We have a champion in him. Even a leader. A man ready to fight for his country. As long as Kohli is at the crease, India can breathe easy.## Follow for more...

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India's Test and ODI captain Mithali Raj has been on record-breaking mode since last week or so. Yesterday, she became only the second captain in women's international matches to complete 100th win after clinching a low scoring thriller over South Africa. The 3-match series was being played in Vadodara which India won with a scoreline of 3-0. ## To win her 100 matches, Mithali Raj has captained India in 167 matches across all three formats (Test, ODI, T20I). Her captaincy record only battered by former England's player Charlotte Edwards who has 142 wins in 220 matches. ## Apart from becoming the second woman captain to win 100 matches, Mithali Raj completed 20 years in women's cricket in the first ODI against South Africa. She is the only woman player and 4th (male or female) overall to have 20+ years of an international career. ## She didn't stop there. In the second ODI, the Indian Women recorded their biggest ODI chase of 248 to take a series-winning lead of 2-0. Raj led from the front and played a captain's knock of 66 runs of 82 balls. During her innings, she completed 3000 ODI runs while chasing and she is the only woman player to do so. ## Mithali Raj already holds the record for most runs, most fifties, most appearances, most wins as a player and most matches as captain in Women’s ODI cricket. She is the only player to date to score 6000+ runs in women's ODIs. ## Mithali Raj led India in 80 ODI wins, 17 T20Is wins, and 3 Test wins. Just like her overall captaincy record, her ODI record of most wins also battered by Charlotte Edwards who has 83 ODI wins. ## Most number of wins as captain in Women’s International cricket: SNCaptainMatchesWonLostTiedNR/Draw 1 Charlotte Edwards (ENG) 220 142 65 1 12 2 Mithali Raj (IND) 167 100 62 0 5 3 Mag Lanning (AUS) 119 96 21 1 1 4 Belinda Clark (AUS) 113 87 18 0 8 5 Suzie Bates (NZ) 140 79 59 1 1 ## Note - Stats as of 14 October 2019 ## Follow for more...

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Australia's wicketkeeper batter, Alyssa Healy slammed the second-fastest century in women's T20 internationals against Sri Lanka on October 2 at North Sydney Oval, Sydney in the 3rd and final T20I. Healy, who became the first player to play 100 T20Is as a pure wicketkeeper in women's cricket, scored her century off just 46 balls to down Sri Lanka.## West Indies' hard-hitter batter, Deandra Dottin holds the record of the fastest hundred in women's T20Is which she scored against South Africa in 2010 which was also the first hundred in women's T20I cricket. It was Healy's first century in T20Is. She scored unbeaten 148 off 61 balls including 19 fours and 7 sixes.## Here are the Top 5 fastest centuries in women's T20Is -## 1. Deandra Dottin (West Indies, 38 balls) - Deandra Dottin is the first woman player to hit a century in T20Is. In the World Cup 2010, one of the most powerful batters in women's cricket, Dottin took South African bowlers apart and slammed the fastest century off just 38 balls. She remained unbeaten as she made 112 off 45 balls with the help of 7 fours and 9 huge sixes. With the help of her power pact performance, West Indies downed South Africa and won the game by 17-runs.## 2. Alyssa Healy (Australia, 46 balls) - Undoubtedly one of the most dangerous T2O batters, Healy has not only scored the second-fastest hundred but also she is now the highest individual run-scorer in women's T20I innings. Her unbeaten 148 off 61 balls helped Australia to post second consecutive 200+ scores while batting first as they reached 226 just the lose of 2 wickets. Sri Lanka always looked under pressure and never looked to chase this total as they could only manage 94 for loss of 7 wickets in their 20 overs. Australia won the game with a massive margin of 132-runs and take the series 3-0.## 3. Tammy Beaumont (England, 47 balls) - An English opener and a classy right-hander, Tammy Beaumont has scored a 47-balls hundred against South Africa in 2018 in Taunton. With the help of Beaumont's century, England piled on a massive total of 250 in 20 overs. It was the highest team total at that time and 3rd highest overall. Beaumont made 116 off 52 balls including 18 fours and 4 sixes and scripted England's massive win of 121-runs.## 4. Harmanpreet Kaur (India, 49 balls) - Harmanpreet is the first and only India woman player to have a century to her name. The captain of the India team in the T20 format, Kaur, scored her century off just 49 balls against New Zealand at Providence in November 2018. She got 103 off 51 balls with 7 fours and 8 sixes as India made 194 for 5 while batting first. New Zealand fight back with the effort of Suzie Bates but eventually fell short of the target as India completed the 34-runs win.## 5. Danielle Wyatt (England, 52 balls) - A specialist T20 player, Danielle Wyatt downed India total of 198 single-handedly in Mumbai, March 2015. She scored impressive 124 off 64 balls with 15 fours and 5 sixes and chased down India total for the loss of 7 wickets with 8 balls to spare. She reached to her hundred off just 52 balls which was the second-fastest at that time. ## *Stats till October 2, 2019## Follow for more...

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If you wondered that Steve Smith doesn't have any weakness, well, just for your information he averages only 30.68, least among the fab four (Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Joe Root, Kane Williamson) in the 4th innings of the Test matches. And just to confirm, his fourth innings' venom again came to hunt him in the 5th Test in the ongoing Ashes series as he could manage to score only 23 off 53 balls in the chase of 399.## It was one of those rare days when Smith failed to score. For the records, it was the first under 50 runs score for him after scoring 10 successive 50+ scores in the Ashes. Well, there was something about his batting that Though he got out cheaply he finished the Ashes 2019 with 774 runs in just 7 innings. Australia retained the Ashes for the first time since 2001 in England. However, Australia couldn't win the series as it finished 2-2 with one game ended as drawn, the number one ranked Test batsman showed his class.## Smith's 774 runs in the series are now at the number five in among the top run-getter in a single Ashes series. During his short innings of 23 runs, he surpassed Sir Alastair Cook's 766 runs in 2010-11 in Australia.## Here is the list of the Top 5 highest run-getter in a single Ashes series:## 1. Sir Donald Bradman (974 Runs) - An average nearly 100 in Test cricket, Sir Donald Bradman was the real batting maestro. In 1930, he made the Ashes by his own with his masterful batting. In the 7 innings of the 5 matches, Sir Bradman aggregated 974 runs at an average of 139.14 with 4 hundred. His highest score (334) also came in that series. It was such his magic that Australia won the Ashes 2-1 after losing the first Test against the host nation.## 2. Wally Hammond (905 Runs) - Wally Hammond was England's giant in the age of Sir Don Bradman. It is saying that WG Grace, Jack Hobbs, Walter Hammond, and Don Bradman are the greatest batsmen of all-time cricket has ever known. Two years before Bradman's Ashes, Wally Hammond was on the same run of success. 905 runs in 9 innings at an average of 113.12 with 4 centuries, Wally Hammond single-handedly won the Ashes 4-1 against the host nation.## 3. Mark Taylor (839 Runs) - On his first England tour, the classy left-hand batsman was the show stopper of the series in 1989. He simply didn't put a foot wrong in that Ashes and made 839 runs in 11 innings of 6 matches at an average of 83.90 with 2 centuries and 5 half-centuries. His highest score in the series was 219 as Australia clinched the Ashes 4-0.## 4. Sir Donald Bradman (810 Runs) - Six years later his not so forgettable England tour in 1930, Sir Donald Bradman was again at his very best on home soil. He scored 810 runs in 9 innings at an average of 90 with 3 hundred and a fifty. It was a closely fought series which Australia won by 3-2.## 5. Steve Smith (774 Runs) - Steve Smith is the only modern-day batsman whose records are closer to Sir Donald Bradman than anyone else. He was under pressure to perform well as he was making his comeback in Tests after facing one year of a ban on the ball-tampering scandal in 2018 in South Africa. And against all odds, he looked unmovable at the crease.## He played only 7 innings in this Ashes and without anyone's surprise, he by far looked the best batsman of the series and made 774 runs at an average of 110.57 with 3 hundred and 3 half-centuries. The series ended with the result of 2-2 but Australia retained the Ashes and Smith played a significant part in that.## Follow for more...

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Steve Smith is going with all guns blazing since he has made his comeback to the international cricket after facing a one-year ban in the ball-tampering scandal. In the ongoing Ashes series, he has looked unstoppable and its clearly reflecting on England's bowlers who seemed to have no answers of Smith's brilliance. He has already scored 671 runs in just 5 innings with an average of 134.20. In none of the all five innings, he has not dismissed under 50 and has scored one double hundred, 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries.## Steve Smith's staller form has not only helped Australia to retain the Ashes for the first time since 2001 in England but also has helped him to regain his number one Test ranking which he lost to Virat Kohli. His rating was 857 before the Ashes and after the 4th Ashes Test, he has now on 937 points and 34 ahead of the second-ranked Virat Kohli. ## Looking at Smith's current form, it is highly likely that he can break Sir Donald Bradman's record of the highest Test rating ever of 961 which he got in 1948. Smith has already reached to 947 rating points in 2017 which is the second-best rating in Test. The Indian captain Kohli too has reached to 937 rating points and is supposed to cross his personal best in upcoming matches.## Here is the list of the Top 10 highest Test rating of the batsmen: RankBatsmanCountryHighest RatingYear 1. Sir Donald Bradman Australia 961 1948 2. Steve Smith Australia 947 2017 3. Sir Len Hutton England 945 1954 4. Sir Jack Hobbs England 942 1912 4. Ricky Ponting Australia 942 2006 5. Peter May England 941 1956 6. Sir Vivian Richards West Indies 938 1981 6. Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 938 2007 6. Sir Garry Sobers West Indies 938 1967 6. Sir Clyde Walcott West Indies 938 1955 7. Virat Kohli India 937 2018 8. Matthew Hayden Australia 935 2002 8. Jacques Kallis South Africa 935 2007 8. AB de Villiers South Africa 935 2014 9. Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan 933 2006 10. Sir Everton Weekes West Indies 927 1956 10. Graeme Pollock South Africa 927 1970 ## Note - Rankings as of 11 September, 2019 ## Follow for more...