India's T20 World Cup Triumph 2024

 "Dhoni finishes off in style, It's India who win the World Cup." These lines said by Ravi Shastri had gone old with respect to India's World Cup Trophy drought. The most dominating team in bilateral series could not win an ICC Trophy and this was the biggest disappointment for ICT fans. After losing the 2023 world cup final, the first thought which came into my mind was that most probably 2024 t20 wc would be the last world cup Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will play together. So, this was their only chance for a world cup glory and they did not gave us a feeling of dismay, sadness and disappointment but an year full of cherishing memories, joy and happiness

India won the T20 World Cup 2024 happening in the USA and West Indies. They became the only team to win a world cup staying unbeaten. Their journey to the final was a happening one from the high pressure game against or the game against Australia. Especially, the game against Pakistan was a sheer representation of the evolution of Indian team's pace battery in the last decade. From 98 percentage of winning the match with Pakistan our pace battery broke their dreams of winning a game against India as they took the game from them in the last 10 overs. From the first game to the last one, India never looked a under confident or worn out team as they dominated everybody they faced badly. One such win was against Australia in the Super Eight which was personal for every Indian citizen ( If you know what I am talking about). Rohit's knock in that game was the indication of the frustration he had in himself after every knockout loss in every world cup in the last 5-6 years with more respect to 19th November. Then comes the Semifinal against England and that transition from 10 wicket win to 10 wickets out was outstanding. The game was one sided as soon as England completed their powerplay during the batting stint. Every cricket in the team was hungry of that silverware. So, they never looked back to the losses they had been facing but focused on their race to the unmatched legacy of winning a World Cup Trophy. The final was the best which could happen in an ICC tournament. It was not a cricket match a display of every emotion one can imagine in a game of cricket. India set a target of 177 and defend for India seemed easy until Klaseen smashed 24 runs in the 15th over and his team needed just 30 of 30 balls. India's pace attack pulled off a blinder from that stage by first Bumrah giving an economical over and then Hardik took the wicket of Klaseen to shift the momentum of the game on his side. The hidden hero was Arshdeep Singh who also pulled of two brilliant overs at the right - one in the middle and the other in the death. Last over consisted of South Africa requiring 16 runs and Hardik had to defend them. The first ball was a full toss indicating the pressure Hardik had with respect to his last 6 months. Miller swung his bat so hard but could not get the middle and it was the sticker that touched his bat but it was enough to go to the boundary but not above it as Suryakumar Yadav caught the ball and fancied India's chances to get the silverware. 

Virat Kohli was in tears and Rohit Sharma lied down to celebrate their undermining hard work in the last decade and the last time in this format. The pair decided to announce their retirement from T20I's together after getting their hands on the silverware. Looking back to their world cup triumph I see a roller coaster ride filled with emotions of joy, happiness and satisfaction. The trophy weighing 12kg which they lifted had made 1.3 billion people happy back home which they expressed through lighting firecrackers and doing individual parades. India became the first cricket team to win a T20I world cup unbeaten displaying their want to get hands on the trophy badly and they gave everything for it. We also gave everything for it and got the result back paying the debt of our worshipping to the team from the last 17 freaking years.  

Ravi Shastri's lines were replaced by the ones - Long on, Long On and what a catch, Suryakumar takes it and Miller's gone !!!!!!!!

Thank you RCB !!!!!

 

Fumes of excitement started to pour in for RCB fans as soon as they heard of the first match in the Tata IPL 2024. It was between two giants RCB and CSK at Chepauk. RCB lost the game but what came next for the franchise had a bigger reason to be disappointed. They lost 6 games out of their next 7.  Everybody was dejected and disappointed even the players in the team and now they just went out to enjoy their game and cherish the remaining moments left with them in the tournament but who knew that this 1% chance of going to the playoffs became 100%. They won their next 6 games in a row keeping the net run rate and after winning a tremendous match against CSK, they marched into the playoffs. What followed next is a forgettable moment just like all the playoff matches RCB has played. But I am writing this to thank RCB for every it has given us to cherish in this IPL by making the best comeback every and Virat Kohli winning the Orange Cap. These are just some of them but everything they have given us this IPL. I am a RCB fan and they given me tears of sadness every year but there is something in this team that drives me to support them and follow them every year. I thank RCB for giving me those memories. This team has given its fans everything but just not an IPL TROPHY !!!!!!!

The Return of the King aka Virat Kohli

 

                             

Once upon a time, there lived a king who ruled over three kingdoms. The name of the three kingdoms were – ODI, T20I and TEST. There were also other people who were like him but he always dominated them. The king had won 70 wars and was very close to his 71^st. After winning 70 wars, he went on a voyage. The motive of this voyage was to experiment new things and new modern ways of winning wars. He learnt them and practised them also but was not successful. When he came back from his voyage, he executed the new ways and techniques of war but could not dominate the wars. After 1,021 days got past and he could not dominate the wars, he also did not win them and he was not so confident now and, in that period, the other people who were their started to win wars and gained faith of people and The King’s following was low. Then he took a break and spent some time with his family and friends and after 1 month he returned with a bang!!!! He won his 71^st war and he was back, the KING was back. This story is just a representation of Virat Kohli aka the King Kohli’s journey.

He smashed his 71^st century against Afghanistan in one of India’s outings in the Asia Cup on 8^th September, 2022. He made 122* of 61 balls and leading India to victory in that match.

 

 

 

Reviewing Black Widow

 

I have always written about cricket and always mentioned that I am die – hard cricket fan but I have not mentioned that I am also a die – hard marvel fan. In September, Black Widow was released and I thought let’s review the movie.

I would say that it was a very nice ending to Natasha Romanoff’s character but there were some disappointments also. Like, in the starting it was shown that Dreykov the main villain of the movie and daughter was dead in a bomb blast which was planted by Black Widow but in the end, we see that her daughter is alive and is the taskmaster. The biggest disappointment for me was that Taskmaster was dead in the end of the movie means he was not dead but now he won’t come back. Losing a very excellent villain like Taskmaster is bad. I was excited for this movie just because of Taskmaster and when I saw the movie in that Taskmaster was involved in just three major scenes. There was just one fight of Taskmaster vs Black Widow and that too a short one. So, I just wanted to say that Taskmaster, an excellent villain with amazing superpowers, which we thought was villain in the movie was just involved in three scenes and he cannot come back also. So, a nice movie and a nice ending to Natasha Romanoff’s character and in this movie Black Widow’s sister was also seen and it was a nice ending to the Natasha Romanoff’s character and it was a one-time watch movie and a good movie. 

            

India vs New Zealand series 2021

 As the T20 World cup got over on 17th November and Australia lifted the trophy for the first time and New Zealand were the runners - up, just after three days of the final of the T20 World cup. It was India taking over New Zealand in India. It started on 17th November. From India Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami were rested and Rohit Sharma was captain and from New Zealand's side Kane Williamson was rested and Tim Southee was captain. In the test series, Virat Kohli was only rested for the first test and in the first test Ajinkya Rahane was captain and   Kane Williamson played in both but due to injury did not play the second test and Tom Latham was captain in the second test. 

Now, let us take a preview of the T20I and Test series. 

          

                                       T20I Series 

                            

Starting Date - 17th November 

First T20I – India won by 5 wickets.

Record Made – Martin Guptill scored his first half century vs India in T20I’s in the 14 matches he played against India.  Suryakumar Yadav recorded his highest score in T20 Internationals, 62. Trent Boult became the fifth bowler to dismiss Rohit Sharma three or more times in T20Is.

Venue: Jaipur

Ground: Sawai Mansingh Stadium

 

Second T20I – India won by 7 wickets.

Record Made – At 30 years and 361 days, Harshal Patel became the sixth-oldest T20I debutant for India.  Guptill also completed 150 T20I sixes as an opener, becoming the first batter to get the feat. – Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul now have joint-most half-century stand in T20Is, 13.

Venue: Ranchi

Ground: JSCA International Stadium Complex

 

Third T20I – India wins the series and won the match by 73 runs.  

Record Made – India recorded their second successive whitewash against New Zealand in bilateral T20I series. Harshal Patel became the second Indian batter to get out via hit wicket in T20Is.

Venue: Kolkata

Ground: Eden Gardens Stadium

                                         

                                           Test Series 

         

 

First Test – Match drawn  

Record Made – Shreyas Iyer is the first Indian to score a century and a fifty on test debut. 52 for the sixth, 64 for the seventh and 67 (unbroken) for the eight wickets have provided the first instance in the second innings when three successive pairs for these wickets – positions have shared 50 plus partnerships for India.

Venue: Kanpur

Ground: Green Park Cricket Ground

 

Second Test – India won by 376 runs.

Record Made – 372 - India's margin of win in Mumbai, their biggest win - margin in terms of runs in Tests. 300 - Wickets for Ashwin in home Tests, the second India bowler with 300-plus Test wickets at home after Anil Kumble  (350). 

Venue: Mumbai

Ground: Wankhede Stadium

 

Ending Date - 6th December

My Punjab trip - Part 1

 

I often go to Agra and always mention about it in my blog but this time I went to Punjab. There was a marriage of one of my relative. They live in Ludhiana. So, we started our journey on Saturday on 6:15 and reached till 12:30. We went to Sonipat till the Eastern Peripheral Expressway. We reached them till 12:30. In the evening, my grandmother came and my Chachu came and then we slept after doing dinner. The next day as per the Indian tradition, it was Sagan. In this the bride and groom wear a ring to each other and other people just enjoy the party. The next day, it was a free day for everyone there was nothing to do and the next day was the wedding. I enjoyed this day by going to a restaurant in the night with my Bua. The next day, we all had to wake up early and go to Jalandhar for the wedding. So, we went to Jalandhar and first went to the Gurudwara. The bride and the groom took phere and we went to the banquet. We came in the evening after the marriage and I came in a bus as there was a bus arranged as there were many people so there was a bus arranged. We came till 6:30 and I came and rested for a while and played with my little sister who was of just 8 months. The bride and groom came late as they were stuck in traffic. It was dinner after that and we all came in the house just beside to the groom’s house because there were a lot of people so there was a house booked, it was just beside the main house. We all were tired after the marriage and we all slept. Next day, we had the plan to leave for Amritsar to visit Golden Temple but the next day we had to leave with two more families but the next day there were just unexpected things which were totally not expected by anybody as I woke up, I We stayed at my father’s Mama’s house and my Bua booked a hotel for a night. In the night, we went to Golden Temple and came back, my Bua also went with me and came to the house in which we were living, which was my father’s relative’s house. I was very tired and slept till 11:30. Next Day, we had to leave for Delhi and we left till 10:30 and reached at 10, means it was a 10-hour drive. We all were very tired and slept till 10 and the next to next day, we had a guest in our house which was the newly wedding couple.

 

Virat Kohli leaving captaincy ?

 

Virat Kohli is the captain of the Indian cricket team of all three  formats for 4 years. After Ajinkya Rahane led India to their 2^nd victory in Australia netizens started to say that Ajinkya Rahane should become India’s all - time captain of tests and after the England test series rumors spread that Virat Kohli may leave the captaincy but after one day only a BCCI person confirmed that Virat Kohli is not leaving the captaincy and it will be his own decision of leaving the captaincy. But after some weeks Virat Kohli on his own confirmed that he will be leaving the T20I captaincy after the T20 World Cup. He said that by leaving the T20I captaincy his workload would be less. After some days, just after the first match of IPL he also confirmed that after this year’s IPL he will quit the captaincy of RCB. Most likely, Rohit Sharma will take over the captaincy of T20I’s from Virat Kohli. He may want to focus more on his batting he has not crossed the three – figure mark for almost 2 years. BCCI said that the contenders for the vice – captain for the T20I vice – captaincy are KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant.

 

 

Reviewing squad of the Indian team for the T20 World Cup

I have mentioned before, the T20 World Cup will be held in October this year. The squad of the Indian for the T20 World Cup was announced last week on Wednesday. So, I thought let us review India's T20 World Cup squad.

                                            Squad of Indian team 

• Virat Kohli (C)
• Rohit Sharma (VC)
• KL Rahul 
• Suryakumar Yadav
• Ishan Kishan
• Rishabh Pant (WK)
• Hardik Pandya
• Ravindra Jadeja
• Axar Patel
• Ravichandran Ashwin
• Rahul Chahar
• Varun Chakravarthy 
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar 
• Jasprit Bumrah
• Mohammed Shami

Reserves - Deepak Chahar, Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur 

Head Coach - Ravi Shastri 

Mentor - M.S Dhoni 

Ravichandran Ashwin’s selection in the squad left everyone surprised as he was out of India’s limited overs squad for four years. Although, he was performing well in the IPL but was not Picked in India’s limited overs squad. Indian team’s selector said that he was Taken in the squad for his performance in IPL. He also told that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma backed them to take Ravichandran Ashwin in India’s T20 World Cup squad. 

 

  Yuzvendra Chahal and Shikhar Dhawan not in the Squad

Yuzvendra Chahal and Shikhar Dhawan both were dropped from India’s T20 World Cup Squad. Yuzvendra Chahal’s Drop from India’s T20 world cup squad Didn’t surprise much as he was not in good form in both international matches and IPL. Some analysts said that Yuzvendra Chahal should have been taken in the squad. Shikhar Dhawan’s drop surprised Everyone as he was in sublime form in both international matches and IPL. Everybody said That Shikhar Dhawan should have been taken in The T20 World Cup Squad.

 

                  Dhoni selected as mentor

Another surprise to the fans was that M.S Dhoni was selected as India’s mentor. He took his retirement from international cricket last year and was chosen as India’s mentor of India for the T20 World Cup. Some People questioned the BCCI as the Indian team Have a coach so why do they need a mentor. Fans of MS Dhoni were very happy. He has Confirmed to the BCCI that he will only be the Mentor for the T20 world cup. Sourav Ganguly Said that MS Dhoni’s experience would help India as India have not won any ICC trophy since 2013.

 

My Agra Trip - Part 3

Whenever I go to Agra, I mention about it in my blog. I have also mentioned that it is my Grandmother's house. This time I didn't go there, this time we went with two other families and stayed in a hotel. First we had a plan of going to Amritsar but then we went to Agra. We went on 28th August and came on 31st August as it was a three day holiday weekend. As always we went their via the Yamuna Expressway and reached their in four hours. We stayed in the hotel named Jaypee Palace. It was a hotel but when you go inside it, it'll look like a resort because it is a very big property. We went there and checked - in to our rooms. Then we went to Dasaprakash, a south - Indian restaurant in Agra and it was a very nice restaurant. We came to our hotel and on the way we ate ice - cream. We came back to the hotel and went to the swimming pool. Then we children went to the play zone and played carrrom. After that we all went to do dinner. We went for a walk after that and we all children played ice and water. Next day, we had a plan of going to Taj Mahal. We woke up and did breakfast and then went to the swimming pool. We then went to the Taj Mahal. We took a guide and he explained Taj Mahal's history very well. Then we went to the most local place in Agra, Sadar Bazaar. In Sadar Bazaar we went to the most famous place, Chaat Gali. Their we ate Pav Bhaji, Golgappe, Aloo Tikki, Dahi Golgappe and Falooda. Then we visited all Sadar Bazaar and we ate Franky and Chowmein in our dinner from Mama Franky. Next day, we ate breakfast and then went to the Swimming Pool. We checked - out after that and went to the historical Gurudwara, Gura Ka Taal. We then started our journey back home and in between we ate Samosas and drank Lassi from a shop named Dauji. This shop was also famous in Agra. Then we went back home and it was a very nice trip and everybody liked the trip. 

India vs England 2nd test 2021: Day 5

 

Day 5, England took the new ball just at the start of the day. Rishabh Pant showed some counter attack but his counter attack couldn’t stay longer as Joe Root repeated the trick which he did before and brought Mark Wood with the new ball and he took the wicket of Rishabh Pant. He tried to cut the ball but he was late and the ball touched his bat and it was an easy catch for Jos Buttler. Mark Wood took the wicket of Rishabh Pant. Then after some balls Ollie Robinson bowled a slower delivery and Ishant Sharma was LBW. India made a tactical review but the decision remained the same. Then the Bumrah – Shami show started as they did an unbeaten 89 – run partnership to make India’s led to 271 and target for England to 272. All were saying that a 200 + lead is perfect but India did more than expected. England were in immense pressure as there was rain of runs especially by the Indian tail enders. Everybody could see their pressure as England lost their first wicket only in the first over and second wicket in the second over. Rory Burns got out in the first over as it was a leading edge and an easy catch for Siraj. Dom Sibley’s poor form continued as it was a beautiful delivery from Mohammed Shami and he edged the ball and went to Rishabh Pant. Then after some overs Hasib Hameed who was hanging out for a while got LBW. Ishant Sharma bowled a beautiful delivery which came backed in. It was the last ball before lunch and Bairstow, the new man in, also got out LBW. India just reviewed the decision in the last second and the decision was over tuned to India’s favour and Bairstow got out to Ishant Sharma. After lunch, Joe Root, the most dangerous man, also got out. Jasprit Bumrah bowled a very good ball and the ball touching Root’s edge went to the slip cordon and it was an easy one for Virat Kohli. Then Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali showed some hope to the English fans for a draw as they played 16 overs. Their partnership could not stay longer as Siraj bowled an out – swinging delivery which touched Moeen Ali’s bat and it went to Virat Kohli. Sam Curran on a king pair went for a Golden duck as he also got out to Siraj. He edged the ball and it went to Rishabh Pant. Ollie Robinson also played 18 deliveries but got out to a slower ball from Jasprit Bumrah. India reviewed the decision and the review went in India’s favour as Robinson got out LBW. In the next over only Buttler also edged one to Rishabh Pant on the ball of Mohammed Siraj. India’s chances of winning went to 100% as after one ball Siraj took the wicket of James Anderson. It was an exceptional and thrilling win for Team India at Lord’s. Kl Rahul was awarded the Man of the Match award for his excellent century.

 

 

 

 

 

 

India vs England 2nd test 2021 : Day 3 and Day 4

 

Day 3, Joe Root completed his fifty as he was at 48 before the second day’s play. Then Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow did a very good partnership as Jonny Bairstow also completed his fifty. Joe Root was eyeing to complete his century but then Siraj took the wicket of Jonny Bairstow. He was trying to pull but the ball touched the outside edge and it was an easy catch for Virat Kohli at slips. They both stitched a partnership of 110 runs. After some overs, Joe Root completed his hundred, it was his second in the series. Jos Buttler and Joe Root were also playing well. As the day moved forward the pitch started to ease out because of the weather as sun was above the head the whole day. Everybody was coming to bat did a partnership of 30 – 40 runs as the pitch was easing out. Jos Buttler and Joe Root also did that before a beauty from Ishant Sharma clean bowled Jos Buttler. It was in – swinging delivery and there was so much gap between the bat and pad and the bowl hit the stumps. Then only in the next ball Ishant Sharma also took the wicket of Sam Curran for a Golden duck. The ball touched his outside edge and went straight to the slip cordon. Moeen Ali who also stitched a 30 – 40 run partnerships. In between, Joe Root also completed his 150 and was eyeing towards his double century. After 5 – 7 overs Moeen Ali nicked one ball to slips and he got out. He got out on 27. In the next ball Sam Curran also got out he also nicked one ball to slips. Sam Curran got a golden duck and made a king pair. Then Mohammed Siraj also got Ollie Robinson. He was LBW. Joe Root was eyeing his double century but wickets were falling on the other end as Mark Wood also got run – out. He sacrificed his wicket for Joe Root. After that Jasprit Bumrah bowled a 10 – ball over. He just bowled all bouncers and he bowled some no balls so it got a 10 ball over. In the next over, Shami bowled Anderson and Joe Root couldn’t complete his double century. England got out on 391 and they took a lead of 27 runs.

Day 4, India started their batting on Day 4 as the third day got over when England got all out. India got a start which they didn’t want as only in the sixth KL Rahul got out only in the sixth over. A surprise for everybody as Mark Wood came to bowl in the sixth over. Kl Rahul tried to defence on backfoot but the ball touched his outside edge and went straight to Jos Buttler. Then only in the 12^th over Rohit Sharma played the pull shot and it could not cross the boundary and Moeen Ali catch the ball. India was 27 for 2 in just 12 overs. India now could start making their lead. Virat Kohli showed some momentum but his innings couldn’t last longer as he touched an outside – off ball of Sam Curran and the ball touching his outside edge went to Jos Buttler. Now both out – of – form batsman was batting, Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara. They both did a 100 – run partnership which saved India from the collapse. Rahane completed his fifty but Pujara at 45 got out to an unexpected bouncer of Mark Wood. It was a bouncer which touched his edge and went to the gully fielder. Rishabh Pant came in to bat. Rahane thereby was making runs but he edged one ball of Moeen Ali and Jos Buttler catch the ball. We all were expecting a heal to the damage which India had but Jadeja also got bowled by Moeen Ali. Due to bad light play was stopped and it was stumps. India were 182 for 6 and a lead of 154 runs. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

India vs England 2nd Test 2021 : Day 1 and Day 2

 

       I have mentioned that India will tour England in August this year. As the first test was a draw, the second test at Lord’s just showed the beauty of Test Cricket. England won the toss and elected to bowl first. Seeing the weather conditions, India got what they wanted because there was no chance of rain and it was expected that there would be sunlight after one or two sessions and after one or two days the pitch would be a good one for spinners.

        Before the play there was 15 – 20 minutes of rain and after the rain stopped play got started. Indian openers did a 100 – run partnership which was the first by Indian openers at Lord’s after 1952. Rohit Sharma at 83 got out to and absolute beauty from James Anderson. In that session only India lost out of form Cheteshwar Pujara with an out swinging ball of Jimmy Anderson. KL Rahul and Virat Kohli played the rest of the session and Rahul completed his fifty. After tea, KL Rahul started playing fast and his target was to complete his hundred. He achieved his target and scored a magnificent hundred. Virat Kohli was also playing well on the other end but nicked one on slips of the ball of Ollie Robinson. At the end of the day, India was 276 at the loss of 3 wickets.

        Day 2, India lost KL Rahul in just the second ball of the day. He tried to play a cover drive but was caught at covers of the ball of Ollie Robinson. In the next over, Ajinkya Rahane also nicked one to the slips of the ball of Jimmy Anderson. It was Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja who stabled the innings after that but their partnership couldn’t stay longer as Mark Wood took the wicket of Rishabh Pant. He generated his extra pace and Pant tried to cut it but was late and the ball touching his outside edge went straight to Jos Buttler. Then Ravindra Jadeja and the long tail of India got out in the next 33 runs. India was all out on 364. India’s highest run scorer was KL Rahul with his brilliant 129. England openers were steady at the crease before Siraj took two wickets in two consecutive balls. First it was Dom Sibley and then it was the debutant Hasib Hameed. Sibley tried to play the flick shot but played it to the short leg fielder. Hasib Hamid bowled and got a golden duck. Joe Root and Rory Burns were playing well. At the end of the day’s play Jasprit Bumrah took the wicket of Rory Burns at 48. He edged the ball and it went straight to Rishabh Pant.

Tokyo Olympics 2020

 

After 2016, the Olympics was set to be held in 2020 but due to Covid it was held this year. Our country India qualified for the Olympics in Hockey, Wrestling, Badminton, Table Tennis, Boxing etc. Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu opened India’s medal account by winning a silver medal in women’s 49 kg weightlifting. It was P.V Sindhu who won a medal after Mirabai Chanu in women single’s badminton. After losing to Tai Tzu-Ying in the semi – final, she became the contender of the bronze medal and she won the match against He Bing Jiao and bagged a bronze medal and became the first women to win two consecutive medals in Olympics. Lovlina Borgoahin, the girl from Assam won a bronze medal in women’s boxing. She was making her Olympic debut and won a bronze medal for India. She lost to Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey. After 41 years, the men’s hockey team qualified for the semi – finals but they lost the semi finals and became the contender for the bronze medal. They won the match against Germany and won the bronze medal. After 1980 Moscow Olympics, Indian men’s hockey team won a medal in Olympics. Then it was Ravi Kumar Dahiya who went for a gold but won a silver in Men’s freestyle 57 kg wrestling. He lost to Tigreros Urbano Oscar in the finals. Bajrang Punia also won a bronze medal in men’s 65 kg wrestling after Ravi Kumar Dahiya. He won by Kazakhstan’s Daulet Niyazbekov in the bronze medal match. Then it was the Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra who won gold in the finals of Javelin throw. He threw his javelin at 87.5 meters which was the longest in that match which kept him at the top of the table and he won a gold medal. It was the first medal of India in Track and Field events in the Olympics.

My Agra Trip - Part 2

 

I have written a blog on my Agra trip and today also I will mention about that. Agra is my grandmother’s home where I go at least one time in a month. We didn’t have a plan to go to Agra before a week but my Chachu was coming and my father’s grandfather was not fine. We went there on Saturday and came on Sunday; we could have stayed much longer but I had an exam on Monday. We left at 6:30 in the morning and reached there till 10. We went there via the Yamuna Expressway. On the way, I studied for my exam and after reaching there I did a lot of masti. If it was a normal situation, we had gone to the market but due to the lockdown in weekends we couldn’t go but I did a lot of masti without going outside too. We left on Sunday in the afternoon at 3:30 and reached at our home till 6:30.

Covid Impact on Indian Cricket

 

The Indian Cricket Team, it is a common topic in my blog but I have never mentioned about their players injuries. This thing started from the India vs Australia test series in 2020, Virat Kohli had told that he will not play the test series as he is taking paternity leave so Ajinkya Rahane became the captain and after that many players got injured like Mohammed Shami, Hanuma Vihari etc. After that tour, India got to know about their bench strength as India beat Australia in that test series. As you must be knowing, A first set of players are in England a second set of players are in Sri Lanka. Let us start with the first set of players, In England the first who got injured was Shubman Gill he had shin splints and he was ruled out of the 5 match test series vs England. Then it was Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, Rahane had a swollen hamstring and Kohli had a stiff back. They both are on recovery stage and will play the 5 match test series. During the warm – up game of India Washington Sundar and Avesh Khan also got injured. Avesh Khan dislocated his thumb during the practice match and Washington Sundar aggravated his finger injury. In the second set of players, nobody has been injured but Krunal Pandya was tested positive for Covid. His 8 close contacts have tested negative but in the eight contacts, two of them are Suryakumar Yadav and Prithvi Shaw. Due to 4 injuries in the Indian team in England Suryakumar and Shaw were choose as the back – ups for them and now it is confirmed that they both will not be available for the first two tests vs England. Thanks to India’s bench strength or else I don’t think that there would be any backups taken for the injuries in England and if there was no such good bench strength team India could not break Australia’s Gabba Fortes.

India vs Sri Lanka Series

 As you know the Indian Cricket team has gone to England to play the WTC and the 5 test match series. But an another Indian Team has also gone to Sri Lanka which is a very young team and has 7 uncapped players. After the performances by the young players in IPL and the Gabba Test against Australia, India has got a very good bench strength which can also beat Australia and break there Gabba triumph. The Shikhar Dhawan lead Indian team is in Sri Lanka and the series was set to begin on 13th July but there were three Covid cases in the Sri Lankan camp of the Delta variant. Sri Lanka's batting coach Grant Flower and there Data Analyst and there one more team member has tested positive for the Delta Variant of the Covid virus. So, the series has been shifted to 18th July and it will start from 18th July. 

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T20 World Cup 2021

 The T2O World Cup is a T20 championship just like World Test Championship. The T20 World Cup was very first time held in South Africa and its champions were the Indian Cricket Team. The event has been held in every two years. But after 2016, it could not be held after two years which 2018. So it was scheduled in 2020 but because of Coronavirus it could not be held. It was scheduled to be held in Australia. The ICC decided to it in 2021 and it would be held in India. Due to the second wave of this virus in India. The BCCI and ICC were in talks to shift it in UAE. Day before yesterday ICC announced that the T20 World Cup would be held in UAE and from October 17 to November 14. It will start on October 17 which means after two days of IPL. But Sourav Ganguly said that the Indian players who are playing IPL will get two - week rest because the starting matched are the qualifiers of the 8 teams who have still not qualified for the T20 World Cup. India have qualified for the T20 World Cup so the players will get rest. After the qualifiers the league stage will start and in the league stage India will play. So the T20 World Cup 2021 will be held in UAE and Oman. The first 8 matches which are the qualifiers will be held in Oman. 

World Test Championship: Day 5 and Day 6

 World Test Championship Final's Day 4 also got washed out due to rain and obviously the reserve day which is the 6th day was used. So in the start of Day 5, only some time was lost due to rain and after the rain the New Zealand team came to bat. This time the Indian pace bowling attack came up with more improved line and lengths, before on Day 3 they were bowling the balls on good length whereas the Kiwi  pace bowling attack used more fuller balls and lesser good length balls. So, on Day 5 the Indian were bowling very good lines and length. After the first hour Mohammed Shami took the wicket of Ross Taylor with a outstanding catch by Shubman Gill on Extra - Cover. After 1 - 2 overs Ishant Sharma was brought by Virat Kohli as a bowling change and he took the wicket of Henry Nicholls. Mohammed Shami who was bowling with Ishant Sharma took the wicket of BJ Watling playing last test BJ Watling could not do anything as Shami bowl a beautiful ball to dismiss him. Colin De Grandhomme and Kane Williamson played till lunch and the spinners did not get a over till lunch. After Lunch, De Grandhomme came and the first ball after lunch was four of Jasprit Bumrah. They both did a good partnership before Shami took the wicket of Grandhomme. Colin De Grandhomme was LBW. Kyle Jamieson came to bat after that, he also was playing fast and at the other end Williamson was playing his own game and was trying to get to his fifty. After hitting 12 runs in Shami's over Jamieson got out. He was trying to play the pull shut and got out. After that Tim Southee came in to bat, he was also playing fast. Kane Williamson was at 49 and then Ishant Sharma bowled an outside - off stump ball and Williamson edged that ball and the ball went straight to the second slip and Virat Kohli toke a brilliant catch. After that, Neil Wagner came in to bat. Tim Southee was rotating strike from the other end and only some trail was left. Ravichandran Ashwin came to bowl and took the wicket of Neil Wagner. Tim Southee was hitting from the other end, Then Jadeja came to bowl. His first ball was six and the next ball was out. Tim Southee got out and New Zealand had a lead of 32 runs. New Zealand's whole team got out on 249. 

Team India had a trail of 32 runs. Tim Southee and Trent Boult started the bowling. They both were bowling very well. They both were also playing good. Especially, Tim Southee was bowling very good. Shubman Gill was playing and he shuffled towards the offside because he was expecting a out - swinger but Southee bowled a scrambled seam delivery and it got into the pads of Shubman Gill and he got out LBW. Cheteshwar Pujara came in to bat. After some overs, Rohit Sharma was playing and he was trying to leave the ball and it also got into his pads and he got LBW. Tim Southee got 2 wickets. Pujara and Virat Kohli played the whole session and India had a lead of 34 and at the end of the day India were 64 - 2. Then the next day, the reserve day, everyone was expecting a draw but India's batting collapse led it a one - sided match. Then on the start of the day, Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson started the bowling attack and after some overs Jamieson took the wicket of Virat Kohli, he got out to Jamieson 2nd time. It was outside - off short ball and Kohli tried to play it on the back - foot and he edged it and it went straight to BJ Watling. After few overs, Pujara also got out to Jamieson. He was trying to leave the ball and edged it and it went straight to the slip cordon. Then Rishabh Pant and Ajinkaye Rahane were trying to stable the innings but Rahane also got out to Trent Boult. He was trying to glance the ball and it went to BJ Watling and he got out. Then Pant and Jadeja played till lunch. Then they also were trying to stable the innings after lunch before Neil Wagner took the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja, he was trying to play that ball on the leg side and it also went to BJ Watling and Jadeja got out. After that all the wickets in a flow. So India got out 170 and they had a lead of 138 runs and they set a target for New Zealand of 139. 

Devon Conway and Tom Latham started the batting for the kiwis. They both played till 10 overs and after that Ravichandran Ashwin toke the wicket of Tom Latham. He bowled an angled ball coming into the left hander and Tom Latham tried to hit over the mid - wicket and he was out of his crease and Rishabh Pant did no mistake and toke the ball and hit it on the stumps and Tom Latham got stumped. Then in the very same over there was a LBW chance of Kane Williamson but is was missing the stumps. Then Ashwin also toke the wicket of Devon Conway, LBW. Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson played the whole last session and won the match for there team. In between there were a few drops also like Pujara dropped a catch of Ross Taylor and Williamson's catch was also dropped by Bumrah. The New Zealand cricket team became the first team to win the World Test Championship final and they toke home the ICC Mace trophy and prize money. 

World Test Championship Final: Day 2 and Day 3

 So, World Test Championship (WTC) I mentioned about this in my World Test Championship blog. The World Test Championship Final had started on June 19. It was scheduled to started on 18th June but the first day got washed out due to rain. The ICC had announced about the reserve day which is the sixth day which means that if due to rain or bad light 90 overs are not bowled in a day so the reserve day which is the sixth day will take place. The first day got washed out so the play started on 19th June. So Kane Williamson's Kiwis won the toss and elected to bowl first. Virat Kohli's Army batted first. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave India a very good start by doing a 62 - run partnership. After that Kyle Jamieson took the wicket of Rohit Sharma who was playing very well. Rohit Sharma was caught in the slips by a very good catch of Tim Southee. Then after that over Neil Wagner came to bowl his first over and took the wicket of Shubman Gill. India were 62-2. Then Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara played till lunch. After lunch they both were playing well but Pujara as usual was playing very slow. Then Pujara hit a four of Neil Wagner and after playing 35 balls made his first runs, at the other end Virat Kohli was playing well. Then Trent Boult took the wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara. Pujara got LBW. Then Ajinkaye Rahane and Virat Kohli were playing well and did a 58 - run partnership before tea. Virat Kohli was at 40 and Rahane at 20. Then after tea, They both were playing well but due to bad light the math got delayed for just 5 -10 minutes and after that two times the match got delayed due to bad light. Then the third time full match got delayed and only 67 overs were bowled and after the first day got washed out 98 overs had to be bowled in one day and only 67 overs were bowled. Then the next day the play started half an hour late because there had to be some inspection by the umpires. Then when the play started Virat Kohli who was on 44 Kyle Jamieson took the wicket of him by a brilliant bowl. Virat Kohli got LBW. Then Rishabh Pant who was facing some issues with the swing of Trent Boult and Kyle Jamieson did not made a single run till playing 18 balls and this happens only sometimes with Rishabh Pant. Then after hitting a four, after some balls he got of a outside - off stump ball which was meant to leave but he edged and it went straight to the slips and Kyle Jamieson got his third wicket. Ravindra Jadeja came to bat after Rishabh Pant. Ajinkaye Rahane was playing nicely and was rotating strikes and was looking confident. They both were playing well, Jadeja was not attacking and was playing defensive. Ajinkaye Rahane who was at 49 got out to a very good fielding change set up by Neil Wagner. From the start of Day 3 India had lost 3 big wickets Virat Kohli, Ajinkaye Rahane and Rishabh Pant. Ravichandran Ashwin came and was first facing issues with swing but after that he played some beautiful shots and made 22 runs and got out in slips of Tim Southee. Ravindra Jadeja and Ishant Sharma played till the lunch. Ishant Sharma got out in the slips of Kyle Jamieson. Jasprit Bumrah came and got out of the first ball LBW, he also got out of Kyle Jamieson and he grabbed a fifer in the inaugural of the World Test Championship. Then Ravindra Jadeja also got out to Tim Southee. India's whole team got out on 217.

 Then New Zealand came to bat and its openers gave the Kiwis a firing start as they did a 70 - run partnership and it happened the first time that both the openers of both the teams played more than 20 overs. Then Ravichandran Ashwin broke the partnership by taking the wicket of Tom Latham. After some overs Ishant Sharma came and took the wicket of Devon Conway. The match stopped due to bad light and New Zealand played only 49 overs.