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The war words went to another level after the release of Afridi’s autobiography, in which the former Pakistan captain did not have some great words to say about Gambhir. The former India opener wasn’t the one back down as he too took to Twitter to lash out at Afridi. … [Read more...] about Gambhir, Afridi have to be sensible: Waqar Younis urges former cricketers to end differences

"The bigger hindrance to clean up the air in India is lack of political will," he said. The 135-km eastern expressway which the government is hoping will free up traffic was meant be completed in April, then moved to August and is now planned for completion by late next year. … [Read more...] about Toxic New Delhi shamed as cricketers, footballers face breathing issues

— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) July 7, 2020 Hardik Pandya - who made his international debut under MS Dhoni - wrote an emotional message for Dhoni on his Twitter handle. "Happy birthday to my Bittu from your Chittu Hugging face My friend who has taught me to be a better human being and stood by me in bad times @msdhoni," wrote Pandya. … [Read more...] about MS Dhoni birthday: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya post special message for legendary India cricketer

In December 2014, he announced his retirement from Tests and gave a chance to the likes of Wriddhiman Saha. Dhoni called time on his Test career after playing 90 Tests, managing to score 4,876 runs at an average of 38.09. Then in 2017, he handed over the captaincy to Virat Kohli in the 50-over format. However, the wicket-keeper enjoys a great camaraderie with the latter and the duo have been seen often taking decisions together on the field. Under Dhoni's leadership, India also managed to attain the number one ranking in Test cricket. His Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has also won the tournament thrice under his leadership. Dhoni was slated to return to the cricket field on March 29 during the IPL's opening match between CSK and Mumbai Indians. However, the tournament has been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 39-year-old has been currently enjoying some time away from the game. He last played competitive cricket during the … [Read more...] about Sourav Ganguly: Happy that Indian cricket got MS Dhoni, he is unbelievable

Andrew Miller: Mostly I've missed having a frame of reference for my day-to-day existence. It annoys the hell out of my wife that I am always right about times and dates in our family history, even though she's apparently the organised one. But she, of course, doesn't have the 365-day scaffolding of the international cricket calendar to act as an aide memoire. "Of course it's going to be your niece's 17th birthday in August because England won the toss and batted first at Trent Bridge in 2003." That sort of thing. But this year, and probably for every subsequent year, I'm stuffed. The past four months have been already melded into a giant blob of nothingness, and though it's nice to have cricket back and all that, I fear the damage done to my one-upmanship is incalculable. … [Read more...] about What we’ve missed about live cricket