Ross Taylor registered his name in the history of cricket as he has become New Zealand’s highest run-scorer in cricket’s longest format. The New-Zealand cricketer achieved it after scoring three runs through mid-on following the tea break on the fourth day of the third Test match against the Australia team.
India’s World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev celebrated his 61st birthday on Monday (that is on January 6, 2020). He is widely regarded as the greatest all-rounder to ever don the Indian Jersey and is arguably considered as one of the greatest Indian Cricketer till date.
The New Zealand Batsman Leo Carter hit six 6s in an over on Sunday against the Northern Nights team. In 16th over of the second innings, this historical movement took place. And the former Indian All rounder Yuvraj Singh has welcomed him to the sixes club in his instagram story.
In the second T20I against Ireland. Sheldon Cottrell, the Windies cricketer,blasted a six off the penultimate ball to help West Indies win a thrilling one-wicket victory.With his penultimate ball six, Cottrell became the first no. 11 batsman to finish an ODI with a six.
MS Dhoni, took a break from cricket after the end of India’s World Cup campaign following its loss in the semi-final to New Zealand in July 2019. MS Dhoni’s future in cricket has been a subject of discussion for quite some time now.Ravi Shastri, the cricket coach of the Indian cricket team, said that former captain M.S. Dhoni might retire from ODIs soon in order to concentrate on playing T20 cricket
Kohli was in Pune to play the third and final T20 match that was held between Sri Lanka and India. He used the Twitter platform to state that chole bhature was his cheat meal in a comical analogy.He compared his favorite food to the concentration and focus required while facing a bowler. He tweeted that the ball out of the bowler’s hand and chholle bhature for a cheat meal deserve the same focus. With this, he added a picture from his training session on Thursday.
Australia's Big Bash League (BBL) produced another brilliant moment of fielding on Saturday in the match between Sydney Thunder and the Hobart Hurricanes. Hobart's Nathan Ellis showed great reflexes to hang on to a catch to dismiss Usman Khawaja after he originally misjudged the ball coming his way.
Ishant Sharma posted a picture of himself on Instagram and captioned it "you only live once". Virat Kohli quickly came up with a cheeky comment on Ishant's post. "hamein toh pata hi nahi tha (which translates to we did not know this)," Kohli left a comment on Instagram. The India skipper's cheeky dig at the fast-bowler's post left fans in splits.
Team India got an injury scare when a ball hits the thumb of Rohit Sharma during a practice session.Rohit got hit on his right thumb when he was practicing at the nets in Mumbai.
It’s all over!! India defeated Sri Lanka by 78 runs in the third and final T20I to win the three match series in Pune on Friday.
