“Black Lives Matter” protests against racism and police brutality have been witnessed in major European cities as well as other parts of the world since the death of Floyd.
“Daring to dream big and determined to chase those dreams, Zaheer Khan’s journey from tiny Shrirampur to the dizzy heights of success illustrated the strength of his character,” Laxman said in a tweet.
The 39-year-old, who retired from international cricket following the World Cup triumph in 2015, played 115 Tests, 245 ODIs and 34 T20Is, scoring 8643, 7981 and 488 runs respectively.
Darren Sammy expressed anger upon realising the meaning of the word ‘kaalu’. Sammy took to social media and called out International Cricket Council (ICC) and other cricket boards to speak out on the matter.
Yuvraj Singh has issued an apology on social media for his ‘unintentional’ casteist remark against Dalits.
This disgraced former captain of South Africa was killed in a plane crash at the age of 32 in the Western Cape on June 1, 2002.
n 2019 too, the ace batsman was the only Indian to feature in top 100 (at 100th place) with estimated earnings of $25 million.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s wife Sakshi has once again rubbished the rumours of the veteran wicketkeeper-batsman’s retirement from international cricket.
Sri Lankan pacer Shehan Madushanka has been detained by the police for alleged possession of heroin.
The tournament, currently scheduled to be held from October 19 to November 15 in Australia, is under a cloud of uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following New Zealand’s 0-3 whitewash in the Australia Test series, questions were put up over Williamson’s captaincy, with some saying that he was carrying too onerous a workload across all three formats.
Australia cricketer David Warner has already set his sights on the ICC World Cup 2023 currently scheduled to be played in India.
Former Pakistan fast-bowler Shoaib Akhtar wants Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to play the lead character if ever a biopic is made on his cricketing journey.
From starting off with Test cricket, it has now come to T20 cricket on the international stage.
Hasin Jahan, wife of the Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami, dance video went viral on social media.
With no deadline set for the return of the sport, fans would want Warner to put more such videos and keep them entertained during this time of crisis, which the entire world is going through.
England Test captain Joe Root has revealed that he has faced a variety of sledges in his cricketing career.
Manoj Tiwary also posted a collage of photos wherein he is wearing different traditional attires to show unity.
PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan paid tribute to Sana Mir: On behalf of Pakistan cricket, I congratulate Sana Mir on a highly successful career.
Lee, who played 76 Tests, 221 ODIs and 25 T20Is for Australia, however added that it still will not be easy to break Tendulkar’s massive record.
Former and current players, however, thronged to Twitter to wish the batting legend on his special day.
Rahane said that in his excitement, he ended up reaching his coach’s home at 9.30 in the morning of the day he was to meet Tendulkar.
Having started off under former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Shami is now the leader of the pack under Kohli.
Mumbai: Former India pacer Zaheer Khan might have started his career under Sourav Ganguly, but he went on to become a star under the leadership of M.S. Dhoni and the former pacer feels that there was a lot of similarity in the way two of Indias most successful captains functioned.[Read More…]
Shami was the second highest wicket-taker for India with 17 wickets out from seven matches and was only behind Umesh Yadav, who played a game more than him and picked 18 wickets.