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Dec 04, 2022

Dwayne Bravo Retires from IPL, Appointed CSK Bowling Coach for 2023 Edition

Chennai Super Kings appointed Dwayne Bravo as the team's bowling coach ahead of IPL 2023. Bravo called time on his playing days in the IPL, having played the tournament since the inaugural edition in 2008. L. Balaji has taken a break for one year due to personal commitments, but will be available for the Super Kings Academy.
Bravo has 183 wickets from 161 matches. The all-rounder has also scored 1560 runs at a strike rate of around 130, playing key parts in many victories for the Super Kings. He was an integral part of CSK's IPL title wins in 2011, 2018 and 2021 and the Champions League T20 victory in 2014. He was also the first player to win the Purple Cap for most wickets in an IPL season twice (2013 and 2015).
Bravo has overall played 144 matches for Chennai Super Kings, picking up 168 wickets and scoring 1556 runs.

Dec 03, 2022

Malhotra, Paranjape Named in New Cricket Advisory Committee

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a fresh Cricket Advisory Committee. Former selectors Ashok Malhotra, Jatin Paranjape and Sulakshana Naik were named in the panel, which is expected to take the big call on the new selection panel for men's cricket.
The BCCI pulled the plug on the earlier selection panel under the guidance of Chetan Sharma, who were responsible for the selection of the India squad that went to 2021 T20 World Cup, Asia Cup 2022 and the recently concluded T20 World Cup in Australia. India suffered shock 10-wicket defeats in both of their last two World Cup outings, one against Pakistan and one against England.

Dec 02, 2022

England Make History in Pakistan by Scoring 506-4 on Day One

England posted a world record as they smashed a mammoth 506/4 on Day 1 of the first Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi, led by Crawley (122 off 111), Duckett (107 off 110), Pope (108 off 104) and Brook (101no off 81).
Crawley and Duckett, stitched together 174 runs in the first session, the most by any team. The previous record was held by India, who posted 158 against Afghanistan back in 2018. The duo went on to add 233 runs for the first wicket, becoming the quickest opening stand to cross 200 runs (off 181 deliveries).
First time in England's Test history, both openers scored 50 off 50 balls or less. While Crawley crossed the mark of 38 deliveries, Ben Duckett, who also scored a century on the day, completed his half century off exactly fifty deliveries.
England's total of 506 was the first time a team crossed the 500 run mark on day one of a Test match, eclipsing the previous highest first day total which was held by Australia, who posted 494/6 on day one of the Sydney Test against South Africa in December 1910.

Dec 01, 2022

Steve Smith Joins Don Bradman in Esteemed Australian Cricket Company

Steve Smith scored an unbeaten 114 to equal Donald Bradman's 29 Test centuries and help Australia tighten its grip on the opening cricket Test against the West Indies.
Smith batted flawlessly to equal the former Australia batting legend Bradman in his 88th Test appearance. Only Ricky Ponting (41), Steve Waugh (32) and Matthew Hayden (30) have scored more hundreds for Australia.
Smith was more circumspect and hit just nine boundaries in his century that came off 179 balls. It was Smith's second century in the space of three innings following his 145 not out against Sri Lanka in Galle in July 2022.

Nov 30, 2022

Ruturaj Gaikwad Smashes 7 Sixes in an Over to Make World Record

Ruturaj Gaikwad hit a world record seven sixes in the 49th over of the Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-finals against Uttar Pradesh in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Rituraj Gaikwad, playing for Maharashtra, became the first batsman in List-A cricket to hit 7 sixes in an over in the quarter-finals. He remained unbeaten after scoring 220 runs off 159 balls. This is his first double century in List-A cricket, before that 187 not out was his best score. This is also his sixth century in the last 8 innings of Vijay Hazare Trophy. In the 49th over of the innings, he scored 43 runs including 7 sixes on left arm spinner Shiva Singh.

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