Monday, 30 June 2025

 

What is this! Varun Chakraborty did not give place to Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in his all-time dream T20

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Let us know which players Chakraborty gave place in the team.

Indian cricket team’s mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty has recently selected his favorite T20 team. But surprisingly, he has not given place to two legendary players of the Indian team and former captain Virat Kohli and Hitman Rohit Sharma in his team.

It is worth noting that Varun made his debut in T20 International cricket under the captaincy of Virat Kohli in the 2021 T20 World Cup. After this, in the same year, he also made his ODI cricket debut for the Indian team under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. At the same time, Varun was also a part of the Champions Trophy 2025 winning Indian team. Meanwhile, Chakraborty has selected his all-time best T20 team.

Varun Chakraborty selected his best T20 team

Let us tell you that Varun has recently selected his best T20 team in a discussion with former Indian cricketer R Ashwin. But he has not given place to Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in this team. In place of both, Varun has made Jos Buttler and Travis Head the team’s openers.

After this, in the middle order, he has selected Indian T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav, Caribbean explosive batsman Nicholas Pooran and South Africa’s deadly wicketkeeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen.

Also, Hardik Pandya, Andre Russell, Sunil Narayan and Rashid Khan have been successful in making a place in Chakraborty’s team as all-rounders. At the same time, he has handed over the command of fast bowling to yorker specialist Jasprit Bumrah and Mathisha Pathirana.

See Varun Chakraborty’s all-time best T20 team

Jos Buttler, Travis Head, Suryakumar Yadav, Nicholas Pooran, Heinrich Klaasen, Hardik Pandya, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Rashid Khan, Jasprit Bumrah and Mathisha Pathirana.

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ENG vs IND: England announced the playing XI for the second Test, Jofra Archer did not get a place 2025

ENG vs IND: The second Test match will be played in Birmingham from July 2

ENG vs IND 2nd Test: Fast bowler Jofra Archer, who returned to the England Test team after a long time, will have to wait a little longer to play Test again. Let us tell you that today on 30 June, England has announced the playing 11 for the second match of the ongoing Test series against India.

ENG vs IND: Jofra Archer has not got a place in this team, who was included in the England Test team due to his excellent performance for Essex in county cricket. But now Jofra Archer’s wait to play a Test match for England has become a little longer.

ENG vs IND: It is worth noting that the second match of the five-match Test series between England and India will be played at Edgbaston ground in Birmingham from July 2. For this match, England has decided to play the team that won by five wickets in the Leeds Test match against India. The host team has won the first Test match and has taken a 1-0 lead in the series.

ENG vs IND: Archer did not participate in the practice session

On the other hand, according to the latest media reports, Archer has also not participated in the practice session on June 30. Family reasons are being cited as the main reason behind this.

However, even if Archer does not play in the second Test match, England has a great pace attack. Apart from the experienced Chris Woakes, young fast bowlers like Brydon Carse and Josh Tongue are also present in the team. It will be worth seeing how England is going to play in the second Test match?

On the other hand, the matter of concern for India is that the playing of experienced Jasprit Bumrah in the second Test match is doubtful due to workload. Either Arshdeep Singh or Akashdeep can get a chance in place of Bumrah.

England’s playing XI for the second Test match against India:

Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir.

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ENG vs IND: Yashasvi Jaiswal came close to breaking this big record of Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag

ENG vs IND: Let us give you information about this record of Jaiswal

ENG vs IND: The Indian cricket team is currently on a tour of England for a five-match Test series. The first match of the Test series was played in Leeds, in which Team India was defeated by England by five wickets. So, now the second match of the ongoing series will be played in Birmingham from July 2.

ENG vs IND: On the other hand, in this match, Indian team opener Yashasvi Jaiswal will have a golden opportunity to make a special record of former Indian cricketers Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag in his name. So let us tell you about this special record of Jaiswal:

ENG vs IND: Jaiswal can make this record of Dravid-Sehwag his name

Let us tell you that in the second Test match against England, Yashasvi Jaiswal can become the player to score 2 thousand Test runs in the least number of innings from India. It is worth noting that Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag jointly used a total of 40 innings to score two thousand runs in Test cricket. So, the first innings of the second Test match to be played in Birmingham is going to be the 39th innings of Jaiswal’s Test career.

Jaiswal has so far scored a total of 1903 runs in 38 innings of 20 Test matches at an amazing average of 52.86. If he scores 97 runs in the first innings of the second Test match, then he can become the first player to score two thousand Test runs in the least number of innings from India.

Well, it will be interesting to see how Jaiswal’s bat performs in the Birmingham Test match. However, Jaiswal had scored a brilliant century of 101 runs in the first innings of the first Test match played in Leeds.

List of players who scored 2 thousand runs fastest for India

PlayerTeamVenueYearTotal Innings
Rahul DravidNew ZealandHamilton199940
Virender SehwagAustraliaChennai200140
Vijay HazareWest IndiesPort of Spain195343
Gautam GambhirNew ZealandNapier200943
Sunil GavaskarWest IndiesPort of Spain197644

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Aakash Chopra: From Dhoni-Rohit to Ganguly, everyone was left out, this former player chose India’s all-time Test XI

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Aakash Chopra did not give place to these players in his all-time XI

Aakash Chopra: Former Indian batsman and famous commentator Aakash Chopra selected his all-time Test XI, in which he did not include many legendary players. He chose Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag as openers. Gavaskar was famous for his unmatched technique and patience, while Sehwag troubled the opposition teams with his explosive batting.

Middle order: Dravid, Tendulkar and Kohli

Aakash placed Rahul Dravid, known as ‘The Wall’, at number three. At the fourth place, he chose the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who holds the record of most 15,921 runs and 51 centuries in Test cricket. Virat Kohli was given a place at the fifth place. Akash said, “There was a thought to keep Kohli at number four, but it is impossible to keep him ahead of Sachin. VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly were also contenders for this position, but Kohli is the right one for this number.”

Wicketkeeper: Rishabh Pant has an edge over Dhoni

Aakash preferred young Rishabh Pant over MS Dhoni as wicketkeeper. He said on Instagram, “Earlier Dhoni would have been at this position, but now Pant is India’s best Test wicketkeeper. He will be at number six in my team.” Pant recently set the record for the wicketkeeper with the most Test centuries for India, he has 8 centuries and 3,200 runs in 44 Tests, while Dhoni scored 6 centuries and 4,876 runs in 90 Tests.

All-rounders and bowling attack

At number seven, Akash chose the great all-rounder Kapil Dev, who took 434 wickets and scored 5,248 runs in Test cricket. For spin bowling, he placed Ravichandran Ashwin at eighth and Anil Kumble at ninth, both of whom have a great record of winning matches. Jasprit Bumrah and Zaheer Khan were included in the fast bowling attack.

Aakash Chopra’s all-time India Test XI: Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Kapil Dev, Ravichandran Ashwin, Anil Kumble, Jasprit Bumrah, Zaheer Khan

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Wicketkeeper Jamie Smith revealed- ‘England took this big decision due to ‘fear’ of Bumrah’

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Wicketkeeper Jamie Smith has revealed that England had decided to finish the first Test match early due to ‘fear’ of Jasprit Bumrah

England adopted an aggressive strategy while chasing the target of 371 runs against India on the fifth day of the first Test of the five-match Test series. In the 82nd over, England decided to score runs quickly against Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling so that India would not bring their key bowler Jasprit Bumrah to bowl. Veteran Joe Root and wicketkeeper-batsman Jamie Smith were playing cautiously, but Smith hit two sixes and a four against Jadeja to give England a memorable five-wicket win.

Jamie Smith’s strategic attack

Speaking to ‘ESPNcricinfo’, Smith said, “At that time we did not need many runs. There was little chance of Bumrah coming to bowl, but nothing is certain in cricket.” At that time, England’s score was 355 for five, and the team management feared that if Indian captain Shubman Gill called Bumrah to bowl, the risk of losing wickets could increase. Smith said, “You don’t know what will happen. I trust my team, but a few good balls could create pressure. So I decided to finish the match early.”

Risky decision and victory

Smith further said, “I knew the new ball was going to come, and if the wicket fell, Chris Woakes would have to come to bat. I thought that if I could play some big shots, this situation would not arise.” Smith also said that India tried their best to take wickets on the last day, but England took advantage of the favorable conditions by balancing aggressive and defensive batting.

England’s batting strength

In England’s fourth innings, the brilliant batting of Ben Duckett (149), Jack Crowley (65), Joe Root (53 not out), and Jamie Smith (44 not out) gave the team an easy win. The win gave England an early lead in the series.

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Steve Smith can return in the second Test match against West Indies, doing special exercises to recover

Steve Smith

Smith Smith injured himself in the final of the World Test Championship

Steve Smith was injured in the final of the last season of the World Test Championship played between Australia and South Africa. Smith suffered a very serious injury to his little finger, due to which he had to leave the match midway and go to the hospital.

Also, Smith’s injury was so serious that he could not even participate in the first match of the ongoing Test series against West Indies. So, now the news is coming that Steve Smith is doing special exercises to recover from his injury. There is a possibility that he will return to the Australian playing 11 for the second Test match against the Caribbean team to be held in Sabina Park, Jamaica from July 12.

Steve Smith is doing special exercises

Let us tell you that Steve Smith is currently in New York, where he is doing a special exercise with baseball batting gauge. As per Cricbuzz, Steve said- I used a baseball gauge to bat, which was below.

It was ideal for batting, because it was hot, about 36 degrees Celsius, so it was good to be in the shade. My friend actually told me about it and he was able to throw me a few balls there.

The 36-year-old veteran batsman further said- Everything looks good at the moment. I have just got my stitches removed and now I have a small bandage, so it will be easier to put my hand in the glove. I am not really feeling any pain or anything.

Just getting used to the bandage and a little limited movement. It’s not too bad, now I’ve got a lot of movement there, so it feels good. Hitting the ball feels completely fine.

Well, now it will be interesting to see whether he is able to play the second Test match against West Indies or not? Also, Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in the series by winning the first match of the three-match Test series by 159 runs.

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When they took me to the balcony… This is how Bumrah proposed to Sanjana Ganesan in the bio bubble

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Bumrah and Sanjana got married in 2021

Jasprit Bumrah and his wife Sanjana Ganesan recently appeared on Harbhajan Singh and Geeta Basra’s talk-show ‘Who is the Boss’. Where they spoke openly about their love story. Bumrah and Sanjana got married in 2021. Earlier, both of them dated each other for two years. Right now they have a cute son, whose name is Angad.

Bumrah : Both kept the relationship secret before marriage

Harbhajan Singh said, one thing has to be appreciated. Both of them kept it so hidden, meaning you have to clap with one hand and the other hand does not even know. How brother? I never thought like this about Jassi. I came to know about your marriage two days ago.

He said that, Jatin Sapru tells me that the bride is leaving from our place. After hearing this, I said – Hey Sanjana, how brother, such a secret?

On Bhajji’s question, Sanjana Ganesan said, we did not try to hide it. We just did not put it on social media. But our parents knew, friends knew. There are many friends who knew about it. Yes, we did not make a big deal. Bumrah told that both are associated with cricket, so no one suspected.

How did the pacer propose

Bumrah told that, it was the time of Covid. Every team was in a bubble. She was in KKR and I was in Mumbai Indians. Both teams were in Abu Dhabi. We could not meet except meeting in the ground. I had brought a ring. Since KKR was out, I told people that I have brought this ring.

I asked them to transfer from one bubble to another. The transfer was done, so when she came in front, I did everything. I kept the cake, decorated the room and brought the ring. Then Sanjana says that when she went to the room, Bumrah asked her to go to the balcony.

She started thinking what is there in the balcony that he is so desperate to take me there. Then Bumrah said, I had lit candles in the balcony. I had decorated everything with a lot of hard work.

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Finally, after 6 months, Pakistan team got a Test coach, read the big news

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This post was vacant in the Pakistan team after the resignation of Jason Gillespie in December 2024.

Finally, after a long wait of about 6 months, former cricketer Azhar Mahmood has been appointed as the interim coach of the Pakistan cricket team. Let us tell you that this post in the Pakistan team was vacant since the resignation of Jason Gillespie in December 2024.

So now, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said in a recent statement that Mahmood will continue to serve in the role of interim Test coach till the expiry of his current contract. After becoming the Test coach, Azhar will be seen performing this responsibility during the home series against South Africa in October at home and against Sri Lanka in December-January.

It is worth noting that Azhar was the assistant coach of the Pakistan national team in April last year. He was the head coach of Pakistan in the home T20 series against New Zealand earlier that month. The 50-year-old former all-rounder represented his country in 143 ODIs and 21 Tests over a period of 20 years from 1996. He retired with 162 international wickets and three centuries.

PCB made a big statement

On appointing Azhar Mahmood as the interim coach of the Pakistan Test team, the Pakistan Cricket Board quoted ESPN Cricinfo as saying – Azhar Mahmood, an experienced cricketer, has taken over the role with great experience. Having served as the assistant head coach of the national team, Azhar has long been a key part of the team’s strategic core.

His deep knowledge of the game, coupled with international experience and proven success in the English county circuit, makes him exceptionally suitable for the position. The PCB is confident that under Azhar’s guidance, the red-ball team will continue to grow in strength, discipline and performance on the global stage.

Well, if we give you information about the last cycle of the World Test Championship, then the Pakistan cricket team finished last in the points table. The Pak team was able to win only five out of the 14 Test matches played.

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Yash Dayal in trouble, woman accuses him of sexual harassment

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Royal Challengers Bangalore fast bowler Yash Dayal is in big trouble.

Royal Challengers Bangalore fast bowler Yash Dayal is in big trouble. A woman has leveled serious allegations of mental and physical abuse against him on the pretext of marriage. According to reports, the woman has registered the case on the Chief Minister’s online complaint portal.

According to the report, quoting sources, it has been written that a report has been sought from the Circle Officer in the Chief Minister’s Office of Uttar Pradesh in this matter. While the police have been given time till July 21 to resolve the entire case.

The woman was in a relationship with the cricketer for five years

In the complaint filed by the woman, it has been told that she was in a relationship with the cricketer for five years. And since then she was being mentally and physically abused. The cricketer also took money from the woman and he has done this with many women. The woman claims that she has screenshots of conversations, video calls and photos as evidence.

The victim had complained on IGRS on June 21. After this, on June 25, she posted on X and appealed to CM Yogi Adityanath for help. Let us tell you that on June 14, a complaint was lodged by the woman on the women’s helpline, but no action was taken by the police.

No statement from the cricketer Yash Dayal

At the same time, no statement has been issued by Yash Dayal in this matter yet. Recently he was seen playing in IPL 2025. Where he took 13 wickets in 15 matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He has played 43 IPL matches so far and has 41 wickets to his name.

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