MS Dhoni on his No. 7 : "Lot of people initially thought that 7 is a lucky number for me'

MS Dhoni and number 7 go inseparable. The magical Captain and player has been wearing the famous No. 7 shirt since his worldwide introduction in 2007 and the number has in the end become inseparable from him. Dhoni might have left the international stage, however the previous Indian captain stays to be a significant piece of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) set-up.

Generally respected among the best skippers to have propped the game, Dhoni drilled down into the meaning of the No. 7 shirt yet precluded any eccentric viewpoint to it. There were calls to resign the shirt digits as a sign of regard to Dhoni's commitment to Indian cricket. Furthermore, the 40-year-old Dhoni shared the "straightforward" purpose for choosing the number, saying his date of birth is significant of the digit.

"A many individuals at first idea that 7 is a fortunate number for myself what not. Yet, I picked the number for an exceptionally straightforward explanation. I was brought into the world on the seventh of July. So it's the seventh day of the seventh month, that was the explanation," Dhoni told fans during a virtual association held by India Cements.

"Instead of getting to every one of the various things with regards to what number is a decent number and all, I figured I will involve my date of birth as the number. Then, at that point, at whatever point individuals continued asking me, I continued to add to the response. 81 was the year, 8-1 is again 7, 7 is an exceptionally impartial number. Individuals really continued telling me, I began retaining it and I began telling it to others similarly," he further said.

"A many individuals said 7 is an inseparable number and regardless of whether it work for you, it doesn't exactly conflict with you. That additionally I added to my response. I'm not exceptionally offbeat about it, but rather one number is near my heart and I have kept it over the course of the years with me," he added.

Dhoni was a part of the CSK training in Surat where players sharpened their abilities for the forthcoming season at the Lalabhai Contractor Stadium. The four-time champions will start their title protection against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a rehash of last year's last in the initial apparatus of IPL 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium on March 26.

Chennai feature Group B and will take on their kindred gathering individuals Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Gujarat Giants twice each. They will likewise play their Group A partners Mumbai Indians two times separated from confronting the leftover groups from the gathering once.

In front of the closeouts, CSK had held Dhoni all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Englishman Moeen Ali. They figured out how to repurchase numerous old countenances including Dwayne Bravo, Ambati Rayudu, Robin Uthappa, Mitchell Santner and pacer Deepak Chahar at the sale.

IND versus SL: Updated ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 Points Table After India versus Sri Lanka second Test

India National Cricket Team won the subsequent Test match of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka National Cricket Team by 238 runs to acquire 12 essential ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Points.

The pink-ball Test match between Rohit Sharma-drove India and Dimuth Karunaratne drove Sri Lanka occurred at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

The Day 1 of the pink-ball Test match was overwhelmed by the bowlers of both the group and a sole batsman, which was Shreyas Iyer. Iyer had the option to score 92 runs off 98 balls on the extreme batting surface, including 10 mind blowing fours and 4 superb sixes.

With the assistance of an astonishing innings by Iyer and nice innings by Hanuma Vihari and Rishabh Pant, India had the option to score 252 runs.

Kusal Mendis and Dimuth Karunaratne opened the innings for Sri Lanka in their first innings and Jasprit Bumrah opened the assault for India. Bumrah astounded a decent first and in quite a while second over he tidied up Kusal Mendis at the score of 2.

In the fifth over of the innings, Bumrah excused Lahiru Thirimanne for 8 and Mohammed Shami fortified Sri Lanka commander with a breathtaking conveyance in the sixth over. Dhananjaya de Silva had a 14-run stand with Angelo Mathews prior to getting out in the twelfth over, which was bowled by Mohammed Shami.

Sri Lanka arrived at the 50-run mark in 15.5 overs. At the score of 50, Sri Lanka's  Charith Asalanka got out. Senior batsman Angelo Mathews additionally got out subsequent to scoring 43 runs off 85 balls and at stumps on Day 1 Sri Lanka were at 86/6.

On Day 2, Sri Lanka got going where they left on Day 1 and their battle went on against the a-list bowling unit of the Indian group. Sri Lanka lost the wicket of Lasith Embuldeniya in the 33rd over and they arrived at the 100 runs mark in 33.5 overs. Then, at that point, Sri Lanka lost three fast wickets of Suranga Lakmal, Niroshan Dickwella, and Vishwa Fernando to get packaged out for 109 runs in 35.5 overs.

Openers Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal had the option to add just 9 runs in the main innings however in the subsequent innings, they figured out how to have a 42-run stand off 64 balls before the last option was excused by Lasith Embuldeniya in the eleventh over.

Rohit Sharma and Hanuma Vihari batted very well against Sri Lanka bowlers and added great 56 runs together off 119 balls. India chief Rohit was sad as he fell only 4 runs shy of 50 as he was excused by Dhananjaya de Silva at the score of 46 runs.

Praveen Jayawickrama took Hanuma Vihari's wicket in the 34th over and India's No.3 had the option to score just 35 runs off 79 balls, including 4 fours. In the 36th over Jayawickrama was additionally fruitful in excusing previous India chief Virat Kohli, who had the option to score 13 runs off 16 balls, including one limit.

In the mean time, Rishabh Pant played an electrifying thump and turned into the quickest Indian to crush 50 in Test cricket. He finished 50 off only 28 balls to outperform Kapil Dev's record of 30 balls.

Rishabh Pant was excused by Praveen Jayawickrama on the last chunk of the 42nd over. He had the option to score 50 runs off 31 balls and his innings comprised of 7 fours and 2 astounding sixes. Then, at that point, Shreyas Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja had an astounding 66 runs association before Jadeja was tidied up by Vishwa Fernando and Iyer was excused by Embuldeniya. Additionally, Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin got out right on time and India proclaimed at 303/9 to provide Sri Lanka with a mammoth objective of 447 rushes to pursue.

Pursuing the objective Lahiru Kumara was excused by Jasprit Bumrah in the first over itself and at stumps on Day 2, Sri Lanka were 28/1 in 7.0 overs.

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team were looking great so far on Day 3 of the pink-ball Test match against India. Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis batted splendidly against the Indian bowling unit and added 97 runs off 115 balls before the last option was excused by Ravichandran Ashwin. Mendis crushed 54 runs off 60 balls, including 8 fours. Sri Lanka lost speedy wickets of veteran Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella and Charith Asalanka.

Eventually, skipper Dimuth Karunaratne crushed a splendid ton however it was not to the point of assisting Sri Lanka with dominating the game. Also, with the assistance of complete mastery of the Indian bowling unit, Rohit Sharma and co. dominated the game to dominate the two-match series by 2-0.

ICC World Test Championship 2021-23: Updated Points Table After second Test Between India and Sri Lanka:

IPL 2022: Jofra Archer Will Not play IPL 2022.

Jofra Archer will miss IPL 2022 because of his elbow injury.

English pacer Jofra Archer uncovered that he was gotten for huge cash in the IPL 2022 Mega Auction just for his value as a player. The Pacer who has been experiencing the elbow injury had missed a ton of global activity since mid last year. Notwithstanding, he set up his name in the IPL 2022 super closeout regardless of being not accessible for the whole season this year. The speedster made an offering battle among Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals lastly arrived in the possession of Mumbai Indians for INR 8 Crores. He will carry out his speciality for the Mumbai Indians organization from the following IPL season.

He is one of the fastet bowlers going around in IPL and he can have a major contact with the ball for any team. He has gotten 46 wickets in 35 IPL games such a long ways at average of 21.3 and has a noteworthy economy pace of 7.13 regardless of bowling the intense overs. He can bowl  astounding  with the new ball and gets his yorkers in towards the passing overs. With Jasprit Bumrah being in the Mumbai Indians crew as of now, the side will have one of the most-horrendous bowling blends one year from now.

You just got that cash on the grounds that different groups needed you: Jofra Archer

He referenced that he needs to be viewed as a player rather than the sticker price that has been related with him and felt that the interest for him had got his sticker price up. He likewise talked about the discussions with Akash Ambani, the c0-proprietor of the Mumbai Indians about the football club Arsenal and figured that the establishment draws nearer to their players generally.

"I need individuals to know that in the event that you don't play you don't get compensated. I need individuals to consider me to be a player and not as a cost like that behind me. You just got that cash in light of the fact that different groups needed you. It looks extremely affectionate. Akash (Ambani, the proprietor of the organisation) called and we talked about Arsenal - I don't have the foggiest idea why he loves Arsenal. It is exceptionally an affectionate group," Archer was cited as saying by Cricbuzz.

The 26-year-old additionally clarified the circumstance when he began getting many messages during preparing and uncovered the fervor of joining the best IPL team, Mumbai Indians.

"I needed to go on IPL site to see its video. I was preparing. Then, at that point, my telephone began to go up, consecutive messages. I think SRH and MI group went for me. Whenever I saw my telephone, I knew the exact thing occurred. I truly became energized. It's an incredible team. Mahela (Jayawardene, the MI mentor) was my first  mentor also. Polly (Kieron Pollard) too, played a couple of games against him. This is the initial occasion when I will play in a similar group with him. Truly eager to get everything rolling," he added

IPL 2022: Punjab Kings has appointed Julian Ross wood as their batting coach

Punjab Kings have employed previous England top of the line cricketer Julian Ross Wood as their batting coach, with accentuation on power-hitting, in front of the Indian Premier League starting March 26.

Wood is viewed as a trailblazer in power-hitting instructing having worked with players across IPL, the Big Bash League and other T20 associations.

He has exclusively worked with any semblance of Ben Stokes, Prithvi Shaw, Sam Billings and Carlos Brathwaite on the study of remaining still and nailing it.

The 53-year-old will deal with the Punjab players close by associate mentor Jonty Rhodes, who has been given the extra obligation this season other than the handling division.

"We are happy to report Julian Ross Wood as our new batting advisor for #TATAIPL2022," the group composed via online media.

The establishment had a genuinely fruitful closeout as they roped in any semblance of Jonny Bairstow, Shikhar Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada and Shahrukh Khan.

Punjab had Wood on their radar throughout the previous two years yet were at long last ready to get his administrations last week.

Wood had been drawn nearer by other IPL groups in the past yet the COVID-19 pandemic added to his late appearance on the planet's greatest T20 association.

"We needed him before also however it didn't appear. We were following his work for the beyond two years and he instructs an unquestionable requirement have ability to the players," a Punjab Kings group source told PTI.

"We also have a lot of force hitters in the crew and they can likewise pick the cerebrum of somebody like Wood. It was Jonty who initially spotted him and we are glad to have him ready," added the group source.

Punjab severely need a circle back in their fortunes, having completed sixth out of 8 groups in the beyond three seasons. Their main last debut came in 2014.

These Players are named as ICC Player of the Month for February 2022 in men's and women's category.

 Men's ICC Player of the Month :- 

Quick rising India hitter Shreyas Iyer was on Monday casted a ballot the ICC 'Men's Player of the Month' for February, while New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr sacked the distinction among ladies.

Iyer acquired the honor on the rear of his splendid white-ball takes advantage of during the home series against the West Indies and Sri Lanka individually last month.

He pipped UAE's Vriitya Aravind and Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee to guarantee the honor.

The right-hander struck a very much created, match-dominating 80 in the third ODI against the West Indies in Ahmedabad and followed it up with a lively 16-ball 25 in the end round of the resulting three-match T20I series.

He was far superior in the T20I series against Sri Lanka, totaling 204 runs without being excused across three innings at a profoundly noteworthy strike-pace of 174.36.

He enrolled scores of 57*(28), 74*(44) and 73*(45) across three games, while striking 20 fours and seven sixes aggregately in a Player of the Series execution.

"All through the month Shreyas showed enormous consistency and control," commented previous Sri Lanka cricketer and casting a ballot board part Russell Arnold.

"He completely ruled resistance bowlers and demonstrated extremely difficult to bowl at, scoring runs overall round the wicket and going after the bowlers at the right minutes. What truly stood apart for me was his self-control as he fights for a standard spot in the India setup."

The 27-year-old has conveyed his structure in the continuous month as well, having created an extraordinary 92 in the primary innings of the continuous second Test against Sri Lanka in Bangalore.

Women's ICC Player of the Month :-

Kerr, the 21-year-old New Zealand all-rounder, was named the Women's POTM, following her preeminent consistency with both bat and ball during the home white-ball series against India.

Kerr was picked in front of individual candidates, India chief Mithali Raj and all-rounder Deepti Sharma for the honor. The Wellington-conceived is now being hailed as probably the best lady cricketers of the advanced period.

In the wake of scoring 17 and returning 2/25 in New Zealand's 18-run win in the main T20I, Kerr exhibited commendable abilities during the ODI leg to additionally set up a good foundation for herself as an elite cricketer.

She completed the top-run scorer in the ODI series with 353 runs at an amazing normal of 117.67, while stowing seven wickets at an economy of 5.78.

She was named the Player of the Match in the second and fourth ODI separately, her champion presentation coming in the previous, in which she returned 1/43 with the ball prior to mooring a strained 271-run pursue with a grand unbeaten 119.

"Amelia Kerr is developing into her job as a certifiable all-rounder in the New Zealand group," said Isobel Joyce, the previous Ireland Women cricketer, and a democratic board part.

"She's been a-list leg spinner for various years, however presently her batting increases the value of her spot in the group and makes her probably the best cricketer on the planet."

Kerr is a necessary piece of the White Ferns set-up at the continuous World Cup, having effectively piled up 111 runs and packed away five wickets from four trips so far.

IND vs Sri Lanka: Jasprit Bumrah reacts to security breach incident.

Towards the end of day's play of the second Test among India and Sri Lanka on Sunday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, three fans penetrated security to enter the ground and two of them even figured out how to take a selfie with previous India chief Virat Kohli prior to being whisked away by security. Following the finish of the play on Day 2, youthful Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah responded to the security break.

The episode occurred in the 6th over of Sri Lanka's pursuit in the second innings while visiting player Kusal Mendis was been gone to by the group physio in the wake of being hit by a deadly conveyance from Mohammed Shami.

On seeing an open door, three fans entered the ground. Two of them figured out how to arrive at Kohli, who was remaining at the slip position. One of them took out his versatile and asked Kohli for a selfie and causing them a deep sense of shock, the 33-year-old obliged.

Discussing the episode, Bumrah communicated his anxiety over the security break and feels that it has progressively been an issue.

"That is something we don't control, clearly the security concern is an issue. Abruptly, we understood that there were interlopers yet fortunately the authorities interceded.

"We don't have any idea what to say about that, the frenzy of the game is exceptionally high and the fans get passionate now and then," he said.

This wasn't the possibly time in this series when such an episode was taken note. Prior in the Mohali Test, one of the fans had figured out how to enter the ground prior to being gotten by the authorities.

Discussing the game, it was another activity pressed day of pink-ball Test in Bengaluru. A record 16 wickets had fallen on day 1 and 14 other fell on the subsequent day.

Indian bowlers expected 35 balls to pick the excess four wickets and pack Sri Lanka for only 109. Rishabh Pant's record 50 and Shreyas Iyer's amazing 67 assisted India with setting a powerful objective of 447 runs.

We are waiting for health and fitness status of Deepak Chahar and Ruturaj Gaikwad: CSK CEO Kashi Vishwanathan

The Chennai Super Kings board is as yet anticipating the wellness updates of its key participants Ruturaj Gaikwad and Deepak Chahar, who got wounded during the white ball series against West Indies last month, Chief Executive Officer Kashi Vishwanathan told on Sunday.

While Ruturaj had a hand injury, Chahar had supported a hamstring tear which will expect him to avoid activity for at least six weeks to about two months. Chahar has a high chance of missing the primary period of IPL, in the event that not the full competition.

This moment, CSK's accessible players have accumulated in Surat and are having a camp at the Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, which has a great deal of games for the Indian ladies' group.

Gotten some information about the accessibility of last year's most elevated run-getter Ruturaj and the current year's Rs 14 crore purchase Chahar, Vishwanathan said: "We don't know about their present wellness status and will not have the option to let you know when they would join the crew.

"Clearly, the BCCI will let us know that once they are fit, they would suggest us. They are at the NCA as of now."

All India players should be at the NCA and get the freedom declaration subsequent to showing up in different wellness tests once the restoration program is finished.

Among the people who are additionally keeping an eye on their wounds incorporate Suryakumar Yadav, who has a broken wrist.

IND versus SL: Shreyas Iyer turns out to be first Indian hitter to accomplish this Test record with twin fifties in Bengaluru

One more home Test and Shreyas Iyer has been in glorious touch. He scored an unprecedented 92 in the principal innings against Sri Lanka on a precarious Bengaluru track on Saturday and an evening later followed it up with a last part century in a similar Test. With the twin fifties, Iyer turned into the principal Indian two accomplish an electrifying accomplishment in Test cricket.

In general, he is the fourth cricketer to score at least fifty in both the innings after West Indies player Darren Bravo (87 and 116 against Pakistan in Dubai, 2016), Australia's Steve Smith (130 and 63 against Pakistan in Brisbane, 2016) and Marnus Labuschagne, who is the main hitter to do this two times in his profession - 143 and 50 against New Zealand in 2019 Perth Test and 103 and 51 against England in Adelaide last year.

Iyer's 92 off 98 on Saturday had assisted India with resuscitating after a monstrous batting breakdown to post an aggregate of 252.

Despite the fact that it appeared to be that Iyer had passed up a merited century, the adolescent conceded that the score felt like 100.

"I for one felt that fifty resembled a century. That is the reason I celebrated that way. It resembled a century feeling for me.

"You saw the players who safeguarded the ball, there was a great deal of chance of scratching, and there was variable bob on that wicket. You can't simply play adversely on that wicket and continue to guard the ball. You must have that positive purpose when you venture out on the field. The wicket isn't just incredible. It's clearly bowler-accommodating."

The Indian bowling assault then, at that point, packaged Sri Lanka for only 109, taking a 143-run lead in the primary innings prior to taking the figure past 400 on Sunday.

Ind versus SL: Rishabh Pant scores quickest 50 by an Indian in Test cricket, breaks Kapil Dev's record

India versus Sri Lanka: Rishabh Pant scored the quickest by an Indian in Test cricket. He arrived at his 50  in only 28 balls. He broke Kapil Dev's long-standing record in the Bengaluru Test match. India are on course to enlist a major win in the second Test of the series.

Rishabh Pant kept on showing why he is viewed as one of the most horrendous hitters in world cricket right now with 50 in only 28 balls against Sri Lanka at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium. By righteousness of his speedy fire knock, Pant recorded the quickest ever 50 by an Indian in Test cricket history.

The Indian youngster broke Kapil Dev's long-standing record to accomplish the accomplishment. The previous Indian World Cup-winning captain had scored a 50 in only 30 balls against Pakistan at Karachi in 1982. His work is likewise the third speediest 50  on Indian soil behind Shahid Afridi and Ian Botham.

Quickest recorded 50s for India in Test cricket (balls confronted) :-

28 Rishabh Pant versus Sri Lanka-Bengaluru 2022

30 Kapil Dev versus Pakistan-Karachi 1982

31 Shardul Thakur versus England-Oval 2021

32 V Sehwag versus England-Chennai 2008

Quickest recorded 50s in India in Tests (balls confronted) :-

26 Shahid Afridi versus India-2005

28 Ian Botham versus India-1981

28 Rishabh Pant versus Sri Lanka-2022

31 Arjun Ranatunga versus India-1986

Pant  was excused not long after arriving at the achievement. He got done with a score of 50 out of 31 balls prior to losing his wicket to Praveen Jayawickrama.

"What A Delivery" - Twitter In Awe Of Mohammed Shami's Golden Ball To Dimuth Karunaratne.

Mohammed Shami was the pick of the Indian bowlers as they dominated Sri Lanka to 86/6 subsequent to posting 252 for day 1 of the Bengaluru Test on Saturday.

Jasprit Bumrah took the first Wicket excusing Kusal Mendis prior to getting the better Lahiru Thirimanne. Diminished to 14/2, the Islanders were searching for a major thump from their chief Dimuth Karunaratne.

In any case, Mohammed Shami joined the party in the main bundle of his spell, excusing the Sri Lankan player with an ideal in-pleasure seeker. It was a length ball around the off-stump that touched back in to penetrate the hole among bat and pads as Karunaratne wound up shielding down the first line.

In the interim, the fans were happy to see the mysterious ball from Mohammed Shami under the lights. Showering acclaim on the veteran quick bowlers, fans said it is probably the best ball they have seen.

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Shreyas Iyer proceeds with his great flow :-

Talking about the game, batting first, India posted 252 runs, riding on Shreyas Iyer's amazing innings of 92 runs. He overwhelmed the procedures on a troublesome Chinanaswamy wicket, taking the bowlers to cleaners freely