AB de Villiers is excited to rejoin Virat Kohli and RCB for IPL 2019

The Indian Premier League 2019 franchises have to submit their retentions to BCCI before November 15 and the player auction will take place in December.

As the IPL franchises are ready with their squads for IPL 2019, Cricadium’s experts are all ready to provide an answer to the question “who will win today match“ that goes into the minds of every cricket lovers.

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South African batsman AB de Villiers who announced his retirement from international cricket earlier this year is now looking forward to join Virat Kohli and Royal Challengers Bangalore. He has been one of biggest star of RCB in the Indian Premier League.

AB de Villiers said, “The IPL remains the biggest T20 tournament in the world, and I can’t wait to rejoin Virat Kohli and the rest of my team-mates at Royal Challengers Bangalore, where we will all be working hard to erase the disappointments of 2018,”.

AB de Villiers told that everybody knows RCB have the potential to win the IPL and nobody knows quite why they have tended to perform so far below that potential, but they are not far away and he fully expect them to be extremely competitive in 2019.

RCB did not won a single IPL so far even after having players like best batsman Virat Kohli and the destructive batsman AB de Villiers. This time ABD expects something good for RCB. He has scored 3,953 runs in 141 matches in the IPL with a strike rate of 150-plus.

ABD has hit three centuries in the tournament. Two centuries for RCB and one for Delhi Daredevils for which he played earlier.

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“The IPL remains the biggest T20 tournament in the world, and I can’t wait to rejoin Virat Kohli and the rest of my team-mates at Royal Challengers Bangalore, where we will all be working hard to erase the disappointments of 2018. ” De Villiers told ESPN Cricinfo.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore have a formidable team at their disposal but the franchise has never managed to win the coveted IPL title. They have thrice reached the finals but have failed to lift the trophy every single time. Last time around, De Villiers and Kohli were both in top forms and scored a plethora of runs but failed to make RCB qualify for the semifinals.

However, AB believes this time around, the team will come out more clinical and try to leave past struggles behind to aim for their maiden title. “Everybody knows RCB have the potential to win the IPL, and nobody knows quite why we have tended to perform so far below that potential, but we’re not far away, and I fully expect us to be extremely competitive in 2019,” de Villiers said speaking about his side’s title chances in the upcoming season.

The South African maestro has so far played 141 matches in the IPL and scored a staggering 3,953 runs at an astounding average of 39.53 and a whopping strike rate of over 150. He has scored three centuries and 28 fifties in his stellar IPL career. He will certainly hold the key to RCB’s success in the tournament next season.

Two Indian Players and One Afghan Player are on top of ICC ODI Rankings

India’s Virat Kohli leads the list of ICC ODI Batting Rankings with 899 rating. As rightly said by Shane Warne, Virat Kohli is the best batsman in the world.

Warne said, “Definitely Virat Kohli is the best batsman in the world at the moment across all formats. But if you ask me who the best batsman in test cricket, it has to be Steve Smith,”.

Virat Kohli is also ahead of Steve Smith in ICC Test Batting Rankings with 935 rating while Australia’s Steve Smith has 910 rating in Test Batting Ranking.

Virat Kohli who is No.1 in the ICC’s ODI Batting Rankings is followed by Hitman Rohit Sharma. Third place is secured by New Zealand’s Ross Taylor and on fourth is England’s Joe Root. The fifth place in ODI batting ranking is occupied by Pakistan’s Babar Azam.

India’s bowler Jasprit Bumrah leads the list of ICC ODI Bowling Rankings with 841 rating. Following him is Afganistan cricketer Rashid Khan with 788 rating. India’s Kuldeep Yadav holds third place while India’s Yuzvendra Chahal stands fifth in the list of ODI Bowling Rankings. Fourth place is occupied by South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada.

Rashid Khan has gathered a lot of limelight in recent times. He creates pressure on batsmen while bowling. He is the very crucial player for his team, especially in ODI. Australian all-rounder Ben Cutting named Rashid Khan as the best bowler in the world. To know more about the 18-year old leg-spinner, read Rashid Khan Biography.

ICC ODI All-Rounder Rankings is lead by Afghan Cricketer Rashid Khan with 353 rating. Following Afgan’s Rashid Khan, Afganistan Cricketer Mohammad Nabi stands second in the list.

Third, fourth and fifth place are occupied by Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Hafeez, and Mitchell Santner respectively.

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The Man with the Heart of Gold – MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni is a one who took Indian Cricket at a new level. Dhoni emerged as a champion for more than a decade. His values and gestures on the field and away from the field is highly appreciable by all.

He is a man who led India with a cool, calm and composed mind, undoubtedly why he is called Captain Cool. MS Dhoni Biography depicts very well that a boy who broke through from a small town to achieve superstardom.

Dhoni earned the respect not only from his teammates but also from all over the World. Previously, MS Dhoni has been omitted from T20I Squad against Windies and Australia. Though without the former captain MS Dhoni, India clinched the T20I series against West Indies with 3-0.

In the last few matches, it is very painful to watch MS Dhoni with runs drying up. He is a man with a heart of gold. He selflessly quit Test captaincy. For many cricket fans, Dhoni is a nostalgia machine just like former Indian cricketers Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar.

MS Dhoni is a person and a captain who is least bothered about the limelight. Even whenever Team India wins, he always provides a chance to young players to enjoy the limelight and hold the trophy. He believes in teamwork and considers a win as a team effort.

He is the best finisher and with his amazing World Cup wins, he made his place in the heart of millions of cricket fans out there and in the cricketing world too. Dhoni is the only captain who to win all ICC tournament cups, namely, World T20 in the year 2007, Cricket World Cup 2011 and Champions Trophy 2013.

But when MS Dhoni has been dropped, questions took a round on Dhoni’s retirement. But it is a well-known fact that Dhoni’s T20 Career has not come to the end. Selectors just rested Dhoni to look for the second wicketkeeper. They are providing a chance to Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik.

Moreover, as Cricket World Cup 2019 Scheduleis already out and fans are very much excited to see how Dhoni performs in the upcoming World Cup. Many as an opinion that it would be the last World Cup which will be played by Mahi.

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How much important is Today’s Match Prediction for Cricket Lovers

Cricket is one of the most popular and widely followed sport in the world. Cricket fans in India follow Cricket like a religion. Cricket forms an important part of the entertainment for all age groups either by playing or watching.

Moreover, Cricket Fans love to discuss their favorite cricketers or cricket matches. Some just read cricket blogs that include match report, today match prediction or match analysis. Reading and knowing about the cricketers and Cricket is one of the best activities for cricket lovers all around the globe.

Cricket matches feature many modifications and it is really exciting to watch how cricketers play for the upcoming matches. ‘ Who will win today cricket match ‘ is the biggest question that cricket fans want to know, so cricket match prediction there plays an important part.

People who are deeply interested in cricket and love cricket browse various websites that provide today cricket match prediction but the most important thing is the accuracy of the match prediction.

If one is looking for exact and accurate match predictions then he/she should follow Cricadium’s match prediction. Cricadium provides match predictions after doing a lot of research and experts forward match prediction only after research and considering all the possibilities of the upcoming match.

Some factors that determine the match prediction include home conditions like Pitch Nature- Flat/ Damp Wickets, Climatic factors, the strength of the teams, key players of the team and the toss.

Matches that took place in Asia Cup 2018 were all covered by Cricadium’s Expert and were all true. Asia Cup matches like Sri Lanka v Afghanistan or India v Hong Kong or India vs Pakistan, and more were all true and accurate. The winner of these matches was the one that was predicted by the Cricadium.

Do you know who is India’s leading run-getter in T20Is?

Recently, the second T20I against West Indies was held at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.

In the current ongoing T20I series against Windies, Virat Kohli has been rested and Rohit Sharma is leading the team in the T20I series. Rohit surpassed the record of the best batsman in the world Virat Kohli in terms of the number of runs scored in T20Is.

Hitman Rohit Sharma became India’s leading run-getter in T20 Internationals by scoring the total of 2,203 runs in his T20I career and holds second place in the list after New Zealand Cricketer Martin Guptill who scored 2,271 runs in his T20I career.

Following the opener Rohit Sharma, the third slot is occupied by Pakistani Cricketer Shoaib Malik who scored 2190 runs in his T20I career and the cricketer from New Zealand Brendon McCullum who scored 2140 runs in T20Is.

The second Indian batsman who holds the place in the most run-getters in T20I is Captain Virat Kohli who scored 2102 runs.

Further, the list includes cricketer from Afghanistan Mohammad Shahzad with 1936 runs, Pakistani Cricketer Mohammad Hafeez with 1908 runs, Sri Lanka’s Cricketer Tillakaratne Dilshan with 1889 runs, South African Cricketer JP Duminy with 1858 runs and Australian Cricketer David Warner with 1792 runs.

For upcoming India’s tour to Australia, the ban on David Warner and Steve Smith due to ball-tampering could be lifted. The CA has come under pressure from the Australian Cricketer Association (ACA) to end the bans on the Aussie trio for the India vs Australia series.

The arrival of David Warner, Bancroft, and Steve Smith will strengthen Australia’s Test squad. The tour will start from 21 November 2018 and will include 3 Twenty20 Internationals, 4 Test matches, and 3 One Day Internationals.

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Here is what BCCI told to Cricket Australia regarding upcoming India’s Tour to Australia

Upcoming India’s Tour to Australia will begin from November 21 in Brisbane with its first T20I and it will end on January 18 in Melbourne with its last and third ODI. India vs Australia Series will include three Twenty20 Internationals, four Test matches, and three One Day Internationals.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had sent a small team to Australia to check the preparations for their upcoming series. The team has recommended the BCCI to told Cricket Australia (CA) to strike off beef from Team India’s food menu.

The BCCI inspection team have told the hosts CA that the team will appreciate more vegetarian items on the menu, enough fruit supplies, and it will help if preparations were ‘Indianised’. The team wants BCCI to include the no-beef clause to be included in the in the Memorandum of Understanding between BCCI and CA.

During Indian National Cricket Team last tour to England which ended this August, BCCI’s on Twitter tweeted a photo of the team’s lunch menu during the second Test at the Lord’s. The menu included braised beef pasta. The tweet mention as “A well-earned lunch for #TeamIndia,”.

That tweet invited Indian cricket fans to protest against the beef being served to Indian players. So maybe this time BCCI has chosen to play safe and decided not to serve beef at
all in the team lunch during matches.

A close source of BCCI has revealed that players in the past have complained that food during the Australia tours has usually been bland. The source told that players often complain about the blandness of food served in Australia.

There are a few vegetarians in the team who really struggle at the grounds pointing to Paceman Ishant Sharma. The inspection team has also roped in an Indian restaurant in Australia to supply curries to the boys.

Source further said that the players now pay as much attention to their diet as they do to the cricketing aspects. Earlier, players even consume cheeseburgers while on tour. It has all changed.

The BCCI inspection team that traveled to Australia to ensure smooth travel, practice, and dietary arrangements for Team India.

All about Pocket Size Dynamite Kedar Jadhav

Indian Cricketer Kedar Jadhav is an all-rounder Wicket-keeper who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-break and keeps as well. Kedar Jadhav has played for U-19 Maharashtra team. Kedar Jadhav is also called as a ‘pocket size dynamite’.

Kedar plays for Maharashtra in domestic cricket. In Ranji Trophy 2013-14, he scored 1223 runs including six centuries and was highest run-getter and the fourth-highest in a season.

With his efforts, Maharashtra reached the finale that season but was defeated by Karnataka but he was awarded the Madhavrao Scindia Award for being the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy in that season.

In the Indian Premier League, he now plays for the Chennai Super Kings. Previously he played for Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

Initially, he was in Royal Challengers Bangalore development squad but was signed by Delhi Daredevils in 2010. For the next season, he was signed by the Kochi Tuskers Kerala, for them, he played only 6 matches that year.

In 2013 he did not perform well and next year, he was not retained by Delhi Daredevils. In 2016 IPL, he was traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore for an undisclosed amount. In 2018, he was selected by Chennai Super Kings for 7.8 crore rupees.

Kedar made an immediate impact as he scored 50 runs off 29 balls by hitting 5 fours and 2 sixes for Delhi Daredevils against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in his debut IPL match. He won the Man of the match award for his efforts.

Kedar was named in the Indian squad for Bangladesh tour in June 2014 but he did not get an opportunity to play. On 16 November 2014, he made his ODI debut for India against Sri Lanka in 5th match of Sri Lanka tour of India at Ranchi. He scored 20 off 24 balls before he was dismissed.

He made his T20I debut for India against Zimbabwe on 17 July 2015. Also, he played in all three ODIs against Zimbabwe in July 2015. In the third ODI match, he scored 105 not out off 87 balls, his maiden ODI hundred after 4 ODI innings. Before him, MS Dhoni and Manoj Prabhakar held the record taking five innings each.

Manish Pandey broke his record. Manish Pandey’s scored unbeaten 104 off 81 balls getting his maiden ODI century. In 2012, Jadhav made his first triple ton by scoring 327 against Uttar Pradesh at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. This score is second-highest by a Maharashtra batsman ever in the Ranji Trophy.

Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid Mindblowing Partnership

On 26th May 1999, during India’s World Cup match against Sri Lanka at Taunton in England, the partnership between the two most amazing duo of Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid was amazing and unique. Both of them put together 318 runs for India. It was then a record-breaking partnership in ODIs.

Sadagoppan Ramesh and Sourav Ganguly opened the batting for Team India but India lost an early wicket of Ramesh when he was removed by Chaminda Vaas for 5 but this early fall did not affect the Indian side instead fans got to see the mindblowing partnership of two great players.

Rahul Dravid came at number three to bat. Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid put together the 2nd-wicket partnership of 318 runs to help India score a massive 373 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in their 50 overs in a group match.

It was Rahul Dravid who started the initial attack by playing some beautiful shots on both sides of the wicket. Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid both scored a ton.

Unfortunately, in the 46th over, India lost their second wicket at 324 runs. Rahul Dravid was run out for 145 which brought the end to the partnership of 318 runs. Sourav Ganguly though continued his attack and had slammed 183 runs in just 158 deliveries. He hit 17 boundaries and 7 massive sixes.

It was the first World Cup for Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid. Three years later after their sensational test debut in England, both the players had by then become an integral part of the Indian batting line-up.

The partnership between them was the highest for any wicket in the World Cup at that time. In 1999 itself, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid put together 331 runs. Then Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels surpassed them in the 2015 ICC World Cup against Zimbabwe by putting together 372 runs.

The great bond that Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh Share

The God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvi have always been known to share a great bond. From 2000 to 2013 they have shared the dressing room and are together. At the time of Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement, Yuvi was heartbroken.

On the day Tendulkar announced his decision to retire from Cricket, Yuvraj Singh had made a comeback, despite scoring a match-winning 77 runs off 35 balls in the Twenty20 international against Australia in Rajkot, he was saddened by the news of Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement.

Yuvraj Singh hopes to play alongside Sachin Tendulkar for one last time and he said that he would definitely go to watch Sachin’s 200th Test even if he is not the part of squad.

Sachin always guided Yuvraj on and off the field about the things in his life, especially the World Cup journey, so it’s been very special for Yuvi. It’s tough for Yuvraj to see Sachin go. He once said that Sachin will always be very special to him and his retirement will be an emotional time for the whole of India.

It is well-known that Yuvraj Singh and Sachin Tendulkar are great friends. Yuvi said, “I don’t think I am going to let him go away. I am going to catch hold of his feet and not let him leave the dressing room. It has been amazing to play with him for so many years — one of the greatest players to have played the game. I don’t know what to say,”.

Yuvraj Singh always respects Sachin. In 2011,Yuvi mentioned that he wanted to win the World Cup for the Sachin and he did that. Under the captaincy of MS Dhoni ,Team India won the World ICC World Cup 2011.

In 2014, Yuvi touched Sachin’s feet at Lord’s during an exhibition match when they were on opposing sides. Sachin Tendulkar’s warning changed Yuvraj Singh’s angry attitude too. Sachin once scolded Yuvi after he abused his cricket equipment following a poor performance. After that Yuvraj Singh learned from Sachin Tendulkar that keeping cool in stressful times is a symbol of a good sportsperson.

Rising Star Shubman Gill Cricket Career

In the recently concluded Vijay Hazare trophy, Indian cricketer Shubman Gill was the top run-getter for Punjab Team. He scored over 400 runs. In the ongoing Deodhar Trophy, Shubman Gill is playing for India ‘C’. Gill smashed 106 not out off 111 deliveries on in the tournament to guide India ‘C’ to a 6-wicket victory over India ‘A’.

Shubham Gill told to India Today that he could have been better though. He had a good Vijay Hazare season where he got three half-centuries and one ton. He twice got out in the 80s and regret not converting them into big scores. He has two fifties and two hundred, that is great for him.

He told that there is a long season ahead after the ongoing Deodhar matches which will be followed by Ranji Trophy, then India ‘A’ tour and domestic T20s. He is preparing well for it and keeping himself fit. He has to keep performing to knock on the doors of the Indian dressing room.

Recently Rising Star Shubham Gill told that he is ready to play for India following his U-19 captain Prithvi Shaw sensational Test debut into the Indian team. Gill along with Manish Pandey was called to be with Virat Kohli’s team during the final Test against the West Indies in Hyderabad. However, the match ended inside three days.

Gill said that he did not get much time to spend in the Indian dressing room. He had a talk with the team management. They advised him to keep batting well and cash-in the opportunity whenever it arrives. His ultimate goal remains to play for the senior team and to sustain there. He told that he wants to win matches and trophies for India.

Shubham Gill said he is deeply influenced by Rahul Dravid. He has been with us for the last two years starting with the Under-19 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka and then India ‘A’ tours. Dravid understands his batting really well. Dravid keeps on telling him that over a period of time, certain changes come in a batsman’s style which is not evident to the player himself and can only be identified by the one who is watching from outside.

Shubham Gill impressed everyone in IPL too. He is scoring over 200 runs in his debut season for Kolkata Knight Riders.

He told Playing IPL was great, they had some really experienced players in KKR including Dinesh Karthik. It was a learning curve as he interacted a lot with all the big names too. He youngster gains a lot of confidence by speaking with experienced players. He personally learns a lot when they share their experience with him. He also tries to understand how a big player thinks and gain a lot of confidence from it.

In the Punjab dressing room, Gill tries to get much feedback from Yuvraj Singh. He also knows that India ‘A’ tour of New Zealand next month will be a huge opportunity to impress everyone.