Sourav Ganguly who is popularly known as Dada which means elder brother. Ganguly earned the nickname ‘God of the Off Side’ for his elegant strokeplay square of the wicket and through the covers.

After Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar resigned his position due to some match-fixing scandal by other players, Sourav Ganguly was made the captain of the Indian cricket team. He is one of the greatest captains of Indian cricket of all time.

Sourav Ganguly is the 8th highest run scorer in One Day Internationals. In 2002, the Wisden Cricketers Almanack ranked Sourav Ganguly as the sixth greatest ODI batsman of all time. The list includes Viv Richards, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Dean Jones and Michael Bevan.

Ganguly is also the third batsman to cross the 10,000 run landmark, after Sachin Tendulkar and Inzamam Ul Haq. Sourav Ganguly is one of the world’s leading batsmen who played for Team India.

In the 1999 World Cup, Ganguly made the highest overall partnership of 318 runs scored along with Rahul Dravid in the World Cup tournament history. In 2004, Sourav Ganguly was awarded the Padma Shri which is one of India’s highest civilian awards.

Currently, Former Indian cricketer and captain of Men in Blue Sourav Ganguly is appointed as the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal and President of the Editorial Board with Wisden India.

In January 2016, Ganguly was appointed by Supreme Court as one of the four members of the Indian Premier League’s Governing Council who is responsible for all the functions of the IPL tournament. He is also a member of Technical Committee of Indian Premier League.

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A few days ago, Gautam Gambhir announced retirement from all forms of cricket. Former Indian Captain MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir’s relationship have been discussed over the years.

Gautam Gambhir who was the star player of World Cup 2011 final was sad over not given an opportunity in the World Cup 2015 squad. Over the years, there have been all sorts of thoughts given on the relationship between MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir.

Gautam Gambhir after deciding to call an end to his cricketing career has openly discussed about his equation with Ranchi born batsman. In an exclusive interview of Gambhir after retirement which discussed various topics.

Gautam Gambhir feels that a farewell game should not be held for any cricketer. When Gambhir was asked about his relationship with Dhoni, he clearly said that there is no rift between him and MS Dhoni.

Gautam Gambhir’s only regret in his cricketing career is that he did not get a chance to play for Indian National Cricket Team in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 and help Team India to clinch the title.

On Cricket World Cup 2015 snub, Gautam Gambhir said that some players who have played along with him got the opportunity to play in two-three World Cups while he just got to play only once and live the feeling to play World Cup for his team only once.

Gambhir is happy that his experience ended with the team winning the title. Gambhir feels that when a player plays a key role in helping the team to win the title then he should be given an opportunity to defend it too. He is sad that he could not get an opportunity to be a part of the 2015 World Cup.

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Born in New Delhi, Gautam Gambhir was adopted by his grandparents soon after his birth and he lived with them after then. He started playing cricket when he was just 10 years old and in 2000, he was selected for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.

Former Indian Cricketer Gautam Gambhir plays for Delhi in domestic cricket. He captained Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. He is one among the good captains who captained Team India in six ODIs with India winning all six matches.

Gautam Gambhir formed the main part of Team India in World Twenty20 and Cricket World Cup 2011, Team India won them both. Under his captaincy, Kolkata Knight Riders won two IPL titles in the year 2012 and 2014.

Gambhir is the only Indian player who has scored centuries in five consecutive Test matches. He is also one of the four international cricketers to achieve this landmark.

Former Indian Cricketer Gautam Gambhir is the only Indian batsman who has scored more than 300 runs in four consecutive Test series. He was also the sixth highest run-scorer for India in Twenty20 Internationals till April 2018.

In 2008, the 37-year old cricketer was awarded the Arjuna Award which is India’s second highest sporting award by the President of India. Gambhir form in Test cricket was amazing, in the year 2009, he was awarded the ICC Test Player of the Year award.

Gambhir shares some wonderful partnerships with Virender Sehwag. Their average was set almost 88, with 25 stands of 50 plus in 38 innings. The pair makes the record for the fastest-scoring pair, they have scored runs for more than 4.5 over.

Gambhir also ranked Number 1 batsman in ICC Test rankings for the year 2009. Recently, ahead of IPL Auction 2019, Gautam Gambhir announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 3 December 2018.

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MS Dhoni is one of the most influential personalities in the cricketing world. He is the one among best and the successful captains that the Indian cricket team ever had. Dhoni Biographyreveals everything about his hard work and passion for cricket. It also reveals about his journey as a fantastic cricketer.

MS Dhoni Biography also reveals about his personal life. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s better half is Sakshi Singh Rawat. They both tied the knot on 4 July 2010 and the Captain Cool has a three-year-old daughter named Ziva.

MS Dhoni, whenever rested from Indian National Cricket Team, spends time with his daughter Ziva. Mahi is a loving father who spends time with Ziva whenever he gets off from the sport. MS Dhoni and Ziva are winning hearts over the internet.

Recently, when MSD has been dropped from the T20I Squad against Windies and Australia, he was seen spending time with his little daughter Ziva. He was seen dancing adorably with Ziva in a video uploaded by him on Instagram.

The video won millions of his fans heart. The video captioned as, “Even better when we are dancing @zivasinghdhoni006,”.

The video depicts that the Daddy Cool is learning a few dance steps from his little daughter. He can be seen matching steps with Ziva as the little one performs some adorable moves and asks Dhoni to follow her.

The video showcases Ziva as a dancing teacher and Dhoni was seen matching steps with Ziva. Ziva asks Dhoni to follow her and Dhoni just can’t stop smiling as he dances adjacent to his daughter.

A few days ago, MS Dhoni also shared a video where the daddy and daughter have been seen greeting in multiple languages. Dhoni always makes his best to utilize his free time with Ziva. He gives all his attention to Ziva.

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Former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir recently called off his career in cricket. He is one of the

India’s finest opening batsmen and was a star player for India. Gambhir played two match-winning innings in 2007 World Cup and 2011 World Cup.

Gautam Gambhir announced his retirement from all forms of cricket and will play for the last time as a professional in the Ranji Trophy Round 5 game between Delhi and Andhra at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 is not so far from now. The schedule for the World Cup 2019 is already out and the first match will be on May 30. Team India is focused to win the World Cup 2019.

Gautam Gambhir on the eve of his retirement game said, “I admire his (Virat Kohli) batting, the way he is scoring runs. He is the key to India’s chances in the World Cup. He is a fantastic batsman,”.

Gambhir feels that the Indian skipper Virat Kohli will be key to team India’s chances in the World Cup 2019. Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir both belong to Delhi and they played in state domestic cricket together.

During NKP Salve Trophy 2013-2014 which was the last tournament of Virat Kohli in domestic cricket, Gautam Gambhir played under Kohli. The two batsmen was also involved in IPL 2013 controversy when they confronted each other on the field on live television.

When Virat Kohli was out, Gautam Gambhir said something to which Virat Kohli did not take it and turned back to confront Gambhir who was the Kolkata Knight Riders skipper.

Even after the incident, the duo shares a great bond and has played numerous IPL match against each other. Gautam Gambhir also made his test comeback in 2016 under the Skipper Virat Kohli.

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Cricket in India is like a religion and Indians cannot see their religion failing as it is superior to them. Cricket fans all over the globe want that the team they support should win at all the cost. Some biggest cricket rivalries of India with other nations include India vs Pakistan, India vs Australia, India vs England, India vs Sri Lanka, India vs South Africa, and India vs Bangladesh.

India vs Pakistan is one of the greatest cricket battles of all the time. The crowd in both the countries are highly involved in the match during IND vs PAK match and many times the crowd goes violent when their side loses the match. India and Pakistan have war rivalries too since the partition of British India into India and Pakistan.

So their rivalry goes beyond cricket. After the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, India calls a quit to any series with Pakistan. The two sides only play in ODI World Cup. Since 2003, India has been a dominant force over Pakistan. India won all the ODI World Cup matches against Pakistan 6-0.

India vs Australia is another biggest and fiercest rivalry in cricket. Sourav Ganguly has only regret in his career that is the defeat from Australia in World Cup 2003 Final. Then in World Cup 2007, India defeated Australia in the semi-finals. In fact, any match between India and Australia is interesting and challenging.

India vs England is also the greatest rivalry in cricket. It rivalry has seen many historic incidents. The 11th Match of Group B in ICC Cricket World Cup at Bengaluru on 27 February 2011 between IND and ENG ended in a tie. Both the teams made 338 runs in 50 overs.

On 19th September 2007, Yuvraj Singh hit 6 sixes in a row in a T20I. The record was made in the Stuart Broad over which was the 19th over of the match

India vs Sri Lanka, India vs South Africa, and India vs Bangladesh are also among the greatest cricket rivalries.

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The bond between the Indian National Cricket Team players is great. Indian Cricket Team stay united and over the time it became a family. The men in blue shares a good bond and some nicknames too.

Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan is known as Jat and Gabbar. The nickname Jat or Jat Ji is attached to his character traits. Among the fans and teammates, nickname Gabbar is more popular.

Dhawan got the name Gabbar during his Ranji days when the opposite team had good
partnership going and he jokes on the field to boost team morale and say “Bohot yaarana lagta hai” just like Gabbar from Sholay. He is known as Gabbar in the dressing room too.

Ajinkya Rahane is known as Ajju and Jinx. His both the nickname came from his first name Ajinkya. The famous among the two is Jinx which is more noticeable. The name Jinx was given to him by Australian cricketer Shane Warne during IPL when they play for Rajasthan Royals.

Shane Warne was found it difficult to pronounce Ajinkya and so he gave him the nickname Jinx.Rahane’s family and friends call him Ajju.

Murali Vijay is known as The Monk because he never shared the reason with anyone for why he shave his head some time back. He has some personal reason why he shaved the head. Once in an interview too. He also resembles some quality of a Monk-like calm, balanced, good concentration on the field.

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is known as Jaddu and Sir Ravindra Jadeja. Jaddu is the short name if his surname while he got the name Sir Ravindra Jadeja from MS Dhoni just like that without any reason or logic.

Hardik Pandya is known as Hairy and Rockstar. He got the name Hairy because of his constant hairstyle changes. He is known for his flamboyant style. During IPL when he plays for Mumbai Indians, in the locker room his teammates mention to him as Rockstar which is again related to his attitude and style.

Once Hardik told that Suresh Raina calls him Neymar of the Indian team to which MS Dhoni too agreed. Suresh Raina is known as Sonu, Yuvraj Singh as Yuvi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar as Bhuvi and Ravichandran Aswhin is known as Ash.

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The first test of the four-match IND vs AUS test series started at Adelaide in Australia. Team India did not start well openers were sent back early. KL Rahul was out at 2, Murali Vijay at 11, Skipper Virat Kohli at 3, Ajinkya Rahane at 13.

Rohit Sharma made 37 runs while Wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant made 25 runs. Team India is struggling to perform at Adelaide.

Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh shared a morning thought on Twitter, “Expecting & Trusting is never wrong. The only thing is we should know from whom to Expect and whom to Trust. Good day friends,”

It seemed like a general thought that Bhajji shared in the morning but the fans on twitter related the tweet to the ongoing performance of Team India in the Australia tour and believe that they should not trust Team India. Fans are upset with Team India’s performance on Day 1 of the tests in Australia.

Though the tweet looked like a general thought that Turbanator shared but Bhajji often shares a tweet that looks like provoking messages and this time fans related the tweet to the ongoing test series.

Some fans related the tweet to the Team India’s performance and said jokingly that KL Rahul & Murali Vijay are not worth trusting and fans should not expect from them. The tweet completely went against Team India.

Fans hope that Team India performs well in Australia and clinch the test series for the first time ever. Check the live cricket score of the ongoing test series to know more how Indian bowlers will perform in Australia.

Moreover, recently Bhajji raised questions on the BCCI selection committee’s decision to snub Rohit Sharma in the Test series against West Indies. Though Rohit was selected in the first test in Adelaide against Australia after performing excellently in limited overs cricket.

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Indian National Cricket Team players share a good bond among themselves. From sharing the same dressing room to performing together on the field their bond keeps on increasing. Here are the nicknames of some famous Indian Cricketers and the reasons behind their nicknames.

Current Indian Cricket Team Captain Virat Kohli who is called Cheeku by MS Dhoni many times from behind the stumps. But it was not Dhoni who gave him this nickname. The story goes back to the past when he was a youngster. The young Virat was worried about the hair fall and get his hair cut short.

When next day he came on the field, his state coach Ajit Chaudhary called him Cheeku because of the long ears. Cheeku is the character who resembles the rabbit from comic Champak.

Former Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is known as Captain Cool, Mahi, Thala, MSD, MS Dhoni, and MS. He is also nicknamed as “The Finisher” because of his explosive style of finished matches. Mahendra Singh Dhoni nicknamed as Mahe as a short of Mahendra but then as he gained fame, his fans started calling him Mahi.

MS Dhoni is also called as Captain Cool as he is the most successful captain in Indian Cricket history who remains cool on the field and takes decisions with a cool, calm and composed mind while on the field or away from the field.

Dhoni is known as Thala because once he posted a picture of him in a yellow jersey where Thala was written on it. MS Dhoni who lead Chennai Super Kings in IPL is Chennai crowd favorite and they call him Thala which means leader in Tamil.

Indian Opener Rohit Sharma is popularly known as Hitman. He is also known as Shaana and Ro. It was Yuvraj Singh who gave Rohit his nickname Shaana. Yuvraj thinks that Rohit is the ‘wise guy’ of the team.

Rohit Sharma’s fans call him Hitman due to his excellent batting ability and his wife gave him the nickname Ro which many of his teammates also use.

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The IPL franchises are getting prepared for the upcoming IPL auction. The Eight franchises have started working for IPL Auction 2019 by deciding whom to take into the team and whom not.

A total of 1003 players have registered their names for the upcoming Indian Premier League Auction for the 12th season. The eight teams of IPL have released certain players and retained some before the IPL auction 2019.

For the first time in the 12 years, auctioneer Richard Madley will be absent from the auction for IPL 2019. Hugh Edmeades will take place of Madley. Hugh Edmeades is a charity and classic cars auctioneer who has more than thirty years of experience.

IPL Auctioneer Richard Madley on twitter wrote with his official Twitter handle, “Sorry not to be conducting #IPL2019 auction. It’s been an honour and a privilege to have been part of #IPL from the start. Will miss my many friends and followers in #India and beyond. Thank you for the welcome you have always shown. The Hammerman”.

One of the replies to his tweet by a CSK fan account read as ”For me nothing could match the opening auction in 2008 when I dropped my hammer selling MS Dhoni for $1.5 million”

Still gives us Goosebumps. Thanks for all the #Yellove memories! #WhistlePodu”.

The fan account of the IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings reminded Richard Madley of his famous statement after selling MS Dhoni in the IPL 2008 Auction.

In reply to CSK fan, Madley wrote, “Greetings to all my CSK friends who I have got to know so well. Selling @msdhoni in IPL 1 is still a career highlight. #WhistlePodu”.

For Madley, MS Dhoni’s sale is one of the biggest highlights of his auctioneering career. Madley who has the unique way of conducting the auctions will be missed by his fans.

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