After the phenomenal performance of India in First One Day International against West Indies and taking a lead by 1-0 at the end of Second One Day International at Visakhapatnam.

Visakhapatnam is a place where MSD began his journey in the world of cricket. MS Dhoni is about to complete his 14 years in international cricket. Former Indian Captain was seen inspecting the pitch and talked with groundsmen on the eve of the second One-day International between India and West Indies.

BCCI tweeted pictures of Dhoni examining the pitch and tweeted that “The KING is here!”. This ground and the city of Visakhapatnam has a special bond and memories for the former Indian Captain. Everyone hoped that MSD will create new memories on the ground again.

During the Second ODI match at Visakhapatnam, the crowd at the venue witnessed Virat Kohli’s amazing record-breaking performance along with West Indies batsman Shai Hope.

India scored 321 runs at a loss of 6 wickets. Virat Kohli scored 157 runs from 129 balls for India. West Indies responded with 321 runs at a loss of 7 wickets. Shai Hope remained not out and scored 123 runs for Windies. The match ended in a thrilling tie.

When Dhoni arrived on the pitch to bat there was a huge roar of the crowd watching the match at the stadium. MS Dhoni gave an epic reaction after hitting a massive six that left his fans flooded with joy.

It was the same ground where he struck his first ODI hundred against Pakistan in 2005. Though Dhoni was unable to stay till the end and finish the innings, he brought back memories with a huge six which was followed by a reaction that had everyone gushing.

Fans loved what they watch and they had a lot to say about Dhoni’s epic reaction. Dhoni’s fans called his reaction cute while some said it made their day. It seemed like memories are running in Dhoni’s mind while playing on the same ground from where he started after soo many years.

Dhoni’s fans are delighted with his reaction after hitting a six.

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After the brilliant and record-breaking performance of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in first One Day International against West Indies out of the five-match ODI series at Guwahati, India took the lead by 1-0 as the match was won by India by 8 wickets.

The Second One Day International at Visakhapatnam ended in a thrilling tie. West Indies scored

321 runs at the loss of 7 wickets and India also scored 321 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. But the match was very special for Virat Kohli as he broke Master Blaster’s record.

For the Third One Day International scheduled at Pune, the BCCI announced India’s 15-man squad for the remaining 3 ODIs against West Indies.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah returned after being rested for the first 2 matches but the name of the key player in the middle order Kedar Jadhavwas missing. Not only his name but Mohammed Shami’s name was also excluded from the team.

Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav both underperformed in the first two ODIs against the West Indies but although Umesh Yadav managed to retain his place.

The all-rounderKedar Jadhav expressed surprise and said he did not know why he was not been included in the team and would want to know the reason behind the decision. On that election committee chief, MSK Prasad had responded to the all-rounder.

MSK Prasad said that we did not pick Kedar because of his history of fitness. There have been occasions earlier when he has come back fit and then broke down, a case in point being the Asia Cup last month.

He told that they were thinking that if India A won today, then Kedar would have got another match, which would have given us a fair assessment of his match fitness.

He further said that maybe we could have added him as an additional player in the Indian team before the fourth ODI as the Deodhar final is on Saturday. He concluded saying that the players need to understand that there is a process that they follow while selecting the team.

Indian Team Squad for the final 3 ODIs include Virat Kohli as Captain, Rohit Sharma as Vice-Captain and MS Dhoni as Wicket-Keeper. Other players include Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul, and Manish Pandey.

Bowlers Department include Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed and Umesh Yadav.

Virat Kohli after performing brilliantly with Rohit Sharma in the first One Day International against West Indies at Guwahati out of the five-match ODI series made Team India take lead by 1-0.

On the second One Day International against West Indies at Visakhapatnam, Virat scored the successive century and also broke the record of Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar by becoming the fastest to 10000 ODI Runs.

Not only this he became the fifth Indian batsmen and 13 overall to score 10000 plus runs in ODI. He joined the elite group of 10k ODI runholder. Here is what the humble Virat Kohli said on his mindblowing achievement.

Virat Kohli told that he feels very grateful and blessed. He never imagined that he would get to this stage one day in one-day internationals career but it had happened and he is very thankful to God and he feels very grateful

Kohli feels that these things do not matter much but to understand that he has come this far in his career with playing for 10 years is something very special to him because he loves the sport so much and wants to play it more and more. For him, that is the most important thing.

He is just happy that he has been able to play for this long and he hopes to play for many more years to come. He never thought he could achieve this feat or he would get to that stage. He always thought that he just wants to play for India.

Kohli told that if you focus on the process and stay focused on the right things, then these things become irrelevant after a while. His duty is to score runs and having done it for a long time, everything has collected for this moment but the intention should always be to look for what the team needs and get as many runs as possible.

He has been able to push his physical abilities and mental abilities on what the team needs and in that process, more runs have been scored than otherwise. He told that he has just been focused on the situation and he is glad that he has been able to help the team with the bat.

He told that it is a great honor for him to represent India. Even after playing for 10 years, he does not feel that he is entitled to anything. He told you still have to work hard for every run you score at the international level because there are many people who want this very badly.

Indian cricketer Hanuma Vihari who plays for Andhra in Indian domestic cricket and the one who made his Test debut in England in the 5th and final match of the series had said that he has already started his preparations for India’s tour of Australia which is scheduled next month.

Hanuma Vihari made his Test debut for India in September 2018. It was only last month that he had made his Test debut at the Oval. In the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League in 2013, Vihari played for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

In one of the matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad, Vihari opened the bowling attack as an off-spinner and removed Chris Gayle for just 1. He also scored an unbeaten 46 in the same match while chasing.

Vihari once said that Yes, he does remember every bit of it. He had faced difficulty in adjusting to those conditions initially as the ball was moving a lot. However, after he got settled everything fell in place and he could play his natural game.

Recently, In the first match of the Deodhar Trophy at Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Vihari had scored a match-winning 87 not out for India ‘B’ against India ‘A’.

Hanuma Vihari said that he knows that it will be difficult for him to get into the Test eleven while playing at home as five bowlers will play in India and he understands that. He told that he had already started preparing for India vs Australia tour and, if given an opportunity, will attempt to perform well.

Vihari says his journey has many ups and downs especially when he did not get a chance to play at a higher level in spite of his good performance in the Ranji Trophy. But that is part of history now. Vihari on remembering his days of struggle emotionally told that his mother had sacrificed a lot for him, all this whatever he has achieved today is because of her.

Vihari 26th Indian to score 50 on Test debut. Vihari is a huge admirer of Dhoni. He also praises skipper Virat Kohli. He said, “Virat is very passionate and aggressive on the field. It is something which rubs on to the other players also. It was a good experience to play alongside him at the Oval in those conditions. It gave me a lot of confidence.”

In the Asia Cup encounter against Pakistan, Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya got injured and is striving to reclaim full fitness.

The 25-year-old Indian all-rounder suffered an injury during the Asia Cup 2018. He fell while bowling in India’s first game of the tournament against Pakistan. He was carried away on the stretcher off the field due to the injury.

After that, he was not named in the squad for the series against West Indies, which clearly confirms that he is suffering an injury which might take some time.

The all-rounder Hardik Pandya has started the recovery process. He is willing to make his comeback India’s tour of Australia.

Hardik Pandya shared a photograph on social media of himself post a work-out session, with a caption that read, “Weekends started well. Road to recovery.”

The Chairman of the selection panel, MSK Prasad, had revealed that Hardik Pandya will be available to make a comeback in the month of November. He also confirmed Pandya’s selection for the series against Australia that starts on November 21.

In the absence Hardik Pandya from the Indian Cricket Team, Ravindra Jadeja seemed to have filled his role in both ODI and Test cricket. Ravindra Jadeja was also preferred over Kuldeep Yadav for the first ODI as captain Virat Kohli went for Jadeja and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Rishabh Pant was handed his maiden ODI cap by former Indian skipper MS Dhoni.

Although Hardik Pandya is exceptionally talented. But the cricketer has been harshly criticized for wasting himself by Sunil Gavaskar and Michael Holding. However, Pandya wasn’t disappointed by the comments and said that his main goal was to win the World Cup next year.

Hardik Pandya said that the World Cup is the greatest goal for him. Pandya wants to give more than his 100 % to win the World Cup.

Prithvi Shaw is often called as the next Sachin Tendulkar of Indian cricket. He became an overnight sensation after performing best in the recently concluded Test series against West Indies.

On his test debut, 18-year-old Prithvi Shaw hit a maiden century. Prithvi Shaw scored a 134-run knock on his Test debut, becoming the youngest Indian to score a century on debut. He also became India’s second youngest century-scorer after Tendulkar, who in 1990 was 17 years when he scored 119 not out against in England in Manchester.

Watching how Prithvi Shaw playing style, India Team coach Ravi Shastri said that the Prithvi Shaw is born to play cricket. He has been playing in the maidens of Mumbai when he was 8 years old. One can see the hard work of Prithvi. He’s a spectator’s delight.

Shastri said, “There’s a bit of Sachin there, a bit of Viru in him and when he walks – there’s a bit of Lara as well,”. Thus comparing him with Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, and Brian Lara while trying to describe the 18-year-old.

The Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar was left in awe with the fearless effort put on by Prithvi Shaw on his debut innings. For his dreamlike performance in test debut in Rajkot, Sachin Tendulkar congratulated him. Sachin said he had predicted Shaw future 10 years back.

Sachin said that 10 years ago, one of his friends asked him to take a look at a young Prithvi. He asked him to analyze his game and see if there is anything he could work on. Sachin had a session with him and gave a couple of pointers to Prithvi on how to improve his game. Sachin told his friend later that Prithvi is going to go on and play for India.

Recently Prithvi Shaw met his idol Sachin Tendulkar with whom he has been compared to on many occasions. Prithvi had posted a picture on Instagram and Twitter with the Sachin Tendulkar, popularly known as the God of Indian Cricket. The caption read as “SIR❤ #idol #respect,”. Prithvi Shaw is very happy after meeting his idol, Sachin Tendulkar.

The Deodhar Trophy is a List A cricket competition in Indian domestic cricket. The tournament was named after Prof. D. B. Deodhar. It is a is a 50-over knockout competition that is played on an annual basis among the 5 zonal teams – North Zone, South Zone, East Zone, West Zone, and Central Zone.

Players like Dinesh Karthik, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, and Ravichandran Ashwin will fight it out at the Deodhar Trophy to remain in ODI reckoning. These players will fight for a spot in India’s One-Day International team and will hope to make a point in the Deodhar Trophy. The tournament will begin at the Feroze Shah Kotla, Delhi.

Three teams – India A, India B, and India C will fight it out among themselves for a spot in the final, which is to be played on Saturday, October 27.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik leads the India A side. India A side features Off Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, Test opener Prithvi Shaw, and Test triple-centurion Karun Nair and others. Dinesh Karthik will hope to utilize this opportunity to once again be in the reckoning as an attacking batsman and a reserve wicketkeeper. He has lost ground to Rishabh Pant.

Explosive batsman Shreyas Iyer captains India B team. India B side features recent Test debutant and Andhra one-day captain Hanuma Vihari, Bengal captain Manoj Tiwary, and reputed fast bowlers – Varun Aaron and Jaydev Unadkat and others.

Reputed batsmen Ajinkya Rahane leads India C team and this side features Suresh Raina too. This side has three Tamil Nadu stars- Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Mukund, and Washington Sundar. 2017 U-19 World Cup sensation Shubman Gill and Mumbai stalwart Suryakumar Yadav strengthen the batting for India C.

Suresh Raina finds himself out of the side after having played three matches in July 2018, during India’s tour of England while Ajinkya Rahane last played an ODI in India’s tour of South Africa in the 2017-18 season.

The schedule for Deodhar Trophy is as follows: India A vs India B on Oct. 23, then India B vs India C on Oct. 24 and India A vs India C on Oct. 25. Final will be held on Oct. 27.

Cricket and batting go side by side. Some well-known Batsmen have scored huge amount of runs in the international cricket.

In One Day Internationals, there are 12 batsmen so far who have scored 10000 ODI runs and this list of this Elite 10k Run Club includes 4 premier Indian batsmen who have already set the record of scoring 10000 plus runs in ODI.

The God of Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar was the first batsmen who scored 10000 Runs in ODI. Second Indian Batsmen is Sourav Ganguly – Our Dada who had also scored 10000 ODI Runs. Next to him is the batsmen popularly known as The Wall of Indian Cricket Team Rahul Dravid also scored 10000 Runs in ODI.

Recently our Captain Cool MS Dhoni joined the elite team of 10k ODI Runs. Before Dhoni, the only wicketkeeper-batsman to feature in the list of 10000 ODI runs is Kumar Sangakkara.

Other than these 4 Indian Cricketers, Sri Lankan Cricketers like Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, and Sanath Jayasuriya also hold the spot.

Australian Cricketer Ricky Ponting, Pakistani Cricketer Inzamam ul-Haq, South African Cricketer Jacques Kallis, and West Indies Cricketer Brian Lara also features in the list.

Next one in line is the Best Batsmen in the world and the current Indian captain Virat Kohli who is about to score 10000 ODI Runs. He will be the fifth Indian Batsmen after Mahi and 13th overall batsmen who will achieve the target in just a few upcoming ODI matches against West Indies.

The tour had scheduled 5 ODI Matches starting from October 21. Virat Kohli had already scored 9779 runs in ODI and is short o
f just 221 Runs.

Many international batsmen like Hashim Amla and Rohit Sharma are also near to score 10000 runs in ODI and join the elite group.

Although Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan are considered as the best openers for Indian Cricket Team. They are the India’s No.1 choice as the openers.
Selectors and Management had a meeting with the captain Virat Kohli and Vice-Captain Rohit Sharma to make the youngest player Prithvi Shaw to open the innings along with Rohit Sharma in the upcoming ODI series against West Indies.

As per a report in Indian Express, the team management is very keen to test Prithvi Shaw as an opener as they want to look at different options for the World Cup 2019.

Prithvi Shaw had already opened alongside KL Rahul in his debut One Day International match against West Indies.

The discussions was attended by the selectors, captain Virat Kohli, coach Ravi Shastri, Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane. The selection committee has decided to keep shuffling the squad for ICC World Cup 2019 and keep key players fresh.As told by Indian Express “With an eye to the World Cup, the main focus was how to rotate players. In fact, more than rotation, it would be more about how to save our key players. That’s why you would see the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Mohammad Shami in and out of the squad, not playing regularly. The players who are important for all formats will be adequately taken care of. Going ahead also, these things will keep happening,”

Prithvi Shaw joined the elite list of players by bagging the man of the series award in the Test series. His shot making abilities are quiet appreciated. In 22 List A games, Shaw has scored 938 runs at an average of 42.33 and at a strike rate of 115.37.