Sharks sign World Cup-winning Springbok prop Vincent Koch

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The Sharks have announced the signing of World Cup-winning Springbok prop Vincent Koch.Special delivery from France! ????#OurSharks family just got even stronger with the addition of powerhouse prop Vincent Koch.

Welcome to the team!#FearTheFin pic.twitter.com/utDBcVnStDThe Durban franchise had been courting his signature since his former English club Wasps folded administratively last year. READ | On-loan Stormers lock Van Heerden in permanent contract talks: 'I'd definitely love to stay' Koch went to France for a temporary stint at Stade Francais and is now set to return home and compete for the Sharks.The 33-year-old will replace departing ex-captain and tighthead Thomas du Toit, who will join English club Bath at the end of the season.Koch has featured for the Bulls and Stormers in his illustrious career and brings the similar loosehead-tighthead dexterity that the Durban team would have lost with Du Toit's departure.Koch also has extensive European Champions Cup experience after spending six years at Saracens, where he played over a century of games.

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Former India pacer Munaf Patel is duly impressed with a video of a right-arm pacer that is going viral on social media. The 2011 World Cup winner also shared the clip in which the bowler could be seen outplaying his opponent batters with some sheer speed and quality yorkers. What is more impressive is the fact that the bowler in the video is extremely young, in comparison to the amazing pace he produces in his bowling. "Kya Bolti Public is Bowler ke liye, raftar ki khoj (What is your opinion about his bowler? Discovery of speed)," said Patel while sharing the clip of the kid's bowling on Twitter.

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On this day in 2011, MS Dhoni send the Wankhede Stadium into raptures after launching a huge six into the night sky of Mumbai as India lifted the ODI World Cup on home soil after beating Sri Lanka. Of all the things that Dhoni is remembered, that six off Nuwan Kulasekara's delivey is definitely the most lasting memory of all cricket followers who have followed and idolised him over the years. On the eve of Chennai Super Kings' second match of IPL 2023, against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Dhoni recreated that iconic six in the nets at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

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