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MS Dhoni mentors U-19 women players at a cricket clinic in Mumbai

MS Dhoni in a cricket clinic held in Mumbai under the mentorship of one of India's greatest leaders. Titled 'Cricket Clinic - MSD', the workshop was conducted at the Wankhede Stadium recently, where a group of under-19 women cricketers learned from Dhoni's experienceThese players were selected through a social media contest hosted by Mastercard, the current title sponsor of all domestic and international matches in India, for young women cricketers.During the course of the workshop, Dhoni guided the players on managing pressure, making a career in cricket, maintaining fitness, devising the right game plan, and a lot more about other aspects of the game.

Injured David Warner ruled out of Border Gavaskar Trophy as Australia problems grow

David Warner will return home from India and miss the last two Tests of the Border Gavaskar Trophy after an elbow fracture and concussion, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday.It is the second injury blow in two days for struggling Australia, who are 0-2 down in the four-Test series. Warner will head home to Sydney to recover but is expected to return to India for the three-match ODI series after the four-match Test series. The ODI series begins on March 17 in Mumbai."David Warner has been ruled out of the Qantas test tour of India and will return home," CA said in a statement.

Thrilled to find so many Australians in WPL, confident Indians will keep playing in WBBL: CA CEO Nick Hockley

Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley is thrilled that as many as 14 Australians will be taking part in the inaugural Women's Premier League (WPL) to be held in Mumbai next month.The first edition of WPL, with team valuation of more than Rs 4600 crore and broadcast deal upwards of Rs 950 crore, has already started grabbing eye balls."We are so excited to see rapid growth of women's cricket in India and to see full stadium in our last series here is absolutely fantastic and something we had been advocating in Australian cricket," Hockley, who was present at the Ferozshah Kotla during the second India versus Australia Test, told PTI during an interaction.Ashleigh Gardner, with a Rs 3.20 crore (USD 558,000) deal with Gujarat Giants, is the highest paid Australian star in WPL.

Indian Super League final to be played in Goa on March 18

The JLN Stadium has been chosen for the finale due to availability of training grounds and other infrastructure for the teams.Mumbai City FC, Hyderabad FC, ATK Mohun Bagan, Bengaluru FC and Kerala Blasters FC have already qualified for the play-offs with Odisha FC and FC Goa still in fray.The play-off matches will start from March 3, the release ISL stated.

Indian Super League: Experimental Mumbai City FC go down to East Bengal

The result meant little to the hosts who were presented with the ISL League Shield after their final league match. For a team that went on a run of 11 consecutive victories and stayed unbeaten for 18 games, victory would not have altered their fortunes.They finished with 46 points and have already qualified for the knock-out stage. East Bengal are on 19 points with one game left in their bag. Noarem Mahesh Singh scored the winner for East Bengal in the 52nd minute when a move from right resulted in a smart finish. Though Mumbai played several players from the development squad, it was still Des Buckingham’s side who were creating the chances and raising the excitement levels of the crowd.

India vs Australia: No change in Team India for last two Tests

first two Tests against Australia, the BCCI's selection committee on Sunday decided to retain the same squad for the third and fourth Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.The selectors once again showed their faith in out-of-form vice-captain KL Rahul by retaining him for the last two matches of the series.Rahul's prolonged lean patch has become a huge talking point and the clamours of dropping him from the team has been growing with each passing day.

India's Bumrah to miss entire Australia series

NEW DELHI : India named an unchanged squad for the last two tests again Australia on Sunday, leaving out pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah who is recovering from a back injury.

Unchanged India Squad For 3rd, 4th Australia Tests; Rohit Sharma To Miss 1st ODI, Hardik Pandya To Lead

The BCCI on Sunday announced Team India's squads for the third and fourth Tests against Australia, as well as the three-match ODI series. The hosts have named an unchanged squad for the final two Tests against the visitors. Jaydev Unadkat, who was released from the squad to participate in the Ranji Trophy final, is back in the squad for the remaining Tests, and has also been named in the ODI squad. Unadkat, who has played seven ODIs previously, last played a 50-over game for India in 2013 against the West Indies.

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MS Dhoni mentors U-19 women players at a cricket clinic in Mumbai

Injured David Warner ruled out of Border Gavaskar Trophy as Australia problems grow

Thrilled to find so many Australians in WPL, confident Indians will keep playing in WBBL: CA CEO Nick Hockley

Indian Super League final to be played in Goa on March 18

Indian Super League: Experimental Mumbai City FC go down to East Bengal

India vs Australia: No change in Team India for last two Tests

India's Bumrah to miss entire Australia series

Unchanged India Squad For 3rd, 4th Australia Tests; Rohit Sharma To Miss 1st ODI, Hardik Pandya To Lead