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Gujarat Titans (GT) have named Dasun Shanaka as a replacement for Kane Williamson for the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. Williamson suffered an on-field injury to his right leg while attempting a catch at the boundary in the tournament opener against Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium on 31st March 2023.
One of the greatest cricketers of all time, MS Dhoni is a name that resonates with every cricket fan in the country. Dhon's aura goes beyond the sport, all thanks to what he has done for his country over the years. As entire India celebrated the 12th anniversary of the team winning the 2011 ODI World Cup, the MCA president confirmed a big decision, to name a seat at the Wankhede Stadium after the wicket-keeper batter, that too at the exact spot where his title-winning six had landed.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 is in full swing with all the 10 competing teams playing at least one match each. While momentum is very important, the teams that have lost their opening match would like to get back to winning ways. However, for Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals, the good news is that the teams have won their opening games. They next face each other in Guwahati. This is the first time that the city is hosting an IPL game. Apart from the PBKS-RR game on Wednesday, Assam city will also host a game between RR and Delhi Capitals on Saturday.
With nine uncapped players in the squad, Ireland take on Bangladesh in a one-off Test at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. It was back in 2019 when Ireland last played the longest format of the game. From that squad, only four players are part of the current setup. Bangladesh, who had dominated Ireland in the white-ball assignment earlier, would look to keep an upper hand in the red-ball format too. Having secured a win in the final T20I, however, Ireland will head into the contest with their heads held high. (LIVE Scorecard)
Punjab Kings have been blessed with some phenomenal talent, both in the batting and bowling department. One of the overseas players who has really paid dividends for the franchise is Sri Lanka's Bhanuka Rajapaksa. However, owing to fitness issues, the batter was almost snubbed by PBKS, only for the then-head coach Anil Kumble to push for Sri Lanka. The franchise's batting consultant has revealed that Kumble was told against signing the Lankan batter, but the India legend ignored all warnings.
It's been 12 years since MS Dhoni-led Team India won the 2011 ODI World Cup, beating Sri Lanka in the final. Dhoni, who hadn't been in the best of form throughout the tournament, stepped up and delivered on the occasion that most mattered, scoring an unbeaten 91-run knock to take the team over the line, ending a 28-year-long wait for an ICC trophy. Reliving the memories from the epic triumph, Dhoni revealed the ‘best memory' from the final, and it wasn't the one where he hit the title-winning six to Nuwan Kulasekara.
On April 02, 2011, the Indian cricket team ended its 28-year-long excruciating wait of lifting the ICC ODI World Cup trophy. Up against Sri Lanka in the final, the Indian team chased down the target of 275 runs, with the captain MS Dhoni remaining unbeaten on 91, to 'finish things off in style'. Dhoni's match-winning six is embedded in the memory of cricket lovers as one of the most beautiful moments from the tournament. On the 12th anniversary of the historic achievement, Virat Kohli did the same, although in the Indian Premier League for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
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.