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Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has joined Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad as head coach in place of West Indies batting great Brian Lara, the team announced on Monday.
Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday announced the appointment of Daniel Vettori as their head coach, snapping the alliance with Brian Lara that lasted two seasons. This will be former New Zealand captain Vettori's second coaching stint in the IPL as he had earlier coached Royal Challengers Bangalore from 2014 to 2018. Vettori has also worked as Australia men's team's assistant coach recently, and he also had a stint with Bangladesh as a spin consultant. "Kiwi legend Daniel Vettori joins #OrangeArmy as Head Coach," said Sunrisers on their Twitter handle. Vettori, a left-arm spinner of repute, is currently coaching Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred. During his stint with RCB, Vettori had guided them to IPL play-offs in 2015 and final in 2016.
NEW DELHI : Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori replaced West Indies batting great Brian Lara as head coach at Sunrisers Hyderabad, the Indian Premier League (IPL) side said on Monday.
One of the finest performers from the ODI series against West Indies, Ishan Kishan truly made the opportunities afforded to him count, scoring three fifties in the 3 ODI matches against West Indies. Ishan, who was also named the Player of the Series for his heroics, turned up for a chat with West Indies legend Brian Lara after the match and was also joined by Shubman Gill. During the chat, Ishan recalled a moment when Lara had sent him a DM on Instagram, leaving the Indian wicket-keeper batter shocked.
The Indian cricket team continued its dominance against the West Indies to further increase their lead as the team with the most consecutive bilateral ODI series wins against the Caribbeans. India's mammoth 200-run victory marked their 13th consecutive ODI series win against the Windies. The last time India suffered an ODI series defeat at the hands of the Caribbean team which stretches back to 17 years. India lost the ODI series by 4-1 in 2006 against the West Indies team which was led by the legendary cricketer Brian Lara.
England batter Joe Root on Saturday achieved a huge milestone during Day 3 of the ongoing fifth and final Ashes Test against Australia at The Oval. Root continued his rich vein of form as he put England in control of the proceedings, smashing a quickfire 92 during his breathtaking partnership with Jonny Bairstown. Root, who narrowly missed out on his century after getting dismissed on 91, helped England score 389 runs in their second innings and take a lead of 377 runs.
Virat Kohli is currently the third most influential athlete on social media platform Instagram behind football superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. According to HypeAuditor, the former Indian cricket team skipper has 255.6 million followers with his average engagement on the app varying between 4.1 million to 4.5 million per day. Overall, Kohli is seventh in the list ahead of well-known celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Hollywood actress Zendeya. When it comes to total number of followers, Ronaldo tops the list with 597.5 million but with respect to engagement and influence, the report claimed that the top spot belonged to renowned singer-songwriter Selena Gomez.
As India took on West Indies in the second Test of the series, Virat Kohli entered history books, playing his 500th international game. On the second day, Kohli entered the record books as he scored his 76th international ton. He is the first player to score a ton in his 500th international match. This was Kohli's 29th international ton, as he equalled Don Bradman. Sharing his views on India's batting talisman, West Indies great Courtney Walsh lavished ultimate praise, saying in terms of Indian greats, Kohli is just behind Sachin Tendulkar in his list. Walsh also spoke about a few other greats of the game, while slotting Kohli in his top 5 overall.