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Having once played in the same South Africa team as Dale Steyn, AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis, Roelof van der Merwe has finally made it to a World Cup - with the Netherlands. The 38-year-old is a member of a select group of just 16 men to have turned out for two countries. Van der Merwe appeared in 13 ODIs for South Africa between 2009 and 2010 before switching allegiance to the Dutch in 2019.
David Miller holds an international cricket record he would prefer not to have.
South African cricketing legend Jacques Kallis remarked that the Proteas players should stick to their roles during the ICC Cricket World Cup in India and continue the manner in which they have been playing, pointing that past unsuccessful campaigns were because the players "wanted it too much" and "went outside their roles" because of it. South African legends Kallis and Faf du Plessis have shared their thoughts on how the Proteas could fare at the upcoming ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 in India.
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.
Virat Kohli marked his 500th appearance for India with his 76th international century in the ongoing second Test against West Indies in Trinidad. In the first innings, Kohli slammed a brilliant 121 to set up India's total of 438 runs after the hosts had opted to bowl. Kohli looked in good touch before getting run out unfortunately. The former India captain, who made his Test debut during the tour of West Indies in 2011, also overtook batting great Brian Lara in the list of players with the most numbers of centuries while batting at no. 4.
Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya on Sunday achieved a significant milestone by scoring 2000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Pandya achieved the feat during a match against Rajasthan Royals at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Pandya achieved this feat as he smashed the crucial runs in the eighth over, smashing a carrom ball from off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin over mid-off/extra cover. Pandya, who started the game just 16 runs shy of the 2000-run mark, has now joined an elite group of IPL players who have scored 2000 runs and taken 50 wickets. The hard-hitting all-rounder has taken 50 wickets in the IPL over a nine-year and 100-match career.
Virat Kohli arrived at his second home M Chinnaswamy Stadium after 1427 days in IPL and the talismanic India cricketer didn't disappoint the passionate Royal Challengers Bangalore fans who turned up in large numbers to watch their team in action from the ground. Virat Kohli's masterful knock along with captain Faf du Plessis and their third-century stand in IPL ensured Royal Challengers Bangalore didn't have to break much sweat and claimed an emphatic 8-wicket win over Mumbai Indians.
With every team playing at least one game in the IPL 2023 they have given a peek at their strengths and weaknesses in the early stage of the tournament. With their performances, all ten teams in IPL have displayed their game plans and strategies they will apply in the marquee competition. Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) - who won their opening games quite convincingly and ticked off all the boxes with their all-round show - look like a team to beat and in their early predictions the experts have backed these two sides to make it to the playoffs stage.