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India batting legend Sachin Tendulkar is celebrating his 49th birthday on Sunday and wishes poured in for the Master Blaster on social media. Tendulkar, known as one of the best batters to ever play the game, has several records to his name and he remains the highest scorer in international cricket till date. Tendulkar has registered 100 centuries across all three formats of the game and one can only dream of this record being broken.
India will host South Africa for a five-match T20 International (T20I) series in June, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed on Saturday as they announced the schedule and venues for the matches. The series will begin on June 9 in Delhi and conclude on June 19 in Bengaluru. Delhi, Cuttack, Vizag, Rajkot and Bengaluru, the BCCI said in an official release. It is still to be seen whether crowds will be allowed for the Proteas' tour of India.
With the T20 World Cup scheduled for this year, fans and experts will be wondering about who will be included in Rohit Sharma's squad for the showpiece event. During the T20 World Cup last year and also the 2019 ODI World Cup, India lacked a finisher and the selectors will be once again tasked with choosing the best option. Since India's exit from the 2019 ODI World Cup, Rishabh Pant has slowly cemented his position as Team India's finisher and he is expected to don the role once again in Australia, but former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh feels that there is another cricketer who can perform better in the role than Pant in the upcoming tournament. Speaking to Sportskeeda, Harbhajan said that he would put Karthik "ahead of everyone".
Dinesh Karthik is enjoying a great run of form with the bat in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. While playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, the right-handed batter has so far scored 210 runs in seven games with his highest score being 66 not out against Delhi Capitals and this knock had come when RCB were in a tough spot. Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri believes that Karthik has a strong chance of making it to the T20 World Cup squad, but he admitted that the wicketkeeper-batter will find it tough to make it to the playing XI.
Former India batter Aakash Chopra feels that the Indian spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal will not play together in the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. Together known as "Kul-Cha", both players are going through a purple patch in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League. While Chahal is leading the Purple Cap race with 17 wickets for the Rajasthan Royals (RR), Kuldeep isn't far behind with 13 scalps to his name so far for the Delhi Capitals.
On this day in 1998, legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar played one of the finest One Day International (ODI) innings of all times against Australia at Sharjah, unleashing what is known as the 'Desert Storm' to the millions, on the lethal Aussie bowling attack comprising of likes of Shane Warne, Michael Kasprowicz, and Damien Fleming. "Desert storm in Sharjah! On this day in 1998, the world witnessed one of Sachin Tendulkar's greatest innings as he smashed an incredible 143 against Australia," tweeted ICC.
Virat Kohli's lean patch is turning into a massive rut as he continues to fail in his attempt at getting a big score. Without an international century for close two-and-a-half years now, Kohli's quest to find run scoring form took another hit on Tuesday as he was dismissed for a golden duck in RCB's match against Lucknow Super Giants. He has given up IPL captaincy and doesn't lead India in any format anymore, yet his golden touch with the bat is missing.
Impressed with the way Dinesh Karthik is making his bat talk in this year's IPL, the legendary Sunil Gavaskar reckons that the veteran keeper-batter can play the role of a finisher for the Indian team in the T20 World Cup later this year. Karthik has been hitting the ball fluently for his new franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore this season. The former Kolkata Knight Riders skipper has produced effective knocks of 32, 14, 44, 7, 34 and 66 with an astonishing strike-rate of 209.57. By remaining unbeaten in five of the six innings, he is averaging 197.00.