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The 2024 Indian Premier League concluded with barely any drama as tournament leaders Kolkata Knight Riders stamped their authority over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a one-sided final in Chennai on Sunday to clinch their third title.
Former Australia cricketer Matthew Hayden has named Virat Kohli, Sanju Samson and Jasprit Bumrah in his IPL team of the tournament ahead of the summit clash between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The Australian revealed his 12-member team on broadcasters' official X handle on Sunday. He picked Sunil Narine and Travis Head as the openers of his side. Narine has amassed 482 runs including a century and three fifties for Kolkata in the season at the top.
India's vice-captain Hardik Pandya will be linking up with the Rohit Sharma-led side in New York on Sunday afternoon ahead of the upcoming Men's T20 World Cup. Pandya was a notable omission in visuals of first batch of Indian team players and support staff departing for New York from Mumbai on Saturday night. A report in Cricbuzz on Sunday said, Pandya had been vacationing overseas at an undisclosed location after Mumbai Indians' campaign ended in IPL 2024 with a defeat to Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede Stadium, and is now on his way to New York to link up with the Indian team for the showpiece event starting from June 1.
There have been several rumours surrounding Indian cricket team all-rounder Hardik Pandya and his wife Natasa Stankovic in the past few days. The rumours claimed that the couple, who got married in May 2020 and are parents to a 3-year-old son named Agastya Pandya, have separated. These speculations were triggered by Natasa removing the 'Pandya' surname from her Instagram handle. The speculations further intensified when a post titled "Natasa and Hardik separated" went viral on Reddit where the user questioned her absence from IPL 2024 matches and pointed out that she has not posted any picture with Hardik in the recent past. The post also pointed out that she did not even post something on his birthday.
A very important player's career came to an end with Royal Challengers Bengaluru's exit from the IPL 2024 - Dinesh Karthik. When he emerged in the Indian cricket scene, Karthik was seen as a very talented wicketkeeper-batter. However, with the rise of MS Dhoni, Karthik went into the shadows. But then, his persistence pad and he made a comeback into the Indian team during the latter stages of his career. In the IPL, he featured for teams like Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians.
Indian cricket team great Sachin Tendulkar has often said how family played a big role in his cricket career. Time and again, the batting maestro has said his family was a pillar of strength as he went around the world to play cricket. While Tendulkar's son Arjun is a cricket himself, who plays for Mumbai Indians, his wife Anjali got her medicine degree. On Friday, Tendulkar shared an important update on her daughter Sara. He announced that Sara completed her Master's with distinction in Clinical & Public Health Nutrition.
The hunt for the Indian men's senior cricket team is underway with the deadline for applications just a week away. According to multiple reports, former India batter Gautam Gambhir is one of the top contenders to replace Rahul Dravid as head coach. Besides Gambhir, three Indian Premier League (IPL) coaches -- Stephen Fleming (CSK), Justin Langer (LSG) and Mahela Jayawardene (Mumbai Indians Director of Cricket) are also under BCCI's radar for the high-stakes job. Reports have also emerged that BCCI's Operations Team has also approached Gujarat Titans head coach and former India pacer Ashish Nehra for the job.
Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh said that Mumbai Indians (MI) decision to bring back all-rounder Hardik Pandya to the franchise as a captain backfired and the team did not play cohesively as a unit. The ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season was one to forget for five-time champions MI. They brought back Pandya after a two-year stint with Gujarat Titans (GT), which involved winning the title in their debut season in 2022, but replacing Rohit Sharma as a captain led to massive social media backlash for the all-rounder and franchise. Pandya was booed in stadiums all over India during his matches and the team finished at the bottom of the points table with four wins, 10 losses and eight points. Pandya, who had played a crucial role in the franchise's success from 2015-21, could not put on match-winning performances.