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Virat Kohli has been a very consistent player for a while now. Regardless of the format of the game, the Indian cricket captain has impressed with the bat. But this ODI series turned out to be a rare occasion where the Indian captain failed to prove his mettle in New Zealand. The Indian captain started off the series with a fine half-century from 63 balls.
India faced a humiliating defeat against New Zealand in the third ODI 2020 which was held at the Bay Oval. The Men in Blue faced a clean sweep after 31 years. With this, the Kiwis sealed the series 3-0. If one may remember, the Men in Blue had whitewashed the five-match T20I series by 5-0. Post this, Virender Sehwag who is known for his witty tweets took to social media and praised the Black Caps for their performance.
KL Rahul has been in the form of his life. Even in the third and final ODI against New Zealand, KL Rahul scored a century and thus became the first Indian wicket-keeper to score a century outside Asia. Now it was during the third match at Bay Oval that KL Rahul and New Zealand all-rounder James Neesham exchanged a bit of banter.
Ever since Lionel Messi has publically fought with Eric Abidal, there have been rumours that the six-time Ballon d’Or footballer could quit the club. Manchester City has been keen on having Messi on board. It was also reported Juventus has also lined up for having into the squad. Now former Barcelona manager Ariedo Braida has also said that it is not impossible for the Argentine star to quit the Catalan Giants.
Last night David Warner collected the Allan Border Medal for the third time in his career. But the accolade didn’t seem to go down well with England Cricket as they went on to share a clip of the Ashes 2019, where the Australian left0hander was being bothered by Stuart Broad. The English pacer went on to dismiss Warner on seven occasions. Warner went on to score only 95 runs in five games.
After serving a yearlong ban for ball-tampering, David Warner made a stunning comeback to international cricket and yesterday collected the Allan Border Medal for the third time in his career. During the acceptance speech, the Australian left-hander mentioned Virat Kohli’s name. Steve Smith who was also present at the ceremony smiled at the mention of the Indian cricket captain’s name.
After winning the T20 series by 5-0, Kane Williamson and men gave back sweet revenge to the Indian team by clean sweeping the ODI series 3-0. The Kiwis won the game by five wickets. Needless to say, this kind of a result irked the netizens and they lashed out at the team for the same. But it was Shardul Thakur who was at the receiving end as he conceded 35 runs the last two overs.
Last night Bangladesh U19 team scripted history after defeating India U19 team in the finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2020 by three wickets. This is the first time that team Bangladesh has won the World Cup at any stage. The match was held at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom and the game came into the news for the wrong reasons as the players of the two teams got into a spat with each other.
After U19 Bangladesh team won their maiden title, the players faced a backlash for the wrong reasons as a few members of the winning team hurled the choicest of abuses to the Boys in Blue. This did not go down well with the Indian boys and the players of the two teams. Before the matters aggravated, the umpires sprang into action and the stopped the two teams from actually getting into a nasty fight. The players were seen pushing and pulling each other after the game.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s team AC Milan might have faced an embarrassing defeat against Inter Milan last night by 4-2, but the former Manchester United striker went onto create a record for himself. He became the oldest player in Serie A to score in Milan’s derby game. Zlatan braced at the added minute of the game before breaking into the half-time and the team was 2-0 ahead of the intermission.
Inter Milan pulled off an amazing victory against AC Milan at San Siro by conceding a couple of goals in the last thirty minutes of the game and handed AC Milan with 4-2 loss. Post this, Romelu Lukaku labelled himself as the new king in town and thus took a jibe at AC Milan’s newbie Zlatan Ibrahimovic on social media. With the win, Inter Milan now stands on number one of the Serie A 2019-20 points table with 54 points.
Cristiano Ronaldo continued with his goal-scoring spree in the 10 consecutive matches for Juventus and became the first player to do so in the history of Serie A 2019-20. However, his goal could not save Juventus from facing a 2-1 loss against Hellas Verona. After the match, the former Real Madrid player went on to post an inspiring message for the team. Talking about the match, either of the teams could not find the net in the first half of the game.
The Indian team lost the second match to New Zealand by 22 runs and sealed the ODI series 2-0. The Men in Blue would be looking forward to saving themselves from further embarrassment. The third game which will be held at Bay Oval Stadium, Mount Maunganui between India and New Zealand would be a dead rubber which means the Men in Blue would make a few changes to the squad.
Bangladesh U19 team made history after they clinched their maiden World Cup against India U19 at the ICC Cricket World Cup at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom. The Boys in the Green won the match by three wickets to win the tournament. But it was the behaviour of the players that once again came under the microscope as they got into a physical fight with the Indian team after winning the match.
Last night, team Bangladesh scripted history by lifting the U19 World Cup 2020 for the first time. No sooner the Indian team lost the World Cup, Bangladeshi players who were in the dug-out ran towards their players who were batting on the field. Out of excitement, a Bangladeshi player was seen running towards the member of the Indian team and was teasing him.
Finally, after a couple of years, Nepal has got an ODI status and they will be hosting the United States of America in the third match. The game will be ICC CWC League 2 will be held at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur at 09.15 am IST. In this article, we bring you the live streaming details of the game, but before that let’s have a look at the brief preview of the match.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been blazing guns since the start of 2020 and has been on a goal-scoring spree. In the last game against Fiorentina, he netted two goals and reached the 50 goal mark. With this, he became the second-fastest player to have reached the mark of 50 goals. The only player ahead of him is AC Milan’s Andriy Shevchenko who took 69 games to reach the feat. Whereas, Ronaldo took 70 games to reach the mark.
Lionel Messi is having a tough time in Barcelona. Ever since his controversy with Eric Abidal came out in the open Lionel Messi has been under the microscope. To add on, Barcelona lost by 1-0 in the Copa del Rey in the quarterfinals of the match last night. In the match last night, the six-time Ballon d’Or winner also missed a chance to score of goal for the team.
Lionel Messi’s public fall out with Barcelona Sporting Director Eric Abidal has opened a can of worms for the Catalan Giants. Messi took to social media and slammed at Abidal on Instagram after he said that the players were unhappy with their former manager Ernesto Valverde Now, Messi’s teammate Jordi Alba also joined the six-time Ballon d’Or winner for criticising Eric Abidal. Barcelona was defeated by Athletic Bilbao by 1-0 and this has urge Jordi to speak against Abidal.
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