ODI cricket wasn't very big in that era...

From the cricket pitch to the world of speed! 🏎️🏏 Shubman Gill swaps boundaries for burning rubber as he takes in the electrifying atmosphere of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.✨ #ShubmanGill #BritishGP #CricketImpluse

2 years in international cricket. From wondering if he'd ever get a chance to becoming the world's No. 1 T20 batter. Unreal rise @OfficialAbhi04

9 days until Virat Kohli plays Cricket

So where is the emergency legislation, halting of the process, and sackings for knowingly letting in security risks? (Crickets) For the millionth time: the system is working as intended

Rohit Sharma doesn't just lead teams—he sets the benchmark for captaincy. 🐐👑 Highest win % in international cricket. Highest win % in ICC tournaments. The numbers say it all. #RohitZone #RohitSharma #CaptainRohit #TeamIndia #IndianCricket #ICC #GOAT

It’s not that they don’t get their due but just feel like the Australian women’s cricket team need to be celebrated a lot more than they do in this country. Last night’s World Cup win was a reminder of how they’re one of the most dominant sporting teams across codes of all time

🚨VAIBHAV SOORYAVANSHI IS THE NEXT SUPERSTAR OF INDIAN CRICKET - MOEEN ALI🤯 Moeen Ali said :🗣️ "India has always produced the superstar players, you had Sunil Gavaskar, you had Sachin Tendulkar after him, you had Virat Kohli after him. That superstar culture will always be there. So, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is definitely gonna be the one right there as long as he is scoring runs, entertaining the crowd. He is definitely gonna be right up there". [Beard Before Wicket]

The ultimate prize in #T20WorldCup cricket belongs to Australia 🏆 Australia add their seventh #T20WorldCup trophy to the cabinet 🤩

Rohit Sharma and Cricket World Cups—a match made in heaven. 😍🏆🔥 #Cricket #India #RohitSharma

They compare this sport with Cricket ? No rules? Just vibes 😹

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🔥 RAPID FIRE : Phoebe Litchfield's Ultimate Cricket Picks! 🇦🇺🏏 No hesitation. No diplomacy. Just pure instinct. ✅ Harmanpreet Kaur over Charlotte Edwards ✅ Karen Rolton over Mithali Raj ✅ Meg Lanning wins the Aussie battle... until... 👑 When it came down to the final choice, Phoebe Litchfield picked one name above everyone else... ELLYSE PERRY. 🐐 "The GOAT... Sorry, that's tough... but yeah, Ellyse Perry." Do you agree with Phoebe's final pick? 🤔👇

An avg goy-jeet mind literally cannot think outside of movies, cricket and politics, absolute slaves

Meet MS Dhoni: The Ranchi Railway Clerk Who Carried a Billion Dreams on His Shoulders > Born : July 7, 1981 Born in Ranchi, Bihar to Pan Singh & Devaki Devi. He wasn't a product of the elite cricket academies; he was a kid from a modest, hardworking family. His father worked in a junior management position at MECON. He grew up in a traditional household, finding his first joy not in a cricket stadium, but as a goalkeeper on the local football field and a badminton enthusiast at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, where he completed his schooling. > Age 14–18: The accidental discovery. While he was a natural at football, his coach saw a flash of brilliance in his wicketkeeping and threw him into the local Commando Cricket Club. It was a chaotic, unpolished start he had never been coached professionally, but he had a raw, instinctual talent that the experts couldn't ignore. > Age 18–22: The invisible years of agony. After finishing his schooling and showing promise in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy, life hit him with a reality check. To support his family, he took a job as a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) at Kharagpur Railway Station. He spent his days in a uniform that felt like a cage, checking tickets and running between platforms, living on the thin, terrifying line between a stable government salary and a dream that everyone told him was impossible. He wasn't just working; he was dying inside, wondering if he would ever be more than a face in the crowd. > Age 23: The uprising. He broke into the international circuit a raw, long-haired boy with a swinging bat and zero pedigree. He didn't ask for permission to succeed; he snatched the opportunity with a violence that shocked the world. > Age 26: The weight of the world. Handed the captaincy for the 2007 T20 World Cup, he walked into a war zone. The nation was hostile, the media was cynical, and the pressure was enough to break a man. He didn't just win; he became the only man in history to carry a nation’s crumbling confidence on his shoulders and turn it into gold, proving that a leader is born, not made. > Age 29: The night he saved a billion souls. 2011. The World Cup final. As he walked to the crease, the entire country wasn't just watching they were begging him to save them from years of heartache. He didn't just hit a six; he hit the pressure, the doubt, and the misery of a billion people into the stands. He walked off the field as a legend, but in the quiet of his room, he was just a man who had barely slept, exhausted by the sheer magnitude of the expectation he had just met. > Age 39: The final bow. On a quiet Independence Day in 2020, he walked away from international cricket with a simple, understated message. It wasn't about the fanfare; it was about the peace of letting go. He left a legacy that no one could replicate, having carried the team through the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. > Age 44 (July 2026): The Unrivaled Mogul. Today, he is an institution. With a massive business empire spanning drone tech, fitness, sports teams, and a portfolio of over 15 companies he has proved that his mind is sharper off the field than on it. He didn't just walk away from the sport; he transcended it. > At 44, @msdhoni is the ultimate proof that you don't need a loud voice to command the world; you just need an unbreakable soul. He survived the monotony of a railway station, conquered the brutal, unforgiving pressure of leading a cricket-mad nation, and built a legacy that will outlive him by generations. To his fans, he is 'Thala'; To his family, he is the man who finally found his peace. He didn't just play the game he redefined what it means to carry a nation’s heart, and he did it all, eventually, in his own, quiet terms. Advance Happy birthday 🎂 MS Dhoni 🪷

PCB installs cutting edge bowling machine at the National Cricket Academy. The newly introduced Trueman3 simulates a real bowler's run-up and release using synchronized LED animations, allowing batters to train in near matchlike conditions. The PCB says it is the first cricket board to adopt the technology. Director High Performance Aqib Javed says the machine helps players improve trigger movements and timing, while Salman Ali Agha believes it will better prepare batters for the demands of modern day cricket.

More than killing ODI cricket, and limiting it to just 18 months in a 4-year cycle, reduce it to 40-overs a side to be played with one ball. Maybe look at a couple of rules vis-a-vis fielders inside/outside the circle. Knock off 20 minutes from the 40-minute break and all of a sudden you cut down an ODI’s length by 100-odd minutes. But the legacy of ODIs, the romanticism of ODIs Must remain

NOVAK DJOKOVIC ON VIRAT KOHLI: - "Virat Kohli is a Global Star. He's just Incredible in Cricket. I have tons of respect & admiration for him. And I hope have an opportunity to meet him and play some cricket & tennis with him. I'm planning to visit to India and we've been communicating about it. And Hopefully I get a chance to be his guest so he can be my host to show me around". (Star Sports).

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