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  December, 2006 Ranji Trophy match is going on at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. In the first innings of Karnataka, they made 448 runs and in reply Delhi lost 4 wickets for 14 runs. The situation got worsened as the father of the best batsman of Delhi, has died. His teammates assumed that the man whose father had just died, would not be able to play without attending his father's funeral. But to everyone's surprise, the boy came out from the dressing room with bat and pad. The man whose father has just died in the morning, entered the crease and saved Delhi from a follow-on by scoring 90 off 238 balls in 281 minutes. World Cricket today knows the boy of that day as Virat Kohli — the Indian Cricket Team Captain. You may dislike him for his aggressiveness on the field but if you're a true cricket fan, you've to admit that Virat Kohli is one of the best batsman in world cricket today. Actually you know what, this aggressiveness defines him.  Virat was born in a Punjabi family

  Part: 1 - CRICKET 🏏 🔢 Unlucky Numbers: Usually the words sports and superstition are poles apart, but the word superstition on the field of sports seems to be complementary. There are some bizarre superstitions among many renowned players of the world. Many famous players are involved with all their fascinating superstitions. If you keep an eye on the tennis court you will see Serena Williams still drops the ball on the court five times before first serving. Twice before second serve. Opponent players are often annoyed at her. But, the black beauty does not care at all! And Rafael Nadal once ate the same food twice a day during the 15-days tour of 2017 US Open. The hotel staff had memorized exactly what food to serve to Rafa's room. And in case of cricket, there is no exception, many cricketers can be called superstitious in a word. As we all know that Cricket is called gentleman's game. But gentlemen can't be superstitious, who said that! There are so many superstit

July 13, 2002, England vs India, NatWest series final, Lord's India chasing a mammoth 326, No. 10 batsman Zaheer Khan was on the strike while the man in form Mohammed Kaif was at the non-striker end. Andrew Flintoff bowled the third ball of the final over with India requiring 2 runs to win. Zak nudged the ball into the covers and the batsmen sprinted like hares to collect the winning runs, India won by 2 wickets with 3 balls remaining - what was the highest chase ever by any team at Lord's in ODIs. Meanwhile, someone from the iconic Lord's balcony was waving his jersey. The glare in his eyes looked more like burning embers and this man was none other than the then India captain Sourav Ganguly. Sourav Ganguly's reaction to that victory became a cult moment in the history of world cricket. An 'in-your-face captain' waving the shirt forced the world to reckon the arrival of a completely new Indian team who could challenge any opponent

So it's another July 7. Mahendra Singh Dhoni grown one year older. At 39, he is well and truly in the evening of his career. They say, in the life of every athlete there comes a time when there are signs that the end is near. His keeping hasn't been without faults, the byes seem to come every game and an odd edge too finds its way past him. As for his batting, every time he has walked out to bat in the last World Cup, he seemed to be playing from memory. Actually, all good things must come to an end and there's this feeling that Dhoni might well be on his last lap. And knowing Dhoni, the kind of person he is, there may not be an official announcement of one of India's most popular and successful captains walking into the sunset. Dhoni has always been a man at peace with himself. At the height of his success, he was firmly grounded. He is someone who has never allowed all his fame and fortune to control his life. He likes to keep things simple. And,

Phalaborwa, might just be a new word to a lot or a small town for a few. But, for cricket lovers it means a lot more than just a place. It has a fleeting and furtive air of triumph in it and it has given a devotee of the game of cricket, an individual who fleets himself up in the air upon claiming a wicket either in-swinging the off stump out of its roots or by capturing the batsman plumb and right in front of the wickets with a ball that hardly drifts away from the pitch. If pace bowling is an art, then it has many Picasso. We all have enjoyed and rejoiced watching the likes of Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding, Wasim Akram, Allan Donald, Glenn McGrath, James Anderson - the legends and legions of the game. But he is someone who stood firm in the midst of deadly winds and turned out to be successful like a new and fresh rose would blossom. He has the ability to break himself out of the shuddening air. He is someone, that every team rightly needs. Among the fast bowlers