Top Stories: Things that made news in the cricket world today

Virender Sehwag hails India Women for booking their place in T20 World Cup semi-final

• The Women in Blue continued with their imperious run in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2020.
• Shafali Verma once again blazed her way to 46 off 34 balls.
• Former Indian cricketer VVS Laxman also took to Twitter where he hailed Shafali.
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VVS Laxman asks struggling Prithvi Shaw to learn from Kane Williamson and Mayank Agarwal

• Prithvi Shaw made a terrific start to his international career in 2018 when he hit a hundred against the West Indies.
• Shaw was seen struggling against experienced fast bowlers like Tim Southee and Trent Boult.
• is likely to miss the second Test in Christchurch starting Saturday.
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ICC announces latest T20I player rankings after SAvAUS series

• While Agar went to slot No.4 in the T20Is, his spinning mate Adam Zampa saw an improvement of one slot to No.3.
• Chinaman bowler Tabraiz Shamshi took three wickets in the series and saw his ranking going up by three places to No.5.
• The latest International Cricket Council’s (ICC) T20I rankings saw some players from Australia taking a good leap ahead.
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David Warner to lead Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2020

• Ahead of the much-awaited IPL 2020 season, most fans were expecting Kane Williamson to lead the side.
• Warner has been gathering impressive performances in the IPL ever since his debut in the tournament.
• The southpaw has racked up 400+ runs in every IPL season since 2013.
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Glenn McGrath warns Virat Kohli & Co. ahead of Australia Test series

• The Indian cricket team is currently in New Zealand where they are locking horns with the Kane Williamson-led Kiwis.
• Kohli’s men will hope for an encore but the task will be a lot more difficult considering they will be up against an Aussie side.
• McGrath feels that while it will be tougher for India, that is not to say that they will not do well there.
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Kartik Aaryan reacts to Jemimah Rodrigues’ dancing video

• The Women in Blue have so far maintained an all-win record in the tournament.
• Jemimah’s video was originally posted on the social media platform by the ICC.
• 19-year-old Jemimah made her international debut in March 2018 and has become a key member of the national side since then.
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MS Dhoni turns farmer; shares a video of him doing organic farming

• Dhoni hasn’t played for Team India since the latter’s exit from the 2019 World Cup after losing the semi-final to New Zealand.
• The champion wicketkeeper-batsman has continued to feature on public forums.
• The former Indian World Cup-winning skipper took to his official Facebook account to post the video of the same.
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Shikhar Dhawan shares a heartfelt post for Rohit Sharma

• Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma form a formidable opening pair that has helped India in winning several games.
• They also share a strong bond due to which they have managed to reap so much success in international cricket.
• Its been long that Dhawan and Rohit have been given the task to open the innings for Team India.
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‘All three Indian seamers are not really outswing bowlers’ – Sanjay Manjrekar

• Indian cricket team suffered a humbling ten-wicket shellacking at the hands of New Zealand in the first Test.
• The Indians failed to get enough movement and deviation off the surface like Trent Boult and Tim Southee.
• Earlier, skipper Virat Kohli had said that he is not perturbed by the underwhelming performances of the pace-unit.
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