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

All the news stories that hogged the headlines today.

Published - 19 Aug 2020, 21:30 IST | Updated - 19 Aug 2020, 21:30 IST

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Upon his retirement, social media, in no time, was flooded with tributes and wishes for ‘Mahi’. Along with his on-field antics, his humble attitude and personality had made Dhoni a fan-favourite.
Several players also reminisced their on-field as well as off-field moments with ‘Captain Cool’.
Former India batsman VVS Laxman also highlighted how Dhoni’s vast fan-following was a result of how he carried himself on and off the field.
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Former Indian cricketer Paul Valthaty is an example of a player who got immense popularity after a powerful performance in the 2011 edition of the Indian Premier League.
However, the cricketer couldn’t capitalize on his success and soon got fizzled away from the memory of the cricket fans.
Recently, the all-rounder uploaded a six-minute video on his official Instagram handle wherein he reflects on the highs and lows of his cricketing career.
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is, reportedly, trying their best to host a farewell match for MS Dhoni, who retired from international cricket on Saturday, August 15.
Having last played in the 2019 World Cup, the 39-year-old bid adieu to Team India through a post on Instagram where he gave a glimpse of his illustrious journey for the Men in Blue.
Speaking on the farewell match, a BCCI official said that they are planning for the game after the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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The former Australian captain and the current head coach of the IPL franchise Delhi Capitals Ricky Ponting stated that he would be having a “hard conversation” with the Indian bowler Ravichandran Ashwin about the “mankading” incident that he pulled against Jos Buttler in the last edition of the Indian Premier League.
Ponting has made it clear that DC has a strict policy against this and they would not tolerate any such incidents.
Ashwin had taken the cricketing world by storm during IPL 2019 as he had dismissed the England cricketer Jos Buttler by ‘mankading’.
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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has decided to host an Under-19 camp from August 23 to September 18 at BKSP.
Total of 45 cricketers have been selected for this special camp. The board had divided the cricketers in a group of 15 and they will have to test negative for joining the camp.
On Monday, the Covid-19 test was conducted for the players belonging to the second batch at the Shere Bangla National Stadium’s academy building.
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The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) is unhappy for the fact that Dream11, having stakeholders from China, managed to bag the sponsorship deal for the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The traders’ body wrote to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), expressing their anguish over the matter.
Dream11 got the deal after VIVO, a Chinese mobile brand, backed out as the title sponsors after India and China’s souring relationship in the last few months or so.
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MS Dhoni announced his retirement last week on Saturday, but the fans and the cricketers are still praising him for his heroics, skills and class.
Fellow teammates have been actively sharing their best moments and experiences to pay tribute to one of the legends in the game.
Wicket-keeper batsman KL Rahul has opened up now and has expressed that wished to give captain cool, a big send-off.
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The Chinese smartphone–giant Vivo had a five-year contract of title sponsorship from 2018 to 2022 with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
However, it opted out of the Indian Premier League 2020 in response to growing opposition to a Chinese brand backing the tournament following the Galwan stand-off.
The company received a lot of backlash on social media as a result of which it decided to put a halt on its longstanding deal with the BCCI for this year.
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Former South African captain and current Cricket South Africa’s director Graeme Smith extended his support for “Black Lives Matter”, a global movement aimed at the eradication of racism from the world.
The former cricketer was subjected to “enormous amount of abuse” and “death threats” for supporting the BLM movement at the ‘3TCricket’ match played in Centurion for the Solidarity Cup on July 18.
Smith, along with 24 players, match officials, administrators and commentators had taken a knee and raised a fist at the ground for showing their support to this revolution.
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Popularly known as God of cricket Sachin Tendulkar has recently come up with an emotional appeal that shows what a soft heart cricketer carries.
Tendulkar still has sentiments for his first car that he got from his own hard-earned money after entering the professional world of cricket.
The ace batsman was much fond of cars from a young age, and his collection of dashing cars has always been talk of the town.
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All the speculations around IPL 2020 sponsorship were put to rest when the fantasy sports platform Dream11 dominated all its competitors and bagged the IPL 2020 title sponsorship for whopping INR 222 crores.
Post brutal face-off between India and Chinese troops in the months of June, the nation was carrying anti-China sentiments.
All these political tensions made VIVO exit as the title sponsor for the 13th season of IPL, set to take place next month.
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