Prime Minister Narendra Modi is talking to India’s top cricketers via video conferencing, including captain Virat Kohli, former captain MS Dhoni, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, and KL Rahul, amid a national lockdown to combat the spreading Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The pandemic has caused more than 50 deaths in India. The global death total has crossed 50,000. Apart from the top cricketers, athletes who participating in the video call are P V Sindhu, Viswanathan Anand, M C Mary Kom, Hima Das,…
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Virat Kohli becomes first batsman to score 20K international runs in 10 years
Virat Kohli, the captain of the Indian cricket team, set another record with the 43rd ODI century of his career in the third one-day match against the West Indies. Kohli became the first batsman to score 20,000 international runs in 10 years. He scored a century on Wednesday to give India a six-wicket victory in the third ODI against the West Indies. Kohli hit an unbeaten 114 and India successfully chased down the 255-run target given under the Duckworth lewis rule to win the series 2–0. Kohli is followed by…
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