Cuba names Manuel Marrero Cruz as first prime minister since 1976 Saturday Dec 21,2019

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has appointed the country's first prime minister in more than 40 years - the tourism minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz.

Marrero's appointment was ratified unanimously by deputies in the National Assembly on Saturday Dec 21,2019

The post of prime minister was scrapped in 1976 by the then revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.

It was reinstated under the rules of a new constitution for the communist-run island passed earlier this year.
 
However, critics say any such changes are purely cosmetic as the Cuban Communist Party and the military remain the only two real decision-making institutions on the island.

Note

Fidel Castro led a communist revolution that toppled the Cuban government in 1959, after which he declared himself prime minister.

He held the title until 1976, when it was abolished and he became head of the Communist Party and president of the council of state and the council of ministers.

With his health failing, Castro handed power to his brother, Raúl, in 2006. He died in 2016.

Raúl Castro stood down from the presidency in 2018 but remains leader of Cuba's Communist Party and a major force in its politics.

8 West African countries,former French Colonies agree to discontinue CFA Franc and to have new Currency linked to the Euro

Eight West African countries - ( Ivory Coast, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo ) have agreed to cut some of their financial links with France in a move which will see the end of a currency known as the CFA franc

Under the deal a new currency called the Eco is to be launched. It will still to be linked to the Euro.
The decision was announced on Saturday Dec 21,2019 during the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to the region.

For many people living in West Africa using the CFA franc in shops or markets has been a daily reminder of the lingering colonial link with France.

In a few months’ time these countries plan to have a new currency. Although it will still be pegged to the Euro, the African countries using it will no longer be forced to keep half of their reserves in the French treasury in Paris.

2020 Australian Open Jan 20 - Feb 02,2020 - Prize Money Increased by 13.6 percent to 71 million Australian dollars ($49.1 million)

The Australian Open says prize money for the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of next year will be increased by 13.6 percent to 71 million Australian dollars ($49.1 million)

Tournament organisers said in a statement Tuesday that the women's and men's singles winners will each receive A$4.12 million, or US$2.85 million based on current exchange rates

Prize money has increased 61.4 percent at the Australian Open over the last five years, generally in keeping with prize money increases at the other Grand Slam tournaments — the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, where this year's championship at Flushing Meadows paid $57 million in prize money and $3.85 million to the singles winners

2020 Australia Tour of India to play 3-Match ODI Series Jan 14 - 19 ,2020 - India Squad Announced Monday Dec 23,2019

India ODI squad for Australia series

Virat Kohli (captain),Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul,Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami

3-Match ODI series vs Australia schedule

1st ODI at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - January 14
2nd ODI at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot - January 17
3rd ODI at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru - January 19

2020 Sri Lanka Tour of India to play 3-Match T20I Series Jan 05 -10,2020 - India Squad Announced Monday Dec 23,2019

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday Dec 23,2019 announced India's squads for the 3-match T20I series against Sri Lanka and 3-match ODI series against Australia scheduled to be held in January 2020.

India will take on Sri Lanka in the 3 T20Is between January 5 and 10 while the 3-match ODI series against Australia will be played between January 14 and 19.

Vice-captain Rohit Sharma has been rested for T20I series against Sri Lanka along with Mohammed Shami. But the duo will return for the ODIs against Australia.

Virat Kohli will be leading India squads in the New Year.

Rohit Sharma has be
missed the West Indies series with an injury, returns to both the T20I and the ODI squads. He is likely to pair up with KL Rahul at the top of the order in the absence of Rohit in the T20Is vs Sri Lanka.

Fit-again Bumrah back for T20Is and ODIs

Meanwhile, fit-again pacer Jasprit Bumrah will return to international action after being on the sidelines with a back injury after being named in the squads for both series. Bumrah did not feature in India's international assignments after the tour of West Indies that came right after India's World Cup 2019 campaign.

Jasprit Bumrah missed the limited-overs series and the Tests against South Africa and Bangladesh and the recently-concluded limited-overs series against the West Indies at home. Bumrah was seen bowling at the Team India nets on the eve of the Visakhaptnam ODI against the West Indies earlier this month

India T20I squad for Sri Lanka series

Virat Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar.

3-Match T20I Vs Sri Lanka Schedule

1st T20I at Barasapara Cricket Ground, Guwahati - January 5
2nd T20I at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore - January 7
3rd T20I at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune - January 10

Cricket Australia's ODI Team of the Decade - MS Dhoni named captain of Cricket Australia ODI team of the decade

MS Dhoni (c & wk), Rohit Sharma, Hashim Amla, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Shakib Al Hasan, Jos Buttler, Rashid Khan, Mitchell Starc, Trent Boult, Lasith Malinga.

Cricket Australia's Test Team of the Decade - Virat Kohli named captain of Cricket Australia Test Team of the Decade

Cricket Australia's Test Team of the Decade

 Virat Kohli (c), Alastair Cook, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Steve Smith, Ab de Villiers (wk), Ben Stokes, Dale Steyn, Stuart Broad, Nathan Lyon, James Anderson.

2019 Jharkhand Assembly Election Results Monday Dec 23,2019

The Hemant Soren-led alliance of JMM, Congress and RJD attained a majority in the 81-member Jharkhand assembly on Monday Dec 23,2019

The coalition has clinched 47 seats, which is way past the required majority mark in the Jharkhand assembly, while BJP has won only 25

Constituency	Assembly Constituency No	Winning Candidate	Winning Party	Losing Candidate	Losing Party	Vote Margin
Baghmara	43	Dulu Mahato	BJP	Jaleshwar Mahato	Congress	824
Bagodar	29	Vinod Kumar Singh	CPIML	Nagendra Mahto	BJP	14545
Baharagora	44	Samir Kr. Mohanty	JMM	Kunal Shadangi	BJP	60565
Barhait	3	Hemant Soren	JMM	Simon Malto	BJP	25740
Barhi	21	Umashankar Akela	Congress	Manoj Kumar Yadav	BJP	11371
Barkagaon	22	Amba Prasad	Congress	Roshan Lal Choudhary	AJSU	31514
Barkatha	20	Amit Kumar Yadav S/O-Chitranjan Yadav	Independent	Janki Prasad Yadav	BJP	24812
Bermo	35	Rajendra Pd. Singh	Congress	Yogeshwar Mahto	BJP	25172
Bhawanathpur	81	Bhanu Pratap Shahi	BJP	Sogra Bibi	BSP	39904
Bishrampur	77	Ramchandra Chandravanshi	BJP	Rajesh Mehta	BSP	8513
Bishunpur	69	Chamra Linda	JMM	Ashok Oraon	BJP	17382
Bokaro	36	Biranchi Narayan	BJP	Shweta Singh	Congress	13313
Borio	2	Lobin Hembrom	JMM	Surya Narayan Hansada	BJP	17924
Chaibasa	52	Deepak Birua	JMM	J. B. Tubid	BJP	26159
Chakradharpur	56	Sukhram Oraon	JMM	Laxman Giluwa	BJP	12234
Chandankyari	37	Amar Kumar Bauri	BJP	Uma Kant Rajak	AJSU	9211
Chatra	27	Satyanand Bhokta	RJD	Janardan Paswan	BJP	24055
Chattarpur	78	Pushpa Devi	BJP	Vijay Kumar	RJD	26792
Daltonganj	76	Alok Kumar Chaurasiya	BJP	Krishna Nand Tripathi	Congress	21517
Deoghar	15	Narayan Das	BJP	Suresh Paswan	RJD	2624
Dhanbad	40	Raj Sinha	BJP	Mannan Mallick	Congress	30629
Dhanwar	28	Babulal Marandi	JVM(P)	Lakshman Prasad Singh	BJP	17550
Dumka	10	Hemant Soren	JMM	Lois Marandi	BJP	13188
Dumri	33	Jagarnath Mahto	JMM	Yashoda Devi	AJSU	34288
Gandey	31	Dr Sarfraz Ahmad	JMM	Jai Prakash Verma	BJP	8855
Garhwa	80	Mithilesh Kumar Thakur	JMM	Satyendra Nath Tiwari	BJP	23522
Ghatsila	45	Ramdas Soren	JMM	Lakhan Chandra Mardi	BJP	6724
Giridih	32	Sudivya Kumar	JMM	Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi	BJP	15884
Godda	17	Amit Kumar Mandal	BJP	Sanjay Prasad Yadav	RJD	4512
Gomia	34	Lambodar Mahto	AJSU	Babita Devi	JMM	10937
Gumla	68	Bhushan Tirkey	JMM	Mishir Kujur	BJP	7667
Hatia	64	Navin Jaiswal	BJP	Ajay Nath Shahdeo	Congress	16264
Hazaribagh	25	Manish Jaiswal	BJP	Dr. Ramchandra Prasad	Congress	51812
Hussainabad	79	Kamlesh Kumar Singh	NCP	Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav	RJD	9849
Ichagarh	50	Sabita Mahato	JMM	Hare Lal Mahato	AJSU	18710
Jagannathpur	54	Sona Ram Sinku	Congress	Mangal Singh Bobonga	JVM(P)	11606
Jama	11	Sita Murmu	JMM	Suresh Murmu	BJP	2426
Jamshedpur East	48	Saryu Roy	Independent	Raghubar Das	BJP	15833
Jamshedpur West	49	Banna Gupta	Congress	Devendra Nath Singh	BJP	22583
Jamtara	9	Irfan Ansari	Congress	Birendra Mandal	BJP	38741
Jamua	30	Kedar Hazra	BJP	Manju Kumari	Congress	18175
Jarmundi	12	Badal	Congress	Devendra Kunwar	BJP	3099
Jharia	41	Purnima Niraj Singh	Congress	Ragini Singh	BJP	12054
Jugsalai	47	Mangal Kalindi	JMM	Muchiram Bauri	BJP	21934
Kanke	65	Sammari Lal	BJP	Suresh Kumar Baitha	Congress	22540
Kharasawan	57	Dashrath Gagrai	JMM	Jawahar Lal Banra	BJP	22795
Khijri	62	Rajesh Kachhap	Congress	Ram Kumar Pahan	BJP	5469
Khunti	60	Nilkanth Singh Munda	BJP	Sushil Pahan	JMM	26327
Kodarma	19	Dr. Neera Yadav	BJP	Amitabh Kumar	RJD	1797
Kolebira	71	Naman Bixal Kongari	Congress	Sujan Jojo	BJP	12338
Manoharpur	55	Joba Majhi	JMM	Gurucharan Nayak	BJP	16019
Nala	8	Rabindra Nath Mahato	JMM	Satyanand Jha	BJP	3520
Nirsa	39	Aparna Sengupta	BJP	Arup Chatterjee	Marxist Co-Ordination	25458
Pakur	5	Alamgir Alam	Congress	Veni Prasad Gupta	BJP	65108
Panki	75	Kushwaha Shashi Bhushan Mehta	BJP	Devendra Kumar Singh	Congress	37190
Poreyahat	16	Pradeep Yadav	JVM(P)	Gajadhar Singh	BJP	13597
Potka	46	Sanjib Sardar	JMM	Menka Sardar	BJP	43110
Rajmahal	1	Anant Kumar Ojha	BJP	Md. Tajuddin	AJSU	12372
Ramgarh	23	Mamta Devi	Congress	Sunita Choudhary	AJSU	28718
Ranchi	63	Chandreshwar Prasad Singh	BJP	Mahua Maji	JMM	5904
Latehar	74	Baidyanath Ram	JMM	Prakash Ram	BJP	16328
Littipara	4	Dinesh William Marandi	JMM	Daniel Kisku	BJP	13903
Lohardaga	72	Rameshwar Oraon	Congress	Sukhdeo Bhagat	BJP	30150
Madhupur	13	Haji Hussain Ansari	JMM	Raj Paliwar	BJP	23069
Mahagama	18	Deepika Pandey Singh	Congress	Ashok Kumar	BJP	12499
Maheshpur	6	Stephen Marandi	JMM	Mistry Soren	BJP	34106
Majhganon	53	Niral Purty	JMM	Bhupendra Pingua	BJP	47192
Mandar	66	Bandhu Tirkey	JVM(P)	Deo Kumar Dhan	BJP	23127
Mandu	24	Jai Prakash Bhai Patel	BJP	Nirmal Mahto	AJSU	2062
Manika	73	Ramchandra Singh	Congress	Raghupal Singh	BJP	16240
Saraikella	51	Champai Soren	JMM	Ganesh Mahali	BJP	15667
Sarath	14	Randhir Kumar Singh	BJP	Uday Shankar Singh	JVM(P)	28720
Shikaripara	7	Nalin Soren	JMM	Paritosh Soren	BJP	29471
Silli	61	Sudesh Kumar Mahto	AJSU	Seema Devi	JMM	20195
Simaria	26	Kishun Kumar Das	BJP	Manoj Kumar Chandra	AJSU	10996
Simdega	70	Bhushan Bara	Congress	Shradhanand Besra	BJP	285
Sindri	38	Indrajit Mahato	BJP	Anand Mahato	Marxist Co-Ordination	8253
Sisai	67	Jiga Susaran Horo	JMM	Dinesh Oraon	BJP	38418
Tamar	58	Vikas Kumar Munda	JMM	Ram Durlav Singh Munda	AJSU	30971
Torpa	59	Koche Munda	BJP	Sudeep Guria	JMM	9630
Tundi	42	Mathura Prasad Mahato	JMM	Vikram Pandey	BJP	25659

The BJP contested 79 of 81 seats in the Jharkhand assembly, supported an Independent candidate in one constituency and did not put up nominee against AJSU Party president Sudesh Mahto

Chief Minister Raghubar Das was dealt a severe blow in the Jharkhand assembly elections in which he failed to retain even his own seat, Jamshedpur East, which he lost to Independent candidate Saryu Roy, who is a BJP rebel and former minister.

Jharkhand is home to four major tribal groups - Santhal, Munda, Ho and Oraon. While the BJP is traditionally known to control the Munda votes, the JMM has a following among the Santhali vote while the Congress is believed to have the backing of the Ho and Oraon

All of Raghubar Das's predecessors, including Jharkhand's first chief minister Babulal Marandi, have been from the tribal community. The BJP tried to change the pro-tribal script in 2014 when it picked a non-tribal, Raghubar Das, from the backward Teli caste, to head the state

Raghubar Das, the first chief minister to complete a full term in office, proved anything but a deft politician. His attempts to change the tribal tenancy laws in 2017, which sought to dilute the protection the scheduled tribe had over their land, created a huge trust deficit for BJP in Jharkhand. The Congress-JMM led opposition along with the Church opposed the proposed amendments.The Das government had brought two bills in 2017 to change the two tenancy acts-the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act (CNTA) and the Santhal Parganas Tenancy Act (SPTA)--to allow commercial use of tribal land. The move was largely seen as a pro-corporate and anti-tribal. Sensing the anger of the tribal community, the BJP had put the decision on hold before the Lok Sabha polls, but the opposition succeeded in conveying the message that Das would push the bills through if voted back to power

28 assembly seats are reserved for STs and 9 assembly seats are reserved for SCs out of the total 81 assembly seats

In 2014, when the BJP bagged its highest tally of 37 assembly seats in Jharkhand, it was largely possible because a significant section of the tribal community voted for the saffron party. It was manifested in the BJP's performance in the 28 ST seats, where it was almost on par with the JMM, often seen as the first claimant of tribal votes in Jharkhand (the BJP had bagged 11 seats whereas the JMM tally was 13). However in 2019, the JMM-Congress combine has now won 25 of these 28 seats and the BJP which contested all the seats could manage to win just 2 seats

However,BJP improved its performance in seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes. Of the 9 SC assembly seats in Jharkhand, the BJP bagged 6, one more than its 2014 tally of 5 seats

The last three-phases of voting were held in Jharkhand amid nationwide protests against the NRC and the CAA. On December 12, 16 and 20, polls took place for 43 seats out of the total 81 seats in the state. The result tally shows that the BJP won 17 seats followed by the JMM (11) and Congress (9), while the AJSU, a former election ally of the BJP, got two seats in the last three phases.
In 2014, the BJP had won 15 seats. In 2019, as per available data of the Election Commission, the BJP was able to retain only 10 seats. However, Congress and the JMM have gained two and six extra seats over their previous wins in the last assembly election.


This was the first state election since the creation of Jharkhand in 2000 that the BJP contested the polls alone. It junked its oldest ally in the state, the All Jharkhand Students Union Party, whose Sudesh Mahto tried till the very last moment to have a pre-poll tie-up with the BJP.

The BJP leadership, then smarting under the Maharashtra experience of having been "ditched" by 35-year-old ally Shiv Sena, decided to go solo in Jharkhand. The party, however, did not put up its candidate against Sudesh Mahto at Silli seat in Ranchi.

The trend from the counting of votes in Jharkhand shows that the BJP would have been in advantageous position had it conceded to demands by the AJSUP in the assembly election

MS Dhoni completes 15 years in international cricket Dec 23,2019

Former India skipper MS Dhoni on Monday Dec 23,2019 completed 15 years in international cricket

On December 23 in 2004, Dhoni made his debut against Bangladesh and since then has been a remarkable servant of Indian cricket

Counted among India's most successful captains, the 38-year-old has been a vital cog for Indian cricket in the last 15 years

Be it his brilliant glove work or his skillful batting, the wicketkeeper-batsman has contributed in every way possible for taking the Men in Blue to the pinnacle of the sport

However, Dhoni did not have the best of starts to his international career. He was run-out off his first ball against Bangladesh on December 23, 2004

 However, this footballer-turned cricketer didn't get disappointed

He rather worked hard on his game and made sure he becomes an integral part of the Indian cricket team in the times to come and went on to achieve accolades which players dream about

Remembering M G R on his 32nd Death Anniversary Tuesday Dec 24,2019

                                                          இருந்தாலும் மறைந்தாலும் பேர் சொல்ல வேண்டும்
                                                         இவர் போல யாரென்று ஊர் சொல்ல வேண்டும்

2019 Croatian Presidential Elections Sunday Dec 22,2019

The 2019 Croatian Presidential Elections were held in Croatia on Sunday Dec 22, 2019

As no candidate received a majority of all votes cast (including blank and invalid ballots), a second round will take place on Jan 05, 2020 between the two candidates with the highest number of votes in the first round

In the first round of the presidential election,former Social Democratic Prime Minister Zoran Milanović secured 29.55% of the vote, ahead of conservative incumbent President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, who received 26.65% of the vote.

The conservative folk musician and former Member of Parliament Miroslav Škoro, who was running as an independent candidate, narrowly failed to reach the run-off election, managing to attract the support of 24.45% of voters.

Therefore, this election marked the first time in Croatian history that the incumbent president did not receive the highest number of votes in the first round.

 Also, Grabar-Kitarović attained both the lowest number of votes (507,626) and the lowest percentage of votes of any Croatian president competing in either of the two rounds of elections.

 Furthermore, Milanović attained both the lowest number of votes (562,779) and the lowest percentage of the vote of any winning candidate in the first round of a presidential election.

Meanwhile, Škoro received the highest number of votes (465,703) for a third-placed candidate since Mate Granić (HDZ) in the 2000 presidential election and the highest-ever percentage of the vote for a candidate who did not advance to a run-off election. 

2019 Afghanistan Presidential Election Results Sunday Dec 22,2019

Afghan officials announced Sunday Dec 22,2019 that President Ashraf Ghani had won reelection by a hair's breadth in a nationwide Sep 28,2019 vote, netting 50.64 percent of the preliminary tally — the majority he needed to avoid a second round of voting

Abdullah Abdullah, Ghani's estranged governing partner and main contender, denounced the preliminary results as "fraudulent" and vowed to challenge them.

The announcement Sunday came after weeks of delay, controversy and protests by opponents

The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said the total turnout in the presidential election was more than 1.8 million with Ghani securing 50.64% – enough to win in the first round of voting – beating his main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, who shares power with Ghani in a unity government.

According to the tally released by the IEC on Sunday, the total turnout was 1,824,401 with Ghani winning 923,868 votes. Abdullah finished second with 39.5% and 720,099 votes.

Abdullah’s office said in a statement that he did not accept the preliminary results published on Sunday and that the commission had failed to tackle election fraud

Citizenship Amendment Bill(CAB) 2019 - Govt issues 8-point 'myth-buster' on CAB

1) Myth: CAB will provide citizenship to Bengali Hindus

Fact: CAB does not automatically confer Indian citizenship to Bengali Hindus. It is just an enabling legislation for persons belonging to six minority communities of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. It has been proposed on extremely humanitarian grounds as these minorities had fled from these three countries due to persecution on grounds of their religion.

2) Myth: CAB dilutes 'Assam Accord'

Fact: CAB does not dilute the sanctity of the Assam Accord as far as the cut-off date of March 24, 1971, stipulated for detection/deportation of illegal immigrants is concerned.

3) Myth: CAB is against the interest of indigenous people of Assam.

Fact: CAB is not Assam-centric. It is applicable to the whole country. Citizenship Amendment Bill is definitely not against National Register of Citizens (NRC), which is being updated to protect indigenous communities from illegal immigrants.

4) Myth: CAB will lead to domination of Bengali speaking people.

Fact: Most of the Hindu Bengali population is settled in Barak Valley of Assam, where Bengali is declared the second State language. In Brahmaputra Valley, Hindu Bengalis are settled in isolated pockets and have adapted themselves to Assamese language.

5) Myth: Bengali Hindus will become burden for Assam.

Fact: CAB is applicable to the whole country. Persons facing religious persecution are not settled only in Assam. They are staying in other parts of the country as well.

6) Myth: CAB will trigger fresh migration of Hindus from Bangladesh.

Fact: Most of the minorities have already migrated from Bangladesh. Moreover, the scale of atrocities on them in Bangladesh has been coming down in recent years. In the changed scenario, large-scale migration on account of religious persecution is now a remote possibility. Further, there is a cut-off date of December 31, 2014 and benefits under Citizenship Amendment Bill will not be available for members of the religious minorities who migrate to India after the cut-off date.

7) Myth: CAB is a ploy to grab tribal land by accommodating Hindu Bengalis.

Fact: Hindu Bengalis are mostly settled in Barak Valley, away from tribal belts and blocks. Further, Citizenship Amendment Bill does not contradict laws and regulations for protection of tribal lands. Citizenship Amendment Bill is not applicable in areas where provisions of ILP and sixth schedule of the Constitution apply.

8) Myth: CAB is discriminatory against Muslims.

Fact: Any foreigner of any religion from any country can apply for Indian citizenship if he/she is eligible to do so as per the existing provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955. The Citizenship Amendment Bill does not change these provisions at all. It only enables migrants of six minority communities from three countries to apply for Indian citizenship if they meet the given criteria.

2019 West Indies Tour of India Third ODI @ Cuttack Sunday Dec 22,2019

India defeat West Indies by 4 wickets , clinch 3-Match ODI series 2-1

 

 

India won the toss and chose to bowl

Squads

Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini

Evin Lewis, Shai Hope (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard (c), Jason Holder, Keemo Paul, Alzarri Joseph, Khary Pierre, Sheldon Cottrell

 

Scorecard

West Indies 315/5

India           316/6

Match Result - India won by 4 wwickets

MOM - Virat Kohli(India) for his 85 ( 81 Balls 4x9)

Series Result - India won the 3-Match ODI Series 2-1

Player of the Series - Rohit Sharma(India)

 India Captain Virat Kohli starred with the bat as India defeated West Indies by four wickets in the third and final ODI of the three-match series here at Barabati Stadium on Sunday. With this win, India won the series 2-1

This is India`s 10th consecutive series win over Windies.

Chasing 316, India got off to a steady start as openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma put on 122 runs for the first wicket. Their partnership saw both batsmen bring up their respective half-centuries.Windies finally got the breakthrough in the 22nd over as Rohit Sharma 63( 63 Balls 4x8 and 6x1)was sent back to the pavilion by Jason Holder.

Skipper Virat Kohli next came out to bat and along with Rahul, put on 45 runs for the second wicket. Alzarri Joseph got the better of  K LRahul 77( 89 Balls 4x8 and 6x1) in the 30th over

Shreyas Iyer (7) and Rishabh Pant (7) both failed to leave a mark and India was reduced to 201/4, still, 115 runs away from the target

Virat Kohli brought up his half-century in the 37th over of the Indian innings

But, India was given a big setback as Kedar Jadhav (9) was clean bowled by Sheldon Cottrell in the 39th over, and hopes of winning the match rested completely of Virat Kohli`s shoulders

Ravindra Jadeja next came out to bat and provided much-need support to Virat Kohli at the other end.

The duo put up a partnership of 58 runs to give much-needed stability to the side. However, with 30 runs required from the final four overs, Windies got the biggest breakthrough possible as Keemo Paul clean bowled Kohli (85) in the 47th over

In the end, Shardul Thakur and Jadeja ensured India`s victory by four wickets and eight balls to spare

Ravindra Jadeja 39( 31 Balls 4x4)and Shardul Thakur 17(6 Balls 4x2 and 6x1)remained unbeaten at the crease

Earlier, Nicholas Pooran and Kieron Pollard`s knocks of 89 and 74* respectively enabled West Indies to post 315/5 in the allotted fifty overs.

After being asked to bat first, Windies openers Evin Lewis and Shai Hope put on 57 runs for the first wicket

Ravindra Jadeja got the first breakthrough for India as he dismissed Lewis (21) in the 15th over of the innings. Soon after Hope (42) was sent back to the pavilion, reducing Windies to 70/2

Shimron Hetmyer (37) and Roston Chase (38) then put on 62 runs for the third wicket, but their stint at the crease was ended by Navdeep Saini and Windies found itself at 144/4 in the 32nd over

Kieron Pollard and Nicholas Pooran, then got together at the crease and the duo put on 135-runs for the fifth wicket

The duo kept on hammering Indian bowlers all around the park in the final overs.Pooran was dismissed for 89 while Pollard remained unbeaten on 74

For India, Saini took two wickets.

Brief Scores: India 316/6 (Virat Kohli 85, KL Rahul 77, Keemo Paul 3-59) defeat West Indies 315/5 (Nicholas Pooran 89, Kieron Pollard 74*, Navdeep Saini 2-58) by four wickets.

Match Highlights

Most successful 300+ chases in ODIs
17 India *
11 England
10 Australia/ Sri Lanka
06 South Africa/ Pakistan

Virat Kohli in 300+ ODI run chases
31 innings
1743 runs
Avg 62.25
SR 107.13
9 X 100s
6 X 50s
HS 183 (vs Pak, Mirpur, 2012)

 

2020 IPL season 13 - KL Rahul is the new Kings XI captain replacing Ravichandran Ashwin Thursday Dec 19,2019

Having let go of R Ashwin, Kings XI Punjab announced a new captain in KL Rahul for the upcoming season. Anil Kumble, their director of cricket operations, made the announcement after the auction ended on Thursday Dec 19,2019

Kings XI also brought in Wasim Jaffer and Jonty Rhodes as their batting and fielding coaches, respectively

"This is the right moment for KL Rahul in his career," Kumble said after the auction. "This leadership role will really help him grow."

Rahul was thankful to the team management for showing "faith" in him and giving him this responsibility. "We've had a great day in the auction, we've had exactly the players we wanted, so [I'm] really, really excited and can't wait for the IPL," he said in a video posted by the franchise.

2020 IPL Full list of all 8 franchises squads after auction

1) Mumbai Indians

Purse: 13.05 crores

Spent: 11.10 crores

Players retained: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Quinton de Kock (wk), Aditya Tare (wk), Anmolpreet Singh, Kieron Pollard, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mitchell McClenaghan.

Players purchased: Nathan Coulter-Nile (Rs 8 crores), Chris Lynn (Rs 2 crores), Saurabh Tiwary (Rs 50 lakhs), Digvijay Deshmukh (Rs 20 lakhs), Prince Balwant Rai Singh (Rs 20 lakhs), Mohsin Khan (Rs 20 lakhs).

Players traded in: Sherfane Rutherford, Dhawal Kulkarni, Trent Boult.

Squad strength: 24 (16 Indians, 8 Overseas)

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2) Chennai Super Kings

Purse: 14.60 crores

Spent: 14.45 crores

Players retained: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, N Jagadeesan, M Vijay, Rituraj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Monu Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, KM Asif

Players purchased: Piyush Chawla (Rs 6.75 Crores), Sam Curran (Rs 5.5 Crores), Josh Hazlewood (Rs 2 Crores), R Sai Kishore (Rs 20 Lakhs)

Squad strength: 24 (16 Indians, 8 Overseas)

3) Kolkata Knight Riders

Purse: 35.65 crores

Spent: 27.15 crores

Players retained: Shubman Gill, Siddesh Lad, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Harry Gurney, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier

Players traded in: Siddesh Lad

Players purchased: Pat Cummins (Rs 15.5 crores), Eoin Morgan (Rs 5.25 crores), Varun Chakravarthy (Rs 4 crores), Tom Banton (Rs 1 crore), Rahul Tripathi (Rs 60 lakhs), Pravin Tambe (Rs 20 lakhs), M Siddharth (Rs 20 lakhs), Chris Green (Rs 20 lakhs), Nikhil Naik (Rs 20 lakhs)

Squad strength: 23 (15 Indians, 8 Overseas)

 4) Delhi Capitals

Purse: 27.85 crores

Spent: 18.85 crores

Players retained: Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, R Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Keemo Paul, Avesh Khan

Players traded in: Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane

Players purchased: Shimron Hetmyer (Rs 7.75 crores), Marcus Stoinis (Rs 4.8 crores), Alex Carey (Rs 2.4 crores), Jason Roy (Rs 1.5 crores), Chris Woakes (Rs 1.5 crores), Mohit Sharma (Rs 50 lakhs), Tushar Deshpande (Rs 20 lakhs), Lalit Yadav (Rs 20 lakhs)

Squad strength: 22 (14 Indians, 8 Overseas)


5)Rajasthan Royals

Purse: 28.90 crores

Spent: 14.15 crores

Players retained: Jos Buttler (wk), Steve Smith, Sanju Samson (wk), Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Ben Stokes, Mahipal Lomror, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mayank Markande, Jofra Archer, Ankit Rajpoot, Varun Aaron.

Players traded in: Ankit Rajpoot, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia

Players purchased: Robin Uthappa (Rs 3 crores), Jaydev Unadkat (Rs 3 crores), Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rs 2.4 crores), Kartik Tyagi (Rs 1.3 crores), Andrew Tye (Rs 1 crore), Tom Curran (Rs 1 crore), Anuj Rawat (Rs 80 lakhs), David Miller (Rs 75 lakhs), Oshane Thomas (Rs 50 lakhs), Aakash Singh (Rs 20 lakhs), Anirudha Joshi (Rs 20 lakhs)

Squad strength: 25 (17 Indians, 8 Overseas)

6) Sunrisers Hyderabad

Purse: 17 crores

Spent: 6.90 crores

Players retained: David Warner, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi, T. Natarajan, Billy Stanlake.

Players purchased: Mitchell Marsh (Rs 2 crores), Priyam Garg (Rs 1.9 crores), Virat Singh (Rs 1.9 crores), Fabian Allen (Rs 50 lakhs), Sandeep Bavanaka (Rs 20 lakhs), Abdul Samad (Rs 20 lakhs), Sanjay Yadav (Rs 20 lakhs)

Squad strength: 25 (17 Indians, 8 Overseas)

 
 7) Kings XI Punjab

Purse: 42.70 crores

Spent: 26.20 crores

Players retained: KL Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Murugan Ashwin, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, K. Gowtham, J. Suchith, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Hardus Viljoen, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande

Players traded in: K Gowtham, J Suchith

Players purchased: Glenn Maxwell (Rs 10.75 crores), Sheldon Cottrell (Rs 8.5 crores), Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 2 crores), Prabhsimran Singh (Rs 55 lakhs), Deepak Hooda (Rs 50 lakhs), James Neesham (Rs 50 lakhs), Ishan Porel (Rs 20 lakhs), Chris Jordan (Rs 75 lakhs), Tajinder Dhillon (Rs 20 lakhs)

Squad strength: 25 (17 Indians, 8 Overseas)


8)Royal Challengers Bangalore

Purse: 27.90 crores

Spent: 21.50 crores

Players retained: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Parthiv Patel (wk), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj

Players purchased: Chris Morris (Rs 10 crores), Aaron Finch (Rs 4.4 crores), Dale Steyn (Rs 2 crores), Kane Richardson (Rs 4 crores), Isuru Udana (Rs 50 lakhs), Joshua Philippe (Rs 20 lakhs), Pavan Deshpande (Rs 20 lakhs), Shahbaz Ahamad (Rs 20 lakhs).

Squad strength: 21 (13 Indians, 8 Overseas)