Former Indian pacer, Zaheer Khan is, amazingly, the only player to be the part of the very first game and the 500th game of the IPL.

In the very first season of the IPL, Zaheer was the part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team who were up against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Although Zaheer ended on the losing side, it was McCullum who made the opening match memorable by scoring first ever t20 hundred.

Zaheer also featured in the 500th game of the IPL. It was the 8th season of the IPL and the match between the Delhi Daredevils and the Rajasthan Royals. Zaheer was then the part of the Delhi team. It is interesting to note that 'Zak' ended on the losing side in this game as well.

Piyush Chawla remained the only bowler who hadn't bowled a no-ball in his IPL career until he bowled one in a match against the Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2016.

The first no-ball of the leg-spinner came after bowling almost 386 overs in his IPL career. For 8 years of the T20 tournament, Chawla had bowled in the most disciplined manner any bowler can bowl. Ironically, he has conceded more than 100 sixes during his IPL run.

Nonetheless, Chawla started his IPL career with the Kings XI Punjab in 2008. He went on to become one of the leading wicket-takers for the franchise. The leg-spinner was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders in the seventh season of IPL and had hit the winning runs for the Gautam Gambhir-led team in the final against his previous team.

During the IPL 2018 auctions, KKR showed great trust in Chawla and used their Right to Match card for the leggie.

Rajasthan Royals started their IPL 2018 campaign with a brutal defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad. There was no competition from the Rahane side, which propelled SRH to start the season with a resounding victory. However, RR has been hit with another big blow with their star overseas player’s injury.

Sri Lankan pacer Dushmantha Chameera, who was bought by RR for 50 Lakh in the auction has been suffering from the back problem. He will miss the IPL action for at least three weeks and he’s also in doubt for Sri Lanka’s Test tour of the West Indies in June. However, RR is yet to announce his replacement.

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                       How You all Doing, I guess Well so Without Further a Do let's Get into the Post.Returning to the fray after serving out a two-year suspension, two-time winners Chennai Super Kings will take on reigning champions Mumbai Indians in the lung-opener of the Indian Premier League here on Saturday.

The needle clash, expected to be watched by a capacity crowd at the Wankhede Stadium, looks set to raise the curtains on the decade-old T20 League in grand style after a formal opening ceremony.

Virat Kohli-led India completed a historic series win over South Africa on Tuesday as they defeated the hosts by 73 runs in the fifth ODI to clinch the series 4-1 with one game to play.After winning the toss, the hosts elected to bowl first. Despite getting an earlier wicket of Shikhar Dhawan, a 105-run partnership between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma took the visitors back on track. Eventually, it was Rohit Sharma’s 115 which took India to 274-7.


In reply, Aiden Markram departed after putting up a 50-run partnership with Hashim Amla. Following his wicket, JP Duminy and David Miller followed his footsteps back to the pavilion. Hashim Amla’s 71 and Heinrich Klaasen’s 39 were the only takeaways for the hosts, soon after which they collapsed for 201.

For India, Kuldeep Yadav was once again the star with the ball, finishing with a spell of 4-57. Apart from him, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal were the other wicket-takers.

The final ODI of the series will be played on Friday at Centurion.South Africa 168-6 from 35.3 overs. WICKET! Andile Phehlukwayo has departed for a duck as South Africa's woes continue. Kuldeep Yadav made no mistake in removing the Proteas batsman.

Virat Kohli's Indian cricket group is having some fantastic luck in the six-ODI arrangement against South Africa after exhaustively winning the initial two matches. South Africa have won the hurl and have knocked down some pins in Newlands. Against the damage disturbed hosts, the Men dressed in Blue would be top choices to go 3-0 up as they prepare for the third ODI in Cape Town. India can end up plainly world No. 1 in ODIs on the off chance that they can win the arrangement against Proteas by 4-2 edge. Virat Kohli's unbeaten 160 fueled India to 303/6 against South Africa. Shikhar Dhawan hit 76 while for the hosts, JP Duminy took two wickets.

India will face Sri Lanka in the opening clash of the Nidahas Trophy 2018 also involving Bangladesh on Tuesday. The trophy, which was last held in 1998, then a 50-over affair, returns after a period over almost 20 years. It is being organised to mark the 70 years of Sri Lankan independence and this time, it will be a T20I tri-series.
Across seven games, the three teams will battle for the title which starts from March 6 (Tuesday) and the final will be held on March 18 (Sunday). All the games will be played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Ahead of the tournament opener, here's a look at the statistical highlights of all the T20Is (till date) between India and Sri Lanka.
#10 of the 14 previous T20 Internationals played out between these sides have been won by India (L4); including the last seven in succession.

#India have won both of their previous T20I fixtures against Sri Lanka at this venue in Colombo; they have claimed victory in six of their seven outings there overall, compared to Sri Lanka who have mustered only two victories in 14 prior attempts at R.Premadasa Stadium.
#Sri Lanka have slumped to defeat in five of their last six T20Is played on home soil whilst India come into this game having won six of their last seven outings in this format; Rohit Sharma has a 100% record as skipper for his nation (four matches).
#Yuzvendra Chahal has taken 24 wickets in T20Is since the start of 2017; the most of any bowler in that time, he’s claimed four-wicket hauls in each of his last two appearances against Sri Lanka. 

India's most renowned cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has scored in 90s 17 times in ODIs and 10 times in Test cricket and holds the record for highest number of unlucky dismissals in the 90s (a total of 27 times) across all forms of international cricket.


Now Apart from all that Let's talk about the Movie which was Released Last Year based on the life of Sachin, How He Grew Up. So this Movie is all about A ten-year-old Sachin watched the Indian Cricket Team lift its first World Cup trophy in 1983, and, twenty-eight years later, the whole world saw him lift the trophy in 2011. Based on the life of the living legend in the cricketing world Sachin Tendulkar, the movie encapsulates Tendulkar's passion and dedication towards the sport. With him appearing in the movie, the Master Blaster himself reveals certain aspects of his life that were never heard of before.is a 2017 Indian docudrama-biographical film directed by James Erskine and produced by Ravi Bhagchandka and Carnival Motion Pictures under 200 NotOut Productions. The film is based on the life of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.

Sachin with Wife Anjali, Daughter Sara and Arjun

Sachin Tendulkar was born in Dadar, Mumbai to Ramesh Tendulkar, a marathi novelist and his wife, Rahni, who worked in the insurance industry. He was named after Sachin Dev Barman, Ramesh Tendulkar's favourite music director in bollywood. He has two older half siblings, from his father's first marriave, and a sister. As a young child, Sachin Tendulkar grew up in Mumbai. His parents were relatively modest and middle class, offering Sachin Tendulkar reasonable educational options and a potentially bright future. However, Sachin Tendulkar took his education as an obligation instead of as an opportunity, and was known as a bully in his early years.

With a mountain of runs good enough to bury a statistician to death, Tendulkar's retirement creates a vacuum so huge that one can safely say that cricket would never be the same again.

For the record, his 198 Test appearances yielded 15,837 runs at an average of 53.86, a feat so huge in magnitude that no contemporary or even a talented successor of his, looks capable of overhauling it in the near or distant future.

Being a part-time bowler, he has taken 45 wickets at an economy rate of 3.51. His journey started way back in 1989 when he was just 16 years of age.

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How He Became Master Blaster

A batsman who reminded the great Sir Donald Bradman of himself, Tendulkar bows out as international cricket's top run-scorer by quite a distance in ODIs as well.

At the end of his ODI journey, the 40-year-old right-hander had, under his belt, a whopping 18,426 in 463 matches at an average of 44.83.

The Mumbaikar, fondly called 'Little Master' and 'Master Blaster' by his fans all over the world, however, did go through his fair share of tormenting low ebbs in what was largely a glittering career.

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Last week, Virat Kohli was crowned cricketer of the year by the International Cricket Council, capping off a strong innings for the 29-year-old across all three formats of the game.

In September 2016, Equitas commenced its banking operations and is the country’s first Small Finance Bank to get listed on the exchanges and operate as a non-promoter entity.

Equitas Small Finance Bank, the first Private Sector Bank from Tamil Nadu post-Independence, today announced World’s no. 1 Test Bowler Ravichandran Ashwin as its brand ambassador.

Commenting on the association, P N Vasudevan, MD & CEO, Equitas Small Finance Bank said, “Equitas is a new age bank which seeks to provide high tech banking, where the customer enjoys the banking experience and Ashwin is a high performer who gives joy to spectators. We believe each complement the other and look forward to a long association.”

In September 2016, Equitas commenced its banking operations and is the country’s first Small Finance Bank to get listed on the exchanges and operate as a non-promoter entity.

Ravichandran Ashwin, who also hails from Equitas home town Tamil Nadu, is the fastest Indian bowler to reach the 50, 100, 150 and 200-wickets mark in Test cricket and is currently the No. 1 ICC test bowler. The cricketer will endorse the company’s products and services through advertising campaigns and other promotional programmes.

Commenting on the occasion Ravichandran Ashwin said: “It is indeed a proud moment for me to get associated with Equitas Small Finance Bank which is working in sync with Prime minister of India’s mission of banking the masses. I love their vision of empowering 5% of Indian households through financial inclusion in next 10 years and I look forward to doing my small bit in this great vision.”