Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers Show on Day 3, 2nd Test at Centurion

Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers Stars at Day 3, Ind vs Sa 2nd Test at Centurion

Virat Kohli after hitting his 21st Test Century at Centurion

Virat Kohli, almost single-handedly kept India in the second Test match at Centurion against South Africa after scoring a brilliant 153 as India were bowled out for 307 in the first innings. Virat Kohli came to bat when India 2 wickets has been fallen quickly after the fall of Rahul and Pujara, Kohli made a good partnership with opener Murli Vijay and after the wicket of Murli Vijay only R Ashwin was able to stand with Kohli with a Fifty Runs Partnership.

AB De Villiers scored his 42nd half-century as South Africa reached 90 for two at stumps in their second innings, overcoming a disastrous start to lead India by 118 runs. de Villiers was unbeaten on 50 runs (78 balls, 6 fours) while Dean Elgar was batting on 36 not out (78 balls, 4 fours). They added 87 runs for the third wicket, with South Africa's overall lead at 118 runs. Only 10 overs were possible in the final session as rain and bad light Discontinued play.

Virat Kohli became the first overseas captain to score a Test hundred at Centurion. The previous highest for a visiting captain at this ground was 90 by MS Dhoni in 2010. Kohli also became only the second Indian skipper to score a Test hundred on South African soil, after Sachin Tendulkar at Cape Town in 1997.

This was Kohli's second Test hundred in South Africa, the second-most after Tendulkar who has five Test hundreds here in South Africa.

The play will be Resume on Day 4 as South Africa took the lead of 100+ Runs after losing the two Early Wickets.

Faf du Plessis kissed Kagiso Rabada | India vs South Africa 2018

South African Captain Faf du Plessis kissed Rabada forehead in the 1st Test Match vs India

Faf du Plessis kissing Kagiso Rabada Forehead after the wicket of Hardik Pandya in the 1st test at Cape Town

The First Test Match between India and South Africa at Cape Town, The Incident happens after the Wicket of Hardik Pandya who was playing brilliantly in the first innings and has scored a match-saving counter-attacking innings of 93 Runs off 95 Balls then Rabada took the wicket of Hardik Pandya and the South African team went celebrating the wicket of Pandya. South African Skipper comes to Rabada and kisses his forehead for taking that wicket and thus the pictures of du Plessis kissing Rabada went viral on Social Media Sites.

The Photo of Faf du Plessis and Kagiso Rabada went viral on social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Whatsapp.

The story still continues after the press conference the two were seen together.

Faf du Plessis looking at Rabada

This photo of du Plessis and Rabada went viral too on Social Media.

South Africa Beats No 1 Rank Team India by 72 Runs in 1st Test at Cape Town

South Africa Beat India by 72 Runs in the 1st Test Match at Cape Town, Leading by 1-0 in the 3 Match Test Series

South African player celebrating after winning the 1st Test vs India in Cape Town

India the No 1 Rank Team in Test Cricket in the World just got beaten by South Africa at their Home. While India is playing overseas against the top 6 Rank Team after a while, And South African has shown them why they are the dangerous team in the world right now. With the four great pacers playing the game for  South Africa like Styen, Morkel, Philander, and Rabada.

Vernon Philander produced an outstanding piece of seam bowling - his career-best figures of 6 for 42 - giving South Africa a 72-run win and the 1-0 series lead.

Indian team batting was collapsed and the bowling attack of Indian Cricket Team in South Africa was outstanding compared to the batting, so the hope in this series for Indians is still Alive.

India is Currently the No 1 Rank Team in Test Cricket Right now but the Records in the overseas Test of Indian Cricket is not that much good Since 2011

India in Tests outside Asia  since Jan 2011 (excluding West Indies):
D.L.L.L.L.L.L.L.L.D.L.L.D.D.W.L.L.L.L.L.D.D.L
Played :23 Won:1 Loss:16 Draw:6

India has to win the 2nd Test to be alive in the game to win this series.

Kohli, losing captain: If we had taken our chances in the first innings, even after them counter-attacking, we could have kept them to 220 which would have been ideal. We're not a team which thinks of what-ifs though. Losing wickets in bunches is something we have to plug in. We were pretty much in the Test match on all days. We were thinking 250-275 (the target) if they play well. To restrict them to 210 was an outstanding effort. We needed someone to get a 75-80. Credit to them, they were a bowler short and still bowled their heart out. We need to rectify our mistakes also. Mini collapses in both innings is something we have to think about, how to string in partnerships. 

Virat Kohli becames the Most Expensive Player in IPL

Virat Kohli becomes the most expensive player in IPL History | Retain for Rs 17 Crore  by RCB

Virat, Rohit and Dhoni Retain for Rs 17, 15, 15 Respectively

Virat Kohli has become the most expensive player in IPL history after being retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore while forking out Rs 17 crore for the Indian skipper’s services. On the deadline day for IPL player retentions for 2018 season.

Virat Kohli has broken the previous record for the most expensive player held by England all-rounder Ben Strokes of Rs 14.5 Crore by Rising Pune Supergiants.

 Along with Kohli bagging 17 Crore to his pocket, Mumbai Indians Captain Rohit Sharma and CSK Captain MS Dhoni both has been Retain for Rs 15 Crore by their Franchise. 

IPL 2018 PLAYER RETENTIONS

TOTAL PURSE: Rs 80 crore

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah. (Purse Remaining: Rs 47 crore)

Delhi Daredevils: Chris Morris, Rishabh Pant, and Shreyas Iyer. (Purse Remaining: Rs 47 crore)

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers Sarfaraz Khan. (Purse Remaining: Rs 49 crore)

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja. (Purse Remaining: Rs 47 crore)

Rajasthan Royals: Steven Smith. (Purse Remaining: Rs 67.5 core)

Kings XI Punjab: Axar Patel. (Purse Remaining: Rs 67.5 crore)

Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine and Andre Russell. (Purse Remaining: Rs 67.5 crore)

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Purse Remaining: Rs 67.5 crore)

IPL 2018 - Players Retain by all Franchise | CSK, MI, KXIP, RCB

IPL 2018 - Players Retain by CSK, RCB, MI and other Franchise 

IPL Retention 2018

 List of retained players:

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja

Delhi Daredevils: Rishabh Pant, Chris Morris, Shreyas Iyer

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah

Kolkata Knight Riders: Andre Russell, Sunil Narine

Kings XI Punjab: Axar Patel

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan

Rajasthan Royals: Steven Smith

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

These were the following players retain by their franchise before the 2018 Ipl auction. The auction will be held on 6th January and the rest of the player will be sold on that date by auction.

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Virat Kohli Enjoying in Cape Town with Anushka Sharma

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma Enjoying their post married life in cape town, South Africa.

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma in cape town

Two days before the Test match against South Africa Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma enjoying their holidays in Cape town beach.

Indian Cricket team Skipper is ready for the test match which will be played on 5th January on Friday. The practice session has began with some indoor and outdoor training for Indian Cricketers.