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IPL Sports

Ex-West Indies Skipper Darren Sammy Faced Racism During IPL

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Ex-West Indies skipper Darren Sammy posted an emotional video of him being called by a “derogatory” word used for black-people during his stint with Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Darren Sammy experienced racial abuse in India

The good memories of former West Indies skipper turned into disappointment when he understood meaning of the word his IPL counterparts used to call him in the dressing room. At that time, he thought that the word would matching with his personality but little did he know that it was a derogatory word. And the West Indies cricketer recalls how his teammates were used to laugh after calling him with that “derogatory” word.

Darren Sammy revealed his displeasure

He said that he was listening to Hasan Minhaj when he came to know about that “derogatory” word and recalled that he was also called with that word. It is when he understood that laughter followed with the word was to insult him.

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Cricket Sports

Bangladeshi Cricket Fans Don’t Like Indian Cricketers

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Cricketer Rohit Sharma made startling revelation about Bangladeshi audiences during a Facebook live chat with Bangladeshi cricketer and opening batsman Tamim Iqbal. Sharma said that Indian team didn’t get crowd support in Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi cricket fans don’t support Indian cricketers

The opening batsman of India minced no words in saying that Bangladesh is the only place in the world where Indian cricket team finds no supporters. The crowd in Bangladesh is quite unfriendly towards Indian cricketers. But, at the same time, Rohit Sharma lauded Bangladesh’s efforts to become a cricket giant in a short time.

Rohit said that players were criticized when for their mistakes and he knew how passionate fans could become in Bangladesh but India was used to play with crowd support and it was unbelievable that India didn’t get any crowd support in Bangladesh.

Rohit Sharma’s record against Bangladesh

Rohit has an impressive record of runs against Bangladesh in the ICC tournaments. He made centuries in ICC 50-over World Cup 2015, Champions Trophy 2017 and ICC World Cup 2019. With these centuries, India easily managed to beat Bangladesh in the ICC knock-out stage matches.

India v/s Bangladesh cricket rivalry

Both the countries share an intense rivalry in cricket and there had been exciting moments between their fans due to this rivalry. Once such incident happened during the U-19 World Cup final where Bangladesh defeated India in the final and won the tournament for the first time. But it didn’t go well with fans that clashed after the match ended.

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Cricket Sports

India Loses To Australia In Latest ICC Test Rankings

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The latest ICC Test rankings have many surprises for cricket lovers. Released on Friday, the list has India dropped to third position due to some technical changes. The stupendous 2016-17 record of India was eliminated from the annual updates.

India dropped

It happened even after making a record of 12 Tests victories and just one defeat during 2016-17 ICC World Test Championship. The championship involves the top nine sides playing six-series each in the league. Indian cricket team did fairly well by winning all five series against Australia and England and lost only to South Africa. Matches played since May 2019 are taken at 100% and all the previous matches were considered at 50%.

Highlights of latest cricket rankings

• Australia emerged as the biggest gainer. It is on top of the Test rankings and at the No.1 spot on T20I list for the first time. Australia ranks on top with 116 points; New Zealand with 115 points is at the second position and India with 114 points stands third in the ranking.

• England continues to lead the men’s ODI rankings after the latest updates. It has 127 points and it is leading by over six to eight points to India.

• South Africa rankings crashed after the latest update. Their ranking has fell to eight points and it stands at sixth position after Sri Lanka.

• In T20I rankings, Pakistan that remained in top position for 27 months is now at fourth position with 260 points.

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Cricket Sports

Cricket Fans Wish Happy Birthday To Rohit Sharma

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Today is the 33rd birthday of the vice-captain of limited over cricket team and the opening batsman of India Rohit Sharma. He is one of the few crickets that have made an important place in Indian cricket team and left an indelible mark on the cricket.

Born on April 30, 1987 in Bansod in Nagpur, Maharashtra, Rohit Sharma is considered a first-class batsman in limited over matches. An excellent captain in limited over cricket, Rohit Sharma is still not confirmed in the Test team.

Achievements of Rohit Sharma

• Rohit Sharma is the only batsman to score more than 150+ runs eight times in the world. He also broke the records of Sachin Tendulkar and David Warner.

• He became the first batsman to hit 400 sixes in all the three formats of cricket.

• In 2019 World Cup, Rohit Sharma made 5 centuries in the entire tournament and became the first batsman to hold achievement.

• Rohit Sharma entered the elite club of cricketers that scored a century in all three formats of cricket. He is third Indian to enter the club with Suresh Raina and KL Rahul.

• Rohit Sharma made the highest 264 runs in the history of ODI. He made this score while playing against Sri Lanka in 2014. He scored 264 in 173 balls with 33 fours and 9 sixes.

• Rohit Sharma hit the fastest century on 35 balls in T20 against Sri Lanka. It is the fastest T20 century jointly delivered with David Miller.

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Sports Technology

Google Starts Gaming Series To Kill Boredom

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In an attempt to help people having a great time in lockdown, Google will publish games from its Doodle archive for the next two weeks starting April 27. It will be a throwback Doodle series containing some of the best interactive Google Doodle games.

Coding for Carrots

The first game featured on Google is “Coding for Carrot”. It was developed in 2017 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Logo that was the first ever programming language developed for kids. But this game is still very interesting.

It includes developing simple combinations of commands to guide the rabbit to collect carrots. The game has different levels that make it more interesting. Another advantage of this game is that it provides kids an opportunity to learn Scratch, a kid-oriented programming language. In other words, they can learn the programming language while playing the game.

Popular Google Doodle games

People will remember that some of the most popular Doodle games had multiplayer support. For example, take Loteria that is a Mexican bingo-like game. It allows multiplayer gaming with friends or with random players available online. Google is selecting games for the coming days and the coming lockdown days are going to be very exciting with Google Doodle games.

Objective of Google games

COVID-19 continues to impact people around the world and they are forced to stay indoors for as much as possible. And allowing people to play games is the most encouraging way to say “Stay Home. Save Lives”.

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Sports Technology

Top 10 Internet Games Of 2020

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It is the gamers that decide whether a game is good or it’s just a time pass. Internet is full of interesting games and the one rules that the list is, obviously, the PlayerUknown’s BattleGrounds (PUBG) but it isn’t the only game available and others could be more interesting than PUBG.

Here’s a list of top 10 Internet games

Frontier Battle Royale

Developed by Epic Games, it has many similarities with PUBG but it scores higher on numbers and dramatic effects in comparison to PUBG. Also, it offers more features, equipment and game stages. The only drawback of the game is that it is only for boys. Today, it has 39 million online players.

Apex Legends

Developed by Respawn Entertainment, it is a battlefield game of six players divided into two squads of three players each. The players are left in an island to look for resources and weapons. The squad with minimum causalities is declared the winner. Recently it is included in the best superhero-themed video games in 2020.

League of Legends (LOL)

Developed by Riot Games, it’s a multiplayer action game popularly known as an evergreen game. As a player, you will get total control to choose your champions that can compete with others in the game. Its stunning mode and awesome graphics make it more exciting on each level.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

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Sports

Most Dangerous Stunts Of Jackie Chan

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Jackie Chan is known for his ludicrously dangerous stunts. There was a time when Jackie Chan dominated both the Hong Kong and East Asian box office but his popularity dimmed in his hometown due to his political affiliations.

But Jackie Chan is one of the few actors credited with creating some of the best action movies ever. But some of his stunts went wrong. He even risked his life while doing the stunts.

Here’re his most dangerous stunts

Armor of God – tree stunt

Jackie Chan leaps off the wall of a castle and onto a tree, then swings through the branches. But Chan broke the branch and fell on the ground. His head smacked a rock and he fractured his skull. This stunt almost killed him.

Police Story – shopping centre stunt

Jackie Chan throws himself off a balcony in a shopping centre, grabs a pole covered in light bulbs, slides down it and then drops off if through a glass roof and onto a small decoration house. He received multiple injuries including a fractured finger, injury to his pelvic bone and broken vertebrate during this stunt.

Project A – clock tower stunt

Jackie Chan is some 25 meters above the ground; he lets go of the clock with only two awnings below to break his fall. Chan landed on his head more than once while filming the scene.

Who am I? – skyscraper slide stunt

Jackie Chan slides down the exterior of the 25-storey Willemswerf building in Rotterdam. While Chan remained safe during the stunt but he did the stunt by himself.

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Media & Entertainment News & Politics Sports

Twitter War Between Congress Leader Alka Lamba And Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt

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Former AamAadmi Party MLA Alka Lamba is being trolled for her lewd remarks over the PM Narendra Modi. She also didn’t spare wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt when he tried to intervene and stopper her from making objectionable remarks against the PM.

Alka Lamba’s tweet

She tweeted a picture of Narendra Modi in the Sangh’s uniform and speaking from a dais to comment on the RSS and BJP. She said that the Sangh had nothing to do with politics but the truth was that that all the BJP leaders were the birth of the Sangh! @#$.

Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt tweeted

The wrestler wrote !@#$$ who’s born is evident from your words Alka Lamba. And this thinking exposes your upbringing. You must have seen the love of the country for the person you are writing for. The whole country stands together with him except a few mental patients like you.

An irritated Alka Lamba retweeted the wrestler

A socked Alka Lamba rushed to reply Yogeshwar Dutt but in a very mean language. She said, “Abe Yogeshwar Dutt, ask your mother who your father is. Are you ashamed of putting your DP with your father? If your mother says that the person with who you have put your DP is your father, you should take is as true as mother never lies. It will cause less pain to you.

Alka Lamba trending on Twitter

After her reply, Twitterati start trolling Alka Lamba. She received replies for her lewd remarks over the PM and the wrestler. Also, some people supported the Congress leader Alka Lamba.

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Sports

The Biggest WWE Event Of 2020 -WrestleMania 36 – Is Now Available On Live Stream For Free

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Wrestle Mania 36 is still the most prestigious event and it has been spread to over two days due to novel coronavirus pandemic. WWE enthusiasts can enjoy the fight on Sunday as well and exciting thing is that they can live stream the WrestleMania 30 for free.

The fight will be held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 fear. Also, the venue has been shifted from WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida to the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. There are restrictions over mass gatherings in the US.

Live stream WrestleMania 36 from outside your country

There are plenty of live streaming options available for people in US, UK, Canada and Australia. And those that live in the areas where live streaming is geo-blocked, they can use VPN to catch a more reliable live stream instead of going though the expensive PPV or an illegal stream.

Out of many VPNs, you can choose ExpressVPN that is simple to install and that works faster and in a straightforward way. Also, it is compatible with a wide range of devices including Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox, PlayStation, iOS and Android.

Also, the Express VPN offers 30-day money back guarantee. Or you can go for the annual plan with a 49% discount and 3 months extra free. Once the software is installed, you can select your geo-location and simply click to connect. It will connect you to WWE 36 live stream for free irrespective of your country and geo-location.

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Cricket IPL Sports

IPL 2020 Will Commence On April 15

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Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 has been postponed to April 15 from March 29 due to coronavirus scare. The Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) released a statement regarding postponement of IPL.

BCCI statement

The statement reads that the decision to postpone IPL is taken as a precautionary measure as COVID-19 is now become a pandemic. But the statement should be read with the announcement that the Delhi government make about coronavirus. It said that that the government won’t allow any sporting activity in the capital due to health crisis.

The statement further reads that the board is sensitive towards public health and all its stakeholder. Also, it will take all necessary steps to ensure that all people including cricketers and fans remain safe from the virus. The board will work with all concerned ministries and authorities to contain the spread of COVID-19.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia made announcement

Manish Sisodia said that the gatherings of over 200 people at sporting events or conferences won’t be allowed until further notice. The restrictions on large gatherings were put for the purpose of prevention of COVID-19 epidemic. India has more than 70 coronavirus cases so far.

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