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Kohli's work ethic amazing: Former BCCI anti-corruption chief Neeraj Kumar

Former BCCI anti-corruption unit chief Neeraj Kumar found superstar Virat Kohli's work ethic "matchless" during his tenure with the powerful cricket board. The former top cop of Delhi worked with the BCCI between 2015 and 2018. His role in the BCCI ACU required him to regularly interact with the cricketers and he found most to them to nice and approachable. "Oh there were lots of them. One should be really proud of them. They all gave me a lot of respect. But two people who are not spoken much about are Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ajinkya Rahane, outstanding people, thorough gentlemen," said Kumar during an exclusive interaction with PTI journalists at its headquarters here. Kohli's commitment to the game is second to none and that was not missed on Kumar as well. "In cricket, Virat Kohli's work ethic is matchless. The way he goes about his training was exemplary," he said. Asked if the cricketers resorted to foul language, he added: "yes a few of them are fond of using foul language (i

IPL 2024 RR vs RCB: Ajay Jadeja questions Kohli's pitch reading in Jaipur

Virat Kohli reckoned that the Jaipur track was two-paced making strokeplay difficult but former India ODI skipper Ajay Jadeja felt that the manner in which the star batter batted, there seemed to be very little demons present in the 22-yard strip. Kohli scored an unbeaten 113 off 72 balls with 12 fours and four sixes but RCB managed only 183/3 in 20 overs, a total that was surpassed by Rajasthan Royals with five balls to spare, courtesy Jos Buttler's 58-ball ton. Jadeja, an astute cricket brain, felt that there seemed to be some discrepancy in what Kohli observed and how in general the pitch behaved during the entire duration of the game. "He (Kohli) started out so well. He hit a couple of boundaries in the first few overs, and you knew you were watching something special tonight. The only surprising thing was him speaking about how the deliveries were not carrying through on this pitch, but the way he batted, we didn't see any shortcomings in the pitch," Jadeja, a 'Jio Cinema' IPL

IPL 2024: LSG vs GT head-to-head, Lucknow pitch report, weather forecast

Lucknow vs Gujarat head-to-head: Both the teams, new to the IPL, have come up against each other four times in two seasons so far

IPL 2024 RR vs RCB Highlights: Kohli's century in vain, Buttler-Samson take Royals to 4th win

Indian Premier League 2024 Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru highlights: Jos Buttler century and Sanju Samson's 69 were enough to get RR over the line even as Kohli hit a hundred for RCB

Virat Kohli to Chris Gayle: Top 5 players with most hundreds in T20 cricket

Chris Gayle with 22 centuries to his name in T20 cricket is miles away from any other batter as the second player on the list is Pakistan's Babar Azam who has hit 11 T20 centuries

IPL 2024: Virat Kohli hits record eighth century in franchise cricket

Kohli now has a two-century lead against Chris Gayle, who has six centuries in IPL history. Virat has been part of the IPL ever since its start in 2008

Fair Play of Virat: King Kohli in his elements during RR-RCB IPL.2024 match

More than the runs that he was scoring,m it was the facial expression of Kohli and the way he was playing that made him trend on the internet

IPL 2024 RR vs RCB Playing 11- Saurav Chauhan debuts for Bengaluru

RR vs RCB Playing 11: Saurav Chauhan debuted for Royal Challengers Bengaluru while Rajasthan Royals made no change in their playing 11

IPL 2024 RR vs RCB: How Riyan Parag has been biggest boost for the Royals?

His transformation into an improving cricketer has been the biggest boost for the Royals in IPL 2024. They have won three matches on the trot. In all of them, Parag has been involved immensely

Mayank Yadav to Riyan Parag: Top 5 newsmakers of IPL 2024 first two weeks

From Hardik Pandya's Booing to MS Dhoni Turning the Clock Back in Vizag and Riyan Parag-Mayank Yadav's Rise. Here Are the Top Five Newsmakers from the First Two Weeks of IPL 2024

IPL 2024 SRH vs CSK Highlights: Hyderabad register thumping win over Chennai

IPL 2024 LIVE TOSS UPDATES, SRH vs CSK Playing 11: Sunrisers Hyderabad might bring in a change by dropping Mayank Agarwal from their playing 11

IPL 2024: SRH vs CSK Playing 11 - Chennai made three changes in their XI

Chennai vs Hyderabad Playing 11: Moeen Ali finally gets a game in IPL 2024. Nitish Reddy replaced Mayank Agarwal, who is ill, in SRH's XI.

IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals succumb to their biggest defeat under Rishabh Pant

This loss by 106 runs eclipsed their previous worst defeat by a margin of runs in the IPL under the captaincy of Pant

IPL 2024: SRH vs CSK head-to-head, Hyderabad pitch report, weather forecast

Sunrisers vs Super Kings head-to-head: In the four matches at Uppal Stadium played between the two teams, Hyderabad and Chennai have won two matches each.

IPL 2024: Shashank Singh reveals success mantra after match-winning knock

Punjab Kings match-winner Shashank Singh said that his mentality of always going in to bat thinking he is the best helped him conquer the imposing 200-run target set by Gujarat Titans in an IPL game here on Thursday. Shashank slammed an unbeaten 29-ball 61 as PBKS won the match by three wickets on the penultimate ball of the thrilling match. "They (senior players) are the legends of the game, but when I go to bat I think I am the best. You get experience, couldn't get a lot of matches before. Here the owners and coaching staff backed me. I was very confident," said the 32-year-old all-rounder, who outshone GT skipper Shubman Gill on the day with his pyrotechnics and winning mentality. The Player-of-the-Match added that the victory is yet to sink in. "(Win) still trying to sink in. Visualised all these things, but when it turned into reality, proud of the effort. Coach told me to react to the ball. The wicket is very good, the bounce was good. 200 scored by both teams, so the wicket

IPL 2024 RR vs RCB: Steve Smith asks other batters to support Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is "under a lot of pressure" in the ongoing IPL owing to the collective failure of Royal Challengers Bengaluru batters, feels former Australia captain Steve Smith who wants the Indian superstar's RCB teammates to come good in the supporting act. Kohli has waged a lone battle for RCB this IPL season with 203 runs in four matches at 67.66 with two fifties. The second-best batter, Dinesh Karthik, is way behind with 90 runs in as many games. Despite Kohli's consistency, RCB have faltered with three losses in four matches throwing them as far back as the seventh spot in the points table. The likes of Glenn Maxwell, skipper Faf du Plessis and Cameron Green have been underwhelming so far with the bat. "He needs the other key batters to stand up with him, and if they do that, they can turn things around for their season. But, at the moment, they're not so a lot of pressure is on Virat," Smith, a member of the Star Sports Incredible Star Cast, told PTI in an exclusive interaction

IPL 2024 GT vs PBKS matchups: From Rabada against Gill to Curran vs Rashid

It promises to be yet another compelling encounter, and hence it would only be fair enough to look at the possible top-five matchups in the game

Record 350 million viewers tune in to watch IPL 2024 for first 10 matches

IPL 2024: Tournament broadcaster Disney Star said the overall watch-time for the 2024 IPL tournament was 8,028 crore minutes, a 20 per cent jump compared to the last season

IPL 2024: Surykaumar Yadav joins Mumbai Indians ahead of Capitals encounter

The 31-year-old will most likely feature in the MI's playing 11 in their next encounter, which is against the Delhi Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, April 7

A 43-year-old woman loses Rs 86000 while trying to book IPL match tickets

A Bengaluru woman got scammed when she tried to book an online IPL match ticket. She lost Rs 86000 in the process and registered her complaint to the police