Hardik Pandya has not let captaincy affect his game, he is rather thriving in it. The Gujarat Titans skipper has been recalled to the Indian T20I squad as well.
Pushan was in Class IX, Souryadeep in Class X. Both were south Kolkata residents -- from Santoshpur and Raja Basanta Roy Road, respectively -- and “good swimmers” but couldn’t negotiate the 90kmph storm and the choppy lake.
The IPL would return to its traditional home and away mode next year and from Dhoni's comment, it felt like that next season would be his swansong as a player, through a pan-India thanksgiving.
The former Indian captain and BCCI president is well-connected across party lines but has kept his cards close to his chest as regards a future in politics.
A defeat against Mumbai Indians on Thursday ended CSK's playoffs hopes and after the game Dhoni spoke about the future, dropping a hint that he would be part of it.
MI, already out of the playoffs race, will have two more group league matches remaining after this and Pollard could still have a send-off. But the writing appears to be on the wall.
Handing over captaincy to the world-class allrounder to revive the Test team's fortunes is only half the job done for the suits in the England and Wales Cricket Board. The question is does England have players to match Stokes's ambitions