Name: 2nd Test: India's batting collapses, all out for 242 in 1st innings
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Description: A batting collapse saw India being all out for 242 in the first innings of the second Test against New Zealand

A batting collapse saw India being all out for 242 in the first innings of the second Test against New Zealand

A batting collapse saw India being all out for 242 in the first innings of the second Test against New Zealand

In January 2019, Indian cricketer Hardik&nbsp;Pandya&nbsp;was under fire for his infamous&nbsp;comments made on a&nbsp;chat show called Koffee&nbsp;with Karan. While talking about the same with Harsha&nbsp;Bhogle,&nbsp;Pandya&nbsp;admitted that his family got abused and went on to say that his actions caused problems to his family which was not acceptable to him. However, Pandya&nbsp;feels that the incident made him wiser, he accepts his mistake and that phase does not bother him anymore.&nbsp;

Cricket West Indies has decided to back its cricketers, stakeholders, sportsmen and sportswomen in speaking out against all forms of discrimination in the society. The board released an official statement in support of all sporting icons and role models who are leading the way in&nbsp;peacefully protesting and standing against racism.&nbsp;Recently, West Indies cricketers, Chris Gayle and Darren Sammy also openly condemned the injustice caused to George Floyd who died because of police brutality and the incident has now sparked widespread protests.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

While the fate of cricket in the near future is unknown and the recent ban on saliva has left the bowlers worried and out of options, ICC Cricket Committee Chairman Anil&nbsp;Kumble&nbsp;had something to offer.&nbsp;As he talked&nbsp;about a helpful pitch,&nbsp;Kumble&nbsp;said that for a better balance between ball and bat, teams can probably leave grass on the surface or even rough it up and went on to give the idea of getting spinners back in a Test match. The 49-year-old who is more worried about restarting the sport than the knick-knacks&nbsp;involved feels that there will be no need for any artificial substance for the bowlers and that once cricket resumes everything will fall into place.&nbsp;

Contrary to earlier estimates, Cricket Australia has further estimated a plunge of about 50% to their revenues this year and has warned the players' association of further pay cuts. The players' union also confirmed that they've received a report from Cricket Australia about the drop in revenues and are going to discuss it. Cricket Australia&nbsp;earlier projected&nbsp;A$400 million revenue pool but it could go down further as the chances of them hosting the World T20 are also reducing due to Covid-19. This shortfall is not just impacting the international Aussie stars but domestic players as well. Cricket Australia is now desperate to host India for a full Test tour as it may inject almost A$400 million back in the system.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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With cricket set to return with the West Indies tour of England in July, 3 Windies&nbsp;players&nbsp;Darren Bravo,&nbsp;Shimron Hetmyer&nbsp;and&nbsp;Keemo Paul have decided not to be a part of the tour due to the fear of the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic. Cricket West Indies though has said that they fully respect their decision and as previously stated, the board will not hold this decision against them when considering future selection. West Indies&nbsp;will fly to England on June 8 on private chartered planes&nbsp;after being tested for Covid-19. First of the 4 Tests starts July 8&nbsp;without fans in Hampshire.

Indian all-rounder Hardik&nbsp;Pandya&nbsp;who plays for Mumbai&nbsp;Indians in the lucrative Indian Premier League is grateful to have played under the guidance of former Aussie captain Ricky Ponting. While talking about his tough phase at the beginning of his career back in 2015, the 26-year-old called the former Australian cricketer a fatherly&nbsp;figure. He said that Ricky Ponting&nbsp;looked after him in the best way and that he has learned a lot from him. Pandya also revealed that Ponting&nbsp;used to sit with him before the game which helped him in understanding situations and mindsets.&nbsp;&nbsp;

England cricketers may return to action when they take on West Indies in a 4-match Test series starting July 8, but skipper Joe Root may have to wait to make a comeback. The 29-year-old&nbsp;has said that he would miss the 1st home test if it clashes with the birth of his child.&nbsp;Root&rsquo;s wife is due to give birth to their second child in early July and Root isn't sure if he would be allowed to&nbsp;leave the on-site hotel mid-way and return to the bio-secure venue. Root though backed vice-captain Ben Stokes to be a fantastic stand-in skipper in his absence. He said that the example Stokes sets as a vice-captain&nbsp;is one of his great qualities.&nbsp;He drags people with him, gets the best out of players around him and gives the whole team a lift. Root added that people always follow him, look up to him and want to play for him whether he is captain or not.

MS Dhoni's love for automobiles is well known and the former India captain has added yet another beast to his collection. But this time it's not a car or a bike but a tractor. MSD&nbsp;has reportedly bought a new tractor and was seen driving it around in his farmhouse. Fans may not have seen Dhoni&nbsp;on the field&nbsp;for almost a year now but&nbsp;IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings let fans know what Thala Dhoni is up to by sharing such videos very often.&nbsp;

Ace Indian speedster Mohd&nbsp;Shami&nbsp;is confident that despite the ban on using saliva in International&nbsp;cricket, he will be able to produce the magical reverse swing if the shine is maintained on the ball. Shami&nbsp;said that it will be tough to maintain the shine on the ball but if it can be achieved then there should be no issues for him to produce the deadly reverse swing. Shami&nbsp;added that since childhood all bowlers have a natural instinct to apply saliva to shine the ball as the International Cricket Council plans to ban the use of saliva once cricket resumes in the times of Covid-19.

Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;is an aggressive leader and that's visible every single time his team picks up a wicket. Veteran Indian speedster Ishant&nbsp;Sharma&nbsp;revealed an interesting piece of&nbsp;advice from Virat&nbsp;during a Test series in Sri&nbsp;Lanka&nbsp;in 2015. After getting banned for a Test match in Sri&nbsp;Lanka, Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;told Ishant&nbsp;to do everything he wants but not to get banned again. Ishant&nbsp;was referring to an incident with&nbsp;Sri&nbsp;Lankan&nbsp;cricketer&nbsp;Dinesh Chandimal&nbsp;after which the Delhi pacer was banned for 1 Test match.&nbsp;

Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami&nbsp;misses the presence of former captain MS Dhoni&nbsp;in the team. Shammi&nbsp;said that he has played in all formats with him barring IPL&nbsp;and the former India captain treats his teammates&nbsp;in such a way that one won't feel that he is MS Dhoni. As the 29-year-old went on to praise Captain&nbsp;Cool, he also added that one thing that he likes about Dhoni&nbsp;is that although he is such a big player, he likes to sit with everyone and have dinner.&nbsp;

Pakistan Cricket Board's plan to resume the sport and bring their players back to the field has hit a roadblock. According to reports, PCB&nbsp;wanted to prepare a bio-secure environment planned to bring 25-30 players to the National Cricket Academy in Lahore. The idea was to bring in the players where they would train in pairs and also stay&nbsp;there from June.&nbsp;The problem however is that the NCA's lodging facilities currently have only 21 rooms available, while 40 are needed to implement proper social distancing. Moreover, no one will be allowed to enter or leave the premises as per&nbsp;the medical panel's brief about training in a controlled environment. It is slowly becoming a headache for the PCB&nbsp;which may consider&nbsp;splitting the camp between two venues, the NCA&nbsp;facility and the&nbsp;Gaddafi stadium next door. The issues need to be sorted soon as elected players for the upcoming England tour are set to fly to England in early July.

England and Wales Cricket Board on Tuesday announced the dates for their upcoming home series vs the West Indies in July. This will be the first International series since Covid-19 forced cricket into a long break. The West Indies cricket team will travel to England&nbsp;on 9th June and remain in a 3-week quarantine before playing 3 Test matches in July. First Test will be in Southampton followed by the next two in Manchester. The Tests will be played in empty stadiums and Birmingham's Edgbaston Cricket Ground has been selected as a contingency and training venue.&nbsp;

Virat Kohli and Steve Smith may not have got along with each&nbsp;other a few years back but things have changed now. The former Australian captain revealed that he admires Kohli. Smith said that Virat&nbsp;is an amazing player. His record is simply&nbsp;incredible and he&nbsp;has done so much for Indian cricket. Talking about his&nbsp;willingness to improve and get better,&nbsp;Smith&nbsp;said that&nbsp;Virat's&nbsp;body seems to have transformed over time and he looks so fit and powerful. The 31-year-old added that the one thing he admires about Kohli is the way he chases in white-ball cricket. You look at his average in winning chases in ODIs and it is simply phenomenal, Smith added.&nbsp;

As cricket is slowly springing back amid the pandemic scare, the&nbsp;Sri Lankan&nbsp;cricket team took a major step towards resuming the sport as they&nbsp;trained together after a break of over 2 and a half months due to the virus outbreak. The 13 member squad including Suranga&nbsp;Lakmal, Kasun&nbsp;Rajitha, Laahiru&nbsp;Kumara began a 12-day indoor fitness drill on Monday and will start ground training from Tuesday.&nbsp;Sri&nbsp;Lanka&nbsp;skipper Dimuth&nbsp;Karunaratne&nbsp;said that Sri&nbsp;Lanka&nbsp;wanted to resume international cricket and hence the cricketers restarted their training. International cricket was called off in mid-march due to the virus outbreak.&nbsp;

Former Sri&nbsp;Lankan&nbsp;captain Kumar&nbsp;Sangakkara&nbsp;believes that&nbsp;Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;and Rohit&nbsp;Sharma&nbsp;is the defining pair for Indian cricket in the modern era. According to Sangakkara, Virat&nbsp;and Rohit&nbsp;are two of the best players of the modern era. The former Sri&nbsp;Lankan&nbsp;wicketkeeper went on to say that despite playing orthodox cricket, the pair is one of the most destructive in all formats of the game. Kumar&nbsp;said that there is something special about Virat&nbsp;&amp; Rohit&nbsp;as they've made scoring runs so easy with astonishing consistency despite playing non-stop cricket throughout the year.&nbsp;

As the American government&nbsp;is under fire for the death of George Floyd, West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle&nbsp;too joined in unison against the brutality faced by a certain section of people. While showing support to the Black lives matter protest, Gayle in his&nbsp;Instagram&nbsp;post accepted that he had experienced racial remarks himself. The 40-year-old went on to write that racism was not just in football but in cricket too. He further wrote that even within his team as a black man he faced racism.&nbsp;

Many sports stars are doing their bit to help those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and Mohammad Shami too joined that list. The Indian fast bowler came out in support of the migrants who are walking home by distributing food packets &amp; masks on a National Highway in Uttar Pradesh.&nbsp;He has also set up a food distribution center near his house in Sahaspur. Appreciating Shami, The Board of Control for Cricket in India shared the video and wrote that we are in this together.&nbsp;

As the&nbsp;BCCI is trying their best to fit in the IPL&nbsp;in the October-November window if the World T20 is postponed due to the pandemic, star Australian batsman Steve Smith said that if that happens, he&nbsp;is willing to miss the early part of the Australian domestic season to take part in the cash-rich league. During a chat with ESPNcricinfo, the Rajasthan Royals' skipper said that World Cup is the pinnacle of ODI and T20 cricket and he would prefer playing that. But if it gets postponed,&nbsp;then so be it as&nbsp;IPL&nbsp;is also terrific as a domestic tournament. Smith added that it's out of everyone's control at the moment. Players are just doing what they are told and going where they need to go to play&nbsp;whatever is on at that stage.

'A giant in every sense played above and beyond the call of duty' said former Indian cricketer VVS&nbsp;Laxman&nbsp;as he heaped praises on former Test captain Anil Kumble. On Sunday, 45-year-old took to his social media to share an image of the 2002 India vs West Indies Test match where the Indian cricketers can be seen celebrating and among them is an injured Anil&nbsp;Kumble. While recalling the match which Kumble&nbsp;played with a broken jaw, VVS&nbsp;said the grit, drive and bravery displayed through this picture is quintessential. He further wrote never giving up no matter what was a trait that made Anil the cricketer he became.

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