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Kapil Dev shares how Madan Lal's persistence won India their first World Cup

Former India captain Kapil Dev created history back in the year 1983 when he led the side to the first World Cup win. Sharing an anecdote from the final match against West Indies, Kapil in a video posted by CRED on their official social media account revealed how Madan Lal persisted on bowling against Viv Richards and eventually got successful in taking his wicket. “I was very young and I had so many senior cricketers with me but my job was to take them along. I never had to tell Sunil Gavaskar, Mohinder Amarnath, Madan Lal, Syed Kirmani what to do. I had to make sure that I keep them together,” Dev said. “What happened in 1983, Madan Lal had that will that ‘I will get Viv Richards out’. He had more will than me at that time. I told Madan Lal to take some break but he insisted that ‘I have got Richards out many times but he still underestimates me. Give me one more over.’ I think when the players start believing then you have to go with the flow. Most importantly, there should not be Plan B. So have only one plan to win,” he added. Kapil was himself involved in Richards’ dismissal then after he grabbed a blinder while running backwards to send him back in the pavilion for 33. India successfully defended a target of 184 runs to clinch the win at Lord’s.

WBBL 2021 | Rachel Priest’s blistering century powers Hurricanes to maiden victory

It was a day to remember for Hobart Hurricanes Women skipper Rachel Priest as she became the third New Zealand woman after Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine to hit a century in the Women’s Big Bash League history. It was courtesy of her century that Hurricanes Women got to their first-ever win in the WBBL 2021. Batting first after losing the toss, Hurricanes didn’t really have a good start and wickets kept falling at regular intervals even as Preist kept the other end occupied and runs flew from her bat. In fact, the other three batters in the top four apart from Priest couldn’t even get to double figures. At 39-3, it seemed like this game would be heading in a similar trajectory with Hurricanes falling for a low total. But Nicola Carey handed in with her captain as Priest made sure that her sermons were heard loud and clear in all directions of the ground in the form of fours and sixes. The Kiwi woman reached her fifty in 41 balls. Once Carey was gone, Naomi Stalenberg did good enough to accompany her 36-year-old senior partner as she reached her hundred, becoming the first woman from the Hurricanes side to reach that milestone. She accumulated her last fifty runs in just 26 balls and in her entire knock, hit 10 fours and seven sixes. Hurricanes reached 152-4 in the end as Priest remained unbeaten on 107. The Melbourne Stars Women lost the plot early in the chase and were 3-2 in the first three overs. After that, it was hard for the team in green to come back as they rolled over for 89 in the 20th over. Skipper Meg Lanning top-scored for stars with her 25 while Ruth Johnston was the top wi ket taker for Hurricanes, ending her spell with figures of 4-8 in 3.2 overs.

No CSK without Dhoni: N Srinivasan confirms Thala staying with Super Kings

India Cements Vice Chairman and Managing Director, N Srinivasan confirmed that MS Dhoni will be going nowhere from Chennai super Kings anytime soon. In the post-match presentation of the IPL Final, Dhoni had said that since two new teams are being introduced and hence BCCI would be deciding what he would be doing next year, but he surely was going to be there at IPL. But this statement by Srinivasan, whose company India Cements’ subsidiary Chennai Super Kings Pvt. Ltd. holds the ownership of CSK, now confirms that the four-time IPL winning captain will be staying at the yellow den. "Dhoni is part and parcel of CSK, Chennai and Tamil Nadu. There is no CSK without Dhoni and there is no Dhoni without CSK," Srinivasan told reporters during a brief interaction after visiting Lord Venkatachalapathy temple here with the IPL trophy. Talking about the celebration of the record fourth IPL title, Srinivasan said that MS Dhoni would come to Chennai after his mentorship role at the World Cup and ‘share the trophy with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin at a function proposed to be organized at the M A Chidambaram Stadium.'

My heart was racing quite fast: Curtis Campher opens up on double hat-trick feat

Curtis Campher, South Africa born Ireland cricketer who picked up four wickets in four balls playing against the Netherlands in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2021 encounter opened about his Malinga emulating achievement in the post-match press conference. Asked about his feelings after becoming only the second bowler after Brett Lee to achieve a hattrick in a T20 World Cup game, Camphor said, "To be honest, I wasn't really thinking about it. Maybe it will set in a little bit later, but I'm just trying to do what I want to do.” Camphor not only took a hattrick but repeated something that has been achieved by only two bowlers in the past, that too, by legends of T20 cricket, Lasith Malinga and Rashid Khan. Taking four wickets in four balls is no mean feat at all, but Campher is just happy to be playing, after a career-threatening injury he overcame the last August. Talking about the hattrick, in which he got the first wicket quite easily when Coil Ackermann edged a very wide delivery down the leg which should have been put away with ease, Camphor said, “When Tendo (Ryan Ten Doeschate, the second wicket) walked in we knew we had to go straight to him and that worked and then just carried on to [Scott] Edwards too.” “Both those [attacking the stumps] were plans worked out from the analyst and that kind of fit into my game, so maybe in a few hours or a few days, it might rub off. But to be honest, I'm just happy with the win and that's all that matters,” added the 22-year-old. Delivering a hattrick ball has never been easy and therefore it was obvious that a young man like Campher must have been under a lot of doubts while doing that. "My heart was racing quite high, but I just took a few deep breaths at the top of my run and just tried to make sure I manage my skills," he said. After a great win against the Netherlands, the chances of Ireland making it to the Super 12 have increased and they will next play Sri Lanka on Wednesday, October 20.