Dhoni gives up captaincy of IPL champions Chennai

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1 month ago

March 22, 2024

(Last Updated On: March 22, 2024)

Veteran star M.S. Dhoni has handed the captaincy of Indian Premier League champions Chennai Super Kings to Ruturaj Gaikwad, the club said on Thursday, one day ahead of the league’s first match.

Chennai Super Kings take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru as the Indian Premier League mega-show opens in Chennai on Friday.

“M.S. Dhoni has handed over Chennai Super Kings’ captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad,” the club said.

“Ruturaj has been an integral part of Chennai Super Kings since 2019 and has played 52 matches in IPL during this period.”

The season could be Chennai veteran Dhoni’s swansong, after the warhorse led the team to its fifth title in 2023.

He said then that another year was a “gift” to his fans.

The 42-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman, who led India to two World Cup triumphs, in 2007 and 2011, remains a huge star in cricket-crazy India.

New captain Gaikwad, a 27-year-old right-hand batter, shot to fame in 2021 when his attacking style earned him a hefty 635 runs for the Chennai Super Kings.

The 17th edition of the world’s richest cricket league is expected to end around June 1, when the World Cup starts in the West Indies and the United States.

Organizers have released only the first two weeks of the IPL schedule so far because it clashes with India’s six-week-long general election. Last season the 10-team IPL lasted eight weeks.

How to watch

This year’s IPL will be broadcast live on Ariana Television and streamed live on www.arianatelevision.com. Once the BCCI has released the full schedule, cricket fans will be informed.

On Friday, March 22, Ariana Television will kick off IPL season with a pre-match show at 6.30pm. The game will start at 7pm.

Make sure to watch this space for schedule updates and news on the event.

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Asia must believe Afghanistan’s power in futsal: Mortezaei

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April 27, 2024

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(Last Updated On: April 27, 2024)

Majid Mortezaei, head coach of the country’s national futsal team, says Asia must believe that there is still a power called “Afghanistan” in futsal.

In a press conference on Saturday ahead of Afghanistan match against Kyrgyzstan, Mortezaei said the national team will do its best to go to the World Cup.

“Tomorrow, we will do our best to go to the World Cup. If it doesn’t happen, nothing will decrease from our values, because we have done many great things so far,” he said.

“Kyrgyzstan is a good team. They won against Japan. We have the experience of facing them in CAFA, but this Kyrgyzstan team is a different team,” he added.

According to Mortezaei, Afghan players have done intensive training and know how to play in difficult and sensitive conditions.

It should be noted that Afghan futsal team won 5-3 against Iraq on Friday.

The Kyrgyz team has also reached this stage of the competition by winning against Vietnam.

Afghanistan has a chance to advance to the Futsal World Cup 2024 by winning against Kyrgyzstan tomorrow (Sunday, April 28th).

Attack Energy and Abu Muslim secure wins in respective ACL matches

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1 day ago

April 26, 2024

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(Last Updated On: April 26, 2024)

Khurasan Faryab FC was thrashed 5-0 by Attack Energy FC in the 13th match of Afghanistan Champions League (ACL) in Kabul on Friday. In this match, a Nigerian football player for Attack Energy was named man of the match.

In the 14th match of today’s ACL, Abu Muslim Farah FC beat Aino Mina FC 2-1. Nematullah Karimi and Sohrab Afghan scored two goals in this game.

Tomorrow’s matches will see Sarsabz Yashlar FC take on Mawj Sahil FC at 1:00 PM, while Sorkh Poshan Khafi face Maiwand FC at 3:30 PM.

The matches are broadcast live on Ariana Television every day.