Sreesanth weds Jaipur princess Nayan in Kerala

December 12, 2013

Sreesanth_wedsNew Delhi, Dec 12: Former India pace bowler S. Sreesanth tied the knot with a girl from the Jaipur royal family at the famed Guruvayoor Sree Krishna temple in Kerala on Thursday morning.

Sreesanth started his new innings in his tumultuous life on Thursday morning as he ties knot with the Jaipur princess Bhuveneshwari aka Nayan from the royal Shikhavat family. The marriage took place at Guruvayoor Sreekrishna temple in Thrissur, Kerala. The couple will attend a reception at Le Meridian hotel in Kochi in the evening.

The cricketer, who was marred by a lot of controversies including the infamous match-fixing scandal that also led to a ban by BCCI from all forms of the game, is entering married life at a time when his image and career is at stake. Sreesanth opened up about his love affair an year back through twitter before the match-fixing scandal and there were reports that the marriage will take place soon after the IPL season. But, Sreesanth was arrested after the sixth season of the IPL and was jailed in Tihar for 27 days.

Sreesanth's close friends told India Today that his lover stood by him amid the match fixing scandal and was a pillar of strength during the crisis in his life. "She was faithful to him and did not hesitate to marry him even when severe allegations were levelled against him," says a friend of Sreesanth. Sreesanth fell in love with Bhuveneshwari six years ago when he met her before an ODI match against Pakistan in Jaipur. It is reported that Bhuveneshwari, a jewellery designer came to him to get an autograph and the cricketer was bowled over at first sight.

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April 12,2020

Mumbai, Apr 12: Always eager to share his vast knowledge and experience, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has interacted with 12,000 doctors on sports injuries.

In his over two decade long illustrious career, Tendulkar suffered many health issues, the most prominent being the tennis elbow injury.

The veteran of 200 Tests and 463 ODIs, got to know through one Dr Sudhir Warrier, an orthopaedic surgeon, that several young doctors across the country were utilising the lockdown time to effectively gain knowledge on sports injuries through live webinars.

A session on sports injuries was held on Saturday and Tendulkar, knowing that his experiences will help these doctors, volunteered to be a part of it.

Tendulkar, accordingly, interacted with around 12,000 doctors, who attended the session.

It is reliably leanrt that the 46-year-old legend said he was grateful to the medical fraternity for their service.

During the session, the young orthopaedic doctors got to know how the requirements and treatment outcomes of athletes are different from regular patients, sources said.

Dr Warrier moderated the session with Dr Nitin Patel, physiotherapist, who has worked with Indian cricket team and IPL franchise Mumbai Indians.

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August 1,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 1: Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are aiming to set up their preparatory camp for the 13th edition of the tournament from early August.

This year's IPL was slated to commence from March 29 but the tournament was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Recently, the IPL Governing Council chairman Brijesh Patel had confirmed that the 13th edition of the mega event will commence on September 19 in the UAE.

As per a report in ESPNcricinfo, CSK players have been asked to report to Chennai first, following which they will leave for Dubai via a charter flight only after approval from the Indian government.

The IPL Governing Council will meet on August 2 to finalise the schedule and other key arrangements for the tournament. Also, the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) around securing eight teams for 51 days across three venues will be formally established in that meeting.

CSK, who has the oldest squad in the IPL, are looking for a month's preparation before ahead of the tournament.

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the side was the first team to start their training camp in March. Senior players like Suresh Raina and Ambati Rayudu had begun training their training in December 2019.

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January 19,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 19: Opening batsman Rohit Sharma on Sunday became the third-fastest batsman to register 9,000 runs in the 50-over format.

He achieved the feat in the ongoing third ODI against Australia here at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Only Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers have achieved the feat faster than Rohit.

Sharma brought up the milestone in the first over of the Indian innings as he clipped Mitchell Starc away for a single.

With this, the right-handed batsman has become just the sixth Indian to achieve the milestone.

Apart from Sharma, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, and Sachin Tendulkar have more than 9,000 runs in the 50-over format.

Overall, 20 batsmen have more than 9,000 ODI runs to their name.

In the match between India and Australia, the former won the toss and elected to bat first.

Steve Smith played a knock of 131 runs to propel Australia to 286/9 in the allotted fifty overs.

 

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