MS Dhoni is a rich, rich man. And now, he has become even richer! The Indian captain has signed a three-year deal with a couple of sports management firms that will earn him Rs 2.1 billion or 210 crores ($ 42 million) this is much more than the three-year deal worth Rs 1.8 billion ($38 million) that Sachin Tendulkar had had in 2006.
India play Pakistan in the fourth game of the Asia Cup and the fireworks are expected to fly out of the game. India goes into the game with a lot of confidence having beaten Bangladesh rather easily, whereas Pakistan know that this is a must-win scenario for them given that the side had lost to Sri Lanka in the first game of the tournament.
Sachin Tendulkar has said that while he wanted to have India playing in the final of the World Cup final next year, he has not yet thought about the tournament given that it is a good nine months away still.
The Asia Cup will begin from the 15th of June and will see four teams fight it out for the ultimate glory. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will play in the Asia Cup in a round-robin league with the top two sides fighting out the finals of the tournament.
India crashed out of the ICC World T20 and is still hurting over the three losses in the Super Eights. They have, now, lost six successive games in the Super Eights over two tournaments, and the only team of note that they beat in the tournaments is South Africa. So what must be done now to overcome the issues facing the Indian team in the T20I format?
Sourav Ganguly was fined $40,000 of his match fee for not bowling his overs in time in the game between Kolkata Knight Riders and the Delhi Daredevils. Ganguly is the captain of the Kolkata side and was found two overs short of the overall required target within the stipulated time and hence was charged by the match referee.
Adam Gilchrist has jumped into the fray and voiced his opinion over the excess of cricket that is played these days. Talking to a newspaper, Gilly said that there was no doubt that the cricket has reached a point beyond which it would be very difficult to sustain it and the also expect quality of the same order as previously.