Amid the massive announcement, several reports claimed that Chahal removed all pictures with Dhanashree from his social media account recently, giving rise to the divorce rumours.

Meanwhile, Chahal is reportedly set to appear on Bigg Boss 18 this Sunday according to the Times of India. The report further claimed that both Shreyas Iyer and Shashank Singh will also be appearing on the show. The trio are set to feature for the Punjab Kings in the upcoming season of the IPL.

Earlier, Dhanashree had broken her silence on divorce rumours with husband Chahal.

“The past few days have been incredibly tough for my family and me. What’s truly upsetting is the baseless writing, devoid of fact checking, and the character assassination of my reputation by faceless trolls spreading hate,” Dhanashree wrote in an Instagram story.

“I’ve worked hard for years to build my name and integrity. My silence is not a sign of weakness; but of strength. While negativity spreads easily online, it takes courage and compassion to uplift others. I choose to focus on my truth and move forward, holding onto my values. The truth stands tall without the need for justification,” Dhanashree further wrorte.

Following this, Chahal posted a cryptic message on Instagram which read: “Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.” – Socrates.

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While the Indian head coach Gambhir was one of the main deciders in leaving Rohit out of the playing XI, he set this incident during his own playing days. In the 2018edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Gambhir came to Delhi Capitals (Delhi Daredevils at that time) and got named the franchise’s captain.

However, he struggled to make runs, as he had scored 85 runs in six innings and could not bring out expected results for the team. During his tenure, Delhi Capitals won just one of their six matches.

Between the team’s poor results and him struggling himself, Gambhir gave the captaincy to Shreyas Iyer and refused to play any more matches that season. That season also was the last time he played as an IPL player.

“I didn’t make any call to be honest. It wasn’t my decision to drop him. He himself decided to sit out, which was really courageous decision with him being the captain in the previous matches,” Shreyas Iyer said in the media interaction when Gambhir decided to sit out.

“The respect for him has gone really high. It’s really [good to] see when a captain if he’s not playing well, he backs out. Colin [Munro] came in and gave us the desired start,” he added.

According to media reports in 2018, Gambhir had even decided to let go of his salary of Rs. 2.8 crore from Delhi Capitals.

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Now, Shaw has been asked to play in the Police Shield Invitational Tournament. He will lead the Mumbai Colts team. The competition involves 2-day matches at various venues around Mumbai.

Recently, a MCA official talked about Shaw’s disciplinary and fitness issues. This statement came after Shaw wasn’t able to impress in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The batter did not even reach the 200-run mark in the entire tournament, and his only substantial knock came during the quarter-final against Vidarbha.

“In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, we were playing with 10 fielders as we were forced to hide Prithvi Shaw. The ball would pass near him, and he would barely be able to get to it,” a MCA official told PTI.

“Even while batting, we could see he was troubled reaching to the ball. His fitness, discipline and attitude are poor and it is pretty simple, there cannot be different rules for different players,” the official added.

Mumbai skipper Shreyas Iyer also believes that Shaw needs to get his work ethics right and if he can do so, then sky will be the limit for him.

“He needs to get his work ethics right, if he does, the sky’s the limit for him. We cannot babysit anyone. At the end of the day, it’s his responsibility to figure out things for himself,” Iyer said after Mumbai’s triumph in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

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Even after being part of Mumbai’s squad which won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) 2024, Prithvi’s individual was not impressive. He failed to meet the expectations as he only managed to collect 197 runs in 9 matches.

Shaw’s performances have been anything but impressive, as even in the SMAT’s title match against Madhya Pradesh, he got dismissed for just 10 runs. the continuous flop performances by Shaw also became the reason of him not getting any deal in the IPL 2025 mega auctions.

Prithvi’s struggles have been clear throughout the year. In October 2024, he got dropped down from Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy squad citing fitness and disciplinary concerns.

Mumbai Captain Shreyas Iyer, was asked about Prithvi Shaw after Mumbai won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 title, where he said:

“I think, personally, he is a God-gifted player. The amount of talent he possesses as an individual, no one has it. That’s true. It’s just that he needs to improve his work ethics. And I have said it before as well in many of the interviews. He needs to get his work ethics right. And if he does that, you know, sky is the limit for him. Can you force him to? I can’t force him. He has played so much of cricket. And everyone has given him inputs. At the end of the day, it’s his job to go out there and figure out things for himself“.

“We can’t babysit anyone, right? Every professional who is playing at this level, they need to know what they should be doing. And he has also done it in the past. It’s not that he hasn’t. He has to focus. He has to sit back, put a thinking cap on and then figure out himself. He will get the answer. No one can force him to do anything,” Iyer further added.

Mumbai’s squad for 1st three Vijay Hazare Trophy matches:
Shreyas Iyer (c), Ayush Mhatre, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Jay Bista, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Siddhesh Lad, Hardik Tamore, Prasad Pawar, Atharva Ankolekar, Tanush Kotian, Shardul Thakur, Royston Dias, Juned Khan, Harsh Tanna and Vinayak Bhoir.

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.In am exciting match, Mumbai beat Madhya Pradesh by 5 wickets at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. To add to the won, the team even had 13 balls to spare. the knock of 80 runs in 41 balls by Rajat Patidar caused no good, as Ajinkya Rahane (37 off 30), Suryakumar Yadav (48 off 35), and Suryansh Shedge (36 off 15) made way for the team towards their second title.

Shreyas Iyer scripts history
Shreyas Iyer has secured his name in books of history as he has become the first captain in history who has won both the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT). trophies. Shreyas even had a remarkable coincidence, as he won both these titles in the same year.

Shreyas came out as the fourth-highest run-scorer in the tournament, as he scored 345 runs at an average of 49.28, along with scoring a century.

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MP gave Mumbai a fighting target of 175 to achieve following an incredible batting display from Rajat Patidar, who played an unbeaten inning of 81. Mumbai ended up reaching the target in 17.5 overs, riding on knocks from Suryakumar Yadav (48), Ajinkya Rahane (37) and Suryansh Shedge (36*)

This was Mumbai’s second SMAT title after winning it for the first time in 2022, while MP’s wait for a maiden trophy prolonged to another season.

After a brief period of lull, Suryakumar reactivated his run-making ways and added 52 runs for the third wicket with Rahane.

It helped Mumbai to recover from the early dismissals of Prithvi Shaw and skipper Shreyas Iyer, both of them falling to rather causal shots.

It looked as if the duo would take Mumbai home however, both Suryakumar and Rahne would end up losing their wickets between 3 overs.

At 129 for five in 14.4 overs, Mumbai needed 46 runs but any worries were soon eased by the big-hitting Shedge and Atharva Ankolekar (16*) who knocked off the remaining runs without much fuss in a little over 3 overs.

Brief scores: Madhya Pradesh: 174/8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 81 not out, Subhranshu Senapati 23; Shardul Thakur 2/41, Royston Dias 2/32) lost to Mumbai: 180/5 in 17.5 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 48, Ajinkya Rahane 37, Suryansh Shedge 36 not out; Tripuresh Singh 2/34) by 5 wickets.

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Rahane hit 5 boundaries and 11 sixes in his brilliant knock and was assisted well by skipper Shreyas Iyer who also played a decent knock of 46 from 30 deliveries to help Mumbai achieve the target of 159 in 17.2 overs.

The 88-run partnership between Rahane and Iyer led Mumbai to complete the chase rather comfortably. Suryansh Shedge finished the match with a towering six on the very first ball that he faced.

Earlier, Baroda was put into bat first under overcast conditions. Krunal Pandya and Shashwat Rawat took the score to 73 in the first 9 overs before Shedge dismissed the former to trigger a batting collapse. Baroda could only manage to put a total of 158/7 on the board after Hardik Pandya also failed to deliver, scoring 5 runs off 6 deliveries.

From 73/1 to 103/6, Baroda lost wickets in heaps before Atit Sheth and Shivalik Sharma played attacking cameos of 22 and 36 respectively to carry their side to a respectable total.

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After losing the likes of Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer cheaply, the duo of Suryakumar and Dube pummeled the Services bowling attack to carry Mumbai to the huge total. The former got dismissed after playing a fine knock of 70 off 46 deliveries which included 7 boundaries and 4 sixes. On the other hand, Dube remained unbeaten on 71 off just 37 deliveries. The knock included 2 boundaries and 7 humongous sixes.

In reply, Services never really got going and at one point even got reduced to 34/4. Skipper Mohit Ahlawat’s 54 did restore some faith but the other batters weren’t able to deliver as Mumbai bowled them out for 153 runs in 19.3 overs.

Shardul Thakur was the star performer for Mumbai in the bowling department, picking up 4 wickets for 25 runs and Shams Mulani also finished with decent figures of 3/40.

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1. Virat Kohli – 277 runs

The India star batter leads the charts, scoring close to 300 runs in 4 day-night Tests played so far. Kohli will be looking to improve this record even further in the upcoming day-night Test against Australia in Adelaide.

2. Rohit Sharma – 173 runs

The Indian skipper has played well for the Men in Blue in the 3 day-night Test matches he has participated in. After not featuring in the first Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series, Rohit will be looking to score big in the day-night Test at the Adelaide Oval.

3. Shreyas Iyer – 159 runs

Though the Indian batter has only played in a single day-night Test in his career so far, he managed to score an impressive 159 runs with a highest score of 92. Unfortunately, Iyer wasn’t able to make it to India’s squad for the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series.

4. Ajinkya Rahane – 100 runs

The India batter didn’t feature in many day-night Tests and wasn’t quite impressive in the ones where he did feature as well. Rahane hasn’t been selected in the Indian squad for the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series and thus won’t be participating in the day-night Test in Adelaide.

5. Cheteshwar Pujara – 98 runs

The India batter wasn’t really able to contribute well for the side in the 3 day-night Tests he participated in. Despite a stellar domestic season, Pujara wasn’t given a place in India’s squad for the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series.

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The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has already announced the 17-member squad for the ongoing tournament. As far as it goes for Suryakumar, he has been added to the team under Shreyas Iyer or the ongoing event. Suryakumar had earlier played one game in the last moment of Ranji Trophy against Maharashtra, and even scored seven runs in the first inning.

According to Times of India, the star batter has been added to the Mumbai squad for the upcoming fixture of Tuesday, December 3. It is, however, going to be that the Indian skipper will be playing under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer.

“He has informed us that he is willing to play the last T20 game and MCA has added his name. He will be flying on Monday,” said a source in the MCA.

The star Indian batter had recently led India in the four match T20I series against South Africa, where the Men In Blue registered a 3-1 series victory against the Proteas.

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