Sourav Ganguly Biopic: Bengal Tiger confirms tie-up with ace director Luv Ranjan for film on his life

Former India captain and currently the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, (BCCI), Sourav Ganguly has confirmed that the much-awaited biopic on his life would get going with Pyar Ka Punchnaama famed director Luv Ranjan’s production house Luv Films producing the movie.

The announcement was done by Ganguly on his official Twitter handle where he wrote, “Cricket has been my life, it gave confidence and ability to walk forward with my head held high, a journey to be cherished. Thrilled that Luv Films will produce a biopic on my journey and bring it to life for the big screen.”

It would be interesting to see who plays the role of one of Indian cricket’s pioneering figures. The talks in the industry suggest that it could be bagged by either Ranbir Kapoor or Hrithik Roshan although Ranvir Singh and Kartik Aryan, because of his proximity with the producer who would most likely direct the fi,s as well.

Ganguly, who became the Board President in the year 2019 had an enterprising cricketing career before becoming an administrator. In 113 Tests and 311 ODIs combined, the 39-year-old scored 18575 runs and took 132 wickets as well. Recently he underwent angioplasty after suffering a heart attack.

Dada became skipper of Team India after the infamous match-fixing saga and hence his biopic could be one of the most interesting stories of the next year.

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CPL 2021 | Gudakesh Motie, Odeon Smith bowl Warriors to victory over St Lucia Kings

With scintillating spin bowling by left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie and equally brilliant death bowling by medium pacer Odean Smith, Guyana Amazon Warriors overcame a large number of dropped catches in the field to topple second-placed St Lucia Kings by 17 runs. With this win, they have now gathered eight points from eight games and are now knocking on the doors of a semi-final berth in the Caribbean Premier League 2021. Chasing a target of 152 set up by the Warriors, the Kings were in for a shock as Motie chipped away with wickets by being as miser as he could with runs. He got the crucial men in skipper Faf du Plessis and experienced Samit Patel out and conceded only 12 runs from his four overs, bowling a staggering 17 dot balls in the process. Imran Tahir bowled in tandem with Motie even as Roston Chase and Tim David formed what could have transpired to be a match-changing partnership thanks to the dropped catches in the field. However, the Warriors bowlers kept the run rate in check and as a result, a false shot was induced by Naveen-Ul-Haq to send Chase packing in the 18th over. Having added 75 runs with Chase and with Kings still requiring 34 off 16 balls to win, the onus was on Singaporean import David to see the Kings home. Smith though had other ideas in mind as after a very good 18th over by Naveen, he bowled a magnificent 19th over getting rid of Keemo Paul and Jeavor Royal, conceding only three runs in the process. With 29 needed from the last over and Naveen bowling it, hopes were really low for a Kings’ victory and they lowered more as the team could gather only 10 runs from the first four balls, meaning that they could not get 19 from the last two and eventually lost the game 17 runs. Earlier in the day, courtesy of Brandon King’s 77 and some late hitting by skipper Nicholas Pooran and Smith, the Warriors managed to reach 151 in their allotted 20 overs. Royal and Wahab Riaz picked two wickets each for the Kings.

MS Dhoni to mentor Team India during 2021 T20 World Cup

In a surprise call during the World Cup squad announcement on Wednesday, 8 September evening, the BCCI has announced that former India captain MS Dhoni will be joining the national team as a mentor for the World T20 2021 slated to take place in UAE and Oman in October-November. The BCCI secretary, Jay Shah, confirmed that the wicket-keeper batsman would be taking up the role. “I spoke to Dhoni in Dubai. He was okay with the decision and agreed to be a mentor for Team India for the T20 World Cup only. I spoke to captain, vice-captain and Ravi Shastri also, they all are on the same page,” Shah said. Dhoni has been one of the most successful Indian captains and is the only skipper to lift three ICC trophies. India won the World T20 in 2007, 50-over World Cup in 2011 and Champions Trophy in 2013 under Dhoni’s leadership. The wicket-keeper batsman hung his boots from international cricket on August 15, 2020, and last played for India in the semi-final of the 50-over World Cup in 2019 against New Zealand. India lost the semi-final and bowed out of the tournament. The BCCI announced the squad for the tournament on Wednesday and the side would be led by Virat Kohli while opening batsman Rohit Sharma would be his deputy. The Indian team is scheduled to start the campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan in Dubai on October 24. SQUAD: Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma (vc), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohd Shami

BCCI announces squad for 2021 T20 World Cup, MS Dhoni to mentor Kohli-led side

The selectors have announced the team for the upcoming World T20 slated to take place in UAE and Oman. The team would be led by Virat Kohli while Rohit Sharma will be his deputy. More to follow…

Domestic players to be compensated for lost 2020-21 season, BCCI Apex council to decide on amount

The domestic players who lost out on income as well as match time, due to the shortening of the domestic season of 2020-21 will be compensated by the BCCI as was planned. The main reason behind compensation yet not being paid was the inability to come at a conjecture about the basis of playmate to players. That now seems to have been cleared. According to a working committee's suggestion, which was formed to discuss the compensation of the players, the compensation will be based on the income of the previous 2019-20 season when all the matches were played. The committee suggested that about 50-75 per cent of the income of the previous season be paid to players. It further authorised Board President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah to decide on the compensation. "The secretary will decide on the exact amount. He has been authorised. He is well equipped on the accounting matter," Cricbuzz quoted a source as saying. The suggestions of the committee will be taken up during the BCCI’s Apex Council meeting on September 20. Players’ compensation has been put up as one of the main agendas of the meeting. The final decision will be taken by the compensation committee which includes four office-bearers - Sourav Ganguly, Jay Shah, Rajiv Shukla and Arun Dhumal.