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Netherlands Announces Swiggy Delivery Boy as a Net Bowler for World Cup 2023
Netherlands Announces Swiggy Delivery Boy as a Net Bowler for World Cup 2023: Four net bowlers have been chosen by the Netherlands cricket team to assist them at their pre-World Cup training camp in Alur. One of the four net bowlers, Lokesh Kumar, will use his chinaman bowling to aid the Dutch team’s preparation for the next ODI World Cup 2023.
Cricket Netherlands posted a social media ad a few days ago asking for net bowlers to help them in the nets. The Dutch board selected four Indian men to join them in the nets after being overwhelmed by the response.
One of the four net bowlers is Chennai’s Lokesh Kumar who comes in as a Chinaman bowler. And as learned from the official handle of the Netherlands cricket board, the 29-year-old spinner delivers food for Swiggy for a living.
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While the likes of Indian cricket team, Australian cricket team, defending champions England, Pakistan among others will be favourite, the smaller teams at the Cricket World Cup like Netherlands will be no pushover. They can upset any team on their day at the Cricket World Cup. Recently, Netherlands team put out an advertisement for four net bowlers. They were recently announced and hail from different parts of India.
One among them is Lokesh Kumar from Chennai. According to aTimes of India report, Lokesh is a food delivery executive with Swiggy. And now he will bowl to the Netherlands team at the nets ahead of the Cricket World Cup. “I played in the fifth division for four years. I have registered with fourth division outfit Indian Oil RO (S&RC) for the current season. After being picked by the Netherlands team as a net bowlers I feel, my talent has been recognised,” Lokesh said.
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“Thank you for the overwhelming response to our net bowlers hunt, India. Here the 4 names who will be part of the team’s #CWC23 preparations,” wrote the caption.
“This is one of the most precious moments of my career. I am yet to even play in the TNCA third division league. I played in the fifth division for four years and I have registered for fourth-division outfit Indian Oil (RO) S&RC for the ongoing season. After being picked by the Netherlands as a net bowler, I feel that my talent has finally been recognised,” Lokesh told TOI.
“The Netherlands team members welcomed me with open arms; there was an induction ceremony for the net bowlers before the beginning of the session. The players told us: ‘feel free, this is your team’. I already feel that I am part of the Dutch family,” Lokesh added.
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“After seeing the advertisement, I was keen to give it a try. I felt that I would have an edge over others as there are not many chinaman bowlers in the country. Netherlands were looking for a mystery spinner. So, I decided to give it a try.”
“After my college days, my entire focus was on cricket. I spent four years on cricket. In 2018, I decided to take up a job. I have been with Swiggy for the last four years. I earn money only by delivering food; I do not have any other source of income. The work timings are flexible and I can take leave whenever I want to. We usually have TNCA league matches only on the weekends, so I work during the weekdays.”
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BD-W vs IN-W Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Pitch Report, Playing XI for 5th match
BD-W vs IN-W Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Pitch Report, Playing XI for 5th match: The Indian women’s cricket team is undefeated in this series, while the Bangladeshi women’s squad is under a cloud of whitewash.
Since this is a meaningless encounter, both sides will try to give their younger players more opportunities. India in particular, who have already won the series, would try to rotate a few players. Bangladesh, meanwhile, will want to play for both the supporters and their dignity.
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League: India Women tour of Bangladesh, 2024
Match: Bangladesh Women vs India Women, 5th T20I
Time: 3:30 PM IST, Thursday, May 9, 2024
Venue: Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet
Pitch Report:
The average first-inning score is 131, which is low as per men’s international standards, but in recent games, this ground has produced high-scoring encounters, and the last match is evidence of that.
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Chasing has been difficult on this ground historically, but the par score is 150 in Womens game. If the team batting first can score more than 150, they will have the advantage of winning the match.
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Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Ground Stats:
Total: 53
Team Bat 1st: 31
Team Bat 2nd: 22
Tie/ No Result: 00
Average First Innings Score: 132
Average Second Innings Score: 106
Highest Score: 210/4 By SL vs BAN
Lowest Score: 33/10 By MLYW vs SLW
Head to Head:
Total 21 matches
Won by INW 18
Won by BDW 03
Player Stats: Based on IPL
N Sulata: 86 runs
S Verma: 84 runs
D Akter: 74 runs
S Mandhana: 83 runs
M Khatun: 69 runs
H Kaur: 75 runs
R Khan: 6 wickets
R Yadav: 7 wickets
D Sharma: 05 wickets
P Vastrakar: 5 wickets
N Akter: 01 wickets
Squads:
BAN-W: Dilara Akter, Murshida Khatun, Sobhana Mostary, Nigar Sultana©(wk), Fahima Khatun, Shorifa Khatun, Ritu Moni, Rabeya Khan, Nahida Akter, Marufa Akter, Fariha Trisna
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IND-W: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harmanpreet Kaur©, Deepti Sharma, Sajeevan Sajana, Richa Ghosh(wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav
BD-W vs IN-W Dream11 Prediction Team:
Keeper: Richa Ghosh, Nigar Sultana
Batsmen: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur
All-rounders: Deepti Sharma, Fahima Khatun, Pooja Vastrakar(VC)
Bowlers: Shreyanka Patil, Nahida Akter, Renuka Singh Thakur(C)
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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Schedule Announced
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Schedule Announced: The International Cricket Council announced the Women’s T20 World Cup schedule on Sunday, May 5. The tournament will be held in Bangladesh from October 3 to October 20. Ten teams will play in a total of 23 matches in this ninth edition of the tournament.
The schedule was made public in a Dhaka ceremony that was attended by prominent people like the CEO of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Geoff Allardice, President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, and the captains of the women’s teams from India and Bangladesh, Harmanpreet Kaur and Nigar Sultana, respectively.
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The esteemed competition will take held in the dynamic cities of Sylhet and Dhaka over a period of eighteen days. Two groups of five teams each have been carefully formed from the ten participating teams. India, a dominant force in the sport, is placed in a difficult group with Qualifier 1, Australia, New Zealand, and Pakistan. The beautiful city of Sylhet will host their matches.
On the other hand, Group B features the host nation Bangladesh, who will face tough competition from England, South Africa, West Indies, and Qualifier 2. The battles in this group will unfold in the bustling city of Dhaka.
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Each group’s top two teams will move on to the semi-finals, where the top-seeded team from one group will play the second-seeded club from the other group. The teams who emerge triumphant from these close semi-final matches will be guaranteed a final position in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2024.
The current ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, will determine the qualifiers, Qualifier 1 and Qualifier 2. Teams will be split into two groups of five and play each other once in the final match, which is set for May 7.
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The ICC has also confirmed that both the semi-finals and the final will include reserved days.
India is set to kick off their campaign against New Zealand on October 4, followed by a match against Pakistan on October 6 and a qualifier on October 9. The group stage will conclude with a highly anticipated match against Australia on October 13.
(With Input From DNA)
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