Kohli returned to form with a century against Afghanistan last year. He got his 71st career century. Then he scored a hundred against Bangladesh at the end of last year. His 72nd career century came from his bat in their third and final ODI. At the beginning of this year, he scored his 73rd century in the first match at home against Sri Lanka. After that, Kohli scored a century in the last match and made a total of 74 centuries. However, while praising Kohli’s century, Gautam Gambhir criticized India’s loss to Bangladesh.

India came to play a bilateral series against Bangladesh last year. They played three ODIs and two Tests. Team India won the Test series against Bangladesh by a margin of 2-0 but lost the ODI series by 2-1. After losing their first two matches against Bangladesh in ODIs, India confirmed the series loss. But in the last match, Ishan Kishan’s brilliant double century and Virat Kohli’s century saved the Indian team from a whitewash in the ODI. Recently, India’s former opener Gautam Gambhir suddenly brought up the topic of India’s loss against Bangladesh in the discussion of commentators on television.

In that discussion, when Sanjay Manjerekar was excited about Kohli’s hundred, Gambhir brought up the issue of India’s loss. He said, “A few days ago we lost the ODI series while visiting Bangladesh. We should not forget that. We seem to forget this failure in the Sri Lanka series. Individual performance is of course essential for the team to win. But to play consistently well, team performance is more important.”

Gambhir also said, “Individual centuries are important for the team’s victory. If someone looks at his record and sees 50 or 100 centuries, then he will be delighted. But we should not forget our bitter experiences. But we could not win the ODI series against Bangladesh. This is a big lesson for India. We should be careful from now on, the World Cup is ahead.”

India came with a full-strength team against Bangladesh. But they could not win the ODI series. Gambhir feels that they should not sit idle after the success of the Sri Lanka series at home. He said, “India’s full-strength team played against Bangladesh but still they lost. I think we should not forget that failure. We should think again about that loss. There is no point in being complacent about the series against Sri Lanka. Let us not forget the failure. India should be alert now”.

In the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka at home, India won the series by whitewashing Sri Lanka defeating Sri Lanka in 3 consecutive matches. Kohli was at the peak of form in this series. The ODI World Cup will be held in India at the end of the year. Rohit Sharma’s India is desperate to win the World Cup at home. After the series with Sri Lanka, India will play against New Zealand Team India is desperate for success there as well.

After the publication of the schedule of the ninth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), it became known that the BPL is going to clash with the T20 League of South Africa and the T20 League of the United Arab Emirates. It was known that the game would be held at the same time. Naturally, the other two tournaments are far ahead of the BPL regarding the quality of play and finances. Then fear was expressed that foreign cricketers will come to play in this country. Or will the players lean towards the other two leagues?

That idea has come true. This year’s BPL did not have a gathering of stars. T20 tournament, but there is no specialist Caribbean like Andre Russell or Sunil Narine. BPL could not attract players from big countries like England, New Zealand, South Africa, and Australia. However, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) already knew that foreign stars would not be available in this year’s BPL.

In this regard, Jalal Yunus, head of the cricket management department of BCB, said, “At the time we are having BPL, there are two other leagues going on at the same time in South Africa and UAE. The players are leaning there. Most of the players who used to play BPL are now playing in those two leagues. That’s why we didn’t get a foreign star this time. We already knew that.”

About this year’s BPL organization and current situation, Yunus further said, “We could have not organized this year’s BPL. But we wanted to continue this tournament anyway. There were several challenges. Finally, the game is happening. The best part is that the domestic players are doing well. The tournament is packed. That’s the kind of atmosphere we really wanted.”

Meanwhile, there are many Pakistani cricketers in the BPL. Those stars are playing BPL for almost every team. Although Shaheen Shah Afridi and Babar Azam are scheduled to play, they are yet to set foot in Bangladesh. Several star cricketers have also come from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. If they did not come, this year’s BPL would have become completely lifeless.

The Sri Lankan cricketer Geftar was accused of rape during the last season’s T20 World Cup. Not to be outdone, there is a new complaint against Sri Lankan cricket. There have been significant allegations of corruption and nepotism in Lankan cricket. It is like a snake coming out to dig up an earthworm. More allegations surfaced during an investigation into Sri Lanka’s performance as a cricketer in the T20 World Cup. Sri Lankan cricket has been investigated by an independent investigation agency, and so many allegations have been made in their investigation.

Sri Lanka won the last Asia Cup. But after that, Sri Lanka had to face defeat in Australia’s first match of the T20 World Cup. The reigning champions of the Asia Cup lost to Namibia in the first match. Sri Lanka eventually finished fourth in the group. And that is why their game is being monitored on the instructions of the Sri Lanka board. The independent investigation agency is investigating whether the match was fixed or not.

In the last T-20 World Cup, Sri Lanka had already left. Also, one of their cricketers, Danuska Guntilka, was accused of raping a woman. Then the Australian police arrested him from the team hotel. Gunilla, who is accused of rape, could not come with the team even after the Sri Lankan team returned home. The case has been ongoing for a long time. Since then, Sri Lankan cricket has been a favourite among supporters.

This time there is an allegation against another Lankan cricketer. Allegation of assault. Cricketer Chamika Karunaratne was beaten up in a bar for taking pictures – such allegations have been made in Lankan cricket. It is known that six other Lankan cricketers were with him, but their names have not been released.

Jayawardhan’s name also came up in the investigation. He has opened a restaurant in Australia with board money – allegations have been made against him. Former performance manager Jerome Jayaratne toured with the Sri Lankan team during the T20 World Cup. It has been alleged that he went around on the board’s money because of his good relations with the government at that time. However, the Sri Lankan Cricket Board has not yet made any comment after these multiple allegations were raised in the investigation.

Will the BPL not follow the rules of the ICC? Bangladesh Premier League started a new rule by excluding the ICC rules. Such a question is now in the minds of many. Why not? The wrong decision given by the umpire in the Comilla-Barisal match in the BPL last Saturday was termed correct by the Bangladesh Cricket Board. BCB informed us about this through a press release recently.

Various controversies are coming before the start of this year’s BPL. The absence of DRS in BPL has come under criticism. ADRS is being used in the current BPL instead of DRS. But now a new debate has started on this too. The popular tournament has given rise to controversial umpiring since its inception. Last Saturday’s match also gave rise to discussions about this umpiring.

Comilla’s Zaker Ali Anik was left lbw by Pakistani off-spinner Iftekhar Ahmed playing for Barisal in the match. Anik wants a review even though the field umpire gave him out. It is clear that almost the entire ball is outside the leg stump. He is not out as per ICC rules.

Because according to ICC rules, if more than 50 per cent of the ball is outside the leg stump in the technology of viewing the pitching zone, it will be considered as pitched outside. Whereas in the case of Anik, the ball was almost 99 per cent outside. But still, the third umpire will give out. And their coach has expressed disappointment about this, there is a lot of criticism about it.

And BCB opens its mouth when there is a lot of criticism about it. But BCB also called the umpire’s decision correct. According to BCB, “According to the playing conditions of the tournament, if any light part of the ball is in the pitching zone, it will be considered as pitched in line. Due to this rule, the TV umpire upheld Zaker Ali’s out given by the field umpire. In this case, even if the field umpire gave not out, the decision would have been changed. “

After this explanation of BCB, it is naturally seen that there is a massive gap between ICC rules and BPL rules. Meanwhile, after such an incident, social media is also discussing and criticizing. Many critics say, if such a controversial decision is given even after having ADRs, then what is the need to have such ADRs?

India defeated Sri Lanka by a huge margin of runs. Team India defeated the Lankans by a huge margin of 317 runs and set a world record. Along with that broke fifteen years old history. This win by a huge margin of 317 runs is the record for the highest win in ODI cricket history. India now owns this record by whitewashing the Lankans. Last Sunday’s Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram witnessed this incredible victory of India.

India secured the series victory by winning two matches in the three-match ODI against Sri Lanka. Last Sunday, even in the regulation match, the bats of the Indians were on fire. Batting first, India set up a mountain of 391 runs in front of Sri Lanka. But Sri Lanka could not cross this mountain of runs. On the same pitch where Virat Kohli – Shubman Gilla were on fire with the bat, the Lankans’ bats collapsed on the same pitch. Chasing a target of 391 runs, they were bowled out for just 73 runs.

No team had won by such a huge margin before India’s record margin win over Sri Lanka. Kiwis had the record of winning by the highest runs so far. New Zealand won by a huge margin of 290 runs against Ireland in 2008. This was the record for the highest run win so far. In 2015, Australia won against Afghanistan by a huge margin of 275 runs. Then South Africa won against Zimbabwe by 272 runs. And to top all of them, the world record is now in possession of India.

Meanwhile, Virat Kohli, who played a role in building India’s mountain of runs, became the owner of a personal record on the day of India’s record. He scored his 74th career century by playing an unbeaten inning of 166 runs against Sri Lanka. It was against Sri Lanka that Kohli scored his 73rd century in Guwahati.

However, Indian captain Rohit Sharma is regretting even after India’s record margin of victory. Mohammad Shami and Mohammad Sirajrs completely collapsed Sri Lanka’s batting. During Sri Lanka’s batting, England’s swing and Australia’s bounce filled their bowling. But Rohit’s regret is about Siraj. Rohit tried his best to get Siraj 5 wickets. But in the end, Siraj got 4 wickets.

Rohit helped Siraj in many ways to complete 5 wickets. Siraj appealed for LBW on the last ball and the umpire gave him out. But became not out in the review. Seeing Siraj, it was clear how anxious he was to take the fifth wicket. And at the end of the match, Rohit regretted it. He also said that he tried everything to give 5 wickets to Siraj. But unfortunately, that didn’t happen. Fans congratulated Team India after this record win.