Cricket in 2020: A Year of Challenges, 117-Days Nostalgia, Slow Revival and New Normal

It's been a year like no other for the cricket world. But 2020 did end on a hopeful note. A 36 all-out can be followed by a historic win.

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Stuart Broad, Tim Southee & Other Top Ten Wicket-Takers in Tests in 2020

The year saw Cricket being cut short thanks to Covid-19 outbreak but when it came to Test match cricket, we had English and Kiwi dominance in the wicket charts. While four of the bowlers were Englishmen, three of them were from New Zealand.

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Ben Stokes, Dom Sibley & Other Top Ten Run-Getters in Tests in 2020

The year saw Cricket being cut short thanks to Covid-19 outbreak but when it came to Test match cricket, we have some English dominance in the run charts. Six out of ten were English batsman. Here we take a look at the top ten batsmen who topped the run charts in the longer format of the game in 2020.

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ODC vs OPA Dream11 Predictions, Odisha T20, Odisha Cheetahs vs Odisha Panthers: Playing XI, Cricket Fantasy Tips

ODC vs OPA Dream11 Team: Check Dream11 Prediction / ODC vs OPA Dream11 Best Picks / ODC vs OPA Dream11 Captain / ODC vs OPA Dream11 Vice Captain/ Dream11 Tips /Online Cricket Tips and more

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ODL vs ODJ Dream11 Predictions, Odisha T20, Odisha Lions vs Odisha Jaguars: Playing XI, Cricket Fantasy Tips

ODL vs ODJ Dream11 Team: Check Dream11 Prediction / ODL vs ODJ Dream11 Best Picks / ODL vs ODJ Dream11 Captain / ODL vs ODJ Dream11 Vice Captain/ Dream11 Tips /Online Cricket Tips and more

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NK vs WF Dream11 Predictions, Super Smash 2020-21, Northern Knights vs Wellington Firebirds: Playing XI, Cricket Fantasy Tips

NK vs WF Dream11 Team: Check Dream11 Prediction / NK vs WF Dream11 Best Picks / NK vs WF Dream11 Captain / NK vs WF Dream11 Vice Captain/ Dream11 Tips /Online Cricket Tips and more

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CK vs PK-A Dream 11 predictions Pakistan-A Tour Of New Zealand T20 2020-21, Canterbury vs Pakistan A, Playing XI, Cricket Fantasy Tips

Canterbury vs Pakistan A Dream11 Team: Check Dream11 Prediction / Canterbury vs Pakistan A Dream11 Best Picks / Canterbury vs Pakistan A Dream11 Captain / Canterbury vs Pakistan A Dream11 Vice Captain/ Dream11 Tips / Online Cricket Tips and more

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India vs Australia: He Just Stays Quiet & Does His Thing - Shoaib Akhtar on Indian Player

India's thumping victory over Australia in the Boxing Day Test has managed to impress former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar. The pacer showered praises for Ajinkya Rahane's team that came back to level the series 1-1 for now. In a conversation with Sports Today, Akhtar talked about Rahane's captaincy and Team India's character.

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NS-W vs WB-W Dream 11 predictions Women’s Super Smash league 2020-21, Northern Spirit vs Wellington Blaze Playing XI, Cricket Fantasy Tips

Northern Spirit vs Wellington Blaze Dream11 Team: Check Dream11 Prediction / Northern Spirit vs Wellington Blaze Dream11 Best Picks / Northern Spirit vs Wellington Blaze Dream11 Captain / Northern Spirit vs Wellington Blaze Dream11 Vice Captain/ Dream11 Tips / Online Cricket Tips and more

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NS-W vs OS-W Dream11 Predictions, Women’s Super Smash 2020-21, Northern Spirits Women vs Otago Sparks Women: Playing XI, Cricket Fantasy Tips

NS-W vs OS-W Dream11 Team: Check Dream11 Prediction / NS-W vs OS-W Dream11 Best Picks / NS-W vs OS-W Dream11 Captain / NS-W vs OS-W Dream11 Vice Captain/ Dream11 Tips /Online Cricket Tips and more

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Fawad Alam’s Century Celebration was a Scene from Ertugrul Ghazi, Reveals Pak Batsman

The Test match, which was also the last international game of cricket of this year, saw some thrilling action as New Zealand managed to seal the deal only in the last hour of the fifth day’s game.

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Google Doodle Celebrates New Year 2021: As Clock Strikes Midnight, Cuckoo Pops Out of Clock House

The Google Doodle, notably labeled as being the 'Day 1' of 2021, features a bird that flies out of the clock house welcoming all to 2021 while the the usual Google logo is covered with holiday lights gently flashing and twinkling.

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Delhi Wakes up to Dense Fog on New Year's Day as Capital Sees Highest Cold Wave Days in 55 Years

Mundka, Rajghat and the DND flyway are covered in dense fog, visuals shared by the ANI showed.

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With Bonfire and Camaraderie, Protesting Farmers Welcome 2021 at Singhu Border

It is now late evening, multiple bonfires have been lit. Faces, old and young are sitting around the flame. A group is watching a news report on a 'masked' New Year's party in Goa on a mobile phone.

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Breaking News LIVE Updates: China, India in Talks to Hold 9th Round of Commander-level Meet

Breaking News LIVE Updates: China and India are in consultations to hold the ninth round of Corps Commander-level meeting to discuss the disengagement of troops in eastern Ladakh.

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Youth Dies by Suicide Inside MP Rodmal Nagar's Bungalow's Servant Quarters: Police

The victim was identified as Neeraj, the brother-in-law of the MP’s private assistant Anup Kumar Singh, the official said, adding when the police reached the spot, the victim’s body was lying on the floor with an electric wire tied to his neck.

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Future Enterprises CFO Dinesh Maheshwari Resigns

Dinesh Maheshwari's resignation will be effective from Thursday, Future Enterprises, the supply chain and logistics company of the Future group, said in a regulatory filing.

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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Review of Oxford-AstraZeneca, Bharat Biotech Shots Today as India Awaits Covid-19 Vaccine Cheer in New Year

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: An expert panel in the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) will meet today to further deliberate on considering emergency use authorisation applications by Serum Institute of India (SII) for the Oxford-AztraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine and Bharat Biotech's 'Covaxin'.

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Angry Mob Sets Agra Police Post Ablaze, Beat Policemen After Youth Dies in Road Accident

The police had to make heavy deployment of force to control and chase away the rampaging mob, said Inspector General of Police A Satish Ganesh of Agra police range.

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Suvendu Adhikari's Brother Moves HC Against 'Illegal' Removal From Post, Hints at Joining BJP Soon

Soumendu Adhikari, a brother of political heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari who recently quit the TMC to join the BJP, claimed that he has been illegally removed by the West Bengal government's Municipal Affairs Department from the post of administrator of the civic body.

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Ford, Mahindra Call Off Auto Joint Venture

Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it was calling off its automotive joint venture with India's Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd due to the challenges caused by the COVID19 pandemic. (https://ford.to/2X2V6Gg)

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Horoscope Today: Astrological prediction for January 1, what's in store for Aries,...

Daily horoscope: Are the stars lined up in your favour? Find out the astrological prediction for Aries, Leo, Virgo, Libra and other zodiac signs for January 1.

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Horoscope for January 1: Here's What the Stars Have in Store for You on First Day of 2021

Here's what the stars hold for you on the first day of 2021.

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India vs Australia: Sunil Gavaskar Suggests New Opening Combination for SCG Test

With Rohit Sharma already in Australia, there is every possibility that India might draft him in the team for the third Test against Australia. Former India opener Sunil Gavaskar has his opinions on the opening combination for the Sydney Test that starts from January 7. The legendary Gavaskar feels that Rohit should open the innings with Mayank Agarwal.

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Karnataka Govt Imposes Curfew During New Year Eve, Telangana to Allow Bars to Remain Open Till 1 am

The Karnataka government has banned gathering of five or more people and celebration on New Year is strictly prohibited on roads.

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Most Prolific U.S. Serial Killer, Who Confessed To 93 Murders, Dies In California Hospital

Convicted murderer Samuel Little, who confessed to strangling 93 people and was considered by the FBI to be the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, died on Wednesday at a California hospital, the state corrections department said. He was 80.

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Big-hearted Neil Wagner To Miss 2nd NZ Test Against Pakistan

Fast bowler Neil Wagner played almost all of New Zealands first cricket test against Pakistan with two broken toes but will not play the second test and is facing a sixweek recovery.

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Former Umpires Ismail Dawood & John Holder to Sue ECB Over Alleged Racial Discrimination

Former umpires Ismail Dawood and John Holder have decided to sue ECB for alleged racial discrimination, according to a report in Sky Sports. The duo have claimed institutionalised racism and have demanded an inquiry into the ECB Umpires department that has not appointed a non-white full-time umpire in the last 28 years.

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IRCTC's Revamped Website to be Launched at 12pm on December 31

The all new IRCTC website will be more user personalised and will have other technology-friendly features in it along with an upgrade in terms of design.

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Australia Prepared To Risk Warner In Sydney Even If Not Fully Fit

David Warner may play the third test against India even if he is short of full fitness as Australia look to the veteran opener to strengthen the top order, assistant coach Andrew McDonald said on Thursday.

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New Zealand vs Pakistan: Neil Wagner Bowls 21 Overs With Broken Toes; Ruled Out of Second Test

New Zealand pace bowler Neil Wagner battled through the pain of two broken toes in the first test against Pakistan but coach Gary Stead said he would miss the second match at Hagley Oval in Christchurch starting on Sunday. Wagner needed pain-killing injections during the test, which the hosts won by 101 runs, after he was struck on the foot while batting on the second day at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.

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Bolivia Signs Its First Major Vaccine Deal For Russia´s Sputnik 5

Russia's sovereign fund, Russia Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), agreed to supply Bolivia with enough of its twodose Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to vaccinate 2.6 million people, RDIF said on Wednesday, marking the South American nation's first major vaccine deal.

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Breaking News LIVE Updates: Kerala Assembly Session on Farm Laws at 9am, BJP-backed Contenders on Verge of Victory in K'taka Panchayat Polls

Breaking News LIVE Updates: The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government will hold a special assembly session at 9am today to discuss and pass a resolution against Centre's farm laws that have seen protests at Delhi borders for over a month. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of AIIMS at Rajkot in Gujarat via video conferencing.

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Traces of New Strain of Coronavirus Detected in Two People in UP

Tests of those returning from the United Kingdom after December 9 are continuing and till now around 2,500 samples have been sent to the labs, he said, adding that so far 10 people who returned from the UK have tested positive.

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Delhi Woman Dies of 'Shock' After Hearing About Son's Death in Train on Way Back Home

Hearing the news of his death, Das' mother collapsed and died at her home in Delhi.

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Assam House Passes Bill to Create Autonomous Council for Bodo-Kachari Community

Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Classes Minister Chandan Brahma moved The Bodo Kachari Welfare Autonomous Council Bill, 2020 in the assembly and the House passed it after a brief discussion.

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Govt Cautions People Against Sharing Aadhar Numbers, OTPs for Anti-Covid Inoculation

A Gorakhpur district health official said the state government has launched no plan as yet to get general people inoculated against Covid as the state's priority is to vaccinate frontline anti-Covid workers.

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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: More UK Returnees Test +ve for New Strain as India Denies Approval to Vaccines; States Issue New Year's Eve Rules

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Regulator Central Drug Standard Control Organisation's (CDSCO) Subject Expert Committee that met yesterday rejected emergency use authorization (EUA) sought by Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech for their Covid-19 vaccines. This comes amid increased number of people being tested positive and states stepping up testing. While two UK returnees in Uttar Pradesh were found to have contracted the new virus, scare remains in Delhi's neighbouring Gurugram where sample of a 22-year-old United Kingdom return was sent for genome sequencing to ascertain the new variant after he tested positive.

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2021-beginning to See Night Curfew in Mumbai as Police Issues Curbs for New Year Eve Celebrations

In a press release issued late in the night, the police pointed out that the Maharashtra government has already issued guidelines related to New Year's eve and called for low-key celebrations.

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3-match Australia-India Women's ODI Cricket Series Postponed

A threematch oneday international series between the Australia and India women's cricket teams has been postponed indefinitely and likely won't be played until 2022.

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South-African Cricketer Suné Elbie Luus Reaches Out to Indian Fans

Suné Elbie Luus is thrilled to connect with cricket followers in a country that according to her, is truly passionate about the game.

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Hindu-American Community Mobilises Efforts To Distribute Over 2,96,000 Pounds Of Food Amid COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted livelihoods and brought economic hardships for many, the Hindu-American community mobilised efforts to collect and distribute over 2,96,000 pounds of food across 26 states in the US. Over 175 organisations and individuals joined hands nationwide to collect food for pantries across the country amid the raging pandemic. Over two months, the organisations collectively donated 2,96,000 pounds of food to 199 pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters in 210 cities across 26 states under the SewaDiwali' initiative, a statement said.

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Para Teachers Block Key Kolkata Street As Part Of Protest

Over 100 para teachers on Wednesday blocked the College Street crossing in the city and formed a human chain as part of their ongoing protest to press for immediate wage revision. The para teachers, on an indefinite sit-in near education headquarters Bikash Bhavan since December 18, alleged there has been no response from West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee to their demands.

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Odisha Govt Retires 6 Officials For Corruption, Inefficiency

The Odisha government on Wednesday compulsorily retired six officials on charges of corruption and inefficiency. Of the six, four were engineers and two belonged to the excise department, an official statement said.

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Mob Demolishes Temple In Northwestern Pakistan

Peshawar (AP) A mob led by members of Pakistan's radical Islamist party demolished a temple after setting it on fire in a deeply conservative northwestern town, a senior police official said. The incident in the town of Karak drew condemnation from human rights activists and Pakistan's minister for human rights, Shireen Mazari..

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Assam Reports 3 More COVID Deaths, 76 Fresh Cases

Assam's COVID-19 death toll increased to 1,043 with three more persons succumbing to the disease on Wednesday, while 76 new positive cases took the tally to 2,16,139, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. He said that 115 patients recovered from coronavirus infection and were discharged from hospitals of the state, taking the total number of cured people to 2,11,835.

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Key Flyovers in Thane to Be Shut During New Year Celebrations

The police have also instructed the housing societies in the city to avoid holding any public celebration of the New Year during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, and also ordered that the terraces of buildings be kept shut during this period, he said.

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CAF Jawan Injured in Pressure IED Blast by Naxals in Chhattisgarh

The incident occurred around 8.20 am in the forest near Pusnar village under Gangaloor police station area when separate joint teams of security forces were out on a road security and area domination operation, a police official said.

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‘Both Modi and I are Pained...’: Rajnath Slams Those Using Terms like ‘Naxal’, ‘Khalistani’ for Farmers

Rajnath Singh said that there is no question of being insensitive towards farmers. He said that the farmers are holding demonstrations and not only him but PM Narendra Modi is also pained as well.

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Prepare for a Biting Cold New Year's Eve in Delhi as Winter Wave Shows No Mercy at 3.5 Degree C Min Temp

The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded a minimum of 3.5 degrees Celsius as against 3.6 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.

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286 People Die of Covid-19 in 24 Hours, 20k New Coronavirus Cases Recorded

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 98.34 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 95.99 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.

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