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Hassan Ali flips the bails for luck. The batter is Sam Hain. He waits for Ali to turn around. Then he changes the bails right back. Jonny Bairstow sees this happen. He walks over to the stumps. He reverses the bails one more time!

Guess the player based on this controversy- In 2007, his team went to India for a few one-day matches right before the World Cup. Then, a scandal broke. The Indian police claimed they had him on tape. They said he was talking to a bookie on the phone, giving away team information before a game. He strongly denied it. His board stood by him at first and even let him play in the World Cup while the investigation was ongoing. But it didn't save him. The ICC eventually found him guilty and banned him from cricket for two years. For most players, a ban like that ends their career. But not him. He came back. A few years later, his team reached the World T20 final. He scored the most runs in the match, and they won the trophy. Then, incredibly, he did it again: another World T20 final, same player as top scorer, another trophy. Who is this player?

A grown man posed nude for a magazine. The country responded like it was a crime scene…Police sent the photo to a Forensic Science Laboratory… to check, pixel by pixel. In 2022, Ranveer Singh recreated an old Burt Reynolds shoot for Paper magazine, lying on a Turkish rug. He posted it himself. Within days, NGOs and lawyers ran to the police, news anchors screamed on prime time, and he was actually booked under Section 509 , “insulting the modesty of women.” But here’s the part almost nobody remembers. When the police questioned him, Ranveer said the most explicit photo wasn’t even real. He claimed someone online had morphed it, and that it was never one of the pictures he posted. So the Mumbai Police sent the photo to a Forensic Science Laboratory… to check, pixel by pixel, whether a troll had doctored it. A magazine shoot. A rug. A forensic team. All because a man posed for a photo.

The record for being bowled the most times in Test cricket belongs to Rahul Dravid. Despite his nickname “The Wall” and a reputation for ironclad defense, Dravid was bowled 55 times across his 164-Test career (286 innings). That is nearly one in every five of his dismissals. Of those 55, the most came against Australia (14), followed by the West Indies (10). The man right behind him on the all-time list? Sachin Tendulkar, on 54.

The Secret Email That Got Leaked to the Press In 2005, a leaked email caused a lot of drama in Indian cricket. Greg Chappell, the new coach, sent a private message to the cricket board. He wrote that captain Sourav Ganguly was not fit to lead the team. He said Ganguly faked his injuries, made bad choices, and caused problems with the other players. Chappell made it clear he wanted a new captain. The email was only for a few top bosses. But it did not stay secret. Here is the wild part. Players say Chappell typed the email right in the locker room while Ganguly was out on the field batting. Harbhajan Singh peeked at the open laptop when the coach walked away. Virender Sehwag saw it too and quietly warned Ganguly. Soon, the whole email was in the news. The entire country was reading the coach’s private message to board. The board stepped in. They removed Ganguly as captain and dropped him from the team. To this day, no one knows who leaked it. It showed the politics happening behind the scenes in Indian cricket. When things get political, even a private official email is not safe.

KL Rahul has become one of India’s most reliable middle-order batters in ODIs. A few of his best knocks in the recent years say it all: 97* (115) vs Australia (WC 2023) India 2 for 3 chasing 201. Rahul soaked up Starc and Hazlewood and got them home. 111* (106) vs Pakistan (Asia Cup 2023) Back from a long injury break, picked late. Answered with a hundred and a big stand with Kohli. 75* (91) vs Australia (Mar 2023) 189 to chase, India 39 for 4 on a nasty pitch. Rahul stayed calm and saw it through with Jadeja. 29* (21) vs New Zealand (Jan 2026) Chasing 301 in Vadodara, finished it in the 49th over with two fours and a six. 112* (92) vs New Zealand (Jan 2026) A lone fight on a tricky Rajkot deck. Brilliant century, but India came up short. 39* vs Afghanistan (today) Rain-cut chase of 195. Walked in, closed it out, India won by seven. He holds the innings when the top order goes. He finishes when the chase is tight. He just gets it done.

Danni Wyatt-Hodge and her wife welcomed baby Daisy last month. In her 1st match back, she scored an unbeaten 105. First century of the World Cup. She even did a sweet baby-rock celebration on the pitch.

Still can't believe Kohli got both Williamson and KP out in the exact same way. Wide down the leg side and stumped. Right arm quick bowler things 😂

Why didn't vice-captain Harry Brook replace Ben Stokes as captain? The ECB hasn't officially said why they bypassed him for Joe Root, but the history is hard to ignore. Last October, Brook had a late-night incident in Wellington night club. In response, the team brought in a strict midnight curfew. Last weekend, Stokes broke that exact curfew at a club and got suspended.

Ben Stokes is one of England’s greatest all-rounders. But off-field trouble has followed him his whole career. 2013: Sent home from the Lions tour for drinking and breaking team rules. 2014: Punched a locker in anger, broke his wrist, missed the World T20. 2017, Bristol: Street fight outside a nightclub, charged with affray. Missed the Ashes, later cleared in court, but fined £30k by the ECB. 2017, video: Mocked Katie Price’s disabled son in a leaked clip because of this, lost his new balance sponsorship. 2021: Took a break for his mental health. 2026: Broke team curfew at a Chelsea nightclub with Atkinson. A rugby player’s punch meant for Atkinson hit a security guard. A fighter who’s won England their biggest games but the drama never stops.

Meet Emilio Gay! The debutant opener who scored a gritty 57 on a tricky Lord’s pitch. - Born 14 April 2000 in Bedford, England. - Eligible for England (birth), West Indies (father’s Grenada roots) and Italy (maternal side). - Played 3 T20Is for Italy in 2025. - Turned down an offer to play Test cricket from West Indies to chase his England dream. - Domestic: 2,800+ first-class runs for Northants (HS 261), strong form for Durham and England Lions. - On Test debut vs New Zealand: Battled tough conditions to score 57, first England opener to score a home Test debut fifty since Andrew Strauss in 2004.