It has been an ongoing issue for Team India to find a suitable batsman for the number 4 position. It also caused India’s exit from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 due to top-order collapse against New Ze?aland in ??the semi-finals.

Former Indian cricketer turned analyst Aakash Chopra feels that India’s No. 4 problem has been “a case of musical chairs.” Indian team management tested 13-14 players to bat at number 4, including Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, Vijay Shankar, Manish Pandey, Lokesh Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Kedar Jadhav, and Rishabh Pant.

Aakash was speaking on Cricbuzz LIVE along with Harsha Bhogle and former Indian pacer Zaheer Khan. He said, “Correct, it’s been a case of musical chairs for us so far because I think since Yuvraj Singh exit, we had about 13 or 14 people who batted at No. 4.”

“That’s being the problem and its the problem of your own making, it’s not that suddenly you had no players,” Aakash added.

“Shreyas Iyer played against Sri Lanka, and I remember him doing well. He went to South Africa, didn’t play a game. It was Ajinkya Rahane who batted at no. 4 and who actually did all right and got dropped, and didn’t go to England. And, it just went all from there.

“Manish Pandey, he is even more curious case because that century came I think in Sydney that was 2016. So 2016, he scored a century, and in three and half years he had played only 18 games and not all the games at no. 4“, told Aakash.

Aakash agreed with Zaheer that Indian team ma??nagement should try a player at No. 4 for at least 30 innings before they decide on replacing him.

“Just think about it, Yuvraj Singh scored that fantastic 80 against Australia in 2000 Champions Trophy and all that, and after that for 20 odd innings, he didn’t really set the world on fire. The same thing could be said about Virendra Sehwag as well, and Viru was actually batting higher up the order. You got Yuvraj Singh who was supposed to play that pivotal role in winning games. Somebody has the patience to stick with these two guys because they invested, they thought that these are match-winners and they were right. So Saurav Ganguly and the team management thought that these two guys would deliver eventually. So 30 innings, it may sound a lot at the moment, but you have got four years to build towards something“, he concluded.

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The International Cricket Council recently announced the final digital content viewing numbers for ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019. The #CWC19 video content views were over 4.6 billion, with 2.3 billion minutes watched on YouTube and 1.2 billion minutes on Facebook.

Speaking about these unprecedented numbers, ICC CEO Manu Sawhney said, “The growth in consumption along with these record-breaking numbers demonstrates the power of cricket to bring together an enormous global audience“.

These numbers also confirm the tournament as one of the world’s most-watched sporting event. The ICC website and app had a total of 75 million unique users with 824 million page views.

Relive it all, over and over again. #CWC19Final | #CWC19pic.twitter.com/EM1gzNjDoH

— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) July 16, 2019

On Twitter, there were around 31 million tweets with the hashtag “CWC19”. India-Pakistan match was the biggest ODI on the platform with 2.9 million tweets beating the final between England and New Zealand.

ICC World Cup 2019 by the NUMBERS

• 75m+ Unique Users across the ICC website and app
• 4.6bn+ Digital Video views
• 824m page/ screen views
• Twitter: 31m #CWC19 Tweets
• Facebook: 1.2bn mins watched
• YouTube: 2.3bn+ mins watched
• Instagram: 260m+ engagements
• 14.4m+ New Social Media Followers
• 41m Hostar Dream11 Fantasy Teams

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England’s speedster James Anderson recently revealed that Ben Stokes had requested the umpire to take off 4 overthrows from their score. The English team was awarded 6 runs at the crucial stage of the game when Guptill’s throw hit Stokes’ bat and went to the boundary.

Australian umpire Simon Taufel considers this an umpiring error and claims that England should have been awarded ?5 runs instead of 6.

Anderson featured in a BBC’s Tailenders podcast after England first World Cup win.

“The etiquette in cricket is if the ball is thrown at the stumps and it hits you and goes into a gap in the field you don’t run. But if it goes to the boundary, in the rules it’s four and you can’t do anything about it.“, said Anderson.

“I think, talking to Michael Vaughan who saw him after the game, Ben Stokes actually went to the umpires and said, ‘Can you take that four runs off. We don’t want it‘”, Anderson added.

“But it’s in the rules and that’s the way it is“, told the pacer.

There are reports that Ben Stokes is likel?y to be knighted for his heroics in the World Cup final.

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The Super-over hero for Eng??land, Jofra Archer ?is enjoying himself after the World Cup victory. The young speedster impressed everyone with his consistency and pace throughout the tournament.

Considering his outstanding performance in the Indian Premier League 2019, England’s selectors picked Archer for the World Cup squad. Archer dismissed 20 batsmen in 11 matches, finishing as the third-highest wicket-taker in the tournament after Australia’s Mitchell Starc (27 wickets) and New Zealand’s Lockie Ferguson (21 wickets).

England’s skipper Eoin Morgan showed great confidence in the young talent by giving him the opportunity to bowl the Super-over in the final match. Jofra held his nerves under pressure and delivered for his team as England won their first World Cup title.

On Monday, England team met Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street. May was really excited to welcome the players as she quoted, “You have helped the nation fall in love with cricket once again“.

During the event, Archer was seen in a ??playful mood as he tried to distract English opener Jason Roy stan??ding beside him.

Here is the video:

We see you @JofraArcher 😂 pic.twitter.com/iRMUf1NiMr

— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) July 16, 2019

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After the conclusion of the ICC World Cup 2019, MasterBlaster Sachi??n Tendulkar selects his favorite World Cup XI.

Sachin picked New Zealand’s skipper Kane Williamson over Virat Kohli to lead the side. Williamson was awarded the ‘Man of the Series’ for his brilliant performance in the tournament. He was the 4th highest run-scorer in the World Cup, scoring a total of 578 runs.

For the opening pair, ‘God of Cricket’ chose Indian vice-captain Rohit Sharma and English batsman Jonny Bairstow. Rohit was exceptional with his form, scoring 5 centuries (648 runs) in the tournament. In the latest ICC’s ODI rankings, Rohit jumped to the 2nd spot after Indian captain Virat Kohli.

Jonny Bairstow was picked as the pre??ferred wicket-keeper, with MS Dhoni not finding a spot in?? the list.

The Playing XI also comprises of 4 all-rounders, namely, Shak?ib Al Hasan, ??Ben Stokes, Hardik Pandya, and Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja played an outstanding knock in the semi-final match against New Zealand.

The pace department is led by World No. 1 bowler Jasprit Bumrah along with Mitchell Starc and Jofra Archer.

Here is the complete list:
Rohit Sharma, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Virat Kohli, Shakib Al Hasan, Hardik Pandya, Ben Stokes, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Starc, Jofra Archer.

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It was a disappointing end to the CWC 2019 for New Zealand’s cricket fans. Kane Williamson led Kiwis were so close yet so far from their first World Cup title.

On Monday, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressed her views regarding their loss in the final match. For Ms. Ardern, it was the most exciting cricket match she ever watched.

Ms. Ardern said, “I think probably like a lot of New Zealanders I’m still feeling quite traumatized by that match. It was an incredible game, I can’t recall seeing a game like it and I think it will just go down in history for just being a remarkable game of cricket.

“But regardless of that final outcome I just feel incredibly proud of the Black Caps and I hope every New Zealander does because they played remarkable cricket across the course of that tournament, and they certainly did in that last match.”

Ms. Ardern wants Heroes’ welcome for New Zealand cricketers

“We really would like to honor them, not only for their superb skills but also for their sportsmanship and the graciousness with which they accepted that loss.“, she added.

Ms. Ardern mentioned that she synced with?? Auckland Mayor Phil Goff on how to welcome the New Zealand c?ricketers back home.

“Of course, they’ve been away for some time and just whether or not they’ll all be in one place when they arrive… there are a few conversations to be had but there have been some phone calls already.“, said Ms. Ardern.

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The biggest cricketing event of 2019, featuring 10 teams and 48 matches, came to an exciting end at Lord’s on Sunday. In a Super Over nail-biter, England won the title per the ICC’s boundary count rule as the match ended up in a tie.

After the finals, ICC revealed their official Playing XI of the tournament. New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson, who also won the ‘Player of the Series’ award, was chosen the captain of the side.

For the opening pair, ICC picked up English batsman Jason Roy and India’s vice-captain Rohit Sharma. With a total of 648 runs, Rohit was the highest run scorer of the tournament.

All-rounders Shakib Al Hasan and Ben Stokes were picked for the middle order, along with Australia’s rising star Alex Carey.

The last over finisher for England, Jofra Archer made into the team along with India’s Jasprit Bumrah. Mitchell Starc, who was the highest wicket taker of the tournament (27 wickets) was also selected in the team.

India’s captain Virat Kohli and wicket-keeper M.S. Dhoni couldn’t find a spot into the Playing XI.

A b??ig surprise was the exclusion of Australian opener David Warner.

ICC’s Team of the Tournament:
Jason Roy, Rohit Sharma, Kane Williamson (c), Joe Root, Shakib Al Hasan, Ben Stokes, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Jofra Archer, Lockie Ferguson, Jasprit Bumrah

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It was an exciting final to end the ICC World Cup 2019, with the host England winning the championship for the first time. The tournament started on 30th May, featuring 10 nations and a total of 48 matches.

Now the tournament is complete, let’s have a look at the prize money. At the start of the tournament, ICC declared a total prize money ?pool of U?S $10 million.

The prize money was based on the perfo??rmance of individual teams as per the following rules:

As per the above rules, here is the ‘Prize Money’ won by each individual team:

1. England:

League Stages:- Won: 6, Tied: 0
Prize Money in League Stages: 6 * $40,000 = $240,000
Winners Prize Money: $4,000,000
Total Prize Money: $4,240,000

2. New Zealand:

League Stages:- Won: 5, Tied: 1
Prize Money in League Stages: 5 * $40,000 + $20,000 = $220,000
Runner-up Prize Money: $2,000,000
Total Prize Money: $2,220,000

3. India:

League Stages:- Won: 7, Tied: 1
Prize Money in League Stages: 7 * $40,000 + $20,000 = $300,000
Losing semi-finalists Prize Money: $800,000
Total Prize Money: $1,100,000

4. Australia:

League Stages:- Won: 7, Tied: 0
Prize Money in League Stages: 7 * $40,000 = $280,000
Losing semi-finalists Prize Money: $800,000
Total Prize Money: $1,080,000

5. Pakistan:

League Stages:- Won: 5, Tied: 1
Prize Money in League Stages: 5 * $40,000 + $20,000 = $220,000
Prize Money for teams that do not pass the league stage : $100,000
Total Prize Money: $320,000

6. Sri Lanka:

League Stages:- Won: 3, Tied: 2
Prize Money in League Stages: 3 * $40,000 + 2 * $20,000 = $160,000
Prize Money for teams that do not pass the league stage : $100,000
Total Prize Money: $260,000

7. South Africa:

League Stages:- Won: 3, Tied: 1
Prize Money in League Stages: 3 * $40,000 + $20,000 = $140,000
Prize Money for teams that do not pass the league stage : $100,000
Total Prize Money: $240,000

8. Bangladesh:

League Stages:- Won: 3, Tied: 1
Prize Money in League Stages: 3 * $40,000 + $20,000 = $140,000
Prize Money for teams that do not pass the league stage : $100,000
Total Prize Money: $240,000

9. West Indies:

League Stages:- Won: 2, Tied: 1
Prize Money in League Stages: 2 * $40,000 + $20,000 = $100,000
Prize Money for teams that do not pass the league stage : $100,000
Total Prize Money: $200,000

10. Afghanistan:

League Stages:- Won: 0, Tied: 0
Prize Money in League Stages: 0
Prize Money for teams that do not pass the league stage : $100,000
Total Prize Money: $100,000

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After losing the championship to England in a close encounter at Lord’s on Sunday, Kiwi all??-r?ounder James Neesham took to Twitter to express his grief. In a series of tweets, he exhibited his feelings towards the final moment of the game.

Barring the loss, Jimmy had a fantastic day on the field, both with the bat and the ball. He scored 19 runs off 25 balls in New Zealand’s inning, while picked up 3 wickets in his 7 overs in the second half of the match.

For the Super Over, Jimmy was sent to open the innings for New Zealand and he almost took the team to the finishing line, scoring 13 runs off 5 balls. The Super Over ended in a tie with England winning the match due to more ??number? of boundaries.

In his first tweet, Jimmy congratulated England team saying, “That hurts. Hopefully there’s a day or two over the next decade where I don’t think about that last half hour. Congratulations @ECB_cricket , well deserved.”

That hurts. Hopefully there’s a day or two over the next decade where I don’t think about that last half hour. Congratulations @ECB_cricket , well deserved.

— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) July 14, 2019

In his other tweet, Jimmy looked really heart-broken as he suggested kids not to take up sports, instead take on ‘baking or something‘.

“Kids, don’t take up sport. Take up baking or something. Die at 60 really fat and happy.”

Kids, don’t take up sport. Take up baking or something. Die at 60 reall??y fat and happy.

— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) July 15, 2019

A lot of cricketers and fans responded to Jimmy’s tweet, mentioning that they are proud of him and whole New Zealand team.

Jimmy Neesham was thinking about quitting cricket a year ago and nearly won the World Cup for his country today.
Ben Stokes after what happened in the T20 WC final in 2016 , won the match for his country today.
Lesson sport teaches- Never give up and keep dreaming #EngvsNZ

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) July 14, 2019

??You guys inspired a lot of kids today and every day of this WC. It must really suck and be scant consolation but you won a lot of hea??rts.

— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) July 15, 2019

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