Former Indian cricket group skipper Sourav Ganguly turned cop for the current promotional video for Netflix’s net collection ‘Khakee: The Bengal Chapter’. Within the promo launched on Monday, Ganguly was seen in a police uniform and performing out a number of scenes with the directions coming from the director. When the director requested him to point out aggression, he remembers his historical past with former India coach Greg Chappell and immediately will get fired up. This was a transparent dig at their shared historical past because the tussle between the 2 throughout the 2000s was fairly well-known. Over time, Ganguly has spoken overtly about Chappell’s tenure as head coach and the unfavorable affect it had on Indian cricket.
The Bengal Tiger meets The Bengal Chapter
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— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) March 17, 2025
In the meantime, veteran batter Faf du Plessis has been appointed because the vice-captain of Delhi Capitals for the upcoming 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) season. The franchise shared the information by means of its social media accounts on Monday.
“You imply proper now? I am at dwelling, the place else would I be? Sure, that is true, I am vice captain of DC and I am very excited. Delhi’s been nice, the boys have been improbable, undoubtedly really feel completely satisfied and I really feel prepared,” mentioned du Plessis in a video posted by the franchise on its social media accounts.
The Delhi-based franchise acquired du Plessis on the base value of Rs 2 crore in final yr’s mega public sale in Jeddah. He was launched by his earlier franchise – Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) – forward of the public sale.
The event implies that the Proteas batter will now be a positive starter in DC’ taking part in eleven, and can help captain Axar Patel in essential choice making abilities on and off the sector. Du Plessis, who captained South Africa in worldwide cricket, led RCB beforehand in IPL seasons 2022-24.
Because the RCB skipper, du Plessis led the group in 42 matches, with 21 wins and as many losses, and the win-loss ratio standing at 1.000. Beneath him, the aspect reached the playoffs twice, however misplaced within the Eliminator on each events. Within the final 5 years, du Plessis has amassed 2,718 runs in 74 innings of the IPL.
Du Plessis and Axar will work of their respective management roles with a brand new teaching employees at DC, comprising Hemang Badani (head coach), Venugopal Rao (director of cricket), Munaf Patel (bowling coach), Matthew Mott (assistant coach), Kevin Pietersen (mentor), Gnaneswara Rao and Anton Roux (fielding coaches).
DC will start their IPL 2025 marketing campaign by internet hosting Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) on the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on March 24. DC are one in every of three groups alongside Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru to have by no means received an IPL title.
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