India were later forced to call up Pant after injuries to Shikhar Dhawan and Vijay Shankar during the World Cup. They were eventually knocked out of the event after a defeat to New Zealand in the semi-final

Before coronavirus pandemic put a stop on cricket in March, Pant saw K.L. Rahul take over wicket-keeping duties in New Zealand in limited-overs formats as the southpaw was dropped following a string of underwhelming scores

Yuvraj posts workout video on Instagram and his on-field and off-field partners Kaif and Hazel Keech take to reply in the comments

Tendulkar was among the first ones to extend birthday wishes to his former opening partner. "Happy birthday Dadi! Hope our off-field partnership keeps going strong like our on-field ones. Wish you a blessed year ahead," Tendulkar said on Twitter

It is a testament to his leadership that Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammad Kaif, MS Dhoni, Ashish Nehra and Zaheer Khan all came into their own with Ganguly under his leadership

Indian batsman Suresh Raina extended his heartfelt condolences to the family of the former Delhi cricketer.

It all started in 2007 when a long-haired Dhoni from the eastern trenches of Ranchi led a fairly young Indian side to the inaugural World T20 title in South Africa, beating arch-rivals Pakistan in gut-wrenching fashion

Kaif's remark came as former England skipper Nasser Hussain revisited the Natwest finals 2002 against India

India, led by Sourav Ganguly, won the final by two wickets with three balls to spare riding Yuvraj and Kaif's sixth-wicket stand of 121 runs

Tendulkar stated that Kaif was giving his all in the field despite being 39 and that prompted others to caution him that it is the first match of the tournament and there is still a long way to go

As the nationwide lockdown as been extended to May 3 due to the coronavirus, the IPL has been postponed indefinitely. "IPL 2020 season has been postponed indefinitely," sources within BCCI told ANI on Wednesday

The ICC T20 World Cup 2020 is scheduled to be played between October 18 and November 15 at seven venues across Australia

Mohammed Kaif shared a video of his son watching an old match of his where he hit former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar for a boundary but his son did not seem too impressed

Besides the cricket veterans, here's a look at what Kaif, Punia, Chanu and other stars also said on twitter

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Former Indian fast bowler Irfan Pathan also lauded Ross Taylor 's knock of 109 runs. While former cricketer Mohammad Kaif said in a tweet: "Mighty impressed with NZ today. Chasing 347 without Williamson is quite a feat

The 39-year-old had led the side to its first U-19 World Cup win on January 28, 2000

The third Test match between India and South Africa will start from October 19

Mohammad Kaif expresses his concern over Mayank Agrawal's replacement with Vijay Shankar

Mohammad Kaif's post on Twitter drew a lot of comments from fans who noted that the cricketer's caption was flirtatious.