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Former England captain Nasser Hussain got Sachin Tendulkar stumped out for the only time ever in Test cricket by asking spinner Ashley Giles to bowl outside the leg stump. The strategy was employed to make use of the rough, as well as to control the run flow. Sachin got stumped when he missed the ball while advancing down the wicket.

The ball in blind cricket is bigger than the standard ball and is filled with ball-bearings to create sound for the players to detect it. The bowler has to bowl underarm and shout 'Play!' before every delivery. The team is composed of a minimum of four totally blind, minimum of three partially blind and maximum of four partially sighted players.

The shortlisted players available for the IPL auction will be sorted into groups based on their role and the bidding will start at a player's base price when the auctioneer announces his name. The price of the player will increase by a certain amount with each successive bid. The franchise with the highest bid will get the player.

Each IPL franchise is assigned a fixed sum of ₹66 crore to acquire the players for the upcoming season of the league. A franchise, however, could choose to retain players from the last season, with a maximum allowed team size of 27. Depending upon the bid amounts of the retained players, deductions are made from the initially allotted sum.

BCCI plans to implement former president Jagmohan Dalmiya's proposed model to make up for the nearly ₹1,000-crore loss due to ICC's new financial model, according to reports. The Champions League T20 used to be held in September and the board will organise a bilateral series during that window to generate around ₹200 crore annually for the next five years.

A Premier League playoff would be held if Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester City finish with identical results. City and Liverpool would play for third if City draw 3-3 while Liverpool win 3-0. If Arsenal draw 1-1 and Liverpool lose 2-0, the two will play for fourth, while a City-Arsenal playoff is likely if City lose 0-4 and Arsenal win 1-0.

IPL 2017 auction's most expensive player Ben Stokes, who was bought for ₹14.5 crore by Rising Pune Supergiant, scored 316 runs in 12 innings, with his each run costing ₹4.58 lakh. Each run scored by Virat Kohli was most expensive, costing ₹4.87 lakh. Gautam Gambhir was least expensive among the highest-paid batsmen, with his each run costing ₹2 lakh.

India have played the ICC Champions Trophy in all the previous seven editions and won the tournament in 2013, while finishing as joint-winners with Sri Lanka in 2002. India had won the 2013 edition without dropping a single match. The 2017 edition will be the first major ICC tournament for Virat Kohli as the captain of the Indian team.

The Champions Trophy is the only ICC tournament where India has been beaten by Pakistan, with the latter winning two of the three encounters. India has a 100% win record against Pakistan in the ODI World Cups. The last Champions Trophy encounter between the two teams happened in 2013, with India defeating Pakistan by eight wickets.

Brazilian footballer Roberto Carlos scored a 35-metre banana free kick with no direct line to the goal against France on June 3, 1997. The rotations of the ball about its axis created a pressure difference on its sides, making it curve towards the goal. This phenomenon is called the Magnus Effect and was first documented by physicist Isaac Newton.

After the implementation of GST, ticket prices of sporting events in India have become more expensive. While IPL tickets will be taxed at the highest rate of 28%, other events by recognised sports governing bodies like BCCI will be taxed at 18%. Purchasing sports equipment is now more expensive, with sports goods manufacturing being taxed between 12%-28%.

The International Cricket Council introduced a system of 'Demerit Points' in September 2016 to punish players for misconduct on the field. As per the level of offence, a player is awarded demerit points, which remain valid for 24 months from the date of imposition. Accumulation of points will lead to suspensions from matches, depending upon the number of points accumulated.

The Duckworth Lewis Stern method works on the principle that a batting team has two resources in an innings, total balls and 10 wickets, which keep depleting. The team's run-scoring capability depends on these two resources in combination. A "fair" revised target is decided using the table which gives the percentage of the combined resources that remain in the innings.

The inaugural World Test League Championship will be played between the top nine Test sides over two years, starting after the 2019 World Cup. Each team will play six series, three home and three away, with a minimum of two Tests and maximum of five in each series. The final will be played between the top two teams in 2021.

The inaugural 13-team ODI league, which will commence in 2020, will feature ICC's 12 full members and the winner of the World Cricket League Championship. Each team will play four home and four away series of three matches each over three years. The league will be a direct qualification pathway towards the 2023 World Cup, to be held in India.