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The NBA Finals is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of the sport's postseason. The winning team of the series receives the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy. Players from the winning team usually receive championship rings from the team honoring their contribution, with "rings" becoming shorthand for championships. [3]
Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be hosted by Pakistan in 2008, but due to security concerns it shifted to South Africa. [3] It was the sixth ICC Champions Trophy, and was previously known as the ICC Knock-out. Two teams from two groups of four qualified for the semi-finals, and the final was staged in Centurion on 5 October.
NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers; NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Kevin Durant, Seattle SuperSonics; NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Kevin Garnett, Boston Celtics; NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award: Manu Ginóbili, San Antonio Spurs; NBA Most Improved Player Award: Hedo Türkoğlu, Orlando Magic
The 2008–09 international cricket season was between September 2008 and March 2009. [1] The season saw the security concerns for cricket in Pakistan reach a pinnacle. The ICC Champions Trophy, scheduled to be held in Pakistan in September 2008, was postponed to 2009 after five of the participating nations refused to send their teams for the event. [2]
1999–2008 England: 18 0 0 18 Dilip Vengsarkar: 1976–1992 India: 17 1 – 18 Usman Khawaja ǂ 2011–2025 Australia: 16 2 0 18 101: Denis Compton: 1937–1957 England: 17 – – 17 Daryll Cullinan: 1993–2001 South Africa: 14 3 – 17 Stephen Fleming: 1994–2008 New Zealand: 9 8 0 17 Dimuth Karunaratne ǂ 2011–2024 Sri Lanka: 16 1 ...
The second recipient, MS Dhoni, is the former captain of the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. Under his captaincy, India won the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.
Today After 17 years, Hoda Kotb is officially bidding farewell to the Today show. Kotb, 60, appeared on her final episode of the NBC morning show on Friday, January 10. The day started off on a ...
With India, Rohit Sharma was a member of the team that won the 2007 T20 World Cup, and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, where he played in the finals of both tournaments. He is also one of two players who have played in every edition of the T20 World Cup, from the inaugural edition in 2007 to the latest one in 2024.