[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India head coach Rahul Dravid on Wednesday confirmed the team’s commitment to having Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal as openers leading up to the T20 World Cup, emphasising the significance of a left-right pairing at the top.Rohit, returning to India’s T20 squad after a 14-month hiatus, is set to feature in the…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s head coach Rahul Dravid dismissed media reports suggesting that Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were excluded from the T20I series against Afghanistan due to disciplinary reasons.Dravid clarified that during the South Africa tour, Kishan requested a break due to mental fatigue, which the team management approved. He noted that Kishan has…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Star India batter Virat Kohli will be unavailable for the first of three Twenty20 internationals (T20Is) against Afghanistan due to “personal reasons,” as confirmed by coach Rahul Dravid on Wednesday.Both Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma made a comeback to the T20 squad after being absent for more than a year. Their return…
[ad_1] Amid the Indian cricket team all set to play the three-T20I series with Afghanistan from 11 January, India’s star cricketer Virat Kohli will miss the 1st T20I match due to personal reasons. The news was confirmed by India’s head coach Rahul Dravid on 10 January while addressing a press conference. Dravid added that Indian…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Team India stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli on Sunday made a return in the T20I setup for the three-match series against Afghanistan, starting January 11 in Mohali. Both Rohit and Virat return for T20Is after a gap of 14 months. The duo last featured in India T20 internationals in the T20…
[ad_1] After a defeat in the first Test against South Africa by an innings and 32 runs at Centurion, captain Rohit Sharma-led Indian Cricket team is all set to balance the equation with the Proteas in Cape Town when both the teams will face each other for the second Test. For the second Test, beginning…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Mohammed Shami‘s absence coupled with pacers’ underperformance in the first Test in Centurion, exposed chinks in the Indian pace bowling attack and former all-rounder Irfan Pathan wants the team to focus on building a bigger fast bowling pool in 2024. While Shami’s non-presence was felt badly, Jasprit Bumrah did not get the…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: After a humiliating defeat in the Centurion Test — India’s worst ever on South African soil — the team is leaving no stone unturned as the players have been involved in intense training sessions ahead of the second and the final Test, commencing Wednesday in Cape Town.Looking to level the series, the…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: As play resumed after lunch at Centurion on Wednesday, former Indian coach and all-rounder Ravi Shastri, who is presently providing commentary for the ongoing red-ball series against South Africa, took aim at captain Rohit Sharma‘s strange on-field strategies.South Africa reached lunch at 49/1 after India, spearheaded by KL Rahul‘s 101, were bowled…
[ad_1] India head coach Rahul Dravid confirmed that KL Rahul, who has not kept wickets in red-ball cricket much, will take up the role behind the stumps for the first red-ball contest against South Africa, starting December 26. Rahul wasn’t India’s designated wicket-keeper in any of the three formats during his early days in the…
