IND vs NZ: All-rounder Venkatesh Iyer has been selected for India’s upcoming home T20I series vs New Zealand, starting from November 17. Venkatesh Iyer in action during IPL 2021 in UAE. With BCCI announcing the Team India squad for its upcoming home T20I series against New Zealand, there were plenty of surprises in the roster….
Karachi: Virat Kohli’s decision to step down from T20 captaincy indicates that “all is not well” in the Indian dressing room, said former Pakistan Test leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed, who blamed bio-bubble fatigue for the country’s early exit from the ongoing World Cup. Kohli had announced he was leading Royal Challengers Bangalore for the last time…
New Delhi: Rookie Jammu and Kashmir pacer Umran Malik was on Tuesday named in the India A squad, to be led by Gujarat top-order batter Priyank Panchal, for the tour of South Africa beginning from 23 November. The BCCI’s senior selection committee picked the 14-member squad for the tour which will have three four-day matches….
Rohit Sharma was on Tuesday named skipper of the Indian team that will face New Zealand in a three-match T20I series starting on 17 November. The new-look team also has IPL’s highest run-getter Ruturaj Gaikwad and top wicket-taker Harshal Patel in the squad of 16 along with Venkatesh Iyer, who is seen as a potential…
Since the turn of the century and India’s first overseas coach, there have been, interestingly enough, four significant captain-coach combos – Sourav Ganguly and John Wright (November 2000 to April 2005), Rahul Dravid and Greg Chappell (October 2005 to March 2007), Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Gary Kirsten (March 2008 to April 2011) and Virat Kohli…
Abu Dhabi: Pakistan captain Babar Azam has backed the statement of outgoing India head coach Ravi Shastri that playing regularly in bio-bubbles has not been easy for the players. Ahead of India’s final T20 World Cup against Namibia, Shastri had said that his players were mentally and physically exhausted after six months of bubble life…
With Virat Kohli relinquishing T20I captaincy duties following India’s exit from the T20 World Cup, Rohit Sharma looks set to take over the duties at least in the shortest format. Rohit Sharma is not the only likely candidate in the fray for captaincy with the likes of Rishabh Pant or KL Rahul too being tipped…
New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag feels Virat Kohli should not leave the captaincy of the rest two formats — Test and ODIs — after the latter played his last T20I as a skipper on Monday. Virat Kohli’s tenure as Indian captain in T20I came to end after the side rounded off the Super 12s stage…
Dubai: Outgoing head coach Ravi Shastri feels his successor Rahul Draivd has inherited a “great team” and backed him to raise the bar with his wealth of experience as a player and coach. The T20 World Cup game against Namibia was Shastri’s last day in the office as the head coach. “There is one thing…
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