The Duleep Trophy is all set to begin on September 5, in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh and M Chinnaswamy stadium, Bengaluru. It will mark the beginning of India’s red-ball cricket in the domestic season, and will comprise some India regulars and young and emerging talent. Ahead of the tournament, which will play a key role in …
Last Updated: August 12, 2024, 09:57 IST (From left) Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah (Agencies) The upcoming Duleep Trophy could feature a host of top India cricketers including Test captain Rohit Sharma and batting stalwart Virat Kohli. The upcoming Duleep Trophy is expected to feature the superstars of Indian cricket including captain Rohit …
Suryakumar Yadav remains an enigma. Why? Because as bloody good a batter he is in T20Is, SKY remains a mystery in ODI cricket. Look no further than his numbers in the 50-overs format – 773 runs from 37 matches at an average of 25.76 with four fifties. The team management took the risk with him …
A new era in Indian cricket gets underway today as the Men in Blue, under new head coach Gautam Gambhir and T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav, boarded the flight to Sri Lanka for three T20Is and as many ODIs. There were enough sneak peeks into what to expect under the new coach when the men’s senior …
At new head coach Gautam Gambhir’s request, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma made themselves available for the ODI series against Sri Lanka next month, just three weeks after they retired from the T20I format. The duo had made the big announcement within hours of India winning the T20 World Cup, and a little later, Ravindra …
Ajit Agarkar, the chief of BCCI’s selection committee, opened up on why Suryakumar Yadav was named the new India T20I captain ahead of Hardik Pandya, who was the vice-captain of the squad that won the T20 World Cup last month in Barbados, on Monday. India’s Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya (Surjeet Yadav) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} …
Gautam Gambhir, Ajit Agarkar in press conference© BCCI/Sportzpics Gautam Gambhir Press Conference Highlights: India head coach Gautam Gambhir and BCCI selection committee chief Ajit Agarkar spoke to the media in their first briefing together. Right at the start of the press conference, Agarkar explained the reason behind Suryakumar Yadav’s appointment as the captain of …
India captain Rohit Sharma’s strategic approach was evident in his selection of four spinners – all-rounder Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja, and wristspinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal – for the T20 World Cup. This decision, announced in late April, sparked a flurry of questions. However, as the team prepared for their warm-up game against …
In a toss-up between Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal over who would retain the opening position alongside captain Rohit Sharma in India’s T20 World Cup squad, the left-hander won the battle. Even as Gill was the front-runner until mid-2023, the promising emergence of Jaiswal, following a stunning IPL season, saw the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee …
Ajit Agarkar and Rohit Sharma in press conference© AFP There was a lot of conversation surrounding the wicket-keeping position in India’s squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 and the selectors finally went with Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson. The inclusion of two specialist wicket-keepers meant that there was no place for KL Rahul in …