File photo of Virat Kohli.© BCCI As India gears up for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, all eyes will be on the out-of-form superstar batter Virat Kohli, for whom the Australian soil has been a happy hunting place over the years and has seen him dominate the hosts on multiple occasions, both as a player …
Regular captain Rohit Sharma's unavailability for the Perth Test due to family commitments and Shubman Gill's unfortunate thumb injury have left the Indian team management with a selection headache ahead of the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test against Australia. Jasprit Bumrah will lead India in Rohit's absence and KL Rahul is set to open alongside Yashasvi …
Defending champions India stormed into the semifinals of the Women's Asian Champions Trophy with an unbeaten record, defeating Japan 3-0 on Sunday. Continuing her stellar form, star striker Deepika netted a quickfire brace from penalty corners in the final quarter to seal the victory, following vice-captain Navneet Kaur's opener in the 37th minute. …
The Indian team management has decided to keep top-order batter Devdutt Padikkal in Australia as a batting back-up. Devdutt was part of the India A squad that played two four-day matches against their Australia counterparts recently. The left-hander, who was recently named in Karnataka's squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, had lukewarm outings during …
Shreyas Iyer was on Sunday named captain of the 17-member Mumbai squad which also features Prithvi Shaw for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy to be played from November 23 to December 15. The squad also features Ajinkya Rahane who has been captaining Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy with the first half of the …
Former Australia coach Justin Langer has backed Virat Kohli to return back to form during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for India. Kohli hasn't enjoyed the best of times in red-ball cricket having struggled in 6 matches this season. This was evident during the New Zealand Test series. The star batter scored less than 100 runs during …
India's 1983 World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev extended his message to the Indian team ahead of the Border Gavaskar Trophy series. Kapil Dev wished the best of luck to the players and asked them to ignore outside noise and express themselves without taking much pressure. The former India captain asked the players not to …
The last few months have been quite tough for Virat Kohli. After a string of poor performances, Kohli decided to hang his boots in the shortest format. However, runs haven't been flowing from his bat effortlessly in the longer formats too. The top-order batter really struggled against New Zealand in the 3-match series …
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has dismissed reports that Jason Gillespie has been removed as the head coach of the men’s team across formats. The PCB said that Gillespie will stay as the red-ball coach for Pakistan’s two-match Test series against South Africa, scheduled to take place in December-January.“PCB strongly refutes the story. As announced …
Ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting in Perth on November 22, former Australian cricketer and head coach Justin Langer cautioned against underestimating the Indian team, saying one should never write off champions. India has won its previous two Test tours of Australia by identical 2-1 margins, but heads into the upcoming marquee series …
