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Unexpectedly fallen behind 0-2 in a home series, the Indian team has adopted some desperate measures to improve its batters’ outing against spot-on New Zealand bowlers, especially the spinners, as talks about a rank-turner for the third Test here has dominated the pre-match talks. The net session at the Wankhede Stadium reflected the…
Fast-bowling all-rounders are rare in cricket. India haven’t had many quality batters who can also bowl pace of late, with Hardik Pandya arguably being the finest option at present. But, Hardik’s India career is limited to only white-ball cricket at present. Hence, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) picked Nitish…
VVS Laxman will be the head coach of the Indian cricket team for the upcoming T20I series against South Africa, according to a report by Cricbuzz. The former India batter was appointed the interim head coach as Gautam Gambhir will be travelling to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India will take on South…
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri came out in support of the current Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir after the side conceded the ongoing Test series to New Zealand. India, captained by Rohit Sharma, marking their first Test series loss at home in 12 years. Shastri explained that since Gautam Gambhir is in…
The batters’ constant failure in making runs in the first innings is costing the team dear, admitted bowling coach Morne Morkel even as India are in danger of losing the first Test series at home since 2012-13. After getting bundled out for an abysmal 46 in the first innings of the opening Test,…
Former Indian batter Sanjay Manjrekar defended skipper Rohit Sharma’s decision to omit spinner Kuldeep Yadav from the playing eleven for the second Test against New Zealand in favour of an in-form seamer Akash Deep. New Zealand skipper Tom Latham won the toss and elected to bat first in the second Test of the…
Rishabh Pant has “no injury concerns” and is set to keep wickets for India while the team will decide on Jasprit Bumrah’s workload after the second Test against New Zealand starting here on Thursday, said head coach Gautam Gambhir. Pant copped a blow on the second day of the opening Test in Bengaluru…
Sanju Samson in a chat with Gautam Gambhir© BCCI/Sportzpics With the likes of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli deciding to hang their boots in T20 internationals, a big opportunity opens up for someone like Sanju Samson who has been in and out of the team for years. In the 3rd T20I against Bangladesh,…
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Gautam Gambhir addressed media before Pune Test© AFP India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday threw his weight behind under-fire batter KL Rahul, saying it’s the team management’s opinion that matters and not the criticism that he is facing on social media. Rahul was dismissed for a duck in the first innings of…
Gautam Gambhir, seen here with Rohit Sharma, has spoken of developing a team that can score 400 in a day and also bat for two days to salvage a draw. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K. To his credit, skipper Rohit Sharma said he had made a mistake batting first on the Bengaluru pitch, but…
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