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India skipper Rohit Sharma is “not a big fan” of the IPL’s ‘Impact Player’ rule as he feels it is hurting the country’s all-rounders by not allowing cricketers like Washington Sundar and Shivam Dube to showcase their bowling prowess. The ‘Impact Player’ Rule, introduced in the 2023 season, allows all IPL teams to substitute a…
India’s head coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit Sharma. | Photo Credit: PTI India captain Rohit Sharma says he wouldn’t mind playing Tests against Pakistan at a neutral venue as it would be a “great contest” against the “superb bowling line-up” of the arch-rivals. India and Pakistan have not played bilateral cricket ever since the…
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File photo of Suryakumar Yadav whose return from injury will boosts the beleaguered Mumbai Indians team when they face Delhi Capitals in Mumbai on April 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam It is no stranger to poor starts. But the Indian Premier League’s 17th edition has been stranger than ever before Mumbai Indians….
Mumbai Indian Captain Hardik Pandya with Rohit Sharma during a practice session | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Every year the IPL gives rise to many non-stories and irrelevancies. This year (so far) it is the saga of Hardik Pandya versus the fans of Rohit Sharma (and the fans of his own earlier team). Perhaps it’s…
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Mumbai Indians coach Mark Boucher and team captain Hardik Pandya during a press conference in Mumbai, on March 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya on Monday said his predecessor Rohit Sharma will continue to be a guiding force for him during the IPL despite the unexpected change of leadership that…
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A file photo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Indian cricket captain Rohit Sharma. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak A nine-wicket haul in his 100th Test match helped Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin re-claim the top spot in the bowlers’ list, while Indian cricket captain Rohit Sharma was back in the top-10 at sixth in the batting charts…
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England coach Brendon McCullum reacts after diving for a ball during a nets session at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on March 06, 2024 in Dharamsala. | Photo Credit: Gareth Copley England head coach Brendon McCullum said they will have to do some deep thinking about their approach after being “exposed” in the final four…
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Captain Rohit Sharma shakes hands with English counterpart Ben Stokes after winning the fifth Test Match in Dharamsala. | Photo Credit: Gareth Copley Former England spinner Graeme Swann doesn’t believe Rohit Sharma’s captaincy was better than Ben Stokes’ in the five-match Test series. Rather, it was a lethal set of bowlers that “did the trick”…
Coach Rahul Dravid with R Ashwin after the team won the fifth Test cricket match against England, in Dharamsala, on March 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Rohit Sharma’s captaincy was rather understated vis-à-vis Ben Stokes’ on-the-edge methods, but India head coach Rahul Dravid was delighted to see the players identify themselves with the Mumbaikar’s…
Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal plays a shot during the fifth Test against England in Dharamsala. Jaiswal won the player-of-the-series award by scoring 702 runs with two hundreds and three fifties averaging 89. | Photo Credit: ANI The Player-of-the-Series award winner Yashasvi Jaiswal on March 9 attributed his overwhelming success in the five-Test rubber against England…