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Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav before the the second ODI between India and Australia at Holkar Stadium in Indore on Sunday, 24/09/2023. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI India’s transition towards the next T20 World Cup cycle formally began on Saturday with Shreyas Iyer replacing Suryakumar Yadav as captain and teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi earning a…
Shreyas’ captaincy credentials have been hard to ignore. | Photo Credit: File photo: Vijay Soneji Shreyas Iyer is set to return to India’s T20I set-up and is also likely to be handed the captaincy in the shortest format when the senior national selection committee meets here on Saturday to pick the squads for three crucial…
A file image of Suryakumar Yadav. | Photo Credit: PTI Suryakumar Yadav’s prolonged lean patch with the bat could have ramifications beyond the Indian Premier League, with his T20I captaincy and even his place in the squad likely to come under scrutiny ahead of India’s tour of Ireland next month. The Hindu understands that India’s…
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India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav, head coach Gautam Gambhir and Ramesh Mhamunkar, chief curator of Wankhede Stadium, near the playing surface on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Twenty-four days after launching its Men’s T20 World Cup title defence with a scratchy win over the United States, Suryakumar Yadav’s men returned to the…
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India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav, left, and Pakistan’s captain Salman Ali Agha walk past each other after the coin toss of the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 15, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP India captain Suryakumar Yadav dedicated Sunday’s (February 16, 2026) Twenty20 World Cup victory…
Ishan Kishan celebrates after scoring a century during the 5th T20 Cricket match between India and New Zealand at Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran Ishan Kishan’s stunning comeback tale turned even more stunning on Saturday night. From two years of wilderness to the World Cup squad, it has…
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Shivam Dube flickered brightly with a fifty of exceptional quality, but it was insufficient to prevent India’s 50-run defeat against New Zealand in the fourth T20I in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday (January 28, 2026). The clean-hitting Dube 65 (23 balls, 3×4, 7×6) batted all but his own in India’s steep chase of 216, but the hosts…
The opening match against New Zealand will be Suryakumar’s 100th in the shortest format. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Suryakumar Yadav’s recent lean patch has not shaken his self-belief. The 35-year-old — who will play his 100th T20I when he leads the Indian side in the first T20I against New Zealand — was his…
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Shubhman Gill has scored 291 runs in 15 innings since his return to the T20I set-up. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu “Batting orders are overrated, except the two openers.” Head coach Gautam Gambhir reiterated his coaching philosophy recently, and it could soon come under scrutiny. As the national senior selection committee meets at the…
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India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav, left, and India’s Shubman Gill, right. File | Photo Credit: AP India would hope that the challenging home assignment against South Africa, which has exposed a few chinks in the armour and thrown up difficult questions on selection, ends on a positive note when the two sides clash in the…