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Allies turned rivals: India head coach Gambhir and his Sri Lanka counterpart Kirsten go a long way back. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Gary Kirsten guided India to some of its greatest achievements during his three-year tenure as head coach. The defining moment came in his final assignment, when Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina carried him on their shoulders after India…
Former India fielding coach T Dilip says Virat Kohli’s relentless intensity has a contagious effect on the team and pushes at least five other players to “stretch their limits” whenever they share the ground with him. Dilip, whose nearly five-year stint with the Indian team ended after the recent tour of England, also lauded Kohli’s…
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As the Indian team prepares to take on Sri Lanka, the focus is on the players who are not in the team. Jasprit Bumrah (left knee ‘niggle’), Sai Sudharsan (stress reaction in right foot and toe), Hardik Pandya (quadriceps, setback in recovery), Harshit Rana (muscle strain sustained after return from right knee ligament injury and…
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File picture of Virat Kohli in action. | Photo Credit: Moorthy RV Board of Control for Cricket in India’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) head VVS Laxman on Sunday lauded Indian batter Virat Kohli as an exemplary professional and role model. He stressed that Kohli consistently sets very high standards for himself and strives to meet…
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Duckett was all praise for skipper Brook. | Photo Credit: Reuters The hardest thing to do in modern-day cricket is to shift gears when you are already cruising. Fresh off a 4-0 dismantling of reigning World T20 champion India in the shortest format, England will face a different kind of test from Tuesday. Awaiting the…
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Swann opined that Rohit and Kohli possess the tools to succeed despite not having age on their side. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak Former England off-spinner Graeme Swann was suffering from the aftereffects of staying up all night for the FIFA World Cup quarterfinal matches. Scheduled to address the media virtually on Sunday evening, Swann…
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England’s Ben Stokes | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters It is one of cricket’s ironies that players welcome captaincy despite knowing that the chances of escaping its psychological and physical damage are low. Great captains are often those who hide their trauma well. Even those who enjoy the job and have a profound effect…
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It is one of cricket’s ironies that players welcome captaincy despite knowing that the chances of escaping its psychological and physical damage are low. Great captains are often those who hide their trauma well. Even those who enjoy the job and have a profound effect on the game reach a point when the ‘honour’ doesn’t…
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Pretty soon, the Indian selectors will have to take a call on the future of two of the greatest players to have put bat to white ball. Both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma appear keen to play in the World Cup in October-November next year. India play at least 18 One-Day Internationals before that, possibly…
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Selectors named Yashasvi Jaiswal to replace the injured Virat Kohli for the upcoming ODIs against Afghanistan. | Photo Credit: PTI Star batter Virat Kohli will miss India’s three-match ODI series against Afghanistan later this month after failing to recover from a hamstring injury, and the selectors on Saturday (June 6, 2026) named Yashasvi Jaiswal as…
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