Kiran More strongly believes that Virat Kohli will soon pave the way for Rohit Sharma to lead the Indian team in some forms. The former wicketkeeper-batsman considered on Wednesday that the picture will become so much clearer after the upcoming tour to England, i.e. ahead of the T20 World Cup in October-November. The Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma captaincy consider has been going on for while in Indian cricket. Many people believe Kohli should devolve the duties of the white-ball teams to Rohit Sharma, who has the highest record in the IPL. Pundits and fans however of the ledger point to Kohli’s…
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Ravindra Jadeja kicked off his quarantine season with the Indian cricket team in Mumbai just before the England tour. The Indian all-rounder share 2-photos on his Instagram post to inform fans that he had begun his journey to the United Kingdom. BCCI asked the Indian men’s and women’s teams to quarantine for 2 weeks in Mumbai earlier boarding the flight to the United Kingdom. All the Indian cricketers have constantly assembled in Mumbai. They will have to get back negative COVID-19 tests to fly to England. Ravindra Jadeja shares a few mirror selfies on Instagram before today. “Journey started. #quarantine…
Ross Taylor believes that international games will continue to assume more focus in cricket’s calendars, although the ever-growing monetary raise of the IPL. Taylor accepted on Sunday that the IPL is currently the ‘most high profile competition and has the strength to do countries plan their schedules around it. Although, the veteran New Zealand batsman also stated that the tournament should not come at the expense of international events. “IPL is probably the one that’s most high profile [competition] and countries move [their schedules] around while others don’t have the same power. It’s what it is, players want to play…
Suryakumar Yadav took to social media on Saturday to Communicate with his fans and participated in a Q&A session. Three of these fans asked the Mumbaikar to explain India’s big 3- Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, and Rohit Sharma – in one word respectively. Yadav, who made his debut under Virat Kohli recently, tagged the Team India captain ‘inspirational’. The 30-year-old has watched the Indian skipper from close quarters in recent years, performing against him in the IPL and with him for the Indian team. The batsman also shared an engaging 49-run partnership against England, studded with many flamboyant strokes. https://twitter.com/viratian18184/status/1396019453070962692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1396019453070962692%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportskeeda.com%2Fcricket%2Fnews-suryakumar-yadav-describes-virat-kohli-ms-dhoni-one-word…
Robin Uthappa believes that not playing in one batting position harms his chances of cementing a spot in the Indian national team previously. The Karnataka batsman noted that he never batted in the same position for 3-games in a period in his entire ODI career. Robin Uthappa has performed in 46 ODIs games and 13 T20Is for India. The batsman was an important part of India’s T20 World Cup win in the year of 2007. Although, Uthappa never actually managed to seal his place in India’s ODI team in the long period. The 35-year-old exclaimed he would have played over…
Team India will play the ICC World Test Championship Final in Southampton on 18 June 2021, after which they will take on England in the five-Test series, starting August 4. India’s Sri Lankan tour will probably happen in the last week of July. Due to the COVID-19 situation, the Indian squad in the UK will not be able to travel to Sri Lanka and be prepare for the Test series against England also. Therefore, in an unusual development, a couple of different Indian squads will be touring in parallel. In an exclusive live chat with Indranil Basu on the Social…
Vijay Shankar has finally explained his feelings after more than two years of taking the ‘3D’ tag from Ambati Rayudu, and the divulge of trolling that continued. BCCI selectors members passed over Ambati Rayudu for Vijay Shankar in the 2019 World Cup, naming the latter’s ‘3-dimensional’ skills. Rayudu quickly took a dig out and tweeted that he will wear ‘3D glasses’ to watch the tournament. Even though it seemed like one thing, the tag remained with Vijay Shankar and is used even today by trollers anytime his performance is let down. Talking on the subject on Sunday, Vijay Shankar said…
All-rounder Vijay Shankar has opened up on his want to make a return into the Indian team, not on the back of his all-round skills but by winning the belief of selectors. He also said failure over not getting picked even though performing well on the national cricket in the 2019/20 season. Vijay Shankar hasn’t represented India since he split his toe after playing 3-matches in the 2019 World Cup. After defeating many injuries since that time, Vijay Shankar now stands a probability of returning to the domestic side, especially with Hardik Pandya not fit the bowl. But Shankar made…
Former England batsman Ian Bell has reminded his great ‘Spirit of Cricket’ experience with former Indian caption, MS Dhoni when the 2011 series going. It was the second Test of the fourth match rubber. At the time of Tea on the 3rd day, Eoin Morgan creased ball on the leg-side which was interrupted just short of the boundary by a dive Praveen Kumar. Ian Bell and Morgan sure it was a boundary and ran back to the tent for the period. Despite that, Kumar then threw the ball to MS Dhoni, who passed it to Abhinav Mukund to remove the…
In what will come as a huge blow for IPL 2021, New Zealand players are probably to miss the league if it gets rescheduled for September. The news comes in the following days ECB Director of Cricket Ashley Giles confirmed that English players are unlikely to be possible if IPL 2021 takes place end of the year. The BCCI is considering a September window to play the remaining IPL 2021 games. There are few spare weeks between the India vs England Test series and the beginning of the T20 World Cup. Despite the venue is yet to be finalized, many…
Jaydev Unadkat is more ‘motivated’ than ever to earn a Test call-up after being snubbed from India’s team for their 3-month long journey to England. India’s extended 24-man team for the World Test Championship (WTC) final and 5-Test series against England includes 6-frontline pacers and 3-replacements – Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, and Arzan Nagwaswalla. The likes of Krishna and Nagwaswalla received their maiden nod following awesome performances in domestic cricket. Nevertheless, Jaydev Unadkat, who marshaled Saurashtra to the Ranji Trophy title with a note tally of 67 wickets in the 2019-20 season, found himself out of the national tally one…
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has offered to host the remaining 31 games of IPL 2021. Prof. Arjuna de Silva, the chief of the SLC managing committee, regard the BCCI should not be ignored Sri Lanka as a host for the remainder of the season. According to some reports, the United Arab Emirates could host the 2nd phase of IPL 2021 in September. The Gulf nation hosted the all season last year, which is why the BCCI could prefer them to host the IPL one more time. Although, Arjuna de Silva noted that Sri Lanka will host the Lanka Premier League…
Chris Morris recently talked about the situation in the Rajasthan Royals camp during the anxious moments before and after the sudden suspension of IPL 2021 this week. The South African showed how the franchise’s director of cricket, Kumar Sangakkara ‘drew a finger across his throat, indicating that the tournament had been cancel. He also told how the team members, especially the English players, alarmed, thus creating a chaotic atmosphere. “I was chatting to our team doctor, whose room was across the hallway from my mine in the hotel and Kumar (Sangakarra) came around the corner and drew his finger across…
Young Rajasthan Royals (RR) batsman Riyan Parag has commended the franchise’ Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara, declaring he had a lot of fun with the legend and learned so much. IPL 2021 came to an unexpected halt on Tuesday following multiple players testing positive for the COVID-19 virus in the tournament’s bio-bubble. RR was fifth in the points table when the event was postponed uncertainly, with 3 wins and 4 losses from seven matches. Taking to his official Twitter account on Wednesday, Riyan Parag shared a photo with Sangakkara and had messages of praise for the Sri Lankan legend. He…
A BCCI has officially announced that except for the encounter between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), no other IPL 2021 match is faced rescheduling. The 14th season of the IPL fell into crisis after KKR’s Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier tested positive for Covid-19 on stating of the week. The franchise’s match scheduled for 7:30 pm IST on Monday (May 3) had to be postponed after players RCB expressed their anticipations. Chakravarthy and Warrier were without delay isolated and the rest of the KKR team also tested negative consequently. Although, before the news settled, 3 members…
In a serious blow to the Punjab Kings, captain KL Rahul has been hospitalized ahead of Sunday’s fight against the Delhi Capitals. A statement by the franchise said the wicket-keeper batsman suffering ‘severe abdomen pain’ on Saturday which was later confirm to be a case of intense burst appendix. KL Rahul will now sustain surgery and will definitely miss out on the next few matches for the franchise. “KL Rahul complained of a severe abdomen pain last night and after not responding to medication, he was taken to the emergency room for further tests which revealed that he was diagnosed…
Delhi Capitals batsman Ajinkya Rahane has contributed 30 oxygen concentrators to fight against COVID-19 in the Maharashtra state. The Indian Test team vice-captain’s donats towards Mission Vayu was recognized by MCCIA Pune. They extended their thanks to Ajinkya Rahane for his kindness. MCCIA also mentioned that the 30 oxygen concentrators would be sent to the most impacted districts of Maharashtra. “Thank you so much Ajinkya Rahane @ajinkyarahane88 for your additional contribution of 30 Oxygen Concentrators to #MissionVayu. We will send these to the most affected districts of Maharashtra,” MCCIA say thanks by tweet on Saturday morning. https://twitter.com/MCCIA_Pune/status/1388342925172502538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1388342925172502538%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportskeeda.com%2Fcricket%2Fnews-ipl-2021-dc-s-ajinkya-rahane-contributes-30-oxygen-concentrators-mission-vayu Ajinkya Rahane has…