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Rishabh Pant played a breathtaking knock of 125* in the final ODI against England at Old Trafford to lead India to their third ever bilateral series win on English soil on Sunday. While Rishabh Pant became one of the top trends on social media, it was captain Rohit Sharma who stole the limelight from him […]

Moments after Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten 125 powered India to a 2-1 series victory over England at Old Trafford in Manchester, a Twitter post from India’s 2011 World Cup winner Yuvraj Singh took social media by storm. Rishabh Pant smashed his maiden ODI century, hitting a majestic 125* off 113 deliveries, featuring 16 boundaries and two […]

Rishabh Pant slammed his maiden ODI century as Rohit Sharma and company went on to register a five-wicket victory over world champions England in Manchester on Sunday. With their victory, Team India also secured the series 2-1, having won the first and last matches in London and Old Trafford. En route to his knock of […]

India dangerman Rishabh Pant smashed a defiant hundred against England in the third ODI at Old Trafford in Manchester, leading the Rohit Sharma-led side to a 2-1 series triumph over the Three Lions on Sunday. What a fine knock from young Rishabh Pant!Answers all that criticism with the bat on this tour…And a sensational finish […]

Team India has had seven skippers in 2022 and Shikhar Dhawan will become the eighth man to captain the national team this year when he will lead them in the upcoming ODI series against West Indies later this month. Among the seven who have already led India in the past seven months are KL Rahul, […]

Amid rising questions about Virat Kohli’s form, several former Indian cricketers, including the great Kapil Dev have called for his removal from India’s T20 team. However, former India selector and wicketkeeper Saba Karim has thrown his weight behind the struggling superstar. According to Saba Karim, Virat Kohli has the backing of both captain Rohit Sharma […]

India cricket star Virat Kohli’s form has been one of the biggest talking points in world cricket right now. Several former players have shared their views on the matter – while some have suggested he should be dropped from the Indian cricket team, many current greats of the game, including Rohit Sharma, Babar Azam, Jos […]

The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to rest Virat Kohli from the Indian cricket team’s upcoming tour of the West Indies has not gone well with former national selector Sarandeep Singh. Sarandeep Singh has slammed both the Indian cricket board and Virat Kohli, questioning why a player who has been woefully […]

A reporter’s question on Virat Kohli’s form irked India captain Rohit Sharma during the post-match press conference at Lord’s on Thursday. Virat Kohli looked good till he was there at the crease at the iconic venue as he struck a couple of beautiful boundaries but couldn’t prolong his stay as he fell for 16 after […]

The Indian cricket team suffered a 100-run defeat at the hands of Jos Buttler-led England at the iconic Lord’s on Thursday. However, more than Team India’s loss, it was Virat Kohli’s form rather than lack of it, that hogged the limelight in London. The star India batter is going through an extended slump and is […]

There was a time when Virat Kohli was regarded as the best all-format batter in the world, but those were the days. Cut to the present, Virat Kohli’s luck has remained the same despite the change in the format. On Thursday, he made his much-anticipated return to India’s ODI team for the second match against […]

Virat Kohli’s lack of form with the bat seemed to have become a national obsession with almost everyone in the country voicing their opinion on the matter. While several former India cricketers have voiced their concerns about Virat Kohli’s lean patch, a few of them, including Kapil Dev, Wasim Jaffer, Ajay Jadeja, Karsan Ghavri, and […]

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are two of the most vital cogs in India’s batting line-up. Each of these cricketers can nonchalantly destroy bowling attacks and can single-handedly win matches for India. Widely considered as two of the greatest batters of all time, it has never been an easy task for cricket pundits to choose […]

Jasprit Bumrah was on fire in the first ODI between England and India on Tuesday as he ran through the Three Lions top-order to register figures of 6/19 at The Oval in London. The Ahmedabad-born quick’s stunning display in the British capital was the best by an Indian fast bowler on English soil. As he […]

Ex-India batter Pravin Amre has advised out-of-form Virat Kohli to set small targets on the pitch to find his lost touch with the bat. According to Pravin Amre, Virat Kohli must stay calm and patient on the field if he’s to get back into form because his over-enthusiasm has cost him dearly of late. Everyone […]

Former India pacer Ashish Nehra has come out in support of beleaguered Virat Kohli after several former cricketers, including the legendary Kapil Dev, voiced their opposition to his inclusion in the national T20 team. Virat Kohli’s rut with the bat has shown no sign of ending. He last made a century in any form of […]

Jasprit Bumrah broke a flurry of records in the first ODI against England at The Oval on Tuesday. The 28-year-old pacer ripped apart the English top order before ending the English innings with figures of 6/19, the best by an Indian bowler on British soil. En route to his remarkable performance, Jasprit Bumrah went past […]

Virat Kohli didn’t feature in India’s first ODI triumph against England at The Oval in London on Tuesday. The out-of-form star India batter had suffered a groin injury in the final T20I at Trent Bridge and was forced to sit out the game in the British capital. However, more than his injury, it is the […]

On Tuesday, India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah ripped apart the England top-order in the first ODI at The Oval in London to register the third-best bowling figures by an Indian in the format. Jasprit Bumrah’s mastery not only left the English batting in tatters but also led to an England collapse not seen in recent […]

India captain Rohit Sharma has taken a dig at all those “experts”, including the legendary Kapil Dev, who have raised questions over Virat Kohli’s spot in the national T20 team. Virat Kohli failed to find his lost touch in the just-concluded T20I series against England as he could only register scores of 1 and 11 […]

For months, several former Indian cricketers were demanding Rishabh Pant be tried as an opener in T20Is, and on Saturday, captain Rohit Sharma fulfilled their long-pending wish. The explosive wicketkeeper batter finally made his debut as an opener in the shortest version of the sport in the second match of the three-match T20Is series against […]

Supporters of two Indian cricket legends – Virat Kohli and Kapil Dev took pot shots at each other after the 1983 World Cup-winning captain called for the Delhi-born cricketer’s sacking from the national team. The war of words between the fans of Virat Kohli and Kapil Dev escalated further after the 33-year-old cricketer failed once […]

There’s something seriously wrong with Virat Kohli’s batting at the moment. After all, imagining a player who used to make centuries for fun, struggling to even reach double digits in international cricket would have been difficult for anyone a year ago. On Saturday, Virat Kohli went on to disappoint his legion of supporters yet again […]

Virat Kohli made a return to India’s T20I side on Saturday but failed to make any kind of impact with the bat. The former India captain fell for 1 with England fast bowler Richard Gleeson delivering a double-wicket maiden in the seventh over of the Indian essay in the second T20I in Birmingham. Gleeson’s other […]

Widely regarded as one of the greatest exponents of swing bowling in limited-overs cricket, especially in T20s, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is earning rave reviews for his superb performances of late. Last month, the Uttar Pradesh cricketer was the stand-out performer for India in the five T20I games against South Africa at home, capturing the Player of […]

Virat Kohli may have done great service to the nation, having made more than 23,000 runs in international cricket. But calls for his exclusion from India’s T20 side have been growing louder by the day with the legendary captain Kapil Dev latest to join the chorus for his ouster from Team India in the shortest […]

Team India put up a splendid all-round display in the first T20I of the three-match series against England, beating the Three Lions by 50 runs at the Rose Bowl in Southampton. The Indian team led by the talismanic Rohit Sharma produced a scintillating show by the bat, putting up a huge total of 198/8 on […]

Former India opener Aakash Chopra has questioned the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to rest senior players, including regular captain Rohit Sharma, out-of-form star batter Virat Kohli, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant and flamboyant all-rounder Hardik Pandya from the upcoming three-match ODI series against the West Indies. Aakash […]

Virat Kohli’s long-running drought with the bat continues to evoke strong criticism from several quarters. The former India captain has been slammed right, left, and center by a battery of former cricketers who believe that Virat Kohli’s run of mediocre form has now become a liability for the team and he can’t carry on like […]

Former India opener Wasim Jaffer has called for the exclusion of star batter Virat Kohli from the national team’s T20I setup after Virat Kohli failed to end his long drought for runs during the just-concluded Test match against England at Edgbaston. Virat Kohli’s struggles with the bat have shown no signs of ending, with the […]

Virat Kohli’s string of low scores with the bat has led to the former India captain’s severe criticism from several quarters. While some have suggested he take a sabbatical from the sport, others have pointed out flaws in his batting technique. However, there are few, including former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif who have come out […]

Star India batter Virat Kohli looked good in the rescheduled fifth Test match against England at Edgbaston but failed to convert his starts in both the innings. The former India captain managed to score a total of 31 runs in his two essays in Birmingham, as his long lean patch with the bat continued. While […]

Former England captain Michael Vaughan has advised out-of-form star India batter Virat Kohli to take a sabbatical from cricket to rejuvenate his career. Michael Vaughan’s comments came amid Virat Kohli’s failure to find his lost touch in the recently concluded rescheduled fifth Test against England which India lost by seven wickets at Edgbaston. Virat Kohli, […]

Virat Kohli is now just a few months shy of completing thousand days without a century in any format of the game. The former India skipper couldn’t find his lost touch in the recently-concluded fifth and final Test against England in Birmingham as well, having made a combined 31 runs across the two innings at […]

Virat Kohli failed to find his lost touch in the recently concluded fifth and final Test against England at Edgbaston. Across the two innings, the star India batter managed to score 31 runs after he was dismissed for 11 and 20 in India’s first and second essay respectively. While Virat Kohli played on a Matthew […]

India skipper Rohit Sharma has fully recovered from COVID-19 and interacted with the press in Southampton on Wednesday. While he stated that it was hard to watch Team India lose the fifth and final Test against England at Edgbaston, he was now focusing on the limited-overs leg of the tour. India are set to face […]

Rishabh Pant continued his fine run in red-ball cricket with scores of 146 and 57 in the just-concluded fifth and final Test against England at Edgbaston. His splendid twin knocks in the longest format of the game came amid his struggles in ODIs and T20Is where his numbers are poor, to say the least. While […]

England legend Geoffrey Boycott has shared his thoughts on Virat Kohli’s eternal-looking struggles with the bat. The former England opener reckons the star India batter is having problems because he is forcing his way to make runs. Instead, Virat Kohli should focus on spending as much time as possible on the crease as that would […]

Rishabh Pant may have cracked the Test code but was yet to sparkle in limited-overs cricket with his ODI and T20I averages reading 32.50 and 23.15 respectively. Surprisingly, Rishabh Pant has only scored 715 runs in the 50-over format while in the T20Is he has 741 runs to his name. Rishabh Pant was yet to […]