Indian Cricket Team Articles - Page 33

The T20 World Cup may be only months away but India’s squad is far from settled with coach Rahul Dravid still trying numerous young batters and bowlers in the ongoing series against South Africa at home. Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah who was given a break from the five games against the Proteas is a certainty […]

India captain Rishabh Pant has been slammed right, left, and centre for his poor shot selection in the ongoing T20I series against South Africa, as he has managed to score only 57 runs in the four matches in Delhi, Cuttack, Visakhapatnam, and Rajkot. His batting form has raised alarm bells in Indian cricketing circles, with […]

India captain Rishabh Pant’s poor form is among one of the hottest topics of discussion on social media and within the cricketing fraternity of the cricket-crazy nation. While legends like Sunil Gavaskar, and Dale Steyn had earlier slammed Rishabh Pant for not learning from his previous mistakes, now ex-Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria has joined the […]

After losing the first two matches in Delhi and Cuttack, Team India faced the daunting task of winning their next three games against South Africa to avoid a series defeat at home. The way Rishabh Pant and his boys had performed in the national capital and Odisha, not many gave the home team a chance. […]

Of late, Hardik Pandya has been in a rich vein of form both with bat and ball, having led the debutants Gujarat Titans (GT) to their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) last month. On Friday, he played a crucial role in India’s 82-run triumph over South Africa in the fourth T20I in Rajkot after stitching […]

Sunil Gavaskar and Dale Steyn aren’t happy with India captain Rishabh Pant as both believe the 24-year-old cricketer is making the same mistakes over and over again. India legend Sunil Gavaskar and iconic South Africa pacer Dale Steyn were highly critical of Rishabh Pant’s mode of dismissals in the ongoing T20I series against the Proteas. […]

Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has angered the legendary Sunil Gavaskar with his recent comments about Dinesh Karthik’s inclusion in the national team squad for the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. The prestigious event is scheduled to take place Down Under in October and November. Gautam Gambhir, who was the hero of […]

On Friday, Dinesh Karthik was the best player for India in their lopsided triumph over South Africa in the fourth T20I of the five-match home series in Rajkot. Dinesh Karthik came out all guns blazing as he unleashed his full arsenal of shots – pulls, cuts, drives, sweep and even the reverse-sweep, almost everything was […]

On Friday, veteran wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik broke the legendary MS Dhoni’s record to become the oldest India batter to score a half-century in T20I cricket. Notably, it was Dinesh Karthik’s maiden fifty in the shortest version of the sport and came 16 years after his debut in national colours. Dinesh Karthik played his T20I match […]

India skipper Rishabh Pant’s lean patch continued as he threw his wicket away in the fourth T20I against South Africa in Rajkot on Friday. In the must-win clash for the Indian cricket team, Pant was dismissed on 17 off 23 balls by Proteas Spinner Keshav Maharaj, and fans were left highly unimpressed with his lacklustre […]

Team India skipper Rishabh Pant hasn’t been on fire in the ongoing T20I series against South Africa, leading to severe criticism from several quarters. While the likes of Ashish Nehra, Sunil Gavaskar, and Graeme Smith have questioned his tactics as captain, others have been scathing in his remarks over his form with the bat. Though […]

Australian legend Glenn McGrath has called Hardik Pandya “a quality all-rounder, quality hitter” who doesn’t need to be told about his role in the Indian cricket team because he has transformed himself into a responsible cricketer. Glenn McGrath, who is currently the Director of Coaching at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai, also stated that […]

Jolted by humiliating losses in the first two matches of the series, a jittery India arrived in the crucial third T20I match against South Africa struggling in all the departments of the game. While the Indian cricket team’s batting clicked in Delhi, their bowling let them down there, and in Cuttack Rishabh Pant and company […]

Indian opener Ishan Kishan and South African spinner Tabraiz Shamsi were engaged in a heated exchange of words during India’s 48-run victory over the visitors in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. The incident happened in the ninth over of India’s innings in the third T20I after Ishan Kishan attempted a reverse sweep on a Tabraiz Shamsi delivery, […]

The Indian cricket team led by Rishabh Pant were the overwhelming favourites to clinch the five-match T20I series against South Africa and why not, they were on a 12-match winning streak with a new world record in their sights. But Team India went on to lose the first two games in Delhi and Cuttack and […]

Team India came into the home series against South Africa on a 12-match winning streak and needed just one more victory to script a new world record for most consecutive T20I triumphs. But in cricket, things could change quite quickly. That’s what has happened with Rishabh Pant and his boys as they have lost both […]

Ex-India women’s cricket team skipper Mithali Raj retired from all forms of international cricket last week. The veteran cricketer represented India for 23 years, donning the national jersey in more than 200 ODIs. During his illustrious career, Mithali Raj broke several records in women’s cricket, hanging her boots as the highest run-getter in the sport […]

The Indian cricket team is on the brink of losing a home series after they were beaten by South Africa in the second T20I in Cuttack. It was Team’s second consecutive against the Proteas, having lost the first match in Delhi as well. The defeat at the Barabati Stadium, however, came after India’s premier fast […]

Team India captain Rishabh Pant has been slammed right, left, and centre for his decisions in the ongoing five-match T20I home series against South Africa. After being criticised for under bowling leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal in the first game in Delhi, Rishabh Pant was back in the firing line, this time for his tactical blunders against […]

Furious former cricketers have slammed Rishabh Pant’s decision to promote Axar Patel at the expense of Dinesh Karthik in Team India’s defeat to South Africa in the second T20I at Cuttack’s Barabati Stadium on Sunday. Rishabh Pant’s captaincy has been under fire in the whole series and it came under heavy scrutiny yet again after […]

Former Team India opener Gautam Gambhir has blasted leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal for his negative approach against South Africa batters in the second T20I at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. The Indian cricket team lost the match by four wickets after Rishabh Pant and company failed to sparkle with the bat and could only […]

Furious Indian cricket supporters slammed captain Rishabh Pant after he fell to South Africa spinner Keshav Maharaj for a low score in the second match of the T20I series against South Africa in Cuttack on Sunday. The Team India captain had already faced flak from several quarters during the Indian cricket team’s loss in the […]

Former chairman of selectors and ex-Team India captain Dilip Vengsarkar believes that Jammu-based express fast bowler Umran Malik is ready to make a name for himself in international cricket. Umran Malik who earned rave reviews for consistently hitting the 150 kph mark in the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League, earned his maiden national […]

Dinesh Karthik (DK) made his Team India return earlier this week when he played his first match in national colours since July 2019 against South Africa in the series opener in Delhi. The veteran wicketkeeper batter was selected for the Indian cricket team on the back of a series of solid performances in the Indian […]

Ex-Pakistan cricketer Danish Kaneria has blamed Rishabh Pant’s “poor” captaincy for Team India’s defeat to South Africa in the first T20I of the five-match series in Delhi on Thursday. Danish Kaneria’s comments come at a time when Rishabh Pant has already received flak for his tactics from both Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra. The Indian […]

Former Team India pacer Zaheer Khan has lashed out at Indian cricket team captain Rishabh Pant for underusing spinner Yuzvendra Chahal in the side’s loss to South Africa in the first T20I in Delhi. The game played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in the national capital turned out to be a high-scoring affair. While the […]

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting reckons wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant would be Team India’s game-changer in the T20 World Cup Down Under. Describing Rishabh Pant as a dynamic and dangerous cricketer who could change the complexion of the match with his clean hitting, Ricky Ponting believes that the conditions in Australia would suit Rishabh Pant’s […]

Team India vice-captain Hardik Pandya has made an astonishing revelation about his return from injury. The Surat-born all-rounder, who has experienced a series of fitness problems in the past, was sidelined from the Indian cricket following their exit from the T20 World Cup in the UAE in November 2021. But the flamboyant cricket star made […]

Ex-Pakistan opener Salman Butt has dismissed comparisons between SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) pacer Umran Malik and the legendary Shoaib Akhtar, saying that the Team India fast bowler was yet to prove his worth in international cricket. Notably, Umran Malik was yet to make his Indian cricket team debut, having missed out on wearing the national jersey […]

Australian legend Ricky Ponting has come out in support of former Team India captain Virat Kohli who has hit a rough patch with the bat. But Ricky Ponting believes that Virat Kohli would be back in prime form soon because the Delhi-born cricketer was an absolute professional” and would somehow find a route to come […]

Team India all-rounder Hardik Pandya marked his return to international cricket with a sizzling knock of 31 not out off 12 deliveries in the first T20I against South Africa at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium on Thursday. While the Indian cricket team eventually lost the encounter to the Proteas by seven wickets after they failed to […]

Team India captain Rishabh Pant has pinned the blame on the ineffective and inconsistent bowling for his side’s defeat in the first T20I against South Africa at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium on Thursday. Rishabh Pant had no qualms about conceding that the hosts were totally outplayed in the match with the ruthless Proteas completing their […]

Team India vice-captain Hardik Pandya received a barrage of criticism on social media on Thursday after he denied a single to veteran wicketkeeper batter Dinesh Karthik (DK) who made his return to the Indian cricket after three years. Hardik Pandya was walloping the ball, dealing in boundaries and sixes in the final over of the […]

Veteran wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik (DK) played his first game for Team India in three years after featuring in the T20I series opener against South Africa at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Thursday. While Dinesh Karthik didn’t get much time in the middle as he faced only two deliveries in India’s innings, remaining not […]

Team India opener Ishan Kishan smashed 76 off 48 deliveries, tearing apart the South Africa (SA) attack with his clean ball striking in the first game of the home T20I series at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Thursday. .@ishankishan51 dazzled & put on an absolute show with the bat! 🔥 🔥 #TeamIndia | […]

Dinesh Karthik (DK) is on the verge of making his comeback to the Indian cricket team’s playing XI in nearly three years, having last played for the national side in 2019. The Tamil Nadu-born cricketer is almost certain to get a spot in the playing XI in the first match of the T20I series against […]

IND vs SA, 1st T20I, Arun Jaitley Stadium. Approximately four months are there for teams to prepare for the T20 World Cup. South Africa will be looking to take full advantage of the weak-looking Indian squad. Since KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav are out of the series, India’s batting strength looks inexperienced and weak on […]

A heartbroken KL Rahul has posted an emotional post on social media after a groin injury ruled him out of the home T20I series against South Africa. KL Rahul who was to lead the Indian cricket team in the absence of regular captain Rohit Sharma was “gutted” at not being able to take part in […]

After KL Rahul was ruled out of the home T20I series against South Africa owing to a groin injury, Rishabh Pant was named as the skipper of the Indian cricket team while Hardik Pandya was elevated to the position of vice-captain. Rishabh Pant, the wicketkeeper-batter, has now thanked the Board of Control for Cricket in […]