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Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has made a shocking suggestion of removing current head coach Rahul Dravid from his position following the Men in Blue’s exit from the T20 World Cup at the semifinal stage. Since Rohit Sharma’s men were bulldozed by England in their semifinal clash at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday, criticism of […]

India head coach Rahul Dravid is facing severe flak from fans following India’s shocking 10-wicket loss to England in the second semifinal of the T20 World Cup in Adelaide on Thursday. Furious at Team India’s fourth consecutive semi-final defeat in an ICC World Cup, supporters of the Men in Blue took to Twitter to hit […]

Rishabh Pant supporters are slamming India head coach Rahul Dravid for his rigid stand against the explosive wicketkeeper batter. The social media fury against Rahul Dravid over Rishabh Pant’s non-inclusion in India’s playing XI has been mounting in the last few days because the team’s fans are concerned about India’s vulnerable middle order. https://twitter.com/RP17Fan/status/1588456666919751681 Ricky […]

Australia great Ian Chappell is furious with Team India’s selection in the ongoing T20 World Cup as he slammed skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid for picking Dinesh Karthik ahead of Rishabh Pant. Widely regarded as one of the most destructive batters in world cricket at the moment, Rishabh Pant has tasted immense […]

One of the toughest selection dilemmas that Team India has faced in the ongoing T20 World Cup is choosing between two wicketkeeper batters, veteran Dinesh Karthik and a young and explosive Rishabh Pant and on all three occasions so far captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid have preferred the former ahead of Rishabh […]

Fans have lashed out at Rahul Dravid after the India head coach threw his weight behind out-of-form opener KL Rahul who has failed in all three matches the Men in Blue have played in the ongoing T20 World Cup so far in Australia. KL Rahul made scores of 4, 9, and 9 against Pakistan, the […]

Premier India batter Virat Kohli eclipsed the legendary Rahul Dravid, the current head coach of the Men in Blue, to become the second highest run-getter for the national side in international cricket on Sunday night. With his 63 off 48 balls against Australia in the third and final T20I in Hyderabad, Virat Kohli’s tally of […]

Former India captain Virat Kohli broke numerous records in the third and final T20I against Australia in Hyderabad on Sunday. With his superb knock of 63 off 48 balls, Virat Kohli not only powered India to victory by six wickets in the game but also secured a much-needed series triumph over Aaron Finch and his […]

Ex-India captain and former chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar slammed national head coach Rahul Dravid and current skipper Rohit Sharma, blaming the duo for the team’s debacle in the recently concluded Asia Cup. Heading into the prestigious continental competition, the Men in Blue were the overwhelming favorites to defend the title but were knocked out in […]

Cricket fans ripped into Rahul Dravid after Team India took to the field in the fifth T20I against the West Indies without skipper Rohit Sharma and several other key players. Besides Rohit Sharma, in-form Suryakumar Yadav, veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and spin mainstay Yuzvendra Chahal and wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant were rested from the game […]

Suryakumar Yadav (SKY) has been the toast of the nation of late. While a few legends of the game, including former India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Ravi Shastri have criticized coach Rahul Dravid’s tactics of promoting him to join Rohit Sharma at the top of the order, Suryakumar Yadav has proved them wrong. On Tuesday, […]

The Indians continue to experiment with their playing XI ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia. However, when coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rohit Sharma chose Suryakumar Yadav to open the innings with the India skipper, they were subjected to severe criticism from several quarters. Former India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth was particularly scathing in […]

Questions about Virat Kohli’s place in India’s T20 World Cup squad continue to swirl even at a time when the star batter is not a part of the Rohit Sharma-led side in the West Indies. Virat Kohli is currently on a break after the BCCI decided to rest him for the three ODIs and five […]

Fans launched a scathing attack on India head coach Rahul Dravid after fast bowler Arshdeep Singh wasn’t included in the playing XI for the second ODI against the West Indies on Sunday. While the left pacer warmed the bench yet again, Avesh Khan was handed his Team India debut. But the ploy to play Avesh […]

Virat Kohli’s rough patch with the bat has ignited a massive debate in the cricketing world. While many former India cricketers are against giving Virat Kohli more chances, Australia legend Ricky Ponting differed with them. The former Australia captain went on to say that bowlers from opposition teams still fear Virat Kohli and that’s why […]

Virat Kohli may not have hit a hundred for India in the last 968 days and 78 innings but legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting wants the team management to persist with the talismanic batter. Widely regarded as one of the greatest all-format players of all time, Virat Kohli has been going through an extended dry […]

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 may have lost the rescheduled fifth and final Test against England at Edgbaston by seven wickets, Rishabh Pant was the one Indian star who put up a spectacular show throughout the match. It won’t be an exaggeration to say that Rishabh Pant was outstanding both with the bat and the gloves in Birmingham. In […]

Former cricketers slammed the Jasprit Bumrah-led Team India after the visitors suffered a humiliating loss to England in the fifth and final Test at Edgbaston on Tuesday. India’s seven-wicket defeat to the hosts came after England batters Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root slammed centuries to complete a record chase of 378 runs in the fourth […]

Rishabh Pant was the toast of the nation on Friday as he tore the English bowling attack apart to score a breathtaking 146 off 111 deliveries to bring India back in the game on Day 1 of the fifth and the final Test against England at Edgbaston. Rishabh Pant arrived at the crease when the […]

With regular opener and captain Rohit Sharma set to miss the fifth Test against England at Edgbaston and KL Rahul unavailable due to a groin injury, speculation has mounted over India’s possible playing XI. Even coach Rahul Dravid didn’t want to disclose all his cards ahead of the start of the match which begins on […]

India head coach Rahul Dravid has provided a big update on regular captain Rohit Sharma, saying that the 35-year-old opener has not yet been ruled out of the fifth and the final Test against England which begins in Edgbaston on Friday. Rahul Dravid, the legendary batter and the former chief of India’s National Cricket Academy […]

The Indian cricket team will be back in action in the T20I format when Hardik Pandya and company will lock horns with Ireland in Malahide on June 26. Team India recently played a five-match series against the Temba Bavuma-led South Africa, marking the comeback of several cricketers to the national fold. However, Suryakumar Yadav missed […]

Fans were left furious with India coach Rahul Dravid’s comments about Rishabh Pant’s chances of featuring in the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. The 24-year-old who captained the Men in Blue in the recently-concluded T20I series against South Africa looked completely out of sorts with the bat in the five matches at […]

India suffered a major setback to their chances of winning the Test series in England after their premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin tested positive for COVID1-19 and missed his flight to the United Kingdom (UK) a couple of days ago, The Indian Express reported. Moreover, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) hasn’t made […]

Ace all-rounder Hardik Pandya returned to the national set-up after six months in the India vs South Africa T20I series at home. In the five matches against the Proteas, Hardik Pandya ended as the third leading run-scorer after amassing 117 runs in four innings at a highly impressive average of 58.50. But Hardik Pandya failed […]

Widely considered as one of the explosive batters in the world, Rishabh Pant’s T20I numbers are in stark contrast to his figures in Test cricket. While he averages well over 40 in the longest format, in the shortest version of the sport his average barely crosses the 23 mark. In the recently concluded T20I series […]

Rishabh Pant could only make 58 runs in five knocks against South Africa, prompting many former cricketers like Aakash Chopra, Danish Kaneria, and Graeme Smith to question his place in the Indian cricket team. But head coach Rahul Dravid defended Rishabh Pant, who was also Team India’s captain during the just concluded bilateral matches against […]

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 […]

Ace Team India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has earned rich plaudits from former pacer of the Indian cricket team Irfan Pathan who has claimed that the Gujarat Titans skipper could turn out to be the finisher the Men in Blue have been looking for some time. Irfan Pathan also heaped rich praise on Kashmir-born fast bowler […]