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The legendary Sachin Tendulkar was brutally trolled on social media after he posted a message on Instagram for India talisman Virat Kohli following his historic hundred against West Indies this weekend. It is a well-known fact that India talisman Virat Kohli admired Sachin Tendulkar while he was taking baby steps toward becoming an international cricketer. […]

It is a well-known fact that India talisman Virat Kohli admired Sachin Tendulkar while he was taking baby steps toward becoming an international cricketer. On the flip side, since Virat Kohli cemented his place among the modern-day greats of the sport, Sachin Tendulkar has become one of his all-time supporters, sending his good wishes to […]

Meme-makers went into overdrive after premier India batter Virat Kohli scripted a unique world record, becoming the first cricketer to smash a hundred in his 500th international match on Friday. The Delhi-born superstar’s feat came on Day 2 of the second Test against West Indies played at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain […]

Widely regarded as the greatest all-format cricketer, ex-India skipper Virat Kohli has a penchant for scripting world records. The talismanic India batter shattered a slew of feats en route to his 29th Test hundred against West Indies at Port of Spain on Friday. Virat Kohli, who was unbeaten on 87 on Day 1 of the […]

Senior batter Cheteshwar Pujara’s omission from Team India’s squad for next month’s Test series against the West Indies has angered fans, with a section of netizens terming the decision as “disgusting”. Cheteshwar Pujara’s exclusion from the Rohit Sharma-led side came on the heels of his dismal performance in the World Test Championship final against Australia […]

If Virat Kohli has been in the news for his extended lean patch with the bat, Dinesh Karthik has been the man who has stolen headlines for making a stunning comeback to the Indian cricket team in the past few months. There’s no doubt about the fact that Dinesh Karthik’s return to Team India has […]

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 […]

India captain Rohit Sharma was slammed by fans for his “irresponsible” act of high-fiving a section of supporters after his team’s triumph in the fourth T20I against the West Indies at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill in Florida on Saturday. Immediately after the win, members of the Indian cricket team […]

Rohit Sharma continued his impressive run as India captain as the Nagpur-born superstar led the Men in Blue to another series triumph in T20Is on Saturday. Notably, since being appointed Team India skipper earlier this year, Rohit Sharma hasn’t lost a bilateral T20I series against any opposition. Rohit Sharma and his boys were clinical in […]

India skipper Rohit Sharma went past Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi on the list of highest six-hitters in international cricket. On Saturday, Rohit Sharma smashed three sixes against the West Indies in the fourth T20I at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, in Lauderhill, Florida to take his tally of maximums to 477, thus […]

India opener Shikhar Dhawan has taken an indirect swipe at all those former cricketers, including Kapil Dev, Aakash Chopra, and Sanjay Manjrekar for criticizing Virat Kohli’s frequent breaks from international cricket. Shikhar Dhawan who recently led Team India to a 3-0 clean sweep against the West Indies in the Caribbean declared that breaks were important […]

Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar is facing the heat on social media after the cricketer-turned commentator controversially claimed that Virat Kohli has taken enough breaks from the sport and he should have played as many games as possible to regain his lost touch. Virat Kohli is currently missing from India’s tour to the West Indies […]

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 […]

Rishabh Pant has been an exceptional player for India in red-ball cricket, having broken several records in Test matches. Earlier this month, the left-hander broke a 72-year-old record in the rescheduled fifth Test against England at Edgbaston. With his scores of 146 and 57, Rishabh Pant became the first visiting wicketkeeper to make more than […]

With his half-century against the West Indies on Friday, India captain Rohit Sharma went past Virat Kohli to become the first man to reach 31 50-plus scores in T20Is. While talismanic batter Virat Kohli has 30 fifties to his name in the shortest version of the sport, Rohit Sharma has scored 27 fifties and 4 […]

Earlier this week, ex-India left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha backed Shikhar Dhawan to make it to the national team squad for next year’s ODI World Cup despite KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan being preferred as Rohit Sharma’s opening partners of late. Shikhar Dhawan is no longer a part of India’s Test and T20I squads, but in […]

Shikhar Dhawan scored 97, 13, and 58 in the three ODIs against the West Indies, and impressed by his rich vein of form, former India all-rounder Reetinder Sodhi demanded that the left-hander be included in the national team for the T20 World Cup in Australia. Notably, Shikhar Dhawan only features in ODIs for Team India […]

The 50-over World Cup will be held in India next year. Though the tournament is still months away, former cricketers have already started making their predictions about the quadrennial event. Former India spinner Pragyan Ojha too shared his views about India’s potential squad for the prestigious competition and he believes that opener Shikhar Dhawan who […]

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 […]

After playing a prominent role in India’s series triumph against the West Indies, Shreyas Iyer trolled himself for not scoring a hundred in the match. Talent wins game but teamwork and intelligence wins championship! 🙌 Kudos to team for the amazing face-off! 😍👏 #IndvsWI pic.twitter.com/jMZOjWiTN6 — Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) July 25, 2022 Shreyas Iyer scored […]

India may have won the second ODI and thus the three-match ODI series against the West Indies but captain Shikhar Dhawan was subjected to a lot of criticism for decisions during the game. One of those decisions was to introduce premier spinner, Yuzvendra Chahal, quite late into the attack which allowed the West Indies batter […]

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 […]

With Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant firing on all cylinders, several cricket pundits have questioned Shreyas Iyer’s place in Team India. Additionally, Shreyas Iyer’s problems against the short ball have been well documented and he has received a lot of flak for his inability to overcome the challenge of deliveries that are pointed towards his […]

Virat Kohli remains the focal point of discussion in India’s cricketing circles despite being absent from the ongoing tour of the West Indies. He is currently holidaying with his actress wife Anushka Sharma in Paris after the BCCI rested him from the three ODIs and five T20Is against the West Indies. But Virat Kohli’s extended […]

Shubman returned to India’s ODI fold after sixteen months and immediately impressed everyone with his brilliant display of aggressive batting as he smacked a whirlwind 64 off only 53 balls. Shubman Gill was firing on all cylinders and looked all set to bring up his maiden ODI hundred when he lost his wicket due to […]

Team India started their tour of the West Indies with a thrilling three-run victory over the Nicholas Pooran-led side but India opener Shubman Gill became a butt of jokes on social media. While Shubman Gill hit a quickfire fifty on his ODI return in the first game of the three-match series against the West Indies […]

India opener Shubman Gill hit a quickfire fifty on his ODI return in the first game of the three-match series against the West Indies at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain on Friday. Shubman Gill last featured in a 50-over game for India in 2020 vs Australia where was dismissed on a score […]

Mohammed Siraj became a household name in India after making his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut for the SunRisers Hyderabad in 2017. The same year, he went on to make his T20I debut for India where he impressed then-India captain Virat Kohli with his bowling performances and the rest as they say is history. Mohammed […]

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 […]

Former New Zealand cricketer Scott Styris has heaped rich praise on India middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav, saying the Mumbai-born cricketer has the potential to single-handedly win games for his country. During the recent T20I series against England, Suryakumar Yadav joined a select band of Indian cricketers who have slammed a hundred in the shortest format […]

1983 World Cup winner and former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar has urged Virat Kohli to emulate the legendary Sachin Tendulkar to come out of his nightmarish phase. During the 2004 tour to Australia, Sachin Tendulkar stopped playing deliveries bowled outside the off-stump because he was dismissed on numerous occasions edging the ball in the slips […]

Virat Kohli’s absence from India’s tour of the West Indies has been slammed by several former cricketers, including the legendary Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, and Karsan Ghavri. Now former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar has slammed the national selectors for their decision to rest Virat Kohli from matches in the Caribbean, especially at a time when […]

1983 World Cup winner Sunil Gavaskar has offered to help out-of-form India star Virat Kohli whose century-less streak has now extended to 967 days and 78 innings across formats in international cricket. On Sunday, Virat Kohli was once again dismissed for a low score of 17 as an off-stump delivery from Reece Topley took the […]

India’s 1983 World Cup-winning skipper Kapil Dev has suggested that Virat Kohli may have been dropped from the national team for the upcoming tour of the West Indies. Kapil Dev’s claim was in contrast to several reports doing the rounds in Indian media that the talismanic batter was rested from the Indian cricket team’s tour […]

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 […]

Kapil Dev has added fuel to the fire over Virat Kohli’s “rest” from India’s upcoming tour of the West Indies where the Rohit Sharma-led side is set to participate in three ODIs and five T20Is. The official word from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is that the star batter has been […]

The legendary Sunil Gavaskar has slammed Team India’s senior players, including captain Rohit Sharma, out-of-form star batter Virat Kohli, premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah, and all-rounder Hardik Pandya for taking rest now and then. Sunil Gavaskar was furious at these high-profile players for getting rested multiple times in the recent past. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit […]

Former India pacer Karsan Ghavri has lashed out at Virat Kohli for taking a break from the upcoming three-match ODI series against the West Indies, especially at a time when his struggle for runs has no signs of ending. On Saturday, Virat Kohli returned to India’s T20 setup but failed to alter his fortunes despite […]