Sonam said that in a sports-loving and multi-cultural country like Australia it was not difficult to build a team from scratch even for lesser-known sport.
Team combination a worry for India
Despite the challenging build-up, Gambhir said he is "extremely confident" of retaining the Border Gavaskar Trophy. The players will hope to be as confident as they prepare for the fight to keep their World Test Final chances alive.
While India are on a high after a measured six-wicket win over a sprightly Bangladesh, Pakistan are evidently tense after the 60-run loss in the tournament-opener to New Zealand.
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Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who entered the elite 500 Test wicket club at Rajkot, climbed a rung to the second position behind pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah.
'A good headache (playing XI selection), we want to stick to our strengths.'
It was a decision that not many saw coming but once it did, Jasprit Bumrah's elevation as India's ODI vice-captain, albeit as a stop-gap arrangement, seemed a perfectly justified reward for his terrific all-format consistency.
'He has got more grey hair after beginning captaincy,' Head Coach Mahela Jayewardene quipped as he gave his skipper an affectionate hug.
'The captain of a country doesn't opt out of the final Test match of a series, a final-deciding Test match.'
The Indian squad for the continental championship will be selected on Monday, but it is still not clear if the official announcement will happen on the day.
I was really surprised when he wasn't flown out even halfway through the series, two Test matches in.'
An angry Rohit complained about Gavaskar being 'too negative' about his form in Australia, claiming that external pressure impacted his focus!
Pace bowler and vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah said Mumbai Indians are going through a "transition phase" and called upon the new players in the team to understand how to react to pressure situations in a high-intensity tournament like the IPL.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting advised struggling batters Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith to trust their game akin to star India batter Virat Kohli.
India's Head Coach Gautam Gambhir has seen both ends of the spectrum with high of Champions Trophy and low of six Test losses and he'll have tough choices to make once the new two-year cycle comes around with the new season.
Bumrah was on Thursday ruled out of the upcoming T20 World Cup due to a back stress fracture.
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri advice to Konstas was to focus on his "strengths".
While retirement is very much a cricketer's individual call, the counter point will be if the national selectors or the BCCI feel that they need to look at the bigger picture and have only one among Rohit and Virat in the ODI set-up going forward.
The Indian team is brave and supremely confident in its ability to win from any situation, said England's all-time great Alastair Cook.
India's Arshdeep Singh is in the race for the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year along with Pakistan's Babar Azam, Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza and Australia's Travis Head, the ICC revealed on Sunday.
Choose Your India team for the first ODI against England in Nagpur.
With Team India looking unstoppable, World Cup-winning former India pacer S Sreesanth says no team can prevent it from winning the Champions Trophy final on Sunday.
Ideally, India will want a pace bowler, who has the ability to keep things tight at the end -- an area where they have have struggled recently in T20 cricket.
Had it not been for Kishan's free-flowing batting up front and then David's smashing sixes all over the park, MI would not have knocked out DC.
The barren run of skipper Rohit Sharma and the selection conundrum that Virat Kohli's possible return poses are the towering obstacles in India's quest for a series win against England in the second ODI in Cuttack on Sunday.
'You always want to play all games but you miss out on home Tests when playing all three formats," Bumrah said. "It's always a great feeling when you can contribute to the team's success.'
Ashwin is shaping up well and looking 'comfortable during training', Jasprit Bumrah said
Mystery spinner bowls in nets as India prep for three-match ODI series vs England.
New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson said his side have every chance of derailing India in a major final once again.
Jasprit Bumrah's return to action has been delayed further after the fast bowler was ruled of the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka as a 'precautionary measure', BCCI said on Monday.
New Zealand fast bowler Lockie Ferguson was ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy with a foot injury on Tuesday in a major blow for the Black Caps.
India spared Bangladesh the ignominy of a follow-on but grabbed an overall lead of 308 with seven wickets in hands to seize control of the opening Test in Chennai on Friday.
Virat received medical attention for a possible knee niggle.
Australia's batting great Ricky Ponting on Friday said he was 'surprised' by the Indian camp's wording around Rohit Sharma's absence from the Sydney Test.
The opening day drew more than 50,000 fans making it the fourth highest attendance ever for a day of Test cricket at the Adelaide Oval.
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India were thoroughly exposed in their 10-wicket loss in the second Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy with the match ending in less than two-and-a-half days as Australia bounced back to level the five-game series 1-1.
India began their Champions Trophy campaign with a six-wicket victory against Bangladesh after opener Shubman Gill anchored their nervy chase with a classy hundred.
Seasoned India pacer Mohammed Shami says attention to detail and loyalty towards his craft makes him lethal in ICC events.
