Sourav Ganguly believes Rishabh Pant is on course to become an all-time great in Test cricket.
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Gambhir had taken charge of the team in July and the team will be playing its first Test in his tenure.
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'Dhoni will never go to a player and ask him what field you want.' 'He will want the player to learn from his own mistakes.' 'Rohit will put his arm around your shoulder and tell you, "This is what is expected from you, you can do this".'
The former India captain was speaking at a felicitation function organised for CSK for winning the 2021 edition of IPL.
'I remember in 2011 I went the year so ashamed of who I became as a human being that I couldn't look at myself in the mirror.' 'I went all of 2011 just not looking at myself in the mirror.'
The veteran spinner made his World Cup comeback after a long wait of eight years.
Suryakumar Yadav will turn up for Mumbai in their Buchi Babu match against TNCA XI, aiming to get his Test career back on track.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam was named the International Cricket Council's ODI Cricketer of the Year following his exploits in 2021 when he scored 405 runs in six games at an average of 67.50.
South Africa paceman Dale Steyn is wary of India's fightback but says his team is motivated to seal the one-day series on Thursday and complete a dominating overseas victory.
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India has only minor concerns, but New Zealand's troubles across batting and bowling departments are more pronounced.
Shafali Verma emerged from a recent slump in batting form with a bang, smashing a record-breaking 205 against South Africa on the opening day of the one-off Test
Short of players, a nine-man Australia needed as many as four support staff members on the field, including chief selector and head coach, in their T20 World Cup warm-up against Namibia but that did not change the expected outcome of the game.
The to and fro continues as the ICC once again announces rescheduled dates for the upcoming ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023.
Kohli is sitting pretty at the top of the rankings for batsmen with 895 rating points.
Ream India batter Shubman Gill will not be travelling with the team to Delhi on 9th October 2023.
Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja are set for important milestones during the coming series against Bangladesh.
Giving a strong indication of him turning up in India's World Cup opener against Australia in Chennai on Sunday, veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin went through an engaging net session on Thursday.
Former India cricketer Robin Singh was on Thursday fined Rs 500 and his car impounded for allegedly violating lockdown rules in Chennai, police said. The 56-year-old former Tamil Nadu player had gone by car to purchase vegetables and was caught by local police for the violation.
Tactician par excellence Gautam Gambhir couldn't have envisaged a battle of brains with a more different kind of adversary than the smiling yet ruthless Pat Cummins as Kolkata Knight Riders face a spirited Sunrisers Hyderabad in a mega IPL final in Chennai on Sunday.
MS Dhoni landed in Chennai on Monday to the hero's welcome. Fans gathered to watch Dhoni as CSK began practice for the forthcoming IPL, which begins on March 29.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni averages 100-plus in ODIs at M A Chidambaram stadium in Chennai -- his tally being 401 in six innings, including two hundreds and a fifty, at an average of 100.25.
Virat Kohli hinted that this might also be his final opportunity to play alongside the former India captain.
DK finished as an IPL winner with close to 5000 runs over 17 seasons besides taking 145 catches and effecting 37 stumpings.
Students had to predict the amount of runs Kohli would score in ODIs in 2023 based on his record in 50 overs cricket since his debut in 2008.
'We want to be sure that he is comfortable in bowling, so hopefully in the next few weeks, with a bit of work and all that, you might see him bowling.'
Zaheer not a big fan of Impact Player rule, says it's producing 'half all-rounders'
Pakistan's marquee October 15 clash against arch-rivals India in Ahmedabad might be huge from perspective of fans on both sides of the border but it is certainly not the "be all and end all" from cricketing point of view.
If one checks Kuldeep's stats, he has felt more empowered across formats whenever Rohit has been the captain.
As India faced off against Australia in their ICC Men's ODI World Cup opener at the M A Chidambaram stadium in Chennai, the game saw some early drama.
Shikhar Dhawan failed to recover from his knee injury. The team management is keen on Mayank translating his stupendous Test performance into the ODI arena
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Australia captain Steve Smith said it has been 'an enjoyable tour' for the visitors after they outclassed India by 21 runs in the third ODI in Chennai on Wednesday.
In recent times, Kedar Jadhav has been the most under-utilised cricketer, which has led to varied opinions as to whether he is an ideal fit in India's ODI team combination despite averaging 42 plus in 69 games. Jadhav, who had sustained a hamstring injury in the past, bowled only 24 overs in his last 13 ODI games which is even less than two overs per game. Worse is that he hasn't got a single wicket and in four of these games, he wasn't even asked to bowl.
A couple of horrendous decisions by Indian umpire S Ravi contributed to India's six-wicket defeat to arch rivals Pakistan in the first cricket ODI in Chennai on Sunday.
When New Zealander Daryl Mitchell was bought for a whopping Rs 14 crore by Chennai Super Kings during the IPL auction, he was wrapping presents for his daughter's birthday at his home and his heartbeat increased when his name popped up on the screen.
