Dinesh Karthik didn't hold back in his admiration, calling Bumrah 'as valuable as the Kohinoor diamond' and underlining his dominance across all formats.
The India skipper will be eyeing the great Don Bradman's 88-year-old record for most runs by a captain in a Test series.
Joe Root was at the center of an unexpected on-field spat with India's Prasidh Krishna, as tempers flared during a high-stakes second day at The Oval.
Sam Konstas had the Indian camp in disbelief with his bold ramp shots off Bumrah
Ashwin had left for Chennai hours after reaching the coveted milestone of 500 Test wickets on the second day of the match.
Strange selection, says Manjrekar; Irfan, Harbhajan congratulate Gill
'His glove work defied convention. Dhoni's technique behind the stumps was unorthodox, yet extraordinarily effective.'
'Bring the deficit down to about 60 and then take it 10 runs at a time.'
Former head coach Ravi Shastri hailed Virat Kohli as India's 'most aggressive and successful' captain after he stepped down as the Test skipper on Saturday.
Shastri feels managing the workload of players, especially bowlers, will be Gambhir's biggest challenge.
Shastri wanted the India players to feel proud of what they have achieved over the last two years and that 30 minutes of play can't erase their achievements.
'He return to Australia for this tour in form and a man Australia fears, an unthinkable prospect when he was bailed up in hospital unable to walk.'
India head coach Ravi Shastri believes that an all-India coaching line-up will pave the way for a strong future of coaches and cricketers in the country.
The tabloid Mumbai Mirror had, on Monday morning, reported that Shastri has been dating the actor over the last two years after his separation from his wife Ritu.
Ravi Shastri is tipping the side he had coached to continue their recent dominance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
'He is a perennially positive guy.' 'He is generous with advice and never petty about anything.'
America's hyperactive Ambassador Eric Garcetti met members of India's 1983 World Cup-winning team -- Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri, Roger Binny, Kirti Azad and Mohinder Amarnath in New Delhi on Friday, November 17, 2023.
'He pursued it, practised hard at it and continued to look for new things as his career progressed, to keep up with the times.'
As India wrapped up a famous 2-1 series win over Australia on Tuesday, Shastri gave a special speech to laud the efforts of every player and he went on to say that every member of the squad has been outstanding on the tour.
Former India coach Ravi Shastri has been roped in as the Commissioner of the Legends League Cricket (LLC), a professional event for retired players that is set to take off next year.
Jaiswal's knock was a perfect blend of attack and defence.
The first one from sports fraternity to join the challenge was PV Sindhu.
'Once top four teams are there, in the semi-final and final. Those two days if you perform, you win.'
'They'll think that he'll come in straight away and set the world on fire.' 'It's never that easy when you come back from injury.'
Ravi Shastri, who knows a thing or two about winning Test rubbers in Australia, on Thursday asked India skipper Rohit Sharma
Exactly 39 summers back, a wide-eyed 19-year-old Ravi Shastri became India's 'Test Cap No 151' at the Basin Reserve
"Ravi Shastri told Gulf News: 'It was an unbelievable experience, I had goosebumps.' He was so impressed by the response from the crowd on either side of the route that he refused to board the bus after handing over the torch and continued walking and shook hands with people for another 400 metres," according to Sunil Vaidya, a Muscat-based senior journalist.
'Whenever India bowls, Reiffel feels it's not out. Whenever India bats, he feels it's out.'
The Men in Blue lost six wickets for no runs in 11 balls! India's collapse stunned both fans and commentators.
Tendulkar's 200 Test and 463 ODI appearances are also the highest by any player in the history of the game.
Ravi Shastri was appointed India chief coach in 2017 after Anil Kumble's tenure ended prematurely in controversial circumstances.
Ravi Shastri formally applies for India head coach job.
Ravi Shastri has supported the splitting of captaincy
Underdogs Nagaland showed they are made of sterner stuff as their batters fought tooth and nail all day to score 365/5 and frustrate Tamil Nadu who would be fancying their chances of enforcing a follow-on after a mammoth 512-run first-innings total in a Ranji Trophy Group A match in Bengaluru on Monday.
For Shastri, India's recent successes in Test cricket have often been defined by the stubbornness and resilience of the tail-enders.
India head coach Ravi Shastri would like his team to take inspiration from its Lord's Test win rather than think about the humiliating defeat at Leeds ahead of the fourth Test against England, starting at The Oval on Thursday.
There is no reason to remove India head coach Ravi Shastri if he continues to produce results, said legendary former captain Kapil Dev.
Former India coach Ravi Shastri believes Virat Kohli is well on his way to break another big landmark -- Sachin Tendulkar's 100 international hundreds.
It is learnt that neither Head Coach Ravi Shastri nor captain Virat Kohli sought any written permission from the BCCI to attend the former's book launch at the team hotel.
"One stat stands out: 375,000 people coming through the gates in that Melbourne Test match, beating the record set 90 years ago of 350,000," Shastri said.
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