Rachin Ravindra, the rising star of New Zealand cricket, has once again showcased his exceptional talent, guiding his team to a dominant position in the first Test against India.
'I think that was the difference in the first Test where KL Rahul went on to get a hundred for us and we ended up on the winning side.'
Joe Root and Harry Brook's centuries powered England's strong reply on Day 3 of the first Test in Multan.
'And for some reason, I don't want to jinx it, but I think there's a big one coming up.'
Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson has made his case to become India's first-choice wicketkeeper-batsman at the Twenty20 World Cup in June, said Kumar Sangakkara, the coach of his Indian Premier League team.
Joe Root scored his 35th Test century as he went past the legendary trio of Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara and Younis Khan, who had made 34 centuries in their career.
Dravid was particularly happy with how Shreyas Iyer has been showing consistency at the back-end of the tournament.
For India's current head coach, the Test series defeat against New Zealand at home, a first in 12 years and after 18 victories on the trot, would be a bitter pill to swallow.
Rahul Dravid struck his 35th Test century to surpass Sunil Gavaskar and become the second highest century maker from India on the fourth day of the final Test against England.
'If he wants to bat at No 3, especially on Indian tracks where spinners will cause trouble, he will have to rotate strike.'
Opener Rahul Dravid and Johan Botha chipped in with useful contributions as Rajasthan Royals registered a comprehensive six-wicket victory over Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League match at the Sawai Mansingh stadium, in Jaipur, on Tuesday.
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Jaiswal showed in snatching the initiative from England would have reminded many of a certain Virender Sehwag
India skipper Rahul Dravid said it was a 'privilege' to watch the youngster's match-winning knock in the third ODI against Sri Lanka.
Senior batsman Rahul Dravid struck his 34th Test century to draw level with Sunil Gavaskar and become the joint-second highest century maker from India on the second day of the second Test against England.
Deepak Chahar, India's unexpected hero with the bat in the second ODI against Sri Lanka, in Colombo on Tuesday, says coach Rahul Dravid's belief in his batting inspired him to produce a match-winning knock.
The Indian captain said Dhoni has learnt to adapt his game according to the situation.
'It was a team effort, and I am happy for Kumble and the boys that we came up with a remarkable win,' said the former India captain after India beat Australia by 72 runs to win the third Test.
India's captain said the team got its act together after losing the Test series.
The Indian captain said his team struggled to get used to the conditions in the Caribbean
India's captain said the 4-0 lead in the series against England offers the opportunity to try out the younger boys in the team.
Indian captain Rahul Dravid promised the team would be bounce back to win the last two ODIs in the West Indies
South Africa captain Graeme Smith described Friday's victory in the fourth ODI as 'awesome and a great team effort'.
India coach Greg Chappell said the opener's slot would be decided match by match
In no way it could have changed the course of the match. However, it could very much have prolonged it, taking it into a fifth day.
Shubman Gill's century during India's second One Day International against Australia at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Sunday, September 24, 2023, gave the young man admission into an elite club with Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli among others as its 7 members.
Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman lived to fight another day for India in the second innings of the opening Test against England at Lord's on Sunday.
My focus was on playing sessions and dispatching loose balls: Jaiswal
VVS Laxman smashed 109 and Rahul Dravid a watchful 53 to guide India to 216 for three at stumps on day two of the second Test.
Admitting that India find itself in a difficult position in the ongoing first Test against South Africa, batting mainstay Rahul Dravid said the visitor's inexperienced pace attack missed injured Zaheer Khan's services badly.
India captain Rohit Sharma became the sixth Indian batter to go past the landmark of 10,000 runs in One-Day Internationals.
The Indian captain said his team has the resilience to come back from 1-3 series deficit.
'It's disappointing to get out at that stage, especially the timing was not good. In the last half hour me and VVS Laxman were trying to be there when the new ball was taken,' Dravid, who was out for 93, said at the end of the first day's play in the third Test against Australia.
India's captain defended his decision to bowl first, saying 'there was a lot of rain in the air and the wicket looked a bit tacky'.
A dominant India ended England's title defence by handing them a 68-run thumping in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup.
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