Punjab Kings need to show up and perform in IPL 2024, erasing the many disappointments of earlier seasons.
Besides Kohli, who led India to a historic Test series triumph in Sri Lanka recently, the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and Ashish Nehra were also named among the probables.
Suresh Raina and Yusuf Pathan also wished their former India teammate.
Keshav Maharaj, who took one for 23, said the partnership between Miller and Klaasen, was the turning point of the match.
Senior India batter Shikhar Dhawan on Wednesday moved up a place to joint 13th spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings on the back of his match-winning knock against the West Indies in the first ODI.
Shikhar Dhawan's tally of six international centuries this year is the highest. His tally of five ODIs hundreds is the highest by any batsman this year.
The experienced Shikhar Dhawan had got a measure of the wicket and if he had stayed at the wicket for a few more overs, it would have given licence to the likes of Rishabh Pant to chance their arm and hit a few boundaries to bring the asking rate under control.
Members of the Indian cricket fraternity expressed deep sorrow and extended heartfelt condolences to the victims and their families on Thursday after a London-bound Air India flight crashed shortly after takeoff in Gujarat's Ahmedabad.
Team India coach Ravi Shastri, along with Shikhar Dhawan and Umesh Yadav, offered prayers at the Padmanabhaswamy Temple, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Wednesday.
Shikhar Dhawan finds himself out of the Indian team less than three months after captaining the ODI side, but the 37-year-old opener has not yet given up on a strong desire to play the World Cup at home later this year.
Senior players Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir took to micro-blogging site Twitter to congratulate their statemate Shikhar Dhawan, who announced his arrival on international stage with a mind-blowing unbeaten 185 off 168 balls on Saturday.
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 game between Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday.
India opener Shikhar Dhawan will miss Sunday's fifth and final ODI against Sri Lanka and also the one-off T20 international next week after he left for India to attend his ailing mother.
Out-of-form India opener Shikhar Dhawan had an injury scare as he rushed straight to the hospital after the team landed in Kolkata for the third and final ODI against England on January 22.
Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday announced that opener Shikhar Dhawan has been traded to Delhi Daredevils for the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League next year.
Opener Shikhar Dhawan rued the middle-order collapse after India's 31-run defeat to South Africa in the first One-day International, in Paarl on Wednesday.
Captain Virat Kohli celebrated Valentine's Day with his wife Anushka as they dined at his New Delhi restaurant Nueva Bar and Dining.
'Shikhar Dhawan is presently under the observation of the BCCI medical team'
Shikhar Dhawan hit a splendid half-century as India edged West Indies by three runs in a last-ball finish in the first One-Day International at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad, on Friday.
India's white ball squad, led by Shikhar Dhawan, arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday as they began their two-week quarantine ahead of their tour of Sri Lanka next month.
There is a school of thought that Dhawan should be given at least the last six ODIs in January against Sri Lanka and New Zealand and then the call should be taken, before the Australia ODIs at the end of March.
IMAGES from the match played between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings in Mumbai on Monday.
Another West Indian great Chris Gayle also agreed with Lara and said Dhawan deserved a century which he missed by just one run.
Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan believes India has a strong chance to win the Champions Trophy despite the absence of Jasprit Bumrah.
India have complained about the uneven bounce on the practice pitches at the Gabba nets after Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli were injured warming up for the fourth day of the second Test against Australia in Brisbane on Saturday.
'He never had a negative thought in his mind, he was supremely confident.' 'He always stuck to his natural game, he never moved away from that.'
Dhawan has been in remarkable form in the ongoing IPL season so far, managing to score 525 runs from 14 matches, including two back-to-back centuries.
Ahead of the 18th season of Indian Premier League, here all the stats and numbers from the annual cricket extravaganza.
Shikhar Dhawan opened up on one instance where he tried learning one of Suryakumar Yadav's shots in the T20 World Cup 2022.
Shikhar Dhawan jumped two places to 16th after his unbeaten half-century in the first ODI against Lanka
For Dhawan, 'balance on and off the field' is very important, in theory and in practice
Television umpire Rod Tucker declared Dhawan not out.
Sunrisers Hyderabad, the new IPL outfit, have suffered a blow ahead of the tournament with star player Shikhar Dhawan being ruled out due to injury for at least their opening tie against Pune Warriors, to be held on April 5.
14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest centurion in T20 cricket as he fired Rajasthan Royals to an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans.
'A player would be thinking that he is going to the World Cup. But you shut the door on him.'
Shikhar Dhawan has now scored fastest hundreds by an Indian against two opponents. On his Test debut, vs Australia at Mohali in 2012-13, he got to the three-figure mark off just 85 balls. Rajneesh Gupta lists the fastest hundreds for India against each country.
Forced out of at least three World Cup matches, injured Indian batsman Shikhar Dhawan on Wednesday hinted that it is not yet over for him.
The player will be in quarantine for a week, the franchise said in a statement.
Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant believes his bowlers could have done the basics better at the back end as the target of 210 was defendable.
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