India’s dominant 3-0 series victory over England left little room for doubt about their superiority, but one aspect of their batting order drew scrutiny. In two of the successful chases, all-rounder Axar Patel was promoted up the order, leaving KL Rahul with minimal involvement. This move, seemingly influenced by head coach Gautam Gambhir’s … Read more
India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir made it clear that KL Rahul is team’s first-choice wicketkeeper going into the Champions Trophy and the flamboyant Rishabh Pant is not being considered as an option in the playing eleven in the immediate future. Among all the players that were chosen for the England ODIs, only Pant … Read more
With India 2-0 up, as many as three players found a spot each in India’s playing XI for the third and final ODI against England. Yet, wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant found no place in the team for the dead rubber. Pant, who was added to India’s squad not just for the ODI series … Read more
Team India might be 2-0 up in the 3-match ODI series against England but the manner in which the batting order is shaping up, hasn’t gone down well with everyone. Be it the averted experiment to bench Shreyas Iyer or the batting position of KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya, there remain many ifs … Read more
India vs England: File photo of KL Rahul and Sunil Gavaskar© X/Twitter India ticked quite a few boxes in the second ODI against England in Cuttack on Sunday. The most important of them all was skipper Rohit Sharma ending his ODI century drought after over 450 days. After a below-par show Down Under … Read more
Ahead of the third ODI against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, the Indian team players including former captain Virat Kohli urged people to join the ‘Donate Organs, Save Lives’ campaign and pledge for organ donation. On Monday, ICC Chairman Jay Shah announced the launch of the initiative on … Read more
Rohit Sharma reacting to India’s missed LBW opportunity© X (Twitter) Getting DRS calls right remains a decisive factor for captains. But, captains can’t solely decide whether to make use of reviews or not. During the second ODI between India and England in Cuttack on Sunday, India skipper Rohit Sharma was made to rue … Read more
India batter Shreyas Iyer, who played match-winning knock in the first ODI against England, revealed that he wasn’t part of the original playing XI, and was only included after Virat Kohli picked up an injury ahead of the match. Kohli sat out the series opener in Nagpur owing to a sore knee. Turning … Read more
Aakash Chopra has questioned the team management over their utilisation of KL Rahul.© BCCI Former India batter Aakash Chopra has questioned the team management over their utilisation of star wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul in the first ODI against England on Thursday. Despite being preferred over Rishabh Pant in the playing XI, Rahul came out … Read more
India vs England LIVE Cricket Streaming© AFP India vs England 1st ODI, LIVE Streaming: After claiming a brilliant win in the five-match T20I series, India are all set to face England in the three-match ODI series, with the first match to be played on Thursday in Nagpur. Led by Suryakumar Yadav, Team India … Read more