Virender Sehwag has backed Virat Kohli to continue as captain of the Indian ODI and Test teams. Virat Kohli recently gave up the T20 captaincy altogether across international and franchise cricket to manage his workload. In Kohli’s final T20I assignment as a captain, India failed to make it to the 2021 T20 World Cup semi-finals […]
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Shoaib Malik Felt Disappointed On Missing Out To Make It To Pakistan’s Initial 2021 T20I World Cup Squad
Shoaib Malik said he has a “self-obsession” of seeing himself fit and also revealed his disappointment at missing out on Pakistan’s initial squad which then propelled the batter to a starring role at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021. The veteran batter, 39, struggled badly for form in the Caribbean Premier League and missed out on […]
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Shadab Khan Isn’t Surprised With Finisher Asif Ali’s Batting Prowess In T20I WC 2021
Shadab Khan, Pakistan’s vice-captain, has stated that he is least surprised with Asif Ali’s success as a late-order hitter in the T20 World Cup 2021. According to the leg-spinner Shadab Khan, he has seen Asif Ali achieve similar feats in domestic and franchise cricket, so he was always aware of the batter’s striking potential. Asif […]
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Australia’s One-off Test Against Afghanistan Officially Postponed
Australia’s one-off Test against Afghanistan has officially been postponed, Cricket Australia confirmed on Friday (November 5). The historic Test has been hanging in the balance ever since the CA revealed that they wouldn’t support the Taliban government’s firm stance against the inclusion of women in sports. Instead of cancelling the Test match, CA has vowed to host […]
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Quality Bowler Ravichandran Ashwin Is A Wicket-Taking Option, Says Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma, an Indian vice-captain, says Ravichandran Ashwin’s presence in the playing XI is always an advantage as the seasoned off-spinner is on the lookout for wickets at all times. Playing a T20I after a gap of four years, Ravichandran Ashwin picked up two wickets while giving away only 14 runs in a fine spell […]
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I Don’t Think That There Is A Kind Of Pressure On Us Expectation-wise: Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan, Afghanistan spinner asserted despite recent defeat against India they are still filled with confidence. Afghanistan suffered a 66-run defeat against India in the Super 12 stage of the ICC T20 World Cup. Indian openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul had played knocks of 74 and 69, respectively, as India posted a total of […]
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Afghanistan Aren’t Pushovers As They Have A Good Bowling Attack: Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir said it won’t be an easy task for India to go after the Afghanistan bowlers in their must-win Super 12, Group 2 match in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Afghanistan’s batting may not strike fear into the opposition, but their spin-bowling attack comprising Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and Mohammad Nabi is enough to […]
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Dilip Vengsarkar Wants To Probe Ravichandran Ashwin’s Repeated Exclusion
Dilip Vengsarkar, the former chief selector, says he has not seen the Indian team as “off coloured” as it was against New Zealand in a long time and called for an investigation into Ravichandran Ashwin’s repeated exclusion from the playing eleven. Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bowled 2 overs and finished with figures of 2/8 during India’s […]
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Kevin Pietersen Picks Rohit Sharma As Top Run Scorer And Shaheen Shah Afridi As Top Wicket Taker In 2021 T20I WC
Kevin Pietersen picked the top run-scorer and highest wicket-takers of the T20 World Cup 2021. He also predicted the two favourites to lift the title. The T20 World Cup has begun, and so has Kevin Pietersen’s predictions. The former England captain has named India and England as his two favourite teams to win the T20 […]
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Justin Langer Has Given Players More Freedom In The UAE During 2021 T20I World Cup: Steve Smith
Justin Langer, Australia head coach, has allowed his staff and players to work with more freedom in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the ongoing T20 World Cup, batsman Steve Smith has said. Australia started the T20I World Cup with a five-wicket win over South Africa, with their bowlers restricting the opposition to 118/9. Justin […]