COLOMBO: Former India and Mumbai leg-spinning allrounder Sairaj Bahutule will travel to Sri Lanka as Team India‘s bowling coach for the six-match white-ball series, TOI has learnt. Serving as a bowling coach at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru for the last three years, Bahutule has been a part of the support staff with the…
NEW DELHI: The BCCI on Thursday announced the India white-ball squads for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, featuring three T20Is and three ODIs. The series will kick start Gautam Gambhir‘s tenure as head coach. The squads see the return of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to the ODI team and the appointment of Suryakumar…
NEW DELHI: With only six ODIs to go before the ICC Champions Trophy next February, there are persisting doubts about Hardik Pandya‘s bowling fitness in the 50-over format. While Hardik had asked for a break from the three ODIs in Sri Lanka next month citing personal reasons, TOI has learnt that his fitness will be…
NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to meet IPL owners at the end of this month to discuss various topics including player retention policies, the Right to Match (RTM) option, and the salary cap for players, Cricbuzz reported.However, the exact date of the much-anticipated meeting has not been…
NEW DELHI: Former India all-rounder Abhishek Nayar and former Dutch international Ryan ten Doeschate are set to join the Indian cricket team as assistant coaches during their tour of Sri Lanka, though the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not yet officially confirmed the appointment of new head coach Gautam Gambhir‘s support…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to formally uveil Gautam Gambhir as India’s new head coach at a press conference before the team’s departure for the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka, according to reports. The tour of Sri Lanka is the first assignment for Gambhir since taking over from Rahul…
NEW DELHI: Among the notable absentees from India’s squads for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka is all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who has been crucial to India’s ODI setup for the last decade. Following his recent retirement from T20Is, the new management under head coach Gautam Gambhir is seeking future replacements for the spin all-rounder position…
“The BCCI will continue to monitor player availability and participation in the upcoming domestic cricket season, 2024-25.” This statement included in the BCCI press release on Thursday, which announced India’s T20I and ODI squads for the tour of Sri Lanka, is a clear message to India internationals to remain available for competitions in the domestic…
One angle from where Gautam Gambhir‘s appointment as India’s head coach always looked at was in terms of his strained relations with Virat Kohli; but according to a report in Cricbuzz, Kohli has communicated to the BCCI that he is ready to move on as it is in the best interest of the team and…
NEW DELHI: Flamboyant batsman Suryakumar Yadav was on Thursday named as India’s T20I captain by the Indian cricket board (BCCI) for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka.Though this is not the first time that Surya was named as skipper of the India T20I side, this step marks an important phase in the transition of Indian…
