KL Rahul. (Pic Credit – X) MUMBAI: India batter KL Rahul is set to be rested from the eight-match white-ball series against England at home, comprising five T20Is and three ODIs, which will kick off from January 22 with the first T20I in Kolkata, TOI has learnt.However, Rahul, who plays in the middle order and…
India’s last ODI assignment was against Sri Lanka in August 2024. (PTI photo) After the debacle in Test matches in the last two series – losing to New Zealand and Australia – India shift their attention to limited overs cricket. India play five T20Is and three ODIs against England starting 22 January until 12 February….
Mohammed Shami (Photo Source: X) Mohammed Shami‘s latest audition for an India combeback in Bengal‘s preliminary quarterfinal against Haryana in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Thursday should make a case for his return to national colours as he led the bowling chart for his team. After Bengal opted to bowl first at the Moti Bagh…
File image of Mohammed Shami (ANI Photo) All eyes will be on the Vijay Hazare quarterfinals on Thursday with focus on Mohammed Shami‘s performance as India wait for its premier fast bowler to hit peak form for a possible return to India squad for the Champions Trophy after a long injury layoff.Shami will hope to…
It’s been reported that Gautam Gambhir doesn’t agree with the majority of the team’s players. (Photo by William West/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The role of head coach Gautam Gambhir and his support staff in managing a squad in transition has also come into attention as Indian cricket struggles with the declining performance of…
Babar Azam and Virat Kohli NEW DELHI: Recently retired Pakistan quick Mohammad Amir says Indian superstar Virat Kohli is the greatest ‘player of this generation’ and his comparisons with the likes of Babar Azam, Joe Root and Steve Smith make him laugh. Kohli, who retired from the shortest format after India’s win in the 2024…
File photo of the Champions Trophy. NEW DELHI: There seems to be no progress in the Champions Trophy deadlock as the meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Board, which was supposed to take place today in Dubai, has been postponed again. It is understood that it will be reconvened in the coming days.Even the…
The 2025 Champions Trophy is scheduled to take place in February in Pakistan. As the cricket fraternity awaits a decision on the hosting of the Champions Trophy and the International Cricket Council (ICC) mulls a meeting of board members to take a general overall view on the matter, what lies central to the plot is…
Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan and India skipper Rohit Sharma In a fresh impasse related to the hosting of the Champions Trophy, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has strongly opposed the Pakistan Cricket Board‘s (PCB) conditional agreement to a hybrid model for the tournament in February-March next year, according to a report…
NEW DELHI: After a month of backand-forth discussions on the ICC Champions Trophy venue, hosts Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday climbed down to agreeing to a hybrid model in which India will play their matches in Dubai in Feb-March. However, TOI understands that the PCB has put across a few demands before the International…
