NEW DELHI: India assistant coach Abhishek Nayar is now on a sticky wicket as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has added Sitanshu Kotak to the support staff as a batting coach. The Indian cricket board didn’t have a “batting coach” under head coach Gautam Gambhir but Nayar is understood to have…
File photo of Gautam Gambhir (L) and VVS Laxman (R). (Image: AP/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The idea to appoint separate coaches for white-ball and Test cricket is not new. It’s been given a shot by teams — proved effective for some, like England, and blew up in the face for some, like Pakistan. It’s never…
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. (Photo by Patrick hamilton/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: As India lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have come in for heavy criticism from critics and fans.Both Rohit and Virat are having a lean run with the bat and though Virat hit a hundred…
LONE FURROW: Over-reliance on Jasprit Bumrah led to his breakdown in Sydney, preventing him from playing a part as India failed to draw the series. (Photo by Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images) Among all other things, India paid a heavy price for its conservative approach of lengthening the batting line-up by including allroundersSYDNEY: There is…
Gautam Gambhir and Abhishek Nayar. (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Not just the team, but the entire coaching staff is also to be blamed for the 1-3 series defeat against Australia, according to cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar.As India crashed to a six-wicket defeat in Sydney on Sunday, the Aussies not only reclaimed the coveted Border-Gavaskar Trophy…
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. (Photo by William West/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, two struggling players, still have the desire to succeed and will choose their Test futures with the team’s best interests in mind, according to India head coach Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir made his remarks on the two…
India head coach Gautam Gambhir looks on during an India Test Squad training session at Optus Stadium in Perth. (Getty Images) Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir has flown back home from Australia due to a ‘personal emergency.’ However, Gambhir will re-join the team in Australia ahead of the pink-ball Test that starts on December…
NEW DELHI: Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir, while addressing the media in Mumbai on Monday, ahead of the team’s departure to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, slammed former Australia captain Ricky Ponting for his comments on India stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.Ponting had expressed his concern on the form of both Virat Kohli…
NEW DELHI: Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir said that every player has a duty to the team and does not want to place the entire blame for the defeat against the visiting New Zealand squad on the batters. After losing the second Test by 113 runs in Pune on October 26, India fell to…
Virat Kohli during the Indian team’s practice session at the MCA stadium in Gahunje on Wednesday. (Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images) With big points at stake in the WTC cycle, teams prefer to die by the swordPUNE: Idealism and modern cricket don’t go hand in hand.Those who have bought season tickets for the…
