Rohit Sharma during a training session in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India spin legend Anil Kumble praised captain Rohit Sharma for his leadership in the game’s longest format, highlighting the ‘Hitman’s’ ability to handle the team’s youth and be “proactive” with his resources.Speaking on Jio Cinema, Kumble praised Rohit for his tactical mastery, citing…
Rohit Sharma with a fan. (Video grab) NEW DELHI: As Team India continues its three match T20I series against Bangladesh, Rohit Sharma, the team’s Test and ODI captain, is making waves off the field. The Indian skipper, who is currently on a break following the Test series win against Bangladesh, was spotted in Mumbai during…
India’s victory in the Kanpur Test against Bangladesh, despite two days getting washed out by rain, has not just once again highlighted the team’s skills and invincible nature, but also the fact that Rohit Sharma and his boys know how to stay at the top having reached there. Like many others, former Pakistan captain Ramiz…
Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin. (Photo by Randy Brooks/AFP via Getty Images) ‘If Jaddu plays, I will bat for him all day, all night’KANPUR: Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja don’t just hunt as a spin duo now, they are also a pair of fine allrounders who can more than hold their own with the bat….
Jasprit Bumrah finished with 3/17 at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: With Bangladesh 9 wickets down, India went for the kill. The first session was extended by 30 minutes but the veteran Mushfiqur Rahim was at it again, putting up a frustrating and stubborn resistance.Jasprit…
Ravindra Jadeja (BCCI Photo) Ravindra Jadeja took the last Bangladesh wicket to fall on day four of the second Test to complete his 300 wickets in red-ball cricket.With Bangladesh nine down, India captain Rohit Sharma brought the left-arm spinner into the attack, and he had tailender Khaled Ahmed (0) hit one straight back to him…
Ravindra Jadeja, left, and Rohit Sharma (Getty Images) Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar has raised a question mark over Rohit Sharma not using the services of Ravindra Jadeja against left-handed batsmen early and shared a piece of statistic that, he says, “needs to be shown” to the India captain. On a rain-shortened opening day of…
(Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar minced no words in slamming English media for their persistent criticism of Indian pitches prior to a Test series. The former cricketer expressed his displeasure without holding back his words.While commentating on the first day of the second Test between India and Bangladesh…
India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir and skipper Rohit Sharma inspect the pitch in Kanpur. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket team has not yet finalized its playing XI for the second Test against Bangladesh, which starts on Friday in Kanpur. The decision on the team’s spinners and pacers will depend on the pitch and…
Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill. (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: India will want their big guns, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, to fire when the mighty hosts aim for a clean sweep against a beleaguered Bangladesh in the second and final Test starting here on Friday.The all-round performance of Ravichandran Ashwin, Shubman Gill’s sublime century, Ravindra…
