Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya India’s batting coach Sitanshu Kotick said on Monday that he had not confirmed whether Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya had passed their fitness tests ahead of the ODI series against Afghanistan, but said he had heard that both players were doing well.Rohit and Hardik have been included in the Indian squad…
Excellent batting from South Africa AB de Villiers has backed Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s talent but said he is not sure if the 15-year-old will choose to pursue Red Ball cricket in the future.Speaking at an event in Mumbai on Sunday, de Villiers said Suryavanshi has the skills to succeed in Test cricket but questioned whether the…
Vaibhu Suryavanshi (PTI photo) New Delhi: Indian cricket fans won’t have to wait long to watch the men’s team’s upcoming T20I series in England. In a move aimed at boosting television viewership in India, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has revised the start times for three floodlit T20Is during India’s white-ball tour of…
Shibman Gill and KL Rahul (BCCI Photo) New Delhi: India may have registered the biggest innings victory in their Test history against Afghanistan, but the legendary Sunil Gavaskar He believes that the team’s biggest challenge is not with the ball but with the bat. India beat Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs in the…
Manav Sothar (BCCI Photo) New Delhi: The journey from dreaming of playing Test cricket for India to winning the Player of the Match award on debut could not have been scripted better. The 23-year-old left-arm spinner from Rajasthan donned the baggy blue for the first time, becoming India’s 319th men’s Test cricketer, and made an…
Shibman Gul and Manav Sattar (PTI photo) New Delhi: Indian captain Shabman Gul He described his team’s comprehensive victory against Afghanistan as a near-perfect performance, saying the team had “ticked all the boxes” with a strong performance in the only Test.Declared after taking India to 564 for 8 and then watching his bowlers dismiss Afghanistan…
TimesofIndia.com at Milanpur: “Kya kamal jund nickali hai ayse haat se” (there is magic in his hand whenever the ball leaves him). This is the unanimous observation about Manav Sothar by everyone who has seen him closely, be it a teammate, a coach, a selector or the current Test captain of India. Shabman Gul.“In one…
TimesofIndia.com at Milanpur: India’s batting coach Sitanshu Kotick believes. Rishabh Pant Must continue to play his natural game and dismissed suggestions that the wicket-keeper batsman needed to adjust his approach to match conditions.Kotick said after India’s dominant performance in the one-off Test against Afghanistan, “I don’t think Rishabh should play according to the situation alone….
New Delhi: After the left-arm spinner’s sensational debut as India beat Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs in the one-off Test that put themselves on top of the world, Manav Sathar said the youngster insisted patience and consistency were the keys to success in the longest format.Suther was adjudged man of the match after…
New Delhi: India registered their biggest win in Test cricket by defeating Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs on the third day of the one-off Test at New Chandigarh on Monday.The win eclipsed India’s previous biggest Test victory margin (ins and 272 runs vs WI, Rajkot, 2018) and was set up by a strong…