The Indian selectors are yet to announce the squad for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023 or the provisional team for the ODI Cricket World Cup 2023. One of the headaches for the Indian team in limited-overs matches is absence of quality all-rounders if Ravindra Jadeja in missing from the line-up. The Indian batting was…
Former Pakistan pacer Sarfaraz Nawaz finds the Babar Azam-led side a more stable unit than India as the arch-rivals have not been able to “work out” their combinations going into the Asia Cup and subsequent ODI World Cup. India will go into the Asia Cup, starting August 31, without finalising their middle-order. The blockbuster clash…
Former Australian captain Aaron Finch recently discussed his weakness against Indian swing bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar and said he tried his best to overcome Kumar, but to no avail. For those unfamiliar, Kumar dismissed Finch four times in ODIs in 2019. In those four games, the right-handed batsman just scored 6, 6, 14, and a…
The Asia Cup 2023 will be played from August 30 to September 17 in Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Team India is yet to finalise their squad while Pakistan have already announced the 17-man team for the tournament. The marquee game of Asia Cup will be played between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on September 2 at…
Skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday said India are “desperate” to break their ICC trophy drought in the upcoming World Cup and are armed with “inner “confidence” and “self-belief” to win the title. India have gone without a trophy in ICC events for a decade now, with their last major win coming in the Champions Trophy…
With ODI World Cup 2023 just two months away, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been sidelined from India’s T20 side with Hardik Pandya leading the pack of the Men in Blue. With key men such as KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer unavailable in the lead-up to the World Cup, Rohit said he is scared…
Northampton: Fresh from scoring his second double hundred in List A cricket, out-of-favour India opener Prithvi Shaw has asserted that he is currently not thinking about his future in the national team and just wants to enjoy his stint in county cricket. At his fluent best, Shaw smashed 244 off 153 deliveries to fashion Northamptonshire’s…
Premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has urged the national selectors and team management to show faith in talented Tilak Varma and include him in the World Cup squad as he could possibly be the answer to India’s middle-order woes with multiple batters still recovering from injuries. There is a strong buzz that in case Shreyas…
As the hosts chose to bat first at the Providence Stadium in Guyana on Tuesday with an eye towards winning the match, both teams made their respective adjustments for the third Twenty20 International of the five-game series between India and West Indies. India made two changes for the match that needed to be won and…