All eyes on India-Pak match at the moment: ‘Hype outdoors, normal inside’

THE FIRST query to Pakistan captain Babar Azam on the press convention forward of the India-Pakistan encounter on Sunday was seemingly innocent: “Dubai mein garmi zyada hain kya (Is it highly regarded in Dubai)?” Babar promptly replied: “Garmi toh hain (It is scorching)”. He then paused, seeming to understand the loaded undertone of the query, … Read more

We bat deep and weren’t nervous: KL Rahul on India’s top-order wobble against Zimbabwe

India’s prime order wobbled a bit whereas chasing a small complete however captain KL Rahul mentioned his facet was not nervous because it notched up a complete five-wicket win over Zimbabwe within the second ODI to clinch the sequence with one match remaining right here on Saturday. Chasing 162 to win, India had been 97 … Read more

Big WT20 Query: If Rahul opens, Kohli plays at No. 3, who to drop from middle order?

Even one 12 months again it was past creativeness that Virat Kohli’s place within the Indian crew might be questioned. Kohli is match and obtainable however maybe for the primary time in a decade, the previous India captain’s presence within the taking part in eleven might be a degree of dialogue within the cricketing circle. … Read more

We want to create our bench energy: Rohit Sharma

With cricket being performed around the yr, India captain Rohit Sharma feels having a strong bench energy is paramount, and the group is striving to construct one with an eye fixed on the long run. Since their shock group-stage elimination within the final T20 World Cup, India have been experimenting with their squads, with harm … Read more

Paddy Upton, mental conditioning coach during India’s triumph at 2011 world-cup, to work with Indian team again

BCCI has roped in Paddy Upton because the Indian team’s mental conditioning coach, this paper has learnt. Upton, 53, will begin working instantly, from the upcoming five-match T20I collection towards the West Indies that commences in Tarouba from Friday. The mental conditioning skilled has already reached the Caribbean to be part of the team and … Read more

Sarfaraz Khan: ‘Play in hope of getting better each day; luck will decide when I make it to India workforce’

Sarfaraz Khan, 24, the main runscorer in this yr’s Ranji season, talks about his dream run with the bat, which noticed him rating 936 runs in six video games, his relationship along with his father Naushad, who can be his coach, mentor and warden, and his dream of making it to the Indian cricket workforce. … Read more

From flooding Ganguly's room to recommending him for vice captaincy: Tendulkar recollects old memories

For three and a half many years, Sachin Tendulkar has seen Sourav Ganguly in varied avatars — a precocious teenager, a gifted India contender, a trendy batter, a pacesetter and a busy administrator.

Captain Kohli made the team in his image

Virat Kohli’s last Test as captain, in Cape Town, had moments that both endeared and repulsed him as a leader. He was vociferous, expressive, combative, animated, and at times, loud and brash. But, how much one likes or dislikes him, deifies or defies him, one can’t miss his energy, the unstoppable flow of a contagious … Read more