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India all-rounder Hardik Pandya is all geared up to lead the Gujarat Titans in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). This will be Hardik's first assignment as the leader of an IPL franchise and cricket enthusiasts will be eager to know whether he is able to live up to the expectations. IPL 2022 will begin on March 26 but Gujarat Titans will play their first match on March 28.
Virat Kohli nowadays looks "stress free" without the burden of captaincy weighing him down, a dangerous sign for the opposition teams in the upcoming IPL, feels Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate Glenn Maxwell. Kohli, who relinquished RCB captaincy after last year's IPL, also stepped down from T20I and Test captaincy while being replaced by Rohit Sharma in the ODI leadership role. Maxewll feels that Kohli now is no longer the "in-your face" aggressive cricketer that he used to be and that has been pleasantly surprising.
Pakistan's former Test pacer and acclaimed coach Aaqib Javed wants PCB to pick brains of Indian curators, who have been regularly preparing "turners" in their own backyard. Javed's comments came after Pakistan managed to pull off a thrilling draw in the second Test in Karachi against Australia by batting 171.4 overs in the fourth innings. The pitches in Rawalpindi and Karachi have come under heavy criticism for producing lifeless tracks. The pitch for the first Test was rated as "below average" by ICC.
Virat Kohli nowadays looks "stress free" without the burden of captaincy weighing him down, a dangerous sign for the opposition teams in the upcoming IPL, feels Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate Glenn Maxwell. Kohli, who relinquished RCB captaincy after last year's IPL, has also resigned from T20 and Test captaincy while being removed from the ODI leadership role.
Lately, Shikhar Dhawan's position as an opener in the India's limited-overs setup, especially in T20Is, has not been permanent. The swashbuckling batter did not find a spot in India's T20 World Cup squad last year. The left-hander has managed to hold on to his place in the ODI set-up but has not featured in a T20I since July last year. Speaking to NDTV, Dhawan stated that the decision to include him in the squad rests on the selectors. "If you perform well, the doors are always open. The call lies with selectors, I am enjoying my journey. I have been performing well and I am enjoying my cricket", he said on the sidelines of the launch of Shikhar Dhawan Foundation.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya might be sitting on the sidelines when it comes to Team India due to injury troubles but the maverick player is all ready to lead Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. All eyes would be on Hardik on how he dons the captaincy hat and ahead of the competition, he has given a sneak peek into what he would bring to the table as a leader.
Man of the series Rishabh Pant showed against Sri Lanka that he had improved his glovework by leaps & bounds to add to his considerable batting skillsThere is an advertisement featuring India keeper-bat Rishabh Pant that shows him speaking about his reverence for former India skipper MS Dhoni and how he used to cut out his pictures from newspapers and magazines and store them without knowing that one day, he and Dhoni would appear in the same photograph. It's quite a symbolic ad. Every aspiring young Indian keeper-batsman in the last decade wanted to be MS Dhoni. Pant was no different. It proved to be quite a heavy cross to carry though. Pant felt it on his home ground at the Ferozeshah Kotla in New Delhi in an ODI vs Australia in 2019 where he fluffed chances and messed up on DRS calls and heard the crowd chant "Dhoni, Dhoni". It was a rude message about what the fans thought of his skills, especially with the gloves.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) summoned former ICC Academy head curator Toby Lumsden to oversee the preparations for the final game at Gaddafi Stadium starting Monday. In the two Tests so far, eight centuries have been scored -- six by Pakistani batters and two by Australia in Karachi. Both games have produced over 2300 runs with 14 wickets falling in Pindi and 28 in Karachi.