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NEW DELHI : India head coach Gautam Gambhir personally believes the country should not play any cricket with Pakistan, not even in neutral venues, after a deadly Islamist militant attack in Indian Kashmir last month.
Singer Rahul Vaidya found himself in the middle of a controversy after calling Indian cricket team star batter Virat Kohli a 'joker'. Vaidya took to social media to comment on the episode concerning Virat and actress Avneet Kaur and following backlash from Kohli fans, he posted - “Virat Kohli's fans are even bigger jokers than Virat!” In a video on social media, paparazzi was heard asking Vaidya about the controversy and he responded - " Main bhi Virat Kohli ke fan hoon yaar. Maine koi pagal nahi bola hai, joker bola hai (I'm also a fan of Virat Kohli, man. I didn't call him crazy, I called him a joker),"
"Fearless in unity. Boundless in strength," said cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar as he led India's sporting fraternity in lauding 'Operation Sindoor' to destroy terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan. The Indian armed forces, in the early hours of Wednesday, launched precision missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, including the strongholds of Jaish-e-Mohammed in Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba in Muridke. The strikes were in retaliation to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were gunned down.
Indian cricket team star batter Virat Kohli opened up about his 'special' relationship with childhood friend and former India teammate Ishant Sharma. Virat and Ishant played together from age group cricket and then became teammates both in domestic and international cricket. Ishant made his international debut first and one year later, Virat also followed suit. In the latest episode of the RCB podcast 'Bold and Beyond', Virat spoke about a variety of issues and said that when it comes to Ishant, he can share everything with him without any judgement. "Ishant is someone I naturally connected with, from Day 1, absolutely nothing has changed, regardless of whether we play together or we don't play together - I can absolutely share everything with him, without any judgement, with complete understanding and complete empathy. So he is very special individual in my life," Kohli said in the podcast.
Former India chief selector MSK Prasad feels the presence of Arshdeep Singh, Sai Sudharsan and Kuldeep Yadav is a must in the squad for the five-match Test series in England beginning June 20. In a recent interview, former India head coach Ravi Shastri too had thrown his weight behind Sudharsan, who is in the middle of a stellar IPL and has experience of playing county cricket. Speaking to PTI, Prasad, who was in charge of selection committee from 2016 to 2020, also gave his reasons on why Arshdeep and Kuldeep have to be there in the squad. He would have the in-form Prasidh Krishna over Akash Deep among the five pacers to be picked in case the selectors pick a 15-man squad to be announced in the middle of May. Following the retirement of R Ashwin, Washingston Sundar will be his spin bowling all-rounder alongside Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep who the former chief selector sees as a genuine wicket-taker even in pace friendly English conditions.
Virat Kohli idolides Sachin Tendulkar, and it isn't a secret. Over the years, many stories have been shared on social media about Virat aspiring to be the next Sachin Tendulkar. Kohli himself has shared a few such stories, revealed how he idolised the Master Blaster growing up and wanted to become like him when he grew up. When Kohli scored his 50th ODI ton, he went past Tendulkar's record and bowed in front of him inside the stadium, dedicating the performance to the 'God of Cricket'.
As most Indians slept peacefully in their homes, the Indian Army was wide awake — planning and executing a precise and powerful military operation that would echo across the borders. #OperationSindoor." The aftermath of the precision strikes by the Indian armed forces in terror installations in Pakistan has ignited a wave of nationalistic pride across the country, with #OperationSindoor and #JaiHind dominating social media. The Indian sports fraternity too rose in unison to hail the armed forces for the air strikes.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season, currently scheduled to go on till May 25, will continue normally, a Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) source told ANI on Wednesday. This follows the development this morning after the successful execution of Operation Sindoor by the Indian Armed Forces and tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22. The source told ANI that the current circumstances will not have any effect on the IPL scheduling and matches, and it will go on as scheduled. In 'Operation Sindoor' India's armed forces utilised special precision munitions to destroy nine terror targets in Pakistan and PoK in a coordinated strike.