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Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma on Thursday said Indian Super League (ISL) has helped the national football team take giant strides at the world stage. Rohit added the Indian team has gained in confidence and backed them to perform well in upcoming tournaments. "They have taken a giant leap in where they are at this moment," he said at an event in Mumbai.
Shikhar Dhawan has been an ever-reliable opening option in the Indian cricket team for long. But in the last year, Dhawan has seen his stakes falling in Indian cricket. He is the captain of the Punjab Kings team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and has performed decently in the league too, but a national team call-up seems to be constantly getting out of reach. Reports had suggested that Dhawan would lead the second-string Indian side that was going to play at the Asian Games but leave alone captaincy, Dhawan was not even picked for the tournament.
Cricket is a game of uncertainties. What one expects may not happen at times with the least expected one taking place. From the result of the game to the performance of a team or a player, it is really hard to be sure about how anything or anyone would fare in a particular game or tournament. However, this feature only makes the game more beautiful. What adds more interest to it is the non-sporting activities that take place around the game. Sometimes it is the reaction of fans or sometimes it is the surprising actions of the players themselves that keep the flavour of the game intact.
The Indian contingent featuring Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy will be taking part in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships draw, which is scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday. The draw will take place from 12:30 PM IST, as per Olympics.com. PV Sindhu, the 16th seed, is the only Indian shuttler part of the 2023 BWF World Championships women's singles competition draw following London 2012 Olympics medalist Saina Nehwal's withdrawal.
With question marks over the fitness of Shreyas Iyer, the number four position in the Indian ODI set-up is up for grabs ahead of the World Cup. Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson are the contenders while R Ashwin thinks rookie batter Tilak Varma can be a good choice at that position. "I would go with Surya at four as he is an experienced player and has been playing international cricket for a while," veteran India Shikhar Dhawan told PTI.
West Indies batting great Brian Lara feels India pacer Umran Malik needs to add variety to his bowling in order to succeed at international level. Umran broke into the Indian side after impressing everyone with his pace during last year's Indian Premier League (IPL) season. He was rewarded with an India call-up, and went on to make his T20I and ODI debuts later that year in June and November, respectively. However, his form massively dipped during this year's IPL, and was even dropped from the team due to the same.
The Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai saw a full house as India hammered arch-rivals Pakistan 4-0 in a round-robin match of the ongoing Asian Champions Trophy. Harmanpreet Singh scored two goals while Jugrag Singh also found the back of the net as India utilised their penalty corners to assert their dominance over Pakistan. In the final quarter, Akashdeep Singh's field goal as India progressed to the semi-final without suffering a defeat.
With both KL Rahul – India's preferred option for No. 5 as wicketkeeper-batter – and Shreyas Iyer on comeback trail, Rohit Sharma has said they will wait and watch how these two players go. "No one is an automatic (selection), even I am not. We have this thing where nobody is guaranteed a spot. We cannot say that 'you are there after all' or things like that," Rohit said.