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Change In Format And Past Performance Would Certainly Give Virat Kohli And Rohit Sharma Confidence: Sanjay Bangar

Former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar on Wednesday reckoned the change in format and their past exploits in ODIs could bring glad tidings for the struggling duo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the series against England and the Champions Trophy. Both Kohli and Rohit have struggled in recent times, including in the Test series against New Zealand at home and in the marquee Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, raising questions about their future in international cricket. While star batter Kohli was dismissed eights times to deliveries outside the off stump in Australia, the Indian captain managed just 31 runs in five innings and decided to drop himself for the final Test in Sydney.

"Breaking Opponent's Back": Hardik Pandya On Virat Kohli's Two Consecutive Sixes To Pakistan's Haris Rauf

Ahead of the ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025, Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya recalled the two maximums slammed by stalwart batter Virat Kohli on the bowling of Pakistan's right-arm seamer Haris Rauf on the last two balls of the penultimate (19th) over during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. Virat Kohli played an unbeaten knock of 82 runs off 53 balls in the match in front of a crowd of 90,000 people. He scored two magnificent sixes on the last two balls of the penultimate over which was bowled by right-arm seamer Haris Rauf and brought the Men in Blue back into the game.

"Success Not Dependent On Pin Code": MS Dhoni Goes Blunt In Special Message For...

Legendary former Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni was a trailblazer in many sense. The former Indian cricket team captain showed the way to many Tier-2, Tier-3 city cricketers that if one has the will, even making it to the Indian cricket team is possible. After MS Dhoni burst on to the scenes in early 2000s, many players from the smaller cities made their way into the Indian cricket team. The trend further increased after the Indian Premier League (IPL) started.

Why Was Karun Nair Not Picked For Champions Trophy? India Vice-Captain Says 'He's Great But Doesn't...'

Karun Nair turned the heads of one and all during the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024/25, slamming a stunning 779 runs in eight innings, including five centuries. The 33-year-old's astonishing performances for Vidarbha even raised the question of whether he should be selected as a wildcard in India's Champions Trophy 2025 squad. However, the impressive form ended up coming too late, as he failed to make the cut for the 15-man squad. India vice-captain Shubman Gill gave his two cents on Karun Nair's non-selection.

After Beating D Gukesh In Chess Final, R Praggnanandhaa Returns Home To Rousing Welcome

Newly-crowned Tata Steel Chess winner R Praggnanandhaa was given a warm reception upon his return home, as hundreds of fans, along with officials from the Tamil Nadu government and the national federation gathered to receive him at the airport on Tuesday. The 19-year-old from Chennai made history on Sunday by defeating reigning World Champion and compatriot D Gukesh to claim his maiden Tata Steel Chess tournament crown, marking the biggest win of his career so far.

Rohit Sharma Missing As New Team India Jersey Launched Ahead Of Champions Trophy. Old 'WFH' Post Viral

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed new ODI jersey for the Indian team on Wednesday, days ahead of the 2025 Champions Trophy. The team will start wearing the jersey from its three-match ODI series against England that kicks off on Thursday in Nagpur. The Board shared a series of pictures on X, featuring players of the Indian cricket team posing in the new jersey. The entire India squad, barring Rohit Sharma, was present in the pictures shared by the BCCI.

India's Predicted XI For 1st ODI vs England: No Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, KL Rahul?

The dress rehearsal for the Champions Trophy starts for the Indian cricket team with the three-ODI series against England. There is a lot of intrigue surrounding the playing XI, especially with big concerns over availability of Jasprit Bumrah (picked for only the third ODI earlier) for the Champions Trophy. Mohammed Shami and Kuldeep Yadav are returning from injury while there is still no clarity over who will be the No. 1 wicketkeeper.

India Star And IPL History-Maker Takes Big Call, To Give Away 10 Per Cent Of Commercial Earnings To...

Team India's mainstay across all formats, Rishabh Pant, has decided to contribute 10% of all his commercial earnings towards the Rishabh Pant Foundation moving forward. The star wicket-keeper batter envisions playing a strategic role in furthering cricketing and non-cricketing causes through this endeavour. Pant, who is gearing up to don an important role for the Men in Blue in the forthcoming Champions Trophy, considers this project close to his heart and will enumerate upon the finer details of the initiative in the coming couple of months.

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Change In Format And Past Performance Would Certainly Give Virat Kohli And Rohit Sharma Confidence: Sanjay Bangar

"Breaking Opponent's Back": Hardik Pandya On Virat Kohli's Two Consecutive Sixes To Pakistan's Haris Rauf

"Success Not Dependent On Pin Code": MS Dhoni Goes Blunt In Special Message For...

Why Was Karun Nair Not Picked For Champions Trophy? India Vice-Captain Says 'He's Great But Doesn't...'

After Beating D Gukesh In Chess Final, R Praggnanandhaa Returns Home To Rousing Welcome

Rohit Sharma Missing As New Team India Jersey Launched Ahead Of Champions Trophy. Old 'WFH' Post Viral

India's Predicted XI For 1st ODI vs England: No Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, KL Rahul?

India Star And IPL History-Maker Takes Big Call, To Give Away 10 Per Cent Of Commercial Earnings To...