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Gautam Gambhir Changing Rahul Dravid-Era 'Pitch' Tactic Led To New Zealand Defeat? Report Says...

The Indian cricket team has faced a lot of criticism after suffering a 0-3 whitewash against New Zealand in the recently-concluded Test series. The Rohit Sharma-led side was completely outplayed by the visitors and the humiliating results have also put head coach Gautam Gambhir in an uncomfortable position. According to a report, the BCCI will be discussing the series loss in detail and one of the topics will be the pitches used in Pune and Mumbai. During the tenure of Rahul Dravid as head coach, India decided to stop making rank turners in home Tests. However, Gambhir reportedly went back to the tactic despite resistance from part of the team management and India ended up losing both games.

Rowing-New Zealand's Williams calls time on decorated career

New Zealand's most successful female rower Kerri Williams announced her retirement on Monday, the sport's national governing body said, months after she claimed bronze in the coxless four at the Paris Games.

Munster not for Holland 'at this stage' with focus on awesome job with All Blacks

Former Munster centre Jason Holland, who had previously expressed an interest in returning to the province in a coaching capacity, has ruled himself out of contention for the vacant head coach position.

"No One Should Be Surprised...": Kevin Pietersen's Brutal Take On India-New Zealand Series Outcome

Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen recently took to X to express his concerns about the declining quality of batting techniques in Test cricket. Pietersen highlighted the shift in focus towards aggressive, boundary-centric play, which he believes has led to a deterioration in traditional batting skills. "No one should be surprised by the lack of batting application and technique in Test Match cricket. Cricket is a 'smackers' game now and there is a disintegration of Test Match batting skill in the game. When it comes to playing spin, the only way, spend time playing against it for hours and hours and hours. There's no quick remedy!" Pietersen tweeted.

"No One Has Done It": New Zealand Great Ross Taylor On 3-0 Series Whitewash vs India

Former captain Daniel Vettori termed New Zealand's 3-0 Test series win on Indian soil as his country's greatest achievement while ex-batter Ross Taylor said he did not think of a clean sweep even "in our wildest dreams". India suffered a humiliating series whitewash after losing the third match by 25 runs to New Zealand in Mumbai on Sunday, the first time in their Test history, which goes back to 1933. New Zealand had come to India after being thrashed 0-2 by a Sri Lankan team that is in transition. The Black Caps were also without their biggest batting star, Kane Williamson, thanks to injury.

First Time Since 1969: Rohit Sharma Registers Unwanted Record With 0-3 Series Loss

India captain Rohit Sharma, on Sunday, went down in the history books for multiple wrong reasons. As New Zealand completed a 3-0 Test series sweep against India, winning the final match in Mumbai, Rohit became the first India captain to have suffered a clean sweep in a 3-match series at home. But, that isn't all, the India captain added another big 'unwanted first' to his tally as the first captain to have lost 4 Test matches at home in a single calendar year.

"Good Captain, Good Man": Rohit Sharma's New Zealand Counterpart Given The Highest Praise

New Zealand's (NZ) historic 3-0 series whitewash against India has been met with high praise, particularly for the leadership of new captain Tom Latham. Former New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond commended Latham's captaincy, crediting both his individual performance and the foundation laid by former captain Tim Southee. "Great start to your captaincy reign! I think you've got to pay some credit to Tim Southee, who was magnanimous enough to step down and say, 'look, it's someone else's time', and Tom would have reaped the rewards of a lot of the work that Tim's done over the last few years. But I know Latham's a very good captain, good man, and good leader. I thought the innings he played in the Pune Test was the best innings I've seen him play, leading from the front," Bond said, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.

Virat Kohli Last Played Ranji Trophy In 2012, Sachin Tendulkar In 2013: Stat Gets More Glaring After NZ Loss

The gruelling Test tour of South Africa had finished in early January of 2007 and towards the end of that month, India were playing West Indies in a bilateral ODI series as a tune-up to the 50-over World Cup set to be played in the Caribbean in a month and a half's time. India played four ODIs on January 21, 24, 27 and 31 at Nagpur, Chennai, Cuttack and Vadodara. On February 1, four members of that team -- Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar and Sourav Ganguly were all taking a flight from Vadodara to Mumbai.

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Gautam Gambhir Changing Rahul Dravid-Era 'Pitch' Tactic Led To New Zealand Defeat? Report Says...

Rowing-New Zealand's Williams calls time on decorated career

Munster not for Holland 'at this stage' with focus on awesome job with All Blacks

"No One Should Be Surprised...": Kevin Pietersen's Brutal Take On India-New Zealand Series Outcome

"No One Has Done It": New Zealand Great Ross Taylor On 3-0 Series Whitewash vs India

First Time Since 1969: Rohit Sharma Registers Unwanted Record With 0-3 Series Loss

"Good Captain, Good Man": Rohit Sharma's New Zealand Counterpart Given The Highest Praise

Virat Kohli Last Played Ranji Trophy In 2012, Sachin Tendulkar In 2013: Stat Gets More Glaring After NZ Loss