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India Captain Rohit Sharma To Visit Pakistan Ahead Of Champions Trophy, Report Explains Reason

Although India will play its Champions Trophy matches at a neutral venue, the team captain is expected to visit the host nation Pakistan to attend the opening ceremony of the prestigious event, which is making a return after an eight-year hiatus, sources said. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is planning a grand opening ceremony of the Champions Trophy, tentatively scheduled for February 16 or 17, subject warm-up match itinerary. All team captains are to take part in the opening ceremony, which is a standard practice for ICC events.

Gautam Gambhir, Ajit Agarkar Blasted For Ignoring T20 World Cup-Winner: "Suddenly Disappeared..."

Former India batter Aakash Chopra has questioned the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee over the absence of all-rounder Shivam Dube from the squad for the upcoming T20I series against England. Dube, who was part of the T20 World Cup-winning side last year, has fallen out of favour under the regime of head coach Gautam Gambhir and chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar. Dube travelled to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka for the T20I series after the World Cup triumph but was ignored for the subsequent home series against Bangladesh, as well as the away tour of South Africa.

"Gautam Gambhir Wants To End...": Tiff With Seniors Out In The Open, Says Report. BCCI To Evaluate Contract After...

Gautam Gambhir's position as head coach will be "revaluated" on the basis of India's Champions Trophy performance next month amid concerns that there is discontent in the dressing room due to his push to end the long-prevalent "superstar culture" in the team. Since Gambhir took over in July last year, the Indian team has lost six out of 10 Tests and also a bilateral ODI series in Sri Lanka.

BCCI Sent Message Against Gautam Gambhir, Legend's Name Proposed As Test Coach

Is Gautam Gambhir being taken seriously by the Indian cricket team members? Former England spinner Monty Panesar has raised an important question as Team India deals with the after-effects of the 3-1 drubbing by Australia in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Since Gautam Gambhir became the Indian cricket team head coach, the side lost an ODI series in Sri Lanka and also got clean-sweeped by New Zealand at home in a Test series.

"Shocker": BCCI Ecosystem Slammed As Batter, With 664 Average, Continues To Be Ignored

Out-of-favour India batter Karun Nair is currently wreaking havoc in domestic cricket. Exploiting his terrific run of form, the right-handed batter slammed his fourth successive hundred, fifth in total of this edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, as Vidarbha outclassed Rajasthan by nine wickets to move into the semifinals of the premier domestic 50-over tournament. Karun continued his red-hot form in this iteration of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, striking his fifth hundred overall - a whirlwind unbeaten 82-ball 122 with the help of 13 fours and five sixes. This was also his fourth successive ton in the last five innings.

Ex-India Coach Accused Of 'Leaking Information', Found 'Resistance From Seniors', Did Not Respect Indian Culture

In the history of ODI World Cups, rarely has an edition turned out to be as poor as the 2007 edition in West Indies. India were the runners-up of the 2003 edition and were expected to do well in 2007 too. However, what happened was exact opposite. India could not go past the initial stage from a group that had Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bermuda. India could win only one game against Bermuda and were knocked out. Greg Chappell was the coach in that edition and former India player Robin Uthappa said that the environment of the team was not not good.

Kho Kho World Cup: Teams, Groups, Format And All You Need To Know

The inaugural edition of Kho Kho World Cup is set to be played from January 13 to 19 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in India. The tournament will see participation from 39 teams in the men and women's categories. A potentially exciting match between India and Nepal in the men's section will set the ball rolling for the tournament. The men's competition features 20 teams divided into four groups while the women's segment has 19 teams put into four sections.

South Africa Announce Squad For Champions Trophy, Include Veteran Pacers

South Africa on Monday included Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje in the Temba Bavuma-led squad for next month's Champions Trophy after the pacers recovered sufficiently from their respective injuries. Nortje sustained an injury on his big toe last month which ruled him out of the series against Pakistan while a groin strain in November forced Ngidi to miss the series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. South Africa, the semifinalists of the 2023 ODI World Cup, are placed in group B of the Champions Trophy. They will start their campaign against Afghanistan in Karachi on February 21 before meeting Australia in Rawalpindi on February 25 and their final group game is against England on March 1.

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India Captain Rohit Sharma To Visit Pakistan Ahead Of Champions Trophy, Report Explains Reason

Gautam Gambhir, Ajit Agarkar Blasted For Ignoring T20 World Cup-Winner: "Suddenly Disappeared..."

"Gautam Gambhir Wants To End...": Tiff With Seniors Out In The Open, Says Report. BCCI To Evaluate Contract After...

BCCI Sent Message Against Gautam Gambhir, Legend's Name Proposed As Test Coach

"Shocker": BCCI Ecosystem Slammed As Batter, With 664 Average, Continues To Be Ignored

Ex-India Coach Accused Of 'Leaking Information', Found 'Resistance From Seniors', Did Not Respect Indian Culture

Kho Kho World Cup: Teams, Groups, Format And All You Need To Know

South Africa Announce Squad For Champions Trophy, Include Veteran Pacers