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KL Rahul, who was supposed to lead India in the upcoming five-match T20I series against South Africa, has been ruled out due to an injury, BCCI informed through a tweet on Wednesday. Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav has also been ruled out of the series owing to injury. Wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant is going to lead India in the series now. Hardik Pandya has been appointed vice-captain.
Pacer Mohammed Siraj feels that he needs to work on his consistency before featuring in India's fifth Test against England. India will be squaring off against England for the fifth and final Test of the five-match series on July 1, which earlier got postponed in September 2021 due to COVID-19.
Hardik Pandya impressed one and all in the manner in which he took to captaincy, leading his team, Gujarat Titans, to the IPL 2022 title in their maiden season. Hardik in fact is being seen as a potential future Team India captain. Gujarat Titans thrashed Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets in the IPL final on Sunday, with Pandya taking three wickets and scoring 34 runs.
Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has suggested that bilateral T20 series between countries are done away with and international matches in the shortest format restricted to World Cups every two years to create a bigger window for franchise tournaments like the Indian Premier League (IPL). Shastri, who was India's coach for 2021 T20 World Cup, claimed that "no one remembers" bilateral tournaments. He suggested that cricket go the football way, where club competitions are more prevalent and international matches largely played in big tournaments like the World Cup.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma had an underwhelming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season as he was not able to register even a single half-century. The right-handed batter ended the season with 268 runs in 14 games with his highest score being 48. For the entire season, Rohit averaged just 19.14. Former Team India coach Ravi Shastri feels Rohit does not need a break and he explained his reasons behind it.
Umran Malik, who's rocked the Indian Premier League with his thunderbolts, has earned a much-anticipated call-up to the Indian team for the five-match T20I series against South Africa, which will kick off on June 9 in Delhi. Malik, 22, son of a fruit seller in Jammu, has been generating fearsome pace above 150kmph on a regular basis. His hostile spells for Sunrisers Hyderabad have had batsman hopping, fans cheering and pundits calling for his inclusion in Team India. All-time great Dale Steyn, who's mentoring Malik at SRH, hailed him as a superstar in the making.
After they turned Rahul Dravid into "Indiranagar ka gunda" and then showed us glimpses of the "Venkaboys", credit card bill payment app Cred's latest ad has showcased Ravi Shastri in brand new avatar - a party animal. The hilarious video starts with the former Team India head coach starting off with Shah Rukh Khan's famous "70 minutes" speech from 'Chak de! India" to a team of players, but with a twist. "70 minutes. You have just 70 minutes and then, Happy Hours are over," he exclaims before giving a war cry of "Let's party!"
Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri was his vibrant self on Friday as he tweeted two dapper pictures of himself in which he can be sporting a flashy jacket. The pictures were full of swag, but he did not stop there as the captions along with the pictures were just as cool. Shastri can also be seen donning flashy shades and in the first picture, he has his hands raised.