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India fast-bowler Jasprit Bumrah is expected to be rested for the fourth Test in Ranchi, which will be welcome news for England still recovering from the record defeat in the third Test.
Getting an Indian cricket team cap is the ultimate dream for any cricket from the country. But if getting an India call-up is tough, maintaining the India place is ever harder. Many cricketers have shown promise, yet their international career fizzled out after some time. Manoj Tiwary, who served Bengal for about two decades and represented India in 12 ODIs and three T20Is, is part of that list. The player retired a day after Bengal's final match in the Ranji Trophy this season.
One of the greatest batters of his generation, Virat Kohli, is among a handful of players who play all three formats of the game. The demands of modern-day cricket often take a toll on a player but for Kohli, it's his fitness that has helped him continue to perform in the times of T20 cricket overflow. In an event, famous cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle was asked about the secret behind certain players' ability to navigate through different formats and continue performing.
Former India batter Virender Sehwag has labelled Virat Kohli as the greatest cricketer to ever play the sport. Since making his India debut in 2008, Kohli has carried the weight of Team India's batting across formats. So far, he has payed 117 Tests, 292 ODIs and 113 T20Is, amassing more than 26,000 international runs. The 35-year-old has been often compared to Sachin Tendulkar, while many have suggested that he is the greatest all-format batter of his generation. Last year during the ODI World Cup in India, Kohli broke Tendulkar's record of most ODI centuries.
India captain Rohit Sharma ended his bad run of form with a century on Day 1 of the ongoing third Test against England at the newly renamed Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. Rohit alongwith Ravindra Jadeja, who also scored an unbeaten century, added 204 runs for the fourth wicket after India were reducted to 33/3 by the combination of Mark Wood and Tom Hartley. Rohit had aggregated just 93 runs in the last two Tests, but went past that mark alone in the first innings in Rajkot, slamming 131 in 196.
Former India player Karsan Ghavri on Wednesday slammed the decision to ignore veteran Cheteshwar Pujara for the Test series against England especially with the depleted batting line-up in the absence of Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. A veteran of 103 Tests, the 36-year-old Pujara has been sidelined since the series in the West Indies, with the Indian selectors preferring to look ahead.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah backed India batting talisman Virat Kohli's decision to miss India's ongoing Test series against England, saying he has the right to ask for personal leave. Speaking to reporters in Rajkot on Wednesday at the Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) stadium ahead of India's third Test against England, Shah said that the former India skipper is not someone who would ask for leave for no reason. He added that everyone should trust Kohli and back him. "If a person, for the first time in a 15-year career, asks for personal leave, it's his right. Virat is not a player who will ask for leave for no reason. We need to trust our player and back him," Shah was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.
India's centrally contracted players will have to mandatorily play red-ball cricket in domestic circuit and the BCCI will not tolerate any excuses for the same, said secretary Jay Shah in Rajkot on Wednesday. Interacting with the media on the sidelines of the renaming of the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Shah said the chairman of selectors will be given a free hand to take a call on his own if a player refuses to follow instructions given by the team management.