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On Buzz Around Virat Kohli's Overseas Test Ton Drought, Rohit Sharma Mentions Irritating 'Outside' Noise

India captain Rohit Sharma has been outspoken about how the team's leadership and players ignore "outside noise" and when questioned about Virat Kohli's test performance, he responded in the same way. India will take on West Indies in the opening ODI of three-match series here at Kensington Oval on Thursday. After nearly five years of overseas Test century drought, Kohli scored a century in the second Test in Trinidad.

Yashasvi Jaiswal Climbs 11 Spots, Rohit Sharma 9th In ICC Test Rankings

Young Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his ascent in the ICC Test rankings, rising 11 places to 63rd while his skipper Rohit Sharma inched up to ninth among batters in the latest list released on Wednesday. Scores of 57 and 38 in the drawn second Test against the West Indies in Port of Spain have catapulted 21-year-old Jaiswal in the batters list as he now has 466 points. Rohit, who had scores of 80 and 57 in second Test, continued to remain the highest-ranked Indian Test batter. He has 759 point and is tied on the ninth place with his Sri Lankan counter part Dimuth Karunaratne.

Virat Kohli Once Apologised Thrice To Zaheer Khan During One Game. Ishant Sharma Reveals Why

Indian bowler Ishant Sharma revealed that the Indian batter Virat Kohli's dropped catch was the reason why India's former pacer Zaheer Khan could not play 100 Test matches for India. On JioCinema's expert panel discussion, Ishant Sharma shared an interesting story about how a dropped catch from Virat Kohli against New Zealand in the second Test match in February 2014 led to Khan jokingly declaring his career was over. Notably, Zaheer announced his retirement from international cricket after this match where Virat dropped the catch of Brendon McCullum who went on to score 300 runs. New Zealand declared the second innings after scoring 680/8d in Wellington.

What Virat Kohli Brings To Indian Test Team, Skipper Rohit Sharma Sums Up

Despite having an upper hand in the game, Team India failed to clinch a victory in the second Test against West Indies as the final day of the match got washed out due to rain. Asked to bat first, the Rohit Sharma-led side posted a total of 438 and then bundled out the hosts for 255. Later in the second innings, the visitors declared at 181/2 on Day four to set the West Indies an imposing target of 365 runs to win the match. Fiery half-centuries from skipper Rohit Sharma and wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan helped India to post a huge total.

Virat Kohli 7th Most Influential Star On Instagram Above Kim Kardashian, Zendaya

Virat Kohli is currently the third most influential athlete on social media platform Instagram behind football superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. According to HypeAuditor, the former Indian cricket team skipper has 255.6 million followers with his average engagement on the app varying between 4.1 million to 4.5 million per day. Overall, Kohli is seventh in the list ahead of well-known celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Hollywood actress Zendeya. When it comes to total number of followers, Ronaldo tops the list with 597.5 million but with respect to engagement and influence, the report claimed that the top spot belonged to renowned singer-songwriter Selena Gomez.

Shikhar Dhawan Returns, No Place For Yuzvendra Chahal: Ex-India Star's Picks For ICC World Cup 2023 Squad

Former India opener Wasim Jaffer believes that Shikhar Dhawan could be a good addition for the ICC World Cup 2023 but excluded spinner Yuzvendra Chahal while picking the likely squad for the tournament. Jaffer also included KL Rahul and Sanju Samson as his wicket-keeping options but Ishan Kishan was missing from his list. In the bowling department, Jaffer picked three spinners but all of them were left-arm options with Kuldeep Yadav potentially making a comeback in his selected squad. India will play their first game of the competition against Australia on October 8 in Chennai.

"Virat Bhaiya Ran Up And Hugged Me": Mukesh Kumar On Taking Maiden Test Wicket

Having watched Virat Kohli's on-field exploits with awe all these years, it was a surreal feeling for Mukesh Kumar when the former Indian captain rushed to hug him after the Bengal seamer got his maiden Test wicket. Making his Test debut a few months before his 30th birthday, the man from Bihar's Gopalganj is a late bloomer and has had to come up the ranks proving his mettle right from Bengal U-23 to India A in last seven years. "When I got the wicket, Virat bhaiya ran up and hugged me. I was in a different world. The man I have watched all these years on TV and looked up to is hugging you. It felt great," a beaming Mukesh told his senior pace bowling partner (younger in age though) Mohammed Siraj in an interaction for BCCI.TV.

What Virat Kohli Told Ishan Kishan Before Giving His No. 4 Spot On Day 4 Of 2nd Test

After smashing a half-century against West Indies in the second Test, Indian wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan said that Virat Kohli backed him to bat at number four and play his natural game, adding that Rishabh Pant also helped him out with his bat positioning at the National Cricket Academy (NCA). India set a massive total of 365 runs for West Indies to win the ongoing second Test, and Windies lost two wickets in the final session of day four in Port of Spain on Monday.

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On Buzz Around Virat Kohli's Overseas Test Ton Drought, Rohit Sharma Mentions Irritating 'Outside' Noise

Yashasvi Jaiswal Climbs 11 Spots, Rohit Sharma 9th In ICC Test Rankings

Virat Kohli Once Apologised Thrice To Zaheer Khan During One Game. Ishant Sharma Reveals Why

What Virat Kohli Brings To Indian Test Team, Skipper Rohit Sharma Sums Up

Virat Kohli 7th Most Influential Star On Instagram Above Kim Kardashian, Zendaya

Shikhar Dhawan Returns, No Place For Yuzvendra Chahal: Ex-India Star's Picks For ICC World Cup 2023 Squad

"Virat Bhaiya Ran Up And Hugged Me": Mukesh Kumar On Taking Maiden Test Wicket

What Virat Kohli Told Ishan Kishan Before Giving His No. 4 Spot On Day 4 Of 2nd Test