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Rishabh Pant wants to get his name etched in record books forever, he should strive to play 100 Test matches for the country, one of India's greatest long format match-winners Virender Sehwag said on Friday. Sehwag, the country's only cricketer to have struck two triple hundreds in Test cricket, is among the 11 Indians to have played 100 plus Tests and scored over 8500 runs.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag remains one of the best opening batters to play for the national team. His attacking mindset set him apart from the others. The Delhi batter has two triple-centuries to his name in the longest format. however, there was a period when Sehwag was out-of-favour from the selectors. He was even dropped during the 2007 season. However, he made a comeback in the 2007-08 India-Australia series. He has now revealed how then skipper Anil Kumble helped him.
Umran Malik, the SunRisers Hyderabad pacer, got justly rewarded for his superb performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 with a call-up to the Indian cricket squad for the upcoming five-T20I series against South Africa at home. Umran finished the league stage of the IPL 2022 as the fourth-highest wicket-taker with 22 scalps in 14 games. The 22-year-old express fast bowler has startled all with his pace, often touching 150-plus kmph on the speed gun. With a selection in the Indian team, Umran's progress will be closely watched, especially with the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia in five months' time.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 is reaching its business end with the Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans playing Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals in the Qualifier 1 in Kolkata on Tuesday. The winner of the contest will directly move to the final. Ahead of the playoffs, former Indian cricket team player Virender Sehwag gave his take on the four teams which have qualified for the playoffs. The batting great also picked his favourite captain from the teams' performance in the league stage. Surprisingly, Sehwag picked someone who did not have any captaincy experience before the IPL 2022.
The Indian cricket squad for the five-match T20I series at home against South Africa, starting on June 9 in New Delhi, was announced on Sunday. The BCCI selectors rewarded several in-form players in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 with a place in the 18-member squad. Prominent among them were Dinesh Karthik, Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh. While the veteran Karthik impressed with his finishing skills for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the lower order, pacer duo Umran and Arshdeep did well for SunRisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings respectively.
Former India opening batter Virender Sehwag had earlier this week given a big statement, saying Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar knew that he was chucking. The swashbuckling batter made the statement during an episode of 'Home Of Heroes' on Sports18. Sehwag also said that it was difficult to guess where the ball was coming out of Akhtar's hands. "Shoaib knows he used to jerk his elbow; he knew he was chucking too. Why would ICC ban him otherwise? Brett Lee's hand came down straight, so it was easy to pick the ball. But with Shoaib, you could never guess where the hand and the ball will come from," Sehwag had said on Sports 18.
Virat Kohli's captaincy era will go down in the history of Indian cricket as one of the most successful across all formats in terms of number of matches won and win percentage. Kohli might have failed to win any big ICC tournament but he infused a 'win at any cost' mentality in the team which showed in the results that his team achieved in bilateral cricket.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag has called out Shoaib Akhtar's action, saying the Pakistani pacer "used to jerk his elbow" and "knew he was chucking too". Sehwag made the big statement during the third episode of 'Home of Heroes' on Sports18. The ex-India cricketer said that while it was easy to pick the ball when Brett Lee was bowling because his "hand came down straight," he could never guess with Shoaib Akhtar as he didn't know where the hand and ball would come from.