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Watch: Fan Kisses Hardik Pandya On TV Screen As All-rounder Helps India Beat Pakistan In Asia Cup 2022

Hardik Pandya was certainly at his best on Sunday as the all-rounder helped India edge past Pakistan in a tense Asia Cup encounter. While he returned figures of 3 for 25 in his four-over quota, Hardik scored 33 not out off 17 balls to help India win the game by 5 wickets. His knock included 4 fours and one match-winning six. The thrilling contest went down to the wire with India needing six runs off the last three balls. This is when Hardik sealed the game for Rohit Sharma and company with a powerful hit over long-on for a six.

Asia Cup 2022: "Life Might Just Get Better" For Virat Kohli, Sanjay Manjrekar Explains How

Virat Kohli, despite showing early promise, got out for 35 in India's Asia Cup match against Pakistan on Sunday. The former Indian cricket team captain is under focus after a lengthy lean phase. He was rested for the tours of West Indies and Zimbabwe, and the Asia Cup is a crucial tournament for him ahead of the 2022 T20 World Cup, which starts in Australia in two months' time. Former India player Sanjay Manjrekar found enough positives in Kohli's performance against Pakistan, but also suggested some changes in his batting style.

New Zealand All-rounder Colin De Grandhomme Announces Retirement From International Cricket

New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme has announced retirement from international cricket on Wednesday. The country's apex cricket board shared the news on social media. The board added that the all-rounder came to the conclusion after discussing about it with New Zealand Cricket, which agreed to release him from central contract. Grandhomme said that he was "fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to play" for New Zealand. The 36-year-old said that he took the decision to call time on his international career as it was getting hard for him to train his ageing body with injuries alongside it.

India vs Hong Kong, India's Predicted XI: Should Rishabh Pant Replace Struggling KL Rahul?

After edging past Pakistan by five wickets on Sunday, India play their second match of the ongoing Asia Cup against Hong Kong on Wednesday. The Indian team management will continue to deal with the selection dilemma as it was forced to make some in-form players warm the benches during the match against Pakistan and not all the picks in the playing XI reaped expected performances. India's top two made a paltry contibution as Rohit Sharma scored 12 runs off 18 balls and KL Rahul got out for a first-ball duck.

NZ's De Grandhomme quits internationals for Big Bash payday

New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme quit international cricket on Wednesday after being unexpectedly drafted to play in Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash League (BBL) around the new year.

'Two of the best days of our lives': Hong Kong ready for challenge of India and Pakistan

Earlier this month, Hong Kong lost a match against Jersey, an island whose entire population would fit inside the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad with room to spare.

Asia Cup 2022, India vs Hong Kong: Ravindra Jadeja, the buffer for rusty top-order

All-rounder's evolution as a batter in focus as India hope star players Rohit, Virat and Rahul strike form against Hong Kong todayDUBAI: As the Indian players deboarded the team bus for an optional practice session here at the ICC Academy on Tuesday evening, the photographers trained their lenses on Virat Kohli. As it turned out, this is the second practice session Kohli had decided to skip on either side of the Pakistan match last Sunday. As everyone looked around for Kohli, it turned out regular captain Rohit Sharma too was missing. So was head coach Rahul Dravid. India's top-three - Rohit, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli - have looked rusty and nowhere close to being at their fluent best, so Wednesday's match against minnows Hong Kong here at the Dubai International stadium could be just the right opportunity for them to get going.

Asia Cup 2022: Time for coaches to pick formats too?

Sriram says all-format coaching is very difficult in packed scheduleDUBAI: With a packed international calendar and three different formats jostling for relevance and financial viability, cricketers have already started to pick and choose their formats. Quinton de Kock abruptly called it quits in Test cricket earlier in the year and Ben Stokes ruffled a lot of feathers when he decided to give up ODIs last month. As international cricket faces a threat from proliferating T20 leagues, no doubt the players are bearing the brunt of the unrelenting schedule. It's clear that cricket is slowly headed towards three types of international players to suit each format of the game, leading to another question: should coaches too pick their formats? Former India cricketer turned coach Sridharan Sriram, who is a technical consultant to the Bangladesh team for the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup, feels the time will soon come when format-specific coaching will become the norm.

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Watch: Fan Kisses Hardik Pandya On TV Screen As All-rounder Helps India Beat Pakistan In Asia Cup 2022

Asia Cup 2022: "Life Might Just Get Better" For Virat Kohli, Sanjay Manjrekar Explains How

New Zealand All-rounder Colin De Grandhomme Announces Retirement From International Cricket

India vs Hong Kong, India's Predicted XI: Should Rishabh Pant Replace Struggling KL Rahul?

NZ's De Grandhomme quits internationals for Big Bash payday

'Two of the best days of our lives': Hong Kong ready for challenge of India and Pakistan

Asia Cup 2022, India vs Hong Kong: Ravindra Jadeja, the buffer for rusty top-order

Asia Cup 2022: Time for coaches to pick formats too?