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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) extended birthday greetings to former Indian spinner Anil Kumble as he turned 53 on Tuesday. BCCI took to X to extend birthday wishes for the spinner and posted a video, revisiting Kumble's memorable 10-wicket haul against Pakistan in 1999.
Two wins in three matches in the ICC Cricket World Cup2023 campaign, but Pakistan skipper Babar Azam is facing extreme critcism from some of his former teammates. Shoaib Malik, one of the greats of Pakistan cricket, has once again adviced Babar to quit captaincy and focus only on his batting. Malik's suggestion came in after Pakistan lost to arch-rivals India in the league stage of the World Cup on Saturday. Not just Malik, but some of the other former Pakistan cricketers and fans have also questioned Babar's captaincy after the loss.
Captain Rohit Sharma rose to the occasion on Saturday as India mauled Pakistan by 7 wickets in their World Cup 2023 match in Ahmedabad. Chasing a target of 192, Rohit was on the attack from the very first bowl. Rohit scored 86 off just 63 balls, striking six sixes and as many fours, as India crossed the finishing line in 30.3 overs. The Pakistan pacers made the job easy for Rohit by bowling short-pitched deliveries as the Indian captain executed his pull-shot game to perfection.
Former Australia great Ricky Ponting discussed Team India's prospects for victory in the World Cup and believes that Men in Blue will be an "extremely hard" side to beat given their ability to hold up under extreme pressure well. India made a strong start to their ICC World Cup 2023 campaign, registering convincing victories against Australia, Afghanistan and arch-rival Pakistan. The Men in Blue are searching for a third Cricket World Cup crown after their title victories in 1983 and 2011.
Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan tore into current skipper Babar Azam following the defeat to India in their World Cup match on Saturday. India outplayed Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium to continue their winning run in the tournament. After being put into bat, Pakistan were 155/2 at one stage, but crumbled to 191 all out. Babar scored 50 (58) while Mohammad Rizwan chipped in with a 69-ball 49. While analysing the match, Moin said that Babar "looked scared" and the same reflected in the body language of other players.
Former Indian cricketer Atul Wassan talked about how the T20 format presents an opportunity for teams to compete against strong cricketing nations in the Olympics and said that players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma would like to have an Olympic medal in their trophy cabinet. In the recently concluded 19th Asian Games, India sent a relatively inexperienced team that claimed the gold medal. In light of the performances of teams like Afghanistan and Netherlands in the T20 format, Wassan feels that with five years to go before the 2028 Olympics, teams will have a chance to develop and compete in the T20 format.
Former Indian cricket team opener Gautam Gambhir believes that there is a massive difference between India and Pakistan right now and the dominance enjoyed by the Rohit Sharma-led side is not good news for subcontinental cricket. Pakistan were completely outplayed by India in the Cricket World Cup 2023 clash with Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer playing brilliant knocks to follow up a good show by the bowlers. Gambhir pointed out that India have dominated the rivalry lately and in case India and Pakistan play a bilateral series at the moment, he believes that it will not be a competitive affair.
The much-hyped India vs Pakistan clash at the Cricket World Cup 2023 was pretty much an one-sided affair with the Rohit Sharma-led hosts coming out victorious in Ahmedabad on Saturday. India were the dominant side both with the bowling and batting as Babar Azam's Pakistan showed no gumption to fight. Batting first, Pakistan were all out for 191 with the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav picking two wickets each. India, boosted by brilliant innings from Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer, reached the target easily.