Rohit Sharma Super Over Controversy Unveiled , In a gripping T20 encounter between India and Afghanistan in Bengaluru, the spotlight turned to Rohit Sharma's participation in the Super Over, raising questions about whether he retired out or retired hurt. The dramatic finish saw India clinching victory in two Super Overs against a resilient Afghanistan side. Super Over Drama Unfolds The third T20I between India and Afghanistan reached unprecedented heights with the need for two Super Overs to determine the winner. Amidst the chaos,
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli will be absent from the first T20 International (T20I) against Afghanistan in Mohali due to personal reasons, according to coach Rahul Dravid. The skipper will rejoin the team for the subsequent second and third matches of the series in Indore and Bengaluru. Kohli, along with captain Rohit Sharma, is returning to T20Is for the first time since India's T20 World Cup semi-final defeat to England in November 2022. Rahul Dravid confirmed the news on the eve of the
With a new coach and a new T20I captain at the helm, Team India face T20 World Cup finalists New Zealand in a three-match T20I series starting Wednesday. With a new coach and a new T20I captain at the helm, Team India face T20 World Cup finalists New Zealand in a three-match T20I series starting at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday. New head coach Rahul Dravid oversaw the preparations on Monday as the Indian players were put through their paces
Former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid has backed T20 cricket to become an Olympic sport saying that he is all for the expansion of the game. Manoj Badale, lead owner of the IPL franchise Rajasthan in association with Simon Hughes on Friday announced the launch of their new book, 'A New Innings'. The book was launched through a virtual seminar and Dravid also took part in the seminar. 'Get into the Olympics': Rahul Dravid "I think it will be great if the T20 format
After paying tributes to Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Anil Kumble, it was Rahul Dravid’s turn to be at the receiving ends of VVS Laxman’s kind words. Laxman, who has shared Indian cricket’s most memorable partnership in Tests with Dravid – a 376-run stand against Australia at the historic Eden Gardens Test in 2001 – called his former India teammate the “ultimate team man” and the “most committed student.” “The game’s most committed student, Rahul was the ultimate team man, responding to every
All-rounder Vijay Shankar on Sunday said that he used to look up to former batsman Rahul Dravid while growing up. Shankar was doing an Instagram Live session with Australian batsman David Warner on the official handle of the IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad.The all-rounder said that he started following Dravid after the batsman's match-winning knock at the Adelaide Oval against Australia. "I looked up to Rahul Dravid growing up, I became a big fan of him after the Adelaide Test in 2003, that was an amazing knock," Shankar told Warner during
The late 90s and the first decade of the 2000s was a great time for Indian cricket. The team was achieving results on the field and it was comprised of some of the most talented batsmen in world cricket. This bunch was led by the indomitable Sourav Ganguly, under whose captaincy India reached their second ever ICC World Cup final in 2003. On Monday Wisden India uploaded a photograph of Ganguly along with teammates Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman. The special
The ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup is all set to be held next year in South Africa from January 17 to February 9, 2020. South Africa first hosted the event in 1998 and were crowned Champions in 2014. India U19 has won the tournament five times and are the current defending champions. Australia has won it three times, Pakistan twice while England, South Africa and West Indies have won it once each. This is the 13th edition of the marquee tournament with a