Rohit Sharma wants to "shut out" the external pressure and the weight of expectation that come with captaining the host nation in a World Cup.When the tournament last came to India in 2011, Rohit endured a "heartbreak" as he didn't make the final squad of 15. Twelve years...
India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has opted out of the WBBL for the second year in a row, as she could play in the upcoming domestic season. She had skipped the 2022-23 WBBL as well to manage her workload and focus on her India commitments during a busy international...
Karun Nair and Shreyas Gopal, two key members of Karnataka's double-treble winning sides, have obtained NOCs from the KSCA to play for Vidarbha and Kerala, respectively, in the upcoming domestic season.Nair, the former Karnataka captain, scored 11 hundred and 16 fifties in first-class cricket for the state, with...
Shreyas Iyer, who is currently part of a six-day conditioning camp in Bengaluru for India's Asia Cup-bound squad, admits to "panicking" about his back injury and that he "never imagined" he would recover so fast.Iyer's injury flared up after the fourth Border-Gavaskar Test against Australia in March. Initially,...
Who should be India's No. 4 at the World Cup? If AB de Villiers were to make that call, it'd be his former Royal Challengers Bangalore team-mate Virat Kohli. De Villiers didn't explain the rationale behind his suggestion, but did mention Kohli's ability to "put the innings together...
Sourav Ganguly feels that India have more than enough options for the much-discussed No. 4 position in ODIs in the lead up to the Asia Cup and World Cup, naming Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul as contenders. He also stressed that there is "no hard-and-fast rule"...
Cheteshwar Pujara believes he still has a lot to offer India's Test side, even though he confesses that being dropped has sometimes left him frustrated, battling self-doubt and nursing a bruised ego. The veteran of 103 Test caps last represented India at the World Test Championship final in...
India's Asia Cup-bound players have begun arriving in Bengaluru for a six-day conditioning camp that begins on Thursday at the Karnataka State Cricket Association's (KSCA) Three Ovals campus in Alur.While fitness parameters of players, particularly those who returned from the Caribbean earlier this month, will be a key...
Less than 72 hours after they finish their three-match ODI series in Rajkot, India and Australia will begin their final round of dress rehearsals for the World Cup with warm-ups against England and Netherlands respectively on September 30.Pakistan, meanwhile, will warm-up against New Zealand on September 29, while...
KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer have been selected in India's ODI squad for the Asia Cup after recovering in time from a thigh and a back injury respectively.The 17-man Asia Cup squad announced by chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar in Delhi on Monday included rookie left-hander Tilak Varma,...
