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Despite performing well across all formats, Kuldeep Yadav had missed out on the team in the past few years due to various reasons but has made a strong comeback. It may be noted that after taking 5 wickets in Sydney in 2019, the then head coach Ravi Shastri named Kuldeep as India’s number 1 spinner on foreign soil, but after that he did not get regular opportunities. Due to repeated injuries, his confidence had decreased. During this, his poor form also continued. Victim of injury many times Kuldeep improved his action to make a comeback in the team. This helped…

Virat Kohli made an excellent return to form last year in the Asia Cup when he ended his International century drought after almost 3 years by smashing an unbeaten 122 against Afghanistan. Since then, Kohli had smashed three more tons – all in ODIs. As Kohli gears up for India’s return to Red-Ball Cricket on February 9, former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has made a rather unusual comment on him. Butt believes that Virat Kohli’s best is yet to come. He drew a parallel to Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara to prove his claim. Also read: IND vs AUS Test Series:…

Pakistan has the hosting rights of the Asia Cup which is scheduled to take place later this year in September. But BCCI has clearly stated that Team India will not be visiting Pakistan for the Tournament, keeping venue shifting as the only way out. However, PCB has a different take on this matter. As per reports, PCB chairman Najam Sethi told BCCI secretary & Asian Cricket Council President Jay Shah that if India won’t play in Pakistan, then Pakistan will also not play in 2023 World Cup in India. Also read: PSL Exhibition Match Bomb Blast: Shocking Scenes during the…

Earlier this week, Australia arrived in India for the four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy, that begins on February 9. Later It was revealed that Australian batsmen are training with Maheesh Pithiya whose bowling action strong resembles to that of Ravichandran Ashwin. To this Wasim Jaffer tweeted, “First Test is five days away and @ashwinravi99 is already inside Aus head”. Reacting to this tweet from Jaffer, former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who is currently India’s fourth-highest wicket-taker in the longest format of the game, came up with a cryptic response. He posted a picture of the pitch with multiple cracks and wrote, “This…

The current Team India has been seen struggling against spin on several occasions. Hence, they don’t want to leave any stone unturned against Australia whose spin department, apart from Nathan Lyon, may not look very experienced, but has the ability to expose India’s weakness to spin on the spin-friendly Indian pitches. India’s spin problem: Rohit Sharma: 25 in 57 (Spin dismissal) Cheteshwar Pujara: 50 in 122 innings Virat Kohli: 57 in 130 KL Rahul: 19 in 38 Shubman Gill: 8 in 16 As a result, Dravid has brought in a whopping 10 spinners to help Team India face Nathan Lyon…

The FIR was registered by Kambli’s wife Andrea who complained that he threw the handle of a cooking pan at her due to which she suffered a head injury.  Kambli’s wife later went to the Bhabha Hospital for a medical examination. It has been reported that the incident took place between 1 pm and 1.30 pm on Friday. The report further states that their 12 year-old son, who was present at that time, intervened in the fight, but Kambli went into the kitchen, brought the handle of a broken frying pan and allegedly threw it on his wife.  Also read:…

Both India and Australia know the importance of pitch in the 4 match Border Gavaskar Trophy which will be played from 9 February. The first match will be played in the VCA Stadium, Nagpur, and as per reports, Rahul Dravid & Rohit Sharma have asked curators of all four venues to create a ‘Good Test Cricket’ pitch, and not just rank turners. According to sources who spoke with TOI, curators at the four venues have been ordered to create pitches that will guarantee “good Test cricket” for the entire five days. It is being said that this decision has been…

With less than a week left for the Border Gavaskar Trophy to begin, Australia endured a huge blow as Josh Hazlewood is set to miss the first Test, which is scheduled to start from February 9 in Nagpur. The report further states that he is doubtful for the second Test too. Scott Boland is in contention to replace him, who could also be making maiden appearance in an overseas Test. “Not sure about the first Test. It’s still a few days away but it’s sneaking up pretty quickly. Second one is obviously straight after as well. So, we’ll play it…

Cricket Pakistan’s official handle recently shared a video of Babar batting in the nets playing certain unorthodox shots with the caption, ‘Babar Azam, the new Mr 360’. This was not accepted well by many Cricket fans, especially the fans of Suryakumar Yadav. Here are some of their reactions: Also read: Spinner Roelof van der Merwe Demands Suryakumar Yadav’s Presence in SA20 Suryakumar Yadav has been added to the squad for the first two Test matches against Australia. With Shreyas Iyer being ruled out of the first Test, Suryakumar Yadav has high chance of making it to the playing 11.

Australia has named leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson, left-arm spinner Ashton Agar and uncapped off-spinner Todd Murphy to partner Lyon for the Test series. The Australians are having their training camp in Bengaluru before they head to Nagpur on Monday. Also read: IND vs AUS 1st Test: “He might be on the team sheet…” Australia coach has kept options open for Cameron Green Cummins had his first media interaction after arriving in India, in Bengaluru on Saturday. This is what he said regarding spin department in that press conference: “We’ve got plenty of options here (with) finger spin, wrist spin, left arm…