Jasprit Bumrah. (Image: AP) MUMBAI: At a time when the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has instructed all Indian players, including senior stars and former captains Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, to feature in at least two matches of the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy, an exception has been made for Jasprit Bumrah….
India’s Ravindra Jadeja celebrates after taking the wicket of South Africa’s captain Temba Bavuma during the third ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) (PTI12_06_2025_000215A) New Delhi: India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has confirmed his participation in the Vijay Hazare Trophy…
India’s Shubman Gill (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) India’s T20I squad for the 2026 World Cup threw up a major talking point, with Shubman Gill left out and Axar Patel named vice-captain instead. The decision caught many by surprise, including Sunil Gavaskar, who admitted on air that he did not see Gill’s omission coming. Reacting to the…
Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill. (Image: Getty) NEW CHANDIGARH: The Indian team came into this T20I series against South Africa with the clear objective of identifying the chinks in the T20 team, with just another five games remaining at home against New Zealand leading up to the T20 World Cup in Feb-March. Instead, a new…
Axar Patel, Gautam Gambhir NEW DELHI: Indian men’s cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir, the experiment-in-chief, took a gamble as he sent all-rounder Axar Patel at no.3, but it didn’t pay off as Patel didn’t look in touch and struggled to find rhythm in his short-lived inning.Patel came to bat in the very first over…