Skipper keeps critics at bay with welcome return to formCUTTACK: Rohit Sharma generally enjoys his interactions with journalists and often sports a smiling face at press conferences. But at the pre-match media conference ahead of the first game of the ongoing ODI series against England in Nagpur, Rohit lost his cool, a rarity for him.Asked … Read more
Smriti Mandhana (left) and Rohit Sharma during BCCI Awards 2025.© X/@BCCI It is an open secret that India’s ODI and Test captain Rohit Sharma has a poor habit of forgetting things. His teammates have already spoken about it a lot in the media before. When he encountered a question on similar lines during … Read more
India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Saturday asserted that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will have “massive roles” to play for the team in the upcoming Champions Trophy and said the batting stars add “so much value” to the nation’s cricket. The modest form of Kohli and Rohit in recent times has fueled … Read more
Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya overtook former batter Shikhar Dhawan to become country’s fifth-highest run-getter in T20Is. Pandya accomplished this movement up in charts during the fourth T20I against England at Pune on Friday. During the match, Pandya came in clutch, scoring a brilliant 53 in 34 balls, with seven fours and two sixes, … Read more
Shardul Thakur in action© PTI Shardul Thakur and Tanush Kotian grabbed four wickets each as rampant Mumbai advanced to an innings and 456-run win over Meghalaya to top the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A table here on Saturday. Mumbai currently have 29 points, similar to Jammu & Kashmir but the defending champions are … Read more
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has heaped massive praise on ex-opener Virender Sehwag. According to Ganguly, Sehwag is the greatest India opener after Sunil Gavaskar. Sehwag, who played for India from 1999 to 2013, was one of the most fearless batters the world of cricket ever witnessed. He played 104 Tests and 251 … Read more
Whether or not Rohit Sharma will go to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025 captains’ meet has been a matter of intense speculation. The BCCI was against the Indian cricket team going to Pakistan – the designated hosts of the Champions Trophy – and hence the tournament was shifted to a hybrid model, … Read more
Former all-rounder Irfan Pathan sees the return of stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to domestic cricket as a “fantastic” moment for Indian cricket. After failing to live up to the expectations in international colours, the top Indian stars returned to domestic format in a bid to find their lost form. Yashasvi Jaiswal, … Read more
While the return of India stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, among others, to the domestic circuit has grabbed the eyeballs of cricket experts and fans alike, former India cricketer-turned-pundit Aakash Chopra has drawn out a major talking point. Chopra stated that all the senior players have played only one Ranji game, as … Read more
India head coach Gautam Gambhir and Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma haven’t gotten off to the best of starts, at least when it comes to the results on the pitch. In their short while working together, Gambhir and Rohit have lost an ODI series in Sri Lanka and then back-to-back Test series … Read more
PCB will hold the Champions Trophy opening ceremony on February 16 in Lahore.© AFP The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in conjunction with the ICC will hold the opening ceremony of the upcoming Champions Trophy on February 16 in Lahore. A source in the PCB told PTI that chairman Mohsin Naqvi had approved a … Read more
Former India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin was recently awarded the Padma Shri, becoming only the second cricketer from Tamil Nadu to receive the coveted civilian award. However, Ashwin had an unpleasent encounter with a fan, who asked the veteran spinner to credit India captain Rohit Sharma for the achievement. This came after a Ashwin … Read more