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Contemplated retirement several times between 2018 and 2020: Ashwin

Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin had contemplated giving up the sport at various points between 2018 and 2020 as he felt people were not "sensitive enough" to his injuries

Cricketer Rishabh Pant appointed as Uttarakhand's brand ambassador

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday announced that Indian wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the state.

IND v SA: Indian Test team, led by Virat Kohli, departs for South Africa

The Indian Test cricket team, led by Virat Kohli, departed for South Africa early on Thursday morning to take part in a three-match series starting with a Boxing Day Test from December 26 in Centurion

Virat Kohli-led Indian red-ball squad departs for South Africa tour

Virat Kohli-led Indian red-ball squad departed for South Africa to lock horns with Proteas in the three-match Test series.India and South Africa will lock horns in the Test series which gets underway from December 26.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday shared pictures of the departure of the Indian Test squad."All buckled up. South Africa bound," BCCI tweeted.Rohit Sharma was ruled out of the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa after a hamstring injury during the practice session.Kohli said Team India will miss Rohit's abilities in the upcoming tour of South Africa."Will miss his abilities a lot. He's proven in England already that he's really worked his Test game out, and the opening partnership was very important for us to play in that series. Obviously, with his experience and skill, we will miss those qualities," said Virat Kohli in a virtual conference."That said, it's an opportunity for Mayank [Agarwal] and KL [Rahul] to step up and ...

White-ball captaincy change brings Kohli and Ganguly at loggerheads

A day after Kohli was removed as ODI captain, Ganguly told ANI that he had indeed spoken to Virat regarding the leadership change adding, that he had requested Virat to not give up the T20I captaincy

ICC Women's WC: India to face Pakistan in opening encounter on March 6

India will face Pakistan in their opening match of ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 here in Tauranga on March 6, 2022.The showpiece event will get underway on March 4, 2022 at the Bay Oval in Tauranga, with the hosts New Zealand taking on West Indies.England and Australia will then lock horns the following day at Seddon Park in Hamilton.A total of 31 matches will be staged across 31 days, with the eight teams clashing to clinch the World Cup title.According to ICC, Australia, England, South Africa and India qualified for the event on the basis of their position in ICC Women's Championship 2017-20 while New Zealand automatically qualified as they were hosts.The megaevent will be played in the league format, where all eight nations will face each other once, at the end of which the top four teams will qualify for the semi-finals.The first semi-final of the World Cup will be played at The Basin Reserve in Wellington on March 30 while The Hagley Oval will staged the second semi-final on

Virat Kohli set to miss India's ODI series against South Africa: Report

India's star batter Virat Kohli may skip the forthcoming ODI series against South Africa, report said.

India to host Afghanistan for 3 ODIs in March next year

India men's cricket will be playing three ODIs against Afghanistan in March 2022, Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced on Monday.

Hamstring injury rules Rohit out of SA tests; Panchal named replacement

India A captain Priyank Panchal will be Rohit's replacement opener in the Test series

Picking 3 wicket-keepers in 2019 ODI WC squad wasn't logical: Ravi Shastri

Shastri revealed that either Ambati or Shreyas Iyer should have been selected

Rahane replaced by Rohit as Kohli's Test deputy for South Africa tour

India's tour of South Africa will be all about Rohit Sharma's ascendancy as the national white-ball skipper along with the additional responsibility of being the vice-captain of the Test team

Kohli removed from ODI captaincy as Rohit becomes new white-ball captain

Rohit Sharma replaces Ajinkya Rahane as India's Test vice-captain as BCCI announces 18-member squad for Tests against South Africa

Ashwin rises to 2nd, Agarwal jumps 30 places to 11th in ICC Test rankings

Senior India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin climbed a rung to second while his teammate and opener Mayank Agarwal, along with New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel also made huge progress

India tour of SA: New schedule announced, 1st Test at Centurion from Dec 26

The Indians were originally set to leave on December 9 but the travel plans have changed, which means that the Tests will now start on December 26 instead of the previously finalised December 17

Indian selectors face tricky questions after series win against New Zealand

Mayank Agarwal, Jayant Yadav, Shreyas Iyer and Mohammed Siraj are not the first-choice players in the Indian team, but all of them played key roles as India sealed a series victory against New Zealand

IND v NZ: It feels good to be back among the runs, says Mayank Agarwal

India opener Mayank Agarwal said on Monday that he felt nice getting back to scoring ways. He added that his focus is now on the South Africa tour which will start from December 26

India return to top of ICC Test rankings after New Zealand series win

India beat New Zealand by 372 runs in the Mumbai Test on the fourth day after drawing the opening match in Kanpur.

Scoring hundred at Wankhede special for any Indian, says Mayank Agarwal

India opening batter Mayank Agarwal has said that scoring a hundred at the Wankhede Stadium is special for any Indian.Mayank's comments after the right-handed batter registered a century on Day 1 of the ongoing second Test against New Zealand."Definitely this innings means a lot to me. Getting a Test hundred at Wankhede is always special for any Indian. I would just like to say that this innings was not the nicest looking, not the easiest of innings but it was all about grit and determination. I am happy that I was able to stick to the plan and bat through the day," Mayank told teammate Prasidh Krishna in a video posted on bcci.tv."To Ajaz, if I wanted to go over the top, then I wanted to get as close as possible to the ball. Sometimes I yorked myself in the process. If I could very close, then it did not matter. Very honestly, I was not planning the celebration. I am grateful to God for helping me achieve whatever I have managed to. I think scoring runs in Test cricket means ...

'Simply not out': Warne gives his take on controversial Kohli dismissal

Former Australia spinner Shane Warne on Saturday said that Virat Kohli was wrongly given out in the first innings of the ongoing second Test against New Zealand.Warne also said that the main problem lies with the interpretation of the technology and he also went on to say that the ball did not hit the pad first, rather there was an inside edge."This is simply - not out !!!!! We often discuss technology & its use/accuracy. The main problem@is the interpretation of the technology. Here's a perfect example of the ball clearly hitting the edge of the bat first," tweeted Warne.Kohli was adjudged LBW on the fourth ball of his innings, and he had to walk away before even troubling the scores. The India skipper was given out by the on-field umpire Anil Choudhary and then Kohli reviewed the on-field call.However, the third umpire stuck with the original decision due to inconclusive evidence of the ball hitting the bat first. During the review, the third umpire Virender Sharma said that ..

BCCI set to clear Indian team's travel to S Africa despite Omicron threat

Indian cricketers will travel to South Africa later this month despite the threat Omicron as the BCCI is convinced that the bio-bubble being created by the CSA will be safe