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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…
Shubman Gill (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) Batter Shubman Gill’s lean patch in T20Is continued on Thursday as the opener was dismissed for a golden duck in the second T20I against South Africa in Mullanpur, triggering a wave of criticism and trolling on social media. Gill lasted only one delivery before Lungi Ngidi found his outside edge…
Gautam Gambhir and Arshdeep Singh Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh had a forgettable outing in the second T20I against South Africa in Mullanpur on Thursday, delivering an unprecedented 13-ball over that drew visible frustration from head coach Gautam Gambhir and placed the left-arm seamer alongside an unwanted world record. Arshdeep’s 11th-over meltdown, featuring seven wides and…
NEW DELHI: India’s pace man Arshdeep Singh lost his radar somewhat on Thursday during the second T20I against South Africa in New Chandigarh. In the 11th over of the South African innings, the left-arm fast bowler bowled not one, two, or three but seven wides in a single over. Gautam Gambhir Press Conference: Team India…
Yuvraj Singh at New Chandigarh Stadium (PTI Photo) At the New Chandigarh Stadium on Thursday, cricket legends Yuvraj Singh and Harmanpreet Kaur received the honour of having stands named after them.Yuvraj, who was named player of the tournament in the 2011 ODI World Cup, and Harmanpreet, who led India to their maiden Women’s World Cup…
Yuvraj Singh joins Team India’s huddle NEW DELHI: Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh made a surprise appearance just ahead of the toss before the second T20I between India and South Africa in New Chandigarh, joining the players’ huddle and sharing a few motivating words. The 2011 World Cup hero joined India’s team huddle, offering tactical…
Shubman Gill. (Image: AP) MULLANPUR: Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma have grown up playing together and dominating with the bat in cricket grounds around Chandigarh. When they mark their guards in the second T20I against South Africa at the new PCA Stadium here in Mullanpur on Wednesday evening, they will face the onerous task of…
Hardik Pandya. (Image: AP) MULLANPUR: After bringing up his half-century in the first T20I in Cuttack on Monday evening, Hardik Pandya raised his bat high, looked at the dressing room with a straight face and simply got back to business. The unbeaten 28-ball 59 may have seemed like a par-for-the-course T20 knock from the talented…
India’s Smriti Mandhana (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) The Indian women’s cricket team has selected Gunalan Kamalini and Vaishnavi Sharma for their first international appearance in the upcoming five-match T20I series against Sri Lanka.The series will be hosted in India from December 21 to 30, with Visakhapatnam staging the first two matches and Thiruvananthapuram hosting the remaining…
Indian team during a practice session in Cuttack. (PTI Photo) CUTTACK: India has 10 T20 Internationals in hand before the World Cup begins in February next, and it’s time for a dress rehearsal before the final act gets underway with two months to go. Scheduled to begin their T20 World Cup title defence against the…
