Batting superstar Virat Kohli admitted that the aggressive Australian cricketing environment tested his resilience, but felt that standing up to it while playing a bold brand of cricket toughened his mind and shaped his career path, besides influencing his growth as an individual. Kohli first toured Down Under in 2011 and faced a hostile reception…
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Owen, Josh Philippe, Matthew Renshaw, Matthew Short, Mitchell Starc. India: Shubman Gill (c), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vc), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana,…
India’s new One-Day International captain, Shubman Gill, said his bond with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli is as strong as ever despite narratives to the contrary floating on social media in recent weeks, and insisted that he will not hesitate to approach the two stalwarts if he is in a fix during a match. Gill…
The towering presence of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the Indian ODI team can only help newly appointed captain Shubman Gill grow as a leader, said left-arm spinner Axar Patel in Perth on Friday. Following India’s second training session ahead of the first ODI on Sunday, Axar said Rohit and Kohli, who have not…
Senior stars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were among the first batch of Indian cricketers who flew off on Wednesday for a three-match ODI series against Australia beginning October 19. Kohli and Rohit were joined by Test and ODI skipper Shubman Gill, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, and pacers Arshdeep Singh and Prasidh…
Playing ODI series against India is perfect timing in the lead-up to the Ashes series, believes Australia’s stand-in captain Mitchell Marsh. Australia will host India for three ODIs and five T20Is starting October 19. The white-ball series ends November 8, 12 days before the first Ashes Test at Perth. “We’ll have all the guys building…
India A tours rarely draw widespread attention. Yet in the current context, the omission of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the three-match One-Day series against Australia A has sparked speculation: are India’s two modern stalwarts gradually being phased out? Such conjecture may be premature, but it underlines the transitional phase Indian cricket has entered…