Javed Miandad shows frustration at Kiran More’s appealing during the India v Pakistan clash at Cricket World Cup 1992 in Sydney. (Photo by Patrick Eagar via Getty Images) DUBAI: Pakistan and India clash in a blockbuster group match at the Champions Trophy on Sunday in Dubai.A look at five controversial moments on the pitch between … Read more
India captain Rohit Sharma during the net session. (Video grab) TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: It’s been three days since the Indian cricket team landed in Dubai and the majority of that time has been spent at the ICC Academy. There is very little gap between their first two games versus Bangladesh (February 20) and Pakistan (February … Read more
India have been dominant in the few ODIs they’ve played heading into the Champions Trophy, but inconsistencies remain in the batting order… Does India’s middle order wear an uncertain look heading into the Champions Trophy? The dominance against England at home in the lead up to the ICC tournament notwithstanding, there appears to be some … Read more
Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. (Photo by William West/AFP via Getty Images) MELBOURNE: What must India do to take 20 wickets at the MCG? As skipper Rohit Sharma, head coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar were having a long discussion at the team’s training session on … Read more
Gautam Gambhir | Image: PTI Transitions are never easy. More so when a dressing room is dotted with superstars, who are in the Twilight Zone of their glittering careers. And it’s for this reason, India head coach Gautam Gambhir finds himself caught between a rock and a hard place. Indian cricket’s big transition has started … Read more
Gautam Gambhir | Image: PTI There are several questions being asked of Gautam Gambhir and the Indian Cricket Team from fans and pundits all over the world with the team a shadow of it’s former great self. Several players in the team are not performing as well as they should be and there is also … Read more
Ravichandran Ashwin. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) In Brisbane rain, an Ashwin googly…’My last day as an Indian cricketer’: Spin stalwart R Ashwin chooses drawn Test to call end on a storied careerBRISBANE: India’s campaign in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was jolted by the shock retirement of spin stalwart Ravichandran Ashwin in the middle of the … Read more
Gautam Gambhir, Abhishek Nayar | Image: X/@BCCI Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are copping maximum criticism for being walking wickets during the ongoing Test series against Australia but even Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant haven’t shown the patience needed to survive Down Under, indicating a larger problem. Patience is a virtue that one … Read more
File image of India’s chief coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: X) India’s woes in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy continued to deepen as the visitors once again find their backs to the wall in the Brisbane Test after Rohit Sharma’s decision to bowl first at the Gabba backfired and Australia raced … Read more
Team India (Pic credit: X) NEW DELHI: Four of India’s three innings so far in the two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia folded up for less than 200. If it wasn’t for Jasprit Bumrah’s brilliance in Perth, the visitors could have been 2-nil down and staring down the barrel. But the series remains … Read more