Team India head coach Rahul Dravid confirmed India's opening pair for the T20 series against Afghanistan in the pre-match press conference while mentioning that Virat Kohli will be unavailable for the opener in Mohali. The three-match T20 series against Afghanistan kicks off in Mohali on January 11.
Former India chief selector MSK Prasad opened up on the return of senior pros Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to the T20 side ahead of the Afghanistan series and why he considers that the IPL season could be make or break for a few players as far as selection for the T20 World Cup is concerned.
The selectors recalled the senior duo of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for the three-match T20 series against Afghanistan. Since its a large squad with a few more options against a comparatively weaker opponent, all players may not get an opportunity through the series, here's a look at some of them-
Former India pacer Praveen Kumar, whose career was cut short due to injuries and off-field issues, has been one of the stories of what could have been. Kumar last played for India in 2012 and in the IPL in 2017 and now has opened up on his bad image and why never got a job in cricket again.
The BCCI announced a 16-man India squad for a three-match T20 series against Afghanistan. The squad marked a return for the two senior pros Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who would be playing the shortest format for India after a long gap of 14 months, for the first time since the T20 World Cup 2022.
Sanju Samson, the recent centurion for India in the ODIs against South Africa, has returned to the T20 squad for the upcoming Afghanistan series. Samson last played a T20I for India against Ireland and will hope to make a mark as he will be playing alongside the first-choice stars after a long time.
The legendary Indian pace all-rounder Kapil Dev famously guided India to their maiden ICC title in 1983 and remains the only cricketer in the world to took 400 plus wickets and score more than 5000 runs in Test cricket history
Indian cricket team will kick off their ICC T20 World Cup 2024 campaign against Ireland at New York's Eisenhower Park on June 5 and then clash against rivals Pakistan on June 9. India are drawn in Group A with Pakistan, Canada, Ireland and co-hosts USA.
Team India achieved their first-ever win in Tests in Cape Town in their seventh appearance at the venue as the visitors levelled the two-match series 1-1. The match was completed in 107 overs, which is the shortest for a Test that ended in a result as India won by 7 wickets on Day 2 itself.
India vs South Africa 2nd Test Highlights: Team India finally breached the Cape Town fortress for the first time in history as the visitors won the second Test against South Africa by 7 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj with six-fers in each innings starred for India with the ball.
Former cricketer Kris Srikkanth called the Indian team overrated in T20Is and Test matches looking at how they have performed in the two formats in the last year or so. Srikkanth admitted that in the ODIs the Men in Blue have been fantastic but in Tests, especially, they have not been good recently.
Shubman Gill enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2023 with a record 2154 runs in 52 international innings with seven hundreds and 10 fifties. Gill also shone in IPL 2023 with a staggering 890 runs in 17 innings to grab the Orange Cap award.
Team India ended a middling 2023 on a poor note losing the final Test of the year as South Africa gave them a humbling by an innings and 32 runs. However, before the year was over, the visitors got some good news in the form of their all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja's fitness.
Barring the heartbreaking loss that came at the hands of Australia in the ODI World Cup final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India performed remarkably well in the 50-overs format in 2023.
If a defeat by an innings and 32 runs wasn't enough, the Indian team was slapped with a fine and penalty for maintaining a slow over-rate in the first Test against South Africa. India who slipped to fifth position in the World Test Championship standings after the loss, slipped even further.
Captain Rohit Sharma was positive about his team's batting quality despite the abject surrender in the first Test against South Africa in Centurion. India were bowled out twice in a little over 101 overs combined while South Africa outbatted them scoring 408 in 108 overs in just one innings.
South Africa took a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series after beating India by an innings and 32 runs. The Proteas proved to be too strong for India with both bat and ball and now find themselves at the top of the table in the World Test Championship standings and India faced a massive drop.
South Africa landed a knockout punch on India as they won the Boxing Day Test in Centurion within three days. It was an abject surrender from the Indian team with both bat and ball as they first conceded a 163-run lead and then were folded for just 131 with Virat Kohli putting up some fight.
It was as magical a World Cup campaign as it could get for the Indian team but good things always come to an end the final was it for the Men in Blue. Having won all 10 games on the road to the final, India faltered in the big final against Australia and Mohammed Shami said that it still stings.
South Africa dominated the proceedings on the second day of the Boxing Day Test as they not only took a lead against India but they still have half their side left and a set Dean Elgar batting on 140. Earlier, KL Rahul completed his century to give India a respectable score on board of 245.
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