The Indian team will board the flight for USA and West Indies for the T20 World Cup 2024. However, the team will have a new head coach after the tournament as the Indian Board has invited applications for the role.
Rahul Dravid was appointed as the head coach of the senior Indian men's cricket team on November 3, 2021. He replaced Ravi Shastri who played a huge role in shaping the team across the three formats.
India's 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup was announced on Tuesday (April 30) as the selectors took a few tough calls. Some of the players made a comeback while a player who seemed a sure shot, Rinku Singh, has been dropped. What challenges India will face in the World Cup?
Rohit Sharma is currently playing for Mumbai Indians in the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The former Mumbai Indians skipper is likely to lead India at the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup in the USA and the Caribbean.
Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif in a bombshell blasting skipper Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid alleged that the team management doctored the pitch for the World Cup final. India lost the World Cup 2023 final against Australia losing by six wickets after being folded for just 240.
Rahul Dravid spoke to the Indian team and gave a special message to the youngsters after India's series win over England. "Series like this have to be earned and this is tough. Test cricket is hard at times," Dravid said.
"Everyone who's playing domestic cricket is in the mix. Firstly, I don't decide contracts, right? Contracts are decided by the selectors and the board. I don't even know what the criteria are," Dravid said in the post-match press conference in Dharamsala.
R Ashwin became the 14th Indian player to play 100 Tests for the country as he was presented with a special cap by head coach Rahul Dravid. Dravid gave a passionate speech while recognising Ashwin's efforts and consistency in playing the game.
Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed centuries in back-to-back Tests in the ongoing five-match series against England and during his ton in Rajkot, he gave the visitors a taste of their own medicine. Jaiswal's century helped India take a 322-run lead against England at the end of Day 3.
The Indian Board has reportedly sent an email to mandate the participation of the players not part of the Indian team and not at the NCA to play the next round of the Ranji Trophy tournament. This indirectly sends a message to the players like Ishan Kishan, Krunal Pandya and Deepak Chahar.
Ishan Kishan was part of the Indian team for the T20Is and Tests against South Africa. However, he was not picked for the T20Is after which he took a break. Kishan will now reportedly miss the sixth round of the Ranji Trophy for Jharkhand.
Indian cricket team registered a dominating win against England in the second match to level the five-match series on Monday. The management is expected to announce the squad for the remaining three matches and once again the focus will be on wicketkeeping options.
"Second innings is always going to be challenging. It's one of those things that, you know, it's tough. It's not easy to chase 230 or it's not done very often," Rahul Dravid blamed lack of runs in first innings for India's humiliating defeat against England on Sunday.
Team India will have a new wicketkeeper in the upcoming England Test series, one of KS Bharat or Dhruv Jurel as KL Rahul is set to play just as a specialist batter, as head coach Rahul Dravid confirmed. The five-match Test series is set to begin in Hyderabad on January 25.
Ever since Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes have taken over as coach and captain respectively, England have played an exciting brand of cricket in Tests. But will team India players bat like them in testing conditions? Rahul Dravid has given an interesting answer...
Captains are usually reluctant to throw the ball to a spinner in the final over or a Super Over but Rohit Sharma's decision in the 3rd T20I against Afghanistan bore fruit for the hosts.
Fondly known as 'The Wall', Dravid made his international debut for India against Sri Lanka in an ODI game in Singapore in April 1996. He went on to play 509 games for India, including T20Is, ODIs and Tests.
India and Afghanistan are all set to face each other in the first of three-match T20I series on January 11. Ahead of the opening game, head coach Rahul Dravid attended the pre-match press conference and touched upon a lot of things including the role of a finisher in T20 team.
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.
Ahead of the first T20I against Afghanistan in Mohali, India's head coach Rahul Dravid confirmed that the star cricketer Virat Kohli will miss out on the opener due to personal reasons and also revealed Rohit Sharma's opening partner.
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