Jitesh Sharma has played under different captains in T20Is. In an exclusive chat with India TV, the Punjab Kings wicketkeeper batter has picked up under which captain he has enjoyed playing the most.
It was hard for even the ICC social media team not to draw eerie similarities and parallels between the Men's T20 World Cup and the Women's tournament. An unlikely winner featuring two senior pros with South Africa as the losing finalist? Well, this is just the start!
Dhruv Jurel replaced Rishabh Pant behind the stumps after the latter was hit on his right knee at the fag end of Day 2 in the India vs New Zealand 1st Test. While Pant made 99 in the second innings, he did not keep wickets throughout the game.
Shubman Gill has played 27 Test matches for India. He has aggregated 1656 runs at an average of 36.80 with the help of five centuries and six half-centuries. He was not available for selection in the first Test with neck stiffness.
Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan added 177 runs for the fourth wicket in the second innings and brought Team India back into the contest. Their partnership had put the visitors on the back foot.
India had set a target of 107 runs after braving out a second-innings score of 462. The hosts hoped for a magic turnaround but the Kiwis registered a comfortable win at the end to go 1-0 up in the three-match series.
The Indian team wanted to continue bowling after the New Zealand side was asked to chase 107 as the overhead conditions were overcast. However, the umpires stopped play due to bad light. The Indian captain Rohit Sharma and batter Virat Kohli argued with the umpires to not stop the play.
India might have registered some unwanted milestones after being bundled out for just 46 in the first innings, but they have created a world record during the second innings of the 1st Test against New Zealand. The hosts are fighting to stay in the match.
Five players, including Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, registered ducks as India achieved a new low at home in the first innings of the opening Test match against New Zealand on Thursday. Shubman Gill's unavailability further exposed India's batting struggles in red-ball cricket.
After being bowled out to a record-low of 46, the Indian cricket team also lost their star wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant to an injury while fielding on Day 2 of the first Test match against New Zealand at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
"We don't want to touch KL's batting position much, he has found a place at 6 so let's give him a rope there, same with Sarfaraz, So Virat was the one who wanted to take the responsibility and that's a good sign of players taking responsibility," Rohit said after Day 2's play.
IND vs NZ: India registered their lowest-ever Test innings total of 46 on Day 2 of the opening match against New Zealand in Bengaluru and then the visiting side scored a total of 180 for 3 to take a match-defining lead at stumps.
India have been challenged massively at home by New Zealand as they have been bundled out for just 46 runs in the ongoing Test match in Bengaluru. The disappointment aside, social media is buzzing with hilarious memes as RCB's 49 all-out record has been broken in Test cricket.
India have been bowled out for their third-lowest total in Test history in the ongoing first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru. The hosts were skittled for just 46 runs in 31.2 overs bringing back the horror memories of 36 all-out in Adelaide four years ago.
India have found themselves in trouble in the first Test against New Zealand at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. After opting to bat first, the hosts collapsed to lose seven wickets for just 34 runs registering an embarrassing record for the first time in Indian cricket history.
Rohit Sharma highlighted the aim of expanding the fast-bowling stocks just like the batting unit as he reasoned the rationale behind picking an all-pace reserve attack for the three-match Test series against New Zealand.
Indian pacer Mohammed Shami hasn't taken the field since the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup final last year. Another injury setback has delayed his return and skipper Rohit Sharma provided a huge update on the pacer's fitness ahead of the Test series against New Zealand and Australia.
"It is understood that Rohit Sharma has intimated to the BCCI that there is a possibility that due to a pressing personal matter, he might have to skip one of the two Tests at the beginning of the series," a BCCI source told PTI on Thursday.
Ratan Tata's foray into cricket has a long history. The Tata Group was the sponsor of the Titan Cup in 1996 - a triangular series which was played between India, Australia and South Africa. India had participated in the tournament under the leadership of Sachin Tendulkar.
The first Test between England and Pakistan is currently in progress in Multan. After conceding a mammoth 556 in the first innings, the visitors have also started well courtesy of attacking cricket from their opener Zak Crawley who has now surpassed Rohit Sharma in WTC history.
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