‘Dimaag khaata rehta hai’: Virat Kohli’s jovial banter with Swastik Chikara as young RCB star calls him ‘bade bhai’

Royal Challengers Bengaluru youngster Swastik Chikara once again showed his admiration for senior batter Virat Kohli after their team registered a big win over Lucknow Super Giants to ensure a…

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Sunil Gavaskar’s blunt take on why Shubman Gill, not Bumrah, became captain: ‘A very selfless cricketer told selectors…’

May 28, 2025 04:03 PM IST Sunil Gavaskar explains what led the BCCI and its chairman of selectors, Ajit Agarkar, to appoint Shubman Gill as India's Test captain. The BCCI's…

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Sarfaraz Khan vs Karun Nair: Who really deserved to be picked in India’s Test squad for England tour?

Last week, India’s selectors announced an 18-man squad to tour England for a five-Test series starting in three weeks. Eighteen is not a huge number when one considers that these…

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Virat Kohli’s unmatched consistency glorified after RCB reach qualifier 1: ‘He’s got 9000 runs, which is 500 a season’

Royal Challengers Bengaluru batting coach and mentor Dinesh Karthik lavished praise on Virat Kohli after he played another pivotal knock in the tall chase to help his team ensure a…

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‘Stop this vilification of Digvesh Rathi. You scarred him’: Ashwin tears into Rishabh Pant for ‘humiliating’ LSG bowler

Former India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, who has had his fair share of experience of being targeted after that run-out incident in IPL 2019 involving Jos Buttler, jumped to Digvesh Rathi's…

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‘Sarfaraz Khan’s performances outweigh Karun Nair’s. But someone thought…’: Agarkar, Gambhir called out by Manjrekar

India's 18-member Test squad for England, which was announced on Saturday, was pretty much on expected lines. Shubman Gill was captain, Karun Nair made his much-awaited comeback to the Indian…

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‘Rishabh Pant said no, we don’t want this wicket’: Explaining LSG captain’s appeal withdrawal against Jitesh Sharma

Jitesh Sharma's reaction after Rishabh Pant told the on-field umpires that he would like to withdraw the appeal of a run out at the non-striker's end against him was a…

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‘Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant are very different’: Comeback man Shardul Thakur sums up India’s new Test leadership duo

Team India will enter a new era in Test cricket next month when the side kickstarts its fourth World Test Championship cycle with the five-match series against England. With Rohit…

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Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma given ‘extremely tough’ challenge to qualify for 2027 World Cup: ‘Don’t play against BAN, ZIM’

Team India's star batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli recently announced their retirements from Test cricket after enduring a flop show in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. Both had already retired…

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