Sanath Jayasuriya appointed as the head coach of the team for the India tour, a big challenge for Gautam Gambhir!
Former opener Sanath Jayasuriya was appointed as the interim head coach of the Sri Lanka national team on Monday, July 08. Sanath Jayasuriya (Image Credit- Twitter X) Team India is on a tour of Zimbabwe for a 5-match T20 series. The head coach of the team for this tour is VVS Laxman. After this, the team will leave for the Sri Lanka tour. The three-match T20 series will be played from July 27 to July 30 in the Sri Lanka tour. After which the ODI series will be played from August 2 to August 7. The BCCI secretary has announced that the head coach of India will be announced before the Sri Lanka tour. There is every possibility that Gautam Gambhir will take over as the head coach of Team India. Let us tell you that Gautam Gambhir is going to face a big challenge in Team India’s first outing as a coach. Sri Lanka appointed Sanath Jayasuriya as the head coach of the team Former opener Sanath Jayasuriya was appointed as the interim head coach of the Sri Lanka national team on Monday, July 08. Jayasuriya said on Monday that he was approached by the board to replace Chris Silverwood, who stepped down after the T20 World Cup in the USA. Sanath Jayasuriya has previously served as the national team selector. He will now begin his tenure as coach after the end of the current Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2024 season. He is set to take charge of the team for the limited-overs series against India in July-August and the tour of England at the end of the month. Sanath Jayasuriya has abundant international experience and his close association with the Sri Lanka cricket team will hold him in good stead. Jayasuriya has represented Sri Lanka 586 times in all three formats of the game, scoring 42 centuries and taking 440 wickets. He played his last international match in 2011. In such a situation, this series is no less than a challenge for Gautam Gambhir. The Sri Lankan team under Jayasuriya’s coaching will be very dangerous.
During an exclusive conversation with Crictracker, Aaron Finch made a big revelation about Australia team’s disappointing performance in T20 World Cup 2024
Aaron Finch is currently participating in the World Championship Legends. Aaron Finch (Image Source: Getty Images) Former player Aaron Finch recently revealed the disappointing performance of the Australian team in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 during an exclusive conversation with Crictracker. Australia’s performance in the group stage was quite good and the team secured its place in the Super 8. However, Australia faced a lot of trouble in the Super 8 and the team lost against Afghanistan and India. At the start of the tournament, many former players believed that Australia was a strong contender to win the T20 World Cup 2024. However, after the defeat against Afghanistan, the team’s morale was completely broken. Aaron Finch told Crictracker, ‘I think the team will be very disappointed that they could not secure their place in the semi-finals. The kind of team Australia had, they should have secured their place in the semi-finals. There is no doubt that Australia must have felt very bad. They were strong contenders to win this tournament but in the end they fell short. The team’s fielding was very poor in this tournament, due to which they had to face a lot of problems at different places. However, this tournament was very good for some players like Marcus Stoinis. Stoinis performed well with both bat and ball for Australia. Aaron Finch is currently participating in the World Championship Legends Let us tell you, Aaron Finch is currently participating in the World Championship Legends. This tournament is being played between 6 teams. India Champions, West Indies Champions, Pakistan Champions, England Champions, Australia Champions and South Africa Champions. Aaron Finch is the highest run-scorer in this tournament so far. He has scored 173 runs in three innings at an average of around 58. Australia Champions are captained by Brett Lee and so far the team has won two out of three matches and is placed second in the points table of this important tournament. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
‘The next generation has a big responsibility’, Brett Lee made a big statement on Rohit, Virat and Jadeja’s T20I retirement
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja retire from T20Is after winning T20 World Cup 2024 Brett Lee and Team India Team India recently won the T20 World Cup 2024 title. After this, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja decided to retire from T20I. Kohli batted brilliantly against South Africa in the final and won the Player of the Match award. However, Ravindra Jadeja could not do justice to his performance. Still, his game in the shortest format of the game has been incredible. Now there is a debate on who will replace the three players in the Indian team after their retirement from T20 Internationals. Meanwhile, former Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has given his reaction on this. Along with this, he has praised Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja after their retirement announcement. Watch CricTracker’s exclusive interview with the former Australian below Brett Lee said in an exclusive interview with Crictracker, “Look, I think they should appreciate those three cricketers because you know they are all amazing. They are going to be players in their own right and coaching staff and a former player turned coach. Obviously Rohit Sharma, Kohli, Jadeja have done brilliantly for so many years. “He has set the standards of Indian cricket so high that it has become easier for players to come in, but I think it has also become somewhat difficult to fill those big positions,” the former Australian fast bowler said. He further said, but now it is up to the next generation. They have a big responsibility. The thing with sports is that you cannot play forever. You should not play forever and you should not stop the players either. So when it is your time, enjoy it, celebrate it. What a great way to go out and now look forward to the next generation.
Abhishek Sharma wreaked havoc on the bowlers, scored a smashing century and made 3 big records in his name
Abhishek Sharma scored his first century in the second T20 International match of his career. He scored 100 runs in 46 balls. Abhishek Sharma (Pic Source X) Abhishek Sharma 3 big records in IND vs ZIM 2nd T20I: The second match of the five-match T20 series between India and Zimbabwe was played on 7 July at Harare Sports Club. In the last match, Zimbabwe defeated India by 13 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the series. In such a situation, in the second match, India won the toss and decided to bat first. Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill came in as the opening batsmen of Team India. Both of them started thrashing the bowling right from the beginning. Abhishek Sharma was out on zero in the last match but he regained his lost form in this match and proved to everyone why he is the lethal batsman of the team. India got the first blow from Mujarbani on a score of 10 runs. He got captain Shubman Gill caught by Bennett. He was able to score only two runs. Rituraj Gaikwad came to bat at number three. Abhishek Sharma was present at the crease to support him and both of them together handled the innings. Abhishek Sharma hit a stormy century Abhishek Sharma scored his first century in the second T20 international match of his career. He scored 100 runs in 46 balls. During this brilliant innings, he hit seven fours and eight sixes. He was out on zero in the last match. Sharma had a partnership of 137 runs for the second wicket with Gaikwad. With this, Abhishek Sharma became the youngest Indian player to score a century in T20I. At the same time, he is at number 1 in terms of the least innings taken to score 100 runs for India in T20I. 3 great records made by Abhishek Sharma (Abhishek Sharma 3 big records in IND vs ZIM 2nd T20I) Fastest century for India in T20Is (by balls faced) 35 – Rohit Sharma vs Sri Lanka, Indore, 2017 45 – Suryakumar Yadav vs Sri Lanka, Rajkot, 2023 46 – KL Rahul vs West Indies, Lauderhill, 2016 46 – Abhishek Sharma vs ZIM, Harare, 2024* Least innings taken to score 100 runs for India in T20I 2 – Abhishek Sharma* 3- Deepak Hooda 4. KL Rahul Youngest Indian player to score a century in T20I 21 years 279 days – Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Nepal, 2023 23 years 146 days – Shubman Gill vs New Zealand, 2023 23 years 156 days – Suresh Raina vs South Africa, 2010 23 years 307 days – Abhishek Sharma vs ZIM, 2024*
Rahul Dravid praised Rohit Sharma as a player and leader, read the big news
The pair of Rohit and Dravid have played 3 finals of ICC tournaments in the last 13 months. Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma (Image Credit- Twitter X) Indian captain Rohit Sharma made his international cricket debut in 2007 under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid. Seeing Rohit’s game, he got a chance to play for the Indian team in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2007 that year. However, due to lack of consistency in performance, he kept getting in and out of the Indian team. But when Dhoni started sending him as an opener in 2013, a great change was seen in his game. After this change, he emerged as one of the best openers in white ball cricket. So Dravid has closely seen Rohit’s development as a player and leader. Both of them worked together in the Indian cricket team between the T20 World Cup 2021 and June 2024. While Dravid was the head coach of Team India, Rohit was playing the role of captain. Also, in the last 13 months, Team India has played 3 ICC finals under the leadership of both. After winning the T20 World Cup 2024, Dravid’s tenure with Team India ended. On the other hand, now Rahul Dravid has made a big statement about Rohit’s development as a player and a leader. Rahul Dravid gave a big statement about Rohit Sharma Let us tell you that 51-year-old Dravid said about Rohit as quoted by BCCI- I really enjoyed working with Rohit. He is the person I knew as a young boy. I have seen him grow as a person and a leader. Dravid further said- He has been able to contribute to the team as a player and leader in the last 10 or 12 years. This is a true tribute to his game, because the effort and time he has given to Indian cricket is incomparable. I enjoy knowing him as a person.
Big update about Gautam Gambhir, he shot farewell video for KKR, a big announcement will be made soon
Gautam Gambhir’s appointment as India’s next head coach looks almost certain. According to some media reports, he recently took part in a video shoot at Eden Gardens to bid farewell to his fans in Kolkata. The Indian cricket team is currently without a head coach after Rahul Dravid’s tenure ended with the victory of the T20 World Cup 2024. According to sources from the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), Gambhir suddenly arrived at Eden Gardens with his video team on Friday. He shot for some time in privacy in the stadium. This is probably his farewell video for KKR. Gambhir has an emotional connection with KKR, so he wants to say goodbye to the team in a special way. Gautam Gambhir had a golden journey with KKR This video will also show Gambhir’s golden journey with KKR. It is worth mentioning that KKR won the IPL trophy for the third time this year under Gambhir’s captaincy in 2012 and 2014 and after a decade under his mentorship. It is also being said that this video will be released after the announcement of Gambhir’s name as the new head coach of the Indian team. It is almost certain that Gautam Gambhir will be the next head coach of Team India after Rahul Dravid. Dravid took over the responsibility of Team India’s head coach at the end of 2021 and remained in this position till the T20 World Cup-2024. Although his tenure ended after the ODI World Cup-2023, his tenure was later extended till the 2024 T20 World Cup. BCCI secretary Jay Shah had earlier confirmed that the new head coach will take charge from Team India’s tour of Sri Lanka, which will consist of 3 ODIs and as many T20Is. Currently, the Men in Blue are facing Zimbabwe in a five-match T20I series. National Cricket Academy (NCA) head VVS Laxman is serving as the head coach on this tour.
Gujarat Titans bowler made a big statement, said- I am one of the best bowlers in the world
R Sai Kishore was part of the Asian Games 2023 winning Indian team R Sai Kishore (Image Credit- Twitter X) Indian cricketer and Gujarat Titans team’s all-rounder player R Sai Kishore has made a big statement, calling himself one of the best bowlers in the world. Let us tell you that when he made his debut for Team India in the Asian Games 2023 in China, his eyes became moist during that match. So after this tournament, he performed brilliantly for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2024, and also bowled brilliantly in some matches. Kishore took a total of 7 wickets in 5 matches at an average of 19.57 and an economy of 9.13 and also took four wickets for 33 runs in one match. R Sai Kishore gave a big statement Let us tell you that in a recent discussion with Sports Keeda, R Sai Kishore said- Every cricketer has this notion in his mind that he has to play for India. Many things were favorable for me to play there (Asian Games), I went there as a net bowler. Akash Deep didn’t get his visa, and I was very emotional, so I played matches. When so many things happen to you, my mind doesn’t accept it. You don’t know what kind of things happen to you. Because of this you become very emotional. Kishore further said- If you work on your strategy, then there are very few players who can actually face you. I am one of the best bowlers in the world. I really believe in this. When you play cricket around the world, you can tell which players can hit you.

