DTVHINDIExclusive: “I have never seen him drop a catch…”, Mohammad Kaif calls Rishabh Pant the best fielder
Mohammad Kaif praised Team India’s fielding coach T. Dilip and stressed that the level of fielding has increased because of him. Mohammad Kaif (Photo Source: Instagram) Former Indian player Mohammad Kaif is playing for Gujarat Giants in Legends League Cricket 2024. Gujarat won their first match against Urbanisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets. After the match, Mohammad Kaif talked about many things in an exclusive interview with CricTracker. Mohammad Kaif praised Team India’s fielding coach T. Dilip and stressed that because of him the level of fielding in the team has increased. He also described Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant as the best fielders of the Indian team. Exclusive interview of Mohammad Kaif with CricTracker- First question: How was the match? Answer: I think the way Morne van Wyk played was amazing to watch. It was a tough pitch, day match. He kept wicket for the first 20 overs, then opened the innings and finished the match. So, so far in this LLC I have not seen such a great innings. Second question: What changes have you seen in the fielding of the team after T. Dilip came to India? Answer: They are doing a very good job. They have a big role. Suryakumar Yadav took a catch in the T20 World Cup, which was the turning point. So they have done a very good job and the level of fielding has gone up. The Indian team has performed well. Third question: According to you, who are the top-2 fielders of India? Answer: India is the world champion, Ravindra Jadeja is among the top-2 fielders of India. Jadeja has become an even better fielder with age. People say that with age you become slow, but Jadeja is a perfect example that if you focus on fitness, your performance improves, his fielding has improved. The second name I will take is Rishabh Pant, as a wicketkeeper, I have never seen Rishabh Pant drop a catch.
Ahead of Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Travis Head calls Shubman Gill the future of India, says “he is a superstar”
Australia’s explosive batsman Travis Head has also praised the talent of Shubman Gill and said that he is the most skilled batsman against spin. Shubman Gill (Photo Source: Team India has returned to the field after about one and a half months. Practice has started for the upcoming Test and T20 series with Bangladesh. After this series, India will play a Test series with New Zealand and then the prestigious Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played against Australia. The Indian team is all set to tour Australia for the Border Gavaskar Trophy. This series is going to be very important for both the countries as both the teams can play the final of the World Test Championship in 2025. However, before the series, opener Travis Head has praised Shubman Gill a lot. Shubman Gill is a young batsman of Team India in all three formats. So far he has played many memorable innings for India. Now Travis Head has also praised Shubman Gill’s talent and said that he is the most skilled batsman against spin. Speaking to Star Sports, he said, “Shubman Gill is a superstar. He has played some great innings. His batting against spin is excellent. He is a great player.” Shubman Gill is part of the Bangladesh series The Indian team is ready to host a 2-Test series against Bangladesh on home soil from September 19. Gill has also managed to make it to the Indian team’s squad for the first match. After the Test series, a 3-match T20 series will be played between India and Bangladesh from October 6. However, Shubman Gill will not play in this series. A BCCI source told PTI that he will be given rest to deal with the workload. Gill led the Indian team in the 5-match T20 series played against Zimbabwe. Under his captaincy, India won this series 4-1. Shubman Gill career stats Shubman Gill has played 25 Test matches for India so far and has scored 1492 runs at an average of 35.52. Apart from this, Gill has scored 2328 runs in 47 ODIs at an average of 58.20. At the same time, in 21 T20 matches, he has scored 578 runs at an average of 30.42.
IND vs ENG 2024: Brad Hogg calls Sarfaraz Khan lucky regarding the biggest turning point of Rajkot Test
The fourth Test match between India and England will be played in Ranchi from 23 February. Sarfaraz Khan, Brad Hogg and Joe Root. (Image Source: X) England’s Test tour of India 2024, IND vs ENG: Former Australian cricketer Brad Hogg believes that the biggest turning point of the third Test match played between India and England in Rajkot was Joe Root’s (Joe Root)’s Rohit Sharma (Rohit Sharma)’s catch was to be dropped. When Joe Root dropped the catch of Rohit Sharma, the Indian cricket team captain was batting on 27 runs and Brad Hogg believes that if the former England captain Had he completed the catch, the host team could have lost four wickets within the first session itself. Sarfaraz Khan will thank Joe Root: Brad Hogg The former Australian spinner further said that if Rohit Sharma had been caught out, then debutant Sarfaraz Khan would have been caught.Sarfaraz Khan) would have had to face the fast pace of Mark Wood in the beginning and problems could have increased for Team India. This did not happen and Rohit scored a brilliant century and then Sarfaraz Khan also played a strong half-century, and the England cricket team had to face a shameful defeat of 434 runs. Brad Hogg said on his YouTube channel: “It was a huge mistake by England to drop the catch of Rohit Sharma by Joe Root on the first morning of the Rajkot Test when India were three wickets down. Due to the drop of this catch, four wickets of India were saved and Sarfaraz Khan was delayed in entering the field. ‘His future will be bright’ Mark Wood was quite fresh at that time, so things could have been difficult for the young batsman. Sarfaraz Khan will thank Joe Root for not taking the catch of Rohit Sharma and he was lucky that day. But he took advantage of the opportunity and performed very well. I am confident that his future will be bright.”
IND vs ENG: It is very important for the Indian team to take these three big selection calls before the fourth test match.
The Indian team won the third test match played in Rajkot by 434 runs. India vs England, 3rd Test (Image Credit- Twitter X) In the third Test played in Rajkot, all the players of the Indian team performed very well and played an important role in the victory of their team. Let us tell you, the Indian team had won the third test match played in Rajkot by 434 runs. Now the fourth match of the five-match Test series between these two teams is starting from February 23 in Ranchi. So far, some players from the Indian team have performed very well in this test series. However, there are some players who have so far failed to leave their mark in it. However, now the question arises whether there will be any change in the Indian playing XI in the fourth test or not? Today we will tell you about three main selection questions which are going to be very important for the fourth test. 3- Will KL Rahul return in the fourth test? KL Rahul (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Due to injury, KL Rahul could not participate in the third test and young batsman Sarfaraz Khan made his debut in his place. Sarfaraz Khan batted brilliantly in Rajkot and scored half-centuries for the team in both the innings. Many people were very happy with Sarfaraz Khan’s batting. Sarfaraz Khan had hit hard against the spinners. Now KL Rahul can make a comeback in the fourth test. However, the question arises that if KL Rahul plays in the fourth test, then who will be dropped from the Indian playing XI?
