After Rohit, now Virat will also play ODI series against Sri Lanka, big report revealed
Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli (Photo Source: Getty Images) A new era of Indian cricket will begin later this month as Gautam Gambhir will take over as India’s head coach for the first time since Rahul Dravid’s departure. India are all set to travel to Sri Lanka and play three T20Is followed by three ODIs. It was initially rumoured that the seniors including Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma would miss the ODI series. However, through some media reports it has come to light that Rohit Sharma can make himself available for the ODI series and now it seems that Kohli can also be seen playing in the ODI series. Virat Kohli can be seen playing in the ODI series According to a report in The Indian Express, Virat Kohli has made himself available to play the T20 series and has confirmed the same to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. This was after reports that Gautam Gambhir had asked the seniors to make themselves available for the series. Senior players like Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav are going to return for the Sri Lanka tour. In such a situation, the biggest question is going to be about the new captain of the Indian T20 team. BCCI and new head coach Gambhir are looking for a captain till the next T20 World Cup 2026. According to the report, Suryakumar Yadav can captain the T20 series against Sri Lanka. Let us tell you that the Indian team will start the Sri Lanka tour on 27th July. The Indian team will play a total of 6 matches in 12 days on the Sri Lanka tour. First, a 3-match T20 series will be played between India and Sri Lanka. The first T20 match will be played on 27th, the second T20 match on 28th and the last T20 match on 30th July. All these matches will be played in Pallekele from 7 pm Indian time.
Rohit Sharma may play ODI series against Sri Lanka, uncertainty remains over Virat and Bumrah! Big report revealed
Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: X/Twitter) A new era is about to begin in Indian cricket as Gautam Gambhir will soon begin his first assignment as the team’s new head coach. The Men in Blue will tour Sri Lanka to take part in three T20Is followed by three ODIs is all set to do so. The ODI series will be extremely important for India as it will mark the start of their preparations for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 to be held in Pakistan in February. This is India’s last ODI series before the tournament. Meanwhile, there were reports that Rohit Sharma would be rested from this series after winning the T20 World Cup 2024. But now such reports are coming out that Rohit Sharma can be seen captaining in the ODI series. Team India’s new head coach Gautam Gambhir has made it clear that every player will have to be available for all three formats. It has also been clearly stated in the report that the board has not put any pressure on these players to play. However, there have been some indications from Rohit Sharma that he may make himself available for the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka in August. Considering that Team India has very few ODI matches to prepare before the Champions Trophy to be held in February-March 2025. Rohit Sharma can play in the ODI series against Sri Lanka According to the Cricbuzz report, this is the reason why Rohit Sharma can be seen in these three ODIs. He is currently enjoying his holidays in the US. It is expected that he will inform the BCCI about his availability soon, possibly he will send his reply to the board before the online meeting on Wednesday. If Rohit Sharma decides to play in the ODI series, he will undoubtedly lead the team. However, players like Jasprit Bumrah and Virat Kohli have been rested for the Sri Lanka series and their chances of joining the team are low. If Rohit Sharma does not play in this series, then KL Rahul can captain the ODI series. Apart from this, Shreyas Iyer can also return to the ODI team.
“Our players will not go to Pakistan…if you want to play then play otherwise…”- Harbhajan Singh said about Champions Trophy
Harbhajan Singh (Photo Source: X) Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh expressed his anger during a show on a Pakistani TV channel. He said that India will not send its team for the Champions Trophy next year because “our players are not safe” in Pakistan. The former spinner said that Indian cricket can go on even without Pakistan. In the video that is going viral, Harbhajan Singh said, “If our players are not safe in Pakistan, we will not send the team. If you want to play, then play; if not, then don’t play. Indian cricket can survive without Pakistan. If you guys can survive without Indian cricket, then show it”. Champions Trophy will be played for the first time after 8 years Let us tell you that the Champions Trophy will be played again next year after a long gap of 8 years, which is hosted by Pakistan. The last edition of the tournament was played in 2017, where Pakistan emerged as champions after winning against arch-rivals India in the final at The Oval in London.
‘If you want to play then…’, Gautam Gambhir’s warning to Team India after becoming the head coach
Gautam Gambhir has issued a warning to Indian players before the start of his tenure. Gautam Gambhir (Photo Source: X) Former Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian team. Gautam Gambhir has taken over this responsibility after Rahul Dravid’s tenure as head coach ended. The Indian team will leave for Sri Lanka tour in the last week of this month. Gautam Gambhir will be seen in the role of head coach on this tour. Meanwhile, Gautam Gambhir has warned the Indian players before starting his tenure. Gautam Gambhir is always in the news for his outspoken statements. He has given clear statements many times before. He has clearly said that if a player is fit then he should play in all three formats. What did Gautam Gambhir say about Team India? Gautam Gambhir said in a conversation with Star Sports- “There is only one message, try and play with honesty. Be honest to your profession. The results will definitely follow you. When I picked up the bat, I never thought about the result. I never thought I would score so many runs. I always believed that I have to be honest and do justice to my profession.” he adds- “There are many principles and principles to live by. You have to try to do the right things. Even if the whole world is against you, you have to try to do the right thing. But your heart should believe that you are doing the right thing in the interest of the team. Even if I was aggressive on the cricket field, even if I had disputes with people on the field. All this happened in the interest of the team.” Who is included in the support staff? Gautam Gambhir is the head coach and Abhishek Nair’s name is at the forefront as the batting coach. Media reports are claiming that Gautam Gambhir wants to appoint Morne Morkel as the bowling coach but the board is not in favor of a foreign coach.
“Trying to convince Hardik Pandya to play Test cricket”- Gavaskar tells India the way to win the WTC trophy
Hardik Pandya has not played any Test match for India since 2018. Ravindra Jadeja and Sunil Gavaskar (Image Credit- Twitter X) Team India has played both the finals of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) so far and has been runner-up in both. The WTC started in 2019 and the first title match was played in 2021, where New Zealand defeated India to win the trophy. After this, the final match of the 2021-2023 World Test Championship was played between India and Australia in 2023. There too, India had to be content with being the runner-up. WTC 2023-25 is going on and looking at the current situation, once again Team India’s reaching the final match seems almost certain. Meanwhile, former Team India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has told the way by which Team India can win the Test series in Australia later this year as well as the WTC title next year. Sunil Gavaskar gave a big statement about Hardik Pandya During an interview with Rev Sports, Sunil Gavaskar was asked, ‘The player who taught Indian cricket fans the meaning of Test cricket, do you think Team India will win in Australia and also win the WTC title?’ To this, Gavaskar said, ‘Yes, of course he can do that. I think efforts should be made to persuade Hardik Pandya to play Test cricket for the next two months. If he bowls 10 overs in a day and bats in his style, it will be impossible to defeat the Indian team and in such a situation, Team India can win in Australia and then win the WTC title as well. Hardik Pandya has played a total of 11 Test matches in his career so far and has scored 532 runs in 18 innings, while taking a total of 17 wickets in 19 innings. Hardik Pandya also has a century in his name in Test cricket. Hardik made his Test debut in 2017, but he has not played any Test match since August 2018.
‘We used to play cricket with lemons’ Shamar Joseph recalls his early cricketing days
Recently, Joseph has been successful in attracting the attention of the cricket world with his bowling Shamar Joseph. (Image Source: Getty Images) West Indies cricket team’s fast bowler Shamar Joseph has managed to grab a lot of headlines in recent times with his bowling. Let us tell you that the 24-year-old player came into the limelight when West Indies achieved a historic victory in Australia last year. This was West Indies’ first victory in Test cricket on Australian soil. So after performing brilliantly in this test series against Australia, Shamar Joseph was also successful in getting an IPL contract. On the other hand, in a recent media interview, he has made a big statement about his childhood and early days of cricket. Let us tell you that Joseph grew up in the Guyanese village of Barcara in the West Indies. Shamar Joseph gave a big statement Let us tell you that in a recent interview with Sky Sports, Shamar Joseph said- I started playing cricket there, which we call jungle. We have used lemons and lemon-like things to play cricket. We had a cream cup, we used to take the bumper ball there, press it, so that there could be good compression in the ball. We used to play with tape ball, insulation tape. I was the only one in my school, we had a group of youngsters, as I have five brothers. We have a team from the very beginning. Some people from the village used to come together, and we used to play cricket together. Sometimes we would start cricket at 7 in the morning and finish at 4 in the afternoon. So now Shamar Joseph will be seen playing for West Indies in the first Test match against England starting on July 10. This match is going to be the last match of James Anderson’s cricket career. So he said about Anderson – He is a very amazing player. He is a player I have looked up to. You can say that he is perfect because he has a lot of wickets at this level.
‘I couldn’t perform my best’ Unmukt Chand on not being able to play for USA in T20 World Cup
Unmukt Chand became eligible to play for the USA in March but was not selected in the squad for the T20 World Cup 2024. Unmukt Chand (Image Credit- Twitter X) In the recently concluded ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, India’s Under-19 winning captain Unmukt Chand could not make it to the 15-member team from USA. So now he has given a big reaction remembering this. It is worth noting that after retiring completely from Indian cricket in the year 2021, Unmukt shifted to USA in search of better opportunities. Because he was not able to get a place in the senior team even after playing cricket continuously in India. So when he shifted to USA, he got a chance to express himself in international cricket, and was seen playing for USA. However, Chand’s performance in March was somewhat average, due to which he could not make it to the 15-member USA T20 World Cup squad, while his batchmates Harmeet Singh and Milind Kumar got a chance to play T20 World Cup 2024 for USA. Unmukt Chand’s big reaction came out Let us tell you that about not being able to play the ICC T20 World Cup on behalf of USA, Unmukt Chand said as quoted by Cricbuzz- It was not an ideal situation for the team to not be able to play that (T20 World Cup). Because personally, I had dreamed of this for the last three years. Obviously, it was a big blow, and it took me a long time to accept it. Unmukt further said- As a player, after losing everything at home in India, it is never easy to achieve this one goal, which was bothering me for the last three years, but it could not happen. So, it is difficult. I will not say what happened right now, but it was difficult. For some time I could not perform at my best.