DTVHINDIShubman Gill clearly doesn’t have experience playing spinners: Sanjay Manjrekar
Gill has been able to score only 53 runs in two innings of the Pune test match against New Zealand. Shubman Gill (Photo Source: Sanjay Manjrekar blamed India’s batting against spin bowling for their defeat in the three-match Test series against New Zealand. The Tom Latham-led side took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series by winning the second Test in Pune on Saturday, October 26. Manjrekar said that if the Indian top order had more confidence, flexibility and strength to defend against the spinners, India could have chased down the target of 359 runs in the fourth innings. He also said that Gill clearly does not have the experience of playing spinners. Sanjay Manjrekar gave a big statement Let us tell you that after India’s defeat in the Pune Test match, Sanjay Manjrekar quoted ESPN Cricinfo as saying – When Yashasvi and Shubman were going to bat together, I thought there would be a surprise. Shubman Gill clearly does not have experience with spinners. A batsman who can work with his footwork effortlessly is clearly under pressure when he plays spinners on turning pitches. Manjrekar further said- Virat Kohli once again failed to understand the length. The ball was fuller than he expected and came back to him quickly. Rohit Sharma was not full of confidence at the crease. There are a lot of players, three out of the top four lacked confidence against spin. On such pitches, you see that it is difficult to bat against spin in the first one and a half sessions. I think if India had strengthened its defense technology a little more, things could have been easier. Had India not lost so many wickets early, with Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja in the side, this match could have been much closer.
‘It doesn’t matter what the pitch is, we have to find a way to win’ captain Shan Masood after the defeat to England
England defeated Pakistan by an innings and 47 runs in the Multan Test match. Shan Masood (Image Credit- Twitter X) Currently a three-match Test series is being played between Pakistan and England. So the first match of this series ended with a crushing defeat of the host team by an innings and 47 runs. Although Pakistan had scored more than 500 runs in the first innings, they still had to face defeat in the match. This was the first match in Test cricket history, when a team scored 500 runs in the first innings, and had to face defeat. On the other hand, now after this defeat, a big statement of team captain Shan Masood has come out. Shan Masood gave a big statement Let us tell you that after losing the Multan Test match against England, Shan Masood said during the post match – When you score 556 runs on the board, it is very important to support it with 10 wickets and keep the game close. This is something we did not do. If we take those 10 wickets and keep England around their score, the 220 we scored on the fifth day becomes challenging for them. That is the key to success, we have to work on things as a team. Masood further said- I would like the team to improve, it does not matter what the pitch is, we have to find a way to win. England showed us the way in this Test, you have to give them huge credit. We are sad with the result, sad as a country, but the beauty of the game is that it always gives you another chance. We are all working hard, we are going to give our all and try to change this. Well, now it will be worth watching that when Masood and Company will play the second match against England at Multan Cricket Stadium from 15th October, how will it perform?
“Indian team doesn’t know….I am thankful to everyone”- Irfan Pathan cried after Team India’s victory
Talking about the match, India won the toss and batted first and scored 176 runs on the board on the basis of Virat Kohli’s half-century of 76 runs, apart from him Akshar Patel played an innings of 47 runs. Chasing the target, the African team could score only 169 runs in 20 overs and Team India won the match by a margin of 7 runs. Virat Kohli was awarded the Player of the Match award in the final match.
Kohli’s form doesn’t matter, because… for the first time, Sanjay Manjrekar’s words will seem absolutely correct
Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has said that he is not worried about Virat Kohli’s current form. Virat Kohli Sanjay Manjrekar (Photo Source: X/Twitter) The T20 World Cup final between India and South Africa will be played on Saturday 29 June at Kensington Oval in Barbados. Virat fans are worried whether their star batsman will show form in the final match or not. It is worth noting that Virat Kohli is going through a very bad form in this T20 World Cup 2024. Kohli’s bat, which spewed fire in IPL 2024, is not able to work its magic in this mega tournament. If we look at Virat Kohli’s contribution in this year’s World Cup, he has scored only 75 runs for the team in seven matches. In the semi-final of the T20 World Cup i.e. India vs England, Kohli could score only 9 runs. In that match, Kohli was having difficulty in touching the ball with his bat. Fans and Team India would like him to do something amazing in the final match. But there is a possibility that Kohli’s bat will fail once again in the final match of the World Cup. Team India is not worried about Virat Kohli’s form Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has said that he has no concerns about Virat Kohli’s current form. Let’s read his full statement – “I am not worried about Virat Kohli’s form, because the form of the entire team is more important. Of course India will win the T20 World Cup 2024. India has played T20 cricket in a modern way and the result is that they are in the final.” Sanjay Manjrekar believes that this time captain Rohit Sharma has led Team India with a very fearless approach. In such a situation, he feels that this new strategy will get India their World Cup trophy after a long time. Which 3 South African players will be a threat to India? Sanjay Manjrekar has named South African fast bowlers Anrique Norkhia, Kagiso Rabada, and Quinton de Kock as the biggest threat to India.
‘Gautam Gambhir has made these sacrifices to make KKR win, so why doesn’t he take the credit’: Harshit Rana
Should Gautam Gambhir get credit for KKR’s victory or not? Harshit Rana gave this statement on this Gautam Gambhir (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Kolkata Knight Riders had a stellar season in IPL 2024. Among the many stars who had a stellar season with the three-time champions, India’s Harshit Rana stood out. 22-year-old Harshit Rana made headlines early in the tournament as he was suspended for one match for aggressive celebrations. Harshit Rana did the ‘flying kiss’ celebration after dismissing Mayank Agarwal against SRH on March 23. Apart from this, he did another celebration in which he put a finger on his lips and made a silent sign. He also had to face a ban due to this celebration, but despite this Rana managed to make a comeback and played a great season. The star pacer took 19 wickets in the entire season and gave KKR their third wicket IPL Helped win the title. Recently, the 22-year-old appeared on Shubhankar Mishra’s podcast where he talked about Gautam Gambhir’s sacrifice. Should Gautam Gambhir get credit for KKR’s victory or not? Shubhankar Mishra asked a question to Harshit Rana, he asked- “When there is a mentor like Gautam Gambhir, the captain does not get that much credit. Like Ashish Nehra, Gautam Gambhir, these are such mentors in whose mentorship, there is more discussion about them than the captain. Like Rohit’s Mumbai, Virat’s RCB, Dhoni’s CSK, no one talks about the mentors of those teams, the teams are famous by the name of the players. But after Gambhir’s retirement and becoming a mentor again, headlines still come that Gambhir’s KKR, while the captain is someone else, so how right and how wrong is this? On this, Harshit Rana gave a very good answer and said- “Look, we have just come to know these things from you, we have no information. But sir, I would definitely like to say that he (Gautam Gambhir) has left everything for KKR. He has left his politics and has come here. He has left everything just to make KKR win and has worked day and night. Then why not talk about him and give him all the credit.” What is your opinion after watching this video? Watch video Harshit Rana talking about the sacrifices of Gautam Gambhir to make KKR win.pic.twitter.com/RFerfSJiKH — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 17, 2024
T20 WC 2024: “It doesn’t matter if you have…”, Team India gets a warning before the World Cup
India will begin their T20 World Cup campaign against Ireland on June 5 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. Team India. (Photo Source: Twitter) Rahul Dravid’s tenure as the head coach of the Indian team will end in June after the 2024 T20 World Cup. The legendary Indian player had a lot of success during his career with the Under-19 team or India A, due to which he was made the head coach of Team India in the year 2022, replacing Ravi Shastri. But Dravid is yet to win an ICC trophy for the senior national team. It is time to end India’s long trophy drought. The T20 World Cup is starting on June 2. Before this, West Indies legend Brian Lara has made a big statement about Team India. Brian Lara gave advice to Rahul Dravid Ahead of the big tournament, former West Indies cricketer Brian Lara sent a clear message to Dravid and suggested him to plan for the final stages of the tournament. India have not won any trophy in an ICC tournament since 2013. The Windies legend said that no matter how many big names are in India’s team, it is important to focus on having a clear strategy on how to win the World Cup. It does not matter that Team India has big star players: Brian Lara When asked about some concerns about Team India ahead of the ICC tournament, Lara said, “Whether it is T20 or 50 overs in the last cup, I think they don’t have any final plan about how they will proceed. It doesn’t matter how many superstars you have. It all depends on how you win this World Cup, what are your plans and how you build your innings or attack policy. I hope Rahul Dravid brings his players together and makes a plan to win the T20 World Cup for India.” Rahul Dravid also has last chance This will be India’s second T20 World Cup under Dravid’s tenure as head coach. In 2022, the Rohit Sharma-led side reached the semi-finals but lost to champions England in the semi-finals. Overall, India has only one title in the history of this T20 tournament, which it won in the first year (2007) under MS Dhoni’s leadership. Since then, India reached the semi-finals twice in the next seven seasons and finished runners-up once. Team India’s first match will be on 5 June India will begin their T20 World Cup campaign against Ireland on June 5 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. Then on June 9, there will be a thrilling match against arch-rivals Pakistan at the same ground. Apart from the above three, co-hosts USA and Canada are the other two members in Group A. India played their last international match in this format in January at home. After this, India will now play a warm-up match against Bangladesh in New York on June 1.
“IPL form doesn’t matter, it matters in T20 World Cup…”- Usman Khawaja made a big statement about Glenn Maxwell
T20 cricket is not easy, he (Glenn Maxwell) is just one good innings away from getting back in form- Usman Khawaja Usman Khawaja and Glenn Maxwell (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Australian player Glenn Maxwell’s performance in IPL 2024 has been very poor. Maxwell was able to score only 52 runs in 9 matches at a poor average of 5.78 and a strike rate of 120.93. Royal Challengers Bangalore removed Glenn Maxwell from the playing 11 in the middle of the season and included England’s Will Jacks in the team. Maxwell got a place back in the playing 11 after Will Jacks returned to England due to national duty, but he failed to contribute. Glenn Maxwell will now be seen playing for Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024, but his poor form remains a matter of concern. However, Maxwell’s teammate Usman Khawaja believes that Maxwell will overcome his poor form in the IPL and perform brilliantly for the team in the World Cup. Maxi has proven himself time and again- Usman Khawaja Australian player Usman Khawaja believes that Glenn Maxwell is just one good innings away from getting back to his best form. Talking to West Australian, Khawaja said, ‘IPL form doesn’t matter at all. Maxi has proven himself time and again. Any player who has performed for a long period of time understands that you can’t go out there and perform well every time. Usman Khawaja further said, ‘You take some risks, especially if you bat in the middle order, and T20 cricket is not easy. He is just one good innings away from getting back in form. It doesn’t matter what happened in the past. He is not going to change his game nor should he do so. Just keep moving forward, he will find his form.’ Glenn Maxwell has not yet joined the Australian team for the T20 World Cup 2024. At the same time, let us tell you that the Kangaroo team has defeated Namibia by 7 wickets in their first warm-up match.
Sanju Samson doesn’t know captaincy… The veteran told what blunder Rajasthan made against SRH and lost
Tom Moody believes that spinners had no role in SRH’s bowling, but Rajasthan gave that weak link a chance to dominate. Sanju Samson (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI) SRH defeated Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2 of the ongoing season and became the second team to reach the final of the season. For SRH, spinners Abhishek Sharma and Shahbaz Ahmed turned the match around at the last moment which played an important role in Hyderabad’s victory. Now former Australian cricketer and head coach Tom Moody is surprised why Rajasthan Royals (RR) did not send left-handed batsman Shimron Hetmyer against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) left-arm spinners Shahbaz Ahmed and Abhishek Sharma. He believes that Hetmyer should have batted at number five after Riyan Parag, because he could have stopped the havoc of these two spinners and the result of the match would have been different. Moody revealed how SRH’s spin bowling was one of the weak links Moody believed that spinners had no role in SRH’s bowling, but Rajasthan gave that weak link a chance to dominate. Tom Moody while talking to ESPNCricinfo said- “It was completely understandable that Hetmyer should have batted ahead of Dhruv Jurel. Jurel batted well, but even if he had batted after Hetmyer, he would have batted well. Rajasthan just had to target those 2 left-arm bowlers, which Hetmyer could do well being a left-handed batsman. SRH had nothing in the name of spinner, yet Rajasthan made such a big blunder.” At the same time, former New Zealand fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan believes that if RR had sent a left-handed batsman instead of a right-handed batsman after Shahbaz Ahmed started his spell, then perhaps Cummins would not have given the ball to Abhishek Sharma for the next over and the threat of Abhishek would have been averted from the team.
“He doesn’t go out on the field with the players…”- Mohammad Kaif credits this instead of Gautam Gambhir for KKR’s stellar performance
We always talk about Gautam Gambhir, but he cannot get on the field with the players- Mohammad Kaif Gautam Gambhir, Shreyas Iyer and Mohammad Kaif (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Kolkata Knight Riders are playing brilliantly in the 17th season of IPL. The team won 9 out of 14 matches in the league stage and finished first in the points table with 20 points. The team has again reached the final by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets in Qualifier-1. KKR will play the final match on 26 May against either Rajasthan Royals or Sunrisers Hyderabad. Mentor Gautam Gambhir is being given all the credit for Kolkata’s excellent performance in this season of IPL. However, former Indian player Mohammad Kaif has given all the credit to captain Shreyas Iyer instead of Gambhir. Shreyas Iyer has been there with the players- Mohammad Kaif Cricket commentator Mohammad Kaif believes that Gautam Gambhir does not come to the field with the players, this work is done by captain Shreyas Iyer. Due to which the credit for the excellent performance of Kolkata Knight Riders should be given to the captain. Mohammad Kaif, while talking to Hindustan Times, said, ‘We always talk about Gautam Gambhir, but he cannot get on the field with the players. Shreyas Iyer has been there with the players and this will help him grow as a person and a player.’ They are the team to beat in IPL – Kaif Mohammad Kaif believes that KKR is a balanced team, and the team has excellent players in both departments. Talking further, Kaif said, ‘I think KKR is a very balanced team. A team that wins the tournament should have good bowlers, KKR have bowlers. You saw how (Mitchell) Starc bowled against SRH in Qualifier 1, it is a balanced team. KKR have covered all the bases in terms of batting and bowling. They are the team to beat in IPL, they are far ahead.
IPL 2024: ‘He doesn’t look 100 percent fit’ Former Australian legend on Hardik Pandya’s bowling against Chennai
Chennai won against Mumbai by 20 runs. Hardik Pandya (Image Credit- Twitter) Former Australian cricket team veteran cricketer Adam Gilchrist has expressed concern about the fitness of Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Hardik Pandya. Let us tell you that this veteran player believes that Pandya is not completely fit to bowl, the way he did against Chennai Super Kings in the 29th match of IPL 2024 held yesterday on April 14. Let us tell you that in this match, Hardik Pandya had taken two wickets while bowling three overs. So when he came to bowl the 20th over, it proved to be the decisive over of the match. MS Dhoni hit three consecutive sixes in this over and scored 20* runs in 4 balls. Later, Chennai Super Kings won the match by the same number of runs. On the other hand, Hardik Pandya had given a total of 43 runs in three overs in the match, which included 26 runs in the 20th over alone. After this, when he came to bat, he scored only 2 runs and the team had to face defeat. Adam Gilchrist gave a big statement regarding Hardik Pandya Let us tell you that while talking to Cricbuzz after the Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings match, Gilchrist said – The only positive thing about Hardik Pandya and his bowling was that he was ready to take the challenge. I am the captain, but I look like a question mark, we use such words in Australian cricket also. Gilchrist further said- You are not with the flow of the team. When he was bowling, he did not seem 100 percent match fit. Seeing the condition of his body, doubts are also being raised. His bowling is scattered.
