DTVHINDIEXCLUSIVE: Pragyan Ojha with CricTracker: Pragyan Ojha’s big statement on Virat Kohli’s fitness
Gave an exclusive interview to the CricTracker team in which Pragyan Ojha spoke openly about Virat Kohli’s fitness in Team India and other things related to Team India. Pragyan Ojha Exclusive Interview with Crictracker (Source : Pragyan Ojha Exclusive Interview with Crictracker: Former Team India left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 21 February 2020. In his career with Team India, Ojha has taken 113 wickets in 24 Tests, 21 in 18 ODIs and 10 in 6 T20s. After retirement, he is busy with commentary and cricket related activities. Currently, he is playing for Manipal Tigers under the leadership of Harbhajan Singh in the third season of Legends League Cricket. During this time, he gave an exclusive interview to the CricTracker team in which he discussed many things including his Test debut, Dhoni’s retirement, and seeing Rishabh Pant as the next captain. Let’s see what questions were asked to him in this interview and what answers he gave. Pragyan Ojha Exclusive Interview With CricTracker Q: I hope everything is going well for you in LLC 2024? Answer: Yes, everything is going well. I am getting a chance to spend time with my old friends and seniors. I am practicing here, playing matches. What can be better than this for a cricketer? Q: In the future can we see you playing in any other league apart from LLC? Answer: See, I don’t know. As you know, I have started broadcasting now, and when you play tournaments sometimes you need to be 100% fit. And when you approach 40, fitness becomes very important. You have to plan accordingly. Q: Virat Kohli set a benchmark for fitness in Indian cricket. Do you think players after him can play for a long time in Test cricket? Answer: If you talk about the Indian team, 15-20 years ago, 1, 2 or 3 players used to be very fit. Then Virat Kohli came, he established a fitness culture not only for the Indian team but also for domestic cricket, local cricket and club cricket. His influence has been such that now all the new players are becoming fit. Their fitness standards have become very high now. Be it Yo-Yo test or power training, the benchmark of fitness has gone up because of them. Q: Do you believe that fitness benchmarks have now increased by 20%? Answer: Yes, absolutely. The fitness level of players has increased by 20% now compared to the standard 10 years ago. For example, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, and Rishabh Pant. These three players will take India a long way.
“Arshdeep Singh will be lethal in red ball cricket as well: Exclusive interview of Amitoj Singh”
Will Arshdeep, who has performed brilliantly in white-ball cricket, be able to fill the void of India’s left-arm fast bowler in Test cricket? Amitoze Singh on Arshdeep Singh (Source Former left-arm fast bowler Zaheer Khan played an important role in the Indian team’s victory in the ICC ODI World Cup 2011. Zaheer Khan’s performance in international cricket has always been excellent and he left his mark against the batsmen of the opposing team. Zaheer Khan always kept the pressure on the players of the opposing team with his reverse swing. But after the departure of Zaheer Khan, Team India is missing a left-arm fast bowler a lot. Jaspreet Bumrah is leading the pace attack well but the advantage of being a left-arm fast bowler is not only for the team but also for the bowler. Amitoj Singh made a big statement about Arshdeep Singh’s career It is worth noting that Arshdeep Singh, who comes from Punjab, has almost cemented his place in Team India’s white ball cricket and is being seen as Team India’s next Zaheer Khan. Arshdeep Singh has also played a role in Team India’s victorious campaign in the T20 World Cup 2024. However, he is still away from red ball cricket and many experts believe that Arshdeep is capable of filling the void left by Zaheer Khan. Amitoj Singh, a 35-year-old domestic cricketer from India, is currently playing with Manipal Tigers in the Legends League Cricket 2024 tournament. He is one of the well-known cricketers from Punjab. In an exclusive interview with Crictracker, he has shared his views on the left-arm fast bowler’s spot in Team India. Question: India is lacking left-handed bowlers since the departure of Zaheer Khan in Team India, how do you see Arshdeep Singh? Amitoze Singh’s answer: “I think Arshdeep Singh can do as well in the red ball as he is doing in the white ball. He needs a little more consistency and a little more performance in the Ranji Trophy, due to which he can get a breakthrough in red ball cricket.” “The way he swings the white ball as well, I think he will be very useful and lethal as a left-arm fast bowler in whatever conditions there are in England and abroad.”
Asghar Afghan Exclusive Part 1: Afghanistan will defeat India too, cricket will not be banned in the country…
It is difficult to beat India in India, but if the match is held in Sharjah then India will face problems – Asghar Afghan Asghar Afghan (Photo Source: Getty Images) Afghanistan’s veteran player Asghar Afghan is playing for Gujarat Giants in Legends League Cricket. Asghar Afghan retired from international cricket after the T20 World Cup 2021. He has played 6 Tests, 114 ODIs and 75 T20 matches for Afghanistan. Recently, Asghar Afghan talked about many things in an exclusive interview with CricTracker. He made a big statement about Afghanistan’s first ODI win against South Africa recently. Afghan also made a big claim that Afghanistan will now defeat India as well. If the match had been played between South Africa and England, perhaps the result would have been different- Asghar Afghan The three-match ODI series between Afghanistan and South Africa is being played in the UAE. In the first match of the series, Afghanistan defeated South Africa for the first time in the ODI format by winning by 6 wickets. At the same time, the team then won the second ODI by 177 runs and achieved the biggest victory in this format. Talking about Afghanistan’s performance in the ODI series against South Africa, Asghar Afghan said, Teams face difficulties in playing against Afghanistan in Sharjah because it is our home ground and we know how the wicket is at any given time. If this match had taken place in South Africa and England, the result would have been different. But there is no doubt that Afghanistan has played great cricket and bowled brilliantly. If we look at it on paper, the players of the Afghanistan team have more experience than South Africa. Because apart from one or two players, many players play a lot of cricket. The team will now defeat India as well- Afghan Asghar Afghan was asked another question whether Afghanistan can beat India in the upcoming series, to which the veteran replied, You can’t say anything in cricket. The match between Afghanistan and India was tied in the 2018 Asia Cup. Recently, the last match of the T20 series of the India tour was tied and a super over was played. There is no doubt that Afghanistan is a great team. You cannot say whether you will be able to defeat this team or not because cricket is a day game, whoever plays well will win the match. If a series is played between India and Afghanistan, then Afghanistan will give them a tough challenge. It is difficult to defeat India in India, but if the match is held in Sharjah, then India will have to face difficulties. These are false rumours- Asghar Afghan said about the ban on cricket in Afghanistan There have been reports in the media for a long time that cricket may be banned in Afghanistan. Let us tell you, the Taliban government has already banned women from playing cricket. Further, the third question asked to Asghar Afghan in the exclusive interview was about the ban on cricket in Afghanistan, to which he…
Asghar Afghan Exclusive Part-2: Afghanistan in Champions Trophy, coaching in IPL and how to improve Test cricket? Read Crictracker’s exclusive interview with Asghar Afghan
Read this special interview with Asghar Afghan Asghar Afghan (Image Credit- Twitter/X) Former Afghanistan cricket team captain Asghar Afghan will be seen playing for Gujarat Greats in the third season of Legends League Cricket (LLC). Recently, he had a special conversation with Crictracker, which is the official media partner of the ongoing season of LLC, about the Afghanistan team. In this interview, he has told what the Afghan team will have to do to do well in Test cricket. How is Afghanistan going to perform in the Champions Trophy? And is he himself going to be seen working with any IPL team? So here are some questions and answers from this special interview with Asghar Afghan: Question: How do you see the performance of the Afghanistan team in the upcoming Champions Trophy? Asghar Afghan: Look, the pitches of Pakistan and India are quite similar. There are batting tracks, later they are a bit slow. But Afghanistan will have to go there and play good cricket. As I said earlier, Afghanistan players are very experienced at this time, they play cricket leagues all over the world, play different bowlers. In my opinion, today there is no team as experienced as Afghanistan in the world except India and one or two other teams. But it is being heard that India will go to Pakistan or not because of politics. In my opinion, these things should be kept away from cricket. Sports should be kept away from politics. Afghanistan will play very good cricket in the upcoming Champions Trophy. They have a lot of experience in the 50-over World Cup and the T20 World Cup, the team now knows that they can beat any team. So, I hope that this time Afghanistan’s performance in the Champions Trophy will be different. Question: What more does Afghanistan need to do to improve in Test cricket? Asghar Afghan: Look, first of all we have to make our first class cricket tough. Whenever Afghanistan has a first class season, I think all national players should play the first class season. Our first class season is about to start, but about 40-50 of our young cricketers have left the country. If the current 25-30 cricketers also do not play first class cricket, then our test cricket will be left far behind. My suggestion to the cricket board is that they should ask the national players to play domestic cricket so that the youth can gain experience. Only then can we do well in this format. Question: This time too you are playing LLC season, how is your preparation this season and will your team lift the trophy? Asghar Afghan: On the paper, our team is very good. The team has players like Shikhar Dhawan, Chris Gayle, Mohammad Kaif, Shannon Gabriel. We are just playing regular cricket. Before this, I have also played a lot of cricket leagues. You can’t say anything in T20 cricket, let’s see what happens, but we will try to play good cricket. Question: If you get a chance to work in IPL in…
In an exclusive conversation with Crictracker, Tim Paine made a big revelation about sledging with Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli scored 692 runs in the 2014-15 Border-Gavaskar series Virat Kohli and Tim Paine. (Photo Source: Getty Images) When India toured Australia in 2014, Virat Kohli was in the news a lot. Before the four-match series, the media was keeping an eye on his every move. He was criticized and the Australian players left no stone unturned in sledging him. However, Kohli was not affected by all these things at that time. The then 25-year-old Kohli showed his ability and scored 692 runs while Team India was struggling. The sledging from the Australian players made him stronger, which resulted in him being the second-highest run-scorer of the series. Since that series, there has been a decrease in sledging by Australian players towards Kohli or Indian cricketers. Now once again the teams of India and Australia are ready for the Border-Gavaskar series in November, 2024. Before this high profile series, Tim Paine has said that sledging does not matter to Kohli. He also revealed that when he was a keeper, he tried to distract the cricketers. Apart from this, he used to get angry when former cricketers advised the Australian players not to sledge Kohli. Tim Paine’s exclusive interview with CricTracker In an exclusive interview with Crictracker, Paine said, “People used to say, don’t sledge Virat. If you don’t sledge Virat, most of the time he still keeps scoring runs. So it doesn’t matter whether you are saying something to him or not. I will not try to provoke Virat, but if possible I will try to distract him. If you can distract him even a little bit, he can play a bad shot or lose his concentration. But when people used to say, don’t sledge him, I used to get very angry.” Let us tell you that before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2018, Michael Clarke had advised Australia not to sledge Kohli and even at that time Tim Paine had said that his team did not want to provoke the Indian captain. However, after the series, former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag had said that the Australian players were soft towards India. He said that the host team was soft towards the guests considering the IPL contracts of some players.
Tim Paine and Shaun Marsh made a big statement about the central contract of the players during an exclusive conversation with Crictracker
The second match of the World Championship Legends will be played between India Champions and Australia Champions today i.e. on 12th July at County Ground, Northampton. Tim Paine (Photo Source: Twitter) During an exclusive conversation with Crictracker, former Australia captain Tim Paine and former batsman Shaun Marsh shared their views on central contracts and cricket selection. Let us tell you, both these players are currently participating in the World Championship Legends. Both these players can be seen playing for Australia Champions. Australia Champions performed very well in this entire tournament and secured their place in the semi-finals. So far, they have won four out of 5 matches in this tournament, while they have faced defeat in one. Recently, both these players put forward their views on the central contract of the players during an exclusive conversation with Crictracker. Tim Paine said, ‘Players have many options at this time and we should reduce these franchise leagues cricket and promote those from which talented players can be seen emerging like IPL. ICC should now make strict rules about what is necessary and what is not. You also want that Test cricket should be better and more and more players should participate in it.’ Shaun Marsh said about this, ‘It is good to see that players have a lot of options, but when I started playing T20 cricket, it was very difficult for me too. It is very important for the players to understand that playing in international cricket is an honour.’ The second semi-final match will be played between India Champions and Australia Champions The second semi-final of the World Championship Legends will be played between India Champions and Australia Champions today i.e. on 12th July at County Ground, Northampton. The performance of both these teams has been very good so far. Shaun Marsh has batted very well in this tournament so far and he would definitely want to leave his mark in the semi-finals as well. India Champions is captained by Yuvraj Singh in this tournament and the team has also shown excellent batting and bowling throughout the 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
Shaun Marsh and Tim Paine had an exclusive conversation with Crictracker, revealed a big secret about ‘Sledging’
Several former Australian players are currently participating in the World Championship Legends tournament. Tim Paine (Photo Source: Twitter) Many former Australian players are currently participating in the World Championship Legends tournament. Australia has qualified for the playoffs of this important tournament. Apart from them, Pakistan, India and West Indies have confirmed their place in the playoffs of this tournament. Before the start of the playoffs, former Australian players Shaun Marsh and Tim Paine revealed many things about Australian cricket during a conversation with Crictracker. Let us tell you, Australia has always been seen playing aggressive cricket. The team has won the most ICC titles. In 2023, they defeated India in the final of the ODI World Cup in their home. Both these former Australian players put forth their views on the team’s sledging. Tim Paine said, ‘There will be no sledging in this tournament. It has been quite good. To be honest, I get bored very easily and I need to talk to someone. I am like this both inside and outside the field. I just try to talk to the batsman and sometimes try to divert his attention. You can also ask this to Shaun that whether it is the team bus or the hotel, I get bored very quickly and I need to talk to someone. This is my nature. Here is Shaun Marsh and Tim Paine’s conversation with Crictracker: Shaun Marsh said, ‘I don’t think this is all. Sledging is out of the game. Sometimes it is seen with Australia and India in big tournaments but now it is completely over.’ Pakistan is at the top of the points table in the World Champions Legends tournament. Talking about Australia Champions, they have performed very well in this tournament. Now they have to play the second semi-final match against India on 12 July. The best thing for the team is that all their players are in excellent form at the moment. 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
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
In an exclusive interview with CricTracker, Rashid Latif knows which league is better between IPL and PSL?
Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif is counted among the best players in the world. Rashid Latif (Pic Source-X) Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif is counted among the best players in the world. Rashid Latif has also left his mark in commentary. Rashid Latif is heard talking about many important things regarding cricket on his official social media account. Recently, the former captain gave his stand regarding the IPL vs PSL debate in an exclusive conversation with Crictracker. Not only this, he also gave a big statement regarding the future of Pakistan cricket. Question: Do you think there will be a change in the performance of Shaheen Shah Afridi in the T20 World Cup after his removal from the captaincy of limited overs cricket? This will not have any impact on his performance because this is a T20 format and Shaheen Shah Afridi knows this format very well. He will have to focus on his first two overs with the new ball. But whatever the Pakistan Cricket Board did was not right at all. There is always some important reason behind the removal from the post of captaincy. Babar Azam should not have been given the captaincy by removing Shaheen and this is a very wrong decision. I am saying this because we lost in the ODI World Cup 2023 and after that we changed the captain of our T20 and Test formats. I don’t understand why this was done. After this Shaheen captained the 5-match T20 series. But this was a very small sample because he has won two Pakistan Super League titles while playing for the Lahore team. Question: If you were in the position to take decisions, who would you appoint as the captain of T20 World Cup 2024? If I were in this position, the first thing I would do would be to appoint the head coach. But it is very important to give time to the players and foreign or local coaches. With Pakistan it has always been seen that they have made immediate changes. For example, you saw that just before the World Cup, Mohammad Aamir and Imad Wasim have been included in the team. Some other players were also in the plan but were left out. This mentality should be changed immediately. It is very difficult for you to get results like this and these changes will also not be of any benefit. Question: Would you like to choose a foreign coach or a local coach for Pakistan? We should learn things from India. They had their first foreign coach, John Wright, who worked very well with Sourav Ganguly. After this came Greg Chappell and then Gary Kirsten who made India win the 2011 World Cup under his coaching. India won the Champions Trophy 2013 under the coaching of Duncen Fletcher. However, after this, India handed over the coaching of the team to former players Ravi Shastri, Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid. Therefore, Pakistan should learn from everyone and invest time in its local coaches and male players. Question: Many former Pakistani players…
