IND vs NZ: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will now have to score runs: Basit Ali
Both these players will be seen to perform brilliantly in the third Test starting from November 1 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (Source X) Currently, Team India is playing a three-match Test series against New Zealand. So far two matches have been played between these two teams and New Zealand has won both of them. On behalf of Team India, captain Rohit Sharma and experienced batsman Virat Kohli have not been able to leave their mark in this Test series. However, both these players will be seen to perform brilliantly in the third Test starting from November 1 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Before the start of the third and final Test, former Pakistan player Basit Ali has given a big statement regarding Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. According to him, if Team India has to win this match then it is very important for Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to score runs. Basit Ali shared a video on his official YouTube channel in which he said, ‘Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will have to score runs now. No matter what the pitch. It is very important for Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Sarfaraz Khan and KL Rahul all to score runs. Let us tell you that in the four innings of the two Tests played against New Zealand, on one hand Rohit Sharma has scored only 62 runs, while on the other hand Virat Kohli has scored 88 runs. Team India should choose a fast bowler in its playing XI: Basit Ali The former player further said, ‘Red soil is ready for New Zealand. People are saying that New Zealand will clean sweep Team India but I do not think so. Team India will give Diwali gift to New Zealand by winning the Mumbai Test. Team India must select a fast bowler in its playing XI in the Mumbai Test. Kuldeep Yadav should also be given a chance. It is very important for Team India to win the third test and they will also have to do their homework properly. After this India will go to Australia to play Border-Gavaskar Trophy. If Team India goes to Australia after the clean sweep, then they may have to face a lot of problems. The Indian captain who lost the most test matches at home- List of teams that have won the most matches away from home in WTC- Players who have won “Player of the Tournament” in every edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup- List of batsmen who have hit most sixes in Test cricket- Players who have been out for a duck most times in international cricket (active) Take a look at India’s lowest total in Test cricket- Players who have won Player of the Match the most number of times in Tests- Which Indian batsman has the highest average in Tests against New Zealand? Fastest bowler to take 50 T20I wickets for India Take a look at the performance of Team India in every edition of Women’s T20 World Cup-
ICC Test Batting Rankings: Rohit Sharma’s worst ranking since December 2018
Rohit was in the top-10 between February 27, 2021 and February 21, 2023. Rohit Sharma (Source X) ICC has recently released new batting rankings, in which many changes have been seen. There has been a tremendous decline in the ranking of Indian captain Rohit Sharma. Before the New Zealand series, the T20 World Cup-winning captain was ranked 15th in the ICC Men’s Test batting rankings. But after a very poor performance in three out of four innings of the ongoing Test series, he dropped nine places to 24th. This is the lowest ranking of Rohit Sharma in the last 6 years. After Rohit’s innings of 63* and 5 runs against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in December 2018, he had reached 44th position. And after scoring a few centuries against South Africa in October 2019, he made a tremendous improvement in his ranking, reaching 17th position. Not only this, Rohit was in the top-10 between February 27, 2021 and February 21, 2023. He achieved an all-time high rating of 813, which came in September 2021. This was a time when he was the fifth best Test batsman in the world. In the ongoing Test batting rankings, his teammates Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant have also dropped six and five places to reach 14th and 11th position respectively. Kagiso Rabada overtook Jasprit Bumrah On the other hand, if we talk about bowling rankings, South African pacer Kagiso Rabada has snatched the first place from India’s star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. He has now reached the top in the men’s test bowling rankings. Rabada is performing brilliantly against Bangladesh. He recently took nine wickets in the first Test of the series. Pakistan’s Noman Ali has also shown his talent in the Test bowling rankings. After his brilliant performance in two test matches against England, he has reached the top-10.
October 30 Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening
The last ODI match of the three-match series between the Indian women’s cricket team and New Zealand was played today at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Where Team India defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets. With this, the host team has also won the series by 2-1. However, during the match, Indian batsman Smriti Mandhana made a big record. He created history by scoring a brilliant century in the third ODI against New Zealand. She has become the female cricketer to score the maximum number of 8 centuries for India. 3) IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Which players is CSK going to retain, gave this hint to the fans
“People give credit to Rishabh Pant but the real hero of 2021 BGT win was Pujara” – Tim Paine’s surprising statement
Cheteshwar Pujara & Tim Paine (Photo Source: Former Australian captain Tim Paine recently opened up about how important Cheteshwar Pujara’s role was in India’s memorable 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy win. Paine said that Pujara played the most important role in that series win but people still give his credit to Rishabh Pant. In the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, after suffering a humiliating defeat in Adelaide, India, without their regular captain Virat Kohli and several key senior players, made a spectacular comeback and won the series 2-1. On the 2020-21 Australia tour, Team India won the last Test match of the series, which was played at the Gabba ground, by three wickets, in which Rishabh Pant played the match-winning innings. That innings of Rishabh Pant was recorded in the pages of history. Pant is considered the hero of the 2020-21 Australia vs India Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but former Australian Test captain Tim Paine has a different opinion about it. He believes that because of Cheteshwar Pujara, Team India had captured the 2020-21 Border Gavaskar Trophy. The player who won the series for India in the last series was Cheteshwar Pujara – Tim Paine Tim Paine said on the Grade Cricketers podcast, ‘From what I remember, a lot of people talk about Rishabh Pant, in the last series in Australia, but the man who won the series for India was Cheteshwar Pujara. He had demoralized us and our fast bowlers. He was continuously getting the ball hit on his body, but was getting up again and again. It still has its place in Test cricket. Let us tell you that in the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Pujara may not have scored a century, but he spent a long time at the crease, and tired the Australian bowlers. Pujara had scored 271 runs in the four-match Test series, of which 77 was his best score. Whereas Rishabh Pant had scored 274 runs in the series.
MI can retain these players including Hardik, Bumrah – Harbhajan Singh made a big prediction
The performance of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 was very disappointing. Hardik Pandya, Harbhajan Singh and Rohit Sharma. (Image Source: Instagram) Team India’s former veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has asked which players can Mumbai Indians (MI) retain before the mega auction of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season? Discussed this. Mumbai India’s performance in the last three seasons was not good. Rohit Sharma was the captain for two seasons and Hardik Pandya was the captain last season, but the team still could not perform well. Now what will be the team’s strategy for the next three years? This will be decided by what decision the team takes in retention. However, meanwhile, Harbhajan expressed uncertainty about the franchise retaining former captain Rohit Sharma. However, he stressed that if the team decides to retain the fourth player, Rohit’s name should undoubtedly be there. Harbhajan Singh gave a big statement regarding MI’s IPL retention. Harbhajan Singh said in the Star Sports show, “Mumbai Indians is a team which has not performed well in the last two-three years. MI has been a champion team, a very good team, and as far as I know, they will definitely be thinking about building a team for the future, but that doesn’t mean they won’t add experienced players this year. . Last year they made Hardik Pandya the captain and I think he will definitely be retained. Jasprit Bumrah will also be retained and Suryakumar Yadav will also be retained.” Bhajji further said about Rohit Sharma, “However, the question is whether Rohit Sharma will be retained? He has just won the World Cup as captain, so I think he should be retained, and he will be retained. This will make four players and if there is a fifth player, then Tilak Verma will be retained. Tilak Verma is one of those players who will be very useful in winning matches for Mumbai Indians in the future.” He further said, “Talking about bowling, I don’t think they would like to retain anyone else apart from Bumrah, so Nehal Wadhera can be a good option for them as an uncapped player. That is why he should be selected.”
October 28 Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening.
Australia ODI squad: Pat Cummins (captain), Sean Abbott, Cooper Connolly, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa. Australia T20 squad: Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa. 7) Who became the Player of the Series in the Emerging Asia Cup, Abhishek for India; Tilak created a stir Afghanistan A won the Emerging Asia Cup title by defeating Sri Lanka A by seven wickets in the final match on Sunday. Sediqullah Atal played an important role in making Afghanistan champion. Sediqullah Atal was named Player of the Series for his excellent batting throughout the tournament. Whereas for India, Abhishek Sharma scored the most runs in the tournament. 8) Indian team is missing a player like Pujara, Chopra called Kohli’s form a matter of tension. Indian team’s experienced batsman Virat Kohli is struggling to score runs in the longer format of the game. Against Bangladesh and then New Zealand, he scored runs but could not maintain his dominance. For some time now, he has not had any big innings with his bat and due to this, questions are being raised on his form. Former cricketer Aakash Chopra has given his reaction on the performance of Virat Kohli. At the same time, he believes that there is no one in the Indian team who plays like Cheteshwar Pujara, everyone is playing aggressive cricket, which will not work. 9) BCCI amended the rules related to penalty runs in domestic cricket. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has recently introduced an amendment to the penalty run rule in domestic cricket, so that the game can be further improved. Under the new guidelines, state cricket associations have been informed that sudden contact of the ball with equipment or objects that have fallen from a fielder will no longer be considered illegal fielding. This is a notable change from the previous interpretation of Rule 28.2.3, which imposed a harsher penalty.
“Rohit is a great captain” – His friends came out in support of Hitman
India has lost the Test series against New Zealand under the captaincy of Rohit. Rohit Sharma (Image Credit- Twitter X) The Indian team is currently trailing 2-0 in the three-match Test series against New Zealand. India had to face defeat in the home Test series after 12 years. After the loss of this Test series, Rohit Sharma’s captaincy is continuously being criticized. In such a situation, Shikhar Dhawan has come forward in support of Rohit and shown sympathy. Rohit Sharma’s friend and former opening partner Shikhar Dhawan does not consider New Zealand’s defeat as a matter of concern. Dhawan believes that it is unfair to question Rohit after losing just one series. He told India Today, “We do not feel the pressure you are talking about. Although there is pressure in the game, we are not affected by victory or defeat. It’s part of the game.” Shikhar Dhawan gave a big statement in defense of Rohit Sharma Shikhar Dhawan defended Rohit, saying, “I think this is neither a fair nor a practical approach to anything.” India had to face defeat against New Zealand by 8 wickets in Bengaluru and by 113 runs in Pune. With this, India’s streak of winning 18 consecutive Test series at home was broken. Dhawan, who retired from international and domestic cricket in August, said, “As a cricketer, we do not think like this. Rohit is a great captain. It is not just a matter of victory or defeat. The team has a bond with its captain and the team members respect him a lot.” The last Test of the India vs New Zealand series will be held in Mumbai from 1 to 5 November. India has to play five test matches on Australia tour from 22nd November. There is a high possibility that captain Rohit may miss the first one or two Test matches of the Australia series due to personal reasons. However, BCCI did not say anything officially in this regard while announcing the squad. At the same time, while giving a statement about India’s prospects in the upcoming Australia tour, Dhawan has expressed more expectations from Team India.
Steve Smith is a fan of Rohit Sharma’s batting, praised the Indian captain by appointing him the opener of his World Test XI.
Rohit Sharma is counted among the best batsmen in the world. Steve Smith Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: Twitter) Australia’s experienced batsman Steve Smith has appointed Team India captain Rohit Sharma as the opener of his World Test XI. Steve Smith praised Rohit Sharma a lot and also said that the Indian captain can put pressure on the bowlers by batting aggressively. Let us tell you that Rohit Sharma is counted among the best batsmen in the world. Be it Test format or ODI cricket, Rohit Sharma is always seen batting aggressively. There are many records that Rohit Sharma has broken and created in his international cricketing career. While talking on Fox Cricket, Steve Smith said, ‘Rohit Sharma is a very dangerous player and he can bat explosively even against the new ball. He plays his shots very well and his defense is also very strong. The Indian captain puts pressure on the bowlers. Rohit Sharma can also be seen batting brilliantly in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. Team India is currently playing a three-match Test series against New Zealand. The third and final Test match between these two teams is starting from November 1. This match will be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. After this, Team India has to play a 5-match Test series against Australia, which is starting from November 22 in Perth. Rohit Sharma’s record against Australia has always been excellent and the Indian captain would definitely like to leave his mark in the upcoming Test series as well. Talking about Steve Smith, he will also be seen playing an important role in this upcoming Test series for Australia. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has recently announced its team for the five-match Test series against Australia. The responsibility of captaining Team India has been entrusted to Rohit Sharma. The Indian captain who lost the most test matches at home- List of teams that have won the most matches away from home in WTC- Players who have won “Player of the Tournament” in every edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup- List of batsmen who have hit most sixes in Test cricket- Players who have been out for a duck most times in international cricket (active) Take a look at India’s lowest total in Test cricket- Players who have won Player of the Match the most number of times in Tests- Which Indian batsman has the highest average in Tests against New Zealand? Fastest bowler to take 50 T20I wickets for India Take a look at the performance of Team India in every edition of Women’s T20 World Cup-