“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-

“Out of T20 mentality…”, Sanjay Manjrekar angry at this decision taken for Rohit Sharma in Pune Test.

I think he (Rohit Sharma) should proceed based on the overall quality and ability of the players – Sanjay Manjrekar Rohit Sharma and Sanjay Manjrekar (Photo Source: Team India suffered a humiliating defeat by 113 runs in the second match of the three-match Test series against New Zealand. After this match, New Zealand has won the series by taking a 2-0 lead. India has lost the Test series at home after 12 years. The team is facing a lot of criticism on social media. Some decisions taken by captain Rohit Sharma during the series are under question, including the decision to bat first in overcast conditions in Bengaluru. In the first innings of the first Test, Team India was all out for 46, which is the team’s lowest score in Test matches in Asia. Another decision that is being examined is to prepare a spin-friendly track in the second Test as it became a problem for India. Meanwhile, the cricket commentator talked about another decision of Team India, which did not benefit the team at all. Things like this should not happen – Sanjay Manjrekar Sanjay Manjarkar, while talking about the changes made in the batting order of Team India, has warned captain Rohit Sharma. In the fourth of the second Test, India sent Washington Sundar before Sarfaraz Khan after the fall of Rishabh Pant and retained the left-right combination. Manjrekar termed Rohit Sharma’s decision as disheartening and said that the Indian captain should come out of the T20 mindset. Sanjay Manjrekar while speaking on ESPNCricinfo said, The decision to make Sarfaraz Khan bat lower down the order and send Washington Sundar above him because he is a left-handed batsman, things like this should not happen. This is very strange. This is something that Rohit Sharma needs to be careful about. They should take care of T20 mindset. Left and right hand combinational do not need to match. I think they should move forward based on the overall quality and ability of the players. In the second innings of the second test, both Sarfaraz Khan (9) and Washington Sundar (21) could not play big innings. And Team India was all out at 245 while chasing the target of 359 runs.

October 27, Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening.

This news gives a brief description of the incidents which made headlines in the cricket world today. Rohit Sharma, Aakash Chopra, Babar Azam, David Warner & Allu Arjun (Photo Source: 1. Team management’s tough decision after losing the test series against NZ, Virat-Rohit will practice even on Diwali day The third Test between IND vs NZ is to be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from November 1. Before this match, India will have training sessions for two days, in which it is necessary for every player to attend. No player is allowed to leave this training session. In such a situation, even senior players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah will not get rest on the day of Diwali. 2. After losing the series, Gautam Gambhir’s old video went viral, he had spoken ill of Ravi Shastri, now the former coach supported him. Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir has faced a lot of criticism after losing the Test series against New Zealand at home after 69 years. While commenting, Ravi Shastri has now come out in support of Gautam Gambhir. After Shastri’s statement regarding Gambhir, an old video of Gautam Gambhir went viral on social media in which Gambhir is seen criticizing Ravi Shastri. 3. “India cannot become a bad team overnight” – Kiwi captain Latham said in support of Rohit Sharma New Zealand captain Tom Latham has come out in support of Rohit Sharma after the historic Test series win on Saturday, 26 October. In the post-match press conference, Latham said that India did not become a bad team overnight. New Zealand has taken an unassailable lead in the 3-match Test series by defeating India by 113 runs in Pune. With the defeat, India are now in danger of making it to the final of the World Test Championship. 4. IND vs NZ: Rohit, Kohli leave for Mumbai to be with family after Pune Test defeat: Reports The news is coming that with the Pune Test match ending within three days, captain Rohit Sharma and former captains Virat Kohli and KL Rahul have already left for Mumbai to spend time with their families. The remaining Indian players and support staff members will soon reach India’s financial capital Mumbai. The players have also been given a two-day break before regrouping for the Wankhede match. 5. India’s WTC qualification scenario looks a bit difficult now: Aakash Chopra Former Indian cricketer and well-known cricket commentator Aakash Chopra has recently given a big statement regarding India’s chances of reaching the final of the World Test Championship (WTC). Chopra says that it looks a little difficult now. It is noteworthy that after the defeat by 113 runs in the Pune Test match against New Zealand, India’s path to the WTC has become a bit difficult. India has to win only 4 of its upcoming six Test matches, while one match may be drawn. But it is worth noting here that 5 of these matches are against Australia in Australia. 6. Shubman Gill clearly doesn’t have experience playing spinners: Sanjay…

IND vs NZ: “Senior players need to come forward and perform well”- Irfan Pathan

Former veteran all-rounder Irfan Pathan congratulated the Kiwi team and urged the senior players to take responsibility. Irfan Pathan, Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: The Indian cricket team had to face defeat by 113 runs in the second test match against New Zealand. Team India was all out for 245 runs while chasing the target of 359 runs on the third day of the game. New Zealand has taken a 2-0 lead and captured the series. Let us tell you, New Zealand ended the Indian team’s reign at home after 4331 days. Team India had not lost a single Test series at home for the last 12 years. The team’s last Test series defeat at home was against England in 2012. Poor batting was seen by the Indian team in both the test matches against New Zealand. The team has excellent batsmen who play spin, but they are badly trapped in the spin of Mitchell Santner. Santner took 13 wickets in the Pune Test. After India’s humiliating defeat, former legendary all-rounder Irfan Pathan congratulated the Kiwis and urged the senior players to take responsibility. For Team India, there is a lot to think about – Irfan Pathan Irfan Pathan tweeted on social media and wrote, Congratulations to New Zealand for winning the series on Indian soil! For Team India, there is a lot to think about. Senior players need to come forward and perform well in the ultimate form of the game. The next three months will be important for him. Well done, New Zealand, on winning the series on Indian soil! For Team India, there’s a lot to reflect on. Senior players need to step up and deliver in the ultimate format of the game. The next three months will be crucial for them. — Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) October 26, 2024 Disappointing performance of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli Team India’s veteran players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli both were out against Mitchell Santner in both the innings of the second test. In the Pune Test, Rohit scored 62 runs at an average of 15.50 and Kohli scored 88 runs at an average of 22. On the other hand, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja could not do anything amazing with the ball. Both the spinners took 6 wickets in four innings at an average of 43.50 and 37.50 respectively.

IND vs NZ: Rohit Sharma’s captaincy is now under question, these 4 things will increase the tension of the hitman

India has lost the test series at home after 12 years. Rohit Sharma (Image Credit- Twitter X) Team India’s performance in the Test series against New Zealand under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma has been very poor. New Zealand has already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. New Zealand won the second test played in Pune by 113 runs. Team India lost this test match within three days. India has lost a Test series at home to New Zealand for the first time in 69 years. After losing the Pune Test match, questions are once again being raised on Rohit’s captaincy. Fans and cricket experts are not happy with his performance. Now Rohit is being compared with former captain Virat Kohli, who was one of India’s most successful captains in Test cricket. Under the captaincy of Kohli, Team India continued to dominate at home. Rohit’s record at home Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Mitchell Santner & Rachin Ravindra (Photo Source: Under Rohit, India has lost four out of 15 Test matches at home. He has reached joint second position in the list of Indian captains who have lost the most home Tests. Mohammad Azharuddin and Kapil Dev also lost four Tests each but both captained in 20-20 matches. In such a situation, Rohit’s record is a bit scary. Kohli, on the other hand, took charge of 31 Tests in India and lost only two of them. With the loss to New Zealand, India’s streak of 18 consecutive bilateral home series wins ended, which is a world record in itself.

MS Dhoni will play in IPL 2025, CSK CEO confirmed

MS Dhoni played as a player in IPL 2024. MS Dhoni (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI) IPL 2025: For IPL 2025, all the franchises have to submit the list of their retained players to BCCI before October 31. Meanwhile, a big relief news has come out for Chennai Super Kings regarding retention. Actually, CSK franchise did not know whether Dhoni would play in the next season or not, but now Dhoni has told his decision regarding this to the franchise. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) CEO Kasi Vishwanathan himself has told Cricbuzz that, MS Dhoni will play in IPL 2025. This top official of the five-time champion team said that he is very happy with this and he does not need anything else. Kasi Vishwanathan said that when he (Dhoni) is ready, what else do we need? We are happy. Now CSK is all set to retain MS Dhoni as an uncapped player. Apart from this, if some reports are to be believed then Ravindra Jadeja will be the top retention of this franchise followed by Rituraj Gaikwad and then Mathisha Pathirana. That means Jadeja will be at number one while Rituraj will be at second and Pathirana will be at number three among the players to be retained. MS Dhoni will meet N Srinivasan soon The report also claims that MS Dhoni will meet franchise owner N Srinivasan to finalize the retention for the team. It is also reported that this wicketkeeper-batsman will be kept in the uncapped category for Rs 4 crore. Recently BCCI has re-implemented this rule, under which players who have not played international cricket for 5 years can be retained in the team as uncapped players. It is now completely clear that Ravindra Jadeja will be the first retention of Chennai, followed by Rituraj Gaikwad. Mathesa Pathirana No. 3 has agreed to retention. Apart from them, Shivam Dubey, Devon Conway and uncapped player Sameer Rizvi can also be retained.

VIDEO: Virat lost his temper after listening to the fans, did such a thing in anger

Overall, Virat Kohli could score only 18 runs in both the innings of the Pune Test match. Virat Kohli (Photo Source: The Test series against New Zealand has been no less than a nightmare for Team India so far. The first test match was 8 wickets and now Team India had to face defeat by 113 runs in the second match. When Virat Kohli came to bat on the third day, he gave hope of victory in the Indian camp by hitting some good shots. But when he returned to the dressing room after getting out, his anger was on top of the sky. Virat Kohli’s anger reaches sky high While returning to the dressing room, Virat Kohli got angry and hit the ice box hard with his bat. In this video going viral on social media, Virat Kohli was going towards the dressing room after getting out. Then some fans said ‘hard luck’ and then Virat hit the box full of water bottles with force with the bat. Kohli could score only one run in the first innings of the Pune Test, while in the second innings he was out after scoring only 17 runs. Talking about the match, on the third day, New Zealand had advanced its innings with a score of 198/5, but the Indian bowlers had all out the Kiwi team within the next 57 runs. In this way India got the target of 359 runs in the fourth innings. Virat Kohli came to bat in the fourth innings when India had lost the second wicket at the score of 96. There Team India needed a big partnership, but due to continuous fall of wickets the team was on the backfoot. From Rohit Sharma to Virat Kohli, from Gill to Sarfaraz, everyone flopped with the bat in the second innings of the Pune Test and could not contribute anything. Despite losing two consecutive Tests against New Zealand, the Indian team remains at the first position in the World Test Championship table. India’s winning percentage is 62.82, but Team India’s two consecutive defeats have made its path to the finals difficult. Australia, which is in second place, has a percentage of 62.50. India will have to win every match from here to reach the WTC final. Virat Kohli Looses His Cool Dear bro Virat Kohli, The bat is hit over the ball, not over this water box.🤬 #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/FZshuZIkzL — 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐢𝐢⁴⁵ (@rushiii_12) October 26, 2024

‘It is too early to think about WTC’ Rohit Sharma after the historic defeat in Pune Test

After losing the Pune Test match by 113 runs, India has lost the Test series against New Zealand for the first time. Rohit Sharma (Image Credit- Twitter X) The Indian team has suffered an unfortunate Test series defeat at the hands of New Zealand on home soil, which is India’s first Test series defeat at home in 12 years. New Zealand won the Pune Test match by 113 runs, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match Test series. After this defeat, India’s hopes of reaching the final of the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) have suffered a severe blow. However, India can still make it to the WTC finals, but now it is not going to be easy for Team India. On the other hand, after India’s crushing defeat in the Test series against New Zealand after a long time, captain Rohit Sharma has reacted regarding the WTC. Rohit says that it is too early to think about it now. Rohit Sharma gave a big statement Let us tell you that in the press conference organized after New Zealand lost the Pune Test, Rohit Sharma said – It is too early to think about WTC. I guess I’m just sad because we lost the game. Rohit further said- I would just say this, I cannot think about what is going to happen next and whether it can affect our chances and all those things. I think we couldn’t play well in both these matches and that’s sad. We lost the series. This is clearly painful. On the other hand, if we give you information about this series, the Kiwi team has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series by winning the first two matches of the series. So now the last match of this series will be played at the historic Wankhede Cricket Stadium in Mumbai from November 1, 2024. It will be worth watching whether Team India is able to make a comeback in this match or not?

After 12 years, 18 series, 4331 days, New Zealand became the first team to do this in India.

New Zealand won the test series in India for the first time. New Zealand Team Celebration (Pic Source: The visiting team won the second match of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand. In this match, the Kiwi team won the series by defeating India by 113 runs. This victory was historic for New Zealand in many ways because never before has the New Zealand team been able to win a Test match in India. Test matches have been being played between the two for 69 years but only now has the Kiwi team won a Test match on Indian soil. The Kiwi team set a target of 359 runs on the third day of the Pune Test, in response to which India’s second innings was reduced to 245 runs in 60.2 overs. New Zealand won the first test held in Bengaluru by 8 wickets. India lost test series at home after 4331 days Let us tell you that with this defeat, Team India’s home pride has been shattered. India has lost the Test series at home after 12 years. India had earlier faced defeat in the Test series at the hands of England in 2012. England then won the four-match series 2–1. Since then, India won 18 consecutive series at home and their winning streak at home ended today after 4331 days. Let us tell you that the first Test between India and New Zealand was played in 1955. India’s overall record against the Kiwi team is excellent. Both have played 64 tests between themselves so far, in which India has won 22. During this period, New Zealand won 15 Tests and ended in 28 draws. However, in the current series, Rohit and company have not been able to perform as per expectations. Guest teams winning test series in India England (five times, last 2012/13) West Indies (five times, last in 1983/84) Australia (four times, last 2004/05) Pakistan (1986/87) South Africa (1999/00) New Zealand (2024/25)