DTVHINDIBGT 2024-25: “Strength is sometimes weakness…”, former cricketer gave great advice to Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli
The form of Rohit and Virat remains a matter of concern for the team before the upcoming Test series against Australia. Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: Getty Images) Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli had disappointing performances in the Test series against New Zealand, scoring 91 and 93 runs respectively in the series. The form of both the senior players remains a matter of concern for the team before the upcoming Test series against Australia. Meanwhile, former Indian opener K Srikkanth has advised Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to spend some time at the crease before scoring runs. Virat will not face any problem with Australian pitches – K Srikanth K Srikanth believes that even though Virat has not played much big innings in the last few matches, he will not be troubled by the bounce provided by the Australian pitches. According to Times of India, K Srikanth said, “The best thing about Virat is his determination and hunger to achieve more. The bounce provided by Australian pitches is not something that should bother Virat. , The former player has asked Rohit Sharma to be more cautious. Recently, Rohit has had to struggle against fast bowlers. In the series against New Zealand, fast bowlers took his wicket four times out of 6. Srikanth also believes that Rohit’s signature pull shot can also become his weakness. The way he was in a hurry to mistime his favorite pull-shot. Even if you are an aggressive opening batsman, it is important to give yourself a little more time in the middle, especially in Australia. In Australia your strength can sometimes become your weakness. Rohit just needs to be a little careful.” India’s squad for BGT 2024-25- Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar IND vs AUS: Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test Series Schedule First Test- 22-26 November, Perth, 7:50 am (Indian time) Second Test- 6-10 December, Adelaide, 9:30 am (Indian time) Third Test- 14-18 December, Brisbane, 9:30 am (Indian time) Fourth Test- 26-30 December, Melbourne, 5:00 am (Indian time) Fifth Test- 3-7 January, Sydney, 5:00 am (Indian time)
“Nothing to worry about, we will take it as a game plan…” – Rohit Sharma’s big statement on the team’s weakness against spin
Regarding the team’s weakness against spin, Rohit Sharma says that it is not a matter of concern. Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: X/Twitter) India has lost the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka by 2-0. In the third ODI, Rohit Sharma and company were all out for 138 runs in 26.1 overs while chasing the target of 249 runs. Sri Lanka won the match by 110 runs and also won a bilateral series against India after 27 years. Captain Rohit Sharma has expressed disappointment over Team India’s defeat. He has also made a big statement about the team’s weakness against spin. We will look at it as a game plan- Rohit Sharma India’s weakness against spin has become apparent in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. In the second ODI, Sri Lankan spinner Jeffrey Vandersey took 6 wickets, due to which Team India was all out for 208 runs and the team had to lose the match by 32 runs. Meanwhile, in the third ODI, spinner Dunith Velalage took 5 wickets and the Indian innings faltered again. Regarding the team’s weakness against spin, Rohit Sharma says that it is not a matter of concern. Speaking at the post-match presentation after the match, Rohit Sharma said, I don’t think it’s a concern (spin problem) but it’s something we have to look at individually and as a gameplan. There can never be complacency when you’re playing for India. There’s no chance of that when I’m the captain. Losing a series is not the end of the world- Rohit Sharma Indian captain Rohit Sharma also praised the performance of the Sri Lankan team in the series. He also said that there is nothing wrong in losing the series, what matters is what your preparation is after the defeat and how you make a comeback. Rohit Sharma further said, You have to give credit to good cricket. Sri Lanka played better than us, we looked at the conditions and went ahead with the combination, there are also people who needed to be looked at and hence the changes. We need to focus on a number of areas rather than the positives of this series because next time we face such conditions we need to be better prepared. These things happen, losing a series is not the end of the world, you will lose the odd series here and there but it is about how you bounce back after a loss.
SL vs IND: Virat Kohli’s old weakness exposed again, got out in the same way in two consecutive matches
Virat Kohli could score only 14 runs in the second ODI match. Virat Kohli & Jeffrey Vandersay (Photo Source: SL vs IND, 2nd ODI: Virat Kohli: Team India has come out to chase the target of 241 runs in the second ODI against Sri Lanka. The pair of captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave the team a great start, there was a partnership of 97 runs for the first wicket between the two. But then after the dismissal of Rohit Sharma (64) in the 14th over, the team is continuously losing wickets. Half of the Indian team has returned to the pavilion at a score of 133. Let us tell you that all these setbacks to India have been given by Jeffrey Vandersay. The team had high hopes from Virat Kohli but he too became a victim of Vandersay and lost his wicket. This is how Jeffrey Vandersay got Virat Kohli out The 20th over of India’s innings was bowled by Jeffrey Vandersay. Virat Kohli faced the first three balls of the over, and he was unable to take any run. Then on the fourth ball, Vandersay got Kohli out LBW. It was a slow ball, Virat Kohli tried to defend it but missed the ball. The impact was directly in front of the middle stump. The Sri Lankan team made a strong appeal and the umpire raised his finger. Virat Kohli was able to score 14 runs in 19 balls with the help of two fours. Let us tell you, Virat has been out in the same manner in the last two matches. In the first ODI, he was out LBW on the backfoot and in the second ODI, he was out LBW on the frontfoot. Jeffrey Vandersay attacked India’s top and middle order Apart from Virat Kohli, Sri Lankan bowler Jeffrey Vandersay has taken the wickets of Rohit Sharma (64), Shubman Gill (35), Shivam Dubey (0), Shreyas Iyer (7) and KL Rahul (0). At the time of writing the news, India has scored 155 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 26 overs.
“If you want to score runs, you have to work on it” – Aakash Chopra told the biggest weakness of CSK captain
Former Team India cricketer Aakash Chopra has exposed a major weakness of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Ruturaj Gaikwad. Actually, Chennai Super Kings has to play a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Hyderabad on Friday, April 5 and just before this match, Aakash Chopra talked about the biggest weakness of the Chennai captain this season. Aakash Chopra said that Ruturaj Gaikwad has been troubled a lot by the left arm pacers this season. Left-arm fast bowlers have dismissed Gaikwad in all three of his innings in the current edition of the IPL. Yash Dayal, Spencer Johnson and Khalil Ahmed have sent him to the pavilion by getting him caught out by the wicketkeeper or at first slip. In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra picked Gaikwad as Chennai Super Kings’ star performer for Friday’s match. They said that, “I am focusing a lot on the captain because Ruturaj has top class numbers against this team. He has won the Player of the Match award and scored 50 or more runs. So why not Ruturaj Gaikwad? What has happened so far – the left-arm seamers are troubling him.” The former India batsman said that the CSK opener cannot face T Natarajan and Marco Jansen. They said that, “However, we don’t know whether T Natarajan is available or not and I don’t see Marco Jensen playing. When the pitch is so flat, I am very hopeful that he will score runs. He looks in good form but the number of runs is lacking.” Chopra also believed that SRH’s bowling attack could have Jaydev Unadkat as a left-arm fast bowler. However, he also said that the Saurashtra bowler has less chances of dismissing the CSK batsman and even if he does, their batsman will not get out cheaply against CSK.
“Chennai has a complete foreign spin department except Ravindra Jadeja”- Aakash Chopra said on CSK’s weakness.
MS Dhoni will be the captain of CSK in IPL 2024. Aakash Chopra CSK (Photo Source: Twitter) Former Team India cricketer Aakash Chopra believes that Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are mainly dependent on foreign players in their spin-bowling department in IPL 2024. With 20 wickets in 16 matches, Ravindra Jadeja was the leading wicket-taker for CSK among spinners in IPL 2023. After him, Mahesh Tikshana (11), Moeen Ali (9) and Mitchell Santner (3) were their other successful spin bowlers. Aakash Chopra spoke about CSK’s spin department In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said that Ravindra Jadeja is the only quality Indian spinner in CSK’s bowling attack. He said, “Except Ravindra Jadeja, Chennai has complete foreign spin players. If we look at Ravindra Jadeja in T20 cricket, especially in IPL, Mahi (MS Dhoni) gets the best out of him. In Chennai, when the ball rotates, he is absolutely brilliant, this happened in the World Cup.” The former India opener observed that the defending champions have four overseas spin-bowling options. Chopra said, “He has Mahesh Teekshana, whom he plays and bowls to. They have Moeen Ali, whom they feed and bowl to. He also has Mitchell Santner, whom he feeds and bowls to. If they want, they can give Rachin Ravindra a chance in place of Devon Conway, he has become another left-arm spin option.” Chopra finally acknowledged that CSK also have Prashant Solanki as the Indian spin-bowling backup. However, he claimed that the five-time champions have a very strong but completely overseas-dependent spin-bowling department. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) squad for IPL 2024– MS Dhoni (captain), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dubey, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hungerkar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Chaudhary, Mathisha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Sheikh Rashid, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet. Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Mahesh Teekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avnish Rao Aravali.
