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Mohammed Shami worked on a new variation four days before the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants game, dismissing Abhishek Sharma with it, LSG's spin bowling coach has revealed. Speaking on Wednesday (April 8), a day ahead of their fixture against KKR, Carl Crowe said that Shami worked on the new variation with fast bowling coach Bharat Arun just ahead of their fixture in Hyderabad. The same variation accounted for Abhishek off the final ball of the opening over. The ball, delivered s ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 8: The secret behind Mohammed Shami outfoxing Abhishek Sharma was a "new" delivery that the veteran India pacer developed just a few days ago while working with bowling coach Bharat Arun, revealed Lucknow Super Giants spin bowling coach Carl Crowe. The out-of-favour Shami has been phenomenal for LSG following a superb domestic season for Bengal, returning with a sensational spell of 2/9 from four overs including 18 dot balls to blow away the star-studded Sunrisers Hyderabad top o ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 8 (PTI) The secret behind Mohammed Shami outfoxing Abhishek Sharma was a "new" delivery that the veteran India pacer developed just a few days ago while working with bowling coach Bharat Arun, revealed Lucknow Super Giants spin bowling coach Carl Crowe. The out-of-favour Shami has been phenomenal for LSG following a superb domestic season for Bengal, returning with a sensational spell of 2/9 from four overs including 18 dot balls to blow away the star-studded Sunrisers Hyderabad to ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 7 (PTI) Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly thinks that Kolkata Knight Riders should promote vice-captain Rinku Singh up the order to ease the team's batting woes in the ongoing IPL 2026. The three-time champion KKR are yet to win a match in three outings this season, and even the one point that they have in their kitty now is from a washout against Punjab Kings on Monday. "He's (Rahane) the Knight Riders captain, and I feel Rinku bats too low. He's (Rinku) a better player than th ...Read More >
The BCCI has dropped the biggest sign it's considering Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre for Test cricket. The BCCI Centre of Excellence (COE), headed by batting legend VVS Laxman, is set to organise a four-day intra-COE tournament in June and July, featuring 64 of the country's most promising cricketers under the age of 25, including teenage stars like Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre. According to PTI, this is aimed at identifying and grooming a new generation of red-ball players as ...Read More >
Mohammed Shami breaks silence on his exclusion from Team India. Take a look and read the full story. The fifth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, will be played between Axar Patel's Delhi Capitals and Rishabh Pant's Lucknow Super Giants on Wednesday, April 1 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground, Andonamau. Last time Mohammed Shami played for India came in Champions Trophy final vs New Zealand Ahead of the match, let's speak about star Indian player and one of the finest pacers of ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Veteran India pacer Mohammed Shami has made it clear that retirement is far from his mind, insisting he will only step away from international cricket the day he feels "bored" -- not because of age, selection snubs, or injuries.The 35-year-old, who last played for India during their triumphant ICC Champions Trophy campaign, has been out of the national setup for over a year now despite regaining full fitness. His absence comes even after a stellar domestic season where he picked up 67 ...Read More >
These are tenets on which Gautam Gambhir built India's class of 2026 that crushed New Zealand in the final at Ahmedabad. To guide a squad towards defending a world title can sometimes be trickier than channelising them towards a cause. When Rahul Dravid stayed on for the 2024 T20 World Cup, he and the team had an obvious goal - to overcome the heartbreak of 2023 ODI World Cup final. That Gambhir was able to shift the goalpost towards playing a more modern brand of cricket from the previous titl ...Read More >
Sarfaraz Khan sent a stunning message to the franchises ahead of the IPL 2026 Auction with an 18-ball half-century for Mumbai during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Super League B match against Haryana on Sunday. It was a brilliant knock from the batter as he scored 64 off just 25 deliveries with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes. The knock was filled with some cheeky ramps and lap shots off the left-armer Ishant Bhardwaj. The aggressive innings came at the right moment for Sarfaraz, who will be looki ...Read More >
India lost 2nd ODI to South Africa despite Kohli's ton and Gaikwad's century. Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has joined the chorus of voices criticising the incumbent team management and selectors for 'sidelining' Mohammed Shami from ODIs. He said the team 'needs to learn' how to win without Jasprit Bumrah and that'd need keeping hold of good, experienced bowlers. Harbhajan's comments came after India lost the second ODI to South Africa in Raipur, where the Proteas chased down 358 with f ...Read More >
IMAGE: Shubman Gill had sustained a neck injury while batting during the second day of the opening Test against South Africa in Kolkata and since then has missed the second Test and the ongoing ODI series. Photograph: BCCI India's T20I vice-captain Shubman Gill will be reporting at Bengaluru's Centre of Excellence on Monday for his mandatory fitness assessment protocols, which will determine his return to action for the upcoming five-match series against South Africa starting December 9. Gill ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 28 (PTI) Senior pacer Mohammed Shami on Tuesday said he is "fit" and "ready" for an India comeback, having backed up his desire to return with exceptional performances in the season's first two Ranji Trophy matches. The Bengal speedster has made a strong claim for international comeback with a fiery spell that saw him take a match haul of eight wickets and propel his team to a 141-run win over Gujarat at the Eden Gardens. "A lot of hard work is there and I believe luck too plays a ...Read More >
It has been nearly eight months since veteran pacer Mohammed Shami last played for India. The 35-year-old spearheaded the pace department as India won the 2025 Champions Trophy in March. However, Shami's international career faces uncertainty after recently criticised the selectors over a lack of communication following his snub from the squad for the ongoing white-ball tour of Australia. Reacting to his allegation, BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar clarified that Shami was not picked in the squa ...Read More >
Getting dropped from the Indian national cricket team is like being pushed off a cliff. You do the hard yards and climb all the way up to the top, only for a lapse or two to cost you dear. Karun Nair is the latest to experience this harsh reality. After two glorious seasons for Vidarbha, during which he totalled 1,553 runs and helped his side win the Ranji Trophy last season, he received an India call-up after seven years for this summer's tour to England. But the 205 runs he made from eight i ...Read More >
IMAGE: Ravindra Jadeja was not picked for the ongoing three-match ODI series in Australia, something he said was "not a surprise" after being informed of the team management's plans. Photograph: BCCI Ravindra Jadeja is set to play for Saurashtra in the second round of the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy, starting on October 25. The spin all-rounder's inclusion will give Saurashtra a big boost as they take on Madhya Pradesh at home in Rajkot, on the same surface where spinners claimed 31 of the 35 wickets ...Read More >
CHENNAI: It's hard to find context in an ODI bilateral series with no major events scheduled in that format for the next two years. But that's the space both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma exist in right now. Having become one format players for the national team and with the 50-over World Cup remaining an itch both want to scratch for one last time in 2027, every match becomes an event in and of itself. It's why the ongoing three-match 50-over series Down Under may, in hindsight, be known as the ...Read More >
A man who threw boiling oil at two police officers, hitting one in the face and chest, has been jailed for nine years. Mohammed Sarfaraz, 45, deliberately heated a pan of oil in his parents' kitchen to create a "highly dangerous weapon" when he found out police were on their way to see him, Newcastle Crown Court heard. The injured officer was left with permanent scarring on his face and chest and there were initial fears he might have been blinded, the court heard. Sarfaraz had denied any wro ...Read More >
New Delhi: A senior member of Indian National Congress, Shama Mohamed, has launched a blistering public attack on Gautam Gambhir -- accusing him and the team management of excluding Sarfaraz Khan from the upcoming India "A" squad for reasons tied to his surname. Her comments come ahead of the tour by South Africa A to India and the main series between India national cricket team and South Africa national cricket team in 2025. Mohamed questioned whether Sarfaraz's non-selection for the 15-man "A ...Read More >
New Delhi: Ravichandran Ashwin expressed his hope for improved communication between Mohammed Shami and India's selection committee, which is lead by Ajit Agarkar, following a recent media exchange. Shami, who was excluded from India's recently concluded Test series against the West Indies and the ongoing ODI series in Australia, said that it was not his responsibility to inform the selectors about his fitness. Agarkar, on the other hand, revealed that Shami would be considered for selection if ...Read More >
"Let him say whatever he wants. You have seen how I bowled. It is all in front of your eyes," Shami said Indian cricket team fast bowler Mohammed Shami fired back at BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar as row over his exclusion from the upcoming white-ball series against Australia continued. It all started when Agarkar said that he did not have any update regarding Shami's fitness after the squad was announced for the ODI and T20I series. In response, Shami took a slight dig at the selectors by sa ...Read More >
New Delhi: Former star India cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu recently became the target of a fake post the victim of one such fake quote, which started circulating just before the India vs Australia series, the post falsely quoted Sidhu saying, "If India wants to win the 2027 World Cup, then BCCI should remove Ajit Agarkar and Gautam Gambhir as soon as possible and hand over the captaincy to Rohit Sharma again with full respect." Sidhu responded at the false quote, on X and said, "Never said it, d ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Former India cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu has issued a clarification after a viral social media post attributed to him regarding the 2027 ODI World Cup. A post that went viral on X claimed that Sidhu had said, "If India wants to win the 2027 ODI World Cup, then BCCI ( Board of Control for Cricket in India) should remove Ajit Agarkar and Gautam Gambhir as soon as possible and hand over the captaincy to Rohit Sharma again with full respect." Dismissing the vi ...Read More >
New Delhi: It was a rude start of the day for Indian cricket fans on Sunday after both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli faltered in their comeback ODI against Australia. Social media was soon flooded with memes, ridiculing both the cricketers who returned to international cricket after a gap of seven months. Selector Ajit Agarkar and head coach Gautam Gambhir weren't spared either. "I didn't sleep last night just to watch this eight ball duck from King Virat Kohli," a user going by the name Indian ...Read More >
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 18 (ANI): Madan Lal, a member of the 1983 World Cup-winning team, believes batting bigwigs Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have just one motto to play in the 2027 World Cup. The highly anticipated series opener against Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday will mark the return of Virat and Rohit in ODIs for the first time since lifting the Champions Trophy on March 9 in Dubai. Virat and Rohit were expected to compete across the five Tests in Engla ...Read More >
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 18 (ANI): Madan Lal, a member of the 1983 World Cup-winning team, believes batting bigwigs Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have just one motto to play in the 2027 World Cup. The highly anticipated series opener against Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday will mark the return of Virat and Rohit in ODIs for the first time since lifting the Champions Trophy on March 9 in Dubai. Virat and Rohit were expected to compete across the five Tests in Engla ...Read More >
NDTV World Summit 2025 LIVE News: The 2025 edition of the NDTV World Summit - NDTV's flagship event - begins today, and will feature a host of leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, former Australian PM Tony Abbott, and former G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant. Several other leaders, cultural icons, business leaders, innovators and voices of imagination, including Grammy winner Ricky Kej, actor Samantha Ruth Pra ...Read More >
Out-of-favour India batter Ishan Kishan is focused on the present and wants to enjoy every opportunity that falls his way, irrespective of the level of cricket he is playing in. Known for his belligerent strokeplay, Kishan is currently captaining Jharkhand in the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season. He kicked off his campaign by notching a back-to-the-wall century against Tamil Nadu on the opening day. With his ninth first-class ton, Kishan played the rescue act after his top-order wobbled on Co ...Read More >
CHENNAI: When Shubman Gill walks out for the toss at The Perth Stadium on Sunday, it will only be the second time the newly-appointed Indian captain plays an ODI Down Under. The only other time Gill took the field in an ODI in Australia was during the third match in 2020. Back then, Gill was yet to make his Test debut and was only two ODIs old. Cut to now, the 26-year-old has been handed the keys to the kingdom. He was named the ODI vice-captain in February, Test captain in May and T20I vice-ca ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): India's chief selector Ajit Agarkar opened up about his controversy with right-arm seamer Mohammed Shami ahead of the ODI series against Australia, saying he hadn't seen the player's recent social media post but was open to a conversation. Agarkar also added that he has had "multiple chats" with Shami in recent months but didn't want to "give a headline." After being dropped from the West Indies Test series and the upcoming ODIs against Australia, Shami took ...Read More >
The exclusion of seasoned pacer Mohammed Shami from India's set-up, particularly the ODI squad set to engage in a three-match series against Australia, has been questioned by former South Africa batter AB de Villiers. Shami had finished as the joint-highest wicket-taker from the Indian camp along with mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 earlier this year. Despite that he seems to be facing an unclear future. His exclusion from the ODI setup raises serious questio ...Read More >
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