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Virat Kohli's fate as ODI skipper set to be decided in next few days

Virat Kohli's future as India ODI captain will be decided this week when the national selection committee, led by Chetan Sharma, selects the squad for the upcoming tour of South Africa.

Ind vs NZ: We can go upwards from anywhere, says Kiwi spinner Ajaz Patel

New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel on Wednesday said that the BlackCaps are pretty confident about playing against India in the second Test of the ongoing two-match Test series in Mumbai.The second Test of the two-match series will be played at the Wankhede Stadium from December 3 to 7. Skipper Virat Kohli will return to lead the hosts.New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra and Ajaz put up a gritty performance to ensure that the visitors walked away with a draw at Green Park, Kanpur."For us, it's still going into a game with the possibility of taking the series. We know the history of playing in India and we know how difficult it has been in the past. The beauty of our team at this moment is that we don't look in history too much and we look at the present. For us, we have a sense of self-belief that we can go up from anywhere and recently we were able to take away the World Test Championship (WTC) from them," said Ajaz Patel during a virtual press conference."So for us, now it's just about ...

We've time to decide, SA tour is on as of now: Sourav Ganguly

The former India captain also backed out-of-favour allrounder Hardik Pandya to regain his place in the side after returning to full fitness

Indians looked under pressure even before toss: Inzamam on Indo-Pak clash

India lost their T20 World Cup opener to Pakistan because their players were under pressure even before the toss, Pakistan's most capped player Inzamam-ul-Haq has said.

Ready for clean sweep, Rohit Sharma's India may try new combinations

Captain Rohit Sharma will not waver from his ruthless approach but might try out a few of his reserve players as India aim for a clean sweep against New Zealand

It's been a hectic schedule, we failed to adapt, says Tim Southee

New Zealand arrived in India less than 24 hours after losing the World Cup final to Australia

Too early to comment on Rahul Dravid's coaching style, says Ashwin

ravid replaced Ravi Shastri in the Indian set-up, beginning his stint with the ongoing India-New Zealand Twenty20 series

My watch cost Rs 1.5 cr, not Rs 5 cr, clarifies cricketer Hardik Pandya

Pandya, who is the younger brother of another cricketer Krunal, -- both hailing from Vadodara -- was at the receiving end of many who brutally roasted him on social media

This is right time for me to manage workload, says Virat Kohli

Kohli on Monday said that it was the right time for him to relinquish T20 International captaincy

Team India was 'mentally and physically drained': Outgoing coach Shastri

Shastri, whose tenure as head coach ended this evening, also said that his successor Rahul Dravid has inherited a great team

T20 WC: India ousted as New Zealand clinch semifinal with win over Afghans

The Kiwis were favourites to win on the day and they hardly put a foot wrong, chasing down a small target of 125 in just 18.1 overs to join England, Australia and Pakistan in the last-four stage.

Indian cricket will be indebted to coach Tarak Sinha's work: Aakash Chopra

Legendary coach Tarak Sinha passed away on Saturday aged 71 after a battle with cancer

Jasprit Bumrah is now India's highest T20 wicket taker with 64 scalps

The pacer on Friday became India's leading wicket taker in the shortest format

Decision-making can go wrong when you are on road for long time: Rohit

Rohit Sharma was referring to the losses against Pakistan and New Zealand

As India's head coach, Dravid will bring his own work ethic: Gavaskar

Gavaskar feels Indian cricket will go ahead under the new coach

CLOSE-IN: T20 World Cup -- Unlucky 13 and a wake-up call for Indian side

Pakistan, against whom India have never lost a World Cup event previously, finally beat them on the 13th occasion

Winning one game is not the end of the world, says irate Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli said it would not have been the end of the world for him even if his team had won

India's warm-up worries abound on second opener, Hardik's batting position

Hardik Pandya's form and few batting slots will be foremost on Virat Kohli's mind as India look to make the most of two T20 World Cup warm-up matches starting with a game against England on Monday.

Mere formality but BCCI invites application for post of head coach

A couple of days after convincing former India captain Rahul Dravid to take up the responsibility, the BCCI on Sunday issued advertisement for the post of head coach and three support staff

Foresee spinners having big impact in T20 World Cup: Samuel Badree

Former West Indies bowler Samuel Badree feels the slow nature of wickets in UAE will help spinners in the ICC men's T20 World Cup 2021 which gets underway from Sunday."Because of the heat factor and the dry nature of the surfaces, you always expect spinners to do well. The slow nature of the pitches also helps with that," said Badree in an ICC release."Spinners will do particularly well in Dubai, as well as in Sharjah, which give you more of an opportunity. They will prosper less in Abu Dhabi because in my memory there is a lot of grass on the pitch there.Badree has also backed India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi to have a good tournament as spin has always played an important role in T20 cricket."When it comes to the best spinner at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, it's hard to look past Tabraiz Shamsi. The South African is ranked No.1 in the ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings for a reason and as a left-armer, he poses a significant challenge for ...