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Suryakumar to lead a young India T20I team against Australia; Axar returns, no place for Samson

Suryakumar Yadav will lead India T20I team against Australia. | Photo Credit: PTI The national selectors on Monday entrusted a set of next-gen stars under the leadership of Suryakumar Yadav with the task of taming Australia in the upcoming five-match T20I series, beginning from November 23 at Visakhapatnam.After a draining campaign in the recent ODI World Cup, India expectedly did not pick many senior players in the 15-member squad, with only Suryakumar, pacer Prasidh Krishna and wicketkeeper batter Ishan Kishan crossing over for the T20Is.The selectors felt that these three players have not played enough cricket to warrant workload management at this moment. Middle-order battter Shreyas Iyer will join the team for the last two matches at Raipur and Bengaluru and he will take over the ...

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After loss, a PM Modi pep talk in dressing room: ‘Played well, tried hard’

AFTER THE World Cup final loss on Sunday, the disappointed Indian dressing room got a surprise visitor. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after handing the winners’ trophy to Australian skipper Pat Cummins, dropped by to console and motivate captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid’s heartbroken team whose 10-game imperious World Cup march was halted in the game they comprehensively lost by six wickets. Those present at the interaction said Modi, after addressing the Indian team, sought out individual players to have a word with them. Mohammad Shami, the tournament’s leading wicket-taker and the pacer responsible for triggering a frenzy at the stadium with his deadly spell, would later tweet a picture of him resting his head on the Prime Minister’s shoulder. Of his 24 wickets in this Wor...

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‘Pro-Palestinian’ pitch invader is habitual offender ‘seeking social media fame’

A pitch intruder during The Final match of The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup India 2023 between India and Australia at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji The pro-Palestinian supporter of Australian origin, Wen Johnson (24), who ran onto the pitch during the India-Australia cricket World Cup final on Sunday, was on Monday evening produced before the sessions court in Gandhinagar after he was detained by Ahmedabad crime branch. He has been sent to police custody for one-day . He ran onto the ground at Narendra Modi Stadium just before the drinks break at around 3pm. He was apprehended by security personnel after he approached Virat Kohli. Johnson wore a face mask bearing the Palestine flag and a T-shirt with ‘Stop bombing Palestine’ and ‘Save Palestin...

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Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell’s wife Vini Raman hits back at trolls over ‘hateful vile DMs’

Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell’s wife Vini Raman hit back at trolls on social media asking them to “stay classy” after implying that she had received “hateful vile DMs” on her Instagram account. Raman posted a carousel of photographs on her Instagram account after Australia defeated the Indian cricket team by six wickets in the Cricket World Cup final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The photos also included a message for fans. “aaaaand cue all the hateful vile DMs. Stay classy… Can’t believe this needs to be said BUT you can be Indian and also support the country of your birth where you have been raised and more importantly the team your husband plus father of your child plays in #nobrainer. Take a chill pill and direct that outrage towards more important world issues...

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Arsene Wenger on how to improve Indian football: Equip players from 5 to 15 with the best possible technical skills

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Monday that India must focus on equipping upcoming players with the best possible technical skills before they turn 15 as a possible means to find their place on the global football map. “What will football be like in 2030? How can we imagine what our needed quality is in 2030? But what is for sure, is where we start with technique,” Wenger said. “Football is a technical sport. We have to equip the players from five to 15 with the best possible capacity to be technically at the top. That means, basically, to make it simple, is to make the ball his friend. The rest can be developed later. And this is absolutely vital.” Wenger cited the example of Japan, where he had been a coach with Nagoya Grampus before his move to Arsenal. “I was in Japan a...

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World Cup qualifiers: Sunil Chhetri-led Indian football team hopes to punch above its weight against Asian Champs Qatar

The last time India grabbed a point from Qatar, the Gulf country created as many as 27 chances, the Indian defenders had to make 36 tackles and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu made a stunning 11 saves as India held the Asian champions to a goalless draw. It was four years ago, in the second round of World Cup and Asian Cup joint qualifiers. Much has happened since that game in Doha. A 10-man India lost their ‘home’ tie which had Doha as a centralised venue due to Covid restrictions, and the not-so-small matter of Qatar having hosted and played in a World Cup. As the two teams meet again at the same stage of the qualifiers, this time in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday, a lot has changed. India too have gone from strength to strength under coach Igor Stimac, with the 1-0 win away at Kuwait last week a testi...

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Unpredictability is sport’s elixir and lends an endearing quality to it

Key factor: Every decisive small moment that had a big impact was seized by Australia and this proved key in Australia’s triumph. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Until Sunday night, the Men in Blue offered triumphant stories and sunshine moments. They were the best team in the World Cup by a distance, defeating all opponents in the round-robin league phase and quelling New Zealand in the semifinal. To win 10 games on the trot is a remarkable feat and Rohit Sharma’s men deserve respect.However, sport is never about the fairytale finish. Sir Don Bradman was dismissed on a duck in his last innings. Many leading stars have hobbled away with injuries. Sport at the highest level is both exhilarating and soul-numbing. India again learnt it the hard way after losing the World Cup final by six wic...

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India vs Australia: Suryakumar Yadav to lead Indian team in T20I series at home vs World Cup champions

Suryakumar Yadav will lead the Indian cricket team against the Australians in the five-match T20I series which starts just four days after the Aussies claimed their sixth World Cup title by defeating India by six wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Ruturaj Gaikwad will be Surya’s deputy for the first three games, while Shreyas Iyer will join the squad as vice-captain for the last two T20Is in Raipur and Bengaluru. Surya was handed over the reins of the team in the absence of Hardik Pandya, who picked up an injury at the recently-concluded Cricket World Cup. The Baroda all-rounder lost his balance while trying to stop a shot from Bangladesh opener Liton Das and dragged his right boot while landing on the pitch. As The Indian Express had reported, it is likely that the an...

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Suryakumar Yadav named skipper, Shreyas Iyer rested for first three Australia T20Is | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday named Suryakumar Yadav as skipper for the 5-match T20I series against Australia starting November 23 in Visakhapatnam. Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad has been named as vice-captain for the series against the newly-crowned ODI champions, as the hosts only picked three players from the recent World Cup squad – Prasidh Krishna, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar himself.However, Shreyas Iyer will join the squad for the last two T20Is in Raipur and Bengaluru and he will take over the role of vice-captain from Gaikwad.India squad: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Pras...

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‘No matter how big a player…’: Wahab Riaz issues stern warning as Haris Rauf pulls out of Australia tour | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: As pacer Haris Rauf pulled out of Pakistan's upcoming tour of Australia, citing workload issues, chief selector Wahab Riaz issued a stern warning to players to put national duties above everything else.Newly appointed chief selector Riaz, on Monday, named an 18-member squad for the three-Test series in Australia that included three uncapped players. With Rauf declaring his unavailability for the tour, Riaz set the record straight, telling players to prioritise national duties and any non-compliance will lead to them getting sidelined. “Two days back he (Haris) told us that he was available for the Test series and last night he said he had worries over his workload and fitness issues so he was not available,” said Riaz.The former fast bowler said he along with Muhammad Hafeez,...

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Haryana’s Anmol Kharb looking to walk in Saina Nehwal’s footsteps

It was moments after her fighting 21-13, 21-23, 21-16 win over Tanvi Sharma of Punjab in the girls’ U19 singles final of the Yonex Sunrise 30th Smt Krishna Khaitan Memorial All India Junior Ranking Prize Money tournament being organised by Express Shuttle Club Trust at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex. But the Haryana youngster 16-year-old Anmol Kharb remembered to take a picture alongside a poster of London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal outside the venue. Nehwal had won the U-17 and U-19 title in the year 2003 and 2006 respectively before her breaking onto the international scene and that’s what the Faridabad youngster, who won the Naidu Hall Trophy for winning the title, wants to emulate in her career. “Saina didi remains one of the pioneers of Indian badminton at the world ...

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After an unprecedented Cricket World Cup, India’s Virat Kohli ends up as tragic-hero

In the midst of the silence that engulfed the arena stood Virat Kohli, his vacant stare wandering into the skies, with the forlorn look of someone betrayed. He puffed his cheeks out in anguish and ruffled his hair, in unusual disorder, with long cold fingers, as he waited impatiently for the torture of collecting the player of the tournament plank, a souvenir of pain, on the most heartbreaking of all nights.Even in the most harrowing hour, he was the centre of the crowd’s attraction. A section of teary-eyed fans chanted his name, as glances of sympathy peered from every corner of the stadium. Those would have made his pain even more intense. Hastily, coldly, he picked the piece of meaningless trophy, its value no more than that of a stone, and hurried up the long stairway to the dressin...

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Suryakumar Yadav to lead India, VVS Laxman to coach in Australia T20Is | Cricket News – Times of India

AHMEDABAD: Suryakumar Yadav will be the captain, while National Cricket Academy head VVS Laxman will be the coach of the Indian team for the five-match Twenty 20 series against Australia, which will kick off in Visakhapatnam on November 23 and conclude in Bangalore on December 3, TOI has learnt. The squad is yet to be announced officially by the BCCI.Ranked as the No 1 batsman in T20Is for a while now, 'SKY' was chosen as the captain for this series -this is the first time he will be captaining India-after it became clear that star all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who suffered a bad ankle injury his during the World Cup, is not likely to return to action the next couple of months.Paceman Prasidh Krishna, who replaced Pandya in the World Cup but didn’t get a game, has been included in the squa...

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SA20 allowed South African fans to link back with cricket amid negativity: Graeme Smith | Cricket News – Times of India

MUMBAI: The South African fans have been able to link back with cricket through SA20 after the general ennui following the national team's poor performances and a highly political environment surrounding the game in the country, reckoned Graeme Smith.The six-team inaugural edition of the SA20 tournament was held for the first time earlier this January-February with Sunrisers Eastern Cape clinching the title.Former South African captain Smith, who has been tasked with the role of ensuring the growth and expansion of the tournament, felt that the first season had fans coming back to the stadium and re-embracing the sport despite all the negativity.“It's hard to quantify (the tournament's impact), but it's huge,” Smith, who is the commissioner of SA20, told PTI in an exclusive interview wi...

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We need to be smart while managing pacers’ workload: Paras Mhambrey on 7 Tests between December to March | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: With India playing non-stop cricket over the last couple of months and 7 Tests lined up in the December to March window ahead of IPL 2024, bowling coach Paras Mhambrey stressed on the fact that the pacers' workload has to be managed. With the one and a half World Cup now over, India next play a couple of Tests in South Africa followed by 5 Tests against England between December and March. Mohammed Shami (24 wickets in 7 games, 48.5 overs), Jasprit Bumrah (20 wickets, 11 games, 91.5 overs) and Mohammed Siraj (14 wickets, 82.3 overs, 11 games) did a lot of bowling in the World Cup and the trio has been on the road since Asia Cup in August-September.Mhambrey said that pacers' workload needs to be carefully monitored during the upcoming World Test Championship series. "We will ha...

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From ‘Captain Fearless’ Rohit to ‘Special’ Shami: Top five performers of World Cup – Times of India

MUMBAI: The World Cup trophy was not meant to be his, but India's 'Captain Fearless' Rohit Sharma gave everything on the field and so did Mohammed Shami, who set the record for most fifers in the tournament's history.India's World Cup dream also had Virat Kohli creating history with his 765 runs and notching up the 50th century to finish as the Player of the Tournament, but there were remarkable performers from the other teams as well.South Africa once again crashed in the semifinal stage but looked formidable yet again, courtesy aggressive batters such as Quinton de Kock and Heinrich Klaasen and for New Zealand, the young Rachin Ravindra made it a tournament to remember.As the new cycle begins for the 2027 edition, here is a look at the top performers of the recently-concluded quadrenn...

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Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf pulls out of Australia Test series – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Express fast bowler Haris Rauf withdrew from the Pakistan team for the upcoming Test tour of Australia, leading to the inclusion of three uncapped players in the 18-member squad.Left-handed opening batter Saim Ayub, fast bowler Khurram Shahzad, and all-rounder Amir Jamal earned their maiden call-ups due to their noteworthy performances in recent cricket tournaments.Despite being initially included in the plans for the three Test matches, Rauf, known for his pace, unexpectedly pulled out on Sunday night, despite confirming his availability just two days prior, according to newly-appointed chief selector Wahab Riaz.“He (Rauf) gave his consent, but later he changed his mind because he was worried about his fitness and the workload,” Riaz said in Lahore while announcing the squad...

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Ricky Ponting lauds Pat Cummins’ faultless captaincy, pinpoints ‘gutsy move’ that swayed World Cup final vs India

After Australia defeated overwhelming favourites India by six wickets in the Cricket World Cup final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting heaped praise on Pat Cummins for his “faultless captaincy” and picked out a “gutsy move” that influenced the final. Cummins won the toss at Ahmedabad, and to everyone surprise, asked Indian to bat first. Even Indian skipper Rohit Sharma admitted that he would have batted first had he won the toss. That moment proved pivotal, as the Indian team faced a rare batting slump and could only post a total of 240 runs. The five-time champions chased down the total with six wickets in hand, thanks to Travis Head scoring 137. When Ponting was asked about Cummins’ captaincy after the finale, he first dismissed the ...

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Mitchell Marsh draws flak over ‘feet on trophy’ viral photo after World Cup final win | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: As Australia clinched a record-extending sixth World Cup title, beating India by six wickets in the World Cup final on Sunday, the celebrations for Pat Cummins and co. went late into the night in Ahmedabad.Following their memorable moments on the field with the coveted World Cup trophy, the celebrations for the team were carried out in the dressing room.As players had their individual moments with the glittering ICC trophy, top-order batter Mitchell Marsh's unusual photo with the Cup became a talking point on social media.Marsh's pic with his feet resting on the World Cup trophy was something that fans weren't pleased with.Terming it disrespectful, fans on social media seemed pretty disappointed with Marsh's celebrations with the trophy.PM Modi consoles team India in dressing...

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Marnus Labuschagne’s coach writes: When Marnus told me ‘Mate, that World Cup Final was designed for me!’

The night before the World Cup final I had told Marnus Labuschagne: “Miracles happen. You would have dreamed of playing for Australia in this match and finishing it. This is the stage, this is the day you have lived for. Miracles do happen.” And Marnus replied, “Amen!”It’s been some journey for him. Every day there would be talk that he won’t be picked for the next match and as he said he was “unofficially dropped” five times this World Cup. In our chats, we would keep reiterating, “Those are out of your control’. In the night, after the final, I texted him, “Miracles do happen!” And he replied, “Mate, that game was designed for me!” It certainly was. He had to get out there, and bat without worries. Just bat. Travis Head was already flowing. Marnus’s job as I saw it was to just bat and...