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Busy international calendar, but seniors must show ‘intent’ in Ranji Trophy says former Indian cricketer | Cricket News – Times of India

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (AFP Photo) The gruelling Test tour of South Africa had finished in early January of 2007 and towards the end of that month, India were playing West Indies in a bilateral ODI series as a tune-up to the 50-over World Cup set to be played in the Caribbean in a month and a half's time. India played four ODIs on January 21, 24, 27 and 31 at Nagpur, Chennai, Cuttack and Vadodara. On February 1, four members of that team -- Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar and Sourav Ganguly were all taking a flight from Vadodara to Mumbai. Reason? Mumbai was playing Ranji Trophy final against Bengal from February 2-6 and none of them wanted to miss the prestige battle. Tendulkar scored a hundred, Ganguly scored 90 and Zaheer took a bagful of wickets. Within 48 hours of...

31Oct

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IPL Player Retention: LSG could pay over Rs 20 crore to retain Nicholas Pooran | Cricket News – Times of India

Lucknow Super Giants' Nicholas Pooran. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Nicholas Pooran could become one of the highest paid retained players in the history of the IPL, TOI has learnt. Lucknow Super Giants and Pooran have reached an agreement where the hard-hitting Trinidadian could end up getting over Rs 20 crore from the franchise, according to IPL sources."There is a buzz in IPL circles that LSG have agreed to pay Pooran over Rs 20 crore to retain him ahead of the mega auction. The agreement between the two parties was reached in two minutes after consultation with mentor Zaheer Khan and coach Justin Langer," IPL sources said.#IPL 2025: Who will lead RCB this year? Virat Kohli could well take it back!However, this agreement is no indication of captaincy. The...

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‘Biggest example is Ajinkya Rahane’: Harbhajan Singh blames rank turners for damaging batters’ confidence | Cricket News – Times of India

(Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India's star batters have lost a lot of confidence over the years by playing on rank turners, with their home averages taking a beating and affecting their careers adversely, feels former off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.Harbhajan said Ajinkya Rahane is a case in point after India lost their first Test series in 12 years.On a Pune turner against New Zealand, India lost a crucial toss and managed only 156 and 245 with the Black Caps' lead spinner Mitchell Santner taking 13 wickets."If you have had great record at home for so long and if you lose, obviously there will be chatter. Credit to New Zealand for playing the way they did and these were alien conditions and also not a pitch where wear and tear was natural."It was a tailor-made condition for...

28Sep

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Trip down memory lane: Zaheer Khan and his cricket bunny | Cricket News – Times of India

Zaheer Khan is arguably the best left-arm fast bowler India has produced to date, and while his career numbers speak for themselves, there is one batsman who can validate it more than all other Zaheer bowled to across formats.Zaheer, with his ability to move the new ball both ways and reverse-swing the old ball, was a tough customer to face and had a special liking for left-handed batsmen; but none more than former South Africa captain Graeme Smith."He was someone against whom you would always want to be on your guard,” Smith had said in an interview with cricket.com.But there is no doubt that Zaheer had Smith's number whenever the two had a face-off, both in white-ball and red-ball cricket.The two played against each other in 11 Tests, where Zaheer dismissed the South African opener 7 tim...

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Border Gavaskar Trophy: When Sourav Ganguly’s Brisbane heroics set the tone for an enlivening series | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Even before the Indian cricket team embarked on their 2003-04 tour to Australia, the mind games had begun and most of the banter, as usual, came from the Aussies. There were talks of 'chin-music' being dished out to the Indians, especially to the captain Sourav Ganguly, who had ruffled quite a few Aussie feathers in the 2001 series in India.The desperate Aussies were gunning for revenge and with the first Test at their most favoured venue - The Gabba, they were expected to have the upper hand when Ganguly walked out for the toss with Steve Waugh, who was playing his last series.Ganguly won the toss and asked Australia to bat first. Play on the first three days was hampered due to rain. Zaheer Khan took 5 wickets, but Justin Langer's 121 took the hosts to 323 in their first innin...

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Whose idea was it to have Virender Sehwag open for India | Cricket News – Times of India

It's not a secret that Virender Sehwag began his international career as a middle order batsman before being pushed up the order, which proved to be a master stroke, not just for Sehwag himself but for the world of cricket that was entertained like never before by an opening batsman across formats. But whose idea was it to have Sehwag open batting? The answer to that may surprise many. During a chat with former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar a few years ago, Sehwag revealed who suggested to the Indian team management that Viru, as he is fondly called by fellow players and fans, should be pushed up the order. "Saat number pe tu kya kar raha tha? (what were you doing at number seven in the batting order)," Shoaib asked Sehwag, while talking about an India vs Pakistan match in 1999, where...