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Cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties - that is a phrase which is often used whenever there is some outstanding action on the field. On Wednesday though, third umpire KN Ananthapadmanabhan managed to raise many an eyebrow by giving Hardik Pandya out in what was a very strange dismissal.

Whenever any former player or coach comes up with a book, it always spills the beans on the past events that took place during their days at the helm.

A lot has changed in Indian cricket over the past one year, with the captain-coach combo changing across formats as Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma took over from ravi shastri and Virat Kohli. What remained constant was the Men in Blue's fortunes in ICC tournaments.

India batter Shreyas Iyer was honoured with five awards at the annual Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) awards, held at the MCA Club at the Bandra Kurla Complex on Friday.

Having tasted success with the white ball for India-he's the No 1 T20I batsman in world cricket and the powerhouse of India's batting in the T20Is now- Suryakumar Yadav is hungry for Test cricket now.

Former India cricket captain and Head Coach ravi shastri's 'tracer bullet' commentary switched loyalties for a one-off occasion from cricket to football on Sunday. Shastri, who was in Qatar for the final, burst into an impromptu commentary stint for a few minutes from the stands.

India opener Shubman Gill has got an admirer in former head coach ravi shastri who feels the young batter has something "regal about him".

Since making his India debut in March 2021, Suryakumar Yadav earned plaudits from all quarters with his batting prowess. The batting sensation now has the latest admirer in former Indian coach ravi shastri, who said Surya is one of the best T20 players in the world and quite like AB de Villiers at his peak.

Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf believes that no other batsman in world cricket save the peerless Virat Kohli could have hit him for those two sixes in that thrilling India victory against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup match in October.

Heaping praise on Shikhar Dhawan, who is also leading the Indian team in the ODI series against New Zealand, former India coach ravi shastri said the opener "doesn't get the accolades that he deserves".

South Africa's hard-hitting batter David Miller is a big admirer of Hardik Pandya’s captaincy and is full of praise for the Indian all-rounder. The southpaw feels that Pandya can turn the Indian T20 team into a fearless group of players with his exemplary clarity of mind and work ethic.

Former India head coach ravi shastri on Thursday said there is "no harm" in appointing a separate T20 captain and identified premier all-rounder Hardik Pandya as the ideal candidate.

India need to appoint a new Twenty20 captain and follow England's template to revive their fortunes in that format, former head coach ravi shastri said on Thursday.

Former coach ravi shastri feels the visiting Indian team can still take a lot of positives despite losing the rain-marred three-match ODI series 0-1 to New Zealand after the third and final ODI was washed out in Christchurch on Wednesday.

Former coach ravi shastri wants India to stick with Rishabh Pant in the T20 World Cup semi-final against England, saying the flashy wicketkeeper- batter will bring in the X-factor in the shorter boundaries of Adelaide Oval.

Suryakumar Yadav's outrageous scoop shot off Zimbabwe pacer Richard Ngarava became a talking point in the T20 World Cup and the attacking Indian batter says he achieved mastery over the unorthodox stroke after years of practice with rubber ball.

It's not just Virat Kohli's runs that are giving joy to India. The one-handed pick up followed by an acrobatic direct hit to have Tim David run out, then another one-handed blinder at long on to get rid of Pat Cummins during India's warm-up game against Australia, gave some relief to India's present fielding coach T Dilip.

Injuries to India's key pacers, Jasprit Bumrah and Deepak Chahar, which have ruled them out of the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia, have triggered a debate: Should India's star cricketers be given the option of 'resting' in the IPL? Chahar had to miss the IPL due to a hamstring injury, while a back injury ruled Bumrah out of the World Cup.

India's current batting line-up is their best ever in cricket's shortest format but the team must improve their fielding in Australia if they are to bring home a second T20 World Cup trophy, former coach ravi shastri has said.

Injuries to India’s key pacers, Jasprit Bumrah and Deepak Chahar, which have ruled them out of the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia, have triggered a debate: Should India’s star cricketers be given the option of ‘resting’ in the IPL? Chahar had to miss the IPL due to a hamstring injury,