According to Shastri, the players may use the time to re-energise themselves, especially after a gruelling New Zealand tour where India played five T20Is, three ODIs and two Tests.
March 28, 2020With Rohit's absence at the top, Virat Kohli was expected to come good with the bat but his outright failure in both the Test matches meant India were just not good enough against the Kiwis as they lost the series 0-2.
March 23, 2020Kohli, however, hasn't been in the best of forms considering his own standards in recent times.
March 21, 2020The Black Caps managed to get all the 120 points at stake in the recently concluded series against India and in doing so have left the Championship table wide open.
March 3, 2020India lost the two-Test series 0-2 with Kohli averaging just 9.50.
March 3, 2020With New Zealand looking comfortable while chasing India's total on the third morning, the Indian skipper was heard shouting to his teammates.
March 3, 2020Notably, New Zealand managed to win the first Test in Wellington in just over three days while they managed to win the second Test win by seven wickets within three days.
March 2, 2020Pant managed to score 60 runs in the Test series.
March 2, 2020Despite not being able to win or draw a single Test in the series, India remain at the top of the ICC World Test Championship table with 360 points.
March 2, 2020This is the first instance in the history of Test match cricket when Bumrah has outscored Kohli in a Test innings.
February 29, 2020He was also quick to defend young Indian opener Prithvi Shaw.
February 28, 2020Shaw missed Thursday's training session due to swelling on his left foot, increasing the Indian team management's worries ahead of the second Test
February 28, 2020McGrath even defended India's ordinary bowling which saw the pace duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami pick up just a couple of wickets.
February 26, 2020A Twitter user had labelled Kohli as "over-rated" when the former England pacer came to his defence.
February 26, 2020Notably, Virat Kohli managed to score a total of 21 runs in the ongoing first Test at Wellington.
February 23, 2020Kohli said that it is because of the sporting nature of the Kiwis that he can have easy conversations with Williamson during an ongoing match about life and not cricket.
February 19, 2020India's first Test match against New Zealand is scheduled at the Basin Reserve, Wellington and India do not have an impressive record at this venue.
February 19, 2020