T20 WC brand ambassador Yuvraj backs Rohit & Virat in squad
Karthik started the last T20 World Cup in Australia as India’s designated keeper before losing his spot ahead of the team’s semifinal defeat to England.
Karthik started the last T20 World Cup in Australia as India’s designated keeper before losing his spot ahead of the team’s semifinal defeat to England.
Bilateral cricket between India and Pakistan has been put on hold since Misbah-ul-Haq’s team last toured India to play a three-match ODI series way back in 2012-13.
All eyes will be on the legendary MS Dhoni in what could be his final game at the iconic Wankhede Stadium, where many moons back, he hit the winning six for India to clinch the 2011 ODI World Cup trophy.
Following the family emergency, Ashwin made a roaring comeback and capped off the Test series with a historic feat by registering the most number of five-wicket hauls for India in the history of Test cricket.
The biggest positives from the series could be the emergence of young guns like Yashasvi Jaiswal, scoring in excess of 700 runs, Sarfaraz Khan bludgeoning his way to the side with half centuries, and Dhruv Jurel – the young Uttar Pradesh stumper, who was picked with an experience of just 15 first-class matches.
On a scorching hot day in Dubai International Stadium, Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to ball first by keeping the dew factor and pitch dryness in mind.
The Indian Cricket Team captain now has a total of 3,499 runs across 125 innings in 133 games at an average of 32.10.
But cricketing minutae, technical nittygritty and expertspeak have often been outweighed by psychological factors when India meet Pakistan.
The batting, deemed strong as steel, tends sometimes to look brittle as matchsticks in away series.
We hear of profound, suggestive mysteries in stray whiffs and then the newspaper report is just a paper packet stuffed with, perhaps, soaps and sanitisers.
