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India handed debut caps to 21-year-old left-handed opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and wicket-keeper batter Ishan Kishan, who replaced KS Bharat in India's playing 11 from WTC final line-up against Australia

IND vs WI 1st Test: Jaiswal is a really exciting talent, says Rahane

India skipper Rohit Sharma gives a lot of freedom to his players and has all the traits of a great captain, said Ajinkya Rahane ahead of the two-Test series against West Indies starting here on Wednesday. Rahane made a comeback to red-ball cricket after a gap of 18 months when he was included in the World Test Championships final against Australia last month. A veteran of 83 Test matches, Rahane, who was deputy to former skipper Virat Kohli in the past, has been named the India vice-captain for the West Indies series. "I am used to this role. I was vice-captain for almost four-five years. I am really happy to be back in the team and really happy to be back as a vice-captain," Rahane told reporters on Monday. "WTC final was the first game where I played under Rohit Sharma's captaincy. Rohit gives freedom to all the players and those are good traits of a great captain," said Rahane, who had led India to the famous Test series win in Australia in 2019-2020. "What do you mean by at th

Why is batting legend Gavaskar disappointed by Rohit Sharma's captaincy?

Sunil Gavaskar even questioned Rohit Sharma's statement about the lack of preparation ahead of the WTC final

WATCH: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli meet West Indian legend Sobers in Barbados

Members of the Indian cricket team, currently touring the West Indies, met the legendary Sir Garfield Sobers and shared pleasantries with one of the all-time greats of the sport here. The India team, led by Rohit Sharma, will play two Tests in Dominica and Port of Spain beginning July 12, following which the side will take on the Caribbean in three ODIs and five T20Is. The BCCI shared a video of the meeting with the former West Indies captain, captioning it, "In Barbados & in the company of greatness. Team India meets one of the greatest of the game -- Sir Garfield Sobers." Sobers, 86, arguably one of the finest all-rounders to have played the game, scored 8,032 runs in 93 Tests besides taking 235 wickets with his left-arm bowling. Among those to greet Sobers, who was accompanied by his wife, were Rohit, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Ravichandran Ashwin and India head coach Rahul Dravid. Kohli was, in fact, awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for 'male cricketer of the decade' in .

Pujara axed: Scapegoat for WTC failure or stepping stone of team transition

BCCI announced Test and ODI squads for India's West Indies tour on June 23, 2023. The Test squad did not feature Chetewshwar Pujara and Umesh Yadav from the team that played the WTC final

Can 'Big Three' Cricket stars redeem themselves or is it time for shuffle?

Virat Kohli. Cheteshwar Pujara. Rohit Sharma. The 'holy trinity' has given Indian fans joyous moments over the years but how future ready is India's Test batting as the trio is ready for their last dance. The seismic defeat during the WTC final at the Oval made it mandatory for the bigwigs to search for a solution to that question. Now! The failure of Pujara to kick on against Australia is severely hurting as he was perceived to be in fine fettle after his exploits with Sussex in the County Cricket. Pujara's last memorable innings remains that 77 against Australia in Sydney in 2021, and if we take out a 90 and 102 against Bangladesh at Chattogram in 2022, the cupboard has a bare look. In fact, Pujara has played 17 Tests in the 2021-2023 WTC cycle and made 928 runs at an average of 32 with a solitary hundred, a record so underwhelming for a team's No. 3. So, who is our next No 3? India tried Hanuma Vihari at that position during the home series against Sri Lanka in early 2022 and h

WTC Final: Batting big worry; India find strength in Kohli, Shami and Gill

Virat Kohli is back in form just ahead of the World Test Championship Final. Alongside him, India will bank Shubman Gill and Mohammed Shami for the all-important event

WTC Final 2023: India's road was full of thrills, last-minute hurdles

It was not smooth sailing for India as it ducked many hurdles which included results of other teams to be considered as well

LSG vs MI Eliminator Highlights: Madhwal's 5/5 takes Mumbai to Qualifier 2

Indian Premier League 2023 Eliminator Highlights, LSG vs MI: Akash Madhwal's career-best and this season's best figures in IPL (5/5) gave Mumbai a huge 81-run victory and took them to qualifier 2

IPL 2023 Eliminator: Mumbai to lock horns with Lucknow in must-win game

Mumbai Indians are in the playoffs thanks to a late victory surge and the fortune favouring them. They had lost to Lucknow Super Giants in the playoffs and would like to avenge that loss in the match

IPL 2023 Highlights: Kohli's ton in vain, Gill's 100 sends MI to playoffs

Indian Premier League Highlights: Virat Kohli's century went in vain as Shubman Gill also hit a century to win it for GT. As a result, MI, which beat SRH earlier in the day, went to playoffs. RCB out

LSG vs MI Live Score, IPL 2023: Mohsin Khan wins it for Lucknow in last ovr

Indian Premier League 2023 Live Updates, LSG vs MI: With 11 to defend and Cameron Green and Tim David in front of him, Mohsin Khan executed brilliant yorkers to concede just 5 and win it for Lucknow

IPL 2023 LSG vs MI preview: Mumbai face Lucknow with playoff spot in mind

A win for either MI or LSG would put them ahead in the race to the playoffs as they would have one game advantage over the rest of the eight teams in the table. Gujarat Titans are already through

Rohit's form, death bowling concern Mumbai Indians ahead of tie against RCB

With the race for playoffs intensifying, captain Rohit Sharma's form with the bat and bowling in the death overs will be a huge concern for hosts Mumbai Indians when they meet Royal Challengers Bangalore in a mid-table IPL clash here on Tuesday. With 184 runs in 10 matches at a forgettable average of 18.39 and a solitary half-century, Sharma is enduring a second consecutive poor season with the bat. For the sixth-placed Mumbai Indians to move up in the points table, it is imperative that their best batter in the line-up fires. Sharma's role in this IPL has been to provide brisk starts at the top, and at times he has had some success too, but consistency has deserted the right-arm batter whose early dismissal in huge chases has only added pressure on a relatively new batting line-up, which fortunately, from MI's point of view, has delivered too. Mumbai Indians' head coach Mark Boucher admitted a few games ago that consistency could get compromised if any batter goes out of his way t

PBKS vs MI Highlights, IPL 2023: Surya, Kishan steal the show from Punjab

Indian Premier League 2023 Highlights, PBKS vs MI: Suryakumar Yadav 66 (31) and Ishan Kishan 75 (41) thrashed the Punjab Kings bowlers as the Mumbai Indians chased down 215 with seven balls to spare

IPL 2023 Highlights: Mumbai create history in 1000th game, PBKS go past CSK

Indian Premier League 2023 Highlights: A lot of things happened on the night when the 1000th game of the league was played. Jaiswal scored a hundred, Mumbai chased 213 at Wankhede. PBKS beat Chennai

IPL 2023 Highlights: Arshdeep wins it for Punjab, Mohit Sharma for Gujarat

Indian Premier League 2023 Highlights: It was bowlers' night. Arshdeep Singh defended 16 runs in the final over and won the game by 13 runs for his team. Mohit defended 12 to win the game by 7 runs

Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians eyeing winning momentum at home: Gavaskar

Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar reckons it will be interesting to see how Mumbai Indians perform at home as they seemed to have cracked the winning code this season

IPL 2023 MI vs KKR preview: Mumbai eye second win, Kolkata aim for comeback

Mumbai Indians would be looking to get back to wins when they face the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede in the day game

IPL 2023 DC vs MI preview: Mumbai and Delhi fight to break losing streak

Due to a failure in the batting unit of both the teams, neither Delhi, nor Mumbai have been able to make a mark in thier first few games in IPL this season. This must change tonight for them to win