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ICC ODI Rankings: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma firm at second, third spot

South Africa batters Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen have made huge gains in the ICC Men's ODI Player Rankings after helping their team complete a memorable 3-0 series win over India.De Kock is in the top five for the first time since the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 after aggregating 229 runs that included a match-winning 124 in the final match in Cape Town. The wicketkeeper-batter has moved up four places after his Player of the Series effort.Van der Dussen, who scored 218 runs, has advanced 10 places to reach a career-best 10th position. Captain Temba Bavuma has also made huge progress, reaching a career-best 59th position from 80th before the latest weekly update which also includes the Afghanistan-Netherlands series and the last match of the Sri Lanka-Zimbabwe series.Opener Shikhar Dhawan, the leading scorer for India against South Africa with 169 runs, has moved up one place to 15th in the list led by Pakistan captain Babar Azam with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in

Rohit Sharma fit to lead lead India vs Windies; Bhuvi, Ashwin under scanner

The T20 matches against the Caribbean team are set to be held from February 16 to 20 in Kolkata

Rohit Sharma fit to lead India vs Windies; Bhuvi, Ashwin under scanner

India's white-ball captain Rohit Sharma is "fit" and ready to lead the side against the West Indies in a six-match white-ball series starting February 6 with the three ODIs in Ahmedabad.

Sharma, Pant and Ashwin included in ICC Men's Test Team of the Year

India opener Rohit Sharma, wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have been included in the ICC Men's Test team of the year for 2021.

Rohit close to getting match-ready, likely play against West Indies

Rohit Sharma is recovering well from his left hamstring injury and has a bright chance of making a comeback for the six-match home white-ball series against the West Indies next month

2nd Test: Shardul finishes with 7/61 as India bowl out South Africa for 229

India bowled out South Africa for 229 in their first innings on Day 2 of the second Test match at The Wanderers Stadium, here on Tuesday

Shardul Thakur gets maiden five-for as South Africa reach 191/7 at tea

India pacer Shardul Thakur grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul as South Africa lost the momentum towards the end of the afternoon session to reach 191 for 7 at tea on day two of the second Test. Thakur (13.1-3-43-5) with his happy knack of breaking partnerships more than compensated for Mohammed Siraj's hamstring injury as Keegan Petersen (62 off 118 balls) and the in-form Temba Bavuma (51 off 60 balls) laid the platform only to fritter away a promising start. The only silver lining for Proteas is that they are now only 11 runs short of India's first innings total of 202. In fact, just like skipper Dean Elgar (28 off 120 balls) and Petersen had a 74-run stand broken in the first session, Bavuma and keeper Kyle Verreynne (21) had added 58 runs in a fifth wicket stand before Thakur once again got into the act. If outswingers worked well in the first session, it was the scrambled seam off-cutters that did the trick in the post-lunch dismissals. In case of Verreynne, the ball cut back

Rohit not picked for SA keeping in mind upcoming series, T20 WC: Chetan

The selectors believed it would be prudent for Rohit to keep working on his rehab

Rohit ruled out of ODI series in SA, Rahul named captain of 18-member squad

All-rounder Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja were also not selected

Rohit, Ashwin among four Indians included in Cricket Australia XI of 2021

India's white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma and premier off-spinner R Aswhin were among four players from the country to have featured in the Cricket Australia (CA) XI of the year. Besides Rohit and Ashwin, the other two Indians in the team were swashbuckling keeper-batter Rishabh Pant and left-arm spinner Axar Patel. Rohit has been picked as an opener alongside Sri Lankan Dimuth Karunaratne, followed by Australian batter Marnus Labuschagne at number three. He is followed by England Test captain Joe Root, Pakistan's Fawad Alam and Pant in the batting order. Having dominated white-ball cricket and his home conditions for years, Rohit conquered his final frontier this year by showing he can score big Test runs outside of Asia. And a strong 2021 that saw him finish behind only Root for most runs could have been even better if the classy right-hander had translated multiple strong starts into big hundreds. Rohit reached 20 or more in 14 of his 19 completed innings but posted two centurie

'Right way to go': Former Team India coach Shastri backs split captaincy

Former India coach Ravi Shastri has supported the splitting of captaincy in the red and white ball formats, saying it is the right way to go. While Virat Kohli remains the Test skipper, one of the finest white-ball exponents and star opener, Rohit Sharma has been appointed as the T20 and ODI captain. "I think it's the right way to go. This could be a blessing in disguise for Virat, and for Rohit, because I don't think in this era if the bubble life exists for another year or so, one guy can handle all, that is not easy at all," Shastri, himself a former India all-rounder, said on Star Sports show 'BOLD & BRAVE: THE SHASTRI WAY'. Kohli, during his pre-departure press conference ahead of the tour of South Africa, said that he was never asked to stay on as T20 skipper when he made his intent clear on relinquishing the post. Shastri, who has served Indian cricket in various capacities, also said he wanted to establish Rohit as an opener. "It was very clear in my mind that I wanted to

Split captaincy can be blessing in disguise for Rohit, Virat: Ravi Shastri

Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has said that split captaincy can be a blessing in disguise for both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

Skip the drama

We all know Kohli is in that bracket - he just needs to focus on his Test batting

Injured Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja working in NCA to regain fitness

Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja, who have been ruled out of the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa due to injuries, are working at NCA in Bengaluru to regain full fitness.

'Will deal with it': Ganguly declines comment on Kohli's bombshell remarks

A day after India Test captain Virat Kohli triggered a storm by publicly contradicting him, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly refused to comment on the matter, saying the Board will deal with it

Ganguly needs to clear air on Kohli's comments on captaincy issue: Gavaskar

Gavaskar feels Sourav Ganguly is the best person to clear the air on Virat Kohli's contradictory statement on the issue of captaincy

White-ball captaincy change brings Kohli and Ganguly at loggerheads

A day after Kohli was removed as ODI captain, Ganguly told ANI that he had indeed spoken to Virat regarding the leadership change adding, that he had requested Virat to not give up the T20I captaincy

Rohit will have my 100% support, tired of questions on our equation: Kohli

Kohli said he was never spoken to about being replaced till 90 minutes before the scheduled team selection meeting for the South Africa tour

If Azhar has info on rift in Team India, he should tell us: Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar has said that Mohammad Azharuddin should not have alluded to a rift between Test skipper Virat Kohli and the newly-appointed white-ball captain Rohit Sharma.

None bigger than sport: Anurag Thakur on alleged rift between Kohli, Sharma

After Mohammad Azharuddin had tweeted about the alleged rift between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, \Anurag Thakur said there is no player bigger than the game