Days after playing out a thriller at Hyderabad, New Zealand suffered a resounding defeat against India on January 21. With this, they have lost the series as well as their top ODI rankings tag. England are now the top-ranked team in the ODI Team Rankings chart.
The right-hander underlined the importance of attacking the bowlers early in the inning and stated that he is not worried about not having converted the starts he has got in the past few innings as a result of going after the bowlers.
The bowler highlighted the importance of having game time before playing crucial tournaments like the World Cup. he further mentioned that the team management is aware of the fact and is looking after the workload management of the players to ensure they are also fresh before the World Cup.
Having finished second in pool D, behind England basis goal difference, an unbeaten India are optimistic ahead of the crucial match, which yet again promises to be a house-full affair with tickets for the match being sold out.
The Indian captain played a 51-run knock while Shuman Gill remained unbeaten on 40 runs to take India over the line. Henry Shipley and Mitchell Santner took a wicket each
The Indian bowlers ran riot on a pitch that had decent grass cover and made use of the favourable bowling conditions on offer. Mohammad Shami was the wreaker-in-chief, scalping three wickets. Hardik Pandya and Washington Sundar picked two wickets each. While Siraj, Kuldeep and Shardul took o
Indian men's hockey team midfielder Hardik Singh has been ruled out of the ongoing FIH Men's Hockey World Cup in Odisha after sustaining a hamstring injury, announced Hockey India on Saturday
Hardik sustained the during India's match against England on January 15. Having rested the youngster for the match against Wales, and subsequent assessment, Hardik has now been ruled out of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela.
If India top their pool then they will not have to play the cross over match and moreover they will face a relatively easier opponent in quarter-final.
Following his match-winning double century in the first ODI against New Zealand, rising India batter Shubman Gill said he was not thinking of scoring a double century initially but the sixes he hit in the 47th over made him feel that he could score one.