Former India batter Gautam Gambhir has spoken about "obsession" with cricket statistics in the country and said that there is a need to reduce emphasis on it "to get results".
The all-format tour of South Africa will kickstart from December 10 onwards with a three-match T20I series which will go on till December 14. From December 17, the ODI leg of the white-ball series will start which will conclude on September 21.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced India's squad for the South Africa tour which will begin in less than a fortnight has seen some much-awaited comebacks but also the absence of some of the most renowned faces especially in the Test format.
Following Jasprit Bumrah's cryptic Instagram story, former India cricketer Kris Srikkanth claimed that the 'Men in Blue' speedster might felt that Hardik Pandya's move to Mumbai Indians (MI) was not fair.
Hardik's return marks his homecoming to the #OneFamily where he joins forces again with Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, and the team. He first came to prominence for MI and then went on to debut for India in 2016
In the last season this year, fans expected Archer to be at his very best and guide MI to their sixth trophy, but injuries interrupted his season and affected his performances. In his five matches, he could take only two wickets and proved much easier to hit by batters.
In the tournament, Siraj took 14 wickets in 11 matches at an average of 33.50, with the best bowling figures of 3/16. Siraj complemented the pace duo of seniors Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj in his first World Cup really well.
India will lock horns against Australia in the first T20I match of the five-game series at Dr Y. S. Rajashekar Reddy ACA-VDCA International Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam.
The official X (formerly Twitter) handle of the minister's office shared pictures of the minister meeting the pacer at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad.