"One is that we are without our three most experienced players, or we've got this phenomenal opportunity to do something special for the country, because there is no bigger honour," he added.
Former India batter Ambati Rayudu recently participated in a blind ranking challenge of Indian cricket captains, where he placed MS Dhoni at the top and Virat Kohli at number five.
Abhishek Sharma now sits atop the rankings with 829 points, surpassing Australia's Travis Head (814 points) and his fellow Indian Tilak Varma (804 points), as per the ICC.
Former all-rounder Irfan Pathan showered praise on KL Rahul, the unsung hero of India's hard-fought draw in the fourth Test against England in Manchester.
KL is enjoying a rich run of form in England, having scored 508 runs in eight innings at an average of 72.57, with two centuries and two fifties each. He is India's second-highest run-getter in the series. This is his most successful Test series ever and in absence of legendary batters Rohit
Shubman Gill continues to etch his name in the history books. On Day 4 of the Manchester Test, the Indian captain went past Virat Kohli's 2014-15 tally in Australia to record the most runs by an Indian batter in a SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) tour.
Former cricketer Mohammad Kaif feels the time is nearing when India would line up without its pace spearhead, Jasprit Bumrah. The 44-year-old believes Bumrah, who is considered the world's best, might take the same route as former stalwarts Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin a
Roundglass Hockey Academy (RGHA), in collaboration with Hockey Punjab, is delighted to announce the second edition of the Punjab Hockey League (PHL) for the junior age group, with a total prize pool of INR 30 Lakhs, the largest ever for a junior-level hockey tournament in the country.
KL Rahul has now completed 1000 Test runs in England, becoming only the fifth Indian to do so after legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar, and Virat Kohli.