India recently pipped Australia to become the No.1 ranked Test nation ahead of next month's ICC World Test Championship final and Rohit Sharma's side also hold a healthy lead at the top of the T20I rankings.
India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja held on to his nerves under pressure and helped CSK cross the winning line by hitting a six and a four on the last two deliveries of the game. Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan lauded the Saurashtra all-rounder for delivering in style.
Everyone has clear memories of that last ball win of India to clinch the T20 World Cup 2007 title when S Sreesanth took the catch and Ravi Shastri uttered those magical words "In the air, Sreesanth takes it!". However, the man who single-handedly carried that match till there was Misbah-ul-H
In his international cricket career which lasted from 1981 to 1992, Shastri served as a highly-useful all-rounder, capable of playing any role for his team and grinding it out in tough situations. He often played as an opener or in the middle order while batting and could deliver some crucia
With key players sidelined due to injuries, which include first-choice wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant and back-up wicketkeeper KL Rahul, the Indian setup is in a tough spot with the important one-off Test against Australia set to unfold at The Oval on June 7.
Speaking to Sanjana Ganesan in a recent episode on The ICC Review, Shastri broke down India's selection question for the World Test Championship Final.
In the recent episode of the ICC Review, Shastri admitted that he found the task of building a combined playing XI difficult due to the sheer amount of world-class talent available on both sides.
After witnessing 68 highly entertaining and tightly contested games and several nail-biting finishes, we have finally arrived on the last day of the league stage of IPL 2023 and yet the four finalists haven't been confirmed, such has been the level of competition in the Toughest T20.
While India already boasts a number of strong top-order performers in the ilk of skipper Rohit Sharma, former captain Virat Kohli and the emerging Shubman Gill, Shastri believes the next crop of young batters is ready to take the next step and could replicate their form at the 50-over showca
A lot of youngsters like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Jitesh Sharma, Rinku Singh etc are making an impact in IPL 2023 with their bat and strengthening their claim for a future in senior Team India with each knock
Jaiswal is currently the second-highest run-scorer in IPL 2023. He has scored 575 runs in 12 matches at an average of 52.27 and a strike rate of over 167. He has scored a century and four fifties so far, with the best score of 124.