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Rohit Sharma ruled out of SA Tests due to injury, Panchal announced as replacement
Sharma had recently replaced fellow Mumbaikar Ajinkya Rahane as the vice-captain of the Test side apart from being promoted as India's white-ball captain. His absence is a big blow to India's plans of winning a Test series in South Africa for the first time. Sharma had scored 906 runs in 21 innings at an average of 47.68 and was India's highest run-getter in Test cricket in 2021.
Having Rahul Dravid as the head coach is amazing, there is a sense of relaxation: ODI captain Rohit Sharma
.Newly appointed ODI captain Rohit Sharma has said, having Rahul Dravid as the head coach is the most "amazing" thing to have happened to Team India, further he also said that there "has been a sense of relaxation" in the team, since Dravid took the charge. Since his appointment, he has frequently been asked about his game, and how he would lead team India. Through his latest interviews it is evident that Rohit Sharma is highly excited and committed towards his huge responsibility. He aims for team India, to win all the international tournaments that come their way.
Formula 1: Max Verstappen wins World championship in Abu Dhabi
Max Verstappen emerged the winner of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and won the Formula One world championship title for Red Bull, after knocking Lewis Hamilton out on Sunday. He is the first Dutch driver to win the Formula 1 race. While seven times champion Hamilton came second.
Pressure will always be there when you play for India: Rohit Sharma
Rohit was handed the T20I captaincy following Virat Kohli's decision to step down from the role post the culmination of the T20 World Cup. Later, the Mumbai batsman was also appointed India's ODI captain as selectors did not want to have two different leaders for the T20I and ODI teams.
Kohli, Tendulkar lead cricket fraternity in extending birthday wishes to Yuvraj
India Test captain Kohli shared a heartwarming video on social media to thank Yuvraj Singh, recollecting unforgettable memories with the legendary batsman in the Indian cricket team. "I had come from the U-19 World Cup. He welcomed me very nicely, made me comfortable and started joking around with me," said Kohli while recalling his first meeting with Yuvraj in 2008. Coming from the Northern part of the country, we share similar interests, especially love for Punjabi food, fashion and music, said Kohli, as he re-lived and narrated throwback moments from their tournaments in the birthday wishes for Yuvraj.
Split captaincy in Indian cricket: Hope the changing room doesn't get divided, says Hogg
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) gave the complete white-ball captaincy to Rohit Sharma, who successfully led India to a 3-0 win over New Zealand in the T20I series at home recently, while Kohli will remain captain of the Test side. Days before the start of the ICC T20 World Cup in the UAE, Kohli had announced that he would step down as India's T20 captain after the showpiece tournament, but said he would like to continue as the ODI and Test skipper.
ISL 2021-22: FC Goa register 2-1 win over Bengaluru FC
This was a second consecutive victory for the Gaurs in a match that saw two red cards and eight yellow cards. Ashique Kuruniyan (16' OG) scored his second own goal of the season, sending the Gaurs in an early lead before Cleiton Silva (45') pegged them back with a sublime free-kick. Devendra Murgaonkar (70') helped his team regain the lead and scored the winner after going down to 10-men.
Olympic Summit worried over Fifa chalendar change issue
The Summit discussed the ongoing coordination of all stakeholders for the international event calendars, with the Summit noting the importance of all sports having the opportunity to promote and develop their respective sports, for the wider benefit of a diverse global sports landscape. "The attendees voiced serious concerns over proposals from FIFA for a biennial World Cup and the impact on the world-wide sport event calendar. It was noted that, until today, there has been neither any information nor consultation with other IFs, Continental Associations of NOCs or the IOC," the IOC said in a release.
Nothing wrong with team selection; fielding and batting let us down: Root
The tourists -- after a brief fightback on Day 3 when Root and Dawid Malan steadied their second innings following a disastrous first-innings total of 147 -- lost eight wickets on the morning of Day 4 for just 77 runs as their innings folded up for 297 runs. Australia, set a target of 20 runs for victory, finished the job in the sixth over for the loss of Alex Carey.
The Ashes: It's been a long time coming, says Lyon on reaching 400 Test wickets
It took the 34-year-old 326 days and 288 balls in jumping from 399th to 400th Test wicket. "Thank you. It's been a long time coming, I dare say. It's pretty amazing to get that breakthrough and start off a pretty fantastic session here this morning. Pretty stoked with it," Lyon said to cricket.com.au in a clip posted on Twitter. Lyon also became only the second spinner from outside Asia after fellow country-man and former leg-spinner Shane Warne to achieve the feat.
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