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BCCI scraps Chetan Sharma-led selection committee, invites fresh applications
The board has reportedly scrapped the selection committee led by former cricketer Chetan Sharma, whose tenure was nearning end. The other members of the panel were Sunil Joshi (South Zone), Harvinder Singh (Central Zone) and Debashish Mohanty (East Zone). The move came days after India's semifinal exit in the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia.
IND v NZ: Road to 2024 T20 World Cup kickstarts as new-look India take on strong New Zealand
With stand-in head coach VVS Laxman insisting that the Hardik Pandya-led side, without many regular stars, will be looking to play fearless and flexible cricket during the series, it also kickstarts the road towards the 2024 T20 World Cup. After going out of the tournament in the Super 12 stage in 2021, India's adopted an ultra-attacking approach with the bat, which gave them results in the bilateral series.
No harm in identifying new T20I captain; if his name is Hardik Pandya, so be it, says Ravi Shastri
Currently, Rohit Sharma is the Indian skipper across all formats. But India are being led by Hardik Pandya for the T20I series against New Zealand while Shikhar Dhawan will take over as the skipper in the ODI series against the Blackcaps as selectors decided to rest Rohit and other senior players after the end of T20 World Cup.
Suryakumar continues to lead the latest T20I Batting Rankings
That performance helped Suryakumar Yadav achieve a career-best rating of 869 points. Although his rating dropped to 859 after his dismissal for 14 in the semifinal against England, his position has remained undisturbed as other batters in his proximity failed to produce any eye-catching performances.
IPL auction to be held on December 23 in Kochi: Report
Unlike the 2022 mega auction, when the ten franchises had to rebuild their squads virtually from scratch, it will be a mini auction this year. The ten IPL franchises have been asked to submit their list of retained players by November 15. According to a Cricbuzz report, the BCCI were looking for a potential venue for the auction.
Retain Axar or bring in Chahal; India's dilemma for England test
The entry into the semi-finals of cricket's showpiece T20 competition had been fraught with some inconsistent or even below par displays in the league phase. In any competition of this nature such a scenario presents itself, top notch performances coming from some members and average displays arising from some others.
India's squad for New Zealand, BAN: Chief selector Chetan Sharma clears air about non-selection of Prithvi Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan
India are scheduled to play three T20Is and as many ODIs starting November 18 in New Zealand, while the Bangladesh tour would kick off from December 4 with three ODIs followed by two Test matches that are part of the current World Test Championship cycle. The squads saw some seniors players taking rest while few also got maiden India call-up. However, the non-selection of two names -- Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan -- in neither of the tours, raised a few questions.
Sourav backtracks from contesting CAB President's post, nominates elder brother instead
Sunday was the last day for filing the nomination for contesting for different posts for the CAB. On Sunday afternoon when Sourav Ganguly reached the CAB office, it was perceived he had come to file his nomination. However, later it became clear that his elder brother will be contesting instead. On October 15, Sourav Ganguly himself made an announcement to the media persons that he will be contesting for the CAB President's chair.
T20 World Cup gives India chance to change trend of not having won ICC trophies in last 9 years, says Rohit Sharma
With India having gone without winning a T20 World Cup after the triumph in the inaugural edition in 2007, captain Rohit Sharma believes that the showpiece event in Australia gives his side a chance to change the trend of being winless in ICC events in the last nine years. "It's a challenge to not win an ICC trophy for nine long years, if I am not wrong. The last one we won was in 2013 (Champions Trophy).
Need govt's clearance to travel to Pakistan, BCCI can't decide on its own: Roger Binny
The Asia Cup is scheduled to be played in Pakistan in September next year. However, BCCI secretary Jay Shah, who is also the president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) recently said that the Indian team will not travel to Pakistan for the Continental championship and demanded that the event be moved to a neutral venue.
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