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“ Three weeks ago Virat had confirmed that he would play, and all this about whether he will play or he is not going to play, it’s all conjecture. He already knew, and the communication was already that…
Robin Uthappa,
Virat Kohli confirmed availability for Vijay Hazare Trophy ‘three…
“ You tell me. What happened in Guwahati – from 100/1, you skip to 130/7 – this team is not that bad either. They have this much talent at least. The players should take some responsibility too. You…
Ravi Shastri,
Ravi Shastri refuses to protect Gautam Gambhir after India’s shambolic…
“ There are two reasons India went down 0-3 to New Zealand and 0-2 to South Africa at home. And both teams beat India not by pace, swing or bounce but by spin. One is when an Indian batter scores…
Sanjay Manjrekar,
Manjrekar blames ‘poorly trained’ factor for KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant,…
“ What I would personally do is, for all home and subcontinent test matches, I would just pull him out. And I would play him for only away games. In Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, England,
AB de Villiers,
Ashwin tells Jasprit Bumrah ‘don’t step into Test side’, revives…
“ No, the call to take retirements must have been their call. Probably they might have been asked to consider their future. But we can't say that had they been here, we would have won. They were there…
Sunil Gavaskar,
Stop saying India would’ve beaten South Africa with Kohli, Rohit:…
“ Attritional Test cricket. At least New Zealand stayed busy and tried to put pressure on us. South Africa didn’t. They played pure attritional Test cricket: 80 runs a session, high-quality pressure…
Ravichandran Ashwin,
How did India become one of the poorest spin-playing nations? R Ashwin…
“ More than things going badly wrong from the Indian point of view, I think it’s the preparation of both these teams that needs to be lauded. New Zealand played a series in Sri Lanka before coming to…
Sunil Gavaskar,
Poor preparation, tough scheduling hurt India’s Test game, says Sunil…
“ This pitch will play better. It will definitely be a better wicket to bat on. It will eventually turn after the first two days. But, it will be a good contest,
Temba Bavuma,
Guwahati Test: Home pride at stake as shaky India face confident South…
“ First New Zealand, now this. Preference to all-rounders over specialists. Lack of robust gameplan for home Test matches. Absence of understanding of pacing an innings in the longest format.…
Priyank Panchal,
India’s skill vs spin gone down: Former stars react after Kolkata Test…
“ Talks will continue tomorrow also and hope to get a lot of work done. Therefore I think we will get an FTA with New Zealand soon,
Piyush Goyal,
Piyush Goyal Says India, New Zealand Likely To Seal FTA Soon, Trade…
“ I believe this is a historic visit also because we are going to finalise the FTA very soon,
Piyush Goyal,
Piyush Goyal Says India, New Zealand Likely To Seal FTA Soon, Trade…