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Why does Atul Wassan prefer Rinku Singh to Shubman Gill? | Cricket News

Why does Atul Wassan prefer Rinku Singh to Shubman Gill? | Cricket News

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One of the notable omissions in the T20 World Cup squad 2026 announced on Saturday was Shubman Gill. The Indian red-ball skipper was drafted into the T20I side during the Asia Cup in place of Sanju Samson, who was going through a purple patch as an opener in the format. As a result of drafting Gill into the side, Samson was pushed down the order, and Gill, who was made to open, could not make a telling contribution in 15 outings. And Samson in the middle order, too, had a rough time. However, for the World Cup, amidst a poor run of form, Gill was axed, and Rinku Singh and Ishan Kishan were brought in and it is likely that Samson will return to open. Former Indian cricketer Atul Wassan lauded the selection of Rinku Singh and even went on to say he will have Rinku over Gill in the team. “I think this is well done. I think it’s a brilliant selection, and hence, I say that Rinku Singh is back because he is …

R Ashwin on Ishan Kishan: ‘He has given cricket the respect it deserves…’ | Cricket News

R Ashwin on Ishan Kishan: ‘He has given cricket the respect it deserves…’ | Cricket News

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India will defend their World Cup title at home next year, starting from February 7. The selectors have picked the 15-member squad for the showpiece event on Saturday. Two of the surprise changes made to the squad from the one picked for the recently concluded South Africa series were excluding vice-captain Shubman Gill and including Jharkhand’s captain in the Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy, Ishan Kishan, into the side. Former Indian off-spinner R Ashwin said Ishan got his Indian place back as he has given the respect the game deserves. “This is a gift that cricket has given to Ishan Kishan. Many people from outside can guess what it is, and some may say it’s unfair. But life comes back in circles. The reason Ishan was not in the team earlier, and how he has come back now, has only one reason. He has given cricket the respect it deserves,” said Ashwin on his YouTube channel. Jharkhand has won the SMAT trophy. Ishan in the tournament, scored 517 runs from 10 innings at an average of …

Virat Kohli is our ‘Daamad’: KKR owner Shah Rukh Khan gives former India and RCB skipper new moniker | Ipl News

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Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shahrukh Khan lavished praise of the former India and RCB skipper Virat Kohli, calling him Bollywood’s ‘Daamad’ (son-in-law) in a recent interview. “I spent a lot of time with him, I just love him. We say that he is our son-in-law, he is our fraternity’s ‘Daamad’. I have known him the most compared to other players. I have known Virat and Anushka for a long time, spent a lot of time with them. I know him since his dating period was going on and I was shooting the film with Anushka. So, he spent many days with us, and became very friendly,” Khan told Star Sports. Furthermore, the Bollywood star shared teaching the India cricketer the signature step to his movie Pathaan’s title song. “I taught him the Pathan movie title song dance steps. I saw him in the one of the India matches, he tried to do the dance with Ravindra Jadeja in the match. They were trying to do that dance step, I was very sad that they are …

Finisher, anchor, accumulator: How Sanju Samson finally broke the World Cup door | Cricket News

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Sanju Samson’s proverbial breaking the selectors’ door moment arrived on Tuesday when he was picked for the T20 World Cup in the USA and West Indies. He has been knocking on the door feebly, standing shyly behind it, to be repeatedly snubbed, but this IPL he raised his game by several notches so that the selectors had no other alternative, or rather knew a better alternative, than Sanju. This season Sanju has looked closer to the departure lounge of a World Cup-bound flight than ever before. He has seldom looked a more evolved batsman or presented a stronger case for inclusion than this IPL In the past, despite his glowing stroke-making gifts, there could have been logical arguments lined up against him. Like his tendency to plateau as a series unfolds, like his proclivity to vanish in big games, like his proneness to squander starts. He was a fits-and-sparks cricketer, who was too easy for selectors to find a fault or two with and discard. There were rough edges between the silk. This time, though, …

By picking Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for T20 World Cup, selectors take a huge leap of faith | Cricket News

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Having spent a good part of 12 months building a team in tune with the demands of T20 cricket for the World Cup in June, it was in January that India took a U-turn. By bringing back Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for the T20Is against Afghanistan – the last international series before the T20 World Cup – it was evident which way India were heading. Two out of India’s top three in the batting line-up, which was considered a problematic area in the last T20 World Cups in totally different conditions, would get on the plane to the US and Caribbean as well. And word is that if the team management had its way, there was a strong chance that KL Rahul too found his spot back. But here we are, with two elephants in the room. In essence, India are hoping to end their ICC title drought by pinning their hopes on more or less a similar blueprint that didn’t yield them success in the UAE and Australia. It is the reason why …