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India vs England: An in-form Shreyas Iyer makes India’s middle order much stronger for Champions Trophy | Cricket News

India vs England: An in-form Shreyas Iyer makes India’s middle order much stronger for Champions Trophy | Cricket News

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There was for all purposes just one real fretful moment for India in England’s chase of a 357-run target in the third ODI in Ahmedabad. In six overs, England had blurred away to 60 without loss, and the left-handed dasher Ben Duckett was already on 34. It’s when India’s captain Rohit Sharma intervened. Duckett had been limping from the start, with a groin niggle, but crash-landing the ball to all parts with his stand-and-deliver routine. After he smashed four consecutive seam-up balls from Arshdeep Singh, Rohit had enough at mid-off. With his characteristic shrug of disdain, he called the attention of Arshdeep, gesturing to his thigh. The point was made: that Duckett is struggling with a groin injury that hampers his movement and balls should be crafted keeping that in mind. Not offer balls that he can just stand and whack. Arshdeep got the message and slipped in a slower ball off the final ball of that over. A nod of approval came from Rohit. Arshdeep started his next over as well with a slower …

India vs England ODI series: In his whirlwind century, Rohit Sharma showed he knows how to construct an innings | Cricket News

India vs England ODI series: In his whirlwind century, Rohit Sharma showed he knows how to construct an innings | Cricket News

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If there was anything to worry about Rohit Sharma the ODI player, it was settled in two shots early on in his innings in the second ODI against England at Cuttack. A flicked six over wide midwicket in the second over off Gus Atkinson and a hit over long-off in the fifth over off Saqib Mahmood. Rohit owns that shot – the way the hands move through the line, kicking up the imagery of a father lifting his daughter and throwing her up in joy in one swooping fluid motion. In the one Ranji Trophy game he played and was trolled after getting out cheaply in both innings, he had played that straight hit once; perhaps the confidence-revival kickstarted then. Rohit’s 90-ball 119, including seven sixes, would seem like a whirlwind knock, but a lot of planning went into its construction. “I really broke it down into pieces about how I wanted to bat,” he said after the game. “It’s a 50-over format, a little longer than the T20 format and a lot shorter than …

IND vs ENG: How Rohit Sharma proved talks of his waning prowess was grossly exaggerated with his second fastest hundred | Cricket News

IND vs ENG: How Rohit Sharma proved talks of his waning prowess was grossly exaggerated with his second fastest hundred | Cricket News

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Rohit Sharma had forewarned of writing him off in this version just yet. A seven-ball outing in Nagpur may have held the question over his head intact. But in a 142-minute masterclass at the Barabati Stadium on Sunday, the Indian captain wiped out detractors and England’s 304-run defence with his 32nd ODI century. First-game heroes Shubman Gill (60) and Shreyas Iyer (44) chipped in before India claimed a four-wicket victory and the series win with 33 balls to spare. On a day where the pacers were blunted by the England top-order, Ravindra Jadeja’s metronomic 3/35 had earlier denied the visitors a higher finish. When the local media reacted with rapturous applause to an early Rohit maximum, a couple of their English counterparts were left wondering if they were teleported to the Western Terrace back home at Headingley for a moment. For the Indian captain though, Sunday was all about reconnecting with happier times from not so long ago. 𝙄. 𝘾. 𝙔. 𝙈. 𝙄 1⃣1⃣9⃣ Runs9⃣0⃣ Balls1⃣2⃣ Fours7⃣ Sixes Captain Rohit Sharma dazzled and how! ✨ …

Rohit Sharma’s rough patch continues, gets dismissed for 2 runs vs England in 1st ODI | Cricket News

Rohit Sharma’s rough patch continues, gets dismissed for 2 runs vs England in 1st ODI | Cricket News

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India captain Rohit Sharma’s rough patch of form continued as he was dismissed for just 2 runs in the 1st ODI against England at Nagpur on Thursday with the home team reeling at 19/2 after also losing Yashasvi Jaiswal. Rohit, who lasted just 7 deliveries, went early for a flick shot off Saqib Mahmood but only got the toe-end of the bat which led to the ball going high and landing safely in the palms of Liam Livingstone at mid-on. The latest dismissal compounded to the Indian skipper’s problems as he now has just 164 runs in the last 15 innings across all formats. Rohit Sharma is not effective anymore? Not even in PP 😐 pic.twitter.com/Y0KuHFhqtP — Pallavi (@Pallavi_paul21) February 6, 2025 On Wednesday, Rohit didn’t seem too pleased with questions on his current form and his future after the ICC Champions Trophy in the press conference on the eve of the first ODI against England in Nagpur. Story continues below this ad When asked about his lack of runs over the last several months …

After T20I series loss Brendon McCullum wants England batters to be relentless against spinners | Cricket News

After T20I series loss Brendon McCullum wants England batters to be relentless against spinners | Cricket News

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England’s head coach Brendon McCullum has called on his players to be relentless when facing the spinners after losing the T20I series 4-1 to India. In what promised to be a closely-fought series before it began, world champions India walked away with a dominating scoreline with their spinners led by Varun Chakaravarthy calling the shots right through the series. On conditions which had a good balance between bat and ball, England’s batting unit was time and again rattled by the Indian spinners with middle-order batsman Harry Brook enduring a series to forget. Although England batsmen tried to be on the offensive, their tentativeness was there to see as Varun walked away with Man of the Series trophy for his 14 wickets at an average of 9.85. “At times, we’ve been a touch tentative,” McCullum said. “We want to keep trying to apply pressure. Particularly when they’ve got such a good batting lineup, you don’t really have a time where you can just take time out of the game. Four or five years ago in T20 …

Pakistani-origin England pacer faced long visa delay | Cricket News

Pakistani-origin England pacer faced long visa delay | Cricket News

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England will travel to India for a five-match T20I series and a three-match ODI series starting next week. The visitors left for Kolkata on Friday where the first game will be played. However, pacer Saqib Mahmood would join the team late as his visa was granted belatedly. Because of the initial delay, the 27-year-old missed the training camp in UAE. This is not the first time an England player of Pakistan origin had issues with visas. Last year Shoaib Bashir too had issues with the same and he missed the first Test in Hyderabad. Bashir’s visa application was made in December 2023, along with all of his England teammates, after the touring party was announced. But while the other players, as well as the coaching and support staff, received their visas well in time, the 20-year-old Bashir had to stay back in the UAE where the England squad had a pre-tour training camp before leaving for India. The Somerset off-spinner eventually had to return to England when it was reportedly said that he had to …

Pakistan-Origin England Star Gets Indian Visa After Delay, Will Be Able To Board Flight For India

Pakistan-Origin England Star Gets Indian Visa After Delay, Will Be Able To Board Flight For India

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File photo of Saqib Mahmood© AFP England fast-bowler Saqib Mahmood has finally been granted his visa for the side’s upcoming white-ball tour of India, starting with the T20I series opener in Kolkata on January 22. A report in Daily Mail said Mahmood was told on Thursday morning that his visa was granted and he will be able to join the rest of England’s touring party, with his passport expected to be back with him later in the day. The development means Mahmood will be able to board the same flight as his England teammates, with the tourists expected to arrive in India on Friday. Previously, it emerged on Monday that Mahmood was still in England and his flight to attend a pace-bowling camp in the UAE, where he was to join Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, and Mark Wood alongside fast-bowling mentor James Anderson, had to be cancelled due to his passport still being there with the Indian Embassy, despite the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) initiating his paperwork well in …