DUBAI: With their powerful batting and fast improving bowling, India are Asia's best hope at the World Cup which takes place in England next year. Even without batting star and regular captain Virat Kohli, India powered their way to the Asia Cup title in Dubai, outlasting Bangladesh by three wickets off the last ball in the final. "India proved to be well ahead of everyone," former Pakistan skipper Wasim told AFP. "Their exposure is greater, they...
Showing posts with label Asia Cup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asia Cup. Show all posts
Sunday, September 30, 2018
DUBAI: Opener Rohit Sharma, who led his team to Asia Cup title in the absence of top-ranked Virat Kohli, on Sunday climbed two places up to a career-best second position to make it a 1-2 for India in the ICC ODI batting rankings. READ ALSO: Rohit Sharma's captaincy helps India take assured steps towards 2019 World Cup This is for the second time that Sharma is in second position, having first reached number two in July this year. He aggregated...
Saturday, September 29, 2018
NEW DELHI: Shikhar Dhawan was on Saturday dropped for the two-match Test series against West Indies after his horror run in England while Mayank Agarwal and Mohammed Siraj's domestic exploits were rewarded with maiden India call-up. The selectors decided to rest the duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah, taking into account their "workload" in recent months, effectively thrusting upon Mohammed Shami the responsibility to lead the pace attack....
DUBAI: His record as stand-in captain has been quite impressive and Rohit Sharma made it clear that whenever the opportunity comes along, he would be "ready" for full-time captaincy. READ ALSO: India beat Bangladesh to win seventh Asia Cup title Under Rohit, India have won two close multi-nation tournaments -- the T20 tri-nation in Sri Lanka and now the Asia Cup 50-over tournament. A three-time IPL winning captain of Mumbai Indians, Rohit was...
Friday, September 28, 2018
SCORECARD | LIVE BLOG: India vs Bangladesh INDIA INNINGS (Target: 223) End of Over 30: India need 88 runs more to win in 20 overs with seven wickets standing. Sounds pretty one-sided, but two quick wickets and it can all change. 135/3 End of Over 28: Dhoni (27*) and Karthik (33*) have added 46 runs now to bring India's chase back on track. Should they manage to stay together for the next 10 overs, it should become easy for India. 129/3...
