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India did showcase glimpses of their own version of Bazball during their stunning seven-wicket win against Bangladesh in September when they smashed 285/9 at a rate of 8.22 which was a world record! They again displayed an appetite for taking risks and counter-attacking when their backs were against the wall in the series opener against New Zealand in Bengaluru in October
Marnus Labuschagne has not had a good start to the IND vs AUS series and will look to put all doubts to bed when Australia take on India in the 2nd Test Test at the Adelaide Oval
Rohit has a splendid record as an opener for India – he was moved to the top of the order in 2019 and has not looked back thereafter. He has an average of 44 from the position with nine of his 12 hundreds coming as opener
Indian players were much in demand at the IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah. The five top buys – Pant, Shreyas, Venkatesh, Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal – were all Indians. Arshdeep and Chahal were both picked by PBKS for INR 18 crore each
Shubman Gill will miss the Perth Test due to injury which essentially means that India will be without two of their best back-foot batters on what is potentially the fastest and the bounciest wicket in Australia
India defeated South Africa in a thriller of a final at Barbados to lift their second T20 World Cup trophy in June after their maiden title in South Africa in 2007
Rishabh Pant did get back some of his lost form in 2024. He scored 446 runs in 13 innings at an average of 40.5 and strike rate of 155.4 which, when looked in absolute terms were fine returns, especially for a batter who was making a comeback after a near-fatal accident. But still, he is not retained by the Delhi Capitals for IPL 2025, why so?
Sanju Samson is the first Indian batter, and fourth overall, to smash T20 international hundreds in consecutive matches. But inconsistency continues to plague him
Be it Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's abject failure or Indian batting's overall woes against part-time spinners, the stats reflect the horror story that was the home team's 0-3 drubbing
KL Rahul led Lucknow Super Giants to the playoffs in 2022 and 2023, and has the highest aggregate in the IPL since 2018. Yet, he did not find a place amongst LSG’s five retentions
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