#ricky patel

[fromkenari]

Sabato De Sarno, Creative Director, Gucci, wearing Gucci, Taylor Zakhar Perez, wearing Gucci, Colman Domingo, Ricky Martin, Dev Patel, wearing Gucci, Andrew Garfield, wearing Gucci, Kaia Gerber, wearing Gucci, Laura Dern, wearing Gucci, attend the 2024 LACMA Art+Film Gala, Presented By Gucci at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on November 02, 2024 in Los Angeles, California

[pretzelogic1]

[iffeelscouldkill]

Wow, you know, I didn't actually think that this was about Sana's ill-advised romantic choices xD I thought it was more of a "person we all trusted who turned around and screwed us over", BUT YEAH I see the connection to Campbell hitting on Sana now. Damn. 😂

in retrospect, soooo rude of Arkady to see one (1) person hit on Sana and go damn, this is just like that time you were hooking up with the son of the owners of our prison planet and then he bailed, thus scrambling our uprising plans

[touchn2btouched]

Photo by Ricky Patel Photography

[courtneysmovieblog]

Trailer Bowl LVIII

Fine, not all these trailers were from the Super Bowl, but they came out this past month, so might as well take care of all of them:

Immaculate: Nun gets supernaturally pregnant with a demon. Yikes.

Road House (remake): Sorry Jake Gyllenhaal, you're not Patrick Swayze.

Ricky Stanicky: Zac Efron and his buddies hire John Cena to pose as the imaginary friend they made up to get away from their wives and families for the past 20 years. Oh, this better end with one of the friends getting divorced when the jig is up, but knowing it's a Farrelly Brothers movie, I doubt it.

Monkey Man: Dev Patel gets to be a vigilante, and it looks AWESOME.

Despicable Me 4: Gru has a baby now. And we get Will Ferrell as the bad guy.

Tarot: Yup, tarot cards get a horror movie now. Makes sense.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: True (albeit very fictionalized) story about British spies fighting Nazis. Hey, one of them is Henry Cavill, I'm game.

A Quiet Place Day One: Prequel where everyone learns that sound=death by aliens. Somehow, it doesn't feel the same. We already KNOW what happened...

Twisters: A sequel? Really? I heard about it, but I still can't really believe it, because it seems so unnecessary.

Wicked: I don't care if it's all green screen and split in half, I'm still excited for this. And Cynthia's "Defying Gravity" riff sounds fine, you're all just mean.

Deadpool and Wolverine: Darn, I was really hoping for "Deadpool and Friends" for the Garfield reference and to rip on Pratt's Garfield. But oh well, it looks like the MCU is going to get skewered nonetheless. Happy day!

[campdaylight]

anonymous asked: most wanted faces?

putting this below the cut as it's a long list! please note that this is not an end all be all, there's plenty of gorgeous fcs i've probably missed

also, with this list now we're officially open for apps!

jesse williams, sinqua walls, ricky whittle, jordan fisher, shemar moore, idris elba, alfie enoch, lakeith stanfield, trevante rhodes, rege-jean page, john boyega, aldis hodge, daniel ezra, michael b jordan, michael evans behling, lucien laviscount, mason gooding, keith powers, kofi siriboe, jonathan daviss, laz alonso, omari hardwick

darren barnet, booboo stewart, charles melton, simu liu, daniel dae kim, nico hiraga, mackenyu, henry golding, ross butler, kento yamazaki, keita machida, sean kaufman, will sharpe, alex landi, yoshi sudarso, derek luh, lewis tan, ben levin, conrad ricamora, drew ray tanner

evan mock, charles michael davis, bob morley, manny jacinto, anthony keyvan, timothy granaderos, jordan buhat, brandon perea, clayton cardenas

danny pino, oscar isaac, edgar ramirez, michael trevino, michael cimino, william levy, froy gutierrez, alejandro speitzer, taylor zakhar perez, sean teale, santiago segura, laith ashley, diego tinoco, pedro pascal, tommy martinez, jd pardo, angel bismark curiel, henry zaga, andre lamoglia, carloto cotta, andrew matarazzo, david castaneda, ryan guzman

cody christian, blair redford, forrest goodluck, baske spencer, gabriel luna, gil birmingham, jaime gomez, martin sensmeier, kiowa gordon, rudy youngblood

kj apa, alex aiono, david strathairn, dennis chun, jason momoa, kalama epstein, jason scott lee, keahu kahuanui, thomas weatherall

rahul kohli, sendhil ramaruthy, avan jogia, aramis knight, chaneil kular, dev patel, hasan minhaj, kumail nanjiani, manish dayal, nick sagar, riz ahmed, siharth malhotrra, raymond ablack, rami malek

chace crawford, oliver jackson cohen, penn badgley, steven strait, eric dane, jacob elordi, max carver, charlie carver, stephen amell, robbie amell, chris hemsworth, liam hemsworth, jake gyllenhaal, paul rudd, justin hartley, matt barr, max thieriot, charlie hunnam, travis van winkle, alan ritchson, jon bernthal, tom hardy, connor jessup, grant show, pierce brosnan, zane phillips, kit connor, casey deidrick, thomas doherty, drew starkey, phil dunster, dylan minnette, jack champion, henry cavill, dylan sprayberry, jeremy allen white, tyler lawrence grey, matt bomer, jonathan bailey, rainer dawn, zack nelson

[notwiselybuttoowell]

The Conservatives have been in power since 2010. They have visited upon us austerity, inequality, Brexit, corruption, an almost willful incompetence, lethal xenophobia and migrant-bashing, and a “culture war”, largely provoked by themselves, cynically feeding on their supporters’ sense of self-pity – an extended exercise in gaslighting in which perpetrators claim to be victims. Satire has found itself struggling in the face of grotesques such as Boris Johnson and Priti Patel – a reboot of Spitting Image failed spectacularly because if anything it made the trolls by whom we had the misfortune to be governed seem less beyond the pale than they actually were. Despite all that, or perhaps in the face of it, British comedy at its best has become a haven of considerateness, diversity, multiculturalism, richer in its comedic detail and observation and truth to reality than ever before. Certain notions of what comedy should be, while still prevalent, are increasingly discredited. Take the idea that comedy should be “edgy”, a belief persisted in by, among others, Ricky Gervais. This seemingly sharp, rebel imperative has been exposed by, among others, the standup comic James Acaster, as a libertarian pretext for punching down. It was as if to counter the pain and division, at times seemingly deliberate political callousness and strife, that comedy made its dialectical shift from cruelty to kindness as the 00s gave way to the 2010s. At its best it has become not merely banally escapist but a genuine and humane haven. It is a world away from our broken world, and yet British comedy has never been in a better moral state. It has been strengthened by its inclusivity, its diversity, its neurodiversity, all the embedded values of political correctness. It is no longer merely the stories of angry or frustrated white men, though white men are certainly given a more than fair representation in the modern British comic firmament. And it’s this concern for inclusion, as embodied in the work of a Bethany Black, that gives rise to the kindness I allude to: a determination never to punch down, a rule to which even Frankie Boyle solemnly abided in 2020, despite his form earlier in his career.

[galaxysharks]

Ricky enters the cafeteria, his sack of Pringles, cheese cubes, and ham slices ("It's deconstructed, Rick!") Hanging by his side.

Let's see.... Gina, Kourtney, and Maddox all have C Lunch, Big Red is sick, Ashlyn is helping Mr Mazzara with the STEM Club, and Seb and Carlos are sitting outside today for their 'date'.

He looks around the room. Emmy is with her freshman friends, and Dani and Mack are settled into their distinct 'popular' clique.

That means....There he is!

Ricky strolls over to a table just under the stairs, where Jet is hunched with his head down, drink and wrapper forgotten.

Ricky: Hey man, what's up?

Jet sits silently for a moment before slightly raising up to look at him, clear tear tracks streaming down his cheeks.

Ricky: Oh! Hey, hey what's going on?

Jet: I'm waiting...

Ricky: waiting for what?

Jet: I don't know, the world to break, I should be happy, my grades are good, Maddie's happy, I haven't had to see my parents in months, I finally got so therapy, AND MADDIE GOT IT TOO! but I just feel....stuck, like I can't get comfortable.

Ricky: ...hey, I'm sorry man....have you talked to Patel about this?

Jet: no, I'm going to, I just need to sit for a while and put myself back together.

Ricky: you want some chips? I got that brand you like?

Jet: no I had something. Can, can we just sit here, and listen to music.

Ricky: I hope you like The Greatest Showman, I'm trying to study, Maddox is scary when she's mad.

Jet: she's harmless... you got Other side?

[brandnulife]

Riverdale Characters Who Should've Appeared in the Final Season

Alan Mayberry

Anthony Topaz

Arthur Adams

Ms. Appleyard

Bernardo Bixby

Britta Beach

Brooke Rivers

Mrs. Burble

Carlos

Charles Smith

Chic

Chief Russell

Chuck Clayton

Coach Clayton

Commandant Carter

Darla Dickenson

Diana Whitley

Dodger Dickenson

Donna Sweett

Dreyfus Starkweather

Eddie

Elio Grande

Eric Jackson

FP, Glady and Jellybean Jones

Farmer McGinty

Ginger Lopez

Heather

Hermosa Lodge

Holden Honey

Howard Taylor

Janet Weiss

Jeffery and George Augustine

Jessica

Jillian Drake

Jonathan

KO Kelly

Katy Keene

Laurie Lake

Lerman Logan

Loudres Luna

Louis Cypher

Malachai

Marsha Lin

Marty Mantle

Moose and Marcus Mason

Malcolm Moore

Melody Valentine

Minerva Marble

Mad Dog

Mrs. Mulwray

Ms. Wright

Nana Topaz

Nancy Woods

Nick, Simone and Xander St. Clair

Oscar Castillo

Paul Sowerberry

Peaches 'N Cream

Penny Peabody

Rick

Ricky DeSantos

Sabrina Spellman

Samm Pansky

Sherry Winters

Sierra McCoy

Sister Woodhouse

Sweet Pea

Terry

Tina Patel

Toby

Trev Brown

Valerie Brown

Xandra Cabot

[havenridgerp]

mwm and mwf?

Thank you for your question, Anon. While we would love any face you bring, here are just a few of our favorites:

Most wanted females: Pinar Deniz, Greta Onieogou, Hilary Duff, Chase Sui Wonders, Samantha Logan, Phoebe Tonkin, Elizabeth Lail, Alexandra Shipp, Tessa Thompson, Jessica Chastain, Aja Naomi King, Jennifer Garner, Madison Iseman, Brianne Tju, Ashley Moore, Brianne Howey, Riley Keough, Suki Waterhouse, Kiana Madeira, Adria Arjona, Aiysha Hart, Alicia Vikander, Annie Murphy, Camilla Luddington, Christina Ochoa, Chyler Leigh, Cote De Pablo, Daisy Ridley, Danai Gurira, Deborah Ann Woll, Dichen Lachman, Emma Mackey, Famke Janssen, Gemma Chan, Gina Torres, Han So Hee, Inbar Lavi, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Jamie Chung, Jessica Henwick, Kat Graham, Kate Siegel, Kimiko Glenn, Lauren Ridloff, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Lily Tomlin, Lisa Ann Walter, Mandy Moore, Marie Avgeropoulous, Meagan Tandy, Melissa McCarthy, Melissa O'Neil, Melissa Roxburgh, Ming Na Wen, Natasha Lyonne, Parveen Kaur, Sonequa Martin-Green, Tati Gabrielle, Victoria Pedretti, Viola Davis, Yael Grobglas, Zendaya

Most wanted males: Daniel Ezra, Luke Grimes, Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, JD Pardo, Chris Evans, Jon Bernthal, Raymond Ablack, Rafael Silva, Henry Golding, Sam Claflin, Jacob Elordi, LaRoyce Hawkins, Ryan Gosling, Alex Meraz, Alfonso Herrera, Andrew Garfield, Andrew Lincoln, Avan Jogia, Boyd Holbrook, Casey Deidrick, Dan Stevens, Savid Castaneda, David Harbour, Dev Patel, Diego Luna, Eli Goree, Gabriel Luna, Giacomo Gianniotti, Hale Appleman, Hamish Linklater, Idris Elba, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, John Krasinski, Justin H Min, Kieran Culkin, Lewis Tan, Marwan Kenzari, Mena Massoud, Michiel Huisman, Milo Ventimiglia, Nick Sagar, Nyle DiMarco, Oscar Isaac, Osric Chau, Philemon Chambers, Rahul Kohli, Rege-Jean Page, Ricky Whittle, Riz Ahmed, Ronen Rubinstein, Sean Berdy, Sean Teale, Sinqua Walls, Steven Yuen, Tom Holland

Most wanted trans/nonbinary/gender fluid: Alex Blue Davis, Amandla Stenberg, Asia Kate Dillon, Chella Man, Elliot Fletcher, Elliot Page, Emma D'Arcy, Jamie Clayton, Laith Ashley, Liv Hewson, Nicole Maines, Quintessa Swindell, Sara Ramirez, Zión Moreno

[lovecharged]

i’m getting through my drafts and queuing them up so they don’t drown the dash, however -- if you’d like a starter from one of my newer test muses. like this and i’ll write you a starter (or two).

ramses youssef   |   rami malek.

forty two. cis man. he / him. bisexual. chef + restaurateur. connection: kwan's business partner.

anuj basak   |   dev patel

thirty three. cis man. he / him. bisexual. con artist (heavenly seven) +  art forger.

gareth forsyth   |   archie renaux.

twenty five. cis man. he / him. bisexual. gang member. nolan's crew.

kwan choi   |   gong yoo.

forty three. cis man. he / him. bisexual. chef + restaurateur. ramses business partner.

ambrose fairburne   |   omari hardwick.

forty nine. cis man. he / him. bisexual. former hockey player turned coach + youth club leader.

ricardo 'ricky' fontana   |   michael cimino.

twenty three. cis man. he / him. bisexual. college student, barista + freelance artist.

lysander 'xander' godfrey   |   jacob anderson.

thirty two. cis man. he / him. gay. socialite + events manager. harry and otto's older brother.

dara keevan   |   mark mckenna.

twenty even. cis man. he / him. bisexual. tattoo artist.

persephone lancaster    |   olivia cooke & rachel weisz.

twenty nine - forty nine. cis woman. she / her. bicurious. gardener.

carina lowe    |   laura harrier.

thirty. cis woman. she / her. bisexual. florist.

lorena morais   |   giovana cordeiro.

twenty six. cis woman. she / her. bisexual. winemaker.

gabriel rochester   |   thomas weatherall.

twenty two. cis man. he / him. bisexual. college student + writer.

[tashaiswriting]

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[lawlessfm]

mw fcs ?

Any and all,    beloved!      I would,   personally,    love to see   EVA LONGORIA,    AUBREY PLAZA,    CIERRA RAMIREZ,     MICHAELA COEL,     STEPHANIE BEATRIZ,    SONOYA MIZUNO,   SEYCHELLE GABRIEL,    JESSICA HENWICK,    GINA TORRES,   MAHESH JADU, PENN BADGLEY, SOFIA BOUTELLA,   CHIWETEL EJIOFER,   PAAPA ESSIEDU,     LAURENCE FISHBURNE,     ADRIAN LESTER,    RICKY WHITTLE,    LEE DOHYUN,    SHEMAR MOORE,    ALFONSO HERRERA,    DWAYNE JOHNSON,    ADRIAN GRENIER,      SHAH RUKH KHAN,    BILL SKARSGÅRD,    METIN AKDÜGLER,      RAHUL KOHLI,    GLEN POWELL,    MILES TELLER,    JUNG WOOSEOK,     LEWIS PULLMAN,   JESSE WILLIAMS,    KEITH POWERS,     GABRIELLE UNION,    ELLA PURNELL,    LENA HEADY,     JULIETTE LEWIS,    SAOIRSE RONAN,    COURTNEY EATON,    ELIZABETH LAIL,    KEEYA KING,   TIMOTHY OLYPHANT, TESSA THOMPSON,   ALEXANDRA DADDARIO,    ELLIOT PAGE,    ANGELA SARAFYAN,    MICHELLE YEOH,    JAMIE CHUNG,    HUGH JACKMAN,   TOMMY FLANAGAN,   GONG YOO,    SANDRA OH,   JULIETTE BINOCHE,    BRADLEY COOPER,    LUCY LIU,     ROBERT DE NIRO,     EMMA D'ARCY, DEREK MIO,     KIKI SUKEZANE,     CILLIAN MURPHY,    AUSTIN BUTLER, ANYA CHALOTRA,    DEV PATEL,    VERA FARMIGA,    MAGGIE CHEUNG,     OONA CHAPLIN,    CHACE CRAWFORD, LAVERNE COX,    EDGAR RAMIREZ,    CLIFF CURTIS,    DENZEL WASHINGTON,     OMAR EPPS,    RAYMOND ABLACK,    LEO SHENG,    BRIAN TEE,    MANNY JACINTO,    LAKEITH STANFIELD,      DIEGO LUNA,     JESSE LEE SOFFER,    NIKOLAJ COSTER WALDU,     GIANCARLO ESPOSITO,    BENICIO DEL TORO,    JONATHAN MAJORS,    ZAHN MCCLARNON,    HALEY BENNETT, ALEX MERAZ,    D’PHARAOH WOON-A-TAI,     FORREST GOODLUCK,    RYAN CORR,     BARBIE FERREIRA,     JESSICA CHASTAIN,   VALENTINA ZENERE,    SASHA LUSS,    SUZU HIROSE,    ZION MORENO,       ANGEL LOCSIN,    ANTHONY KEYVAN,    APO NATTAWIN,      +     ASIA JACKSON to name a few!      I think any and all of these would work well in this world,    but I will let our members comment and see if they want to add any more names to the list!   Thank you so much for the question,    my dear.   

[dear-indies]

i hope you guys have been having a lovely day! i was wondering if i could get some male fc recs for a biker type of vibe? anyone that could be 27+ would work! thanks so much!

Emilio Rivera (1961) Mexican - Mayans MC.

Benjamin Bratt (1963) Peruvian of Quechua descent / German, English.

Michael Irby (1972) African-American / Mexican - Mayans MC.

Rick Gonzalez (1979) Dominican and Puerto Rican.

JD Pardo (1980) Argentinian / Salvadorian - Mayans MC.

Ryan Gosling (1980) - The Place Beyond the Pines.

Brett Goldstein (1980) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Ricky Whittle (1981) Afro-Jamaican / English.

Joe Taslim (1981) Chinese Indonesian.

Boyd Holbrook (1981)

Riz Ahmed (1982) Pakistani - Sound of Metal.

Gabriel Luna (1982) Mexican and Lipan Apache.

Alan Ritchson (1982)

Michael Malarkey (1983) Palestinian, Italian-Maltese / Irish, German.

Chris Hemsworth (1983)

Ed Skrein (1983) Ashkenazi Jewish / possibly English.

Bobby Wilson (1984) Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Dakota Sioux.

Theo James (1984)

Richard Cabral (1984) Mexican - Mayans MC.

Clayton Cardenas (1985) Mexican, some Filipino - Mayans MC.

Alex Meraz (1985) Mexican of Purepecha descent.

Cooper Andrews (1985) Samoan / Hungarian Jewish.

Martin Sensmeier (1985) Tlingit, Koyukon, Eyak, German and Irish.

Roman Reigns (1985) Samoan, distant English / Italian and English.

Luke Mitchell (1985)

Peter Gadiot (1986) Mexican / Dutch, some French - Queen of the South.

Bobby Soto (1986) Mexican and Puerto Rican.

Robert Pattinson (1986)

Amar Chadha-Patel (1986) Punjabi and Gujarati Indian.

Casey Deidrick (1987)

Uraz Kaygılaroğlu (1987) Turkish - Üç Kurus.

Desmond Chiam (1987) Chinese Singaporean.

Lewis Tan (1987) Singaporean Chinese / British.

Arifin Putra (1987) Indonesian, Chinese, and German.

İlhan Şen (!987) Turkish.

Tyler Lepley (1987) African-American.

Nick Sagar (1988) Afro Jamaican and Indo Guyanese.

Daniel Kaluuya (1989) Ugandan.

Jesse Rath (1989) Goan Indian / Ashkenazi Jewish.

Chai Hansen (1989) Thai / White.

Rob Raco (1989) - Riverdale.

David Castañeda (1989) Mexican.

Kiowa Gordon (1990) Hualapai, English, Scottish, Danish, Manx - Blood Quantum.

Çağatay Ulusoy (1990) Turkish.

Serkay Tütüncü (1991) Turkish.

Alexander Hodge (1991) Chinese Singaporean / Irish.

Tyler Posey (1991) Mexican / English, Scottish, Irish, German, distant French - is queer and sexually fluid.

Danny Ramirez (1992) Mexican and Colombian.

Jordan Rodrigues (1992) Filipino.

Drew Ray Tanner (1992) Chinese, Afro-Jamaican, French-Canadian, possibly other.

Here you go!

[godsandmonstersrpg]

most wanted male and female fcs?

male fcs: matt smith, nikolaj coster-waldau, aidan turner, aneurin barnard, dev patel, idris elba, ewan mitchell, lucien laviscount, jason mamoa, david oakes, daniel sharman, daniel bruhl, sebastian stan, kit harington, karl urban, joe dempsie, richard madden, fabien frankel, ricky wittle female fcs: alessandra mastronardi, daisy ridley, alia bhatt, dichen lachman, freida pinto, angel coulby, gugu mbatha-raw, eleanor tomlinson, jessica parker kennedy, lucy liu, marina moschen, phoebe dynevor, essie davis, nicole kidman, freya mavor, lena headey, nathalie emmanuel, olivia cooke, emily carey, jessie mei li, sophie turner

and so many more tbh, these are just off the top of my head, but we are excited to see anyone and everyone here!! fcs do not need period resources in this group.

[news365timesindia]

[ad_1] Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir after series loss at the SCG (PC: Debasis Sen) When the wheels come off for great teams, they unravel quickly and spectacularly. It happened to Australia under Ricky Ponting, after the legends – Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist – retired en masse. It happened to Alastair Cook’s England, who won an Ashes Down Under and a Test series in India. Indian cricket had been there before, in 2011-12, on the heels of back-to-back whitewashes in England and Australia. The current streak offers a throwback. Dressing-room discord was an issue for the Indian team in Australia in 2011-12 also, with some players – Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir in particular – singing from a different hymn sheet and having issues with MS Dhoni. The latter was on the verge of losing his Test captaincy after the series, only to be saved by then BCCI president N Srinivasan. But a squad overhaul happened. Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman hung up their boots. Sachin Tendulkar would call time on his career a couple of seasons later. Sehwag would be dropped and eventually Gambhir, too, would lose his place in the team. India’s Test revival actually began in earnest when Dhoni retired mid-series in Australia in 2014-15 and Virat Kohli took over. India were ranked seventh at the time. The Kohli-and-Ravi Shastri duo would take them to the top of the tree. India became the best Test team in the world under their charge, winning matches in South Africa and England, and successive series in Australia. Gambhir is now India’s head coach and after a home series whitewash against New Zealand followed by a 3-1 defeat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the time has come for a rejig. A new cycle will begin from June, with a five-Test series in England, and India need to start afresh. For the Latest Sports News: Click Here Rohit Sharma having a discussion with Jasprit Bumrah and Gautam Gambhir (Photo: Debasis Sen) It is learnt that some high-profile departures are on the cards, as the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee and the BCCI look ahead. Ravichandran Ashwin announced his shock retirement after the Brisbane Test. According to sources, his ‘partner in crime’ for many years, Ravindra Jadeja, is on his way out as well. Moving forward, Axar Patel is going to be the team’s premier spin-bowling all-rounder. Mohammed Shami missed the Test series in Australia, for he couldn’t make a full recovery. The 34-year-old fast bowler is likely to return for the Champions Trophy, but there’s a big question mark over his red-ball future. Bigger questions involving the galacticos, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, have to be answered. There’s a school of thought that Rohit, who stood himself down in Sydney, has already played his last Test, a belligerent TV interview, rubbishing retirement rumours, notwithstanding. “I don’t see Rohit going to England,” Gilchrist said on the Club Prairie Fire podcast. In fact, the legendary former Australia wicketkeeper-batsman even suggested that the upcoming Champions Trophy could be Rohit’s last as far as international cricket is concerned. “I think he will probably have a crack at the Champions Trophy and that might be (it). That might see him out.” Rohit Sharma at the SCG (PC: Debasis Sen) According to a BCCI insider, apart from the next Test cycle, the 2027 World Cup, too, is firmly on the head coach’s mind, and a new-look side would be given enough time to bed in. Phasing out is going to be the order of the day. What about Kohli? He is Indian cricket’s biggest brand. Also, notwithstanding his elongated form slump, he is the only bonafide batting great in the current Test team. Some reports suggest that the 36-year-old wants the England series in the summer to be his swansong. But Shastri believes that Kohli still has a role to play, with the Indian team heading towards transition. “So, I think the contributing factor to this team is transition and the youngsters coming through the ranks,” the former India head coach told ICC Review.

“There are a lot of guys (young players) there who can benefit from the experience of a player of Virat Kohli’s calibre.” Agarkar and Gambhir will have to make some tricky calls, as Indian cricket enters a new phase. Also Read: Bumrah as good as Marshall, Steyn and other modern-day greats The post Has Rohit Sharma played his last Test? appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports. [ad_2] Source link