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Rohit Sharma In Ranji Trophy 2025 : रणजी ट्रॉफी में रोहित शर्मा फेल, 9 साल बाद उतरे हिटमैन नहीं दिखा पाए दम: यशस्वी जायसवाल भी हुए फेल।

Rohit Sharma In Ranji Trophy 2025 : भारतीय टेस्ट टीम के कप्तान रोहित शर्मा 9 साल बाद उतरे रणजी में: नहीं दिखा पाए कमाल।

Rohit Sharma In Ranji Trophy 2025 : रणजी ट्रॉफी में (23 जनवरी) को जम्मू कश्मीर और मुंबई के बीच मुकाबला शुरू हुआ इस मुकाबले में रोहित शर्मा और यशस्वी जयसवाल दोनों ही फ्लॉप रहे: 9 साल बाद रोहित शर्मा रणजी ट्रॉफी में खेलने के लिए उतरे थे लेकिन उन्होंने कुछ खास नहीं किया रोहित शर्मा ने तीन रन बनाकर अपना विकेट पारस डोगरा के हाथों उमर नजीर की गेंद पर आउट हुए।

भारतीय स्टेट और वनडे टीम के कप्तान रोहित शर्मा लगभग एक दशक के अंतराल के बाद रणजी ट्रॉफी में वापसी की मुंबई की टीम आज गुरुवार से मुंबई के बीकेसी मैदान पर जम्मू कश्मीर से खेलने उतरी इस दौरान सभी की निगाहें रोहित शर्मा और यशस्वी जयसवाल पर थी बुधवार की रात कोलकाता T20 में धमाकेदार प्रदर्शन से जहां फैंस उत्साहित दिखे वहीं अगली सुबह यानी गुरुवार को उन्हें निराशा हाथ लगी दरअसल घरेलू क्रिकेट में हाथ आजमाने उतरे टीम इंडिया के वनडे और टेस्ट टीम के कप्तान रोहित शर्मा का फेल होने का सिलसिला जारी रहा।

रणजी ट्रॉफी में मुंबई और जम्मू कश्मीर के बीच आज 23 जनवरी से शुरू हुए मुकाबले में टॉस अजिंक्य रहाणे ने जीता उन्होंने पहले बल्लेबाजी करने का फैसला किया मैच में रोहित शर्मा और यशस्वी जयसवाल दोनों ही फ्लॉप रहे यशस्वी जायसवाल 4 रन बनाकर आकीब नबी की गेंद पर एलपीडब्ल्यू आउट हुए वहीं रोहित शर्मा भी 3 रन बनाकर पारस डोगरा के हाथों उमर नजीर की गेंद पर लपके गए रोहित शर्मा 9 साल 3 महीने बाद रणजी में खेलने उतरे थे।

पिछली कई पारी रोहित शर्मा के लिए रही बुरी:

पिछले कुछ महीनो से 37 साल के रोहित शर्मा बड़ी पारी नहीं खेल पा रहे हैं वह घरेलू सरजमीं पर न्यूजीलैंड और ऑस्ट्रेलिया दौरे पर टेस्ट सीरीज में मिली करारी शिकस्त के बाद आलोचना का सामना कर रहे हैं रोहित शर्मा पिछले ऑस्ट्रेलिया दौरे में तीन टेस्ट की पांच पारियों में महज 31 रन बना पाए थे।

जम्मू कश्मीर के खिलाफ यह मैच इस सत्र में रोहित शर्मा के लिए एकमात्र मुकाबला हो सकता है रोहित शर्मा इंग्लैंड के खिलाफ 6 फरवरी से शुरू होने वाली तीन मैचों की वनडे सीरीज और उसके बाद चैंपियंस ट्रॉफी में भारत की कप्तानी करेंगे।

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Ranji Trophy में वापसी करेंगे विराट कोहली, 4,472 दिन बाद घरेलू क्रिकेट में नई शुरुआत

Ranji Trophy: भारतीय क्रिकेट के ‘किंग’ कहे जाने वाले विराट कोहली एक बार फिर रणजी ट्रॉफी में अपने शानदार प्रदर्शन से दर्शकों का दिल जीतने के लिए तैयार हैं। विराट 4,472 दिन बाद रणजी ट्रॉफी खेलते हुए नजर आएंगे। यह मौका दिल्ली के लिए घरेलू रणजी मैच का है, जो 30 जनवरी से शुरू होने वाले अंतिम राउंड में खेला जाएगा। विराट की यह वापसी घरेलू क्रिकेट में उनके फैंस और भारतीय क्रिकेट के लिए एक खास पल…

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Ranji Trophy 2024/25 Live Score, Round 6: Rohit Sharma, Jaiswal return for Mumbai vs J&K; Rishabh Pant faces Ravindra Jadeja in Delhi vs Saurashtra

Meghalaya vs Odisha – Odisha won the toss and opted to field. Nagaland vs Goa (Plate final) – Goa won the toss and optes to bat. Tripura vs Services Assam vs Railways Bengal vs Haryana Bihar vs UP – UP won the toss and opted to field. Jharkhand vs Chhattisgarh – Chhattisgarh won the toss and opted to bat. Maharashtra vs Baroda Mumbai vs J&K Gujarat vs Uttarakhand Hyderabad vs Himachal…

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‘I Am A Big Fan’: Umar Nazir Discloses The Reason Behind Not Celebrating Rohit Sharma's Wicket | Cricket News

On Thursday, Jammu and Kashmir pacer Umar Nazir lived his dream as he scaled the wicket of India’s skipper Rohit Sharma in the Ranji Trophy clash against Mumbai. Rohit looked uncomfortable against Nazir and as a result, he gave his wicket in the 6th over of the game. Despite taking a big wicket, Nazir refused to celebrate the wicket on Thursday. Rohit Sharma got out after miscuing Nazir’s length…

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Mumbai vs Jammu and Kashmir Live Score: Jammu and Kashmir at 53/2 after 16 overs

Mumbai vs Jammu and Kashmir Live Score Match 97 – Ranji Trophy 2024/25 Welcome to the live coverage of Match 97 of the Ranji Trophy 2024/25. The match will begin on 23rd January 2025 at 9:30 AM. Match DetailsVenue: Bandra Kurla Complex, Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, Mumbai Mumbai Squad Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ayush Mhatre, Prithvi Shaw, Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad,…

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Ranji Trophy live streaming, Mumbai vs Jammu and Kashmir: When and where to watch Rohit Sharma on TV and online

Rohit Sharma will return to Ranji Trophy for the first time in a decade when Mumbai take on Jammu and Kashmir at the BKC Ground on Thursday (January 23). The last time Rohit played a Ranji Trophy match for Mumbai was in 2015.  Rohit’s decision to play domestic cricket came after the BCCI issued a 10-point directive which made it mandatory for all the cricketers to play domestic cricket when not…

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Ranji Trophy Round 6: Broadcast, live streaming details – When and where to watch Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and other players make their domestic comeback

As excitement builds for the Ranji Trophy 2024-25the sixth round of India’s premier domestic red ball tournament is set to begin on January 23. This round marks the return of several stars, including the Indian captain Rohit Sharmawicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Panand comprehensive Ravindra Jadejawho will look to regain form after a difficult season in Test cricket. Match schedule and key…

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Ranji Trophy Round 6: Broadcast, Live streaming details – When and where to watch Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant & other players making their domestic comeback

When happiness builds to Ranji Trophy 2024-25The sixth edition of India's biggest red ball tournament will begin on January 23. The tournament is a comeback for many players, including the Indian captain. Rohit Sharmabatsman-wicketkeeper Rishabh Panit is all round Ravindra Jadejawho will be looking to regain form after a difficult season in Test cricket. Matches are important players The sixth…

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Ranji Trophy Round 6: Broadcast, Live streaming details – When and where to watch Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant & other players making their domestic comeback

When happiness builds to Ranji Trophy 2024-25The sixth edition of India's biggest red ball tournament will begin on January 23. The tournament is a comeback for many players, including the Indian captain. Rohit Sharmabatsman-wicketkeeper Rishabh Panit is all round Ravindra Jadejawho will be looking to regain form after a difficult season in Test cricket. Matches are important players The sixth…

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[ad_1] A snap from the interview A RevSportz Exclusive Sourav Ganguly is one of the best analysts of the sport. As captain and leader, he changed the face of Indian cricket. It was his 144 at The Gabba that defined the tour of Australia in 2003-4 and when Ganguly says, “Send Shami immediately to Australia”, it is something that will surely be taken note of. In this hour-long chat in the ground floor living room of his Behala residence, Ganguly opened up on all things Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Part 1 Excerpts: Boria: Shami has bowled 40-plus overs. He has picked up 7 wickets. After this, there aren’t any more Ranji Trophy games. Do you think he should be sent to Australia? Sourav: Absolutely. He must go. He doesn’t need to play the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He should do to Australia by the next flight. Go and bowl in the nets. Even if he doesn’t play in Perth, he will get to bowl and get ready. Boria: Without Shami, is this bowling underdone? Sourav: No. Little bit weakened, because [Jasprit] Bumrah, Shami, [Mohammed] Siraj is stronger than Bumrah, Siraj, and Prasidh [Krishna]. Definitely stronger. But fast bowlers do get injured, you cannot do anything about it. Mohammed Shami needs to be on the flight to Australia as soon as possible. Boria: India going in with a 0-3 series loss to New Zealand. How do you look at it? Can India compete? Sourav: I think for me, at the moment, India – Australia, India – England are two of the best series in world cricket. Obviously, the Ashes is there. But I think these two series will be keenly watched and going through the social media, through news and all, I can feel there is a lot of excitement in Australia. Rightfully so, for five Test matches. [Virat] Kohli and Rohit [Sharma] may not be going back to the country again after this. There is enough in this series. It is going to be a fascinating series, and I am looking forward to it. I wish I could be there to work on the series, but my other commitments are stopping me from doing it. It is going to be a great series, and I will be up in the morning to watch the action from Perth. I know it is not an early morning wake up time, not at 5:30 because of time differences, and that should help! India has a chance, of course. I know they did not play well against New Zealand, and they are responsible for it. They cannot play on such pitches. I have repeatedly said this. When you have the quality of [Ravichandran] Ashwin, [Ravindra] Jadeja, Kuldeep [Yadav], Axar [Patel], and Washington [Sundar], you do not need pitches which turn square because it takes the batting away. There has not been not a single 100 in that series, except the one by Sarfaraz [Khan] in Bangalore. That speaks volumes on how the surfaces played throughout the Test matches. And I say this repeatedly. I said this when I was captain, when Virat was captain, some of the pitches spun a lot. It takes the batting away. Batsmen lose confidence if they do not score runs game after game, and I think that is something which needs to be looked at. I have always said win Test matches in five days, not in three days. And with Ashwin and Jadeja, Test matches change very quickly on day three, day four, day five in India. It may look flat and nothing happening on day one, day two and then suddenly things start changing. That is what they should look at. Gautam [Gambhir] needs to make sure the pitches are better. They are a good side, and against Australia, it is going to be a fascinating series. A lot of people are saying they will be whitewashed, but I do not think so. The pitches will be better. EXCLUSIVE “If I was him, I’d play the Perth Test,” says Sourav Ganguly on Rohit Sharma. Ganguly believes that #RohitSharma will feature in the Perth Test.@ThumsUpOfficial @BoriaMajumdar @SGanguly99 @ImRo45 #SouravGanguly #AUSvsIND #BorderGavaskarTrophy2024 pic.twitter.com/Bj3vD5pXux — RevSportz Global (@RevSportzGlobal) November 16, 2024   Boria: Are you worried about the fragility in India’s batting?

Sourav: No, I do not think the batting is fragile. I personally believe from a career standpoint and also reputation-wise, it is a make-or-break series for [Shubman] Gill. I heard he is injured, and I hope he recovers quickly. For him and Yashasvi [Jaiswal], it is going to be a big series. I hope Rohit Sharma goes very soon. As a team, they need him. He has had a baby boy a couple of days ago. So, I am sure he can leave as early as possible and today is the 16th. If I was in his position, he should be playing the Perth Test. It is on 22nd, which is still almost a week away. Because it is a big series and maybe he will not go to Australia after this. He is a fantastic captain, and the team needs his leadership to start with. Boria: You were instrumental in making him Test captain at the time you were BCCI President, because he wasn’t keen initially. Sourav: Yeah, because he did not want to as he was captaining in every other format. So, there was a lot of workload anyway on him. But I do not believe in workload. Test captain of India will always be Test captain of India, and I told him so. I said do not finish your career not being Test captain of India. Boria: Tell me something. KL Rahul, what is his problem? Is it in the mind? Sourav: Yeah, confidence. He has to speak to himself. He has to speak to himself and say, just put everything behind. Ups and downs are part and parcel of sports. Confidence will go up and down. You have to bring it back by working hard in the nets. I know he has gone through a lot. Lucknow Super Giants have released him. I do not know whether they will buy him back in the auction. I am sure he will find a good team and get his worth in the IPL. But these things put pressure on players. In and out of the team, he is seeing young players play well in T20s. You see what they have done in South Africa. He has to change and cannot keep playing the same way and expect to be picked all the time, because somebody else will come and get picked. So, I think he has got to sit with himself and get away from everything, all his friends and family, team and IPL owners, auctions and self-discover. Look at the mirror and say, I need to play differently. I need to get tough inside and fight this period. He has got a fantastic 100 in South Africa last time round. He can score hundreds in these conditions. But the mind has to believe that, and the fight has to be there. Boria: If Rohit does not make it to the Perth, you would open with Rahul, because that is what Gautam indicated? Sourav: I think so, and play Dhruv Jurel in the middle. Boria: Gautam Gambhir – so much flak already after one series! Sourav: All I will say is let him be. I saw some criticism on what he said in the press conference. It is the way he is. Let him be. When he won the IPL, he was the same. You were going gaga over him. Just because he has lost three Test matches and a one-day series against Sri Lanka, the straight talk has not been looked at nicely. But that is the way he is. And why not? Australians, from the time I have watched cricket, they have been tough for you. They have played their cricket that way, whether it was [Steve] Waugh, [Ricky] Ponting or [Matthew] Hayden. So, there is nothing wrong with what Gambhir has said. That is the way he is, and he fights. He competes, so let us give him a chance. It has just been two-three months, and you are passing judgement on him. EXCLUSIVE “He should be on the flight to Australia” says Sourav Ganguly on Mohammed Shami@BoriaMajumdar @SGanguly99 @MdShami11 #SouravGanguly #AUSvsIND #BorderGavaskarTrophy2024 pic.twitter.com/iSaWzPmWvr — RevSportz Global (@RevSportzGlobal) November 16, 2024   Boria: The Australians have started already, and they will go after him. What is the problem if he says something? Sourav: No problem whatsoever. Let him say whatever he likes, for that will help him. Ultimately you have to go and play the game hard. That is the way it is, and it has happened for ages against Australian cricket teams.

That makes this series even more competitive and even more followed by people. So let it be. Let’s give Gambhir a chance. You have given him a job. In two months, you cannot pass a judgement on him. I know the next nine months, it will be very hard for him. Five Test matches in England. Champions Trophy. It will decide Gambhir. So, from my point of view, give him a chance and do not be too hard on him. Part 2 to follow. On Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Bumrah, India’s choice of spinner at Perth and more. The post “Let him say whatever he likes”: Sourav Ganguly says it’s far too early to judge Gautam Gambhir appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports. [ad_2] Source link

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Ranji Trophy: महाराष्ट्र ने बड़ौदा को दी करारी शिकस्त, मुंबई की उम्मीदें बरकरार

Ranji Trophy: रणजी ट्रॉफी 2023-24 के एलीट ग्रुप ए के मुकाबले में महाराष्ट्र ने बड़ौदा को 439 रनों के बड़े अंतर से हराकर टूर्नामेंट में एक यादगार जीत दर्ज की। इस जीत ने अजिंक्य रहाणे की अगुवाई वाली मुंबई टीम की नॉकआउट में पहुंचने की उम्मीदों को फिर से जीवित कर दिया है। मुंबई को अपने पिछले मैच में जम्मू-कश्मीर से हार का सामना करना पड़ा था, जिसके कारण उसकी स्थिति कमजोर हो गई थी। हालांकि, महाराष्ट्र…

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[ad_1] A snap from the interview A RevSportz Exclusive Sourav Ganguly is one of the best analysts of the sport. As captain and leader, he changed the face of Indian cricket. It was his 144 at The Gabba that defined the tour of Australia in 2003-4 and when Ganguly says, “Send Shami immediately to Australia”, it is something that will surely be taken note of. In this hour-long chat in the ground floor living room of his Behala residence, Ganguly opened up on all things Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Part 1 Excerpts: Boria: Shami has bowled 40-plus overs. He has picked up 7 wickets. After this, there aren’t any more Ranji Trophy games. Do you think he should be sent to Australia? Sourav: Absolutely. He must go. He doesn’t need to play the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He should do to Australia by the next flight. Go and bowl in the nets. Even if he doesn’t play in Perth, he will get to bowl and get ready. Boria: Without Shami, is this bowling underdone? Sourav: No. Little bit weakened, because [Jasprit] Bumrah, Shami, [Mohammed] Siraj is stronger than Bumrah, Siraj, and Prasidh [Krishna]. Definitely stronger. But fast bowlers do get injured, you cannot do anything about it. Mohammed Shami needs to be on the flight to Australia as soon as possible. Boria: India going in with a 0-3 series loss to New Zealand. How do you look at it? Can India compete? Sourav: I think for me, at the moment, India – Australia, India – England are two of the best series in world cricket. Obviously, the Ashes is there. But I think these two series will be keenly watched and going through the social media, through news and all, I can feel there is a lot of excitement in Australia. Rightfully so, for five Test matches. [Virat] Kohli and Rohit [Sharma] may not be going back to the country again after this. There is enough in this series. It is going to be a fascinating series, and I am looking forward to it. I wish I could be there to work on the series, but my other commitments are stopping me from doing it. It is going to be a great series, and I will be up in the morning to watch the action from Perth. I know it is not an early morning wake up time, not at 5:30 because of time differences, and that should help! India has a chance, of course. I know they did not play well against New Zealand, and they are responsible for it. They cannot play on such pitches. I have repeatedly said this. When you have the quality of [Ravichandran] Ashwin, [Ravindra] Jadeja, Kuldeep [Yadav], Axar [Patel], and Washington [Sundar], you do not need pitches which turn square because it takes the batting away. There has not been not a single 100 in that series, except the one by Sarfaraz [Khan] in Bangalore. That speaks volumes on how the surfaces played throughout the Test matches. And I say this repeatedly. I said this when I was captain, when Virat was captain, some of the pitches spun a lot. It takes the batting away. Batsmen lose confidence if they do not score runs game after game, and I think that is something which needs to be looked at. I have always said win Test matches in five days, not in three days. And with Ashwin and Jadeja, Test matches change very quickly on day three, day four, day five in India. It may look flat and nothing happening on day one, day two and then suddenly things start changing. That is what they should look at. Gautam [Gambhir] needs to make sure the pitches are better. They are a good side, and against Australia, it is going to be a fascinating series. A lot of people are saying they will be whitewashed, but I do not think so. The pitches will be better. EXCLUSIVE “If I was him, I’d play the Perth Test,” says Sourav Ganguly on Rohit Sharma. Ganguly believes that #RohitSharma will feature in the Perth Test.@ThumsUpOfficial @BoriaMajumdar @SGanguly99 @ImRo45 #SouravGanguly #AUSvsIND #BorderGavaskarTrophy2024 pic.twitter.com/Bj3vD5pXux — RevSportz Global (@RevSportzGlobal) November 16, 2024   Boria: Are you worried about the fragility in India’s batting?

Sourav: No, I do not think the batting is fragile. I personally believe from a career standpoint and also reputation-wise, it is a make-or-break series for [Shubman] Gill. I heard he is injured, and I hope he recovers quickly. For him and Yashasvi [Jaiswal], it is going to be a big series. I hope Rohit Sharma goes very soon. As a team, they need him. He has had a baby boy a couple of days ago. So, I am sure he can leave as early as possible and today is the 16th. If I was in his position, he should be playing the Perth Test. It is on 22nd, which is still almost a week away. Because it is a big series and maybe he will not go to Australia after this. He is a fantastic captain, and the team needs his leadership to start with. Boria: You were instrumental in making him Test captain at the time you were BCCI President, because he wasn’t keen initially. Sourav: Yeah, because he did not want to as he was captaining in every other format. So, there was a lot of workload anyway on him. But I do not believe in workload. Test captain of India will always be Test captain of India, and I told him so. I said do not finish your career not being Test captain of India. Boria: Tell me something. KL Rahul, what is his problem? Is it in the mind? Sourav: Yeah, confidence. He has to speak to himself. He has to speak to himself and say, just put everything behind. Ups and downs are part and parcel of sports. Confidence will go up and down. You have to bring it back by working hard in the nets. I know he has gone through a lot. Lucknow Super Giants have released him. I do not know whether they will buy him back in the auction. I am sure he will find a good team and get his worth in the IPL. But these things put pressure on players. In and out of the team, he is seeing young players play well in T20s. You see what they have done in South Africa. He has to change and cannot keep playing the same way and expect to be picked all the time, because somebody else will come and get picked. So, I think he has got to sit with himself and get away from everything, all his friends and family, team and IPL owners, auctions and self-discover. Look at the mirror and say, I need to play differently. I need to get tough inside and fight this period. He has got a fantastic 100 in South Africa last time round. He can score hundreds in these conditions. But the mind has to believe that, and the fight has to be there. Boria: If Rohit does not make it to the Perth, you would open with Rahul, because that is what Gautam indicated? Sourav: I think so, and play Dhruv Jurel in the middle. Boria: Gautam Gambhir – so much flak already after one series! Sourav: All I will say is let him be. I saw some criticism on what he said in the press conference. It is the way he is. Let him be. When he won the IPL, he was the same. You were going gaga over him. Just because he has lost three Test matches and a one-day series against Sri Lanka, the straight talk has not been looked at nicely. But that is the way he is. And why not? Australians, from the time I have watched cricket, they have been tough for you. They have played their cricket that way, whether it was [Steve] Waugh, [Ricky] Ponting or [Matthew] Hayden. So, there is nothing wrong with what Gambhir has said. That is the way he is, and he fights. He competes, so let us give him a chance. It has just been two-three months, and you are passing judgement on him. EXCLUSIVE “He should be on the flight to Australia” says Sourav Ganguly on Mohammed Shami@BoriaMajumdar @SGanguly99 @MdShami11 #SouravGanguly #AUSvsIND #BorderGavaskarTrophy2024 pic.twitter.com/iSaWzPmWvr — RevSportz Global (@RevSportzGlobal) November 16, 2024   Boria: The Australians have started already, and they will go after him. What is the problem if he says something? Sourav: No problem whatsoever. Let him say whatever he likes, for that will help him. Ultimately you have to go and play the game hard. That is the way it is, and it has happened for ages against Australian cricket teams.

That makes this series even more competitive and even more followed by people. So let it be. Let’s give Gambhir a chance. You have given him a job. In two months, you cannot pass a judgement on him. I know the next nine months, it will be very hard for him. Five Test matches in England. Champions Trophy. It will decide Gambhir. So, from my point of view, give him a chance and do not be too hard on him. Part 2 to follow. On Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Bumrah, India’s choice of spinner at Perth and more. The post “Let him say whatever he likes”: Sourav Ganguly says it’s far too early to judge Gautam Gambhir appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports. [ad_2] Source link

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Rohit Sharma's Ranji Trophy Match Free Live Streaming: When And Where To Watch Mumbai Vs Jammu and Kashmir In Ranji Trophy Match On Tv Channel & Online? | Cricket News

The anticipation surrounding the resumption of the Ranji Trophy has reached a fever pitch as India’s Test skipper, Rohit Sharma, makes his highly anticipated return to domestic cricket. After a two-month hiatus, the tournament is back, and Mumbai fans are excited to see their star player in action once again. This time, the team faces Jammu and Kashmir in what promises to be an enthralling clash.…

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Yashasvi Bhava - “Arjun” Tendulkar!

Visualise being a successor to the most successful batter the sport of cricket has ever seen, the one given the title of “god” by the lovers of the game but in India more likely, “devotees” as most recognise the game as a religion. From spiking the “LCD” television sales to the smashing into smithereens of hundreds and thousands of tv sets, so was the impact of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.

April 16, 2023. The son of one of India’s most prodigal sons makes his IPL debut for the Mumbai Indians. All eyes are on him as he takes up the new ball bowling the first over in the power play, which is often a kamikaze zone for the bowlers as batters look to charge and give their teams a head start. Full of nerves, carrying such an enormous name on his shoulders

the Southpaw seamer doing what left-arm seamers do the best against right-handed batsmen, let the bowl shape into the right-hander using the lacquer to the best of its advantage. Pretty decent we must say when everybody already pre-conceptualises you by your name.

Another game, only his second match for the Mumbai Indians side they play the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

The skipper Rohit Sharma ran out of options handing the ball to the youngster who had a chance to prove his skill at defending 20 runs. He gets his first wicket in the form of Bhuvenashwar Kumar which is also a very interesting stat at the same venue, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, is the only bowler to dismiss Sachin Tendulkar for a duck in Ranji Trophy. Arjun Tendulkar dismissed Bhuvneshwar as his first IPL wicket. And interestingly, both instances have come at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Uppal in Hyderabad, 14 years apart!

The rookie kept his nerve conceding only 5 runs letting the Indians sail for a comfortable 14-run victory.

The 22-year-old, Being around for years he could have gotten into most sides in the domestic circuit using the mightiness his last name carries, yet we didn’t see the likes of him representing India under 19 or even the Mumbai Ranji team. Arjun could’ve warmed the bench being around the Mumbai domestic set-up and waited for his chance or could make the best of his peak years learning what actual game practice competing could teach him, he made a call to represent the Goa side.

Sachin’s retirement is like a registered episode in the minds of Indian cricket fanatics as we recall Sachin batting the way he batted nearing a possible ton, his bowing down on the Wankhede Stadiums middle strip and his iconic farewell speech that got us all in our feels as we went down a trip down the memory lane living the legends of the little blaster even shedding a tear or two.

where was Arjun Tendulkar when his father was the most important man to a nation of over a billion people?

logic says possibly in a hospitality VIP air-conditioned stand but the reality is quite contrasting, the 13 old was out there in the sun, sitting at the periphery of the turf with the other ball boys camouflaging in his all whites just like all the other passionate kids who wanted to grow up and become a cricketer.

Jalandhar was famous for its sporting manufacturers, and prominent bat manufacturing companies like “BAS” are placed here. Professional Cricket gear costs you thousands of rupees which includes everything a pro cricketing athlete might require with its replacements. Yes, cricketers don’t carry just 1 bat with them, they always approximately have 6-7 bats on them for a domestic season or a tour each costing lakhs of rupees. The same manufacturers Sachin got his perfectly manicured cricket blades from. Arjun and his junior Mumbai teammate both were trying and seeking sponsorships from these manufacturing giants, both visited the manufacturer and sat down on a mat on the floor, waiting to speak to the man in charge, Arjun’s friend had just got his cricket kit as the manufacturer asked his friend “is he your friend?” to which Arjun’s friend replied, “He’s Arjun Tendulkar”. The manufacturer was completely shaken up by the simplicity and humbleness he saw of the young man. With such luxury that Arjun Tendulkar might have, cricketing gear and goods, getting his hands on them should possibly be a breeze for him. Why would he still want to earn his cricket kit speaks a lot about how he and Sachin wanted him to always come out of the system with Arjun making his own space through his hardship and not his family name.

Revisiting the Mahabharat, when Lord Krishna finishes enlightening Arjuna almost about to set his feet on the battleground, Lord Krishna could’ve just told him “Vijayi Bhava” which translates to “be victorious” He told Arjuna “Yashasvi Bhava” eternal success or fame for eternity, telling him if he fights like a true warrior and respects his learnings he’ll be remembered eternally.

Sachin, Arjun’s father had a message for his beloved son "Arjun, you have completed yet another significant step in your cricketing career today, I know you will continue to give the game the respect it deserves and the game will love you back as someone who loves you and is as passionate about the game as your father," he wrote.

"You've put in a lot of effort to get here, and I'm sure you'll keep doing so. The beautiful journey begins here. All the best," he added.

Whenever Sachin is asked about Arjun, he’s always emphasised the fact that there is no substitute for hard work and respecting the game for it to respect you back are some things he has always mentioned. Sachin has a lot of material things for Arjun to inherit, still for him to always be grounded and put in the effort for him to be a pro cricketer is something that cannot be valued in gold.

We cannot say where Arjun’s career might head and what he might achieve, but if he continues to respect the game, even half of what his father did, he’ll make a sincere champion!

Navneet Oberoi

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IND vs NZ: रोहित शर्मा का नौ साल पुराना ट्वीट हुआ वायरल, जानें क्यों मचा तहलका

IND vs NZ: रोहित शर्मा का नौ साल पुराना ट्वीट हुआ वायरल, जानें क्यों मचा तहलका

भारतीय टी-20 टीम के नए कप्तान रोहित शर्मा का 9 साल पुराना ट्वीट वायरल हो रहा है। रोहित शर्मा ने पहली बार नवंबर 2021 में नियमित रूप से टीम इंडिया की कमान संभाली। रोहित शर्मा के कार्यकाल शुरू करने के साथ-साथ ही टीम इंडिया को पहली जीत मिल गई। इसके साथ ही उनके 9 साल पुराने ट्वीट ने भी सोशल मीडिया पर तहलका मचा दिया है। 7 नवंबर, 2012 को किया गया वो ट्वीट अब पहले टी20 मैच के बाद वायरल हो रहा है। आखिर…

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Ugly trend that can poison Indian cricket / GIDEON HAIGH

How we grew to admire them this summer, those dashing, defiant, skilful and fun Indian cricketers, led first by Virat Kohli then Ajinkya Rahane, as they taught Australia numerous cricket lessons. How we enjoyed, too, the scenes of their deservedly rapturous homecomings.

Prime minister Narendra Modi enjoyed exercising his prerogative of using the cricket team as symbolic of his “new India”. That “they took the challenge head on and looked for fresh solutions instead of getting frustrated by difficult conditions” exemplified how the nation could “emerge fearless” if “we overcome the fear of failure and unnecessary pressure”.

Standard stuff, of course. But let’s look a little closer, shall we?

Modi enjoys a curiously benign reputation hereabouts. Generally, Australian politicians look on India as simply a nice juicy trade market that is (a) not China and (b) see (a). “World’s largest democracy” comes trippingly off the tongue.

Unfortunately, India is a democracy in worsening decay, thanks to seven years of the BJP’s Hindu majoritarianism, at odds with the country’s traditions of pluralism and tolerance. And that’s got implications for cricket, even Australian cricket, of which we should be aware.

The ruling BJP’s modus operandi is demonising minorities, subverting institutions, intimidating media, criminalising dissent and, not least, tyrannising the internet.

No country shuts and throttles the net so regularly; no political party operates such slickly vicious online trolling. India swims in social media; into it the BJP’s digital operatives have a habit of throwing bloody bait, viz liberal celebrities, independent journalists and academics who have stepped out of line. Especially since last September.

That was when Modi’s administration rammed through the Rajya Sabha three bills designed to “liberalise” Indian agriculture. There had been no consultative process; the bills’ passage violated all parliamentary and constitutional norms; the laws were devoid of regulatory and legal protections for farmers, and as such a prescription for monopoly abuse, in a country where a score of companies already earn 70 per cent of corporate profits.

Discontent has roiled since. Demonstrations have been largely peaceful, if on an epic scale: a one-day strike in November involving 250 million people may well be the largest single protest in history, involving ten times as many people as marched for Black Lives Matter last year.

One exception was 26 January, India’s Republic Day, when 200 farmers were “detained” by Delhi’s notoriously violent police after diverting a march to the Red Fort. The same cops then created a cause célèbre by arresting a 22-year-old activist, Disha Ravi, basically for having the temerity to communicate with Greta Thunberg, which was described as showing intent “to wage economic, social, cultural and regional war against India.”

Why? Because India’s government craves the world’s attention but recoils from its scrutiny, and busily nourishes paranoia about foreign treachery so as to turn the political into the patriotic. And what really lit the blue touch paper was a tweet on 3 February by Rihanna, linking to a CNN article about an internet shutdown following the confrontation at the Red Fort.

“Why aren’t we talking about this?”, asked the pop chanteuse of her 100 million followers, adding the hashtag #FarmersProtests and generating almost a million likes.

Modi promptly upped the ante, threatening to jail Twitter’s local executives if Jack Dorsey did not suppress 100 allegedly “pro-farmer” accounts; Dorsey hastily capitulated.

Cyber battle was also joined by an army of counter tweeters flourishing hashtag banners such as #IndiaTogether and #IndiaAgainstPropaganda, somehow oblivious to their irony. And these included the elite of the country’s cricketers.

This is hardly so surprising. The Board of Control for Cricket in India is another institution increasingly pervaded by Modi’s myrmidons.

In November 2019, the BCCI “elected” as secretary Jay Shah and as treasurer Arun Singh Dhumal – respectively the son of home minister Amit Shah and the brother of finance minister Anurag Thakur, two particularly repulsive Modi cronies. The same election also promoted a character from Rajpur, Mahim Verma, secretary of the fledgling Cricket Association of Uttakharand – more on him presently.

Leading the way was Sachin Tendulkar: “External forces can be spectators but not participants. India’s sovereignty cannot be compromised. External forces can be spectators but not participants. Indians know India and should decide for India. Let’s remain united as a nation.”

Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ravi Shastri, Rohit Sharma and Anil Kumble issued slightly more emollient sentiments, with further calls for “unity” – implicitly echoing another BJP talking point, for which evidence is scant, that the farmers are aligned with Sikh separatists. Probably Rihanna fans too.

How strange that all these cricketers should have decided, independently and all at once, to inveigh against “propaganda”! How strange that they should then shrink from the week’s other significant Indian cricket issue….

Having played the last of 31 Tests in 2008, Wasim Jaffer has towered above Indian domestic cricket like Everest. He retired last March after playing more than 150 Ranji Trophy matches and accumulating almost 20,000 first-class runs at an average better than 50, and was recruited as coach by Uttakharand in north India.

Except it all ended acrimoniously on 10 February when Jaffer quit, “because of so much interference and bias of selectors and secretary in the selection matters for non-deserving players” – the secretary being old mate Verma.

Jaffer, though, is a Muslim. So Verma trumped up counterclaims of “communalism”: Jaffer’s preference for coreligionists. This is a classic trope of Hindu chauvinism, obsessed with the existence of a Muslim fifth column.

Nobody of any repute believes that the new coach did other than fall victim to overmighty, sticky-nosed locals, and he did attract some Twitter support, including from Kumble, who said that Jaffer had “done the right thing” in resigning.

But from Jaffer’s former comrades in the national side, nothing was heard. Why? Because, one imagines, it was as against their interests to speak up about sectarianism as it was in their interests to obediently regurgitate BJP slogans.

Some readers will be shaking their heads by now – those readers who haven’t already drifted off out of a rooted objection to cricket articles involving anything but cover drives and outswingers – about it just going to show how sport and politics should not mix.

They will be just as wrong. Sport and politics do mix, and always have: the questions revolve around in what proportion and to what ends. In India, those proportions are increasingly ugly and those ends worseningly oppressive; they should trouble every conscience.

On Thursday night, Fox Sports broadcasted a live feed of the player auction for the Indian Premier League. This is the face the BCCI likes to show the world – that of a big, benevolent sugar daddy, showering riches on the cricket world’s best. Go Maxy! Look at those lucky young quicks!

But how should we feel if the BCCI’s cosiness with the BJP warms further, if India’s cricketers become longer-term conscripts in their governments’s creepy online claque, and if its Muslim players are further singled out for victimisation? To quote Rihanna: “Why aren’t we talking about this?”