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India captain Virat Kohli on Thursday said he expects to get a clearer picture on the upcoming tour of South Africa in the next couple of days after it was thrown into uncertainty following the emergence of the new COVID-19 variant -- Omicron. India captain Virat Kohli on Thursday said he expects to get a clearer picture on the upcoming tour of South Africa in the next couple of days after it was thrown into uncertainty following the emergence of the new COVID-19

With Virat Kohli stepping down from Team India's T20I captaincy, Rohit Sharma will lead the side in the home series against New Zealand and KL Rahul will serve as vice-captain. The Indian squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against New Zealand was announced on Tuesday and Rohit Sharma has been named captain of the team. KL Rahul has been appointed vice-captain of the 16-member squad. Virat Kohli, who stepped down from India's T20I captaincy at the end of the team's campaign at

Virat Kohli said after the match that he had given his best for his franchise as a captain and player, and would continue to play for the same franchise till his retirement. Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) IPL 2021 campaign came to an end on Monday after a disappointing loss to Kolkata Knight Riders in the Eliminator at Sharjah. RCB captain Virat Kohli,who had announced before the start of the UAE leg of the league that this will be his last season as leader

Virat Kohli will step down as captain of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) after the 2021 season, the player said on Sunday. Kohli this week also gave up the captaincy of India's Twenty20 side to manage his immense workload, saying he would not continue in the role after this year's World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. "This will be my last IPL as captain of RCB. I'll continue to be an RCB player till I

The Indian cricket national team's current skipper Virat Kohli has announced that he will be stepping down as the T20 captain. Kohli, who is recognised as one of the greatest players of all time has an exceptional record of scoring nearly 3,200 runs and picking up 4 wickets from the 90 matches played.  The 32-year-old announced this major decision in his official twitter handle confirming that he will continue to lead the national team in ODI and Test cricket.  Kohil, who is also the

India captain Virat Kohli said criticism from commentators motivated his tailenders in the 151-run win over England in the second Test at Lord's. Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah shared an unbroken stand of 89 for the ninth wicket to effectively end England's hopes of victory. Set 272 to win or bat 60 overs to draw, the hosts were bowled out for 120. "Someone told our tailenders that the commentary teams didn't rate them. They proved them wrong," said Kohli. "They made a point.

LONDON: Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli became on Thursday the first batsman to score 6,000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL). India skipper Kohli reached the milestone in 196 matches and leads the list ahead of Chennai's Suresh Raina (5,448 runs), Delhi's Shikhar Dhawan (5,428), Hyderabad's David Warner (5,384) and Mumbai's Rohit Sharma (5,368). Kohli's unbeaten knock of 72 was eclipsed by 20-year-old Devdutt Padikkal, who smashed 101 off 52 balls in a 10-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals to become the

CHENNAI, India - Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli believes Harshal Patel has solved the team’s death-overs woes in the Indian Premier League (IPL) following the seamer’s bowling masterclass in Friday’s victory against champions Mumbai Indians. Patel claimed three wickets in four balls in the dramatic 20th over and conceded only one run to help restrict a star-studded Mumbai to a modest 159-9. His 5-27 was also the first five-wicket haul any bowler has managed against five-time champions Mumbai, the most successful team

Punjab Kings bowler Ishan Porel feels that Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli is the best batsman in all three formats. India’s Under-19 World Cup 2018-winner Ishan Porel is yet to make his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut. However, ahead of the 14th season of IPL, the youngster is hopeful of making his debut and has Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli on his dream wicket list. Roped in by Punjab Kings (then Kings XI Punjab) for a base price of Rs 20 lakh

It was only the eighth time in 84 innings that Kohli opened batting Virat Kohli plans to reinvent himself as a Twenty20 opener with an eye on the 20-overs World Cup at home later this year, the India captain said after the team's series victory against England. Kohli joined deputy Rohit Sharma at the top in Saturday's decider. Their 94-run opening stand helped India amass 224-2, their highest total against England. It was only the eighth time in 84 innings that Kohli opened

AHMEDABAD, India - India captain Virat Kohli has called for changes to the ‘soft-signal’ rule for outfield catches after team mate Suryakumar Yadav was controversially dismissed in Thursday’s Twenty20 International against England. Yadav smashed 57 before his pull shot sailed to deep square leg where Dawid Malan took a tumbling low catch. As England celebrated, on-field umpire K N Ananthapadmanabhan gave the soft signal of ‘out’ before sending the decision to TV umpire Virender Sharma. On-field umpires give a ‘soft signal’ based on

A regular feature of Kohli's batting in his career has been the number of times he has remained unbeaten. In fact, in 81 T20I innings, the India captain has remained not out 22 times, which proves just how good he is. After a long time, Virat Kohli, the master of the chase was on display, batting in full throttle and guiding India home in the second T20I against England on Sunday. Kohli did what he does best – shepherd a chase in a

Ind vs Eng: England Wins 1st T20: The World No. 1 England team has registered easy 8 wicket victory over India. Chasing India’s 125 runs target, England won with more than 27 balls to spare. For England Jason Roy scored 49, while Jos Butler contributed 28 runs. Virat Kohli’s team India was no match for the England team in all departments of the game. Especially while batting India’s top order KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli failed miserably as India could only score 124

Virat Kohli on Thursday said that England are favourites to win the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled to be hosted by India later in the year. England, who are the reigning champions in the 50-over World Cup, are regarded as one of the best white-ball teams in the world as Kohli said everyone knows what they bring to the field.  When asked whether India would be favourites to lift the ICC T20 World Cup on their home soil, Kohli said, in the pre-match press conference: “No, I think

India skipper says focus should be on the batting skills of both sides rather than the pitch or the ball in Ahmedabad ahead of fourth and final Test; hosts lead the series 2-1 and are aiming to secure a spot in the World Test Championship final India captain Virat Kohli has blamed England's two-day defeat in the third Test solely on "a bizarre display of batting". Kohli has overseen two successive victories on big-spinning surfaces since England won the series opener in Chennai.

India vs England, 2nd Test: Moeen Ali on Saturday bowled Virat Kohli for nought in the first session and became the first spinner to dismiss Kohli for a duck in Tests. Moeen Ali on Saturday became the first spinner to dismiss India skipper Virat Kohli for a duck in Test cricket. Moeen Ali bowled a stunning delivery and it turned to rattle the stumps of Virat Kohli (0) in the first session on Day One of the ongoing second Test between India and

A desperate India have decided to go for the jugular by opting for a spicy turner against a well-prepared England side in the second Test starting Saturday, well aware that it can boomerang and cost them a spot in the World Test Championship final. The honeymoon of the Australian series is over after a sobering 227 run defeat in the first Test which must have shaken a complacent team out of its stupor ahead of three high stake Test matches. But it is

DUBAI: Virat Kohli remained the highest-placed Indian batsman at fourth position even as Cheteshwar Pujara rose a rung to sixth in the latest ICC Test rankings issued on Saturday. Apart from Kohli (862) and Pujara (760), Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane (748) is the other Indian batsman in the top-10, hanging on to the eighth spot. Pujara moved up one place to sixth, while wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant and star opener Rohit Sharma remained static on the 13th and 18th spots respectively.

India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first. The visitors made four changes in the team by bringing Shubman Gill, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan and Shardul Thakur. India vs Australia 3rd ODI: Live score & commentary  |  Photo Credit: Times Now Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the third ODI between India and Australia from the Manuka Oval in Canberra. Australia have been near-flawless in the series so far, especially with the bat but are without the services of David Warner

The 2nd ODI between India and Australia saw Virat Kohli’s bowling line-up struggling again on a dry surface that had little on offer for the bowlers. But one of the unexpected features of the match was how frequently Virat Kohli kept changing his bowlers. While it was Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah who started the attack for India, the former was replaced by Navdeep Saini after just two overs. While it looked Kohli wanted Shami to change the end from where he was