Cricket News Updates: Sunil Gavaskar Slams Former Pakistan Cricketers, Adidas Likely to be Team India's Jersey Sponsor

Veteran India pacer Venkatesh Prasad hit back at Aakash Chopra for taking a shot at him on his YouTube Channel and ridiculed his criticism of out-of-form KL Rahul. Prasad has been quite active on Twitter in recent times where he shares his cricketing views regarding the Indian team. With Rahul failing to score big in the first two Tests, Prasad lashed out at the Indian opener and team management for giving him a long rope in the side when other players are waiting in the wings to get a chance in the XI. (Read Full Story)

India-Australia second Test ended inside three days and most were figuring out plans for the remaining two days, which were supposed to be match days of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. On commentary duties, Dinesh Karthik was in proactive mode to make the remaining two days count in the national capital and tweeted, “Ang suggestions what should I do the remaining two days in Delhi… (sic)”. (Read Full Story)

Veteran India opener Gautam Gambhir suggested that Australia can still make a comeback in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy as he walked down memory lane citing India’s historic victory over Australia at Eden Gardens in 2001. Legendary India batters VVS Laxman (281) and Rahul Dravid (180) shared a 376 runs stand for the fifth wicket to set up a sensational victory. (Read Full Story Here)

Legendary Australia captain Allan Border feels that Pat Cummins under-bowled himself in the second Test match against India in New Delhi. Cummins and Co. have failed to up a challenge against India in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy as they are 0-2 down after losing the first two Tests. Border feels that the ongoing series is the first real test as captain for Cummins. (Read Full Story Here)

India wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh on Tuesday jumped 16 places to move into the top 20 of the latest ICC Women’s T20I rankings for the first time after some good scores in the ongoing shortest format World Cup in South Africa. Ghosh’s unbeaten knocks of 41 against the West Indies and 47 against England in the Women’s T20 World Cup over the past week took her to a career-best 20th position. She became the fifth Indian in the top 20 with Smriti Mandhana (third), Shafali Verma (10th), Jemimah Rodrigues (12th) and Harmanpreet Kaur (13th) ahead of her in the list. (Read Full Story)

India pacer Deepak Chahar has stated that he is working hard on his fitness in the last couple of months and is raring to make his comeback with the Indian Premier League beginning March 31. Injuries have been part and parcel of Chahar’s career so far as he missed several major matches last year including the T20 World Cup. (Read Full Story Here)

Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar lashed out at the former Pakistan cricketers for their remarks on the Indian players on their social media accounts and YouTube channels. In recent times, several former Pakistan cricketers have started their YouTube channels where they share their analysis of cricket matches, interestingly, they often talk about the Indian cricket team. Gavaskar feels that the Pakistan cricketers often pass ‘uncomplimentary’ remarks on Indian players. (Read Full Story)

The Aussie camp has been hit by several injury crises as David Warner has been ruled out of the last two Tests as he will return to home. Apart from him, pacer Josh Hazlewood, who didn’t play the first two Tests, has also been excluded from the squad due to an Achilles injury. Hazlewood will also travel back to Australia to complete his rehabilitation. (Read Full Story)

According to The West Australian, the likes of Ashton Agar and out-of-form Matt Renshaw, who replaced Warner as a concussion substitute in 2^nd Test, will fly back home if they don’t fit into team management’s plans for the next two Tests. It has also been learned that the official announcement of the same would be made on Wednesday.

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According to a Cricbuzz report, Bumrah is yet to get a clearance from the NCA. It has been learned that the star Indian pacer played a couple of practice games at the BCCI’s facility in Bengaluru in the last 10 days but hasn’t been issued an all-clear to be considered for national call-ups. (Full Story)

With Adidas coming on board, it is set to enhance the brand value and the presence of a brand with connections to both cricket and sports is likely to act as a major catalyst in attracting more to the brand.

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David Warner was struck on his elbow by Mohammed Siraj’s short ball, with the x-rays confirming that Warner has also sustained a hairline fracture. On Tuesday, Cricket Australia confirmed that Warner will fly back home and will no further participate in the series. (Full Story)

Ireland could manage only 54/2 in 8.2 overs chasing India’s score of 155/6 in 20 overs. They eventually fell short of the revised target by five runs. After the victory, an elated Indian captain, Harmanpreet, said the team will give its 100 percent in the next match.

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It’s being speculated that Rahul might have been sacked as Rohit Sharma’s deputy after a series of poor knocks which also clears the way for Shubman Gill. Speaking about the same with India Today, former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh feels that Gill will open alongside skipper Rohit in the next game. (Full Story)

In a viral video, Kohli, who was fielding at slips on the third day of the second Test, could be seen asking the fans to alter their chanting. Actually, the crowd was shouting ‘RCB-RCB’ when the former India skipper intervened. He waved his hands in disagreement and pointed toward his jersey, asking to call for India and not his IPL franchise.

Most of the Indian players have headed home after the second Border Gavaskar Trophy Test vs Australia ended inside three days at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. (Full Story)