VVS Laxman and Shreyas Iyer (Screengrab) India’s comprehensive 3-0 T20I series win over Zimbabwe ended with mutual appreciation between the captain Shreyas Iyer and the stand-in head coach VVS Laxmanas both credit the other’s leadership for the team’s commanding performances. A relatively inexperienced Indian team, missing several top-choice players incl Saint SamsonAxar Patel, Arshdeep Singh…
India’s players celebrate (AP) Indian captain Shreyas Iyer indicated that the team management is likely to make changes to the playing XI for the third and final T20I against Zimbabwe after pacer Prince Yadav suffered a hamstring injury during the second match of the series. Having already secured the three-match contest with a 2-0 lead,…
Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan. (Photo/BCCI) India sealed the three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe with a 90-run win in the second match on Saturday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead.Half-centuries from Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma, followed by a disciplined bowling effort, helped India overpower the hosts after posting 219/5.The win also gave him a new T20I…
Captain Shreyas Iyer and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Photo Credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Captain India Shreyas Iyer reserved special praise for teenage batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi after the 15-year-old produced a breathtaking power-hitting winner. India to a seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the opening T20I in Harare on Thursday.Sooryavanshi smashed 50 off just 19 balls, bringing up…
Shreyas Iyer registers first win in Harare (Image: X/BCCI) India finally ended their seven-match winless run under the captaincy Shreyas Iyerdefeated Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the first T20I in Harare on Thursday. The match also witnessed teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi script history by becoming the youngest player to score a T20I half-century.After winning the…
Indian captain Shreyas Iyer (ANI Photo) Shreyas Iyer added a unique milestone to his captaincy career before a ball was bowled in the opening T20I against Zimbabwe in Harare on Thursday. The India skipper won the toss and elected to field first, registering his eighth consecutive win as captain in T20 Internationals and overtaking the…
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score, 1st T20I: India’s young T20I team will look to put recent disappointments behind them when they take on Zimbabwe in the first match of a three-match series at the Harare Sports Club on Thursday. Captain Shreyas Iyer will be under pressure after a difficult start to his T20I captaincy. India…
Indian skipper Shreyas Iyer during a T20I match against England. (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Captain India Shreyas Iyer he believes his Whites team’s disappointment in England and Ireland laid the foundation for future success, insisting the difficult phase brought the team closer ahead of the three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe.After enduring a winless campaign in…
Yash Thakur (Image credit: Instagram) NEW DELHI: The Nagpur airport was buzzing with passengers rushing to collect their luggage and catch their connecting flights. Amid the chaos, Yash ThakurHis cell phone rang with the call he had dreamed of all his life – his first call in India.The 27-year-old fast bowler had just landed in…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Gautam Gambhir and Shreyas Iyer (BCCI photo) NEW DELHI: Former India captain Kris Srikanth strongly criticized the Indian team management over the way 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was treated during the T20I tours of Ireland and England.Sooryavanshi did not get a game in the Ireland series and was then drafted into the playing XI…
‘I’ve never been briefed on selling integrity at work EVER so….I quit and moved on’: Kalpana Iyer opens up about not selling ‘points’ of rudeness and petty roles Veteran actress and former beauty queen Kalpana Iyer has opened up about one of the toughest phases of her career. He also talked about how the changes…
Shreyas Iyer and Ryan Ten Doeschate (BCCI photo) NEW DELHI: Shreyas IyerThe India captain’s T20I start has been far from ideal. After a surprise 2-0 series defeat against Ireland, India were thrashed 4-0 by England in the five-match T20I series. The latest clash came on Saturday, when India lost the fifth and final T20I by…
Indian captain Shreyas Iyer (ANI Photo) Shreyas IyerThe wait for a first win as India’s T20I captain continued on Saturday after England handed the visitors a 56-run defeat in the fifth and final T20I at the Rose Bowl. The loss extended Iyer’s winless run to seven consecutive T20Is as captain, putting him on an unwanted…
India vs England 5th T20I live score: India will hope to salvage some pride when they take on England in the fifth and final T20I of the series at the Rose Bowl in Southampton on Saturday. With England already holding an unassailable 3-0 lead after the first match was washed out, the visitors will be…
Bristol [England]Jul 09 (ANI): Indian captain Shreyas Iyer plays a knock during the 4th T20I against England, at the County Ground in Bristol on Thursday. (ANI photo) Indian captain Shreyas Iyer admitted his side slipped in all departments after England clinched the five-match T20I series with a nine-wicket win in the fourth T20I at the…
Shreyas Iyer continued an uncharacteristic streak of success ahead of India’s fourth T20I against England on Thursday, winning his sixth consecutive haul as captain to tie the knot. Virat Kohli for the second longest run by an Indian skipper in T20Is.Iyer’s wonderful run now leaves him just one toss away from the match MS Dhonithe…
Tilak Varma and Shreyas Iyer Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif expressed his disappointment with the team’s selectors for the nomination Shreyas Iyer as captain and Tilak Varma as vice-captain.Speaking on his YouTube channel, Kaif said that the two batsmen do not deserve a guaranteed place in the playing XI but have always been given leadership…
Shreyas Iyer (BCCI photo) Indian captain Shreyas Iyer didn’t mince his words after his side slumped to a record 125-run defeat against England in the third T20I at Trent Bridge, describing the team’s performance as “atrocious” and admitting there was no excuse for such a heavy loss.England’s comprehensive win not only gave them an unassailable…
Shreyas IyerThe toss luck continues to shine though as his wait for a primal win as India’s full-time T20I captain continues. The 31-year-old won his fifth consecutive toss in T20Is after electing to field against England in the third T20I at Trent Bridge on Tuesday. In doing so, Iyer joined an elite list of Indian…
Shreyas Iyer (BCCI photo) NEW DELHI: Captain India Shreyas Iyer refused to blame Ravi Bishnoi despite the leg-spinner’s 17th cost for proving decisive in England’s four-wicket win in the second T20I at Old Trafford on Saturday.Chasing 191, England rode on an unbeaten 76 from Jacob Bethell to reach the target with an over to share….
India vs England 2nd T20I Live Score: With the series still open after the rain-drenched opener, India will look to build on the lead when they face England in the second T20 International at Old Trafford on Saturday. While the bowling attack is expected to remain unchanged, all eyes will once again be on Sanju…
Indian captain Shreyas Iyer (ANI Photo) Indian captain Shreyas Iyer etched his name in the record books during the rain-fought T20I opener against England in Durham, becoming the first Indian captain to register a half-century in a T20I on English soil. Iyer’s 68-ball 48 was not only his first T20I fifty as India captain, but…
Shreyas Iyer completes 5000 international runs (Image: X) Indian captain Shreyas Iyer added another milestone to his growing international career by crossing 5,000 international runs during the first T20I against England at the Riverside Ground on Wednesday. The landmark came in a captain’s innings when India needed it most. Walking with the visitors reeling at…
ENG vs IND 1st T20I abandoned due to rain (Image: BCCI) India’s T20I opener against England at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street was abandoned without a ball being bowled in the second innings after persistent rain left the pitch unfit for play.After winning the toss, India opted to bat first and recovered from a disastrous…
Shreyas Iyer and Gautam Gambhir (X-BCCI) Indian captain Shreyas Iyer insisted he is ready to embrace the challenges of leading the national T20I side, saying he always believed the opportunity would come after consistent performances for both his IPL franchise and the country. Iyer, who has been named India’s new T20I captain in place of…
Ireland’s Jai Moondra (centre), celebrates with his teammates after bowling India’s Sanju Samson during the first T20I test match at Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland. (AP) NEW DELHI: For a week before the two-match T20I series against India, Jai Moondra spent hours drafting plans to counter teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Before the series, the 15-year-old prodigy…