https://m.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com Latest news from m.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com (c)m.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com en-gb Sun 28 Apr 2024 https://m.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/oa1SANXYPy_drh-sevawcirc/you-probably-have-to-speak-to-the-selectors-kohli-on-pujara-rahane-future.html India Test captain Virat Kohli refused to divulge anything about the future of struggling senior batters Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane following India’s 2-1 series loss to South Africa on Friday. Asked about what would happen to the two now that they have failed in another series, Kohli stated that it will be the selectors who will take the call. https://m.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/oe5MyyEpLd_drh-sevawcirc/sometimes-in-moments-like-these-people-do-say-certain-things-bowling-coach-paras-mhambrey-on-drs-controversy.html Team India’s bowling coach Paras Mhambrey tried to downplay Indian players’ heated reaction to a DRS decision that went in favour of Dean Elgar on Day 3 of the Cape Town Test against South Africa. According to Mhambrey, players sometimes say things in the heat of the moment and there was nothing much to it. https://m.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/Ee3bbzMhU0_drh-sevawcirc/he-brings-a-lot-of-energy-to-the-side-jasprit-bumrah-on-virat-kohli.html Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has praised captain Virat Kohli, stating that he always backs the bowlers and encourages them. Bumrah also added that Kohli’s presence brings a lot of energy to the side. The 28-year-old fast bowler was India’s star performer on Wednesday. He claimed 5 for 42 in South Africa’s first innings in the Cape Town Test. The Proteas were bowled out for 210 as India gained a slender 13-run lead https://m.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/KEr003LxtR_drh-sevawcirc/with-a-bit-of-luck-this-could-have-been-a-big-one-vikram-rathour-on-virat-kohlis-innings.html India batting coach Vikram Rathour has stated that, with a bit more luck, captain Virat Kohli could have converted his half-century on Day 1 of the Cape Town Test into a big innings. Rathour hailed Kohli for showing great discipline during his knock of 79 on Tuesday, which was the second slowest Test fifty of his career. https://m.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/ELgUbAZscu_drh-sevawcirc/standards-were-talking-about-today-have-been-set-by-myself-virat-kohli.html Team India’s Test skipper Virat Kohli, who has been struggling for big runs for over two years, has underplayed the criticism surrounding him, pointing out that he has made key contributions for the team in the same period. Kohli’s last Test hundred, as has been widely reported by now, came in November 2019. During the same period, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane have also struggled for consistency, meaning India’s middle-order has been on thin ice. https://m.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/h6IOa4U2Kj_drh-sevawcirc/india-will-win-the-series-in-cape-town-asserts-harbhajan-singh.html The three-match Test series between South Africa and India is currently tied 1-1. Experts gave India a great chance of winning their maiden Test series in South Africa during the second Test in Johannesburg. However, South Africa fought back from the defeat in Centurion to win at Wanderers and level the series. Proteas skipper Dean Elgar led from the front with an unbeaten 96 in a chase of 240.