Tag: Shikhar Dhawan

Nottingham: India’s assistant coach Sanjay Bangar said the team management does not want to rule out injured opener Shikhar Dhawan just as yet because he is too “precious”. “We will take at least 10-12 days to take a call on Shikhar’s condition. We don’t want to rule out a precious player like him,” Bangar told […]

Nottingham: India skipper Virat Kohli on Thursday said injured opener Shikhar Dhawan is motivated and the team is hopeful he recovers in time to be part of their World Cup 2019 campaign again. India’s tie against New Zealand got washed off without a ball being bowled. Dhawan suffered the injury after being hit by a […]

Manchester: Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed won the toss and asked India to bat first in their World Cup group stage encounter at the Old Trafford on Sunday. India brought in Vijay Shankar for the injured Shikhar Dhawan, while Pakistan have brought back spinners Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim in place of Shaheen Afridi and Asif […]

New Delhi: India opener Shikhar Dhawan has been ruled out of the 2019 edition of the World Cup as he is not in a position to recover in time for the remaining games of the showpiece event. Speaking to IANS, sources in the know of developments said that Dhawan has been ruled out as the […]

Birmingham: Former Australian batter Mike Hussey feels India have enough talent in their updated 15-member squad for the ongoing World Cup and the loss of Shikhar Dhawan will not derail the campaign of the Men in Blue in the showpiece event. “I do think it’s a big loss but I don’t think it will derail […]

Southampton: Stumper batsman Rishabh Pant is positive despite the World Cup snub, after joining the Indian squad as a replacement to the injured Shikhar Dhawan. “When I didn’t get selected, I thought may be I didn’t do something right, so I became more positive and focused on how to improve myself. Then I did well […]

Guyana: India strolled to a seven-wicket over West Indies on Tuesday to complete a series whitewash. Captain Virat Kohli and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant scored fifties as India chased down a target of 147. Kohli and Pant’s 106-run stand for the third wicket negated any chance of West Indies pulling off an unlikely win. This was […]

St. Johns (Antigua): Head coach Ravi Shastri has for the time put an end to the debate over the No.4 spot in the Indian batting line-up by identifying Shreyas Iyer as the man for the job. Impressed with the pool of talented youngsters coming up the ranks in Indian cricket, Shastri — while speaking to […]

New Delhi: The BCCI has briefed its players on the importance of wearing anti-concussion helmet but left the decision to use neck guard on the cricketers despite growing calls to make it mandatory. Compulsory neck guards on helmets for Australian cricketers are “not far away”, the national team’s sports medicine chief said on Monday after […]

New Delhi: India opener Shikhar Dhawan was on Friday added to the India A squad currently playing the touring South Africa A for the fourth and fifth one-dayers after all-rounder Vijay Shankar was ruled out due to an injury. “The all-India senior selection committee has decided to add Shikhar Dhawan to the India A squad […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Sanju Samson, Shikhar Dhawan and Shardul Thakur led the way as India ‘A’ beat South Africa ‘A’ by 36 runs in a rain-hit fifth one-day on Friday. India ‘A’ thus sealed the 5-match series 4-1. In a match that had to be reduced to 20 overs a side due to intermittent rains, India ‘A’ […]

New Delhi: During yesterday’s event at Kotla, Indian cricket team coach Ravi Shastri and Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan disclosed a secret of captain Virat Kohli when Manish Paul queried what songs Virat has in his playlist. Manish asked Ravi, “Virat is very focused during his game. But when he is cool off the the field, […]

Bengaluru: Senior opener Shikhar Dhawan on Saturday expressed optimism that the team management will give the youngsters a fair run to establish themselves going into next year’s World T20 in Australia. Captain Virat Kohli recently made it clear that the youngsters will have to prove themselves in the “four or five” opportunities they get. “(While) […]

New Delhi: Speculations regarding the retirement of former India skipper M.S. Dhoni has been a point of discussion for every Indian ever since he decided to take a break from the game post the 2019 World Cup. India opener Shikhar Dhawan has now spoken on the issue and feels that Dhoni, who has taken so […]

New Delhi: Opener Shikhar Dhawan has slammed Pakistan for advising India on its internal affairs and has suggested the arch rivals to set their house in order first before commenting on others. Speaking to India TV on their popular show ‘Aap Ki Adalat’, the left-hander said that if any outsider speaks against the country, he […]