Cricket
Ex- England Skiper: “Strongest Side in T20 World Cup is India”

Ex- England Skiper: “Strongest Side in T20 World Cup is India”: Team India is regarded by former England captain Eoin Morgan as the “strongest side” in the T20 World Cup 2024, which begins later this week. On June 5 in New York (United States of America), the Men in Blue, led by Rohit Sharma, will begin their campaign against Ireland.
India is in Group A with hosts USA, Canada, Ireland, and bitter foe Pakistan.
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Speaking on Sky Sports Cricket alongside former England captains Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain, Morgan praised the depth of the Indian team. And predicted that they will be a serious danger to the opposition at the T20I championship.
“The strongest side, even with injuries throughout the tournament, is India, without a doubt. Their strength and depth is absolutely incredible at the moment. And it’s almost probably, we’re talking about who the players that were missed out in their squad of 15 because of the quality that they possess,” Morgan said.
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“They are favorites for me. I think that they’re just the quality that they have on paper. If they produce it, I think they can, they can beat anybody quite well in the tournament,” he added.
Atherton, meantime, brought up the fact that, despite winning the trophy in the tournament’s first year, 2007, India has never triumphed in a T20 World Cup.
He said that although though the Indian squad still only has one global championship to their record. T20 cricket in the nation changed following the team’s victory under MS Dhoni’s captaincy and the creation of the Indian Premier League.
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“They haven’t won it since that first World Cup back in 2007,” Atherton said. “That’s the great irony. That’s how long It’s also an irony because everybody talks about the IPL and how that has improved. India’s T20 cricket. The irony is the only time they’ve won it was pre-IPL.”
On Monday, the first group of Indian athletes arrived in the United States. Members of the squad departed from Mumbai on Saturday evening. After a short layover in Dubai, they arrived in the United States on Monday morning to participate in the showpiece event.
Cricket
Rohit Sharma Angry on Harshit Rana “Dimagh Kidhar hai Tera”: Watch Video

Rohit Sharma Angry on Harshit Rana “Dimagh Kidhar hai Tera”: Young bowler Harshit Rana was reprimanded by India captain Rohit Sharma for his needles behavior during the current second ODI match against England in Cuttack.
The incident occurred after Harshit’s errant throw lost the team four more runs on the last delivery of the 32-over.
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Jos Buttler, the captain of England, was far inside Harshit’s crease, so it was a difficult throw.
Harshit’s throw ultimately struck the boundary rope in addition to missing the stumps and wicketkeeper KL Rahul.
Rohit became enraged with the child as a consequence, and the Indian skipper was observed gesturing enthusiastically.
“Dimaag kidhar hai tera? (Where is your brain?)” Rohit slammed at Harshit. On social media, a video of the identical occurrence has gone viral.
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Former England spinner Graeme Swann, who was on commentary, shared his views on the incident, saying that the aggression got the better of Rana.
“If there is one way to upset your captain? This is it. Just stay calm. I told you earlier about the bit of aggression about him. He is good old-fashioned fast bowler, unfortunately, the aggression got the better of him, four overthrows of his own bowling,” Swann was heard as saying on-air.
Meanwhile, former India head coach Ravi Shastri suggested: “I could see the captain livid. It’s little things like this which releases the pressure.”
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In the meanwhile, England chose to bat in the second ODI at Cuttack and scored 304. England reached the 300-run milestone thanks to a late drive from Liam Livingstone and half-centuries from Ben Duckett and Joe Root.
Root (69, 72b, 6×4) top-scored for the visitors, but got great support from Duckett (65, 56b, 10×4) and skipper Jos Buttler (34, 35b, 2×4), with whom he had a 51-run stand for the fourth wicket. In the latter part of England’s innings, Livingstone made a 32-ball 41 to give give them some late impetus.
Source : NDTV
Cricket
Rohit Sharma Should Retire : After Skipper’s 7-Ball 2 Against England

Rohit Sharma Should Retire : Rohit Sharma facing lots of criticism after 2-runs against England. Ahead of Champions Trophy, The three One-Day internationals between England and India are being viewed as a practice run for the main event.
But in Thursday’s first ODI in Nagpur, Rohit Sharma was unable to make an impression. Only two runs were taken from seven balls by the skipper of India. The internet was harsh after Rohit’s most recent setback (he has been struggling with bad form for a while). Rohit should resign, according to some social media users.
Rohit Sharma is not Effective in powerplays, outside powerplays, in Tests, in ODIs, in India, Outside India pic.twitter.com/hPwrs1HsHs
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Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer’s mouthwatering fifties helped India to clinch a four-wicket triumph over England in the first ODI match of the series at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Thursday. With the magnificent win in Nagpur, the Men in Blue took a 1-0 lead over the Three Lions in the ODI series.
India needed to chase the 249-run target in the second inning. Yashasvi Jaiswal (15 runs from 22 balls, 3 fours) and captain Rohit Sharma (2 runs from 7 balls) opened for the Men in Blue but failed to make a mark as they could only cement a partnership of 19 runs.
Jofra Archer drew the first blood in the second inning as he removed Jaiswal in the 4.3 overs.
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Shubman Gill replaced Jaiswal on the crease and aimed to make a partnership with Rohit. However, the skipper failed to shine on the crease with the bat, he was dismissed in 5.2 overs by Saqib Mahmood.
Shreyas Iyer (59 runs from 36 balls, 9 fours and 2 sixes) came on the crease in place of Rohit Sharma and solidified a stupendous 94-run partnership with Gill, giving the Men in Blue a kickstart in the game.
Iyer played an attacking game on Thursday at a strike rate of 163.89. He completed his half-century in the 14th over in style by hitting a four.
However, Jacob Bethell removed the right-handed batsman in the 15.6 over, ending his knock.
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The hosts were unaffected by Iyer’s removal since Axar Patel (52 runs from 47 balls, 6 fours, and 1 six) solidified his 108-run partnership with Gill, the vice-captain.
In Nagpur, Gill played a magnificent knock, reaching his half-century in the 25th over.
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