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Warner Ties With Rohit Sharma's Record: Won Most POTM Awards In IPL
Delhi Capitals opener David Warner equalled the record of Rohit Sharma for winning the most player of the match award 18th time in the history of IPL on May 5. David scored 92 off 58 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad, hitted 12 Fours and three sixes in the 50th match of IPL 2022, at the Brabourne Stadium Mumbai. Now Warner is the third player of the match awards in IPL history.
Tags: David Warner, Delhi Capitals, Rohit Sharma, IPL 2022, Brabourne Stadium Mumbai
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Rohit Sharma To Lead Sri Lanka Test Series, Confirms BCCI
Rohit Sharma has been named as the Indian Test Captain for the upcoming Sri Lanka Test series. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made an official announcement on February 19. The BCCI committee chairman Chetan Sharma, confirmed Rohit Sharma as the captain. Other members of Sri Lankan squad are Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Shubhman Gill, Hanuma Vihari, Rishab Pant, KS Bharath, R Jadeja and others.
Tags: BCCI, Rohit Sharma, Sri Lanka Test Match, Test captain, Committee
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BCCI Announces Indian Squad For 2022 West Indies Series: Cricket
The BCCI, on January 26, announced 18-member Indian squad for the upcoming West Indies series. The squad for ODI and T20I series will be led by Rohit Sharma as captain, who recently recovered from an injury and has now claimed to be fit. While Rohit Sharma will be the captain, KL Rahul will lead as Vice Captain, in the West Indies series, starting from February 6, till February 20.
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Former Cricketer Suggests Rohit Or Ravichandran As Test Captain After Kohli
After Virat Kohli's resignation, KL Rahul's name popped up for Test Captaincy. However, former Indian Cricket Dilip Vengsarkar said, "It may be a practical idea to have a stop gap arrangement with Rohit Sharma, or even Ravichandran Ashwin for a year and so and groom someone else meanwhile." Notably, the BCCI is expected to announce new Test Captain after the South Africa ODI match.
Tags: Dilip Vengsarkar, Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, BCCI, KL Rahul
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KL Rahul Takes Charge As Captain For South Africa ODIs After Rohit's Injury
KL Rahul will lead the Indian team in the three-match ODI series in South-Africa, as Rohit Sharma failed to recover from the hamstring injury. The decision to not send Rohit to South Africa was taken keeping that frequent injury, and other events in mind, including the World cup events in the coming two years, Chetan Sharma, Chairman of selectors said. Moreover, Jasprit Bumrah will be Vice Captain.
Tags: Cricket, india cricket, ODI, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma
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Gautam Gambhir Supports BCCI For Announcing Two Captains
Cricketer turned politician Gautam Gambhir supported decision of the BCCI having split captaincy of the Indian Cricket Team. The BJP MP said, "I think, it's good for Indian Cricket that now we have got two captains, one in white ball cricket and one in red ball cricket". Recently, the BCCI announced Rohit Sharma as full time ODI captain, making Indian team to have two captains,Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
Tags: Gautam Gambhir, BCCI, Indian Cricket Team, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli
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Virat Kohli Refuses To Step Down As Skipper; BCCI Names Rohit Sharma As New Captain
BCCI had given Virat Kohli a chance of voluntarily stepping down as the ODI Captain, but he reportedly turned it down. Furthermore, the board did not address the captaincy change, but mentioned the new captain in a tweet, while announcing the 18-member squad for Test series against South Africa.… read-more
Tags: Virat Kohli, ODI, BCCI, Rohit Sharma, Captain
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IPL 2022: Kohli, Sharma, MSD Retained; Chahal, Thakur Released
The list of retained players for the Indian Premiere League 2022 was released on November 30. Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma among many others are to be retained by their respective franchises. However, key players like Ben Stokes, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shardul Thakur were released. Moreover, CSK, MI, KKR and DC retained four players. RR, RCB, SRH retained three, while Punjab Kings retained only two.
Tags: IPL, IPL 2022, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, MSD
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Gavaskar Backs Rohit Sharma As Captain For Two T20 World Cups
Before any official announcement by BCCI for India's next T20 World Cup Captain, Veteran Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar opined that Rohit Sharma should replace Virat Kohli in the next two T20 World Cups. Notably, Kohli will discontinue the captaincy of the T20 Squad after the World Cup which will be held in UAE and Oman in October-November. ''Rohit Sharma would definitely be my choice,'' said Gavaskar.
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Shikhar Dhawan to lead Team India for the Tour of Sri Lanka: Cricket
Shikhar Dhawan will lead the Indian cricket team in Team India's tour of Sri Lanka. Captain Virat Kohli and Vice-captain Rohit Sharma are engaged in the ongoing Team India's tour of England with the test cricket team. The tour of Sri Lanka will have three ODIs followed by three T20Is starting from July 13. BCCI announced the squad on June 10, with several new players ready to play for the country.
Tags: BCCI, Sri Lanka, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma
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