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Team India's top Test performances at Adelaide Oval

The Adelaide Oval, one of cricket's most picturesque Test venues, has since 2000 been a happy hunting ground for India, the memorable Test win over Australia in the 2003-04 series standing out. While the ground is a true oval - straight boundaries are long and those on the square are…

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Chief selector Ajit Agarkar, coach Gautam Gambhir to work on roadmap

NEW DELHI: While all eyes are trained on how the Indian team will fare in the five Tests in Australia from Friday, coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar will also be working on a roadmap for the future of the white-ball teams, apart from the Test squad.

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When Ajit Agarkar ran through Australia to set up a memorable Indian victory in Adelaide

NEW DELHI: Ajit Agarkar's performance in Adelaide in 2003 is one of the most memorable moments in Indian cricket history.

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Ahead of Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 'Ajit Agarkar should right now tell Rohit Sharma that...'

The possibility of Rohit Shama's unavailability for the opening Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) in Australia because of personal reasons is not the ideal situation for the Indian team whose hopes of qualifying for the World Test Championship (WTC) are in jeopardy after the whitewash at home against…

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Team India down and under ahead of Australia sojourn

With transition now inevitable, true India fans will need to brace for period of indifferent results, both at home and overseas

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Mayank Yadav matches Ajit Agarkar's feat in T20Is

NEW DELHI: Pace sensation Mayank Yadav on Sunday became the third Indian seamer to bowl a maiden in his very first over in T20I cricket, after Ajit Agarkar and Arshdeep Singh, during a match against Bangladesh in Gwalior.

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'Fit' Mayank Yadav in special camp ahead of T20Is against Bangladesh

Selectors keen to assess pacer's recovery, after which he could travel with India during NZ Tests

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'He plays just one format': Ashish Nehra on why Hardik Pandya lost captaincy to Suryakumar Yadav

NEW DELHI: When Hardik Pandya returned after India's ICC T20 World Cup 2024 triumph, he didn't anticipate losing his T20 captaincy to Suryakumar Yadav. Suryakumar was chosen as India's T20I captain for the series against Sri Lanka, as chief selector Ajit Agarkar sought someone "likely to be available more often."

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Is Shubman Gill earmarked as future all-format captain of the Indian cricket team?

NEW DELHI: The new era of Indian cricket management under head coach Gautam Gambhir appears to be focusing on Shubman Gill as the prospective captain for all formats. Ahead of the upcoming white-ball series against Sri Lanka, Gambhir's inaugural assignment as coach, Gill has been elevated to the vice-captaincy position…

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Watch: The Suryakumar-Hardik hug ensures 'all is well' after the T20I captaincy debate

After the row around Mumbai Indians' captaincy, Hardik Pandya found himself in another battle for leadership when India's T20I captain was to be decided between him and Suryakumar Yadav. But this time the decision was not in Pandya's favour as the BCCI named Surya the T20I skipper while announcing the…

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'Amuses me that Hardik is termed an allrounder': Former coach slams Hardik Pandya for skipping domestic cricket

NEW DELHI: India allrounder Hardik Pandya is currently navigating challenges in both his personal and professional life. Recently, Pandya announced his separation from wife Natasa Stankovic on social media. Additionally, in a surprising turn of events, Suryakumar Yadav has been named captain for the upcoming T20I series against Sri Lanka,…

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Players won't be able to pick and choose series under Gautam Gambhir and Ajit Agarkar

NEW DELHI: Both the new head coach and the chairman of selectors appeared entirely in sync as they made it clear that the days of cherry-picking series by citing workload management could be over. Gautam Gambhir's plain-speak and Ajit Agarkar's lucidity are going to make for a heady combo.

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Ajit Agarkar on why Suryakumar Yadav was appointed as Indian T20 captain over Hardik Pandya for Sri Lanka tour

NEW DELHI: Suryakumar Yadav has been appointed as the captain of the Indian T20 team, ahead of the tour of Sri Lanka, due to his fitness, feedback from the dressing room, and consistent availability, chief selector Ajit Agarkar revealed on Monday. The tour will include three T20 Internationals and three…

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'Betterment of Indian cricket is important, Gautam Gambhir is not important'

NEW DELHI: Gautam Gambhir addressed his first press conference as Team India alongwith chief selector Ajit Agarkar in Mumbai on Monday ahead of the Sri Lanka tour that starts on July 27.

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BCCI backs Gautam Gambhir's choices

Nayar, Ten Doeschate likely to join as assistant coaches on tour of SL, Morkel could be new bowling coach

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India vs Sri Lanka: Why Suryakumar Yadav got Gautam Gambhir's vote of confidence

Hardik Pandya relieved of vice-captaincy; Rohit, Virat in for ODI series in Sri Lanka

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Suryakumar Yadav set to pip Hardik Pandya, emerges as dark horse for India's T20I captaincy

NEW DELHI: Suryakumar Yadav, the dynamic batsman, has unexpectedly emerged as a strong contender to lead India's T20 team until the 2026 World Cup, potentially surpassing Hardik Pandya, who was previously considered the natural choice for the position.

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Team India head coach: Gautam Gambhir set to succeed Rahul Dravid

Former India opener likely to guide Team India through next World Cup cycle; WV Raman interviewed too

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T20 World Cup: Does India having four spinners feel like a luxury?

Experts, fans and analysts point out that by selecting four spinners in India’s squad of 15 for the T20 World Cup, the selectors, led by Ajit Agarkar, have picked one spinner too many. “Another fast bowler, perhaps” or “Rinku Singh, surely” were words that formed part of their analysis.

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Experience and pedigree score over IPL form in India's T20 World Cup squad

The IPL’s overbearing presence can often mask the T20 World Cup’s unique imprint on the format. The IPL is at once allencompassing in its scope and specific in its requirements, so India’s selectors chose to be influenced only to an extent by performances in the league.

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T20 World Cup: India determined to end ICC trophy drought

India boasts the richest and most watched cricket league in the world and is the biggest promoter of the Twenty20 format

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Decision to drop Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer was Ajit Agarkar's: Jay Shah

MUMBAI: The decision to remove Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from the BCCI's central contracts was made solely by chief selector Ajit Agarkar, according to secretary Jay Shah. Shah also stressed that "nobody is indispensable".

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Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer exclusion from central contracts was chief selector Agarkar’s call: Jay Shah

BCCI reveals chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar's decision to exclude Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from central contracts.

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Jay Shah reveals who made the decision to exclude Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from central contracts

NEW DELHI: The decision to remove Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from the list of players under central contract was made only by Ajit Agarkar, the chairman of selectors, BCCI secretary Jay Shah disclosed, stating that "nobody is indispensable".

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'Thank you Ajit Agarkar': KL Rahul brutally roasted for his 33-ball 29 as Sunrisers Hyderabad floor Lucknow Super Giants

NEW DELHI: On a batting surface at the Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad where Sunrisers openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma mercilessly slaughtered Lucknow Super Giants bowlers, KL Rahul was among the visiting's batters, who terribly flopped with the bat.

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