Noted coach Rajkumar Sharma, who played a pivotal role in shaping up Virat Kohli's career, feels that his ward's aggressive captaincy resembles a lot with Sourav Ganguly's methods but insisted that he should also learn the ropes from current skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Inspired India beat Sri Lanka by 81 runs at the Port of Spain in a do-or-die encounter to seal the final berth. India were under the cosh after their loss in the first two games. The manner in which India won their final two encounters – by obtaining the bonus point shows the reason why they are the No 1 side in One-Day International (ODI) cricket. On Thursday, they will lock horns with Sri Lanka in the final of the tri-series at the Port of Spain. The momentum will be with India since they have so far been unbeaten at the venue.
Stand-in captain Virat Kohli termed Indian team's comeback after back-to-back defeat as a "commendable" one as it showed the character of the team which enabled them to reach the final of the tournament in such convincing fashion.
With the Sri Lankans managing to scrape past the West Indians in a rain marred ODI spread over two days, a pall of gloom hangs over the Indian cricket team dressing room: the men in blue find themselves in the thankless position of having to beat Sri Lanka in Tuesday's encounter so that they face them yet again in the finals.
Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Raina have apologised for their on-field spat during the ongoing tri-series match against the West Indies, which sparked off a debate about lack of harmony in the Indian dressing room.
Former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar has played down the on-field spat between Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja and claimed that it isn’t worrisome. The duo was involved in a heated argument during the fourth match of the tri-series between India and West Indies in the Caribbean.
Virat Kohli-led India will take on Angelo Mathews Sri Lanka in the sixth and final group-stage match in of the tri-series at Port of Spain on Tuesday. The fate of all three sides will depend on the outcome of the match between West Indies and Sri Lanka that got pushed to its reserve day on Monday, after rain played spoilsport.
Hailed as the most successful Indian cricket captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrated his 32nd birthday today.
Indian players Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Raina were involved in a heated on-field argument over a dropped catch during India's tri-series match against the West Indies on Friday.
Nishad Pai Vaidya reviews Virat Kohli’s ton, which came in the back-drop of intense criticism over his captaincy.