India TV Sports Wrap on December 6: The Indian women's cricket team will be back in action after more than two months as they take on England in a three-match T20 series while Brian Lara made a huge prediction. Here are the top 10 trending news stories from the sporting world on December 6.
Having scored more than 22,000 runs in Tests and ODIs, Brian Lara is one of the legends of cricket. Apart from the runs he scored, Lara is known for playing long innings as his knocks of 400* and 501* in red-ball cricket. Now, Lara has picked a current batter who can break those records.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma last played a T20I game in the T20 World Cup 2022. They were rested from the format in 2023 as the ODI World Cup was in focus. However, there are speculations over their T20I future and many experts have also spoken on it.
India are scheduled to face Bangladesh in the 17th match of the ongoing World Cup. India's both superstar batters - Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma - are in good form in the mega event and are on the cusp of breaking major records as well. Can they do it in the game against Bangladesh?
"Just to see the talent here with this Indian team and so many different teams that they have at the moment, they can pick a second XI and even a third XI," Brian Lara added.
After Lucknow Super Giants, the Sunrisers Hyderabad are also looking for a new coach after finishing 10th in IPL 2023. While Andy Flower is in talks with two different teams in the head coach role.
West Indies will host Team India for two Tests, three ODIs and five T20Is in a multi-format series starting July 12 in Dominica.
Lara has scored more than 11,000 test runs in a 16-year career between 1990 and 2006. He has 34 Test centuries and 48 half-centuries in international cricket.
IPL 2023: Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad announced that Brian Lara will be the head coach for their team from the 2023 edition
Earlier, BCCI had also posted a picture of Rahul Dravid and Lara saying, "Two Legends, One Frame!"
Lara has been named strategic advisor and batting coach while Steyn has been appointed the pace bowling coach of the Sunrisers.
Hayden slammed 380 off 437 deliveries, firing 38 fours and 11 sixes en-route his first triple ton. He broke the long-standing record of Brian Lara of 375 runs.
SRH had a forgettable IPL 2021, finishing the season last with only three wins from 14 games.
Lara said stand-in skipper Kieron Pollard could have given Jasprit Bumrah the ball in the middle overs a bit more in place of one of the two spinners to keep the pressure.
Pujara has been a hot topic of discussion amongst Indian fans and critics for his slow batting in Test cricket.
Among current players, international cricket's highest wicket-taker said India's Virat Kohli and Pakistan's Babar Azam would have played him well.
The former Australia pace bowler, who picked 310 Test wickets and 380 ODI wickets said Tendulkar had great technique but he could guess the direction of his shots.
The 23-year-old Pant was appointed as the Delhi Capitals skipper following the injury to regular captain Shreyas Iyer, which forced him out of the tournament.
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West Indies legend Brian Lara has termed Suryakumar Yadav "a class player" and feels that the 30-year-old should have been a part of the India squad for the upcoming series against Australia, which begins this Friday.
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