VVS Laxman turns 44: Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh lead birthday wi
Cricket | Nov 01, 2019, 01:58 PM ISTAs Laxman turned a year older today, many of his former teammates took to Twitter to wish the stylish Hyderabadi batsman.
As Laxman turned a year older today, many of his former teammates took to Twitter to wish the stylish Hyderabadi batsman.
The New Zealander will get to pick his support staff and it remains to be seen if Virender Sehwag, who was the team mentor till last season, stays on board.
Gavaskar, who once scored just 36 runs off 174 balls while chasing 336, went into the groove within just one hour in Delhi.
Joining Zaheer and Singh are Praveen Kumar, S Badrinath, and Reetinder Singh Sodhi, the organisers of the event said in a statement.
While his 17,000+ runs in international cricket are a testament to his greatness, the impact Viru had on the game can't be measured based on statistics alone.
Amidst all the celebration, several Dussehra revellers were run over by a passing train in Choura Bazar near Amritsar on Friday.
Opener Shaw flayed the Caribbean attack during his 52-ball-70 on the second day of the second Test to give India a flying start, days after hitting a century on debut.
The former opener feels that Shaw has a long way to go before being compared to Sehwag who played more than 100 Tests.
Zaheer is oftenly known as the 'Indian King of Reverse Swing' and was an integral part of many iconic victories for India including the historic World Cup 2011 triumph.
Raina, for the record, is on the list of Indians who have hit a ton on debut having scored 120 against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2010.
After the emphatic win over Bangladesh former Indian opener Virendra Sehwag and his arch-rival Former Pakistan's speedster Shoaib Akhtar took to Twitter congratulate Team India.
Sehwag started playing mind games with Pakistan players and take a sly dig after some of them joined the ‘Break the Beard’ Challenge which was initially started by Indian players.
Sehwag pointed out that the Indian spinners will be up against batsmen who are brought up playing spin.
Sehwag revealed that it was his opening partner Sachin Tendulkar who advised then captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to bat up the order following the dismissal of Virat Kohli.
Sehwag strongly believes that Dhoni should continue as India wicketkeeper until 2019 World Cup and Pant can take over only after his retirement.
Former India opener and IndiaTV cricket expert Virender Sehwag has suggested captain Virat Kohli to play limited-over opener Rohit Sharma at the top slot in Test cricket as well.
Sehwag slammed the team's performance saying that India still looks far away from being capable of winning Test series in tough conditions.
Kohli overtakes Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar (120 Innings), Virender Sehwag (121 Innings) and Rahul Dravid (125 Innings), to become the second fastest Indian.
Sehwag said the Indian skipper should pick the playing eleven, keeping the playing conditions in mind.
On his 114th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag remembered Dhyan Chand's contribution to Indian sports.
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