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2 weeks ago | 
thecricketmonthly.com | Nagraj Gollapudi |Raunak Kapoor
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For more than a decade, Kane Williamson has ranked near the top of a select list: of the best three-format players in the world. While keeping his standards in Tests and ODIs formidably high, Williamson has managed to adapt to and succeed in the fast-evolving T20 game. How does a batter deal with the demands of each format and seamlessly move from one to the other?
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
espn.in | Himanshu Agrawal |Raunak Kapoor
Kane Williamson has recovered from the groin injury which kept him out of New Zealand's tour of India to take his place in the squad to face England while Wellington allrounder Nathan Smith has been handed his first Test call-up. Uncapped seamer Jacob Duffy is also part of the squad with Bear Sears (knee) and Kyle Jamieson (back) unavailable due to injury.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
espn.in | Alagappan Muthu |Raunak Kapoor
There was a New Zealand team that came to India and spent a week watching grass dry, but never quite quickly enough, in Greater Noida. There was a New Zealand team that went to Sri Lanka next and lost 2-0, including one where they conceded 600 runs in the first innings and responded with 88 all out. There was a New Zealand team that then came to India, with a new captain, and beat them 3-0.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
espn.in | Raunak Kapoor |Alagappan Muthu
New Zealand are the toast of the cricket world after blanking India 3-0 in their World Test Championship (WTC) series. A time to celebrate for fans of New Zealand cricket then, led here by former New Zealand stalwarts Ross Taylor, Daniel Vettori and Shane Bond, who spoke to ESPNcricinfo soon after history was made in Mumbai. Shane Bond: Delight is the first reaction.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
espn.co.uk | Deivarayan Muthu |Raunak Kapoor |Shashank Kishore
Vikram Rathour, India's batting coach till the end of the T20 World Cup 2024, isn't "too concerned" about the period of transition the team is heading towards, but wants the team management to handle it "in a controlled manner".
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Jul 14, 2024 | 
espn.co.uk | Sreshth Shah |Deivarayan Muthu |Raunak Kapoor
Shubman Gill believes that captaincy brings the "best out of him" because it brings out a side of him where he really enjoys being out on the field. "It is something that I definitely enjoy," Gill said about captaincy after leading India to a 4-1 T20I series win over Zimbabwe in Harare. "I think it brings out the best in me when I am out there because I look to be involved in the game.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
espn.co.uk | Deivarayan Muthu |Shashank Kishore |Raunak Kapoor |Karthik Krishnaswamy
Yashasvi Jaiswal's puffy Morrant pads may appear out of time but his intent and approach is perfectly in sync with modern T20 batting. In the fourth T20I against Zimbabwe in Harare, Jaiswal clattered 15 boundaries in 53 balls on his way to an unbeaten 93, but it was a non-boundary that best exemplified his attacking intent.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Raunak Kapoor
Go hard from ball one, yet be smart with the bat; trust others to do their job in a bid to optimise your batting resources; and with a little bit of luck, you will win more than you will lose. The first T20 World Cup that India fully committed to with this new approach, they won. While Rohit and Virat Kohli have retired from T20Is , and Rahul Dravid's tenure as head coach has ended, the future seems to be in safe hands.
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Mar 30, 2024 | 
espn.in | Nagraj Gollapudi |Raunak Kapoor |Shashank Kishore
R Ashwin has come out in strong support of Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya, blaming India's "fan wars" and "cinema culture" for the vehement booing Hardik has been subjected to at various grounds this IPL season. Hardik, who took over the Mumbai captaincy from Rohit Sharma this season, was given a hostile reception by the fans in Ahmedabad last week when he faced his former team Gujarat Titans, whom he had led to successive IPL finals including the title in 2022.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Nagraj Gollapudi |Raunak Kapoor
Steven Smith 's suggestion to Hardik Pandya is to simply "block out" the boos and the abuse he has been copping from fans at the IPL so far. Smith, target of constant heckling across the globe a few years ago for his role in the 2018 Newlands ball-tampering scandal, said that Hardik needed support from his team-mates at Mumbai Indians, including from Rohit Sharma, who Hardik replaced as captain ahead of IPL 2024 after a 11-year stint.
