https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com Latest news from zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com (c)zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com en-gb Thu 01 Jun 2023 https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/3QeWzPi0d5_drh-sevawcirc/their-strengths-and-weaknesses-offset-each-other-aaron-finch-on-lsg-openers-rahul-and-de-kock.html Former Australia captain Aaron Finch reckons that openers Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul will be Lucknow Super Giants' biggest strength in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season. According to Finch, since the two are diverse players, they complement each other really well. https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/PwcJyt0uwH_drh-sevawcirc/stripping-vice-captaincy-does-not-mean-anything-big-rohit-sharma-on-kl-rahul.html Team India captain Rohit Sharma has stated that stripping KL Rahul of the vice-captaincy does not mean anything. Rahul was named vice-captain for the first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. However, Rohit will be without a deputy for the remaining two Tests. The decision to strip Rahul as vice-captain has coincided with his struggles with the bat. https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/t9ZN0L97bD_drh-sevawcirc/rohit-sharma-on-kl-rahuls-form-we-always-look-at-the-potential-of-any-individual.html Team India captain Rohit Sharma backed KL Rahul in spite of the latter’s continued poor form with the bat. Rahul was under pressure going into the Test series against Australia at home due to a string of low scores. He registered four failures in Bangladesh during the two-match series, while captaining the team in Rohit’s absence. https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/yHCNa4H9cW_drh-sevawcirc/kl-rahul-if-the-team-wants-to-me-to-bat-in-the-middle-i-am-ready-to-do-it.html The emergence of Shubman Gill as a strong opening option across all formats of the game has made life tougher for KL Rahul. India’s Test vice-captain opened the batting with Gill in Bangladesh. While the latter registered his maiden Test ton, Rahul failed to play a single innings of note. Now, with Rohit Sharma available for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India might have to pick between Rahul and Gill for the opening slot. https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/eW28ieij3E_drh-sevawcirc/credit-needs-to-go-to-kl-rahul-he-rotated-the-bowlers-very-well-paras-mhambrey.html Team India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey praised stand-in captain KL Rahul after Day 4 of the Chattogram Test against Bangladesh, stating that he rotated the bowlers very well and kept the pressure on the opposition. https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/TRnhd87OGs_drh-sevawcirc/was-good-to-see-them-put-the-ball-in-the-right-areas-kl-rahul-on-indias-10-wicket-win-over-zimbabwe.html KL Rahul-led Team India registered an emphatic 10-wicket win over Zimbabwe on Thursday, August 18 at the Harare Sports Club to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. India bowled first after winning the toss and restricted the hosts to 189 in 40.3 overs. https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/pFA2McE2Fb_drh-sevawcirc/hardik-pandya-named-captain-for-ireland-t20is-kl-rahul-likely-to-miss-birmingham-test.html Team India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been named captain of the Indian team for the two-match T20I series against Ireland, which will be played in Dublin on June 26 and 28. Pandya has been rewarded for a magnificent IPL 2022 season during which he led debutant franchise Gujarat Titans (GT) to title triumph. The 28-year-old led from the front, scoring 487 runs and claiming eight wickets. https://zeus.cricwaves-hrd.appspot.com/cricket/news/articles/dJ0ZNFwaNj_drh-sevawcirc/quite-obvious-where-weve-gone-wrong-kl-rahul-after-0-3-defeat-in-odis-in-south-africa.html Indian captain KL Rahul admitted after India’s 0-3 defeat at the hands of South Africa in the one-day series that the visitors were not good enough and went wrong in both the batting and bowling department. The hosts defeated the Men in Blue by four runs in the final ODI. Deepak Chahar played a brilliant knock of 54 in 34 balls to give India hope. However, in the end, he failed to take India over the line. Before the one-dayers, India conceded the Test series 1-2 despite taking the lead.