The growth of Rishabh Pant in Indian cricket has been nothing less than a phenomenon, for whom his power in the IPL catapulted him into the international arena. Having made his debut for India in the 2017 T20I series against the England team, he did not take long to make a name for himself with […]

Afghanistan Cricket Board have appointed former India fielding coach, R. Sridhar, as an assistant coach of the senior men’s team for the upcoming series as well. Sridhar, 54, will join the team for the upcoming one-off Test match against New Zealand as well as a three-match ODI series against South Africa as well with a […]

Former Indian fielding coach R Sridhar has shared his views on BCCI’s decision to appoint Suryakumar Yadav as the new T20I captain and not Hardik Pandya. However, Hardik was India’s vice-captain in their T20 World Cup campaign and he also played a key role in their win. However, chief selector Ajit Agarkar named workload management […]

Former India fielding coach R Sridhar heaped praise on his successor, T Dilip, saying that he continued to uphold high fielding standards in the Indian team. Dilip’s extension as fielding coach must have taken place on the strength of his immense contribution towards the team’s success in the just-concluded 2023 ODI World Cup and the […]

Despite India picking up their first loss in the five-match T20I series against Australia, one batter was a class apart in the third T20I which took place in Guwahati on Tuesday. Ruturaj Gaikwad managed to stand out among the rest of the Indian batters with his stellar knock which allowed India to post a total […]

Ajinkya Rahane’s captaincy is not talked about as much as others. He is not as aggressive as Virat Kohli; neither was he as cool as MS Dhoni. Instead, he is a mixture of both and in his book ‘Coaching Beyond’, former India fielding coach R Sridhar opined on Rahane’s captaincy, explaining how the batter, led the […]

One of the greatest qualities of the former Indian skipper, MS Dhoni was his perfect timing of everything. Despite being one of the fittest cricketers around, he retired from Test cricket in 2014 and handed over the baton to Virat Kohli. He knew Kohli was the right man to take the mantle forward in red-ball […]

Former India fielding coach R. Sridhar revealed that Ravi Shastri asked Virat Kohli to wait until MS Dhoni hands him the captaincy of limited-overs cricket. In his book ‘Coaching Beyond: My Days With Indian Cricket Team’, co-authored by veteran journalist R Kaushik, the 42nd chapter shares the incident from 2016 when it was the early […]

Most people agree that MS Dhoni is one of the best limited-overs captains in the history of cricket. The former Indian wicket-keeper batter was the first person to win all ICC trophies while leading the Indian team as he guided the team to victories in the first T20 World Cup in 2007 and the ODI […]

Former India fielding coach R Sridhar shared how Rishabh Pant succeeded in Australia during the 2020-21 tour because he loves pace and bounce an also the challenge that comes with playing in such conditions. The 2020-21 tour of Australia saw Pant reach to superstardom as he played two beautiful knocks. His 97 in Sydney went […]