Former Indian chief selector Sandeep Patil has shared that the side prefers turning pitches at home. He also said that it would’ve been a decision head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Rohit Sharma took after assessing the strengths of the team as well. Notably, Team India lost to New Zealand in the recently concluded Test […]

Veteran Indian cricketer Anshuman Gaekwad died at the age of 71 after a prolonged battle with blood cancer. In a career span of 12 years, Gaekwad played 40 Tests and 15 ODIs as well where he scored 2254 runs with 2 tons and a top score of 201 against Pakistan in Jalandhar in 1983 as […]

As the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced an enormous Rs. 125 crore reward for the victorious Indian team following their 2024 T20 World Cup win, calls have emerged to fund the treatment of ailing former Indian cricketer and head coach Anshuman Gaekwad. Gaekwad, who coached India during two significant spells in […]

Former India player Sandeep Patil has questioned national selectors for adding Hardik Pandya to India’s 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup 2021, despite his issues with fitness. Notably, Pandya has not bowled much since his back surgery after having sustained an injury in October 2019. And, Patil stated that the all-rounder did not bowl […]

Former Indian player and national selector Sandeep Patil has welcomed the decision of Virat Kohli to step down from the T20I captaincy. However, Kohli put a full stop to all the speculation that was going on over his captaincy future in white-ball cricket by announcing his decision after the upcoming T20 World Cup. While speaking […]

The Indian batsmen have had some dismal performances in the recently concluded two-match Test series in New Zealand where the visitors suffered a whitewash. The veteran Indian batsman, Ajinkya Rahane struggled too, managing 91 runs across four innings. However, it wasn’t the number of runs Rahane scored during the series that highlighted his struggles but […]

On Thursday, the legendary Indian cricketer, Kapil Dev termed Bob Willis as a “terror to face,” revealing that the England fast bowling legend, who died aged 70, was the only one to ever hit him with the ball. In a Test in England, Willis pitched the ball short and Kapil went for his signature “Nataraj” […]

Former Indian cricketer and former chief selector of the Indian cricket team, Sandeep Patil has hugely criticized the Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli and head coach Ravi Shastri for team’s disaster performances in the ongoing five-match Test series on the English tour. After losing the thrilling first Test by 31 runs at Edgbaston (Birmingham), […]

Former Indian World Cup-winning cricketer (1983) and former chief selector of the Indian cricket team Sandeep Patil has lauded Indian cricketer MS Dhoni and assures that the 37-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman is not going to retire at present. Though the former Indian World T20 (2007) and World Cup-winning captain (2011) MS Dhoni is still in a good […]

Recently, former Indian cricketer and former national cricket team selector Sandeep Patil has revealed that he nicknamed Gautam Gambhir as the “Amitabh Bachchan of Indian cricket” and he was dropped from the national team due to his attitude problem. The left-handed Indian opening batsman was one of the successful batsmen. Making his international cricketing debut […]