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Chaminda Vaas defends Sri Lankan Test team after losing two-Test series against Kiwis

Gulf News 21 Mar 2023
It’s a good Test between two teams who played good cricket. As a cricketing nation playing five Tests in a year is not enough ... I am proud of them as our Test cricket has moved up to a different level,” the 49-year-old left-arm pacer told Gulf News during the inauguration of the Mentors Academy, by JMR Sporting, at GEMS Modern Academy in Dubai.
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'Ahmedabad knock brought back the excitement': Virat Kohli opens up about the century drought to AB de Villiers

Indian Express 21 Mar 2023
Virat Kohli opened up to AB de Villers about his century drought in Test cricket and what it meant to him when he finally got to the three figures in Ahmedabad Test in the recently-concluded Border-Gavaskar Test series ... Kohli also spoke about why Test cricket means a lot to him in comparison to white-ball formats.
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'If Virat Kohli plays 30 more Test matches...': Shoaib Akhtar's monumental statement about former India skipper

Hindustan Times 21 Mar 2023
Former Indian skipper Kohli recently ended his century drought in the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia at the famous Narendra Modi Stadium ... made it to their second-successive ICC World Test Championship final ... “As a cricketer, if you ask me, I feel he should stick with only Test and ODI formats.
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Virat Kohli opens up to AB de Villiers, says 'I certainly wasn't doing enough'

DNA India 21 Mar 2023
Star India batter Virat Kohli has said that he felt a sense of calmness and excitement after scoring a hundred against Australia in Ahmedabad which ended his three-year century drought in Test cricket. After a wait of 1205 days, Kohli ... He knows how much I value Test cricket.
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Scoring century in Ahmedabad gave me a sense of calmness, says Kohli

Gulf News 21 Mar 2023
Star India batter Virat Kohli has said that he felt a sense of calmness and excitement after scoring a hundred against Australia in Ahmedabad which ended his three-year century drought in Test cricket ... Just from a cricketing perspective ... He knows how much I value Test cricket ... It was just testing me constantly.
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Shoaib Akhtar Wants Virat Kohli To Retire From T20Is | CHECK DEETS

Cricket Country 21 Mar 2023
However, his wait for the Test century continued ... Akhtar, however, wants Virat Kohli to quit T20I cricket and focus on ODIs and Tests as the shorter format takes a toll on a player's body. "As a cricketer, if you ask me, I feel he should stick with only Test and ODI formats ... He is concentrating and having a good time with his cricket.
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'MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh were the only ones...': Ashwin's huge 'box-office' ODI cricketer comment ...

Hindustan Times 21 Mar 2023
KL Rahul may have lost his place in T20Is and Tests after a prolonged lean patch in both formats but he still continues to be an indispensable part of the Indian ODI set-up ... Ashwin, who has played a lot of cricket with Rahul, said Rahul is one of the cricketers going around in world cricket in 50-over cricket.
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Mitchell Starc peaks at the right time as Australia eye India ODI series win

The National 21 Mar 2023
... to the Aussie quick's strategy of preserving himself for international cricket.READ MORE ... In Test cricket, Starc has gone from strength to strength – surpassing 300 wickets in the format – and looks set to have a big say in the World Test Championship final in June against India.
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'He can play 6-8 years from now': Shoaib Akhtar says Virat Kohli can reach 110 international hundreds

Indian Express 21 Mar 2023
Former Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar believes Virat Kohli has a lot of cricket left in him and he should stop playing T20Is and focus on ODIs and Tests instead. 'As a cricketer, I would advise Kohli to stop playing T20I and just focus on ODIs and Tests.
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'I was like 'how can Pujara not be seen in the frame?' It's the worst ...

Hindustan Times 21 Mar 2023
Pujara was run-out in the first innings of Centurion Test and I said, ‘Its OK’, such things happen in cricket; Cheteshwar Pujara played a shot in the second innings and called Parthiv Patel for 3rd run, Pujara himself was running towards the danger end and he got run-out again and that too by a big margin.
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After Nepal drama, what does World Cup Qualifier play-off mean for UAE cricket?

The National 21 Mar 2023
There will be much at stake for the national team when they play at the Cricket World Cup Qualifier play-off in Windhoek ... League 2 looks likely to be altered during the next four-year cycle, with Netherlands set to drop into it from the ODI Super League, which involves cricket’s leading Test nations.
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Jonny Bairstow skips the Indian Premier League with England star fully focused on making The ...

The Daily Mail 21 Mar 2023
That means he can continue his rehabilitation at home in Yorkshire while targeting a return in the early weeks of the County Championship or the one-off Test against Ireland on June 1 that precedes the Ashes that run throughout June and July ... The England star missed winter Test cricket after breaking his leg and has had surgery.
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'Tendulkar sahab says overs 15-40 are boring?': Jadeja reacts to Sachin's 'ODIs getting monotonous' remark

Hindustan Times 21 Mar 2023
Sachin Tendulkar added his opinion into the debate over how ODI cricket can be made interesting again amid the 50-over format increasingly getting shunned in favour of the lucrative T20 format and in a bid to preserve the traditional Test cricket ... Sachin Tendulkar had some dynamic suggestions to make ODI cricket more interesting(AFP).
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'Had Kohli not approached me, I wouldn't have applied as India coach. Was told things ...

Hindustan Times 21 Mar 2023
A 50-over World Cup winner, Sehwag bagged multiple records during his glittering career, which also included the highest score made by an Indian in Test cricket, when he slammed 319 vs South Africa in Chennai. It was also the fastest triple century in history of international cricket, reaching 300 off 278 balls.
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The Has Beens: Chronicling India-Australia cricket ‘before history’

Hindustan Times 21 Mar 2023
Being a persnickety cricket fan, let’s point out a statistical error in the buzzphrase that cascaded over the fourth Border Gavaskar Trophy Test – about India and Australia’s ‘75 Years of Friendship Through Cricket’. If we’re being historically accurate, cricketing engagement between India and Australia is not 75 years old.

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