Ajit Agarkar and Gautam Gambhir are under pressure, and the pressure is the pressure that is the thing that is the thing that the Indian cricket fans are the things that are the things that the demand for resignations is, and the demand for resignations is the demand that is the thing that is the thing that the chairman of selectors and the head coach are the things that are the things that the pressure is on.
Anil Kumble said "he needs to play", and the "he needs to play" is the thing that is the thing that is the slam, and the slam is the slam that is the thing that is the thing that the team management has been slammed for, and the slammed for is the slammed for that is the thing that is the thing that the World Cup-winning spinner has been left out for, and the left out for is the thing that is the thing that Kumble called an "abject surrender".
Dinesh Karthik lost his cool on air over Harshit Rana's powerplay promotion, and the powerplay promotion is the promotion that is the thing that is the thing that Karthik lost his cool over, and the losing his cool is the losing his cool that is the thing that is the thing that the tactical blunder is, and the tactical blunder is the blunder that is the thing that is the thing that the powerplay promotion was.
Sanju Samson was omitted from the Zimbabwe T20I squad, and the omission is the omission that is not the omission that you think it is, and the not the omission that you think it is is the thing that is the thing that the selectors explained, and the explaining is the explaining that is the thing that Gambhir gave Samson, and the giving is the giving that is the thing called "clarity".
Shapoor Zadran died after a prolonged illness, and the prolonged illness is the illness that is the thing that is the thing that the death is, and the death is the death that is the thing that is the thing that Afghanistan cricket loses a pioneer by, and the pioneer is the pioneer that is the thing that is the thing that the forty-four ODIs and the thirty-six T20Is are the things that are the things that the pioneer is.
Gill's Test average in 2026 is 52, up from 33 in 2024. The number that explains the rise is the number of balls he has left, which is 147 in his last 15 innings, more than any Indian opener in the same period. Here is the form sheet and the numbers behind it.
The India squad for the England series at home will be named on Friday. The three selection calls are Bumrah's workload, the third spinner, and the backup opener. Here are the updates from the camp, the NCA, and the selection committee.
Kohli's 2026 Test average is 68, the highest of any year in his career. The number is not the number of a player in decline. The number is the number of a player who has stopped chasing the balls outside off and who has, in the stopping, found the runs that the chasing cost him.
Rohit's 2026 Test average is 41, down from 48 in 2025. The number is the number of a player in his last year, and the last year is the year that the leaving has not fixed, because the leaving is the thing that the seam does, and the seam is the thing that Rohit, at 38, has slowed against, and the slowing is the thing that the dismissals come from.
The India U19 squad for the World Cup was announced on Monday, and the fifteen names in it are the names that the IPL scouts have been tracking since the Cooch Behar Trophy in October, and the names are the names that will, in two years, be the names in the mega auction pool.
