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2020-06-26T17:51:28Z

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NEW DELHI, May 31 (Reuters) - India captain Virat Kohli believes he landed the job largely because his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni was impressed with his reading of situations in matches. Kohli, 31, replaced Dhoni as test captain in 2014-15 and took over the limited-overs reins in early 2017, becoming India's all-format leader as well the team's batting mainstay. Fielding in the slips, Kohli had easy access to wicketkeeper Dhoni and he felt their chats in between deliveries earned him the trust of the former skipper. "You start talking to the captain regularly," Kohli told team mate Ravichandran Ashwin in a chat on YouTube. "I was always in MS's ear, standing next to him and saying 'We can do this, we can do that, what do you think?'. "He would deny a lot of things but he would discuss a lot of things as well. I think he got a lot of confidence that I can do this after him. "A large portion of me becoming captain was to do with him observing me for a long period of time. It just can't happen that he goes and the selectors say, 'Okay you become captain'." Leading the national team of a cricket-mad country is one of the toughest jobs in the game but Kohli is enjoying the responsibility. "I looked at it this way -- if I'm getting this opportunity, I need to work as hard as I can, because not many people get this chance," said Kohli, [https://cricketnfootballcenter.bookmark.com/dhoni-army-salary https://cricketnfootballcenter.bookmark.com/dhoni-army-salary] who led India to Under-19 World Cup title in 2008. Kohli led India to the top of the world test rankings in October 2016 where they remained until Australia replaced them this month. India lost in the semi-finals of last year's one-day World Cup in England. "I was always inclined to taking responsibility (but) becoming captain of India was not even in my wildest dreams to be honest," Kohli said. (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Ed Osmond)

India Wicketkeeper Saha Undergoes Finger Surgery

2020-06-25T22:44:10Z

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MUMBAI, Nov 27 (Reuters) - India's test wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha has had surgery on his finger after suffering a fracture during the day-night match against Bangladesh in Kolkata, the country's cricket board (BCCI) said on Wednesday. Saha fractured his right ring finger during India's inaugural pink ball test at Eden Gardens, which the hosts won by an innings and 46 runs to win the two-test series 2-0. "The BCCI medical team consulted a hand and wrist specialist and it was suggested that Saha undergoes a surgical fixation of the fracture," the board said in a statement. "Subsequently, he underwent a successful surgery in Mumbai on Tuesday and will soon commence his rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy, Bengaluru." Saha, 35, [https://cricketnfootballcenter.bookmark.com/dhoni-army-salary cricketnfootballcenter.bookmark.com] cemented his place in the longest format of the game in early 2015 after serving as incumbent to captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. However, India's first-choice glovesman suffered a hamstring injury during a Cape Town test in January last year and then found himself out of the side for 18 months after going through shoulder and finger problems. He returned for India's home series against South Africa earlier this year and will hope to be fit by the time Virat Kohli's top-ranked team play their next test series in New Zealand from Feb. 21. Injury also forced opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan out of the Twenty20 series against West Indies, which starts next week, with the player suffering a deep cut on his left knee during a domestic game. Selectors named Sanju Samson as his replacement. (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; editing by Peter Rutherford)

Will You Be Able To Afford UberAir s Flying Car Service

2020-06-25T02:19:24Z

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2020-06-24T12:15:41Z

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