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Time of India
11-08-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
12 years ago! Amid speculation over India future, here's when Virat Kohli last played a List A match
NEW DELHI: Speculation over the ODI futures of and has intensified, but the ( ) appears in no hurry to make a decisive call on the two icons. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now With the August home series against Bangladesh called off, India's next ODI assignment will be an away series against Australia from October 19–25. Whether Kohli and Rohit will feature in ODIs beyond that tour remains uncertain. Poll Should Kohli and Rohit participate in India A matches before the Australia tour? Absolutely, they need match practice Not necessary, they should focus on the main team According to reports, one proposal being discussed in BCCI circles is for the duo to tune up for Australia by featuring in a couple of India A matches against Australia A in Kanpur (September 30, October 3, October 5), coinciding with the senior team's first Test against the West Indies in Ahmedabad. An intriguing question — if they need List A match practice — is when Kohli last played such a game outside of ODIs. The answer takes us back 12 years, to the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy in Indore in 2013. Then Delhi skipper Kohli turned out for his state side in a clash against India Blue, which also featured current head coach Gautam Gambhir as opening batter and sharing the XI with Virender Sehwag and Ashish Nehra. Delhi fell short by 50 runs chasing 275, with Kohli scoring 23 off 28 balls, striking five fours, in the final. Greenstone Lobo predicts Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma's ODI future That Challenger Trophy ended with Delhi losing the final to India Blue, captained by Yuvraj Singh, with Bhuvneshwar Kumar taking 4 for 39 to seal the Man of the Match award. Kohli was run out in the 10th over of the run chase. Kohli is now the only active player from that Delhi team. Both Kohli, now based in London, and Rohit have been on extended breaks since the IPL. While Kohli has posted videos of indoor net sessions, Rohit recently returned to Mumbai and is expected to resume training shortly. Whether they walk out in blue again after October could hinge on decisions made in the coming weeks.
NDTV
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NDTV
"His Phone Got Under The Seat...": How Ravindra Jadeja Escaped Meeting MS Dhoni
India and Chennai Super Kings player Ravindra Jadeja has played a lot of cricket under MS Dhoni's captaincy, be it in international arena or in the Indian Premier League. While Dhoni called time on his career at the highest level in 2020, he continues to play with Jadeja for Chennai Super Kings. Both the players share a great camaraderie, but things were not like this during the forming years of Jadeja. In a recent interview, the all-rounder revealed that he used to hesitate to talk to Dhoni at the beginning. He also explained in detail how he escaped his first interaction with Dhoni. Jadeja made the revelation while speaking to former India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin on the latter's YouTube channel. Talking about the first time he saw Dhoni, Jadeja said, "The first time I met him was the Challenger Trophy in Chennai in 2005. He was going to Chennai from Mumbai. I was sitting in the Economy class and Mahi bhai was sitting in the Business class. People started talking about that Dhoni is sitting at the front. I always used to hesitate to talk to Dhoni. I even get hesitated now as well, whenever he is not in the best of moods. He might not tell you, but it is evident from the face that he doesn't want to talk." "Back then I was a kid and thus had a lot of fear about it. That was the first time I saw him in the flight. My manager told me that I had to go to the hotel from airport with him. I started thinking, 'How would I react in front of him. What would I talk to him?' "His phone got under the seat and that is why he took some time to retrieve it. I found it a good opportunity to escape and left the flight immediately." Jadeja turned out to become India's one of the best all-rounders and his talent got a lot of support under Dhoni's leadership, which eventually saw the player shine at the highest level. Listen to the latest songs, only on
