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Out-of-favour India player Murali Vijay announced his retirement from international cricket on Monday, sparking a massive reaction from fans across social media platforms. The right-handed batter, who featured in 61 Tests, 17 ODIs and nine T20 Internationals, last played for the country in the Perth Test against Australia in December 2018. Murali Vijay's Test debut was against Australia in the 2008-09 season at Nagpur as a replacement for Gautam Gambhir. The opener featured in first-class and List-A cricket for Tamil Nadu late in 2019. As far as professional cricket is concerned, he last turned out for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League in 2020. "Today, with immense gratitude and humility, I announce my retirement from all forms of international cricket," Vijay said in a statement on Twitter. "I am excited to announce that I will be exploring new opportunities in the world of cricket and the business side of it, where I will also continue to participate in the sport that I love and challenge myself in new and different environments," the 38-year-old Vijay added. "I believe this is the next step in my journey as a cricketer and I look forward to the new chapter in my life," he added. He thanked the BCCI, TNCA, CSK and Chemplast Sanmar and said, "I am grateful for the opportunities given to me by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Tamil Nadu Cricket Association, Chennai Super Kings and Chemplast Sanmar." "To all my team-mates, coaches, mentors and suppo...

Ahead of the match, the pitch is generating a lot of interest. India star cricketer The pitch is ready for the A little browner as the grass is 6mm today compared to 9mm yesterday. What would you choose if you win the toss? Talking about the match, Rohit also said that the Indian team have played in these kinds of conditions and they know how to handle pressure in big stages. "We will have a team briefing in the evening. A lot of guys have played in these situations. They have gone through these situations before. At some stage, they have faced pressure. We will have a good time in the middle. I had a look at the pitch, it will assist the seamers. The last time we played the reverse swing also happened on the last day," the Indian skipper added.

NEW DELHI: A strike rate of 200 after 12 innings while scoring 274 runs at 68.50, Royal Challengers Bangalore's designated finisher It's not just the quick runs, Karthik's contributions overall have also been highly impactful in RCB's success in this season's campaign. Incredibly, DK has remained unbeaten in all of RCB's seven wins so far -- scoring 200 runs at a staggering strike rate of 202.02 in those games. The latest being a whirlwind 30 not out off just 8 balls against the Sunrisers Hyderabad over the weekend. It's not a surprise that many are suggesting that Karthik should be in the India squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Over the years, DK, who made his India debut way back in 2004, made multiple comebacks to the Indian team. Dinesh Karthik (BCCI/IPL Photo) Let's first have a look at his finishing masterclasses so far in : KARTHIK, THE FINISHER IMPRESSES ALL The 36-year-old batter has been assigned the specific role of a finisher in the star-studded RCB batting line-up, and he has proven himself as arguably the best in the business in the tournament so far. This is a role DK had been consciously working on for a while himself as well. He has the best strike rate among the top run-getters (minimum 100 runs) @ 200.00, hit the 4th most maximums - 21 sixes, and has the third best average of 68.50 in the ongoing 15th edition of the IPL so far. Incidentally, his form is interlinked with RCB's success. As mentioned earlier, he is unbeaten in the seven games RCB have w...

India are scheduled to tour Ireland for a three-match T20I series in August. The matches will be played in the third week of the month. Since Bumrah hasn't played competitive cricket since September, he would want to play the shortest format first and then make a smooth transition into 50-over cricket before the World Cup. Before the Ireland T20Is, Team India is scheduled to play a full-fledged series against West Indies in July-August. Before that, the Indian players have a much-needed one-month break. Team India isn't scheduled to play any fixture from June 11 to July 11. The players will leave for the Caribbean islands in the first week of July.

Karthik picked Rishabh Pant as the best performer for India in Test cricket as the wicketkeeper batter scored most runs across the format in 2022. Pant scored 680 runs in 12 Test innings in 2022 at an impressive average of 61.81 with the help of two hundreds and four fifties. He was the only Indian batter to score 500-plus runs in Test cricket this year but struggled to make a similar impact in white-ball cricket in 2022. Karthik chose Shreyas Iyer as India's best performer in ODI cricket in 2022. Shreyas was excellent with consistent performances in 2022 as he finished with most runs combining all formats for India this year. Iyer's best outings came in ODI cricket where he scored 724 runs in 15 innings at an average of 55.69 with the help of one hundred and six fifties. As expected, Karthik picked in-form Suryakumar Yadav as India's best performer in T20I cricket for the year 2022. Suryakumar ended the year with most runs in T20I cricket - 1164 runs in 31 innings at an average of 46.54 and an amazing strike rate of 187.43. He also smashed two hundreds and nine fifties and seemed unstoppable throughout the year.

India crashed to a humiliating defeat against Australia in the WTC final, at The Oval in London. The match, which took place from June 7-11, ended in the first session of Day 5. Having secured a 209-run victory, Australia had plenty of positives to take from the match, having dominated in all departments against a side who reached their second successive WTC final. 'Jaiswal... Sarfaraz... Mukesh...': Karthik's solution to India for Test squad revamp after WTC final defeat Steve Smith showed his class with a century in the first innings, smacking 121 runs off 268 balls. Meanwhile, Travis Head was at his stylish best in the first innings, hammering 163 off 174 deliveries. Meanwhile, the likes of Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon and Aussie captain Pat Cummins threatened Rohit Sharma and Co. to a huge extent. Also Read | Pacers Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami could be considered to be the only bright spots for India in a rather one-sided final. After the defeat, many fans and experts have called for a complete revamp of the squad, which has failed to deliver in big matches, across all formats. Speaking on Cricbuzz, India and RCB wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik was asked if there needs to be a revamp of the Test squad, or if it's just that the younger regular members were missing due to injury. It is to be noted that Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah and KL Rahul missed the WTC final due to injuries. "I think a bit of both. In many ways we know that a lot of them are in their mid-30s....