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Brendon McCullum said, "Gautam Gambhir is an outstanding leader. He's a really strong leader of men, and in every leadership position he's held, he has excelled. He'll bring the best out of the talent at his disposal".

India Vs England commentators for 1st T20i: English - Shastri, Bhogle, Gavaskar, Nick Knight and Deep Dasgupta. Hindi - Aakash Chopra, Raina, Chawla and Anant Tyagi.

INDIA NEW UPDATES 🚨 • Team India will reach Kolkata on 18th January. • The Three days Camp for Indian T20I Team. • Sitanshu Kotak as batting coach for England white ball series.

🚨 CHARLIE DEAN TO RCB 🚨 - Charlie Dean replaces injured Sophie Molineux for WPL 2025.

Vidarbha posted a mammoth 380/3 against Maharashtra in the Semi-Finals. Each and every batter enjoyed their time out in the middle 🏏

Yuvraj Singh said - "Rohit Sharma is a Great Captain. Under his Captaincy we played ODI WC Final, We won T20 WC. I have never seen any Captain sitting outside because of form, That's the greatness of Rohit Sharma he puts the team first. He has always been a great Captain".

Shreyas Iyer said - "KL Rahul & I played that important role in middle order in 2023 WC. We had a great season together. It was just Final that we couldn't execute the way we wanted to. It will be a Proud moment for me if I were to be picked in Champions Trophy to represent my country".

South Africa CT squad 🚨

Temba Bavuma will lead South Africa in the 2025 Champions Trophy. 🙇‍♂️

TEAM INDIA UPDATES 📢 [Cricbuzz] - Champions Trophy squad announcement might be delayed - T20I squad will be announced soon - T20I team might be similar to the Bangladesh series squad - Shami is likely to return into ODI side - There is a possibility of Arshdeep Singh in ODI - Sundar & Jaiswal might be part of the ODI setup.

🚨 SOUTH AFRICA SPORTS MINISTER ADVOCATE FOR BOYCOTT vs AFGHANISTAN IN CT 🚨 - South Africa Sports minister has advocated for the South African team to boycott their match vs Afghanistan in Champions Trophy. (TOI).

🚨 PRACTICE MATCH FOR TEAM INDIA 🚨 - India is likely to play at least 1 Practice match at Dubai ahead of the Champions Trophy. [Sports Tak]

Manoj Tiwari said, "Gautam Gambhir didn't guide KKR to the title single-handedly as we all performed as a unit. Kallis, Narine, and I, all contributed to the cause. But who took the credit? There is an environment and PR that allows Gambhir to take all the credit". (News18).

ITS SA20 DAY IN CRICKET CALENDAR 📢 - The Cricket Carnival in South Africa begins, Defending Champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape takes on MI Cape Town in the opening match today. Enjoy the next 1 month nights with SA20.

CAMERON GREEN IS BACK...!! - Green has resumed training after a successful stress fracture surgery. ⭐

Rohit Sharma's childhood coach said "Rohit is technically a very sound player - proved already in all three formats and if we win, people call him the Best Captain but when we lose people say he doesn't know Captaincy which is not right and he should play one or two domestic games to prepare more for Test Cricket". [IANS]

Jasprit Bumrah, Pat Cummins and Dane Paterson nominated for ICC Player Of The Month award. ⭐

🚨 WPL 2025 WILL BE PLAYED IN BARODA & LUCKNOW 🚨 - BCCI shortlisted Baroda and Lucknow as the venues for the WPL 2025. (Cricbuzz).

🚨 YASHASVI JAISWAL IN ODIs 🚨 - Jaiswal is likely to be in the ODI series against England & Champions Trophy as Backup opener. [RevSportz]

Ricky Ponting said "Yeah disappointing series for Virat Kohli but I believe and I am sure there is still plenty of runs in store down the track".