Gambhir goes under the microscope

The BCCI will limit Gambhir’s influence, McSweeney leads the AUS opener charts, & is Kohli still an all-time Test great?

Gambhir is going to have learn to catch without the safety net of a mitt as the BCCI decide to review his choices against New Zealand.

Gambhir goes under the microscope

The BCCI will limit Gambhir’s influence, IND-A also lose, & McSweeney leads the AUS opener charts.

• New Zealand beat India by 25 runs to complete the first ever whitewash of the hosts at home. Times of India’s Arani Basu reports that the BCCI will reign in coach Gambhir’s influence, while Indian Express’ Devendra Pandey writes about the senior players’ decision to skip domestic cricket.

• Australia-A beat India-A by 7 wickets. The Guardian’s Martin Pegan writes about the great Australian opener race that Nathan McSweeney leads after his impressive performances in both innings.

How badly has Kohli tainted his legacy?

Is Kohli still an all-time Test great, should Smith be on his last chance, & Ponting on PBKS’ strategy.

• Wisden’s Aadya Sharma asks if Virat Kohli’s barren 5-year period has diminished his legacy as an all-time great Test batter, ESPNcricinfo’s Alagappan Muthu writes about Kohli’s & Rohit Sharma’s unravelling during the New Zealand series, & Sampath Bandarupalli has the stats on India’s unwanted records.

• Sydney Morning Herald’s Greg Baum writes that Australia are worrying about their opener issues, when they should be questioning Steve Smith’s performances.

• ICC Review’s Sanjana Ganesan caught up with Ricky Ponting to discuss the Punjab Kings’ strategy after the IPL retention deadline.

• Cricbuzz’s Smit Patel talks to 17-year old American prodigy Utkarsh Srivastava, who scored 67 off 62 on his debut against Scotland.

Steyn at CSK?

PDogg and Steyn analyse the IPL retentions, & Andrew Leonard chats about Irish cricket.

• Cricket analyst Prasanna “PDogg” Raman chats with Dale Steyn about the IPL retention deadline, and about the South African’s IPL regrets (i.e. he really wishes he played with Dhoni at CSK!).

• Backward Point’s M. Nazar Syed & A. Bashaar talk to Irish commentator Andrew Leonard about his country’s cricketing culture, whether Ireland has forgiven Eoin Morgan, & the full nations’ responsibility to grow the game.

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