Hardik smashed 51 runs and went on to scalp four wickets to provide Team India with a win by 50 runs against England in the first T20I of the three-match series, here at Southampton on Thursday.
After taking over the captaincy from Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma took the Men in Blue to victory against New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, and now England.
Kohli, who is now just four months short of completing three years without an international ton, scored 11 and 20 in the recently concluded rescheduled Test against England that India lost by seven wickets.
Virat’s flop show continued in the fifth Test against England at Edgbaston, where he could manage to score only 31 runs.
Team India will be squaring off against the West Indies for a three-match ODI series and five-match T20I series, from July 22.
Bairstow helped guide England to a stunning fourth-innings triumph over India with an unbeaten 114 and now climbs 11 places to tenth in the Test batting rankings.
A 269-run partnership between Root and Bairstow helped England create history, with the side completing their highest successful run chase ever in the longest format of the game with a seven-wicket win over India at Edgbaston in Birmingham
Rohit was ruled out from the fifth Test after he tested positive for COVID-19. In his place, pacer Jasprit Bumrah had led Team India.
A 269-run partnership between Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow helped England create history, with the side completing their highest successful run chase ever in the longest format of the game with a seven-wicket win over India in the fifth and final Test of the series at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
England overhauled the 378-run target in the morning session of the fifth and final day with Root and Bairstow remaining unbeaten on 142 and 114 respectively.
A veteran of 40 Tests, Saha has already got the NOC (No Objection Certificate) from the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB).
Hong Kong missed out on the 2021 edition after defeat in the 2019 Qualifiers, having previously appeared at the top table in 2014 and 2016.
Leading by 132 runs, India’s second innings folded for 245. Chasing 378, England is now just 119 runs away from the victory target.
The source said the committee members had asked Ramiz about the team’s performances, future commitments, the PSL and tours by other foreign teams.
The 33-year-old was Renegades’ leading run-scorer and wicket-taker in the WBBL last year.
Bairstow (106 off 140 balls) blazed his way to a century on Sunday, his third in successive Tests this summer, to help England post 284 in their first innings in reply to India’s 416.
Jadeja hit 104 off 194 deliveries and together with Rishabh Pant (146 off 111 balls) shared 222 runs for the sixth wicket to rescue India from 98 for five in their first innings in the rescheduled fifth and final Test against England.
The 35-year-old all-format captain missed out on playing the rescheduled fifth Test against England as he tested positive on the second day of the four-day warm-up game against Leicestershire.
Coming out to bat when India were at a precarious 98 for 5, Pant played a knock for the ages to turn the tables on England and take India to an imposing 338 for 7 at stumps on Friday.
Collingwood, however, said that they are not intimidated by India’s recovery on the first day in this Test against the Three Lions.
Rohit was already supposed to play from the second T20I but since he missed out on the Test match, he is available from the first game.
Skipper for South Africa T20Is, Rahul was ruled out of the series owing to a right groin injury on June 8.
On the very first ball of his spell, Lyon got an excessive amount of turn and bounce from the surface, leaving Sri Lankan batters surprised.
As per the ESPNcricinfo, Shakib was originally named in all three formats squads, but now it appears he will quit the tour after the T20Is against West Indies.
The last pacer-captain that India had was the great Kapil Dev, who was removed from captaincy in 1987. Since then India has never had a speed merchant leading the team in traditional cricket.