After the humiliating 30-run defeat at the hands of South Africa in the Kolkata Test, the Indian team is facing criticism from all sides. Team India’s batting faltered badly on the difficult spin track. Meanwhile, former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif has seriously accused the team management of creating an “atmosphere of fear and insecurity”.

“Players are playing in fear”

Kaif said on his YouTube channel that the biggest lack in the Indian team today is clarity and trust. He said in clear words, “There is a lot of confusion in the team. There is a lack of confidence among the players. Everyone is playing with fear, no one feels that the team management is standing with them.”

Giving an example, Kaif said that even after scoring a century, Sarfaraz Khan could not cement his place in the team. He was dropped without giving him a chance. Whereas Sai Sudarshan, who had scored 87 runs in the last match, also did not get a chance in the next test. According to Kaif, “If a player does not get confidence even after scoring 100, then how will the other players have confidence?”

Big question on spin preparation

Kaif has also raised questions on the team’s preparation regarding India’s poor batting performance. He said that Washington Sundar was able to survive because he has played on the turning tracks of Chennai since childhood. “Sundar knows when to use footwork on spin and when to keep his hands soft. Chennai batsmen are naturally strong against spin.”

Kaif believes that if Sai Sudarshan was at number 3 and Sundar was in the lower order, India could have easily won this match. He said, “Sudarshan is also from Chennai. He also plays spin well. Sudarshan was in good form, scored 87 runs, yet he is not in the playing XI. This shows serious confusion in the decisions of the team management.”

Question on team management strategy

Mo. Kaif says that when a player is not confident in his place, he is unable to play his natural game and breaks down under pressure. He alleges that constant changes in the team and wrong selection have made the players unsafe.

The next fight is now ‘do or die’

India will now face South Africa in the second Test starting from Friday. Learning from the mistakes of the first Test, India will need a clear strategy to save the series.

The auction for the Indian Premier League 2026 will take place on 16 December. Andre Russell’s name will also be among the players on whom bidding will be done on this day. Russell, who has been the poster boy of Kolkata Knight Riders for many years, has been released by KKR. This was the most surprising thing in the retention of all the teams. Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif believes that the reason behind this is the head coach of KKR, who wants to form his new team.

While talking about retention on YouTube channel, Mohammad Kaif alleged that Abhishek Nair was the direct reason for KKR releasing Andre Russell. Let us tell you that the Kolkata team has also made many changes in its coaching department before IPL 2026. Abhishek was elected head coach and Shane Watson was made assistant coach. Tim Saudi has been appointed bowling coach.

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Kaif said, “It is not right to release Russell. You bought him for Rs 12 crore and it was not a big amount for a player like him. Only one player like him comes in this era. Yes, he was not in form, but later he also scored runs. But as coaches change, they bring some changes. I think it was a big decision.”

Kaif further said, “You can say that Russell was not at his peak yet, but I think this is a format, especially in IPL, where experienced players perform well and there are many examples of this. I think the direct answer to his release is Abhishek Nair. He wants to build his own team now. But it was a surprising decision.”

Andre Russell’s IPL career

Many people may think that Andre Russell has been playing for KKR since the beginning in IPL. Actually he had become a poster boy of the KKR team, although it was not so. He started his IPL career by playing in Delhi Capitals. He was a part of Delhi in 2012 and 2013, in 2014 KKR included him in their team and then he played for the same team till 2025.

Andre Russell has played a total of 140 matches in IPL, in which he has scored 2651 runs. Russell has scored 12 half-centuries in IPL. Russell has taken a total of 123 wickets in IPL. It will be interesting to see which team Andre Russell joins in the upcoming IPL season, or whether he will return to KKR. Let us tell you that KKR has the biggest purse in the IPL auction.

Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif told that there has been a lot of change in Virat Kohli after his marriage with Anushka Sharma. Virat and Anushka got married in December 2017 and currently have two children. If reports are to be believed, Virat now lives in London with Anushka and his children.

InsideSport reported in its report that Mohammad Kaif talked about the impact of Virat Kohli after marriage on his YouTube channel. He answered a fan’s question that how has Virat changed over the years? Former Indian cricketer Kaif told that Kohli became quite calm after his marriage, and he also recalled an incident related to the South African fast bowler.

Kaif said, “Virat Kohli has become a bit calm now. He is a father, there is a lot of difference in his behavior before and after marriage. When I see him playing now. I met him during an IPL match against Punjab Kings, maybe he won the match by scoring a half-century. The pitch was seaming, we had a good conversation. He was very calm. He told me that if I had not attacked Rabada in the beginning, he would not have let me play. “

Virat Kohli has retired from T20 and Test, he now plays international cricket only in ODI. Recently, he was out for a ‘duck’ in the first 2 matches of the 3-match series against Australia. However, he played an unbeaten half-century in the third T20. Now he will be seen playing in the ODI series against South Africa, which will start from November 30.

Fans want to see 37-year-old Virat Kohli play till the 2027 World Cup, but whether he plays or not will depend on his form. There is news about Kohli that he has shifted to London with his family, although ABP does not confirm this. Kohli and Anushka have two children, Vamika Kohli and Akay Kohli.

Shubman gill forcefully appointed odi captain: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has taken a big step before Team India’s Australia tour. The BCCI snatched the captaincy from Rohit Sharma and made Shubman Gill the new captain of the ODI team. Rohit Sharma is part of the 3 -match ODI series against Australia. Virat Kohli is also going on a tour of Australia with Rohit, but now these players will be seen playing under the captaincy of Shubman Gill in this series. Many veteran players are angry with this decision of BCCI.

Capital imposed on Shubman Gill

The veteran player of the Indian cricket team Mohammad Kaif has completely surrounded the BCCI. Kaif believes that Shubman Gill has been forced to captain the ODI team. Pressure has been made on Gill to take ODI captaincy. Kaif says that giving this big responsibility to Shubman Gill at such a young age can lead to negative impact on his performance.

Why did BCCI decide Gill’s captaincy?

Team India Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar had also given the reason behind this decision after handing over the captaincy of ODI to Shubman Gill. Agarkar had said that whether Rohit will play 2027 ODI World Cup or not, there is no confirmed about this. At the same time, Team India has to play less in the ODI match in the next two years, then the team will not get much matches before the World Cup. For this reason, Shubman Gill has been made the captain, so that he can be fully prepared to take decisions.

The Indian team reached the final of the 2023 World Cup under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. At the same time, Team India finally lost to Australia, who reached the final without any defeat in the entire tournament. After this, India won the 2024 T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and after that also captured the Champions Trophy 2025. But now before the next World Cup, Shubman Gill has been made the captain of the ODI team in place of Rohit Sharma.

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Shubman Gill became the new captain after Rohit Sharma’s Test retirement. Now the weight of the captaincy of the ODI team has also come on Gill’s shoulders. Many fans and cricket experts are still not happy when Rohit is removed from the captaincy, one of which is of former Indian batsman Mohammad Kaif. Kaif targeted the Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar and other selectors and said what Rohit had done wrong. Kaif also said that the selection committee is making a hurry to make Shubman Gill a leader.

Mohammad Kaif said on his YouTube channel that he already expected Rohit to be removed from the captaincy. However, he expected this to happen after the 2027 World Cup. Kaif says that Rohit is a world-level player, has also retained his fitness and can play till 2027 World Cup.

Shubman Gill is being put on wasteful pressure …

Mohammad Kaif said, “I just say that do not put too much pressure on Gill. Batting on captaincy, number-4 in the Test. He was made the vice-captain in the Asia Cup and when Suryakumar Yadav retires, Gill will handle the front. Now he has been handed over ODI captaincy. I think all this is being done in a hurry. But suddenly everyone is seeing him as a Future Captain.

What did Rohit Sharma do wrong

Mohammad Kaif put a class of the selection committee and said, “What work did Rohit Sharma do wrong. It is unfortunate that Rohit could not get a long captaincy term, not even 4 years. He is a great batsman and best leader. His captaincy record could have been even better. When you take away the captaincy, I think I think that player’s right hand breaks.”

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The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) has announced the squad for the tour of Australia on Saturday. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are included in the ODI team, but Rohit is no longer in the team as a captain. The BCCI has appointed Shubman Gill as captain, who was also given the captaincy of the Test this year. On being given the ODI captain Gill, former cricketer Mohammad Kaif said that Rohit gave 16 years to India and we could not give 1 year.

Sharing a video on his social media, Mohammad Kaif said, “Rohit Sharma gave 16 years to India and we could not give him one year. As a captain, 16 ICC events have won 15 in 15 ICC events. Only 1 match lost, it was the ODI World Cup final of 2023. The final match of the Champions Trophy was the final match of the Champions Trophy. India won in India. “

Rohit Sharma never did such a thing

Mohammad Kaif said, “Rohit Sharma showed that he took retirement after the 2024 T20 World Cup, let’s now give new players a chance. The new players should be given. He handled and taught and could not give them 1 year.

Shubman Gill shown haste in giving captaincy

Kaif said, “We removed him from the captaincy before the 2027 World Cup. We could not give him an additional one year, the captain who got us 2 trophy in 8 months. His name is not, Shubman Gill will handle. Gill will handle it. Gills are young and new, they can become good captains but what is the need to show hurry in everything. What is the need to tear it down?

India’s ODI Squad for Australia tour: Shubman Gill (Captain), Shreyas Iyer (Vice -captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Akshar Patel, KL Rahul (wicket -keeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammad Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, famous Krishna, Dhruv Jurlel (wicket keeper), Yashaswi Jaiswal.

The battle between the Indian team’s star Pacer Jasprit Bumrah and former cricketer Mohammad Kaif has erupted on social media. The matter began when Mohammad Kaif posted a post on the social media platform ‘X’ (East Twitter) regarding Bumrah’s fitness and his bowling.

What did Kaif say?

Kaif wrote in his post that Bumrah used to bowl more in the death overs (13, 17 and 19) led by Bumrah first captain Rohit Sharma, but during the Asia Cup under Suryakumar Yadav’s captaincy he preferred to spend three overs in the initial overs. Kaif indicated that to avoid injury, Bumrah now consider it better to bowl initially, because at that time the body remains more warm. He also said that if Bumrah bowls less in the death overs, then India may be difficult in the World Cup against strong teams.

Bumrah’s reversal

Shortly after this post, Bumrah directly responded to Kaif. He wrote, “Inaccurate before, inaccurate against.” (Even before, they were wrong, this time also wrong.) It seemed clear from Bumrah’s reaction that he did not like Kaif’s comment.

Please take this as a cricketing observation from a well-wisher and an admirer. You are Indian Cricket’s Biggest Match-Winner and I know what it takes to give it all when on field wearing India colors. https://t.co/fqjh7ngrb9

– Mohammad Kaif (@mohammadkaif) September 26, 2025

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Seeing Bumrah’s displeasure, Mohammad Kaif immediately gave clarification while re-showing his post. Kaif wrote, “Please take it as a cricket comment made by a well-wisher and fan. You are the biggest match-winner player of Indian cricket and I know how hard it takes to throw everything on the field wearing India’s jersey and how challenging it is.”

Do not divide fans

This conversation between Bumrah and Kaif made a lot of headlines on social media. Fans also divided into two parts. Some people supported Kaif and said that their argument is correct. At the same time, some justified Bumrah and wrote that it is not right to doubt a player about his decision and fitness.

Bumrah’s Asia Cup Performance

Bumrah has bowled in 4 matches so far in this Asia Cup and only 5 wickets have come in his account. However, he proved to be very expensive in the Super-4 match against Pakistan and could not take a single wicket for 45 runs in 4 overs.

The final of the Asia Cup is to be played between India and Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday, September 28.

Indian fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah and veteran cricketer Mohammad Kaif are face to face. In fact, Kaif raised questions regarding managing Bumrah’s overs in white ball matches. Bumrah, who usually silently kept this analysis of Kaif wrong. Responding to Bumrah’s statement, Mohammad Kaif has described himself as a fan of ‘Yorker King’ Bumrah.

What is the whole matter?

The controversy began when Mohammad Kaif questioned the strategy of captain Suryakumar Yadav, in which Bumrah was spent 3 overs with a new ball in T20. Kaif said that Rohit Sharma used to get Bumrah under his captaincy to get only one over with a new ball, while Suryakumar is getting 3 overs consecutive overs. Kaif said that such a strategy can be harmful for Team India in more pressure matches.

Jasprit Bumrah, while answering this on social media, wrote, “Even before he was wrong, it is still not right.” Bumrah’s answer was seen that he disagreed with Mohammad Kaif’s analysis and does not agree with earlier analysts.

Mohammad Kaif replied

Now responding to Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Kaif said, “Please, understand this, a well -wisher and a fan of cricket comment made. You are the biggest match winner of Indian cricket. I know what to do to give your best on the field wearing a jersey of the Indian team.”

Jasprit Bumrah has been in discussions due to workload management last month. Even on the tour of England, he was able to play only three out of 5 Tests. Bumrah has so far been able to take only 5 wickets in 4 matches of the Asia Cup. It will be worth seeing whether they prove to be a trump card in India’s victory in the Asia Cup final.

Please take this as a cricketing observation from a well-wisher and an admirer. You are Indian Cricket’s Biggest Match-Winner and I know what it takes to give it all when on field wearing India colors. https://t.co/fqjh7ngrb9

– Mohammad Kaif (@mohammadkaif) September 26, 2025

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In the Asia Cup, India registered a unilateral win over Pakistan by seven wickets. Team India achieved the target of 128 runs given by Pakistan in only 16 overs. In this victory, Abhishek Sharma’s fast innings and Tilak Varma contributed significantly in this victory with the winning shot of captain Suryakumar Yadav. In an important development after the match, the Indian team did not join hands with the players of Pakistan, giving a strong message against terrorism. Captain Suryakumar Yadav dedicated this victory to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack and the Indian Army. He said, ‘We are standing with the victims of Pahalgam and dedicate this victory to those families.’ With this step, the Indian team gave a clear message on the playground and also outside the field.

Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif has made a big prediction about Rohit Sharma. Right now there is a discussion about Rohit’s retirement everywhere, fans are telling different players their option. There is also a camp that wants Rohit to play till 2027 ODI World Cup. However, it will depend on his fitness and form, meanwhile Kaif has claimed that 2027 Rohit will play till the World Cup.

Mohammad Kaif said on his YouTube channel, “Rohit Sharma is 38 years old and I think he will retire after the 2027 ODI World Cup.” Let us know that after winning the T20 World Cup 2024, Rohit retired from this small format of cricket, on May 7 this year, he also took retirement from the Test. Now he only plays ODI cricket.

Rohit Sharma is 38 years old, so how long will he play in ODIs too? Questions are being raised about this. There is also a question, who will be the new captain in his place? Kaif also told about this.

Who will be the ODI captain after Rohit Sharma

Mohammad Kaif feels that Shubman Gill will be made the captain of ODI format after Rohit. He is currently the captain of Team India in Tests. Kaif said, “Shubman Gill has scored 2000 runs in the last 3 years. He is the captain of future. In Tests, captain and vice -captain in T20. When Rohit retired from ODIs, Gill will become the next captain.

Shubman Gill is vice -captain in Asia Cup squad

The BCCI announced the squad for the Asia Cup on Tuesday, Shubman Gill returned to the T20 team after about a year and was elected vice -captain. Chief selector Ajit Agarkar said in the press conference, “We see the qualities of being a leader. He performed as expected in England. The way he performed in batting, he also crossed all our expectations.”

However, a media report claims that BCCI is seeing Shreyas Iyer as the next ODI captain. BCCI is planning to make Shubman Gill in Test and T20 and Iyer in ODIs. However, BCCI is currently targeted by critics as Iyer has not been included in the Asia Cup squad.