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Cricket World Cup 2023 Captains Day Highlights: The likes of Rohit Sharma, Babar Azam, Pat Cummins, Jos Buttler, Kane Williamson, etc. were in the spotlight as Ravi Shastri and Eoin Morgan grilled the 10 captains ahead of the start of the Cricket World Cup 2023. From their respective teams’ preparations, learnings from past events, to some candid Biryani questions, a lot was dicussed at the event.

Here are the Highlights from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Captains’ Day







  • 15:13 (IST)

    ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: That’s All Folks!

    Ravi Shastri concludes the event. We onto the Cricket World Cup now!

  • 15:12 (IST)

    World Cup LIVE, Captains’ Day: Kane Williamson On 2019 Heartbreak

    “We are here in another competition. 2019 was amazing but we are looking forward to what this one brings. It will be different from many levels”: Kane Williamson

  • 15:09 (IST)

    Captains’ Day LIVE: Rohit Baffled By Reporter’s Question

    “It’s not my job to decide that”: Rohit Sharma when asked about the 2019 World Cup final where England beat New Zealand on the basis of boundary count after the match was tied in 100 overs and the Super Over.

  • 15:06 (IST)

    Cricket World Cup 2023, LIVE: Babar Azam Really Liked Hyderabadi Biryani

    Babar Azam: Since the time we reached Hyderabad, the hospitality we got, it was amazing. It would’ve been great if fans had come from Pakistan. I hope we get this sort of support in every match. 

    Ravi Shastri: How was the Biryani?

    Babar Azam: It was great. Had always heard Hyderabadi Biryani was good. It was quite good.

  • 15:03 (IST)

    ODI World Cup LIVE: Babar Azam Excited About India Clash

    “We are excited about the India clash. It is always a big match. But, we have two games before that,” said Babar Azam.

  • 15:02 (IST)

    Captains’ Day LIVE: Pat Cummins On Inspiring The Next Generation

    Pat Cummins: “When I was a child growing up, I idolised sports people and cricketers. I wanted to do what they were. It’s important we play the game in the right spirit. It’s important we help children and the less fortunate. “

  • 14:59 (IST)

    World Cup LIVE, Captains’ Day: Rohit Sharma On World Cup In India

    “People are going to love this tournament. The stadiums will be jam-packed. Indians love their cricket. It is going to be a great tournament.” — Rohit Sharma

  • 14:55 (IST)

    Captains’ Day LIVE: Rohit Sharma On Warm-up Games Being Washed Out

    Rohit Sharma when asked about rain washing out the two warm-up games:

    “Not really. We were happy to get those days off. Looking at heat, and stuff like that. We have been playing a lot of cricket of late. We played 4 games in Asia Cup and 3 against Australia. We know where we are at. I would’ve loved to play those two games. But can’t do too much when the weather is like that apart form one part of India to the other part.

    “Overall, happy about how we are coming into the tournament and the guys are looking pretty good,” Rohit said.

  • 14:52 (IST)

    World Cup 2023, Captains’ Day LIVE: Babar Sees Bowling As Pakistan’s Biggest Strength

    Babar Azam on Pakistan’s biggest strength: “Our strength is bowling but as we know, we have been playing well together for the last three years, so bowling is our strength”.

  • 14:50 (IST)

    Captains’ Day LIVE: Rohit Sharma Will Give ‘Everything’

    Rohit Sharma: “Not thinking too much about on that stuff but yeah in last 3 edition hosting teams won the World Cups and we will give our everything in this World Cup and enjoy the tournament”.

  • 14:48 (IST)

    Cricket World Cup, Captains’ Day LIVE: Cummins Confident Of Australia’s Chances

    “Australia have done very well in ODI World Cups over the years. Hoping to do the same this time around”: Pat Cummins, Australia skipper.

  • 14:43 (IST)

    Captains’ Day LIVE: Babar Azam Felt Like Home In Hyderabad

    “We weren’t expecting the sort of reception we got at Hyderabad after we reached India. It didn’t feel like we were in India but back home”: Babar Azam

  • 14:40 (IST)

    Cricket World Cup, Captains’ Day LIVE: Rohit Not Thinking Of Home Factor

    Rohit Sharma not thinking about the ‘home advantage’ and the fact that the last three World Cups were won by the one of the hosts. He is only foucussed on doing his best. 

  • 14:36 (IST)

    Cricket World Cup, Captains’ Day LIVE: Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam Arrive

    The captains of the two arch-rival teams — India and Pakistan — have arrived. Ravi Shastri welcomes Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam before welcome England and New Zealand skippers who led their teams in the 2019 World Cup final.

  • 14:34 (IST)

    Cricket World Cup LIVE, Captains’ Day: We Are Underway!

    Ravi Shastri is on the stage, welcoming all 10 captains. First up are the captains of Netherlands and Afghanistan who are leading their respective teams in an ODI World Cup for the first time ever.

  • 14:26 (IST)

    Cricket World Cup 2023 LIVE, Captains’ Day: Rohit Sharma Sumarising His Personality

    “There is no point in doing showbaazi, it’s not in my nature. People around me, friends around me whom I have grown up with, have kept reminding me where I have come from. We just live normal lives. Why will I change and why should I change? I’m still not socially comfortable actually because I feel awkward. I am very poor at socialising. I get very uncomfortable at these events, struggling with small talk. I have a bunch of friends who are connected to me because I have connected with them, they have connected to me. Quality matters to me. People who are genuine, who are true, I connect somehow and feel quite comfortable in that atmosphere,” Rohit said in a chat with Indian Express.

  • 14:16 (IST)

    Cricket World Cup, Captains’ Day LIVE: How To Watch Live Streaming?

    Star Sports will broadcast the Captains’ Day live on their YouTube channel. The 10 captains will be speaking to former England captain Eoin Morgan and ex-India head coach Ravi Shastri at the event, answering some crucial questions.

  • 14:09 (IST)

    ICC World Cup 2023 LIVE: No Opening Ceremony?

    Reports of certain performances at the ICC Cricket World Cup opening ceremony did surface a few days ago but it doesn’t look like the organisers have any concrete opening ceremony plans at present. We are likely to head straight into the first match between England and New Zealand, the two finalists of the last edition.

  • 14:05 (IST)

    World Cup 2023, Capains’ Day LIVE: Candid Talk And More

    Captains Rohit Sharma, Babar Azam, Pat Cummins, Jos Buttler, etc. will have some candid talks during the chat. Expect everything but strategies to be discussed at the event, as was the case 4 years ago.

  • 13:56 (IST)

    Captains’ Day LIVE: Rohit Sharma Meets Babar Azam

    India captain Rohit Sharma had an opportunity to meet his Pakistani counterpart Babar Azam before the Captains’ Day began. Here’s the video that the PCB shared on the two stalwarts’ meeting:

  • 13:50 (IST)

    ICC World Cup 2023: Captains’ Await A Special Day

    Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Captains’ Day, ahead of the start of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. England are scheduled to take on New Zealand in the curtain-raiser fixture tomorrow. But, before the on-field contest, the 10 captains will discuss what awaits them over the next month and a half.

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India’s ODI World Cup 2023 Squad Announcement: Rohit Sharma-Led Side Bank On KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer; No Place For Sanju Samson | Cricket News

India ODI World Cup squad announcement: Rohit Sharma will be leading the 15-member side.© AFP




India World Cup 2023 squad announcement: All-rounder Hardik Pandya has been appointed as Rohit Sharma’s deputy as India announced their 15-member squad for the ODI World Cup 2023 on Tuesday. While India have gone ahead with KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer, who have just returned from injuries, Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma were left out. India have gone with three left-arm spinners while three specialist pacers have been picked. India skipper Rohit Sharma and BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar addressed a press conference and revealing India’s 15-member squad for the upcoming World Cup on Tuesday.

India’s World Cup 2023 squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav 

Here are the Highlights of Team India’s squad announcement for the ODI World Cup 2023: 







  • 14:02 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Rohit Sharma on criticism

    “Our focus is on the gold. I hope nobody asks me again on the outside noise during the World Cup PCs, because I’m not gonna answer those questions anymore. We’re professionals, all our boys know what to do,” said Rohit Sharma. 

  • 13:57 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: No Shikhar Dhawan in an ICC ODI event after 10 years

  • 13:56 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: No place for Yuzvendra Chahal

    After his exclusion from the Asia Cup squad, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has once again been over-looked as he failed to find himself a place in the ODI World Cup 2023 squad. 

  • 13:51 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Rohit Sharma on the team combination

    “We have picked best possible combination. We have depth in batting, we have spin and other bowling option. Form of players, challenge posed by opposition team will dictate playing XI for the day,” said Rohit Sharma. 

  • 13:46 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: India to go ahead with seven batters

    India pick seven batters, four bowlers and four all-rounders for ODI World Cup.  Both KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan have been picked and it will be interesting to see that who will be donning the wicketkeeper’s gloves. Regarding KL Rahul, Ajit Agarkar said, “KL Rahul has been a prolific run scorer at No.5, we’ll have a conversation with both of them”.

  • 13:42 (IST)

  • 13:41 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Here’s what Rohit Sharma said about the squad

    “There are players who are going to miss but that happens every World Cup. There are no surprises over there.”

  • 13:39 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Here’s what Ajit Agarkar said about the team

    “This is the 15-member squad that we have picked and we are not going to change it unless there is an injury.”

  • 13:37 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: India’s full squad

    Rohit Sharma (c), Shubhman Gill, Ishan Kishen (wk/bat), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, K Rahul(wk/bat), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Md. Siraj, Md. Shami, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav

  • 13:32 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Squad is here

    The Rohit Sharma-led side will be having Hardik Pandya as the vice captain while Jasprit Bumrah and KL Rahul have also been included in the team. Apart from them, Suryakumar Yadav has also found himself a place but Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Tilak Varma have been excluded from the team. 

  • 13:19 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Here’s what former cricketers said about the squad

  • 13:11 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Rohit-Agarkar to announce the squad

    Just like the Asia Cup, skipper Rohit Sharma and BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar will be addressing the press conference and revealing India’s 15-member squad for the upcoming World Cup on Tuesday.

  • 12:59 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Less than an hour to go

    In less than one hour, we will get to know the names of the 15 players who will be playing for India in the most-awaited ODI World Cup 2023. The marquee even will kick-start from October 5 in Ahmedabad with defending champions England squaring off against New Zealand. 

  • 12:40 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Here’s what Wasim Jaffer predicted about the squad

    Wasim Jaffer’s picks for India’s ICC World Cup 2023 squad:Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj. Read here. 

  • 12:17 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Who will bat at No 4?

    It will be interesting to see that who will be given the No 4 position in Team India as there are many contenders for it. The main fight will be between Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer and the selectors will have a daunting task. 

  • 11:58 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: No place for Yuzvendra Chahal?

    Among the biggest absentees, Yuzvendra Chahal, who wasn’t picked in the Indian squad for the Asia Cup too, found no place in the World Cup squad either. Suryakumar Yadav, despite his struggles in the 50-over format, retains his spot in the squad.

  • 11:43 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Will Tilak Varma find himself a place?

    It has been learned that the two members who would be excluded from the roster are Tilak Varma and Prasidh Krishna. While Varma was handed his maiden ODI call-up for the Asia Cup, Krishan was included in the roster after a long injury layoff. Among the returning players, all three of Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer, and KL Rahul have earned a spot in India’s squad for the World Cup.

  • 11:42 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: 15-member squad

    When Ajit Agarkar announced the Indian squad for the Asia Cup, he suggested that the ODI World Cup roster would be on similar lines. The Asia Cup squad, however, was a 17-member unit, with Samson being included as a backup for Rahul. Since the World Cup squad is to contain only 15 players, 2 members from the main squad had to be removed.

  • 11:28 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Here’s what Gautam Gambhir predicted about the squad

    Gautam Gambhir’s ICC World Cup 2023 squad for India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami. Read here

  • 11:00 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Will Sanju Samson find a place?

    According to NDTV sources, KL Rahul has been included in the squad while Tilak Varma and Sanju Samson have failed to find themselves a place in the team. Read here. 

  • 10:57 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Here’s what Rohit Sharma said about the squad

    “When we came here, in the back of our mind we knew what our [World Cup] 15 would look like, except maybe one or two spots. We cannot really look too much into these two games, one was washed out, but luckily we got to bat in the first game and bowl in this one. We have not been at our best. But a few guys are coming out after months out of the game. Once we move ahead in the Super Fours, there’s no room for complacency. First game, under pressure, Hardik and Ishan got us into a good position. Today our bowling was okay, but fielding was below par.”

  • 10:53 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Will KL Rahul find himself a place?

    India wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul has found some himself stuck in injuries, resulting which he missed out on India’s World Test Championship final against Australia and an all-format series against West Indies. However, he recovered from the injury and was named in the Asia Cup squad but eventually ruled out of the first two games due to a niggle. It is highly likely that Rahul will be named in the squad for the upcoming World Cup. 

  • 10:40 (IST)

    India ODI World Cup squad Live: Hello

    Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Team India’s squad announcement for the upcoming ODI World Cup in October. Stay tuned for all the live updates. 

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