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Bengaluru: Former India batsman Gautam Gambhir said Virat Kohli and Co are one of the favourites for World Cup 2019 in England but felt any team that plays well on a given day can win the title. He said India, England, New Zealand and Australia (once Steve Smith and David Warner return) were looking good for the ICC showpiece event starting on May 30. Also, in this exclusive interview with MyNation, Gambhir reflected on his career and picked the highs and lows of his cricket journey. He also spoke about the Funngage PowerPlayer cricket scholarship for youngsters.

Gautam Gambhir bowed out of cricket with a 112 against Andhra in his final Ranji Trophy innings last month. When asked whether he would be tempted to return to the game, he ruled it out. 'The pressure is off,' he told MyNation in an exclusive interview in Bengaluru

At a very young age, Tanvir Ul-Haq aka Tanveer Ul-Haq had to start earning, first at a garage, then as a newspaper delivery boy, then selling children’s clothes. He almost gave up his dream of playing cricket and went to Jaipur to make a living by becoming a security guard. But fate had other plans and kept him in cricket

For any player, it is never easy to pack your bags and head to a country like Australia for his Test initiation. But the 27-year-old Mayank Agarwal was unfazed by the challenge and came out trumps

'Ashwin and Nathan Lyon both are the best off-spinners in the world at the moment in Test cricket,' the 78-year-old EAS Prasanna told MyNation on Wednesday ahead of the fourth Test between India and Australia in Sydney

'It is an outstanding bowling unit (Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav) that we have got in our team. However, there is not much I can talk about the Australian batting line-up. They don't have the Waughs, Taylors, Clarkes, Pontings, Haydens, Langers. This is a very ordinary Australian side which India is playing against,' Venkatesh Prasad told MyNation

Jasprit Bumrah took a career-best 6/33 against Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Friday. 'This would definitely be one of the best spells bowled in Australia. That is what my opinion is. He was unplayable all the way through. It was not just one spell but every ball he bowled he looked terrific,' Javagal Srinath told MyNation

'There is a very touching incident which happened at the KIOC. When Agarwal returned from the Under-19 World Cup in 2010, we were honouring him at the KIOC. And during the felicitation, he called his car driver on stage. Mayank Agarwal told us, 'Without this man I would not have been able to reach any cricket ground on time. He too deserves credit'. It was a very touching gesture which we can never forget,' Irfan Sait said

'He has talent in abundance, but he has a long way to go. He has to pick up fast if he has to last long in the Indian Test team. He has to learn a lot. There were two occasions where he could have won the game (with his batting) for India. But he did not know how to apply himself, at that stage,' Syed Kirmani told MyNation

Virat Kohli's on-field behaviour has always caused controversy and after veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah slammed Kohli, former India wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani said an Indian captain should be mindful of the fact that he is a role model for billions and act accordingly.