Rohit Sharma’s decision to bat first in overcast conditions backfired in Bengaluru. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: It was not just Rachin Ravindra, whose parents hail from Bengaluru, dented India by hitting a brilliant hundred in the first innings of the first Test at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, but the inclement…
Sarfaraz Khan scored his maiden Test century on day four of the first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru, which helped India cut the visitors’ first-innings lead to under hundred runs.Sarfaraz, who got a chance to play because of Shubman Gill’s stiff neck, made amends for his duck in the first innings with a stroke-filled…
Rohit Sharma overcame his first-innings failure with a half-century on day three of the rain-hit first Test against New Zealand at the M Chinnaswamy, but it’s another incident involving the India captain that made bigger noise on social media.In a funny video posted by a user on X, Rohit is seen going inside the ground…
Groundsmen cover the ground at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: The first day of the India-New Zealand first Test in Bengaluru was rained out on Wednesday.For the past 48 hours, Bengaluru has been battered by rain, and the next few days are expected to bring more rain.AS IT HAPPENED The…
Regular spells of rain in Bengaluru in the last few days and forecast for more over the course of the first Test between India and New Zealand beginning on Wednesday may have the final say in the outcome of the series opener. The toss has already been delayed because of continuous rain at the M…
Virat Kohli‘s return to Test mould with the first match of the series against Bangladesh hasn’t begun on a confident note, with the batting maestro’s scores in the two innings reading 6 and 17. The poor outing extended Kohli’s lean international run this season, which has seen him scoring just one fifty since January.In the…
Scrutiny never stops when it comes to cut-throat competition in international sports, even if you are Virat Kohli and have nothing left to prove.Returning to Test mould after some rest on a vacation with family in London, the former India captain would have hoped to begin the resurrection of his Test run on a positive…
Rishabh Pant (Photo Source: X) Rishabh Pant is the kind of character that world cricket needs. The India wicketkeeper-batsman, who remains chirpy whether standing behind the stumps or in front, created another lighthearted moment on the third day of the opening Test against Bangladesh in Chennai.Shortly after play started on the third morning at the…
Rishabh Pant marked his Test comeback with India’s first match of the series against Bangladesh in Chennai, which is the first red-ball international for the wicketkeeper-batsman since his horrific car accident in December 2022.Pant, who returned to competitive cricket with the Indian Premier League earlier this year, spent more than a year in rehab following…
After Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja got India out of jail to post 376 in their first innings on the second day of the opening Test against Bangladesh in Chennai, Akash Deep turned on the heat with his bowling to hurt the visitors before lunch at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.India’s bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah provided…
