Virat Kohli‘s shoulder-bump to Sam Konstas in the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne further spiced up the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy, and the fans are keeping that face-off alive in the series-deciding fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, which began on Friday. In a video posted by a user on microblogging social media platform…
Yashasvi Jaiswal (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: With the new ball in his hand, Australian speedster and ‘smiling assassin’ Mitchell Starc made a habit of scripting euphoric starts whenever he faced India’s young batter Yashasvi Jaiswal during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.In the opening Test in Perth, Starc unleashed his fiery pace, dismissing Yashasvi for a duck to…
Rishabh Pant (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant endured a tough day at the office, taking a painful blow from a Mitchell Starc short delivery during the opening day of the fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the SCG on Friday.The incident occurred in the 35th over of India’s innings when…
Another controversy erupted early on the first morning of the fifth Test between India and Australia when a relay catch involving Steven Smith and Marnus Labuschagne off Virat Kohli‘s bat was ruled by the third umpire as not legitimate.With Indian openers KL Rahul (4) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (10) dismissed early, India were 17 for 2…
Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on January 2, 2025. (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: In keeping with what TimesofIndia.com had reported a day prior, instead of Rohit Sharma it was Jasprit Bumrah who came for the toss against Australia for the fifth Test at…
Virat Kohli and Steve Smith during the fifth Test at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 03, 2025 in Sydney. (Photo by Philip Brown/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India lost openers KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal early after captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and opted to bat against Australia in overcast conditions and a grassy pitch…
MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma (X Photo) NEW DELHI: The Boxing Day Test has historically posed challenges for Indian cricket captains, affecting their performance due to the high-profile nature of the match and the demands of five days of intense cricket, particularly as they age.While Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, younger captains at the time,…
File photo of Rohit Sharma (Reuters Photo) With Rohit Sharma set to be dropped from the fifth and deciding Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Sydney because of poor form, it will be the first instance involving an Indian captain.As Timesofindia.com reported, India will go in with Jasprit Bumrah as captain, just as they had…
Rohit Sharma. (Pic Credit – X) India skipper Rohit Sharma‘s continued struggles in Tests in 2024 marked a pivotal downturn in his 11-year long career. Consistent failures against both pace and spin, home and away, coupled with an inability to convert starts, exposed his technical vulnerabilities in the longest format.A string of low scores in…
India captain Rohit Sharma in the nets at Sydney Cricket Ground. (Image: TimesofIndia.com) Sydney: “We’re going to have a look at the wicket and finalise it tomorrow.” “As I just said, we’re going to have a look at the wicket and announce playing 11 tomorrow.”India head coach Gautam Gambhir responded when he was quizzed about…
