SPIRITS SHAKEN: Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma reflect on the series loss at The SCG. (Photo by David Gray/AFP via Getty Images) Australia crush India inside three days to bag Border-Gavaskar TrophySYDNEY: Gone in three days. All the attendant hype, all their loyal legions of fans, all the batting superstars and all the…
India cricketers after losing the fifth Test against Australia The SCG in Sydney. (Photo by David Gray/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Australia regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in 10 years by winning the fifth and final Test by six wickets against an Indian team deprived of their captain and star bowler…
South African great AB de Villiers offered advice to his friend Virat Kohli following a challenging tour of Australia. Kohli struggled against deliveries outside the off-stump, particularly those bowled by Scott Boland.India lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Australia, ending a 10-year winning streak. The final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground saw Australia win by…
Sanjay Manjrekar (Photo Credit: X) NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar succinctly summed up a key aspect of cricketing careers on X, writing, “When to retire is up to the player, but how long to play is up to the selectors.” His words resonate strongly in the wake of India’s 1-3 defeat in the…
NEW DELHI: After his team’s victory in the final Test at Sydney, Australian skipper Pat Cummins praised Virat Kohli for his exceptional performances in Australia over the years.He highlighted how much the team enjoyed playing against him, noting that Kohli’s presence not only brought vital runs but also added an element of “theatre” to the…
NEW DELHI: Questions are bound to arise as Rohit Sharma‘s men make their way to India after failing to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The champions of the last two Test series in Australia, led by Virat Kohli in 2018 and Ajinkya Rahane in 2020, conceded the series 1-3 to Australia following a 6-wicket defeat in…
Jasprit Bumrah (ANI Photo) India’s bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah had Usman Khawaja‘s number throughout the five-Test Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) series, and the Australian opening batter acknowledged him as the most challenging bowler he has encountered inhis cricket career. “I was just getting Bumrah’d,” Khawaja told ABC Sport. “It’s a shame he was (injured) but…
Australian and Indian players shake hands at the end of play in the fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground. (AP) Sydney: When the defeat was in plain sight, India’s stand-in captain walked out of the dressing room during the team’s bowling for the final time in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He took the seat next…
Gautam Gambhir and Abhishek Nayar. (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Not just the team, but the entire coaching staff is also to be blamed for the 1-3 series defeat against Australia, according to cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar.As India crashed to a six-wicket defeat in Sydney on Sunday, the Aussies not only reclaimed the coveted Border-Gavaskar Trophy…
Virat Kohli (Getty Images) When Virat Kohli scored a hundred in the second innings of the Perth Test, it seemed returning to Australia has done the trick for the batting legend and he is back at his best. But what followed after that was a trend too familiar over the last few years.Besides his 100…
