NEW DELHI: Wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson has hit a purple patch, notching up 3 centuries in his last six competitive matches that includes a Duleep Trophy ton and is determined to make the most of his current form.Samson on Friday smacked a remarkable 50-ball 107 against South Africa, his second consecutive T20I century, following his impressive…
New Zealand players celebrate the dismissal of Shubman Gill in the Mumbai Test (PTI Photo) India’s batting failures, particularly against spin, in the Test series against New Zealand has ignited a debate on the nature of pitches and the over-aggressive approach of the Indian batsmen in red-ball cricket; and former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali has…
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli is currently going through a lean patch, with his disappointing performance in the recent three-match Test series at home against New Zealand raising concerns for Team India ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, set to start on November 22 in Australia.Kohli managed only 93 runs across the three Tests against the Kiwis,…
NEW DELHI: Powerhouse India on Sunday suffered an unprecedented and embarrassing 3-0 series loss at home against New Zealand just before their high-profile tour of Australia which starts from November 22.The recent whitewash against the Kiwis means a demoralized Indian team now has got to win 4 matches out of 5 Down Under in the…
Virat Kohli scored 4 and 1 in the two innings of the third Test in Mumbai. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: India’s batting vulnerabilities against spin were thoroughly exposed in the recently concluded Test series against New Zealand where the hosts succumbed to an embarrassing 3-0 whitewash.The plan from India was to trap the Kiwis in…
File photo of India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir (Photo Source: X) India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir finds himself on a sticky wicket after the team’s historic lows in the Test series against New Zealand. After the lowest total of 46 in a Test innings on home soil in Bengaluru, India lost in Pune to concede…
India now need to win four Tests in Australia to directly make the WTC final. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images) With transition now inevitable, true India fans will need to brace for period of indifferent results, both at home and overseas“I don’t think that our skill against spin has gone down. We have…
Indian team in a huddle (Photo Source: X) India’s embarrassing 0-3 whitewash, first such instance ever in a Test series on home soil, against New Zealand will rankle for a while. Down 0-2 and chasing a mere 147 runs to win in the third Test in Mumbai, India fell into its own trap on a…
NEW DELHI: Even as the Indian team tries to pick itself up going into Australia tour this month, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) is set to review the abject surrender against New Zealand. TOI understands that the nature of pitches used for the last two matches will be debated besides how the team management is…
NEW DELHI: The Indian men’s cricket team was on Sunday whitewashed for the first time in a Test series of three or more matches at home. Who saw it coming two weeks ago? Nobody, including the Blackcaps, could’ve imagined that India could be defeated 3-0 but Tom Latham’s men achieved the unachievable.In the fourth innings…
