India captain Rohit Sharma, left, with the team’s bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah (Photo Source: X) ADELAIDE: The manner of India’s capitulation in the second Test has left them facing many questions, but the immediate need is to address the balance of the fast-bowling lineup. With the frontline batters more or less picking themselves, additional pace…
Cheteshwar Pujara (X Photo) NEW DELHI: Cheteshwar Pujara has shared his thoughts on potential adjustments to India’s playing eleven for the crucial third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Brisbane. He suggested that Washington Sundar might replace Ravichandran Ashwin. He also expressed support for pacer Harshit Rana despite a poor outing in the second Test…
Jasprit Bumrah and Harshit Rana (Reuters Photo) NEW DELHI: Australia’s wicketkeeping legend Adam Gilchrist has highlighted that Mohammed Siraj and Harshit Rana did not perform at the expected level in Adelaide to effectively support India’s fast-bowling spearhead, Jasprit Bumrah.Bumrah, who was instrumental in India’s 295-run victory in Perth with eight wickets, claimed 4/61 in the…
Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah. (Pic Credit – X) NEW DELHI: Skipper Rohit Sharma on Sunday issued a strong message to India’s bowling unit, after the disappointing loss in the pink-ball Test at Adelaide, stressing that Jasprit Bumrah cannot carry the entire burden alone.Speaking candidly, Rohit emphasised the need for collective responsibility from all bowlers….
Shubman Gill (Photo credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: A fit-again Shubman Gill struck a stylish half-century easing concerns over his thumb injury while skipper Rohit Sharma batted at No.4 and fell cheaply, leaving questions over his position and form for the second Test as India eased past Australia Prime Minister’s XI in the pink-ball warm-up in…
NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma experimented with a new wicketkeeper, Sarfaraz Khan, in place of the regular wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant during their warm-up match against Australia’s Prime Minister’s XI at the Manuka Oval in Canberra.Sarfaraz replaced Pant as a substitute wicketkeeper ahead of India’s pink-ball day-night Test in Adelaide, which begins on December 6.Pacer…
Rishabh Pant at the Optus Stadium in Perth. (Photo by Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Apart from keeping wickets, wicket-keepers are also unofficially entrusted with the job of keeping the fielders cheered up and encouraged.And Rishabh Pant is one of the best ‘talkers’ from behind the stumps in world cricket.As the last-wicket stand…
Mitchell Starc talks to Harshit Rana on Day 2 of the first Test in Perth on November 23, 2024. (Photo by Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Fast bowlers finishing their follow-throughs close to the batters after bowling a bouncer with a few words is as old as the game itself.Some batters keep their…
NEW DELHI: “Oh! Knocks him over, gets his first wicket,” Commentator Harsha Bhogle erupted in joy as Travis Head, an omnipresent nemesis of Team India, started walking off, keeping his head down in dismay.On the receiving end of Bhogle’s plaudits was debutant Harshit Rana, who had completely outfoxed the Australian batting maestro with the work…
India may have been drubbed 0-3 by New Zealand at home but it’s not all gloom & doom as the team braces for the 5-Test series in Australia. The faster bowlers, led by the inimitable Jasprit Bumrah, could prove a handful for Oz batters on helpful surfaces…Conflicted about waking up early on Friday for the…
