ICC Champions Trophy. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/Getty Images) SYDNEY: India have lost seven out of their last eight Tests and now the focus will soon shift to white-ball action with the upcoming bilateral series versus England and then the 2025 edition of the ICC Champions Trophy. Indian players are expected to leave for home soon…
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,…
Rohit Sharma walks back after being dismissed cheaply in the second innings at Melbourne Cricket Ground. (Getty Images) Melbourne: The number of runs Rohit Sharma has scored in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) so far is one more than the number of wickets (30) Jasprit Bumrah has picked since landing in Australia last month. Three Tests,…
KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma (Julian Finney/Getty Images) ) “He (KL Rahul) will open the innings. I will play somewhere in the middle… “Rohit Sharma ended the suspense when he confirmed India’s openers for the Adelaide Test vs Australia from December 6. Rahul did a phenomenal job with the bat in both innings of the…
Sunil Gavaskar and Travis Head NEW DELHI: Australia’s Travis Head has dismissed Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar‘s remarks about Josh Hazlewood‘s side strain injury, calling them “pretty funny” and suggesting they were an attempt to stir controversy after Australia’s heavy defeat in the first Test against India in Perth. Hazlewood was ruled out of the second…
Rahul Dravid and Adam Gilchrist (X Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India captain Rahul Dravid recently shared his memories of a remarkable partnership with VVS Laxman during the Adelaide Test against Australia in 2003.Speaking to Star Sports, Dravid discussed how their 303-run partnership for the fifth wicket shifted the game in India’s favour. India had a…
Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth witnessed a rare scenario: India are without both Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the playing XI.Since Jadeja’s debut in 2012, the team has gone into only a handful of Tests without its trusted spin duo, making…
India captain Rohit Sharma. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: If India does not do well in their five-Test series in Australia, Rohit Sharma may retire from the longest format, so India needs to start preparing for his replacement, according to former captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth.After winning India’s second T20 World Cup trophy in June,…
Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: India has achieved yet another remarkable milestone in Test cricket by becoming the fastest team to score 200 runs in an innings. This feat came soon after Indian batters broke records for the fastest fifty and fastest hundred in the longest format of the game during…
Yashasvi Jaiswal during his knock against Bangladesh at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: After hitting the fastest team fifty, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal helped India achieve another record on Day 4 in the second Test against Bangladesh at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur on Monday.Captain…
