Jasprit Bumrah (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s pace spearhead and skipper Jasprit Bumrah showed his mettle on Day 1 of the fifth Test in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25. With the bat, Bumrah made a crucial 22 runs on Friday. Subsequently, this became the highest score by an Indian captain in the series, outstripping Rohit…
Virat Kohli‘s recent Test cricket performance has placed him on a list alongside bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Keshav Maharaj, and Shoaib Bashir, rather than fellow batters. This is due to his low first-innings average.Kohli’s first-innings average is the third lowest since 2024, even lower than some tailenders, including Bumrah.This unfortunate statistic emerged during the fifth…
Jasprit Bumrah and Sam Konstas (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The last few minutes at the end of Day 1 of the fifth Test in Sydney saw high drama as India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and Australia teenager Sam Konstas were involved in a fiery verbal exchange.The drama was soon followed by the dismissal of Usman…
Sam Konstas. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: When Sam Konstas scored a century as an unknown figure in the pink-ball warm-up game against India, little did he, or anyone else for that matter, know that he would be part of the most rip-roaring episodes of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Poll What do you…
NEW DELHI: The opening day of the fifth and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground was a spectacle of high drama, with Virat Kohli surviving a golden duck scare earlier in the day and the action culminating in a heated exchange between Indian skipper Jasprit Bumrah and Sam Konstas.The incident occurred when Australian opener…
Shubman Gill departed for 20 runs (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India’s hopes of clinching the fifth and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground and retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy seem to be slipping away. After dropping regular captain Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, leading the side for the SCG Test, opted to bat first—a decision that…
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…
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…
Jasprit Bumrah (Photo Source: X) Jasprit Bumrah‘s breakthrough 2024, which saw him touching the peak level of performance in India’s ongoing tour of Australia, has put him on top of a unique list of having some of the game’s legendary fast bowlers part of it — breaking the record of Pakistan’s all-time great Waqar Younis.After…
