Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India pace spearhead and now captain Jasprit Bumrah is a nightmare not only for batsmen all over the world but also to his team’s wicketkeepers.Ahead of the second day’s play in the fifth Test between India and Australia in Sydney on Saturday, 7Cricket…
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…
NEW DELHI: On India’s last tour to Down Under, Rishabh Pant played a match and series-winning knock against Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane, as India fought back to register a come from behind series victory.One of the most defining moments in Indian cricket history, the victory in the Brisbane Test (Gabba) Test in 2021…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the IPL 2025 season, Sanjiv Goenka, the owner of the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), stated that the team’s new captain has been selected and will be revealed in the coming days.During the IPL 2022-24 season, KL Rahul captained LSG, and when the batter was sidelined in the latter part of 2023,…
Promising pacer Mayank Yadav to be among top 3 retentions for franchiseNEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants are all set to release KL Rahul for the IPL mega auction, it is learnt. Young pace sensation Mayank Yadav, on the other hand, will be among the top three retentions at the franchise, along with Nicholas Pooran and…
NEW DELHI: India’s tour of Australia in 1999-2000 was a forgettable one. India lost all three Tests and there were only two Indian batsmen to hit centuries across the three Tests. One was captain Sachin Tendulkar, who hit 116 in the second Test at the MCG and the second was a batsman who could probably…
NEW DELHI: Even before the Indian cricket team embarked on their 2003-04 tour to Australia, the mind games had begun and most of the banter, as usual, came from the Aussies. There were talks of ‘chin-music’ being dished out to the Indians, especially to the captain Sourav Ganguly, who had ruffled quite a few Aussie…
NEW DELHI: Rishabh Pant‘s exceptional performance during India’s previous tour of Australia has left a lasting impression on batting legend Matthew Hayden. The former Australian opener believes that Pant’s “muscle memory and thirst for victory” will make him a crucial player for the Indian team when they embark on their upcoming five-Test series in Australia…
NEW DELHI: Amidst reports that former Australian cricketers Ricky Ponting and Justin Langer turned down offers to coach the Indian senior men’s team, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah categorically denied the board approached any former Australian cricketer with a coaching offer.Jay Shah said in a statement on Friday,…
NEW DELHI: In what came as a pleasant surprise, Lucknow Super Giants boss Sanjiv Goenka, skipper KL Rahul and head coach Justin Langer addressed the players and support staff in an emotional meet-up after the franchise’s Indian Premier League 2024 campaign came to an end on Friday. For LSG, who needed a victory over Mumbai…
