Jasprit Bumrah (BCCI Photo) After dismissing Nathan Lyon in the opening over of the final morning in the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne, India’s bowling ace Jasprit Bumrah registered his 30th wicket of the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) series, a mark that hadn’t been touched by a visiting bowler on Australian soil for over…
Nitish Kumar Reddy, left, and Mohammed Siraj (Agency Photo) Nitish Kumar Reddy‘s maiden Test hundred came amid dramatic scenes in front of a mammoth 83,073 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, as the largest ever crowd on the third day of a Boxing Day Test saw the rise of cricket’s latest hero. But…
Nitish Kumar Reddy and his father (Photo: Agency/video grab) Nitish Kumar Reddy, India’s latest Test centurion, owes his place among India’s cricket heroes to the sacrifices made by his father, Mutyala Reddy, who incidentally was present at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday and watched his son score a well-deserved maiden international and Test hundred….
Nitish Kumar Reddy (Getty Images) Nitish Kumar Reddy went through a few anxious moments in the nervous 90s, but more on the non-striker’s end, before he scored the boundary that brought up a much-deserved maiden Test and international hundred for the 21-year-old all-rounder, who has been the find of this Australian tour for India.On the…
Virat Kohli‘s controversial shoulder-bump to Australia‘s teenage debutant Sam Konstas on the first day of the fourth Test was expected to turn the Melbourne crowd hostile towards the Indian batting legend, but some of the fans probably took it a little too far by passing comments that upset Kohli while he was walking back to…
Australia played a smart ‘scheduling’ card even before the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy commenced a month ago, but India’s riposte came in the first Test itself; and after three matches, the advantage has slightly shifted to the visitors’ camp.If India winning the series-opener in Perth made Australia re-think, their fightback to force a draw in…
India’s cricket superstar Virat Kohli and his wife, Anushka Sharma, were spotted strolling in Melbourne city; and a video of the moment captured by a fan has gone viral on social media. Batting legend Kohli is currently on the tour of Australia as part of the Indian team, as action resumes on the field with…
Travis Head (Agency Photo) Australia’s in-form batter and India’s nemesis Travis Head passed the fitness test on Wednesday to retain his place in Australia’s playing eleven, which the hosts announced on the eve of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.Announcing the eleven playing members for the match in Melbourne Cricket Ground beginning on Thursday, captain…
Virat Kohli‘s form remains the centre of attention as India and Australia get ready for another battle in the fourth Test of the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy, which stands level at 1-1 with all the play for. Kohli has had an up and down tour so far, starting it with a century in the Perth…
Jasprit Bumrah (AFP Photo) MELBOURNE: Keep calm and listen to Jasprit Bumrah. That seems to be the mantra for India’s under-pressure support cast of pace bowlers going into the all-important fourth Test. As the frontline pacers hit the nets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday, Bumrah’s towering presence in this India squad was in…
