NEW DELHI: Powerhouse India on Sunday suffered an unprecedented and embarrassing 3-0 series loss at home against New Zealand just before their high-profile tour of Australia which starts from November 22.The recent whitewash against the Kiwis means a demoralized Indian team now has got to win 4 matches out of 5 Down Under in the…
Virat Kohli scored 4 and 1 in the two innings of the third Test in Mumbai. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: India’s batting vulnerabilities against spin were thoroughly exposed in the recently concluded Test series against New Zealand where the hosts succumbed to an embarrassing 3-0 whitewash.The plan from India was to trap the Kiwis in…
NEW DELHI: Even as the Indian team tries to pick itself up going into Australia tour this month, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) is set to review the abject surrender against New Zealand. TOI understands that the nature of pitches used for the last two matches will be debated besides how the team management is…
NEW DELHI: The Indian men’s cricket team was on Sunday whitewashed for the first time in a Test series of three or more matches at home. Who saw it coming two weeks ago? Nobody, including the Blackcaps, could’ve imagined that India could be defeated 3-0 but Tom Latham’s men achieved the unachievable.In the fourth innings…
Virat Kohli scored 4 and 1 in the two innings of the third Test (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: For the first time in their Test history, which goes back to 1933, India on Sunday were whitewashed 0-3 in a series of three or more games by New Zealand as the visitors triumphed by 25 runs…
(Photo credit: BlackCaps Twitter) NEW DELHI: India committed harakiri late on the opening day of the third and final Test at the Wankhede, slumping to 86 for four at the close of play against New Zealand in Mumbai on Friday.Already 0-2 down in the series, India bowlers did really well to first bowl out the…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan batter Basit Ali feels Indian players were ‘overconfident’ ahead of the start of the series against New Zealand and that resulted in the hosts succumbing to their first home series loss in 12 years.After their clinical triumph in the opener in Bengaluru, New Zealand…
Washington Sundar (Photo credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Spin all-rounder Washington Sundar on Thursday came up with a magical delivery to knock over New Zealand’s in-form Rachin Ravindra in the second session on the opening day of the second Test in Pune.Starting off his new spell in style, Sundar fired in a perfect ball to get…
(Photo credit: Screengrab from video posted by BCCI) NEW DELHI: From collapsing to their lowest team total — 46 all out — at home to a remarkable fightback in the second innings, the Indian team gave a tough fight before going down against New Zealand on the final day of the rain-marred Bengaluru Test on…
Will Young and Rachin Ravindra (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: New Zealand top-order batters survived hostile opening spells from pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj as the Kiwis recorded a famous win on Indian soil for the first time in 36 years in Bengaluru on Sunday.Chasing a tricky 107 on the fifth and final day, the…
