NEW DELHI: India’s Jasprit Bumrah is considered one of cricket’s best fast bowlers because of his “slingshot” delivery and capacity to disturb the best batters in the world.Overcoming career-threatening back issues, the 31-year-old became India’s top Test wicket-taker in Australia on Wednesday, surpassing the great Kapil Dev. We as a team are going through transition:…
Ravichandran Ashwin. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) In Brisbane rain, an Ashwin googly…’My last day as an Indian cricketer’: Spin stalwart R Ashwin chooses drawn Test to call end on a storied careerBRISBANE: India’s campaign in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was jolted by the shock retirement of spin stalwart Ravichandran Ashwin in the middle of the…
R Ashwin and Matthew Hayden (X Photo) Matthew Hayden commended Ravichandran Ashwin‘s cricketing acumen following the 38-year-old’s retirement from international cricket. Hayden described Ashwin as a ‘smart cricketer.’Ashwin’s retirement announcement surprised many. He declared his decision alongside Indian captain Rohit Sharma.Fans had anticipated a significant announcement. This followed a poignant moment observed between Ashwin and…
BRISBANE: The announcement was made. R Ashwin was no longer going to be an India cricketer and as the whole of India reacted to the shocking retirement, there was this stormy calm at The Gabba. The drizzle continued and the floodlights were still on as the broadcast crew worked in overdrive to safely pack their…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (Screengrab Photo) NEW DELHI: In the third India vs Australia Test at the Gabba, former Indian captain Virat Kohli devised a perfect plan to dismiss the in-form Travis Head.The left-hander, fresh from scoring two centuries in the ongoing series, appeared confident, with Australia holding a 201-run lead on the fifth…
Rohit Sharma and Mohammed Shami. (Pic Credit – X) NEW DELHI: Indian skipper Rohit Sharma on Wednesday provided a key update on premium pacer Mohammed Shami’s availability for the remaining two Tests against Australia. With two crucial matches remaining in the series, Shami’s inclusion will surely strengthen India’s chances of clinching the series against the…
After India avoided the follow-on during the dramatic last hour on day four of the drawn third Test against Australia in Brisbane, the moment sparked celebrations in the Indian dressing room, which the Australian team and media found a bit surprising considering India were still almost 200 runs behind the hosts. But Rohit believed it…
Ravichandran Ashwin (Photo Source: X) Announcing his retirement from international cricket on Friday, India’s 38-year-old ace off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said he still has “a ‘bit of punch left” in him but will showcase it only at the club-level cricket going forward. Ashwin, India’s second best wicket-taker in Test cricket, called it a day on the…
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma at The Gabba in Brisbane. (Photo by Patrick Hamilton/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: After bowling out India for 260 in their first innings, the Aussies were looking for quick runs to set a target in the third Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy at The Gabba in Brisbane on…
India skipper Rohit Sharma‘s struggle for runs has continued in Australia, and batting legend Sunil Gavaskar believes that Rohit may decide to step down as captain if runs continue to elude him in the last two matches of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) in Melbourne and Sydney. Speaking on ABC Sport, Gavaskar said Rohit won’t…
