India captain Rohit Sharma. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Captain Rohit Sharma stated that it is crucial that his team get in the correct frame of mind for what will be a difficult tour of Australia after New Zealand mercilessly exposed India’s batting weaknesses in a 0-3 home series loss.After the hosts stumbled…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Team India is feeling the pressure after losing the Test series to New Zealand. It’s the first time they have been whitewashed at home in a three-Test series and the poor show by batters has come under scrutiny. Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were a…
In the home Test season this year, Rohit Sharma has appeared a shadow of himself in the 10 innings he has played across five matches; and the former India wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik feels “getting into a safe space” could be the reason behind the Indian captain’s poor run.Rohit has scored just 133 runs in five…
NEW DELHI: Following Team India’s embarissing home series defeat to New Zealand on Sunday, Rohit Sharma‘s men relinquished their leading position in the World Test Championship standings, moving to second place.The third and final Test in Mumbai saw India lose by 25 runs, resulting in a 0-3 series defeat, their first home Test series whitewash…
India’s totals in four innings of two Tests played on turning tracks in Pune and Mumbai read 156, 245, 263 and 121. New Zealand, who emerged victorious in the first Test in Bengaluru, won the next two matches as well to become the first team to whitewash India at home in a three-Test series.The embarrassing…
India now need to win four Tests in Australia to directly make the WTC final. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images) With transition now inevitable, true India fans will need to brace for period of indifferent results, both at home and overseas“I don’t think that our skill against spin has gone down. We have…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (AFP Photo) Captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have had a forgettable home season, which saw India go through an embarrassing first when New Zealand whitewashed their fancied hosts in a three-Test series.Chasing only 147 to win at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India folded up for 121 runs on…
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…
NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali on Sunday lavished praise on swashbuckling Rishabh Pant despite India’s 3-0 Test series defeat to New Zealand, commending star batter’s crucial knock in difficult conditions.Pant stood out as one of the few Indian batters who thrived on the spin-heavy surface New Zealand skillfully exploited, scoring 60 in the…
