NEW DELHI: Young Indian batter Sarfaraz Khan on Thursday faced an injury scare during Team India‘s training session in Perth, walking off the field after a painful blow to his right elbow.Preparing for the upcoming first Test against Australia, starting on November 22 in Perth, Sarfaraz was hit while batting in the nets.Border-Gavaskar TrophyAlthough the…
Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Team India clinched back-to-back Border-Gavaskar Trophy victories in Australia — first under Virat Kohli’s captaincy in 2018-19 and then under Ajinkya Rahane in 2020-21. Now, with Rohit Sharma leading the side, India are aiming for an unprecedented third straight series win on Australian soil.The build-up, however,…
Spinner Varun Chakravarthy produced career best figures of 5 for 17 in the second T20I in Gqeberha on Sunday. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: India captain Suryakumar Yadav on Sunday praised spinner Varun Chakravarthy‘s magical performance in the second T20I against South Africa. Chakravarthy took five wickets for 17 runs but it was not enough as…
India captain Rohit Sharma and Australia skipper Pat Cummins NEW DELHI: As Team India gears up for the highly anticipated five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) starting November 22 in Perth, comparisons between this epic rivalry and the legendary Ashes series between Australia and England are inevitable. While the Ashes boasts a history stretching back to 1882,…
Ravichandran Ashwin (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The New Zealand cricket team last Sunday handed India an unprecedented whitewash at home, clinching the three-Test series 3-0. The Kiwis created history after victory in the Mumbai Test inside three days, becoming the first ever team to hammer India 3-0 in their own backyard. The performance from India…
Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and Ajit Agarkar (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Former India opener Aakash Chopra has labelled a report claiming that the BCCI will appoint separate red and white-ball coaches if India underperform in Border-Gavaskar Trophy as an ‘absolute’ rumour, putting his weight behind an under-fire head coach Gautam Gambhir. After India’s shock 3-0…
Ritika Sajdeh and Rohit Sharma (Photo credit: Mumbai Indians) NEW DELHI: Amid contrasting reports over Rohit Sharma‘s availability for the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, former Australia captain Aaron Finch backed the star India opener for taking leave due to personal reasons. Rohit and wife Ritika Sajdeh are expecting their second child and the…
Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson (AP photo) NEW DELHI: Sensational Sanju Samson, who on Friday became the first Indian batter to notch up two consecutive T20I tons, said that self-belief and support of the captain Suryakumar Yadav helped him stage a strong comeback.Since making his T20I debut in 2015, Samson had an inconsistent run at…
Prasidh Krishna (Photo credit: Cricket Australia) NEW DELHI: In a rare occurrence, India speedster Prasidh Krishna grabbed two wickets in consecutive balls in the very first over of the innings during the India A vs Australia A game in Melbourne on Saturday. A fiery Prasidh got rid of Australia’s two Test contenders for the upcoming…
(Photo credit: Screengrab from video posted on X) NEW DELHI: India skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Proteas quick Marco Jansen got involved in a heated exchange of words during the T20I series opener in Durban on Friday.An unhappy Surya was seen having a chat with batters Jansen and Gerald Coetzee during South Africa’s chase after Jansen…
