Tilak Varma. (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Young batter Tilak Varma on Wednesday shared the empowering message from the team management for the South Africa T20I series: ‘Bindaas khelna agar wicket gire tab bhi’ (Play freely even if you lose a wicket).Varma, who was promoted to No. 3 in batting order, made the most of the…
Sunil Gavaskar (R) and Allan Border. (TOI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Test series between India and Australia was officially named the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series when India and Australia played a one-off Test at the Kotla in Delhi in October 1996.Named after the legendary cricketers Sunil Gavaskar of India and Allan Border of Australia, the Test…
NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson is in outstanding form, delivering a blistering performance against South Africa. The wicketkeeper-batsman hammered a stunning 107 off 50 balls in Durban, propelling India to a commanding 61-run victory. His aggressive knock featured seven fours and 10 towering sixes.Reflecting on the victory that gave India a 1-0 lead in the four-match…
There’s no denying faults in technique have slowly crept into the game of the T20-oriented modern batsmanIf you’re an Indian cricket follower with a sense of history, the capitulation against Ajaz Patel at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday might just hurt you a little more.Ask any Indian batter of the 1980s and they would say…
Sachin Tendulkar claims the wicket of Adam Gilchrist during Day 5 of the 2nd Test at Eden Gardens, Calcutta on March 15, 2001. (Hamish Blair/ALLSPORT/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The historic Eden Gardens Test between India and Australia is mostly remembered for Harbhajan Singh‘s hat-trick and the historic partnership between VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid.But batting…
NEW DELHI: India’s tour of Australia in 1999-2000 was a forgettable one. India lost all three Tests and there were only two Indian batsmen to hit centuries across the three Tests. One was captain Sachin Tendulkar, who hit 116 in the second Test at the MCG and the second was a batsman who could probably…
NEW DELHI: India batting great Rahul Dravid has a stellar record against Australia, one of the most dominant teams during his era. His performances, especially in Test cricket, are particularly memorable, with several iconic innings against the Aussies.Dravid’s first tour to Australia in 1999 was nothing short of disastrous with a highest score of 35…
NEW DELHI: Even before the Indian cricket team embarked on their 2003-04 tour to Australia, the mind games had begun and most of the banter, as usual, came from the Aussies. There were talks of ‘chin-music’ being dished out to the Indians, especially to the captain Sourav Ganguly, who had ruffled quite a few Aussie…
NEW DELHI: India’s ace pacer Mohammed Shami‘s participation in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy later this year is contingent on a final fitness assessment from the National Cricket Academy (NCA), according to BCCI secretary Jay Shah. Shami, recovering from an ankle injury sustained in the ODI World Cup last November, is currently in rehabilitation at the…
NEW DELHI: The job to find the new head coach for the senior men’s team seems to have become more challenging for the Indian cricket board (BCCI) than it was first thought to be. TOI understands that the board has kept its options open even as the deadline for the applications is less than a…
