Former Australia cricketers Brad Haddin and Tim Paine weighed in on the situation England find themselves in the ongoing Test series against India. Down 1-3 with the series having slipped from their hands, England are playing for pride in the 5th Test at Dharamsala, but given their position in the game, it’ll take a lot …
For all the good things that this England team have done in making people want to watch their matches, right now they sit second bottom in the World Test Championship table and to me results remain the most important currency. In the end, all sports teams are judged on their statistics. How they end up …
The serene atmosphere on the foothills of the snow-capped mountain range was disturbed by the whirring sound made by a helicopter’s blades. In a first of sorts, India captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid landed for the team’s net session in a chopper. The two were special invitees at the Himachal Pradesh khel mahotsav …
Anil Kumble wants England, its captain Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum to take a hard look in the mirror when it comes to ‘Bazball’ after India beat them by 5 wickets in the fourth Test in Ranchi to clinch the five-match series 3-1 with a match to spare. Team India on Monday crushed …
In just his second Test match, Dhruv Jurel took home the player of the match award after dragging India home to a series victory with a 72-run stand with Shubman Gill in the second innings of the Ranchi Test. Dhruv Jurel added his second innings knock of 39* to his first innings total of 90. …
Umpire Kumar Dharmasena responded wittily to Ben Stokes’ mixed emotions on Day 2 at Ranchi in the ongoing fourth Test between India and England. Stokes exuded delight over spinner Shoaib Bashir’s performance yet found himself embroiled in a spat with him regarding the floodlights’ activation. Earlier in the game, the star all-rounder had also expressed …
India captain Rohit Sharma was clearly not pleased with England and Ben Foakes after they prematurely celebrated the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal. During the 20th over of the Indian innings, Jaiswal nicked Ollie Robinson to the keeper… or so it seemed. The two on-field officials went upstairs to the third umpire who decided that the …
England have squandered a 1-0 lead in their ongoing five-match Test series in India after losing the second and third Tests. While the second Test in Visakhapatnam was a thriller and England were lauded for the way they fought, the visitors have copped a lot of criticism for the way they capitulated in the third. …
India’s vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah has been released from the Test squad ahead of the fourth match against Ben Stokes’ England, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed on Tuesday. The BCCI has also revealed that wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul is ruled out of the 4th Test of the five-match series. Rahul’s participation in …
Former England captain Nasser Hussain disagreed with Ben Stokes on the importance of the ‘umpire’s call’ in the Decision Review System (DRS). After the third Test against India, which England lost by a record 434 runs in Rajkot, England captain Stokes raised questions over the necessity of ‘umpire’s call’ in DRS. According to Stokes, if …