Former cricketer Aakash Chopra feels that India will make a change or two in their playing XI for the second and final Test against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. He, however, remarked that India will not drop Shreyas Iyer from the team. Shreyas, who made his Test debut in the ongoing Test
Month: November 2021
IND vs NZ: Srikar Bharat will keep the wickets for India on Day five© AFP Stiffness in the neck did not allow India wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha to take the field on day five of the first Test against New Zealand here on Monday. Saha scored a fighting 61 not out on day four to put
BAN vs PAK live: Bangladesh will look to put a big score on the board.© AFP Bangladesh are looking to set Pakistan a big target on Day 4 of the opening Test in Chattogram on Monday. Batting first, hosts Bangladesh had put up a first innings total of 330 runs with Liton Das going on to
Cooped up in a bio-bubble while a new COVID-19 variant causes panic all across here, the India A cricket team will take on South Africa A in the second unofficial Test from Tuesday with some senior side aspirants hoping to make an impression. The first four-day game ended in a draw due to inclement weather
Australian spin legend Shane Warne has reportedly injured himself in a motorbike accident on Sunday, November 28. Warne took his bike for a ride with his son Jackson in Melbourne when he fell off and slid for more than 15 metres. Warne didn’t seek immediate treatment but went to the hospital on Monday morning to
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan made the comments while reacting to a tweet.© Twitter Former India spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan has said that he has been colour discriminated against all his life. The former spinner was responding to a tweet that talked about cricket commentators being subjected to online trolling for the comments they give. Commenting on the tweet, Sivaramakrishnan
Pakistan speedster Shaheen Afridi ripped apart Bangladesh top-order, taking three wickets and restricting the hosts at 39/4 before the end of the third day’s play of the ongoing first Test at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. Afridi dismissed the top three Bangladesh batters – Shadman Islam (1), Saif Hassan (19), Najmul Hossain Shanto (0)
With Shreyas Iyer in top form, India set a strong 284-run target for New Zealand on Day 4 of the ongoing first Test match in Kanpur on Saturday. Despite the strong target, the home side’s senior batters once again failed to impress, with Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara adding only 22 and four runs to
India need 9 wickets on Day 5 to win the first Test vs New Zealand in Kanpur.© AFP Former India opening-batter Aakash Chopra has given his opinion on whether Team India should’ve declared their second innings earlier on Day 4 of the ongoing first Test at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. India, riding on half-centuries
Wriddhiman Saha had played an important knock of 61 runs in India’s second innings of 1st Test.© AFP With Virat Kohli returning for the second Test and Ajinkya Rahane struggling with his form lately, India will have to make some tough decisions as far their playing XI is concerned for the second and final match
File picture of Shane Warne.© Twitter Former Australia spinner Shane Warne has injured himself in a motorbike accident. Warne was riding his bike with son Jackson when he fell off and slid for more than 15 metres, the Sydney Morning Herald reported quoting News Corp. “I’m a bit battered and bruised and very sore,” said
News West Indies captain wants his batters to ‘be clear about whether you’re playing forward or back’ Defend a lot. Be clear on whether you’re playing back or forward. And stick around for a couple of sessions. This is West Indies’ batting game-plan for the second Test according to captain Kraigg Brathwaite. With the surface
News Former India legspinner was responding to a tweet on online trolling faced by cricket commentators L Sivaramakrishnan, the former India legspinner, has said that he has been “colour discriminated” all his life. Responding to a tweet on cricket commentators facing online trolling, 55-year-old Sivaramakrishnan wrote: “I have been criticised and colour discriminated all my
News Tourists yet to make a call on whether Stokes will play first Test England’s cricketers are hopeful that the discovery of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Australia won’t impact the Ashes Tests – or their families’ travel plans, Ashley Giles says. But Giles, the managing director of England men’s cricket, admitted the
Shubman Gill was dismissed for 1 in the second innings of the 1st Test against New Zealand© AFP Shubman Gill’s Test career continues in its blow hot, blow cold form as the opener was dismissed for just 1 run in India second innings in the ongoing 1st Test against New Zealand. India were given a
Wriddhiman Saha scored an unbeaten 61 in the second innings against New Zealand© Twitter India wicket-keeper batter Wriddhiman Saha expressed happiness after his inspiring performance in the ongoing first Test against New Zealand at Green Park Stadium on Sunday. India ended day four on a high after half-centuries from Shreyas Iyer and Wriddhiman Saha allowed them
Axar Patel has made a great start to his Test career in 2021 Axar Patel has had a dream run in the longest format of the game ever since making his debut in the Test series against England in February earlier this year. On Saturday, Axar picked up his fifth five-wicket haul in Test cricket
Wriddhiman Saha is an “ideal team man” who can always be relied to do the “tough job” but unfortunately he will have to play the second fiddle when India’s number one keeper-batter Rishabh Pant gets back from break, batting coach Vikram Rathour said on Sunday. Saha, the oldest member of the current Indian set-up at
The Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises have until November 30 to decide the four cricketers they have to retain. Notably, as per players’ retention rules for IPL 2022, franchises are supposed to retain four players with a combination of either two Indians and as many overseas or three Indians and one foreign player. Ahead of
Virat Kohli shared a romantic throwback photo with Anushka Sharma.© Koo Currently rested for India’s ongoing first Test match against New Zealand, Virat Kohli took to social media platform Koo to share a romantic photo with wife Anushka Sharma. After India’s exit in the T20 World Cup, Kohli was also rested for the home T20I
Batting coach Vikram Rathour “understands” fully that Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are now India players living on borrowed time. But the former opener on Sunday couldn’t give a definitive answer as to who would sit out in order to accommodate skipper Virat Kohli’s comeback in the next Test against New Zealand. With Shreyas Iyer
Preview Some West Indies batters showed signs that they can handle such conditions in the big first-Test defeat, but they will need plenty of application and determination Big Picture How do you solve a problem like Galle? Well, winning the toss and batting first would be a start. But what else can you do? The
News Having received a lifeline due to Dickwella’s suspension, he hopes to make the opportunities count Dinesh Chandimal has had an unusual Test career. He has 11 Test hundreds, which in this side is equal to Angelo Mathews’ tally, and fewer only than Dimuth Karunaratne’s 13, and yet he had been left out of the
News The Pakistan bowling consultant was scheduled to leave the squad after the first Test anyway, but has had to change his plans Vernon Philander, the former South Africa quick who is a bowling consultant with the Pakistan team currently on tour in Bangladesh, will leave the squad bubble in Chattogram tomorrow, the fourth day
News India’s batting coach throws his weight behind the two under-fire “senior cricketers” Shreyas Iyer’s century and fifty in his debut Test, the only time an Indian batter has done so, has turned the spotlight squarely on Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara as full-time captain Virat Kohli returns for the Mumbai Test next week. India’s
News New Zealand batting coach disappointed with Young’s lbw dismissal, but still hopeful of a positive result In a studio show on Star Sports, commentator Simon Doull said he hadn’t heard umpire Virender Sharma prompt Will Young that ten seconds had elapsed since he had been given out lbw to R Ashwin and the clock
News There must be scope to rehabilitate, says managing director of England men’s cricket Giving people second chances will be key to solving the racism crisis that has engulfed English cricket, Ashley Giles says. Giles, the managing director of England men’s cricket, told a press conference on Sunday that many members of the Ashes touring
Shreyas Iyer is the man of the moment in Indian cricket as his efforts with the bat have put India in a commanding position at the end of the fourth day’s play in the 1st Test against New Zealand. Things were not all rosy for the hosts through the course of the day as the
IND vs NZ: Vikram Rathour lauded Shreyas Iyer for his batting in the second innings.© AFP Team India’s batting coach Vikram Rathour believes that Shreyas Iyer “looked even better” in the second innings of the Kanpur Test at the Green Park Stadium on Sunday. India ended day four on a high after half-centuries from Shreyas
Shreyas Iyer continued from where he left and put India in a commanding position during their second innings on Day 4 of the ongoing first Test against New Zealand at Green Park in Kanpur. After smashing a tremendous hundred in the first innings, Iyer hit a crucial half-century in the second essay to stabilise the
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