Virat Kohli‘s recent Test cricket performance has placed him on a list alongside bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Keshav Maharaj, and Shoaib Bashir, rather than fellow batters. This is due to his low first-innings average.Kohli’s first-innings average is the third lowest since 2024, even lower than some tailenders, including Bumrah.This unfortunate statistic emerged during the fifth…

Kwena Maphaka (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: At just 18 years and 270 days, Kwena Maphaka has already carved his name into South African cricket history as the youngest-ever Test player for the Proteas, shattering a record set nearly three decades ago. His Test debut against Pakistan mirrors a fiercely competitive player, raising expectations for his…

Jasprit Bumrah took his 31st wicket in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) series in Australia on Friday, which put him level with spin-bowling legend Bishan Singh Bedi for the record of most wickets by an Indian bowler in a single away Test series.Bumrah, who has taken the five-Test BGT by a storm, has carried…

Sam Konstas. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: When Sam Konstas scored a century as an unknown figure in the pink-ball warm-up game against India, little did he, or anyone else for that matter, know that he would be part of the most rip-roaring episodes of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.Interestingly, it was not the…

NEW DELHI: It was the seventh time in 8 outings in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy that star India batter Virat Kohli got dismissed fishing outside off.Barring the 100 not out he scored in the series opener Perth, Kohli has been dismissed 7 times in the series so far — all of them caught behind.The fateful…

India’s Rishabh Pant has an ice pack applied to his shoulder after he was hit while batting on Day 1 of the fifth Test against Australia in Sydney. (AP/PTI) Sydney: There was no visible pain on his face when he addressed the media after the day’s play at the Sydney Cricket Ground but Rishabh Pant…