South Africa’s dominant batting display on day two of the second Test at Newlands left Pakistan struggling. Pakistan ended the day at 64-3, trailing South Africa’s imposing first innings total of 615.Ryan Rickelton‘s double century anchored South Africa’s massive innings. Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen quickly took wickets as Pakistan began their reply. The tourists…
NEW DELHI: South African pacer Marco Jansen found himself in huge trouble as he grabbed attention for all the wrong reasons with his massive no-ball on the second day of the second Test against Pakistan in Cape Town on Saturday.Jansen’s front-foot no-ball brought back memories of the infamous spot-fixing incident involving former Pakistan pacer Mohammad…
Rishabh Pant. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images) Former Indian all-rounder Sanjay Bangar praised Rishabh Pant‘s dynamic fifty against Australia in Sydney. He believes Pant’s courageous performance gives India a chance to win the Test and draw the series.Pant reached his half-century in only 29 balls on day two of the fifth Test. This fifty followed…
Jasprit Bumrah (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The hearts of hundreds of thousands, glued to television screens, stopped for a moment when visuals showed India’s talisman, Jasprit Bumrah, in a black SUV heading for scans on Saturday.While his return to the ground after completing the necessary scans was met with optimism, it remains uncertain whether Bumrah,…
NEW DELHI: The heated exchange between Jasprit Bumrah and Sam Konstas on the first day of the fifth Test at the SCG became a big talking point in the cricketing circles on Friday. India captain Rohit Sharma, who stood down from the match owing to poor form, spoke on the issue and slammed the young…
Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of Usman Khawaja in front of Sam Konstas on Day 1. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Australia’s head coach, Andrew McDonald, has voiced concerns over what he described as “intimidating” celebrations by the Indian team during the dismissal of Usman Khawaja on the opening day of the fifth Test of the…
NEW DELHI: Swashbuckling Rishabh Pant pulled off one of the craziest knocks in Test cricket’s history at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday as his fearless 33-ball 61 carnage stunned Australia on the second day. In a miraculous display of counter-attack and stroke-play, Pant hammered the Australian bowlers left, right and centre to lift India…
Rishabh Pant (Agency Photo) NEW DELHI: Australia head coach Andrew McDonald on Saturday applauded Rishabh Pant‘s adaptability with the bat in the ongoing fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Pant’s contrasting approaches in the two innings left an impression, with McDonald acknowledging the Indian wicketkeeper-batter’s ability to tailor his game to the situation….
SYDNEY: Jasprit Bumrah was not at the Sydney Cricket Ground for close to three hours on Day 2 of the fifth Test as the seamer was rushed for precautionary scans after a back spasm. With the match delicately placed, India would want the services of their MVP on Sunday but it’s understood that while he…
India’s Rishabh Pant during the Sydney Test. (AP Photo) SYDNEY: Fifteen wickets, the series’ most successful bowler leaving the stadium with an ambulance escort, a freak fifty and probably a legend’s final outing on Australian soil.Day 2 of the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Test was absolute theatre and there was not a single passage of…
