NEW DELHI: Australia’s veteran spinner Nathan Lyon has identified the three Indian batsmen he believes will pose the greatest threat in the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy series. The series will kick off with the first Test in Perth on November 22, followed by the second Test in Adelaide from December 6, the third Test in…
NEW DELHI: India D captain Shreyas Iyer scored 9 and 54 in his team’s opening Duleep Trophy match but couldn’t secure a victory as India C triumphed by four wickets.In the second match, Shreyas won the toss and opted to bowl, a decision that paid off as India D bowled out Mayank Agarwal’s India A…
Shane Warne‘s 55th birthday was marked by heartfelt tributes from the cricketing community.Pat Cummins, Australia’s Test captain, honored Warne by reciting a poem titled “Lightning in a Bottle: An Ode to Shane Warne,” written by Adam Burnett in 2022. Cricket Australia shared a video of the reading, highlighting Warne’s impact both on and off the…
India C’s situation was compounded by skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad’s return to the hut with an ankle niggle after facing just two balls.However, any major concern over Gaikwad’s fitness was allayed when he came out to bat after Kishan’s dismissal, making an unbeaten 46 (50b, 7×4, 2×6) to guard the crease along with Manav Suthar (8…
NEW DELHI: The one-off Test match between Afghanistan and New Zealand scheduled at Greater Noida, near New Delhi, was washed out on Friday due to continuous rain for five days. This is the eighth time in Test cricket history that a match has been abandoned without a single ball being bowled.Heavy rain over the week…
NEW DELHI: Indian cricketers arrived in Chennai on Thursday night for their upcoming Test series against Bangladesh. The first Test match is scheduled to start on September 19 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. This series marks India’s return to Test cricket after the T20 World Cup.Key players Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, and KL Rahul were…
NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik has expressed doubts about Bangladesh‘s ability to challenge India in the upcoming Test series, despite Bangladesh’s recent success in Pakistan. Speaking on India’s prospects on Cricbuzz, Karthik emphasized that winning against India on home soil is a significant challenge.“I personally don’t think so. I think beating India in…
NEW DELHI: Veteran Indian leg-spinner Piyush Chawla believes Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad are the players who can take over from Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma when the two India greats retire from international cricket. Chawla shared his thoughts on Shubhankar Mishra’s podcast, calling both young batters “special players.”Kohli and Rohit recently retired from T20Is…
A busy home and away Test run is lined up for India, starting with the Test series at home against Bangladesh and concluding with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, with the World Test Championship (WTC) final scheduled to begin on June 11 next year at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. So in nine months…
NEW DELHI: In an unexpected development, wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan has featured in the playing XI of the India C team in the Duleep Trophy’s second round, which started on Thursday. His inclusion came as a surprise due to his earlier withdrawal from the tournament because of a groin injury.The confusion began when Kishan, a regular…
