NE WDELHI: New Zealand stunning India 3-0 at home for an unprecedented series win has left Australia wary as pacer Josh Hazlewood feels that the embarrassing loss might awaken a ‘sleeping giant’ ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Down Under. The Kiwis on Sunday completed a stunning series sweep, handing India their first-ever 3-0 whitewash at…
NEW DELHI: Powerhouse India on Sunday suffered an unprecedented and embarrassing 3-0 series loss at home against New Zealand just before their high-profile tour of Australia which starts from November 22.The recent whitewash against the Kiwis means a demoralized Indian team now has got to win 4 matches out of 5 Down Under in the…
Australia narrowly defeated Pakistan by two wickets in a tense first One Day International at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.Chasing a target of 204, Australia found themselves in a precarious position at 185/8. However, a composed captain’s knock of 32 not out from Pat Cummins saw them home….
Virat Kohli scored 4 and 1 in the two innings of the third Test in Mumbai. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: India’s batting vulnerabilities against spin were thoroughly exposed in the recently concluded Test series against New Zealand where the hosts succumbed to an embarrassing 3-0 whitewash.The plan from India was to trap the Kiwis in…
Mohammed Shami. (Pic Credit – X) Mohammed Shami‘s return to competitive cricket has been further pushed back after the veteran pacer was not named in the Bengal squad for the next two rounds of the Ranji Trophy against Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. Bengal will take on Karnataka at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here from Wednesday,…
Ravindra Jadeja (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Ravindra Jadeja‘s back to his wicket-taking ways just in time for the big showdown with Australia. The Indian all-rounder rediscovered his mojo in the Mumbai Test against New Zealand, bagging a remarkable ten-wicket haul. This came as a huge relief after a bit of a dry spell with the…
Adam Gilchrist. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: It will be interesting to see how India recovers from a 0-3 Test series loss to New Zealand when they play Australia in the forthcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy series, according to former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist.Following an astounding 0-3 home loss to New Zealand-their first Test…
Suryakumar Yadav. (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India and South Africa last met in a T20 International in the T20 World Cup final at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on June 29.The Proteas looked set for victory till Suryakumar Yadav took a stunning catch at the boundary line to dismiss David Miller and…
L-R: Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma and Wasim Akram NEW DELHI: The cricketing world has been buzzing after India’s shocking 0-3 series whitewash at home by New Zealand, their first-ever defeat of such magnitude in Test cricket on home soil. With India’s struggles against quality spin bowling in the spotlight, former England batter Michael Vaughan and…
New Zealand’s captain Tom Latham poses with the trophy. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: New Zealand achieved a historic clean sweep over India in the three-match Test series. Led by captain Tom Latham, New Zealand defeated India by 25 runs in the third Test to complete the whitewash. It marked India’s first-ever 0-3 series defeat at…
