Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. (Photo by Santanu Banik/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Due to their lack of runs during the five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Indian mainstays Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma came under fire from former cricketer Harbhajan Singh.There were concerns about the two contemporary titans’ position in the Test team as the world watched them…
Australia’s Captain Pat Cummins and teammates celebrate the team’s win in Melbourne. (ANI Photo) Australia defeated India by six wickets in the fifth Test in Sydney on Sunday, securing their spot in the World Test Championship final against South Africa. This victory also marked Australia’s first series win against India in a decade. The WTC…
Australia’s captain Pat Cummins, centre, is congratulated by teammates after taking a wicket. (AP/PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: An out-of-sorts Indian team succumbed to a six-wicket loss in the fifth and final Test, handing Australia a 3-1 series victory and reclaiming the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after a decade. This defeat, coupled with India’s inability to make the…
Jasprit Bumrah walks past the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after the fifth Test in Sydney. (Photo by David Gray/AFP via Getty Images) SYDNEY: The regular captain who sat out, and the stand-in who hobbled away. Nothing went right for India at the SCG and their campaign was mired in disappointment from start to finish. The biggest blow…
SPIRITS SHAKEN: Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma reflect on the series loss at The SCG. (Photo by David Gray/AFP via Getty Images) Australia crush India inside three days to bag Border-Gavaskar TrophySYDNEY: Gone in three days. All the attendant hype, all their loyal legions of fans, all the batting superstars and all the…
India cricketers after losing the fifth Test against Australia The SCG in Sydney. (Photo by David Gray/AFP via Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Australia regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in 10 years by winning the fifth and final Test by six wickets against an Indian team deprived of their captain and star bowler…
The 2024-25 Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) series ended on Sunday with Australia registering a series-clinching six-wicket win in the fifth and final Test in Sydney as a number of records were rewritten during the course of last month and a half.The 3-1 triumph gave Australia the possession of BGT for the first time since 2014,…
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli both had a forgettable series against Australia. (AP) The history books have been written: Australia have won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 by 3-1 margin. In the process they ended their decade-long drought of the BGT and shut India’s ambition of completing a hat-trick of wins Down Under. Icing on the…
Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed a brilliant hundred in Perth. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) Following India’s loss in the final Test and their failure to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, cricket icon Sunil Gavaskar analyzed the team’s performance. He suggested that the team needs young, motivated players like Yashasvi Jaiswal and Nitish Reddy.Jaiswal scored 391 runs in…
Jasprit Bumrah. (Pic Credit – X) Ricky Ponting, a Hall of Famer in the International Cricket Council (ICC), lauded Jasprit Bumrah‘s performance. He considered it not just the finest bowling by a visiting bowler in Australia, but potentially the best fast bowling exhibition ever.In his third Test series in Australia, Jasprit Bumrah delivered an exceptional…
