The ball flew in the nets at Perth. There were four of them made available for training and even the one where R Ashwin was bowling his offspin gave a fair bit of kick. India's XI for the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which begins here on...
A fresh twist in the 2025 Champions Trophy has thrown the ICC's trophy tour into confusion, a day before it was supposed to begin in Pakistan, after the BCCI objected to the PCB's plan of taking the tour to Muzaffarabad, which is the capital of Pakistan Administered Kashmir,...
The PCB is yet to hear from the ICC about the questions regarding India's unwillingness to travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy next February.The PCB wrote to the ICC a week ago, asking the governing body for details and clarity on the BCCI's decision, which was conveyed...
With Shubman Gill set to miss the Perth Test, KL Rahul's return to training came as a big boost for India on Sunday. He shrugged off injury concerns as he returned to batting during the team's training session at the WACA in Perth.Rahul left the field early in...
Rohit Sharma will not be available to lead India in first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which starts on November 22 at the Optus Stadium in Perth. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Rohit, who stayed back home for the birth of his second child, will join the India squad...
Questions around India's batting order for the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth grew after Shubman Gill hurt his left thumb on the second day of India's intra-squad training match at the WACA.He picked up the injury while fielding in the slips and left the field,...
The ICC's trophy tour of the Champions Trophy will begin on Saturday from Islamabad in Pakistan but will not go to Muzaffarabad in the first leg of its journey. The BCCI had objected to the trophy's original route, which included Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir, a territory...
India 283 for 1 (Tilak 120*, Samson 109*, Abhishek 36) beat South Africa 148 (Stubbs 43, Miller 36, Arshdeep 3-20, Axar 2-6, Varun 2-42) by 135 runsBat like nobody's business.That's how Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma have approached this T20I series against South Africa. They scored a century...
KL Rahul left the field after being struck on the elbow in an injury concern for India ahead of the first Test, while Virat Kohli shrugged off speculation over his fitness but was one of several batters caught behind the wicket in an intra-squad match simulation at the...
Big picture: The year India embraced T20In a fickle, unpredictable format, India have had arguably the greatest year for a team, winning 23 of their 25 T20Is in 2024. It was also the year where they truly embraced the format, shedding their safety-first approach with the bat to...
