At 37, Saxena continues the good habitThe win against Bengal, however, may not be enough to fire them into the knockouts as the gulf between them and second-placed Andhra is a massive 11 points that they can't bridge even if they secure a bonus-point win in their...
India's left-arm wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav has said he enjoyed his first taste of England's Bazball approach in in Visakhapatnam because it not only created more wicket-taking opportunities but also made bowlers think about restricting batters in Test cricket."Usually in Tests you're not used to teams attacking you with...
India have been dealt a blow in the lead-up to the Rajkot Test against England, with KL Rahul ruled out of contention due to a sore knee. Devdutt Padikkal, Rahul's Karnataka team-mate, has been called in as a replacement.Rahul had earlier missed the second Test in Visakhapatnam due...
Saurabh Tiwary has announced his retirement from professional cricket. The 34-year-old will play his final match for Jharkhand as they close out their Ranji Trophy campaign on February 15 in Jamshedpur.Tiwary began playing cricket at the age of 11. He made his first-class debut, while still a teenager,...
Australia 253 for 7 (Harjas 55, Weibgen 48, Peake 46*, Limbani 3-68) beat India 174 (Adarsh 47, Abishek 42, Beardman 3-15, MacMillan 3-43) by 79 runs A fearsome four-pronged pace attack, spearheaded by the thunderous Callum Vidler and Mahli Beardman, who had Anrich Nortje transfixed to the action,...
Big picture: India vs Australia in a final, again So, India meet Australia in a grand finale for the third time since June 2023. The occasion is eerily similar to the one from November last year. Except, Benoni won't be as intimidating as Ahmedabad, even though South...
Akash Deep had just finished bowling a spell during Bengal's Ranji Trophy game against Kerala in Thumba and was manning the boundary line, when everyone in the Bengal dressing room started clapping in unison and congratulating him. He had just received his maiden call-up to the India Test...
Shreyas Iyer has been left out of India's squad for the remaining three Tests against England. Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul are part of the 17-member roster, but their availability is subject to fitness clearance from the BCCI's medical team. Both had missed the second Test, Jadeja with...
India Under-19 seamer Naman Tiwari wants to bowl the fastest ball in the world. The inspiration has come from watching videos of the greats of the game and speaking to Jasprit Bumrah.Left-arm fast bowler Tiwari, who is grabbing headlines in the ongoing Under-19 World Cup in South Africa,...
Retain Shreyas Iyer or drop him? That is set to be one of the first questions for the selection panel when it meets on Friday evening to pick India's squad for the three remaining Tests of the England series.ESPNcricinfo has learned that Iyer had informed the team management...
