"When Mukesh started after lunch," Bumrah said after the second day's play in Visakhapatnam, where his 6 for 45 gave India a 143-run lead in the first innings, "there was reverse swing so then I got the message the ball is reverse-swinging and the ball is relatively hard,...
The head coach Rahul Dravid had asked for big hundreds in the aftermath of the loss in Hyderabad and Jaiswal delivered at the first time of asking, but the rest of his team-mates were unable to back him up. The next highest score in the innings so far...
The fifth round of the Ranji Trophy produced a number of compelling performances on Friday. Here are the key takeaways. Dube celebrates elevation in style Shivam Dube is enjoying a memorable 2024. A month after being named Player of the Series during his return to the national...
The first thought that came to Rishabh Pant immediately after his life-threatening car crash on December 30, 2022 was that his "time in this world was over." Having been "fortunate to have a second life", Pant, who is expected to play in IPL 2024, said the biggest lesson...
Rajat Patidar grew up hoping to be a fast bowler. But an ACL injury in 2014 forced him to shift to batting. A decade on, he's on the cusp of a Test debut, as a middle-order batter. With Virat Kohli and KL Rahul unavailable, Patidar could well slot...
Where did India lose the game in Hyderabad? Was it when their spinners were unable to stop Ollie Pope and England running rampant in the second innings? Was it when their batting was unable to deal with the rookie left-arm spinner Tom Hartley on the fourth day? Nope....
It was only as England were walking out to defend the 231 target they had set India in the first Test at Hyderabad that Ben Stokes informed Mark Wood he'd be opening the bowling, as he had done in the first innings. The catch? He would only be...
We're halfway through the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy. No team has broken away from the pack but 41-time champs Mumbai are looking good for the knockouts despite being stunned by Uttar Pradesh. Saurashtra, the defending champs, are in a pickle, while Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are on an upswing....
Mayank Agarwal, the Karnataka captain, was admitted to a private hospital in Agartala on Tuesday after he complained of stomach pain and burning sensation in his throat and mouth after consuming liquid from a bottle that he believed contained drinking water, while onboard an IndiGo flight.The incident occurred...
Few players can have experienced as many of Test cricket's highs and lows as Tom Hartley did on debut across the four days of the first Test at Hyderabad.Hartley's first delivery in Test cricket was carted by opener Yashasvi Jaiswal over long-on for six. His 308th and most...
