Playing a Test match after a gap of four and a half years for India, off-spinner Jayant Yadav ran through New Zealand’s lower-order in the first hour on Day 4 in the second Test in Mumbai, allowing the Indian team to wrap up the Test and two-match series with a 1-0 lead. After frustratingly missing the outside edge on multiple deliveries at the start of play, Jayant, who was entrusted with the ball ahead of Axar Patel, finally got his rewards with the wicket of Rachin Ravindra (18). Jayant could’ve had his man earlier on had umpire Nitin Menon given what seemed like a plumb…
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England skipper Joe Root feels he would be “naive” to think the forthcoming Ashes won’t be the lasting memory of his tenure as the Test captain. The Ashes, starting December 8 at the Gabba, will be Root’s third successive tour Down Under as player and second consecutive as captain. The last trip in 2017-2018 saw England get absolutely hammered by a 4-0 margin outside a dull draw on one of the flattest tracks at MCG. Root understands the history attached to the Ashes contests better than most and believes if he can become one of the rare English captains to comeback with the urn, he will be…
The Men in Blue continued their domination in the second Test of the two-match series against New Zealand on Day 3 in Mumbai, stretching their giant first-innings lead to an insurmountable target before leaving the tourists on the brink of a sizable defeat. Having bundled out the visitors for just 62 in the afternoon on Day 2 after posting 325 of their own, India had reached 69 without a wicket at the close of play on Saturday. Resuming their innings on Sunday , the Indians added another 207 runs to their total and went on to build inroads into the Kiwi innings. Mayank Agarwal added a fifty (62) to…
Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has been named in the squad for the Test tour of New Zealand despite informing the Bangladesh Cricket Board that he is not quite willing to make the trip. Shakib has been picked for the two-match Test series scheduled in January even as he has confirmed his unwillingness to not be there on tour against the Kiwis. Credit: BCB BCB president Nazmul Hassan cleared the air on the matter, stating that the player has only “unofficially” informed the board of his unavailability and needs to communicate formally in this regard and explain exactly why he doesn’t want to play the Tests…
Indian pacer Harshal Patel revealed how prudent advice from former left-arm quick Zaheer Khan turned his career around as he enjoyed his most fruitful Indian Premier League season this year and went on to make his national T20I debut. Harshal picked up a whopping 32 wickets in the 2021 edition of the IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore with an economy rate of 8.14. Came to be fondly known as Purple Patel for bagging the purple cap as the league’s top wicket-taker, Harshal went on to make his international debut against New Zealand. Playing matches in Ranchi and Kolkata in the recent T20I series, he bagged figures of 2/25 and 2/26 to push India to…
New Zealand left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel was elated as he achieved the incredible feat of becoming only the third bowler in the history of Test cricket to take 10 wickets in an innings. The remarkable record was bagged on Day 2 of the second Test against India in Mumbai, as he followed his four wickets on the opening day with the next six on December 4. Ajaz’s 10-fer helped New Zealand dismiss India for a total of 325, which the visitors couldn’t give a befitting response to – being bundled out for just 62 – but personally, the Mumbai born Kiwi spinner had a lot to savour from…
Like skipper Joe Root, veteran pacer Stuart Broad has urged England players to be mental switched on for the Ashes Down Under and is hoping that his team’s fortitude and belief will help them cover for lack of proper preparation before the series. England’s first warm-up game could see only 29 overs being bowled before torrential rains in Brisbane led to its abandonment. The second match – a three-day intra-squad fixture – was thus not recorded as a first-class encounter and saw players almost left to have extended practise sessions in the middle. https://twitter.com/englandcricket/status/1467101478838013954 Only just prior to the second warm-up game…
The next edition of the Pakistan Super League is set to kick-off from January 27 in a new window that sees the tournament shifting from its original February-March slot in the calendar. The shift has been made by the Pakistan Cricket Board to accommodate Pakistan’s historic home series versus Australia in March and April. The 2022 campaign 2022 kickstarts a month and a half after its scheduled draft on December 12. The tournament will be played in only two major venues across Pakistan, with Karachi hosting the first 15 games before Lahore hosts the rest of the tournament, including the final on February 27.…
As England look to replicate the success that India enjoyed in Australia last summer, the home team’s middle-order bat Marnus Labuschagne says he is aware they could be following some of the bowling plans that the Indians executed to perfection. Taking cue from New Zealand’s struggles Down Under a summer earlier, India’s then bowling coach Bharat Arun asked his bowlers to try and completely cut out the off-side for Aussie batters and bowl straight with more cover through the on-side. Labuschagne made a slow start to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as Indian seamers brought the ball into him sharply with two square leg fielders positioned quite often. The batter eventually found…
Promising uncapped Indian batter Abdul Samad said the call taken by Sunrisers Hyderabad to retain him and his statemate Umran Malik is “huge” as far as cricket in Kashmir is concerned. Both the J & K players were retained by SRH on November 30 alongside skipper Kane Williamson ahead of the mega auction for next year’s IPL. In a positive reflection of the talent available in the valleys of Kashmir, the Sunrisers showcased their trust in two encouraging uncapped Indian players as some of their prominent first-choice individuals walked out of the set-up, hoping to make a fresh start next season. Credit:…