Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. (Photo by William West/AFP via Getty Images) MELBOURNE: What must India do to take 20 wickets at the MCG? As skipper Rohit Sharma, head coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar were having a long discussion at the team’s training session on…
NEW DELHI: Regarding their inconsistent play in the current Test series against Australia, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, and Yashasvi Jaiswal are all aboard “the same boat.” However, captain Rohit Sharma believes that all three players shouldn’t be “overburdened” with ideas because that would make things more difficult. White-ball vice-captain Gill and maverick match-winner Pant have…
R Ashwin, after retiring from Test cricket, envisions a broader role on the cricket field in the coming years. His retirement announcement after the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy surprised many.He returned to his hometown, Chennai, to a warm welcome.In a Sky Sports interview with former England captains Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain, Ashwin…
Shubman Gill (Photo: Video grab) Shubman Gill has so far hasn’t lived up to his promise on the tour of Australia, failing to convert his starts into big innings; and former India wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik believes a “technical error” has crept into Gill’s game because of “a lot of white-ball cricket“.“I think Shubman Gill definitely…
नई दिल्ली. भारत और ऑस्ट्रेलिया के बीच अब चौथा टेस्ट 26 दिसंबर से खेला जाना है. तीसरे टेस्ट में जीत के करीब पहुंचने वाली ऑस्ट्रेलिया की टीम चौथे मैच में एक-दो नहीं, बल्कि तीन बदलाव के साथ उतर सकती है. चौथे टेस्ट के लिए मेजबान टीम का एक ओपनर और एक पेसर तो बदलना तय…
Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Perth Stadium on November 22, 2024. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) Allan Border, arguably Australia‘s greatest captain, talks to TOI about the perils of rapid chopping & changing, how aggressive batting has ruled in this series & the rare art of Jasprit Bumrah…MELBOURNE: We are…
Team India (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India’s hopes of making it to the World Test Championship (WTC) Final face a steep challenge as the Border-Gavaskar Trophy enters its final stretch. With the five-match series currently level at 1-1, any slip-up could have significant consequences on their qualification chances.In the weather-affected third Test…
नई दिल्ली. ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने भारत के खिलाफ चौथे और पांचवें टेस्ट मैच के लिए अपनी टीम का ऐलान कर दिया है. एडिलेड में 39 रन की बेहतरीन पारी खेलने वाले ओपनर नाथन मैकस्वीनी को टीम से बाहर कर दिया गया है. उनकी जगह 19 साल के सैम कोंस्टास को शामिल किया गया है. पूरी संभावना…
Ravichandran Ashwin. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) In Brisbane rain, an Ashwin googly…’My last day as an Indian cricketer’: Spin stalwart R Ashwin chooses drawn Test to call end on a storied careerBRISBANE: India’s campaign in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was jolted by the shock retirement of spin stalwart Ravichandran Ashwin in the middle of the…
R Ashwin (PTI file photo) Hours after announcing his retirement from all forms of international cricket, R Ashwin will be taking the flight back home. It is understood that India’s premier off-spinner is already at the airport (at the time of writing this news piece) and was given a nice send-off by the members of…
