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File photo of Jason Roy© BCCI/Sportzpics The Kolkata Knight Riders announced the signing of Phil Salt as the replacement for Jason Roy for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season. The change in the roster comes in only a couple of weeks before the start of the new season. Roy, who was bought for INR…
Indian cricket team head coach Rahul Dravid namedropped former teammate VVS Laxman while explaining the decision to include Kuldeep Yadav in the playing XI instead of an all-rounder option after Ravindra Jadeja‘s injury in the first Test match against England. With Jadeja out for the second Test, the team management could have gone for Washington…
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Former India opener Virender Sehwag took a dig at the England cricket team and its ‘Bazball’ approach in Test cricket after Ben Stokes and Co. lost to India in Dharamsala. Ravichandran Ashwin took a five-wicket haul in his landmark 100th Test as the hosts hammered England by an innings and 64 runs in the fifth…
The India vs England Test series was entertaining on all aspects. While the five-match contest offered some gritty knocks and promising spells, it also saw a world record being registered in terms of sixes. India and England together hit a total of 102 sixes, which is the most in any Test series. Rohit Sharma and…
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Rohit Sharma with Rahul Dravid© BCCI/Sportzpics Team India’s 4-1 series win against England in the Test series saw several heroes emerge. The likes of Sarfaraz Khan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldeep Yadav, etc. performed really well as rookies while Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja were at their usual best. One name, however, that…
England’s comprehensive 4-1 Test series loss in India, culminating with an innings and 64-run defeat inside three days in Dharamsala last week, has left coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes with several difficult decisions. They will, however, have plenty of time to conduct a thorough review, with their side not in red-ball action again…
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Former skipper Michael Vaughan fears not all England players have fully adapted to the existing team culture and feels the backroom staff is “made up of cheerleaders”. Vaughan suggested England must carry out an honest review of their 1-4 mauling in India by taking a leaf out of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola’s book to…
Jonny Bairstow during the fifth Test between England and India© X (formerly Twitter) England cricket team player Jonny Bairstow‘s reaction to crowd signing “Bazball gets battered” during the fifth Test match in Dharamsala has gone viral on social media. England were completely outplayed by the hosts as they lost the Test match within three days….
Former England spinner Graeme Swann doesn’t believe Rohit Sharma’s captaincy was better than Ben Stokes’ in the five-match Test series. Rather, it was a lethal set of bowlers that “did the trick” for the India skipper. While Stokes’ leadership style has attracted all the attention prior to and during the series, Rohit’s team emerged 4-1…
The Player-of-the-Series award winner Yashasvi Jaiswal on Saturday attributed his overwhelming success in the five-Test rubber against England to his uninhibited approach while opening the innings. Jaiswal ended the series with 712 runs with two hundreds and three fifties, averaging 89 and striking at 80. “I was just thinking if I can take a bowler…