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Middle-order batter Hanuma Vihari believes left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav has to be in the playing eleven for India’s second Test against Bangladesh at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, citing the need to have variety in the spin-bowling department on a black-soil pitch. With 53 wickets in 12 Tests since his debut in 2017,…
Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis (left) celebrates after hitting half-century vs NZ.© AFP The success story of Kamindu Mendis since he made his Test debut continues. The Sri Lanka star remained unbeaten on 51 on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand in Galle on Thursday and in doing so he…
Shubman Gill continued to fine-tune his approach against spinners ahead of India’s second Test against Bangladesh in Kanpur, beginning on Friday. During India’s practice session, ahead of the 2nd Test in Green Park, Gill practiced cover drives with Rishabh Pant giving it a go with the ball and trying to bowl spin deliveries….
Hanuma Vihari, part of India’s back to back series wins in Australia, reckons the services of veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara will be be dearly missed when the team aims for a hat-trick Down Under later this year. The five Test series begins in Perth from November 22. Out of favour Pujara was the…
Star Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Thursday admitted that travelling to India is the toughest Test assignment and pitches don’t make much difference due to the sheer quality of the hosts. Bangladesh are still searching for their first Test win against India since 2000, when they first clashed in Dhaka. The two…
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File photo of Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant© BCCI/IPL The IPL 2025 retention rules is likely to be announced this week. A report in Indian Express said that the teams would be allowed to retain five players with nor Right To Match (RTM) option available. There is a lot of intrigue on how…
India captain Rohit Sharma inspecting the pitch at Kanpur’s Green Park.© AFP The Indian team might be tempted to play three spinners against Bangladesh in the second Test, starting Friday at Kanpur’s Green Park Stadium. The hosts won the series opener in Chennai last week, hammering Bangladesh by 280 runs to take a…
Shakib Al Hasan, arguably the greatest Bangladesh cricketer, on Thursday stunned all by announcng his retirement from T20 Internationals with immediate effect. He also said said that the second Test against India will be his last if his country’s board doesn’t give him a farewell match against South Africa at home. His final…
The second India vs Bangladesh Test presents a great chance for the Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team to take a step closer to the World Test Championship finals. The all-round show of Ravichandran Ashwin, Shubman Gill‘s sublime hundred, Ravindra Jadeja‘s quality batting and Rishabh Pant‘s roaring comeback allowed India to script a comfortable victory…
File photo of Yuvraj Singh© X (Twitter) Former Indian cricket team all-rounder Yuvraj Singh revealed a hilarious personal story from the 2007-08 Border-Gavaskar Trophy which took place in Australia. During the latest episode of Club Prairie Fire podcast, Yuvraj recalled that he was dating an actress who also happened to be shooting in…
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