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A file photo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Indian cricket captain Rohit Sharma. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak A nine-wicket haul in his 100th Test match helped Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin re-claim the top spot in the bowlers’ list, while Indian cricket captain Rohit Sharma was back in the top-10 at sixth in the batting charts…
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England coach Brendon McCullum reacts after diving for a ball during a nets session at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on March 06, 2024 in Dharamsala. | Photo Credit: Gareth Copley England head coach Brendon McCullum said they will have to do some deep thinking about their approach after being “exposed” in the final four…
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Captain Rohit Sharma shakes hands with English counterpart Ben Stokes after winning the fifth Test Match in Dharamsala. | Photo Credit: Gareth Copley 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”…
Coach Rahul Dravid with R Ashwin after the team won the fifth Test cricket match against England, in Dharamsala, on March 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Rohit Sharma’s captaincy was rather understated vis-à-vis Ben Stokes’ on-the-edge methods, but India head coach Rahul Dravid was delighted to see the players identify themselves with the Mumbaikar’s…
Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal plays a shot during the fifth Test against England in Dharamsala. Jaiswal won the player-of-the-series award by scoring 702 runs with two hundreds and three fifties averaging 89. | Photo Credit: ANI The Player-of-the-Series award winner Yashasvi Jaiswal on March 9 attributed his overwhelming success in the five-Test rubber against England…
Indian batsman Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, both scored centuries on the second day of the final Test match at HPCA Ground in Dharamshala on March 8, 2024 | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Relentless India punished England all day and left it staring at another defeat after just two days of the fifth and final…
When spin claims all 11 wickets on the opening day of a Test, it is not surprising to find the preparedness of the pitch under scrutiny. But the contrasting ways in which the two teams dealt with spin, soon put a lid on the simmering discussion. After England opted to bat, Kuldeep Yadav and R….
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India’s captain Rohit Sharma. | Photo Credit: PTI A relaxed Rohit Sharma, with the series in the bag, was at his candid best as he reflected on the four Tests so far. He termed it “a series of comebacks” for his triumphant team. Rohit went on to admit that he did not know what Bazball…
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India’s Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer take a run during the second one-day international cricket match between India and South Africa, in Ranchi. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan, who were members of India’s ODI World Cup squad, have been stripped off the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI’s)…
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Two to tango: Gill and Rohit have set it up for India during its run chases. Photo K.R Deepak/The Hindu | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak The essence of an emerging contest is often sensed during the opening act in ODIs. Remember Sachin Tendulkar’s upper-cut six off Shoaib Akhtar in a 2003 World Cup game at…
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