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The Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground isn’t just a cricket match. It’s a social gathering, a coming together of peoples, a spectacle that is often the best way to bring the curtain down on a year of compelling action. It generates a buzz and an enthusiasm akin to a home side contesting…
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“If it’s a batting-friendly pitch, I become a batter. If it’s a bowler-friendly pitch, I become a bowler. It is simple.” When Ravindra Jadeja was asked to shed light on his sustained all-round excellence during India’s second Test against West Indies in New Delhi last month, a throwaway response that evoked chuckles from the press…
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India’s 1-3 loss in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy marked the end of its decade-long dominance in the series against Australia. This was not an exception; India’s performance in Test cricket has been dismal for a while now. Over the last four months, the team has lost six out of eight Tests, including a shocking 0-3 defeat…
Youth or experience? Old formulas or out-of-the-box ideas? Playing it safe or high-stakes gambles? What are the best tactical plans Indian Test cricket strategists need to draw up in terms of personnel as we head into a new year? Unless you are an extremist, chances are you would say the best strategy is a healthy…
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A file image of Australia’s Nathan Lyon | Photo Credit: AP Veteran Australian spinner Nathan Lyon believes that rival players often serve as the “best coaches”, acknowledging that his Indian counterpart Ravichandran Ashwin has “taught” him a great deal through their faceoffs since 2011-12. Having made their Test debuts in the same year, Lyon and…
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The pitch area is covered with plastic sheets as it rains, ahead of the first test match between India and New Zealand 2024, at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium (KSCA), in Bengaluru on October 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Rain could disrupt proceedings in the first India-New Zealand Test which commences at the…
India’s Coach Gautam Gambhir during a press conference ahead of the first cricket test match between India and New Zealand at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on October 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Back in 2009, Gautam Gambhir played a stellar knock in the second India-New Zealand Test at Napier. His nearly 11-hour…
The 37-year-old Usman Khawaja left-handed opener said that the rivalry between the two teams is huge. File | Photo Credit: AP India beating Australia in the last two Test series in the latter’s backyard has made the rivalry between the two teams more intense, feels senior batter Usman Khawaja ahead of the five-match battle beginning…
File picture of ICC chairman-elect Jay Shah | Photo Credit: AP Newly-elected ICC Chairman Jay Shah says he will look to ensure that Test cricket forms the “bedrock” of the game in his tenure during which he will also try to “dismantle barriers that have hindered cricket’s progress”. The 35-year-old will relinquish his current position…
Jemimah Rodrigues takes a selfie with India Women players celebrating with the winners’ trophy after defeating South Africa on the 4th and last day of the one-off test cricket match between India and South Africa at M.A Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk in Chennai on July 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Despite South African…
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