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One of Ravi Shastri’s tallest achievements as a coach was to prepare a worn-out Indian team to stand up to a marauding Australian pace attack at the Gabba in 2021. He impelled the players to fight on and Cheteswhar Pujara’s batting in that Test epitomised India’s resistance. Pujara stood intransigent, battered, bruised, taking blow after blow on…
Deepti Sharma became the first Indian, male or female, to reach 100 T20I wickets as she set up India’s six-wicket victory against the West Indies in Cape Town on Wednesday (February 15). On a wicket aiding the slower bowlers, Deepti finished with excellent figures of 3 for 15 from her four overs to restrict the…
Shreyas Iyer has been declared fit ahead of the second Test against Australia in Delhi, the BCCI confirmed on Tuesday (February 14). As a result, the middle-order batter will join the squad in New Delhi after getting clearance from the BCCI Medical Team. Iyer has been sidelined for close to a month with a back…
South Africa’s day was difficult even before they arrived at Boland Park on Monday to play New Zealand in the women’s T20 World Cup. Defeat would probably have taken them out of the race for the semi-finals. At the WPL auction, only four of their dozen players who entered their names were bought. They couldn’t…
The roar and a very David Warner-esque celebration said it all. Earnestly religious, Jemimah Rodrigues isn’t usually the one with such striking displays of aggression or emotion on the cricket field. But this was special. So, after helping herself to a fifty, and India to a seven-wicket win in their 2023 T20 World Cup opener against Pakistan,…
The inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction on Monday (February 13) may not exactly be an all-woman affair but the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has opted for a female auctioneer. According to WPL 2023 Player Auction Rules, communicated to the five WPL franchises, the BCCI said, Malika Advani, a Mumbai based…
R Ashwin bagged his 31st Test five-fer as Australia crumbled to a massive defeat by an innings and 132 runs in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. After India’s lower order had stretched their first innings lead to 223 in the morning session, Australia was rolled over after Lunch as the spinners ruled the roost once again, this…
Delhi Capitals have roped in two-time The Hundred winning coach Jonathan Batty as in-charge of their Women’s Premier League (WPL) side, the franchise announced on Saturday (February 11). Former India international turned chief selector Hemlata Kala and former England head coach Lisa Keightley have come on board as assistant coaches while Biju George, who has…
Ravindra Jadeja takes five wickets as Australia razed for 177 after electing to bat in Nagpur; Marnus Labuschagne top-scores for tourists with 49; India skipper Rohit Sharma hits unbeaten 56 as hosts close on 77-1; India have not lost a Test series at home since 2012 India shredded Australia for 177 on day one of…
The left-arm wrist-spinner was associated with the Australian team for nearly three years from 2017 in various tours as a net bowler to help their batters get better against spin bowling. The most prized possession in K K Jiyas’ showcase at his Kerala home is the Australian men’s ODI cap bearing No. 197 – that…