NEW DELHI: India delivered a commanding performance to claim the opening Test in Perth by a staggering 295 runs on Monday, leaving Australia reeling and searching for answers. Set an improbable target of 534, the world’s top-ranked Test team folded for 238 in the final session of day four. This triumph marked India’s biggest-ever victory,…
Yashasvi Jaiswal. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: There’s no stopping Yashasvi Jaiswal. The young Indian batting sensation continues to make waves in Test cricket as he became the batter with most sixes in a calendar year in the longest format of the game.The 22-year-old batter achieved the milestone during the second day of the first Test…
Rohit Sharma. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) New Delhi: Rohit Sharma is set to leave for Australia on November 23 and will link-up with the squad during the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Perth, which gets underway on November 22. The Indian captain didn’t travel with the team which left for Australia in batches on…
KL Rahul (Photo Source: X) NEW DELHI: The upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy will mark KL Rahul’s third tour of Australia. He was part of India’s 2014 tour under Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the 2018 tour under Virat Kohli’s captaincy. Despite his talent, Rahul has struggled in Australian conditions, managing just one century, which came in Sydney…
Former Australia cricketer Mike Hussey. (Image: X) The first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is just three sleeps away and the excitement is building for what promises to be a cracking series between two quality sides. India have been training in Perth for more than a week now and the visitors have been rocked by…
NEW DELHI: Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has advised Team India to move past their 0-3 defeat to New Zealand and concentrate on upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. The unprecedented whitewash under Rohit Sharma’s leadership marked India’s first home Test series defeat in 12 years, significantly impacting their ICC World Test Championship standings position.Shastri…
India captain Rohit Sharma with head coach Gautam Gambhir (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: The forthcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy stands as a critical series for India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir. His tenure has witnessed significant setbacks, including India’s first ODI series defeat to Sri Lanka in 27 years, followed by a home Test series loss to New…
MUMBAI: The unavailability of captain Rohit Sharma and No. 3 bat Shumban Gill (fracture in the finger) from the first Test against Australia forced the BCCI on Sunday to ask top-order batsman Devdutt Padikkal, who was touring with the India A squad for two four-day matches, to stay back as a batting back-up.Pace spearhead and…
NEW DELHI: India’s star batter KL Rahul was forced to retire hurt after being struck by a rising delivery during the Indian team’s intra-squad match simulation at the WACA ahead of the opening Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT).Rahul was seen leaving the ground in discomfort, escorted by a physio. Photos of him exiting…
Sachin Tendulkar (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Woorkeri Venkat Raman, famously known as WV Raman, stirred up the cricket community with his suggestion on X (formerly Twitter), advocating for Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar to step in as a batting consultant for Team India in their preparations for the 2025 Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT)….
