As many as 283 players from different cricket-playing nations of the world will go under the hammer for the much-awaited player’s auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) scheduled to be held in the city of Chennai in India on February 18. While West Indies have the highest representation in 56 players, Australia and South …
Only last month India chased down 328 runs against Australia at Gabba, their third-most successful chase in the longest format, to win the Test series Down Under. But Team India failed to do an encore as they caved in front of some quality bowling to lose the first Test against England by 227 runs in …
It’s all happening in the Indian sub-continent. A day after West Indies scripted a historic win chasing down 395 runs for a stunning three-wicket win against Bangladesh in the first Test in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on Sunday, Pakistan humbled South Africa by 95 runs in the second Test in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Now the stage is set …
India faced the prospect of having to follow-on after England off-spinner Dom Bess ripped the heart out of their middle order to reduce them to 257-6 at the close on day three of the opening Test in Chennai on Sunday. At stumps, India were 257 for 6 in reply to England’s massive first-innings score of …
There seemed to be no stopping Joe Root. The English skipper’s marathon 218 (536 mins, 377 balls) on a track that isn’t exactly a batting beauty against India in the first Test in Chennai on Saturday has tilted the balance heavily in favour of the visitors. The England captain has time and again insisted that …
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England stole the thunder from India on a day when international cricket returned to the country after a gap of more than one year with India vs England Test series beginning in Chennai on Friday. And the man who was mainly responsible for that was the visiting skipper Joe Root who seems to have carried …
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Australia calling off their tour of South Africa over coronavirus concerns suddenly raised the importance of the upcoming India-England cricket series as its outcome will determine who will play New Zealand in the World Test Championship (WTC) final in June at Lord’s. India tops the table followed by New Zealand, Australia and England with all …
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