The duo added 171 runs for the second wicket to boost India's hopes of completing the five-match series 4-1. India lost the opener but bounced back and won the next three matches. Anderson came 10 short of the historic milestone of 700 wickets in the series and started the final match with 698 wickets. He […]
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravindra Jadeja, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah. England: Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Fox (wk), Tom Hartley, Mark Wood, James Anderson, Shoaib Bashir. Umpires: Joel Wilson (WIS), Rod […]
India still needed 72 more runs but Gill and Jurel rotated the strike to take singles before completing his half-century with two consecutive sixes off Bashir. Jurel scored the winning run, punched the air and hugged his teammate and the Indian dressing room erupted in celebration. India made a strong start in the morning with […]
Opener Jack Crawley top-scored with 60, but the rest of England's batting faltered against India's spin, with Ashwin taking 5-51 and Kuldeep Yadav taking 4-22. England lost regular wickets to end their innings in the final session, leaving the onus on the bowlers to level the series and send it to the decider of the […]
The opener returned to bat in the morning session after being retired on 104 late on the third day due to back pain. “Today when I came in, I wanted to make sure that I take the game forward and bat till the end,” Jaiswal said. He scored his second double century in consecutive matches […]
India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will rejoin the team on Sunday for the fourth day of the third Test against England after he left the match midway due to a family emergency, the country’s cricket board said. The Board of Control for Cricket in India said that Ashwin will continue to contribute for the team in […]
Two other milestones can be seen in the match. India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin needs one dismissal to reach 500 Test wickets, while England fast bowler James Anderson needs five more dismissals to reach 700. India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit […]
In Visakhapatnam, India survived some nervous moments during England’s spirited chase before securing a series-levelling win. India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin needs just one wicket to reach 500 Test dismissals in Rajkot, while England fast bowler James Anderson needs five more wickets to reach 700 dismissals, a figure surpassed only by spinner Shane Warne ( 708) […]
India’s Shubman Gill on Sunday said the hosts remain favorites to win the second Test as his century leaves England needing to chase a record target of 399 runs on the third day. England, leading the five-match series 1-0, reached 67-1 at stumps after opener Ben Duckett was out for 28 in Visakhapatnam. Left-handed batsman […]
Spinners Tom Hartley and Rehan Ahmed combined to take seven wickets as England bowled out India for 255, leaving the visitors needing 399 runs to win the second Test. Shubman Gill scored 104 but India lost regular wickets after fast bowler James Anderson dismissed the openers in the morning and the hosts’ innings collapsed in […]
Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his first Test double century as India were all out for 396 runs, but England’s openers played aggressively on the second day of the second Test on Saturday. The tourists reached 32-0 at lunch in Visakhapatnam with Jack Crawley (15 runs) and left-hander Ben Duckett (17 runs) hitting six fours between […]
The 22-year-old Jaiswal, playing his sixth Test, surpassed his previous Test best of 171 runs with the help of 17 fours and five sixes in his debut Test in West Indies last year. Bashir had Axar caught at backward point for his second wicket as he bowled disciplined form to showcase his variety and cleverness […]
A few years ago, an award-winning film “Death of a Gentleman” drew attention to the steady decline of Test cricket as it struggled to revive the popularity of the shorter game. However, on Sunday, Test match cricket, which has been in practice since Australia and England faced off for the first time at the Melbourne […]
Premier spinner Jack Leach, after a stellar performance on the first and second days, took the field with an injured knee and bowled 10 overs and got the wicket of Shreyas Iyer for 13 runs. Bharat and Ravichandran Ashwin tried to take control of things in a 57-run partnership but Hartley dismissed him and ended […]
Left-handed batsman Jaiswal added four to his overnight score of 76 with a four, but was out after bowling his fourth ball of the day towards spinner Root, who jumped high to take the catch. Rahul and Gill, who started the day on 14, attempted to rebuild a 36-run partnership but Hartley made the breakthrough […]