KL Rahul and Yashavi Jaiswal recorded the highest opening partnership for India in Test cricket at Headingley, Leeds, during the side’s opening game against England on Friday. The left-right pair broke the record held by Sunil Gavaskar and K Srikkanth, who added 64 against England in 1986. Jaiswal and Rahul saw off the new-ball challenge…
South Africa captain Temba Bavuma, who recently led the Proteas to the World Test Championship (WTC) title against Australia, has been ruled out of the side’s upcoming two-Test series against Zimbabwe. “Proteas Men’s Test captain Temba Bavuma has been ruled out of the upcoming two-match Test series against Zimbabwe due to a left hamstring strain,”…
West Indies Women will face South Africa Women in the first T20 International of a three-match series at the Three Ws Oval in Barbados on Friday. The Proteas Women clinched the ODI series 2-1 after thrashing the hosts by 166 runs in the third and final match. Tazmin Brits struck a 91-ball 101 to set…
Team India at Headingley (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Emotions ran high in the Nair household on Friday as Karun Nair marked his return to the Indian Test team after an eight-year hiatus. Live Score: India vs England, 1st TestThe occasion was made even more poignant by a heartfelt social media post from his wife,…
Shubman Gill has been asked to emulate 1983 Kapil Dev (Image via X/@ICC & BCCI) India is set to turn a new page in Test cricket as Shubman Gill steps in as the youngest captain of the red-ball side, taking charge of a team suddenly without some of its longstanding batting pillars – Virat Kohli…
Sai Sudharsan has been handed his maiden Test cap as India begin their new World Test Championship cycle with the first Test against England at Headingley. Captain Shubman Gill won the toss and chose to bat on a green-tinged pitch, in what promises to be a testing series for a young and evolving Indian side.Follow…
NEW DELHI: As India embarked on a new chapter in their Test cricket journey under Shubman Gill at Headingley on Friday, the absence of Virat Kohli loomed large, both emotionally and in cricketing conversation. Former England captain Nasser Hussain paid a glowing tribute to Kohli, calling him one of the defining forces in modern-day Test…
England captain Ben Stokes and India skipper Shubman Gill (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: A new era in Indian Test cricket began under captain Shubman Gill on Friday as India were sent in to bat first after England captain Ben Stokes won the toss in the opening Test of the five-match Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy series at…
Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli and Sai Sudarshan There’s something about June 20 that seems to script destiny in Indian Test cricket. On this very day in 1996, two future legends — Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly began their Test journeys at Lord’s. In 2011, it was Virat Kohli who made his long-awaited Test…
India and England players with black armbands to honour victims of the air disaster in Ahmedabad. (Screenshot) India and England cricket teams observed a minute’s silence and will wear black armbands at Headingley on Day 1 of the opening Test match to honour the 274 victims of the Ahmedabad air disaster that occurred on June…
