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Australia’s Mitchell Starc, left, celebrates after taking the wicket of India’s Virat Kohli at The Oval, London | Photo Credit: AP After India's ICC World Test Championship final loss to Australia at The Oval, legendary spinner Harbhajan…

Big picture: Can the batters fight back?Two of the best sides in the world. Two of the deepest batting line-ups in men's ODI cricket. Yet in the first two matches of this series, the fast bowlers dominated. It is unusual to see back-to-back…

Umesh Yadav celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Cameron Green on the second day of the 3rd Test between India and Australia at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on March 02, 2023. | Photo Credit: R. V. Moorthy Umesh…

IANS New Delhi, February 20 Former captain and ex-BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly hailed India’s performance after their win in the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia and said that the hosts play better than any other…

There’s a general perception about the Indian tracks that the spinners churn more positives out from them as compared to the pacers. So was the noise around…

Express News Service BENGALURU: Sixteen wickets fell on the opening day of the pink-ball Test between India and Sri Lanka at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday. It is the most wickets on Day 1 of a…

Playing in just his 29th Test, India pacer Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday picked his 8th five-for in the longest format of the game. He achieved the feat on Day 2 of the ongoing second Test against Sri Lanka at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in…

BENGALURU: His counter-attacking knock put India in the driver's seat in the second Test against Sri Lanka and Shreyas Iyer asserted that batting with a defensive mind-set does not help on difficult wickets like the M Chinnaswamy track.…

Australia's Marnus Labuschagne shared a video on Twitter where he is seen playing in his home backyard where he recreated a surface akin to spin-driendly pitches in the sub-continent. Labuschange will soon be on the flight to Pakistan,…

PreviewNew Zealand will need to learn the lessons from their first T20I drubbing quickly to be competitive in the secondBig pictureBowling out New Zealand for just 60 and then reaching the target in 15 overs, Bangladesh looked in ominous…