Ajinkya Rahane led Indian team will hope to bank on their batting line-up to deliver the goods against Zimbabwe in the first ODI of the three-match series starting on Friday. With several seniors and key players rested for the tour, the players chosen will be hungry to deliver in order to stay in the selectors’ …
Fast bowler Varun Aaron was impressive with three-wicket haul as India started their tour of Australia on an impressive note on Monday. Playing their first tour match against Cricket Australia XI in Adelaide, Aaron (3/72), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/32) and Mohammed Shami (2/52) restricted the home team to 219 all out in 71.5 overs at Adelaide’s …
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Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan has admitted that his team is in a tough position in the third Test against England and will find it difficult to save the match on the final day Thursday. India were placed at 112 for 4 in their fourth-innings` in pursuit of 445 runs. “It is going to be hard …
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Monday`s 95-run defeat in the second Test at Lord`s, a result that put the tourists 1-0 up in the five-match series, came after England had won the toss on a pitch that might have been made to captain Alastair Cook`s specific instructions and against an India side who had not won away from home in …
Murali Vijay backed Ravindra Jadeja to be a last-day hero as India closed in on a coveted Test win against England at Lord`s. Both players had a day to remember on Sunday, although in opener Vijay`s case it was bittersweet as he just missed out on a place on the Lord`s honours board by making …
The 30-year-old Vijay (122 not out) notched up his fourth Test century and batted right through the day to steer the visitors to a comfortable position after being reduced to 107 for three just at at the start of the second session at Trent Bridge. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (50 not out off 64 balls) …
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The Indian top-order batsmen got much needed batting practice against a below-par Leicestershire attack as they finished the first day of their opening tour match at a comfortable 333 for four in Leicester on Thursday. As many as three batsmen went on to complete their half-centuries with comeback man Gautam Gambhir’s 54 being one of …
With the World Cup less than a month away, there could be two ways to look at India’s disastrous batting in the ODIs series against South Africa. One, look at it in absolute terms – in which case, India’s top order without Tendulkar, Sehwag and Gambhir was a train-wreck. Murali Vijay made 18 runs in …
Durban, Jan 13 : Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed a poor start but lauded the part time spinners as India suffered a humiliating 135 runs loss to South Africa in the first One-day International at the Kingsmead Stadium here Wednesday. Chasing a target of 290 runs, India were bowled out for 154 runs in 35.4 …
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Indian opener Virender Sehwag has been rested from the One-day series against South Africa with a sore shoulder. Rohit Sharma will replace Sehwag for the five-match series, starting January 12. Murali Vijay, who is in the Test squad, has been asked to stay back as a back-up opener. ‘Sehwag has been advised to withdraw from …
