Vikram Rathour, the former batting coach of the Indian team, joined the New Zealand team to face Afghanistan in a one-off Test match starting September 9. Rathour was initially part of the Indian coaching staff under head coach Rahul Dravid and had an instrumental role in India’s victory at the T20 World Cup in the […]

The New Zealand red-ball skipper, Tim Southee, is rather pleased with the Blackcaps going into this busy nine-Test period. Of those, the first six will be of special interest since all those are scheduled to take place on the sub-continental soil. First, it will be the historic encounter-the first-ever Test match between New Zealand and […]