Former India wicketkeeper-batter Parthiv Patel has emphasised the urgent need to include wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the third ODI against Australia in Sydney. After consecutive losses in Perth and Adelaide, Patel believes India cannot rely solely on batting depth and must strengthen their bowling attack, particularly in the middle overs, where Kuldeep’s wicket-taking ability can […]

India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel didn’t hide his emotions after Joe Root’s crucial dismissal late on Day 4 of the fifth and final Test at The Oval. Root, whose century had once again placed England in the driver’s seat, was finally undone in the final session, offering India a glimmer of hope. Morkel confessed that […]

Nasser Hussain didn’t hold back in his critique of Ravindra Jadeja’s underwhelming outing during the first Test at Headingley, where England pulled off a stunning 371-run chase. The former England captain admitted he was baffled by how long Jadeja took to adjust his plans on the final day, despite conditions offering him a decent opportunity […]

India captain Rohit Sharma has downplayed all the praise around his captaincy and leadership skills during the ongoing 2023 ODI World Cup at home. He said that one poor game can make people start calling him a bad captain. Rohit has been arguably the most impressive captain on show during the 2023 World Cup. Under […]

On Monday (December 10), India finished their almost 11 years wait to win a Test match in Australia after beating the hosts Australia by 31 runs in the first Test of the four-match Test series at Adelaide Oval (Adelaide). The hero of the match, Indian cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara credited all the Indian bowlers to clinch […]

Indian skipper Virat Kohli has changed the face of Indian cricket ever since he has taken over the leadership role of the Men in Blue across all the formats. Recently, the Indian cricket team’s triumph in South Africa in the limited-overs leg of the tour and lost the Test series by a very close margin […]

Ahead of the recently concluded South African tour, it has been expected that the tour will present a strong competition between the Indian batsmen and the Proteas pace attack. But a surprisingly it was more between Indian bowling against the South African batsmen. And speaking on the same lines, South Africa coach Ottis Gibson conceded that […]

Due to the absence of the skipper Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma was the stand-in captain for India in the last T20I of the three-match T20I series against the hosts South Africa at Newlands (Cape Town). India won that encounter by 7 runs but in a thrilling way and also claimed the series by the 1-2 […]

For skipper Virat Kohli, the third ODI against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town was a further testimonial to the incredible form displayed by the Indian wrist-spin duo Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav. The two spinners took 4 wickets each at the Newlands as India bowled out South Africa for 179 to win the […]

South African star cricketer AB de Villiers found a positive for India in what has been a thoroughly disappointing Test series so far – their “lively pace attack” which he says, has surprised the hosts. The hosts took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series with comprehensive wins in Cape Town and Centurion. On Thursday, […]