The pitches used during India’s and Australia’s Test matches in Nagpur and Delhi have received an average rating from ICC match referee Andy Pycroft. The ratings will be uploaded on the ICC website but the news agency PTI reported that match referee Andy Pycroft hasn’t given any adverse report about the tracks for the first […]

Former Australian skipper, Allan Border was furious at the Pat Cummins-led side for not playing with a “harder edge” against India in the opening game of the 4-match series where the visitors lost by a colossal margin of innings and 123 runs. Border criticized Steve Smith’s “thumbs up” act during the second innings of the […]

Due to resilience, certain cricketers are widely regarded as the finest Test batters. However, former Australian skipper, Steve Smith, arguably the greatest batter in modern-day Test cricket, did not have great success against the Indian all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja in Nagpur and was almost embarrassed until the latter overstepped a delivery that saved the batter.  Ravindra […]

Team India has taken a 1-0 lead in the Border Gavaskar Trophy, defeating Australia by innings and 132 runs at the VCA stadium in Nagpur on 11 February, Saturday. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India wrapped up the match on Day 3 of the opening Test of the 4-match series, owing to a phenomenal […]

Axar Patel left no hopes for Australia’s win on Day 3 of the first Test in Nagpur by slamming a well-constructed 84. He received apt support from the pacer Mohammed Shami (37 off 47 balls) as India piled on 400 in their first innings, stretching their lead to a massive 223 runs. India started at […]

The Indian skipper, Rohit Sharma was unhappy with the cameraman for focusing on him during Australia’s DRS review. The camera focused on Rohit and the Indian team instead of showing the review that was being considered by the third umpire for Peter Handscomb’s wicket. The incident occurred when Ravichandran Ashwin caught Handscomb lbw but the […]

Oftentimes, debutants hog the limelight by making an impact immediately but only a few of them can manage to become consistent performers for their respective teams. The Australian spinner, Todd Murphy is having a dream but against India in Nagpur, and he continues to shine by deceiving Ravindra Jadeja. Ahead of the Nagpur Test against […]

Former Indian opener, Aakash Chopra heaped praise on the Indian all-rounder, Ravindra Jadeja for his performance in the ongoing first Test against Australia, calling him the best all-rounder on the planet. Jadeja, who returned to international cricket after nearly five months after recovering from a knee injury, took a 5-fer on Day 1 of the Nagpur […]

The veteran Indian spinner, R Ashwin on Saturday opines that premeditation might have led to Australia’s batting downfall in the first innings of the opening game of the 4-match Test series of the much-anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Pat Cummins won the toss in Nagpur and opted to bat but Australia was bundled out for just 177 […]

The Indian fast bowler, Mohammed Shami has played some crucial knocks for India in Test cricket in recent times as he uses his six-hitting ability to his advantage. Shami did the same while facing Australia’s young spinner, Todd Murphy for back-to-back sixes in the 131st over of the Indian innings. On the third ball of […]