Aakash Chopra on Jasprit Bumrah playing only three Test matches: I am thinking whether it was required to publicize it

Aakash Chopra on Jasprit Bumrah playing only three Test matches: I am thinking whether it was required to publicize it

Even before the series started between India and England, the former’s ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah has said he will only be available for three Tests in the series, citing his injury concerns. However, former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra was critical of the team management’s strategy regarding the decision to make Bumrah’s availability public. “Bumrah said … Read more

He poured a drink over Jimmy Anderson on an Ashes tour…He is now England’s answer to Virender Sehwag: David Lloyd on Ben Duckett

He poured a drink over Jimmy Anderson on an Ashes tour…He is now England’s answer to Virender Sehwag: David Lloyd on Ben Duckett

England opener Ben Duckett played a sublime 149-run innings to help the hosts chase a massive 371 runs in the final innings of Leeds at Headingly in the first Test. The opener was fluent with his sweeping and reverse sweeping, and former England cricketer David Lloyd has compared him to former Indian attacking opener Virender … Read more

He’s taken over from, Kohli, and then Rohit Sharma… didn’t quite have that on-field aura: Nasser Hussain gives verdict on Shubman Gill’s captaincy

He’s taken over from, Kohli, and then Rohit Sharma… didn’t quite have that on-field aura: Nasser Hussain gives verdict on Shubman Gill’s captaincy

It was the first game Shubman Gill led the Indian side as skipper. Although batting-wise on a good batting pitch, India did manage to pile on runs both in the first and the second innings, it is with the ball on the field that Gill, with his bowlers, failed to create opportunities to pick 20 … Read more

India vs England: From predictability of Bazball to new Indian era in Tests, reasons to watch series

India vs England: From predictability of Bazball to new Indian era in Tests, reasons to watch series

The Indian cricket team starts a new era under captain Shubman Gill on Friday when the first Test of the India versus England series starts in Leeds. India legend Sachin Tendulkar believes that India will return from England victorious with a 3-1 scoreline. Naseer Hussain believes it will be 3-1 in England’s favour. Ahead of … Read more

How are England going to take 20 Indian wickets? Stuart Broad raises concerns ahead of Test series

How are England going to take 20 Indian wickets? Stuart Broad raises concerns ahead of Test series

There has been much talk in some sections of England’s media and former cricketers about the Ashes series, with someone like Graeme Swann even talking about series against India as “warm-up” for Ashes. Stuart Broad isn’t one of them, though, and has raised concerns that England team must address in the here and now against … Read more

‘We have not taken that call’: Gautam Gambhir mum on which matches Jasprit Bumrah will play in England Test series

‘We have not taken that call’: Gautam Gambhir mum on which matches Jasprit Bumrah will play in England Test series

India coach Gautam Gambhir remained tight-lipped on which three of the five Tests Jasprit Bumrah will take part in when India take on England later this month. He also said that the Indian bowling unit has enough talent to plug in the gap in case of the premier pacer’s unavailability. “We have not taken that … Read more

‘Shubman’s looked very good’: Ravi Shastri bats for Gill to take over India Test captaincy

‘Shubman’s looked very good’: Ravi Shastri bats for Gill to take over India Test captaincy

India will tour England for a five-match Test series next month. However, with both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retiring from the format in addition to a void in the experience, there are also questions about who will take on the captaincy from Rohit. Shubman Gill is the name that is reported to be taking … Read more

No one is ready to sit out the IPL…Conditions will shift from the North Pole to the South Pole: Navjot Singh Sidhu on India’s upcoming tour of England

No one is ready to sit out the IPL…Conditions will shift from the North Pole to the South Pole: Navjot Singh Sidhu on India’s upcoming tour of England

India will face England in June later this year for the five-match Test series. However, before going into the marquee series most of the Indian players have to endure about 10 weeks of T20 cricket in the form of the Indian Premier League. The conditions the Indian players will experience for the IPL in India … Read more

Sunil Gavaskar slams KL Rahul for his dismissal in 1st IND vs ENG ODI

Sunil Gavaskar slams KL Rahul for his dismissal in 1st IND vs ENG ODI

India was in a dominant position in the first game when KL Rahul walked in. At the time Shubman Gill was also closing in on a century however, in his attempts to take singles and give the strike back to Gill, Rahul lost his wicket when he pushed the ball and it went straight into … Read more

‘Harshit Rana was the most expensive Indian bowler…but he got three crucial wickets’: Sanjay Manjrekar lauds debutant

‘Harshit Rana was the most expensive Indian bowler…but he got three crucial wickets’: Sanjay Manjrekar lauds debutant

Harshit Rana made his debut in the first ODI between India and England in Nagpur on Thursday. The pacer was put to the sword in his opening spell when Phil Salt extracted 26 runs of Rana’s third over. At this point, the 23-year-old was looking out of his depth. However, Rana would later pick the … Read more