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Spinner Jack Leach said on Monday England are not obsessed by the state of the pitches in India but are keen to learn from their two-day defeat before the final Test starts this week. Joe Root-led England went down by 10 wickets in less than two full days on a viciously turning Ahmedabad track last

Former Australia skipper Steve Waugh feels India captain Virat Kohli‘s “new attitude” has instilled in his team the habit of taking on every hurdle and then getting over it rather than be intimidated by the opposition. Waugh made these comments on his latest documentary “Capturing Cricket: Steve Waugh in India” which captures the very essence

Amid debate over the third Test pitch, West Indies great Vivian Richards slammed England for complaining about the spinning wicket and added that he wants to see a similar track in the final Test of the series. India had managed to defeat England within two days in the pink-ball Test. The match saw both India

The controversy-ridden Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) has again found itself in muddy waters after organising an auction for an “unsanctioned” Bihar Cricket League (T20) before getting green light from the BCCI. The Anti Corruption Unit of the BCCI has already recommended that there should be strict guidelines before BCCI green-lights any franchise based state T20

Tom Moody had previously worked as Sri Lanka’s coach for a period of two years.© Twitter Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Sunday confirmed the appointment of former Australia all-rounder Tom Moody as the new director of cricket. Moody’s appointment came after recommendations made by the technical advisory committee of the SLC to revamp Sri Lanka’s cricket

Nathan Lyon opined that the pitch used for the 3rd Test between India and England was brilliant.© Twitter Nathan Lyon hit out at the critics of the pitch that was used in the third Test between India and England in Ahmedabad. The match ended inside two days with spinners picking up 28 out of the

IND vs ENG: Rory Burns during the first Test match against India.© BCCI England‘s team management has not reprimanded opening batsman Rory Burns for the late-night tweet he sent out to women’s player Alex Hartley following the Three Lions’ defeat in the third Test against India at the Narendra Modi Stadium. “Rory has not been

The ODI series between India and England will be played behind closed doors.© Twitter The three-match ODI series between India and England is set to be played behind closed doors with an eye on the COVID-19 situation. But whether all the games will be held in Pune or the last ODI will be shifted to

Chris Gayle was called into the West Indies Twenty20 squad on Friday for the first time in two years as the 41-year-old eyes a place in the World Cup later this year. Gayle, one of cricket’s global superstars, was named in the 14-man squad for the three-game series against Sri Lanka which starts in Antigua

Former England captain Michael Vaughan on Friday said the more India is allowed to “get away” with producing pitches that are not deemed good enough for Test cricket, the more “toothless” the ICC will look. England on Thursday suffered an embarrassing 10-wicket defeat in the third Test against India on a spin-friendly Motera track to

Ravichandran Ashwin knows his numbers as well as he knows his cricket, and this was on show when he successfully recalled the batsmen whom he dismissed to get to 100, 200, 300 and 400 Test wickets. The 34-year-old off spinner became the fastest Indian and the second-fastest bowler overall to reach 400 wickets on Thursday,

Team India captain Virat Kohli seems quite intense on the field during matches. However, he gave fans a glimpse of the lighter side to his personality following India’s triumph against England in the third Test. Hardik Pandya was interviewing Axar Patel — who starred in the match with 11 wickets to his name — when

IND vs ENG: India beat England by 10 wickets in the third Test to take 2-1 lead in the series.© BCCI India knocked England out of contention from the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final in June with their 10-wicket triumph in the day-night third Test in Ahmedabad which propelled the hosts to the top of the

IND vs ENG: R Ashwin became the fastest Indian bowler to 400 Test wickets.© BCCI India off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin became the fastest Indian bowler to 400 Test wickets on Thursday. Ashwin, playing his 77th Test, was on 397 wickets at the end of England’s first innings of the ongoing third Test and dismissed England

IND vs ENG: Virat Kohli was trapped LBW for 27 on Day 1 of the 3rd Test.© BCCI A fan on Wednesday breached the bio-bubble and security protocol on day one of the ongoing third Test between India and England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad as he entered the field of play to

IND vs ENG: Axar Patel returned 6 for 38 on Day 1 of the third Test against England.© BCCI India left-arm spinner Axar Patel on Wednesday said his plan to bowl wicket-to-wicket on a “skidding” Motera surface reaped rich dividends for him on the opening day of the day-night third Test against England in Ahmedabad.

Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday lauded Ishant Sharma ahead of his 100th Test, and said playing that many matches of the game’s most challenging format is a great landmark for any cricketer, most of all for a fast bowler. Ishant, 32, is only the second Indian fast bowler after the great Kapil Dev to feature in

A 22-member Indian team has been picked for the series but is yet to be announced.© Twitter The Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association on Tuesday confirmed that it will be hosting the eight-match limited overs series, between the women’s teams of India and South Africa in Lucknow from March 7. The series, comprising five ODIs and