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India have played nine Test matches in the current WTC cycle, winning four, losing four, and drawing one game. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu India’s chances of reaching the World Test Championship finals (WTC) took a major hit as they slipped to the fifth spot in standings following their embarrassing 0-2 series whitewash to…
India have played nine Test matches in the current WTC cycle, winning four, losing four, and drawing one game. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu India’s chances of reaching the World Test Championship finals (WTC) took a major hit as they slipped to the fifth spot in standings following their embarrassing 0-2 series whitewash to…
Not many expected South Africa to drop spin-bowling all-rounder Senuran Muthusamy for the first Test against India in Kolkata. After all, he was the player of the series in South Africa’s last Test outing, in Pakistan in October, claiming 11 wickets across both matches and scoring a match-winning 89 in the second. But South Africa…
Even in its most optimistic visions, South Africa wouldn’t have visualised the second day of the Guwahati Test to unfold the way it did. The Proteas, starting the day at 247 for six, blunted a hapless Indian bowling attack for nearly three straight sessions to post a mammoth first-innings total of 489, dousing the enthusiasm…
One of the many ramifications of the Indian Premier League (IPL)—and the other countless T20 leagues—is that there are fewer ‘trade’ secrets among players these days. With the constant intermixing of players across teams and leagues, it has become increasingly difficult for players to retain their ‘mysteries’. India’s Kuldeep Yadav, though, was blessed with the…
India and spin are one of cricket’s most established associations. It is an entwinement built simultaneously on the country’s turning tracks and the legendary spinners who thrived on them. A natural byproduct of this was the spin-playing ability of Indian batters, which remained largely on par with the quality of the country’s tweakers. ALSO READ…
South Africa hasn’t won a Test series in India in 25 years. But as Temba Bavuma’s team starts its two-match series at Eden Gardens from Friday, coming on the back of a World Test Championship (WTC) title and a drawn series against Pakistan, Faf du Plessis believes that a lot will depend on how the…
Assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate said that he ‘would be very surprised’ if India doesn’t field both its wicketkeeper-batters, Rishabh Pant and Dhruv Jurel, in the playing XI against South Africa in the Test series opener in Kolkata, starting on Friday. While Pant proved his fitness – he had fractured his foot during the England…
South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj believes the pitches in the upcoming Test series against India, starting in Kolkata on Friday, won’t mirror the spin-friendly conditions his side encountered in Pakistan last month. In the drawn two-match series, Pakistan and South African spinners combined to take 62 wickets, while pacers across both sides chipped in with just…
India captain Shubman Gill spent close to an hour and a half at the nets, fine-tuning his technique ahead of the opening Test against South Africa, starting in Kolkata on Friday. The Proteas arrive high on confidence, having secured a hard-earned 1-1 draw in Pakistan last month in challenging conditions. Gill, who struck a fifty…
