All the members of the Indian playing XI from that Gabba Test match etched their names in the history books forever with a once in a lifetime performance. India won that exciting Test by three wickets and secured a 2-1 win in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia. Speaking of India’s win at the Gabba, here’s a look at the Indian playing XI from that match, and where those 11 heroes are now....
Kohli scored 111 at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica, securing victory in style with a six as India won at a canter with 79 balls to spare to take the five-match series 3-1. India scored 206 for two wickets in reply after West Indies won the toss and batted, compiling 205-9 off their allotted 50 overs on a good batting surface. Kohli scored at almost a run a ball, smashing 12 fours and two sixes for his 28th ODI century....
#1 Openers Murali Vijay In the first Test, none of India’s openers did well with Shikhar Dhawan scoring more runs than Murali Vijay but he was the least comfortable against the swinging ball. KL Rahul couldn’t get any runs and looked out of sorts but Murali Vijay looked comfortable from the first ball and got more runs than KL Rahul. Rishabh Pant A lot of people wouldn’t expect to see Rishabh Pant this early in the series but he is in a brilliant from and in addition to that, during the India A tour of England he scored 299 runs including 3 fifties throughout the series, which is enough to show that he is completely at ease with the conditions in England....
India registered a massive 9-wicket victory against the Blackcaps in the first match at Napier. The home side will be under little bit pressure to deliver this time around. Ekta Bisht and Poonam Yadav took three wickets apiece and made sure New Zealand was restricted to 192 runs in48.4 overs. New Zealand bowlers looked helpless when they were thrashed by the opening pair all over the park. The Women Cricketer of the year, Smriti Mandhana scored an incredible century (105) and J Rodrigues remained unbeaten at 81 runs....
“He is scratchy. It is not the Rahane we have seen over a long period of time. Think about the Rahane at Lord’s (2014) where it was seaming, decking, bouncing and he just batted as if it was a different track. Imagine his hundreds in Australia. “He is just a bit out of the place at the moment, maybe mentally. The confidence has gone down a bit because he hasn’t had a good series against England (and now) he hasn’t had a good series so far by his standards”, Ganguly told India Today....
While the home team dominated the ODI leg of the tour, the visitors come into the T20 series with the upper hand, as they had plenty of exposure in the shortest format of the game - the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL). Five players to watch out for in the India-Australia 2020 series: With plenty of match-winners in both sides, let us take a look at the top five players to watch out for in this much-anticipated series....
This was after Bengaluru FC forward Sunil Chhetri suffered a grade one ankle tear in their 2-1 victory over Kerala Blasters last week. The 18-year-old, who participated in India’s maiden Under-17 World Cup last year, has been impressive for Steve Coppell’s ATK this season in the Indian Super League (ISL). ALSO READ: Sunil Chhetri to miss Jordan friendly “Komal is a player. When you look at someone the way he maneuvers, runs with the ball, some look manufactured and some look more natural....
The off-spinner removed the prized scalp of Kane Williamson to reach the landmark and now holds the record for the fastest Indian to 50,100, 150 and 200 wickets in Test match cricket. Here are that and other stats for the day: 2-Ravindra Jadeja became only the second Indian cricketer to score a fifty and take five wickets in a Test against New Zealand. Javagal Srinath was the first to achieve the feat, he did so in Hamilton in 1999....
Here are the player ratings for both the teams. India Rohit Sharma – 3/10 When you are chasing a big total you have to go for your shots from the start. He tried doing that but lost his wicket for just a single. India needed a big score from their captain to chase such a big score. Shikhar Dhawan – 5/10 Dhawan looked good for a while but got out by a serious yorker from Lockie Ferguson....
With India chasing just 143, Sri Lanka knew that they had to pick up early wickets to stand a chance of winning the game. Unfortunately, left-arm seamer Isuru Udana injured himself in the field and played no further part in the game. Sri Lankan skipper Lasith Malinga believed that this was a turning point for them as he was one of their strike bowlers. Also see - India vs Australia schedule 2020...
The visitors were dealt with another blow before the start of the match as their regular skipper Jason Holder was injured and was replaced by Kraigg Braithwaite to captain the side. While, India handed the debut cap to Prithvi Shaw, Windies roped in fast bowler Sherman Lewis to add more variation to their fast bowling stocks. It was a toiling day for the visitors as the hosts piled up 364 for the loss of 4 wickets before the end of day’s play....
The Indian team got off to a fantastic start in the tournament as they earned seven points in the first four matches. They were expected to register a convincing win over Afghanistan, but the minnows came up with a spirited performance to give them a scare. Virat Kohli’s men would be hoping to deliver a better showing against West Indies. West Indies on their part were very impressive in their first match as they completely demolished Pakistan....
India hosted the first ever Asian Games in New Delhi in 1951 and then again in the same city in 1982. Since then, Commonwealth Games in 2010, remains the only multi-sport event that India has hosted. IOA had made an effort to host the 2014 edition but lost out to Korean city of Incheon. “India did not bid for the Games for a long time. The last time they bid, they lost to Incheon....
While the Aussies go into this series on the back of a record-breaking run, India women will feel that this series is a good chance for them to win. And while the home side appear to be favorites going into the first game, India have all the tools to topple them. Here we take a look at three reasons why India Women can beat Australia Women in the multi-format series between the two sides....
East Bengal, meanwhile, has given a verbal assurance over their participation but are waiting for the final call from their sponsors-cum-investors Quess. The Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup is a biennial invitational tournament organized jointly by Chittagong Abahani and the Bangladesh Football Federation. At the inaugural edition in 2015, Mohammedan SC and East Bengal represented India with the latter finishing as runners-up of the competition. Two years later, no Indian club participated in the tournament but the organizers are confident that Mohun Bagan, Mohammedan SC, and East Bengal (if they confirm their participation) will send their full-strength team....
On March 15th, a full 60 days after the sudden resignation, the AIFF posted the job category of men’s senior national team and U-23 men’s team on their employment tab. The last date to express one’s interest was 29th March and going by the reports, the highest governing body of football in India received over 250 candidates. The AIFF trimmed the list down to 40 and forwarded the names to Shyam Thapa-chaired Technical Committee....
Salam Ranjan Singh hails from Manipur made his professional career debut with FC Pune in 2013. He was loaned out to Bengaluru FC in 2015/16 season. The 23-year old made his ISL debut with NorthEast United in 2016 but could only appear in two games for the Highlanders. In 2017, he was part of BFC again and then joined East Bengal. At the Kolkata club, he played 21 games but was a backup option to Borja Gomez Perez and Johnny Acosta in the defence....
KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan each had fifties for India, whose impressive score of 201-6 never looked achievable for a Sri Lanka side that was skittled for 123 with 4.1 overs remaining. Dhawan (52) brought up his half century with a single after a shot through extra cover but his 97-run union with Rahul was ended by Lakshan Sandakan (3-35) three balls later. Rahul (54) fell two deliveries after making his fifty and Sandakan removed Shreyas Iyer in the same over to bring in captain Virat Kohli, who was batting down at number six....
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - There’s no place like home if you are looking to scramble back to the top of the world rankings and that appears to be India’s mantra as they kick off a bumper test season against New Zealand in Kanpur on Thursday. The world’s richest cricket board has long been accused of ignoring the game’s longest format, a wrong they decided to right in June by scheduling a whopping 13 tests in the 2016-17 calendar....
On Monday, the U.K.’s government eased the travel restrictions on more than 50 countries but excluded many from the developing world. The New Delhi government on Friday imposed reciprocal restrictions on travelers from Britain to India, requiring British citizens to undergo COVID-19 testing and quarantine for 10 days, similar to the restrictions placed on Indian residents visiting the U.K. A spokesman for the British High Commission in India said the U....
