MUMBAI: Australia gave India a harsh reality check with a 10-wicket hiding in the ODI series opener on Tuesday, exposing the home team’s middle-order frailty and putting to sword its bowling. SCORECARD Anticipating dew in the evening session, Aaron Finch opted to field. India ended up with a below-par 255 on a decent batting surface … Read more
MUMBAI: Jasprit Bumrah doesn’t shy away from targeting the batsmen’s head or ribs in the nets, India skipper Virat Kohli says about his lead pacer, whose intensity knows no bounds even at practice sessions. “According to me he’s (Bumrah) the most skillful bowler in the world in any format of the game. To play against … Read more
MUMBAI: It made for an interesting picture. Kedar Jadhav and Manish Pandey. Both slogging in the optional nets. One striking the ball beautifully, the other stroking it effortlessly. As Rohit Sharma, Shivam Dubey, Mohammed Shami and KL Rahul also joined in on a lazy Sunday afternoon, it was evident that Jadhav and Pandey were trying … Read more
NEW DELHI: The BCCI is all set to appoint World Cup winning former India players Madan Lal and Gautam Gambhir as members of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) which will pick selection committees for the next four-year cycle starting 2020. The third member of the panel is likely to be Mumbai-based woman international Sulakshana Naik, … Read more
NEW DELHI: Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday questioned MS Dhoni’s sabbatical from the game since the World Cup semifinal loss in July, asking “does anybody keep himself away from playing for India for that long?” Dhoni’s future has been a subject of intense speculation since India’s World Cup semifinal loss to New Zealand on July 9. … Read more