1 The number of Indian bowlers with 10 or more five-wicket hauls in Test matches outside Asia. Jasprit Bumrah’s 6/76 in the first innings in Brisbane was the 10th of his Test career outside Asia. He now has the maximum five-wicket hauls for an Indian bowler outside Asia, going past Kapil Dev’s tally of … Read more
2 The number of bowlers who have the distinction of claiming a wicket off the very first ball of a Test match on three separate occasions. In the recent Test match in Adelaide, Australia’s Mitchell Starc matched the achievement of West Indian left-arm pacer Pedro Collins. Overall, 27 bowlers, on 35 occasions, have taken … Read more
Blazing sunshine and dry heat prevailed for a large part of Thursday before the clouds made a fleeting appearance over the Adelaide Oval. The air was still, and through the public-address system, the national anthems of India and Australia were played as part of the preparations for the day-and-night second Test that will commence here … Read more
Australia is the land where it all began for K.L. Rahul. Back in December of 2014, the Karnataka star made his Test debut in Melbourne and has had quite the ride over the last decade. Be it strong limbs and fractured bones or hundreds and noughts, Rahul has seen them all. With vital runs (26 … Read more
The guardians of the 22-yards that matter in cricket, are often secretive about the surfaces they offer. The Adelaide Oval’s head curator Damian Hough, while believing in the mystique of a pitch, still held a mirror to the turf that would play host to the second Test, a day-and-night fixture, between Australia and India here … Read more
In the absence of regular Test leader Rohit Sharma, stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah spearheaded India’s comeback with a fifer in the first innings and three more in the second to record a 295-run win. The pacer’s man-of-the-match effort helped India upset Australia in the first Test at Optus Stadium here on Monday, taking a 1-0 … Read more
The joy over a job well done and the need to put team above self, were the overwhelming themes that shimmered through ‘Man of the Match’ Jasprit Bumrah’s press-conference at the Optus Stadium here on Monday. “I am very proud of the team. We were put under pressure in the first innings when we were … Read more