A bruised England side will look to level the five-match series when it takes on India in the second T20I at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday. England’s new era in white-ball cricket, under head coach Brendon McCullum, began with a seven-wicket defeat to India in the first T20I in Kolkata. The English … Read more
Varun Chakravarthy wove his magic of spin in the backyard of his franchise team Kolkata Knight Riders to capture three wickets and opener Abhishek Sharma cracked a blistering half-century to power India to a convincing seven-wicket win over England in the first of the five-match T20 series at the Eden Gardens here on Wednesday. After … Read more
England captain Jos Buttler looked forward to working with new white ball coach Brendon McCullum. On the eve of the five-match T20I series-opener against India, Buttler said building the captain-coach alliance would be his priority. “It’s not a new set-up because Baz (McCullum) has been around for a while and obviously there are a lot … Read more
India will operate with a flexible middle order during the five-match T20 series against England, all-rounder Axar Patel said on Monday. India, which won last year’s T20 World Cup, has tended to pack its batting lineup with “floaters” such as Axar, who has been made vice-captain of the side. Talking to reporters ahead of the … Read more