What a pleasure it was to be at the start of the celebrations of the Golden Jubilee of the Wankhede Stadium. I actually invited myself for the first day, where the MCA were to felicitate the past captains of both the men’s teams as well as the women’s teams. The MCA has invited all those … Read more
India lost the fourth Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test by 184 runs in Melbourne on Monday and suffered another major stumble in its bid to make the final of the World Test Championship 2023/25. On Sunday, South Africa became the first side to book a spot for the title clash next year. How can India qualify for … Read more
An inspired tenth-wicket partnership between Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep and regular interruptions from the rain helped India avoid a follow-on and force a draw in the third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Brisbane. On Wednesday, after the draw, India’s PCT dropped to 55.88 while Australia’s fell to 58.89 — the defending champion maintains second place … Read more
India stumbled to a 10-wicket loss at the hands of Australia in the second Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Adelaide to suffer a fresh jolt in its pursuit of qualifying for a third straight World Test Championship (WTC) final. After the loss in the day-night Test, India dropped to third in the WTC table, below Australia … Read more
South Africa wrapped up a 233-run win over Sri Lanka and medium-pacer Marco Jansen finished with 11 wickets in the first Test on Saturday. Sri Lanka was set an improbable target of 516 and started the fourth day in dire straits at 103-5. It was all out for 282, hastened by the dismissal of Dinesh … Read more
India beat Australia by 295 runs in the first Border-Gavaskar Test at the Optus Stadium in Perth to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. After the victory against Australia, India jumped to the top spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) standings with 61.11 percentage of points won, while Australia dropped to the … Read more