In these days of two-Test series and instant noodles, a long-drawn contest spread over seven weeks can be draining. India last played five Tests in Australia during the summer of 1991-92. It was a series that reiterated the rise of Sachin Tendulkar; the twilight of Dilip Vengsarkar; the resilience of Ravi Shastri; the promise of … Read more
India’s travails with the pink ball under Adelaide skies got a second episode over the weekend. If the 2020 outing and the meagre score of 36 are inextricably linked, the second Test of the current Border-Gavaskar Trophy series moved towards another sobering defeat. The highs gained from the Perth Test were frittered away in the … Read more
India’s star batter Virat Kohli will look to continue his good start to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with the bat when the team takes on Australia in the second Test in Adelaide. Kohli has an enviable record on Australian soil, scoring 1457 runs in 14 matches across four trips Down Under. The 36-year-old’s run tally in … Read more
India will take on Australia in the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) at the Adelaide Oval from December 6. The visitor has a 1-0 series lead after its 295-run win in Perth. Like the previous installment of the BGT in 2020/21, the encounter in Adelaide will be a day-night match. In preparation for … Read more
In cricket, Indian players are the rock stars. A routine pre-game training session at the Adelaide Oval here on Tuesday, acquired a festival air as nearly 3000 fans thronged the venue, lending their full-throated acoustics as an accompaniment to the thwack of the pink ball thudding into an eager bat. As Sania Mirza once said … Read more
Australia beckons A trip Down Under commences with multiple flights on the Chennai-Bengaluru-Kuala Lumpur-Perth sector. A November 18th night and 19th day are almost entirely lost to the accumulation of jet miles. It is time for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series pitting old rivals India and Australia, and at Perth, local papers even embrace the … Read more
Jasprit Bumrah returned to the No. 1 spot in the ICC Men’s Test Bowling Rankings while Yashasvi Jaiswal moved up to second amongst batters in the red-ball format on Wednesday. Bumrah, the stand-in skipper in Rohit Sharma’s absence, led India to a 295-run win over Australia in Perth, the first Test of the five-match series … Read more
Rohit Sharma’s men flew into Australia’s capital on Wednesday night while Virat Kohli arrived earlier. After the recent first Test at Perth’s Optus Stadium which India won by 295 runs, the visitors are scheduled to play against the Prime Minister’s XI here at the Manuka Oval on November 30 and December 1. The day-and-night contest … Read more
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction took take place on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, with 577 players up for signing. Royal Challengers Bengaluru signed a total of 22 players over two days of bidding. England all-rounder Liam Livingstone and Australians Josh Hazlewood and Tim David were some of the prominent buys. … Read more
A blue patch shimmered in the stands as Indian fans congregated to celebrate a great triumph. The Tricolour fluttered, drums echoed, a conch lent a deep acoustic vibe and on the turf Jasprit Bumrah’s men were tightening their hold on the first Test at the Optus Stadium here on Monday. History’s notes often whisper about … Read more