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WTC 2023-25 Points Table update: India extend lead with 4-1 series win against England in Dharamsala | Cricket News

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India extended their lead at the top of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 points table after thrashing England by an innings and 64 runs in the fifth and final Test of the series at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on Saturday. India’s comprehensive win was marked after they took a 259-run first-innings lead. R Ashwin, playing his 100th Test, followed his first-innings four-wicket haul with a five-wicket haul in the second. Ashwin eclipsed Anil Kumble’s tally of most five-fors for India with his 36th five-wicket haul. The hosts then wrapped up the innings at 195 with stand-in skipper Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav wiping out the tail. Captain Rohit Sharma had not taken the field due to a stiff back. FOLLOW THE ACTION FROM DAY 3 HERE Having moved to the top of the standings last week following Australia’s win over New Zealand, India extended their points percentage (PCT) from 64.5 to 68.51 with their sixth win in nine Tests this cycle, winning the current series 4-1. India had dropped the first Test in …

Joe Root brushes aside criticism of shot selection: ‘I’ll continue playing the way I do’ | Cricket News

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Joe Root has copped considerable flak for his shot selection, particularly *that* attempted reverse-scoop that he tried off Jasprit Bumrah in the third Test which saw him dismissed. The rebuke from analysts and experts back home was stinging, with one writer for a British daily branding the shot “the worst, most stupid, shot in the history of England’s Test cricket”. It was Root’s dismissal that started their decline in the Test: the visitors lost eight wickets for 95 runs in the first innings. They eventually lost the game by 434 runs. Root, however, insists he has no regrets over his shot selection. “People will have their own opinions on how I’ve got out through this series and what is best for me,” Root said in a conversation on Sky Sports Cricket Podcast. “I will continue playing the way I think is best for any given situation. No-one knows my game as well as I do. The reason I’ve got to where I’ve got to is because I’ve always looked to keep trying to get better, …

WTC 2023-25 points table update: India jump to first spot before Dharamsala Test as Australia beat New Zealand | Cricket News

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India moved to the top of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 points table after Australia beat New Zealand in the first Test in Wellington on Sunday. The Kiwis suffered a substantial drop in points percentage (PCT) as the visiting Aussies recorded a 172-run victory after a first-innings hundred from Cameron Green and Nathan Lyon’s ten-wicket match haul leading the way. New Zealand’s PCT slipped from 75 to 60 with the defeat. Meanwhile, Australia, the reigning champions, improved their PCT from 55 to 59.09 with their seventh win in 11 matches this cycle. New Zealand and Australia will next lock horns in the second Test at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch from March 3. New Zealand’s next series in the cycle will be away in Sri Lanka and India later this year before wrapping up the league against England at home in November-December. Meanwhile, Australia have two series left – the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India in late 2024 before a two-Test tour to Sri Lanka in January 2025. India will head into the fifth …

Yashasvi Jaiswal’s success a hat-tip to Mumbai, city with big heart and giving cricketers | Cricket News

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Here’s a request. While applauding India’s bright new star Yashasvi Jaiswal’s runs and his technical correctness, do give a hat-tip to his city Mumbai that has dutifully conserved its cricketing heritage like a precious family heirloom. Cricket’s original Indian home hasn’t allowed the wild winds of change to uproot the foundation of the game. Had it not been for Mumbai, Yashasvi wouldn’t have happened. His is a barely believable true story. As an 11-year-old son of a small-time shopkeeper in Bhadohi in UP, he had travelled all alone to the city that Bollywood keeps telling the world fulfils every dream. Yashavi wanted to play for India, he was driven and focused. He eventually did. There was help from coaches, mentors and guardians but if one zooms out, a more heartening bigger picture emerges. Yashasvi, the outsider with raw talent, was adopted by a system that still works on meritocracy. Unlike the erstwhile cricketing heavyweight Delhi, Mumbai still cares for its cricket and young cricketers. Had the young Yashasvi undertaken the shorter trip from home and …

Fast bowler Akash Deep likely to make Test debut at Ranchi | Cricket News

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Bengal fast bowler Akash Deep, 27, is likely to make his Test debut during fourth Test against England in Ranchi which starts on Friday. Akash is set to play in place of Jasprit Bumrah, who has been released for the game to manage his workload. Akash and Mukesh Kumar, also a Bengal fast bowler, are the two pace options to partner Mohammed Siraj for the fourth Test. But The Indian Express understands that the team management and selectors are likely to go with Akash as they are impressed with the way he bowled in the matches between India A and England Lions Akash picked up 10 wickets from two red-ball games for India A in Ahmedabad. Together with Mukesh, Akash has been a leading fast bowler for Bengal in red-ball cricket. Akash has scalped 104 wickets from 30 First-Class games, averaging 23.58. Mukesh bowled 12 overs during the second Test in Vizag but wasn’t a wicket-taking threat on a flat track. His only wicket was that of No.10 Shoaib Bashir in the second innings. In …

I think he is available: Kuldeep Yadav shares Ravindra Jadeja update before 3rd Test vs England | Cricket News

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Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav on Tuesday confirmed that Ravindra Jadeja was available for selection for the 3rd Test against England at Rajkot. Jadeja and wicketkeeper KL Rahul sat out the second Test vs England at Vizag with the former getting ruled out after sustaining a hamstring injury while the latter had complained of a right quadriceps pain. With the 3rd Test a couple of days away, the Indian Express had reported that Rahul wasn’t found to be fully fit yet but Jadeja was given the green signal to take the field for the crucial match in the series which is tied 1-1. On Tuesday, Kuldeep would all but confirm Jadeja’s fitness, saying, “”He is doing his routine (work). He did one session yesterday (Monday) and I think he is available.” The bowler, however, could not give clarity on his participation in the Test, saying he’s still not sure. “I’m not sure about my position because there’s still two days to go for the match. If I get the opportunity I’ll be more than happy. I …

India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 4: Ollie Pope misses double century, IND need 231 runs to win | Cricket News

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How Bumrah’s reverse-swinging pearlers arrested England’s free-swingers India’s Jasprit Bumrah celebrates after taking the wicket of England’s Ben Duckett during the third day of first test match between India and England, at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) The new ball was taken off Jasprit Bumrah’s hand after a two-over spell. With R Ashwin immediately finding turn, Rohit Sharma brought Axar Patel from the other end. Switching between mid-on or short fine-leg, Bumrah would use every opportunity, sometimes just five-ten seconds, to urgently shine the ball. When the ball was not in his hands, standing at fine-leg, he would point out the BCCI emblem on his t-shirt to whoever had the ball, signalling which side of the ball to shine. (Read more) How Ollie Pope used reverse sweep to pass the spin test Source link

India vs England: How Bumrah’s reverse-swinging pearlers arrested England’s free-swingers | Cricket News

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The new ball was taken off Jasprit Bumrah’s hand after a two-over spell. With R Ashwin immediately finding turn, Rohit Sharma brought Axar Patel from the other end. Switching between mid-on or short fine-leg, Bumrah would use every opportunity, sometimes just five-ten seconds, to urgently shine the ball. When the ball was not in his hands, standing at fine-leg, he would point out the BCCI emblem on his t-shirt to whoever had the ball, signalling which side of the ball to shine. For the next 13 overs, as England’s top-order employed the reverse-sweep to good effect and thwarted the plans of India’s spin trio, Bumrah would watch the proceedings quietly from his perch. He would often walk for a short conversation with Ashwin and Rohit, using those moments to attend the red-cherry. With lush green outfields being the norm in Indian grounds, like the one in Hyderabad, and since the ICC stopped players from using saliva to shine the ball, bowlers have struggled to find reverse swing. The ball doesn’t scuff up easily. But the …

India vs England Live Score, 1st Test Day 3: Jadeja and Axar look to build further on lead of 175 runs in Hyderabad | Cricket News

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Lack of plan B, frequency of boundary balls and tactical blunders, how England’s bowlers let India build a massive lead With an inadequate bowling resource and Jack Leach unable to bowl long spells with a sore left knee, England were in no position to put any sort of pressure on India, who were 421/7 at stumps on Day 2 with a healthy lead of 175. (Reuters/PTI) The Bazballers from England may have found a workable approach to survive against India’s spinners, but they are in dire need of a Plan B in bowling if they are to nurse any chance of competing in the series. Having decided to bench James Anderson and Ollie Robinson, their attack that includes two spinners with just one Test experience between them and a fast-bowler who can’t perform defensive roles meant they let India dictate the terms on Day 2 of the first Test. With an inadequate bowling resource and Jack Leach unable to bowl long spells with a sore left knee, England were in no position to put any …

The Hindu Morning Digest: January 13, 2024

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An Iranian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a protest against the U.S. and British military strikes against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, in front of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran, on January 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Lord Ram has chosen PM Modi to build his temple: L.K. Advani Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi an annanya bhakt (devoted disciple) of Lord Ram, Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart L.K. Advani said he was “just the charioteer of the Ram Rath Yatra” that began on September 25, 1990 to garner support for the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Lok Sabha privileges panel recommends that Speaker revoke suspension of three Congress MPs after they express ‘regret’ The Privileges Committee of the Lok Sabha is learnt to have accepted the “regrets” expressed by Congress MPs Vijaykumar Vasanth, Abdul Khaleque, and J. Jayakumar in New Delhi on Friday for their alleged disrespect to the Chair during the Winter Session of Parliament. Atal Setu, India’s longest sea bridge, inaugurated The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), also known as the Atal Bihari …